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World XI
AssociationFIFA
First international
 England 2–1 FIFA World XI
(London, England; 23 October 1963)[1][a]
Biggest win
 Spain 0–3 FIFA World XI
(Madrid, Spain; 27 September 1967)
Europe XI 2–5 FIFA World XI
(Marseille, France; 4 December 1997)
Biggest defeat
 Italy 6–2 FIFA World XI
(Rome, Italy; 16 December 1998)
 France 5–1 FIFA World XI
(Marseille, France; 16 August 2000)

The World XI, also known as the FIFA World Stars, is an association football scratch team consisting of players from various countries. The World XI play one-off games against clubs, national teams, collectives of continental teams.[3]

The official first match of the FIFA World XI was held against England on the 100th anniversary of the Football Association – 23 October 1963. The World lost 2–1 in front of a crowd of 100,000.[1] Prior to this, matches had been played in 1947 against the United Kingdom in Scotland (to celebrate the four British national teams returning to FIFA, with the proceeds going to the world governing body)[4] and against England in 1953 (for the Football Association's 90th anniversary – in fact all the players were from continental Europe).

FIFA has organised several World XI squads to compete in various commemorative exhibitions and charity testimonials,[5] but in its own documentation, the only official World Stars Games listed are those against national, pan-continental or representative teams; its matches against club teams including New York Cosmos, Hamburger SV, Benfica, Anderlecht, Flamengo, Barcelona, Manchester United and Real Madrid are not included.[6]
On 18 July 2007, the World XI faced an Africa XI with both teams unusually composed of retired players.[7]

The Women's World XI first played on 14 February 1999 at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California, United States, for the draw of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, defeating the United States 2–1.[6]

Results

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England 2–1FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 100,000

Centenary of the (English) Football Association

Spain 0–3FIFA World XI
Report
Attendance: 35,000

65th birthday of Ricardo Zamora

Brazil 2–1FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 93,000

10th anniversary of Brazil's first World Cup title (1958)

[b]Brazil XI Brazil2–1FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 131,000

Farewell game for Garrincha

Argentina 1–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 82,000

1st Anniversary of Argentina's first World Cup victory (1978)

Europe XI3–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 76,900

FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF

Americas XI2–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Penalties
 4–3
Attendance: 57,600

FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF

Germany 3–1FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 38,000

FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF

Brazil 2–1FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 78,416

FIFA Charity Match for SOS Children's Villages

Asia XI3–5FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 23,000

Hong Kong Reunification Cup

Russia 0–2FIFA World XI
Report
Attendance: 55,000

Russian Football Centennial Match

Europe XI2–5FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 38,000

FIFA Charity Match for SOS Children's Villages

Turkey XI Turkey4–4FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 15,000

75th Anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic and the Turkish Football Federation

Italy 6–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 21,352
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)

Centenary of the FIGC (Italian Football Federation)

Australia 3–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 88,101

Official opening of Stadium Australia

Africa XI2–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ndoya Falla (Senegal)

Farewell game for Nelson Mandela

Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–1FIFA World XI
Report
Attendance: 25,000

"Football For Peace"

France 5–1FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 60,000

Charity Match for SOS Children's Villages

Shevchenko XI3–6Ronaldinho XI
 Report
Attendance: 35,000

Football for Hope (Indian Ocean Tsunami funds)[9][10][3]

Players

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Date Opponent Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref.
23 October 1963  England Soviet Union Lev Yashin
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milutin Šoškić 		Brazil Djalma Santos
Chile Luis Eyzaguirre
West Germany Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
Czechoslovakia Ján Popluhár 		Czechoslovakia Josef Masopust
Scotland Jim Baxter
Czechoslovakia Svatopluk Pluskal 		France Raymond Kopa
West Germany Uwe Seeler
Scotland Denis Law
Portugal Eusébio
Spain Ferenc Puskás
Spain Francisco Gento
Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano 		[5][11]
27 September 1967  Spain Italy Giuliano Sarti
England Peter Bonetti 		Italy Tarcisio Burgnich
West Germany Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
Uruguay Julio César Benítez 		Scotland Ian Ure
Scotland Charlie Cooke
Italy Gianni Rivera
Portugal Mário Coluna 		Sweden Kurt Hamrin
Italy Sandro Mazzola
Portugal Eusébio
Belgium Fernand Goyvaerts
Italy Mario Corso 		[5][12]
6 November 1968  Brazil Soviet Union Lev Yashin
Uruguay Ladislao Mazurkiewicz 		Hungary Dezső Novák
Hungary Lajos Szűcs
Soviet Union Albert Shesternyov
West Germany Willi Schulz
West Germany Franz Beckenbauer
Argentina Silvio Marzolini
Argentina Roberto Perfumo 		Germany Wolfgang Overath
Uruguay Pedro Rocha 		Spain Amancio Amaro
Soviet Union Slava Metreveli
Hungary Flórián Albert
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Džajić
Hungary János Farkas 		[5][13]
19 December 1973 Brazil Brazil XI Argentina Edgardo Andrada Uruguay Pablo Forlán
Soviet Union Sergei Olshansky
Brazil Alex Kamianecky
Uruguay Ángel Brunell
Soviet Union Evgeny Lovchev 		Paraguay Francisco Reyes
Argentina Eduardo Dreyer [pt]
Uruguay Pedro Rocha
Argentina Carlos Babington 		Argentina René Houseman
Argentina Miguel Ángel Brindisi
Argentina Narciso Doval
Soviet Union Volodymyr Onyshchenko 		[14][15][16]
25 June 1979  Argentina Brazil Émerson Leão
Austria Friedrich Koncilia 		West Germany Manfred Kaltz
Italy Antonio Cabrini
Brazil Toninho
Austria Bruno Pezzey
Netherlands Ruud Krol 		Italy Marco Tardelli
France Michel Platini
Brazil Zico
Spain Juan Manuel Asensi 		Italy Franco Causio
Italy Paolo Rossi
Poland Zbigniew Boniek 		[5][17]
7 August 1982 Europe XI Cameroon Thomas N'Kono Peru Jaime Duarte
Brazil Oscar
Brazil Júnior 		Bolivia Erwin Romero
Brazil Falcão
Brazil Sócrates
Brazil Zico
Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
United States Rick Davis 		Mexico Hugo Sánchez
Italy Giorgio Chinaglia
Kuwait Faisal Al-Dakhil 		[5][18]
27 July 1986 Americas XI Northern Ireland Pat Jennings
Soviet Union Rinat Dasayev 		France Manuel Amoros
England Terry Butcher
Belgium Michel Renquin 		Scotland Gordon Strachan
Denmark Søren Lerby
West Germany Felix Magath
West Germany Uli Stielike
South Korea Park Chang-sun
Switzerland Heinz Hermann 		France Dominique Rocheteau
Morocco Mohamed Timoumi
Italy Paolo Rossi
Soviet Union Igor Belanov 		[5][19]
8 October 1991  Germany Argentina Sergio Goycochea
Colombia René Higuita 		Brazil Carlos Mozer
Argentina Oscar Ruggeri
Brazil Ricardo Gomes
Brazil Jorginho
United States Desmond Armstrong 		England Chris Waddle
South Korea Kim Joo-sung
Netherlands Ruud Gullit
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković
Colombia Carlos Valderrama
Turkey Rıza Çalımbay 		Liberia George Weah
Chile Iván Zamorano
Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Skuhravý 		[5][20]
14 July 1996 Brazil Brazil U23 Mexico Jorge Campos
Chile Nelson Tapia 		Spain Fernando Hierro
Portugal Fernando Couto
France Marcel Desailly
South Africa Mark Fish
Australia Ned Zelic 		United States John Harkes
Bulgaria Krasimir Balakov
Denmark Michael Laudrup
Ghana Abedi Pele
Argentina Fernando Redondo
Germany Lothar Matthäus
France David Ginola 		Germany Jürgen Klinsmann
Japan Kazuyoshi Miura
Liberia George Weah 		[5][21]
3 July 1997 Asia XI Germany Andreas Köpke
South Africa Andre Arendse 		Spain Fernando Hierro
Netherlands Frank Verlaat
Germany Lothar Matthäus 		Brazil Dunga
Uzbekistan Sergey Lebedev
Brazil Zé Elias
United States Claudio Reyna
South Korea Ha Seok-ju 		Liberia George Weah
Turkey Hakan Şükür
France Jean-Pierre Papin
Spain Alfonso Pérez 		[5][22]
18 August 1997  Russia Spain Andoni Zubizarreta
Germany Uwe Gospodarek 		Switzerland Ramon Vega
Netherlands Frank Verlaat
Mexico Claudio Suárez
Russia Akhrik Tsveiba 		Germany Lothar Matthäus
France Youri Djorkaeff
Spain Julen Guerrero
Germany Stefan Effenberg
Netherlands Aron Winter
Ghana Abedi Pele 		France Jean-Pierre Papin
Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko
Russia Vladimir Beschastnykh 		[5]
4 December 1997 Europe XI Cameroon Jacques Songo'o
Paraguay Rubén Ruiz Díaz 		South Korea Hong Myung-bo
Chile Javier Margas
Morocco Noureddine Naybet
South Africa David Nyathi
Saudi Arabia Hussein Abdulghani 		Mexico Marcelino Bernal
Japan Hidetoshi Nakata
Tunisia Adel Sellimi 		Colombia Antony de Ávila
United States Eric Wynalda
Brazil Ronaldo
Jamaica Deon Burton
Argentina Gabriel Batistuta 		[5]
9 September 1998 Turkey Turkey XI Brazil Cláudio Taffarel
Cameroon Jacques Songo'o 		Cameroon Pierre Njanka
Denmark Jes Høgh
Albania Ilir Shulku
Romania Gheorghe Popescu
Iran Mehdi Pashazadeh 		Scotland Paul Lambert
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković
South Africa John Moshoeu
Romania Gheorghe Hagi
Brazil Dunga 		Spain Julen Guerrero
France Jean-Pierre Papin 		[5][23]
16 December 1998  Italy Italy Gianluca Pagliuca
Nigeria Ike Shorunmu 		Brazil Zé Maria
South Africa David Nyathi
Spain Fernando Hierro 		Japan Hidetoshi Nakata
Brazil Dunga
Portugal João Pinto
Netherlands Aron Winter
Spain Julen Guerrero
Portugal Rui Costa
France Zinedine Zidane 		Liberia George Weah
Mexico Luis Hernández
Brazil Ronaldo
Croatia Davor Šuker
Germany Oliver Bierhoff
Argentina Gabriel Batistuta
Chile Marcelo Salas 		[5]
12 June 1999  Australia France Bernard Lama
Mexico Jorge Campos 		Cameroon Rigobert Song
Brazil Júlio César
Nigeria Taribo West
Chile Javier Margas
South Africa Lucas Radebe
Egypt Hany Ramzy
Switzerland Murat Yakin 		England Matt Le Tissier
Russia Ilya Tsymbalar
Turkey Okan Buruk
Brazil Leonardo Araújo 		New Zealand Wynton Rufer
South Africa Shaun Bartlett
Italy Christian Vieri
Italy Marco Branca
Germany Jürgen Klinsmann 		[5]
17 August 1999 Africa XI Mexico Jorge Campos
Cameroon Jacques Songo'o
Liberia Louis Crayton 		Saudi Arabia Saleh Al-Dawod
Norway Stig Inge Bjørnebye
United States Jeff Agoos
Brazil Branco
Mexico Claudio Suárez
Nigeria Taribo West 		France Christian Karembeu
Brazil Dunga
Germany Thomas Häßler
Slovakia Ľubomír Moravčík
Ghana Abedi Pele
Morocco Mustapha Hadji 		Ecuador Eduardo Hurtado
France Jean-Pierre Papin 		[5]
25 April 2000  Bosnia and Herzegovina France Bernard Lama
Nigeria Ike Shorunmu 		Brazil Aloisio
Brazil César Belli
Egypt Ibrahim Hassan
Cameroon Pierre Njanka
Russia Viktor Onopko
Mexico Claudio Suárez
Netherlands Frank Verlaat
Nigeria Taribo West 		Brazil Dunga
Germany Thomas Häßler
Ghana Abedi Pele
Morocco Mustapha Hadji
Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia 		Brazil Sonny Anderson
Italy Roberto Baggio
Iran Ali Daei
China Su Maozhen 		[24]
16 August 2000  France Germany Andreas Köpke
Cameroon Jacques Songo'o 		Ghana Samuel Kuffour
Italy Ciro Ferrara
Brazil Aldair
Netherlands Frank Verlaat
Ivory Coast Saliou Lassissi
Cameroon Pierre Njanka
Cameroon Rigobert Song
Cameroon Geremi
Nigeria Taribo West 		Brazil Dunga
Brazil Zé Elias
Netherlands Aron Winter
Tunisia Zoubeir Baya
Japan Hidetoshi Nakata
Saudi Arabia Khaled Al-Muwallid
Guinea Pablo Thiam
South Korea Yoo Sang-chul 		China Su Maozhen
Italy Roberto Baggio 		[5]

Unofficial games

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Brazil 1–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Farewell game for Zico

Brazil 1–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Pelé's 50th Birthday

Americas XI5–1FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 42,888

Kobe Earthquake Benefit Match[25]

Japan–South Korea XI JapanSouth Korea1–1FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 46,740

World Dream Soccer Exhibition

Argentina 6–3FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 55.000
Referee: Juan Bava (Argentina}

Farewell game for Diego Maradona

Legends games

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Hong Kong–China XI Hong KongChina2–0FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 38,077

Reunification Cup - celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Hong Kong's reunification with China[26]

Africa XI3–3FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 35,412

90 Minutes for Mandela[7]

Women's games

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United States 1–2FIFA Women's World XI
 Report
Attendance: 15,367

First ever women's World Stars match played to coincide with the official draw for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup USA

Germany 2–3FIFA Women's World XI
 Report
Attendance: 41,000

FIFA Centennial Match

China 3–2FIFA Women's World XI
 Report
Attendance: 31,000

Match played to coincide with the official draw for the FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ England 3–0 Rest of Europe XI, London, England, 26 October 1938. Rest of Europe is sometimes recorded as FIFA[2]
  2. ^ Brazil participated in the game as the unofficial team of FUGAP.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "FA 100th Anniversary". World XI. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. ^ Rollin, Jack (2015). Soccer in the 1930s: Simple or Sublime?. Tony Brown. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-905891-92-4.
  3. ^ a b "England Player Honours – International Representative Teams". England Football Online. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. ^ "The four British associations return to FIFA after the Second World War: 25th FIFA Congress in Luxembourg in 1946". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "FIFA XI's Matches – Full Info". RSSSF. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b "FIFA World Stars Games at a glance" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Stars named for Mandela match". BBC Sport. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Observations about the Brazilian National Team Archive". RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  9. ^ WXI History 2005
  10. ^ Zahlreiche Tore und hohe Einnahmen für den Tsunami-Fonds[dead link‍]
  11. ^ "England v Rest of the World, 23 October 1963". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Spain v Rest of the World, 27 September 1967". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Brazil v Rest of the World, 06 November 1968". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Em 1973, despedida de Garrincha reuniu estrangeiros que jogavam no País" (in Portuguese). Estadão Esportes. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Amistoso de Despedida de Garrincha 1973: Brasil x Combinado Estrangeiro". YouTube.com (in Portuguese). 5 September 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  16. ^ "Brazil v Rest of the World, 19 December 1973". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Argentina v Rest of the World, 25 June 1979". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  18. ^ "Europe v Rest of the World, 07 August 1982". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  19. ^ "The Americas v Rest of the World, 27 July 1986". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  20. ^ "Germany v Rest of the World, 08 October 1991". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  21. ^ "Brazil v Rest of the World, 14 July 1996". 11v11. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  22. ^ Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "1997 MATCHES - OTHER MATCHES". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  23. ^ Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "1998 MATCHES - OTHER MATCHES". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  24. ^ "Dunga to captain FIFA World Stars squad v Bosnia & Herzegovina". FIFA. 25 April 2000. Retrieved 8 August 2020.[dead link‍]
  25. ^ "Kobe Earthquake Benefit Match 1995". RSSSF. 2002-09-26. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  26. ^ Football festival adds to Hong Kong celebrations[dead link‍], FIFA, 3 July 2007
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