On August 27, 2015, the UEFA Champions League group stage draw and the Best European Player Award ceremony were held at the Grimaldi Conference Center in Monte Carlo. Messi beat his teammates, Suarez and Ronaldo, and became the first person to win the UEFA Best Player in Europe twice. Moreover, in the match against Bayern in the first leg, Messi made a goal after his dribble past Jérôme Boateng, and this goal was named the best goal of the season by UEFA.
On November 30, 2015, the final FIFA Ballon d’Or nominees were announced, and Messi, for the 9th consecutive time, made into the top three.
On January 12, 2016, Messi won the FIFA Ballon d’Or for the fifth time, he also became the first player to receive this award for five times in history. He and Ronaldo together have swept all the FIFA player awards for the last eight years. On February 18th, Barcelona beat Sporting Gijon 3-1 away, during which Messi scored twice in the game and became the first player to score 300 goals in La Liga, and this goal also completed Barcelona’s 10,000th goal in La Liga.
