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World XI

This article is about the association football team. For the cricket team, see World XI (cricket).
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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60s

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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)

70s

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[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)

80s

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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

90s

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Germany 3–1FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (Italy)

FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF

Olympic Brazil 2–1 [c]FIFA 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

00s

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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 XI (Europe) 3–6Ronaldinho XI (World)
 Report
Attendance: 35,000

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

Unofficial games

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Goodwill Games

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Russia 2–1 World All-Stars
 Report
Attendance: 78,000[11]
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Friendlies

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Argentina 3–0FIFA World XI
Referee: Abel Gnecco (Argentina)

Friendly

Kuwait 0-2FIFA World XI [d]

Anniversary Friendly a year after the Gulf War

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

Kobe Earthquake Benefit Match[12]

Europe XI3-4Rest of World XI
 Report
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Robert Wurtz (Germany)

AIFP match

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

World Dream Soccer Exhibition

Barcelona1–1FIFA World XI
 Report

Goals against AIDS

Christmas matches

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AC Milan4-2Christmas World Stars
 Report
Attendance: 40,000

Chritmas Charity match for UNICEF's Somalian refugees

AC Milan5-3Christmas World Stars
 Report
Attendance: 42.569
Referee: Treossi (Italy)

Chritmas Charity match for UNICEF

AS Roma2-1Christmas World Stars
 Report
Attendance: 25.120

Chritmas Charity match

AC Milan2-3 [e]Christmas World Stars
 Report
Attendance: 23,000

Chritmas Charity match for UNICEF's children

Testimonials

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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

Brazil  XI3-3FIFA World XI

Farewell match for Dirceu

Germany 3-1Rudi Voller's World XI [f]

Farewell game for Rudi Voller

France 2–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 60,000

Jean-Pierre Papin Testimonial

Manchester United2-4 [g]FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 54,842

Alex Ferguson Testimonial

Romania 2-2World XI [h]
 Report
Attendance: 60.000

Gheorghe Hagi´s farewell

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

Farewell game for Diego Maradona

Cameroon 3-1FIFA World XI [i]
 Report
Attendance: 23,962

Marc-Vivien Foe tribute

San Lorenzo4-2FIFA World XI
Attendance: 25.000

Alberto Acosta farewell

Chile 2-5World XI [j]
Report
Attendance: 60,000

Ivan Zamorano farewell

Colombia  XI3-3World XI [k]
 Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Jesus Diaz (Colombia)

Carlos Valderrama farewell

Velez Sarsfield2-1World XI

José Luis Chilavert farewell

Romania 3-2World XI [l]
 Report
Attendance: 27,000

Gheorghe Popescu´s farewell

Nigeria  XI3-1World (African) XI [m]
 Report
Attendance: 14,000

Nwankwo Kanu´s farewell

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[13]

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

Squads

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Rosters (Official matches)

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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
Hungary Ferenc Puskás
Spain Francisco Gento
Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano 		[5][14]
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][15]
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][16]
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
Uruguay Pedro Rocha
Argentina Carlos Babington 		Argentina René Houseman
Argentina Miguel Ángel Brindisi
Argentina Narciso Doval
Soviet Union Volodymyr Onyshchenko 		[17][18][19]
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][20]
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][21]
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][22]
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 (Captain )
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][23]
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 (Captain )
France David Ginola 		Germany Jürgen Klinsmann
Japan Kazuyoshi Miura
Liberia George Weah 		[5][24]
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][25]
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 (Captain )
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 (Captain )
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][26]
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 (Captain )
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 (Captain ) 		[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 (Captain )
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 (Captain)
Germany Thomas Häßler
Ghana Abedi Pele
Morocco Mustapha Hadji
Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia 		Brazil Sonny Anderson
Italy Roberto Baggio
Iran Ali Daei
China Su Maozhen 		[27]
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 (Captain) 		[5]

Lineups

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Christmas matches

Referee: Trentalange
AC Milan (Fabio Capello): Sebastiano Rossi (74′ Carlo Cudicini), Tassotti, Enzo Gambaro, De Napoli, Stefano Nava, Franco Baresi (c), Lentini I (64′ Serena), Donadoni, Marco Simone (46′ Albertini), Evani, Massaro.
Christmas World Stars (Nils Liedholm): Taffarel (46′ Casanova), John Sivebaek (80′ Dubovski), Blanc (80′ Panadic), Zvonimir Boban (46′ David Ginola, 74′ Rosenthal), Glonek (46′ Germain), Sabau (46′ Sforza, 74′ Sergio Berti), Dejan Savicevic (46′ Hagi), Rijkaard (46′ Sammer), Jean-Pierre Papin (57′ Elber, 74′ Luis Oliveira), Ruud Gullit (c) (46′ Lajos Detari), Careca (46′ Davor Suker, 74′ Raducioiu).
Referee: Treossi
AC Milan (Fabio Capello): Sebastiano Rossi (46′ Ielpo), Mauro Tassotti (captain) (73′ Sadotti), Alessandro Orlando, De Napoli, Stefano Nava, F. Galli, Lentini I, Desailly (46′ Panucci, 56′ Costacurta), Jean-Pierre Papin (46′ Massaro), Dejan Savicevic (66′ D’Aversa), Angelo Carbone
Christmas World Stars (Francisco Maturana): Jorge Campos (46′ Wilfred), Martinsen (46′ Rimba), Jose Chamot (46′ Sabau), Ruud Gullit (captain) (35′ Sforza, 61′ Kalusha Bwalya), Sensini (46′ Lasas), Onopko (35′ Shin Hong Gi, 61′ El Khalej Tahar), Brian Laudrup (61′ Daoudi), Ilie Dumitrescu (46′ Makanaki, 82′ Rapaijc), Hugo Sanchez (46′ Nikos Machlas, 82′ Goran Vlaovic), Rincon (46′ Tomas Brolin), Kazu Miura (50′ Luis Oliveira, 78′ Stanic).
Referee: De Santis di Tivoli
AS Roma (Carlo Mazzone): Cervone, Annoni (46′ Colonnese), Benedetti, Francesco Statuto (46′ Piacentini), Petruzzi, Carboni (68′ Borsa), Francesco Moriero (46′ Maini), Thern, Cappioli, Giuseppe Giannini (c), Francesco Totti.
Christmas World Stars (Nils Liedholm): Ladic (46' Eriksson), Zeman, Marcelo Balboa, Zoran Jovanovski (46' Patrick Berger), Igor Štimac (46' Li Bing), Andre Cruz, Luis Oliveira (46' Kenneth Andersson), Tab Ramos (46' Julio Dely Valdés), Papin (46' Harazi), Hong Myung Bo (46' Nikos Machlas), Kazu Miura (46' Vlaović)
Referee: Beschin di Legnago
AC Milan (Fabio Capello): Sebastiano Rossi (46′ Ielpo), Panucci (70′ Coco), Maldini (54′ Tassotti), Zvonimir Boban (46′ Albertini), Costacurta (46′ Stefano Nava), Baresi (31′ Galli), Lentini, Stroppa (46′ Eranio), Melli (46′ Sordo), Massimo Orlando, Paolo Di Canio
Christmas World Stars (Nils Liedholm): Tacconi (46' Ladic), Arteaga (46' Nikos Machlas), Vladimír Kinder, Igor Štimac (46' Hong Myung Bo), Kalitzakis, Marcelo Balboa (46' Zeman), Lardín ($6' Patrick Berger), Hristo Stoičkov (c) (46' Danut Lupu, Glenn Hélder (46' Tab Ramos), Asanović, Richard Witschge (46' Li Bing)

Other matches

Referee: Rosario Lo Bello
Germany (Berti Vogts): Illgner (Köpke), Kohler, Binz, Reuter, Beiersdorfer, Brehme (Effenberg), Hässler, Möller (Bein), Matthäus (captain), Völler, Klinsmann (Thom)
FIFA World XI (Bobby Robson ): Goycoechea, Oscar Ruggeri, Ricardo, Jorginho, Mozer, Armstrong (Skuhravy), Stojkovic (Calimbay), Waddle (Valderrama), Weah (Joo-Sung-Kim), Gullit (captain), Stoichkov (Zamorano).
Referee: Robert Wurtz
Europe XI (Guy Roux): Stanley Menzo (Frode Grodås, Laurent Blanc (46' Eusebio), Ronald Koeman (46' Jordi Cruyff), Thomas Berthold, Georges Grun, Christian Karembeu, Eric Cantona (captain), Hristo Stoichkov, Gianluca Vialli (46' Elvir Bolic), Roberto Mancini, Tomas Brolin
Rest of World XI (Sócrates): Navarro Montoya (46' Rene Higuita ), Jose del Solar, Branco, Smahi Triki, José Basualdo, Oscar Ruggeri, Edison Mafla, Paulo Silas, Aurelio Vidmar (55' Nwankwo Kanu), Diego Maradona (captain) (60' Charles Wittl, Giovane Élber (46' Gabriel Okolosi).
Referee: Pierluigi Collina.
Russia All Stars: Ovchinnikov (Cherchesov, 46), Kovtun (Pagayev, 46), Nikiforov (Chugainov, 46), Popov, Kosolapov (Yanovskiy, 46), Kanchelskis (Grishin, 46), Onopko (captain), Alenichev (Kharlachyov, 46), Kolyvanov (Tikhonov, 46), Veretennikov, Simutenkov (Cheryshev, 46).
FIFA World XI (Bobby Robson and Bora Milutinović): Zubizarreta (Gospodarek, 46), Vega, Suárez, Verlaat, Matthäus (captain), Djorkaeff (Tsveiba, 78), Guerrero, Winter, Papin (Abédi Pelé, 46), Effenberg, Shevchenko (Beschastnykh, 58).
Referee: Gilles Veissière
Europe XI(Franz Beckenbauer): Andreas Köpke (46' Frode Grodås, Heimo Pfeifenberger, Alessandro Costacurta, Fernando Hierro (46' Søren Colding), Dominique Lemoine (46' Gordon Durie), Paul Ince, Zinedine Zidane (captain), Krasimir Balakov, Marius Lacatus, Patrick Kluivert (46' Slaviša Jokanović), Alen Boksic
Rest of World XI (Carlos Alberto Parreira): Jacques Songo’o (Rubén Ruiz Díaz), Hong Myung-Bo, Javier Margas, Nourredine Naybet, David Nyathi, Marcelino Bernal, Hidetoshi Nakata, Adel Sellimi, Gabriel Batistuta, Ronaldo (captain), Antony de Ávila. Subs: Hussein Abdulghani, Nwankwo Kanu, Deon Burton, Eric Wynalda, Mehdi Pashazadeh
Referee: Robert Wurtz
Barcelona (Frank Rijkaard): Víctor Valdés - Damiá, Carles Puyol (captain), Navarro, Giovanni van Bronckhorst - Deco, Dani Fragoso, Iniesta - Ludovic Giuly, Cristian, Ronaldinho. Subs: Belletti, Messi
World Stars XI (Johan Cruyff): Jorge Campos (46' Abbiati); Ostlund, Kompany, Pochetino (46' Van Buyten), Carboni (46' Michalis Kapsis), Obodo (46' Escudé), Baraja (46' Andrés D'Alessandro), Hidetoshi Nakata (71' Jorge Campos), Uche (46' Delron Buckley), Bojinov (46' Benny McCarthy), Michael Owen (46' Stiliyan Petrov).
  • Also: (Fernando Torres, Anelka, Brocchi, Barthez, Maldini and Lizarazu were invited but they could't travel).
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
Europe XI (Marcello Lippi and Arsène Wenger): Iker Casillas, Montero, Kaladze, Thuram, Gerrard, Diesler, Beckham, Zidane, Alessandro Del Piero, Raul, Shevchenko (captain). Subs: Mahdavikia, Park Ji-sung, Kameni, Martins, Henri Camara, Jaïdi, Buckley, Beasley, Cha Duri, Cris, Heinze, Lúcio, Zanetti, Adriano, Cambiasso, Drogba, Emerton, Essien, Juninho, Li Tie, Ronaldo
Rest of World XI (Carlos Alberto Parreira and Frank Rijkaard ): Dida, Cafu, Cordoba, Marquez, Radebe, Song, Nakata, Deco, Kaka, Ronaldinho (captain), Eto'o. Subs: Kompany, Kuffour, Giuly, Toldo, Vogel, Sükür, Litmanen, Gianfranco Zola, David Suazo, Henry, Buffon, Karembeu, Puyol, Maldini, Stam, Roberto Baggio, Ballack, Totti, Nedvěd, Vieira, Sema

Statistics

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Players with most selections

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Lev Yashin was first selected in 1963.
Jean-Pierre Papin was selected five times.
Lothar Matthaus was selected five times.

Testimonial and legends' matches are not included.

Player Selections FIFA XI Matches Matches for the opposition Notes
Brazil Carlos Dunga 6 1997, 1998 (I), 1998 (II), 1999, 2000 (I), 2000 (II), 1995 1995: America XI 5-1 Rest of the World XI (Kobe Earthquake benefit). In 2001 he played in Gheorghe Hagi´s farewell
Germany Lothar Matthaus 5 1996, 1997 (I), 1997 (II), 1999 1991 1991: FIFA XI 1-3 Germany and He also played in: 2001: Maradona´s farewell, and 1996: Rudi Voller's farewell
Japan Hidetoshi Nakata 5 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 2001 2001: FIFA XI 1-1 Japan & Korea XI


Liberia George Weah 4 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998 In 1999: Manchester United 2-4 Rest of the World XI (Alex Ferguson Testimonial)


France Jean-Pierre Papin 4 1997 (I), 1997 (II), 1998, 1999 (I) 1999: France 2-2 World XI (Jean-Pierre Papin Testimonial)
Netherlands Frank Verlaat 4 1997 (I), 1997 (II), 2000 (I), 2000 (I) 1998 1999: France 2-2 World XI (Jean-Pierre Papin Testimonial)
Cameroon Jacques Songo'o 4 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Netherlands Aron Winter 4 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001
Mexico Jorge Campos 4 1996, 1999 (I), 1999 (II), 2004 1995 1995: America XI 5-1 Rest of the World XI (Kobe Earthquake benefit)


Italy Roberto Baggio 4 2000 (I), 2000 (II), 2002, 2005
Ghana Abedi Pele 3 1996, 1997, 1999
Nigeria Taribo West 3 1999 (I), 1999 (II), 2000
Ghana Abedi Pele 3 1996, 1997, 1999
Argentina Gabriel Batistuta 2 1997, 1998 1999: Manchester United 2-4 Rest of the World XI (Alex Ferguson Testimonial)
Turkey Hakan Sukur 2 1997, 2005 In 2001: Gheorghe Hagi´s farewell
Italy Paolo Maldini 2 2002, 2005 1998 In 1999: France 2-2 World XI (Jean-Pierre Papin Testimonial). 1998: FIFA XI 2-6 Italy
Spain Fernando Hierro 3 1996, 1997 (I), 1998 1997 (II) 1997: 11 - FIFA XI 5-2 European Team



Colombia Rene Higuita 2 1991, 1997, and 2001 1997: Europe XI 3-4 World XI (AIFP match). In 2001: Maradona´s farewell
Soviet Union Lev Yashin 2 1963, 1968 1971 1971 Yashin´s farewell: Soviet Dynamo 1-1 World XI
Brazil Zico 2 1979, 1982 1989, 1990, 1995 1989: Brazil 1-2 Rest of the World XI (Zico´s farewell), 1990: Flamengo 2-2 World XI (Zico´s farewell) 1995: Brazil XI 3-3 Rest of the World XI (Dirceu Guimarães's farewell)


Brazil Rnnaldo 2 1997, 1998 and 2003 1996 1996: FIFA XI 1-2 Brazil. In 2003: Zamorano testimonial


Germany Jürgen Klinsmann 2 1996, 1999 1991, 1996 1991: FIFA XI 1-3 Germany, 1996: Voller testimonial
Portugal Eusebio 2 1963, 1967 1973 1973 : Benfica 2-2 World XI (Eusebio´s farewell)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković 2 1995, 1998 1995: America XI 5-1 Rest of the World XI (Kobe Earthquake benefit)


France Christian Karembeu 2 1999, 2005 1997, 2000 1997:Europe XI 3-4 World XI (AIFP match), 2000: FIFA XI 1-5 France
Germany Michael Ballack 2 2002, 2005
France Zinedine Zidane 2 1998, 2005 and 1999 (Testimonial) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 1997: FIFA XI 5-2 European Team, 2002: FIFA XI 3-3 Real Madrid and 2000: FIFA XI 1-5 France,. In 1999: Manchester United 2-4 Rest of the World XI (Alex Ferguson Testimonial)
Argentina Oscar Ruggeri 2 1991, 1997 1997: Europe XI 3-4 World XI (AIFP match)
Brazil Branco 2 1997, 1999 1997: Europe XI 3-4 World XI (AIFP match)

Players with most goals

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Rnnaldo scored 2 goals for FIFA XI in December 1997.

Testimonial and legends' matches are not included.

Player Goals for World XI Selections Goals for the opposition Notes
Romania Gheorghe Hagi 3 (1998) 1
Argentina Gabriel Batistuta 3 (1997, 1998) 2
France Jean-Pierre Papin 3 (1997, 1998, 1999) 4
Brazil Ronaldo 2 (1997) 2
Liberia George Weah 2 (1997, 1998) 4
Brazil Zico 2 (1979, 1982) 2
Italy Roberto Baggio 2 (2000) 4

List of captains

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The list includes all matches.

Period Team Captain Notes
1991-1993 Netherlands Ruud Gullit
1994 Poland Zbigniew Boniek (ret.) Goodwill Games
1994 Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov
1995 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragan Stojković As Rest of World against Americas XI
1996-1997 Germany Lothar Matthaus
1997 Brazil Ronaldo Lima
1998-2000 Brazil Carlos Dunga
1999 Germany Jurgen Klinsmann (ret.) Australia match
2000 Italy Roberto Baggio

Coaches

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Period Coach Notes
1991 England Bobby Robson
1991 Brazil Sebastiao Lazaroni Against Kuwait
1992 Sweden Nils Liedholm Christmas Stars
1993 Colombia Francisco Maturana Christmas Stars
1994 Germany Udo Lattek Goodwill Games
1994 Sweden Nils Liedholm Christmas Stars
1995 England Roy Hodgson and
Germany Pierre Littbarski 		Against Americas XI
1996 Denmark Richard Moller Nielsen
1997 Brazil Sócrates as Rest of World
1997 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinovic and
Slovakia Jozef Venglos 		Against Asia XI
1997 England Bobby Robson and
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinovic
1998 Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira
1999 England Roy Hodgson Against Australia
1999 England Roy Hodgson and
Netherlands Ruud Gullit 		Against Africa XI
2005 Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira and
Slovakia Jozef Venglos 		Against Turkey XI
2004 Netherlands Johan Cruyff Against Barcelona
2005 Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira and
Netherlands Frank Rijkaard 		as Ronaldinho XI/Rest of World

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]
  3. ^ 1996: Bebeto was voted the MVP.
  4. ^ FIFA World XI in Kuwait: Tacconi; Apostolakis, Dunga, Saravakos, Ruben Sosa, Carlos Valderrama, Enzo Francescoli, Tanju Çolak. Coach: Sebastiao Lazaroni.
  5. ^ Giannis Kallitzakis was the MVP
  6. ^ 1996 Rudi Voller's Team (or World XI) starters were: 3. Brehme, 4.Berthold, 5. Buchwald, 6.Desideri, 7.Littbarski, 8.Matthaus, 9.Rizzitelli, 10.Giannini, 13.Voller. Subs were: 15. Amedeo Carboni. Coach: Otto Reehaggel. Rudi Voller played for both sides.
  7. ^ After 68 minutes the entire Rest of the World XI was substituted for a team consisting of former Manchester United stars including Mark Hughes who scored twice. World XI: Schmeichel (46' Pascal Olmeta), Cafu, Fernando Couto, Zinedine Zidane, Gabriel Batistuta, Cantona (46' Careca), Vialli, Weah
  8. ^ 2001 Romania's dream team coached by Mircea Lucescu consisted of Hagi, Dan Petrescu, and Viorel Moldovan, Popescu, Filipescu, Rotariu, Marius Baciu, Dumitrescu, Stelea, Belodedici, Chivu, Mutu, Contra. World XI coached by Radomir Antic: Taffarel (Dida), Mihajlo Pjanovic, Nenad Lalatovic, Capone, Chendo, Sanchis, Bulent Korkmaz, Miroslav Karhan, Carlos Dunga, Robert Prosinecki, Okan, Hakan Sukur.
  9. ^ 2003 World XI (or Friendship team") was coached by Man.City Kevin Keegan, Lyon's Paul Le Guen and former RC Lens trainer Daniel Leclercq, consisted of Thierry Henry, Robert Pires, Sylvain Wiltord, Nicolas Anelka, Sonny Anderson,and others.
  10. ^ 2003 World XI: Chilavert, Ivan Cordoba, Javier Zanetti, Andres D'Alessandro, Carlos Valderrama, David Pizarro, Claudio Husain, Santiago Solari, Ronaldo. Zamorano played a half for each team.
  11. ^ 2004: Colombian XI (Hernan Dario Gomez: Jose Marca Pazos (Eduardo Niio, 46), Luis Fernando Herrera (Wilmer Cabrera, 46), Alexis Mendoza (Gabriel Martinez, 46), Carlos Mario Hoyos (Carlos Vives, 19, Ricardo Perez, 46), Wilson Perez (Alberto Gamero, 46), Leonel Alvarez (Luis Zuleta, 46), Mauricio Serna (Juan Carlos Abello, 60), Carlos Valderrama (Kenny Valderrama-77), Alan Ronald Valderrama (Didc Valderrama, 46), Ivan Valenciano (Adolfo Valencia, 46) and Faustino Asprilla (David Ferreira, 46). World Friends (Julio Avelino Comesaia and Perfecto Rodriguez): José Luis Chilavert, Jorge Soto, Jose Soto, Javier Margas, Rafael VillazUn (Claudio Rodriguez, 22, Claudio Juuregui, 60), Alex Aguinaga, Enzo Francescoli (Raul Diaz Arce, 62) Marco Etcheverry, Alberto Acosta, Ratl Dcaz Arce (Jorge Campos, 46) and Ivan Zamorano (Pablo Sabat-73). Valderrama missed a penalty on 36. Diego Maradona watched the match from the stands as he could not play because of a knee ailment. The referee ended the match on 82.
  12. ^ 2004 All-Star World Team' included Claudio Taffarel, Hristo Stoichkov and Josep Guardiola, and Romanians Gheorghe Hagi and Dan Petrescu.
  13. ^ Kanu played for both sides. The World XI (actually made of Africans), managed by Stephen Keshi and Jo Bonfrere included: Peterside Idah; Jean Makoun, Khalilou Fadiga, Anthony Baffoe, Jay-Jay Okocha, Sammy Kuffour, George Boateng, Joseph Yobo, Taye Taiwo, Herman Hreidarsson and Obinna Nsofor, Samuel Eto'o (c), Emmanuel Adebayor, Sulley Muntari, Rigobert Song and Emmanuel Eboue. While Yakubu Ayegbeni made an appearance for Nigeria.

References

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  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.
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  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.
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  10. ^ Zahlreiche Tore und hohe Einnahmen für den Tsunami-Fonds[dead link]
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  13. ^ Football festival adds to Hong Kong celebrations[dead link], FIFA, 3 July 2007
  14. ^ "England v Rest of the World, 23 October 1963". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Spain v Rest of the World, 27 September 1967". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  16. ^ "Brazil v Rest of the World, 06 November 1968". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  17. ^ "Em 1973, despedida de Garrincha reuniu estrangeiros que jogavam no País" (in Portuguese). Estadão Esportes. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  18. ^ "Amistoso de Despedida de Garrincha 1973: Brasil x Combinado Estrangeiro". YouTube.com (in Portuguese). 5 September 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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  20. ^ "Argentina v Rest of the World, 25 June 1979". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  21. ^ "Europe v Rest of the World, 07 August 1982". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  22. ^ "The Americas v Rest of the World, 27 July 1986". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  23. ^ "Germany v Rest of the World, 08 October 1991". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  24. ^ "Brazil v Rest of the World, 14 July 1996". 11v11. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  25. ^ Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "1997 MATCHES - OTHER MATCHES". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  26. ^ Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "1998 MATCHES - OTHER MATCHES". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  27. ^ "Dunga to captain FIFA World Stars squad v Bosnia & Herzegovina". FIFA. 25 April 2000. Retrieved 8 August 2020.[dead link]

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