BRISBANE Roar star Thomas Broich has been rewarded for his outstanding season by earning the most votes in the first round of selection for the A-League All Stars squad.

After being named Johnny Warrern Medal winner for the second time — an award voted on by the players themselves — and claiming the Joe Marston Medal for the grand final’s man of the match (along with Western Sydney Wanderers’ Iacopo La Rocca), Broich can now add ‘fan favourite’ to his list of titles.

More than 50,000 A-League fans went online to pick 15 players from any club that they thought should take on the might of Italian giants Juventus.

The German midfielder edged out Italian superstar Alessandro Del Piero for the most votes. Del Piero will still play in the All Stars match against the club where he spent almost two decades, despite calling time on his career with Sydney FC.

media_camera Alessandro Del Piero will play one final game in Australia, for the A-League All Stars. Picture: Colleen Petch.

Rounding out the top five picks were Adelaide United goalkeeper Eugene Galekovic, Newcastle Jets striker Adam Taggart and Brisbane Roar defender Ivan Franjic.

All three of those players are currently training with the Socceroos in Gosford after being named in Ange Postecoglou’s preliminary World Cup squad.

The Roar and Melbourne Victory have the most players in the 32-man All Stars squad, with six each.

media_camera Eugene Galekovic was the most popular goalkeeper. Picture: Sarah Reed.

It is now up to the fans to trim the squad from 32 to 16, with All Stars coach Josep Gombau to then use his four wildcard picks to make up the final 20-man squad.

The A-League All Stars take on Juventus in Sydney on August 10.

FAN FAVOURITES — THE 32-MAN PRELIMINARY A-LEAGUE ALL STARS SQUAD

Goalkeepers

Eugene Galekovic — Adelaide United

Michael Theo — Brisbane Roar

Ante Covic — Western Sydney Wanderers

Defenders

Michael Zullo — Adelaide United

Ivan Franjic — Brisbane Roar

Matt Smith — Brisbane Roar

Josh Rose — Central Coast Mariners

Storm Roux — Central Coast Mariners

Aziz Behich — Melbourne Heart

Sebastian Ryall — Sydney FC

Sasa Ognenovski — Sydney FC

Matthew Spiranovic — Western Sydney Wanderers

Nikolai Topor-Stanley — Western Sydney Wanderers

media_camera Wanderers duo Matthew Spiranovic (L) and Nikolai Topor-Stanley both made the cut.

Midfielders

Marcelo Carrusca — Adelaide United

Fabio Ferreira — Adelaide United

Luke Brattan — Brisbane Roar

Thomas Broich — Brisbane Roar

Matt McKay — Brisbane Roar

Gui Finkler — Melbourne Victory

Mark Milligan — Melbourne Victory

Tom Rogic — Melbourne Victory

Ali Abbas — Sydney FC

Youssouf Hersi — Perth Glory

media_camera Adam Taggart is currently in camp with the Socceroos.

Forwards

Alessandro Del Piero

Sergio Cirio — Adelaide United

Bernie Ibini — Central Coast Mariners

David Williams — Melbourne Heart

Besart Berisha — Melbourne Victory

Archie Thompson — Melbourne Victory

James Troisi — Melbourne Victory

Adam Taggart — Newcastle Jets

Tom Juric — Western Sydney Wanderers

Originally published as Broich tops voting for All Stars team