The 2015 season was a historic one for a repeat champion! With no international tournament this year, all focus was on the domestic leagues and the Champions League.
Here's how the top five leagues finished.
English Premier League
Manchester City go back-to-back in the league and the cup. The Cityzens cruised to victory over Villa in the BA Cup, winning 14-2. They followed up the preseason win with a 94-20 record in the League, finishing 3 games ahead of Queens Park Rangers.
MVP honors in the league go to American Landon Donovan, 2B for the 8th place Norwich Canaries. Landon previously played in Italy before coming to the Premier League this season. He had .405/.463/.612 season, 22 HR, 82 RBI, 180 H in 444 AB.
City hurler, Spaniard David de Gea won the year's Golden Arm. In 25 G, de Gea went 19-1, 1.71 ERA, 213 K, and only 28 BB. De Gea was added as a Free Agent at the beginning of the year.
German Bundesliga
Bayern Munich make it an astounding four in a row in the League. Koln kept it close, but finished two games behind the Bavarian side.
Helping to power Munich to the league title was French CF, Franck Ribery. In 92 G Ribery batted .395/.484/.707, 143 H, 19 HR, 63 RBI, and 62 BB.
On the mound, Italian SP Gigi Buffon, who joined Bayern from Czech Europa League side Sparta Prague in mid-2014. Gigi continued the pitching dominance that won the World Cup for Italy. A 1.07 ERA, 156 K, 14 BB, and an 11-3 record in 16 G.
Spanish La Liga
After two years without a League title, Real Madrid reclaimed the La Liga crown while Barca prevailed in the Copa del Rey, inverting the 2014 results. Madrid beat their Catalan rivals by only a single game. Madrid finished 95-19 to Barca's 94-20.
Messi wins his first MVP award with a .512/.581/.921 season. In 477 AB he had 37 HR, 244 H, 157 RBI, 95 SB, and 58 2B.
Victor Tzintzun wins his second pitching award in a row behind a stellar season for 4th place Sevilla. In his first year with the team, he has a 1.45 ERA with a 14-5 record and 265 K and only 26 BB.
Italian Serie A
Roma go back-to-back in Serie A with an 84-30 record, good for an easy 8 games over AB Milan.
Brazilian star C Thiago Silva wins the MVP in Italy, .378/.489/.716, 24 HR, 85 RBI, 38 SB, 161 H.
Fictitious Serbian SP Punisa Ostrozinska wins pitching honors for the league. He led Cagliari to a 4th place finish. In 27 G he went 18-3, 1.47 ERA, 177 K, 27 BB.
French Ligue 1
Lille does the three-peat, beating out Bordeaux by 3 games for the French title.
Lille star Eden Hazard is a big reason why. he captures his second MVP in a row. He dominates Ligue 1, .506/.602/.907, 199 H, 27 HR, 110 RBI, 53 SB. He also won the Coupe de France MVP.
Fictitious pitcher Ewold Koper of Nice wins the league's golden arm. The Dutchman went 15-4 in 28 G, 205 K, 32 BB, 1.99 ERA.
European Champions League
Manchester City claim the treble, winning their domestic cup and league and the Champions League title too. City dominated the group stage with a 17-1 record. They would face the 2012 winners Chelsea in the final 6-3.
City's treble season comes after a league title in 2014, and cup victories in 2014 and 2013.
Messi, meanwhile, adds to his trophy case with the Champions League MVP, his second in a row. He had .465/.593/.949 campaign, with 12 HR. Barca and Messi went out in the semifinals to eventual champions, City.
Gigi Buffon took home the Golden Arm for his 8-0 campaign in which he had 1.44 ERA in 62.2 IP. Munich dominated the group stage going 18-0 but were swept 2-0 by Athletic Bilbao in the Round of 16.
Next year the Euros return! Hosted by France, England will look to repeat as champions, while Italy will want to follow up the world title with the European crown!