World XI

World XI
Association	FIFA
First international
	England 2–1 FIFA World XI ; London, England; 23 October 1963
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 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[]

23 October 1963

England	2–1	FIFA World XI
Paine 66' Greaves 90'	Report	Law 82'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 100,000

Referee:

Bobby Davidson

Centenary of the (English) Football Association

27 September 1967

Spain	0–3	FIFA World XI
	Report	Mazzola 23' Eusébio 82' Goyvaerts 88'

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 35,000

Referee:

José María Ortiz

65th Birthday of Ricardo Zamora

6 November 1968

Brazil	2–1	FIFA World XI
Rivelino 20' Tostão 90'	Report	Albert 33'

Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 93,000

Referee:

10th Anniversary of Brazil's first World Cup victory (1958)

19 December 1973

Brazil^[8]	2–1	FIFA World XI
Pelé 40' Luis Pereira 65'	Report	Brindisi 2'

Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 131,000

Referee:

Farewell game for Garrincha

25 June 1979

Argentina	1–2	FIFA World XI
Maradona 28'	Report	Galván 68' (o.g.) Zico 73'

El Monumental, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 82,000

Referee:

Abraham Klein

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

7 August 1982

Europe XI	3–2	FIFA World XI
Keegan 58' Pezzey 79' Antognoni 88'	Report	Zico 29' Belloumi 35'

Giants Stadium, New York City

Attendance: 76,900

Referee:

David Socha

FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF

27 August 1986

Americas XI	2–2	FIFA World XI
Cabañas 81' Maradona 88'	Report	Butcher 15' Rossi 59'
Penalties
Negrete Falcão Alemão Cabañas Maradona	4–3	Rossi Lerby Amoros Strachan Park Chang-sun

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 57,600

Referee:

David Socha

FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF

27 March 1989

Brazil	1–2	FIFA World XI
Dunga 5'	Report	Francescoli 34' Détari 65'

Stadio Friuli, Udine

Referee:

Luigi Agnolin

Farewell game for Zico

31 October 1990

Brazil	1–2	FIFA World XI
Neto 60'	Report	Michel 35' Hagi 49'

Giuseppe Meazza, Milan

Referee:

Tullio Lanese

Pelé's 50th Birthday

8 October 1991

Germany	3–1	FIFA World XI
Beiersdorfer 29' Effenberg 35' Ruggeri 38' (o.g.)	Report	Stoichkov 27'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 38,000

Referee:

FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF

14 July 1996

Brazil U-23	2–1	FIFA World XI
Bebeto 48' Roberto Carlos 78'	Report	Klinsmann 69'

Giants Stadium, New York City

Attendance: 78,416

Referee:

Arturo Brizio

FIFA Charity Match for SOS Children's Villages

3 July 1997

Asia XI	3–5	FIFA World XI
Azizi 11' Al-Enazi 74' Bagheri 79'	Report	Weah 18' Alfonso 25' Şükür 32' Reyna 53' Papin 68'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 23,000

Referee:

Ali Bujsaim

Hong Kong Reunification Cup

18 August 1997

Russia	0–2	FIFA World XI
	Report	Djorkaeff 52' Guerrero 78'

Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 55,000

Referee:

Pierluigi Collina

Russian Football Centennial Match

4 December 1997

Europe XI	2–5	FIFA World XI
Lăcătuș 2' Zidane 60'	Report	de Ávila 16' Ronaldo 22', 43' Batistuta 30', 37'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 38,000

Referee:

Gilles Veissière

FIFA Charity Match for SOS Children's Villages

9 September 1998

Turkish League XI	4–4	FIFA World XI
Baljić 24', 45' (pen.) Demirci 66' Davala 87'	Report	Hagi 28', 70', 94' (pen.) Papin 74'

BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 15,000

Referee:

Gamal Al-Ghandour

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

16 December 1998

Italy	6–2	FIFA World XI
F. Inzaghi 9' Di Francesco 36' Fuser 40' Chiesa 56', 79', 85'	Report	Batistuta 20' Weah 22'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 21,352

Referee:

Centenary of the FIGC (Italian Football Federation)

12 June 1999

Australia	3–2	FIFA World XI
Zelic 46' Emerton 57' Margas 66' (o.g.)	Report	M. Yakin 9' Rufer 88'

Olympic Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 88,101

Referee:

Masayoshi Okada

Official Opening of the Olympic Stadium Australia

17 August 1999

Africa XI	2–2	FIFA World XI
Bwalya 51', 89'	Report	Häßler 52' Moravčík 63'

Ellis Park, Johannesburg

Attendance: 35,000

Referee:

Farewell game for Nelson Mandela

25 April 2000

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–1	FIFA World XI
	Report	R. Baggio 83' (pen.)

Kosevo Stadium, Sarajevo

Attendance: 25,000

Referee:

Günther Benkö

"Football For Peace"

16 August 2000

France	5–1	FIFA World XI
Trezeguet 11', 27', 46' Pires 56' Anelka 78'	Report	R. Baggio 79' (pen.)

Stade Velodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 60,000

Referee:

Mohammed Guezzaz

Charity Match for SOS Children's Villages

Players[]

Date	Opponent	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
23 October 1963 ^[5]^[9]	England	Lev Yashin Milutin Šoškić	Djalma Santos Luis Eyzaguirre Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Ján Popluhár	Josef Masopust Jim Baxter Svatopluk Pluskal Alfredo Di Stéfano	Raymond Kopa Uwe Seeler Denis Law Eusébio Ferenc Puskás Francisco Gento
27 September 1967 ^[5]^[10]	Spain	Giuliano Sarti Peter Bonetti	Tarcisio Burgnich Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Julio César Benítez	Ian Ure Charlie Cooke Gianni Rivera Mário Coluna	Kurt Hamrin Sandro Mazzola Eusébio Fernand Goyvaerts Mario Corso
6 November 1968 ^[5]^[11]	Brazil	Lev Yashin Ladislao Mazurkiewicz	Dezső Novák Albert Shesternyov Willi Schulz Silvio Marzolini Roberto Perfumo	Franz Beckenbauer Lajos Szűcs Wolfgang Overath Pedro Rocha	Amancio Amaro Slava Metreveli Flórián Albert Dragan Džajić János Farkas
19 December 1973 ^[12]^[13]^[14]	Brazil	Edgardo Andrada	Pablo Forlán Francisco Reyes Sergei Olshansky Alex Kamianecky Ángel Brunell Evgeny Lovchev	Eduardo Dreyer Pedro Rocha Carlos Babington	René Houseman Miguel Ángel Brindisi Narciso Doval Volodymyr Onyshchenko
25 June 1979 ^[5]^[15]	Argentina	Émerson Leão Friedrich Koncilia	Manfred Kaltz Antonio Cabrini Toninho Bruno Pezzey Ruud Krol	Marco Tardelli Michel Platini Zico Juan Manuel Asensi	Franco Causio Paolo Rossi Zbigniew Boniek
7 August 1982 ^[5]^[16]	Europe XI	Thomas N'Kono	Jaime Duarte Rick Davis Oscar Júnior	Erwin Romero Falcão Sócrates Zico Lakhdar Belloumi	Hugo Sánchez Giorgio Chinaglia Faisal Al-Dakhil
27 August 1986 ^[5]^[17]	Americas XI	Pat Jennings Rinat Dasayev	Manuel Amoros Terry Butcher Uli Stielike Michel Renquin Heinz Hermann	Gordon Strachan Søren Lerby Felix Magath Park Chang-sun	Dominique Rocheteau Mohamed Timoumi Paolo Rossi Igor Belanov
27 March 1989 ^[18]	Brazil	Michel Preud'homme Rinat Dasayev	João Pinto Eric Gerets Stéphane Demol Boško Gjurovski	Carlos Valderrama Rıdvan Dilmen Dragan Stojković Lajos Détári Enzo Francescoli	Radmilo Mihajlović Tanju Çolak Rui Águas
31 October 1990 ^[19]	Brazil	Michel Preud'homme Thomas N'Kono René Higuita	Lei Clijsters Emmanuel Kundé Júlio César Oscar Ruggeri Sergei Aleinikov Hugo de León	Lajos Détári Carlo Ancelotti Enzo Francescoli Míchel Gabriel Calderón Alemão José Basualdo	Rafael Martín Vázquez Gheorghe Hagi Marco Van Basten Hristo Stoichkov Roger Milla João Paulo
8 October 1991 ^[5]^[20]	Germany	Sergio Goycochea René Higuita	Carlos Mozer Oscar Ruggeri Ricardo Gomes Jorginho Desmond Armstrong Rıza Çalımbay	Chris Waddle Kim Joo-sung Ruud Gullit Dragan Stojković Carlos Valderrama	George Weah Iván Zamorano Hristo Stoichkov Tomáš Skuhravý
14 July 1996 ^[5]^[21]	Brazil U-23	Jorge Campos Nelson Tapia	Lothar Matthäus Fernando Hierro Fernando Couto Marcel Desailly Mark Fish	John Harkes Ned Zelic Krasimir Balakov Michael Laudrup Abedi Pele Fernando Redondo David Ginola	Jürgen Klinsmann Kazuyoshi Miura George Weah
3 July 1997 ^[5]^[22]	Asia XI	Andreas Köpke Andre Arendse	Fernando Hierro Frank Verlaat Lothar Matthäus	Dunga Sergey Lebedev Zé Elias Claudio Reyna Ha Seok-ju	George Weah Hakan Şükür Jean-Pierre Papin Alfonso Pérez
18 August 1997 ^[5]	Russia	Andoni Zubizarreta Uwe Gospodarek	Ramon Vega Frank Verlaat Claudio Suárez Akhrik Tsveiba	Lothar Matthäus Youri Djorkaeff Julen Guerrero Stefan Effenberg Aron Winter Abedi Pele	Jean-Pierre Papin Andriy Shevchenko Vladimir Beschastnykh
4 December 1997 ^[5]	Europe XI	Jacques Songo'o Rubén Ruiz Díaz	Hong Myung-bo Javier Margas Noureddine Naybet David Nyathi Hussein Abdulghani	Marcelino Bernal Hidetoshi Nakata Adel Sellimi	Antony de Ávila Eric Wynalda Ronaldo Deon Burton Gabriel Batistuta
9 September 1998 ^[5]^[23]	Turkish League XI	Cláudio Taffarel Jacques Songo'o	Pierre Njanka Jes Høgh Ilir Shulku Gheorghe Popescu Mehdi Pashazadeh	Paul Lambert Dragan Stojković John Moshoeu Gheorghe Hagi Dunga	Julen Guerrero Jean-Pierre Papin
16 December 1998 ^[5]	Italy	Gianluca Pagliuca Ike Shorunmu	Zé Maria David Nyathi Fernando Hierro	Hidetoshi Nakata Dunga João Pinto Aron Winter Julen Guerrero Rui Costa Zinedine Zidane	George Weah Luis Hernández Ronaldo Davor Šuker Oliver Bierhoff Gabriel Batistuta Marcelo Salas
12 June 1999 ^[5]	Australia	Bernard Lama Jorge Campos	Rigobert Song Júlio César Taribo West Javier Margas Lucas Radebe Hany Ramzy Murat Yakin	Matt Le Tissier Ilya Tsymbalar Okan Buruk Leonardo Araújo	Wynton Rufer Shaun Bartlett Christian Vieri Marco Branca Jürgen Klinsmann
17 August 1999 ^[5]	Africa XI	Jorge Campos Jacques Songo'o Louis Crayton	Saleh Al-Dawod Stig Inge Bjørnebye Jeff Agoos Branco Claudio Suárez Taribo West	Christian Karembeu Dunga Thomas Häßler Ľubomír Moravčík Abedi Pele Mustapha Hadji	Eduardo Hurtado Jean-Pierre Papin
25 April 2000 ^[24]	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bernard Lama Ike Shorunmu	Aloisio César Belli Ibrahim Hassan Pierre Njanka Viktor Onopko Claudio Suárez Frank Verlaat Taribo West	Dunga Thomas Häßler Abedi Pele Mustapha Hadji Mehdi Mahdavikia	Sonny Anderson Roberto Baggio Ali Daei Su Maozhen
16 August 2000 ^[5]	France	Andreas Köpke Jacques Songo'o	Samuel Kuffour Ciro Ferrara Aldair Frank Verlaat Saliou Lassissi Pierre Njanka Rigobert Song Taribo West	Dunga Zé Elias Aron Winter Zoubeir Baya Geremi Hidetoshi Nakata Khaled Al-Muwallid Pablo Thiam Yoo Sang-chul	Su Maozhen Roberto Baggio

Legends' games[]

1 July 2007

Hong Kong–China XI	2–0	FIFA World XI
Zhao Xuri 41' Shao Jiayi 52'	Report

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 38,077

Referee:

Reunification Cup - celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Hong Kong's reunification with China^[25]

18 July 2007

Africa XI	3–3	FIFA World XI
Abedi Pele 9' H. Hassan 30' 50'	Report	Zamorano 6' Gullit 44' Guerrero 72'

Newlands Stadium, Rome

Attendance: 35,412

Referee:

90 Minutes for Mandela^[7]

Women's games[]

14 February 1999

United States	1–2	FIFA Women's World XI
Foudy 24'	Report	Hooper 55', 61'

Spartan Stadium, San Jose

Attendance: 15,367

Referee:

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

20 May 2004

Germany	2–3	FIFA Women's World XI
Prinz 27' Garefrekes 44'	Report	Moström 16' Svensson 48' Akide 71'

Stade de France, Paris

Attendance: 41,000

Referee:

Nicole Petignat

FIFA Centennial Match

21 April 2007

China	3–2	FIFA Women's World XI
Liu Sa 14' Han Duan 27' Ji Ting 90'	Report	Pohlers 4' Salisbury 42'

Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan

Attendance: 31,000

Referee:

Tammy Ogston

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

Notes[]

^ England 3–0 Rest of Europe XI, London, England, 26 October 1938. Rest of Europe is sometimes recorded as FIFA^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "FA 100th Anniversary". World XI. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^ Rollin, Jack (2015). Soccer in the 1930s: Simple or Sublime?. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-905891-92-4.
^ "England Player Honours – International Representative Teams". England Football Online. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^ "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.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b "FIFA World Stars Games at a glance" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Stars named for Mandela match". BBC Sport. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^ "THIS MATCH WAS NOT OF THE OFFICIAL BRAZILIAN TEAM, BUT OF AN UNOFFICIAL TEAM OF FUGAP". RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ "England v Rest of the World, 23 October 1963". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "Spain v Rest of the World, 27 September 1967". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "Brazil v Rest of the World, 06 November 1968". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "Em 1973, despedida de Garrincha reuniu estrangeiros que jogavam no País" (in Portuguese). Estadão Esportes. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "Amistoso de Despedida de Garrincha 1973: Brasil x Combinado Estrangeiro". YouTube.com (in Portuguese). 5 September 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "Brazil v Rest of the World, 19 December 1973". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "Argentina v Rest of the World, 25 June 1979". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "Europe v Rest of the World, 07 August 1982". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "The Americas v Rest of the World, 27 July 1986". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1988-1989" (in Portuguese). RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1990-1991" (in Portuguese). RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
^ "Germany v Rest of the World, 08 October 1991". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "Brazil v Rest of the World, 14 July 1996". 11v11. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "1997 MATCHES - OTHER MATCHES". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "1998 MATCHES - OTHER MATCHES". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^ "Dunga to captain FIFA World Stars squad v Bosnia & Herzegovina". FIFA. 25 April 2000. Retrieved 8 August 2020.^{[dead link]}
^ Football festival adds to Hong Kong celebrations^{[dead link]}, FIFA, 3 July 2007

[FA75-3] England 3–0 Rest of Europe XI, London, England, 26 October 1938. Rest of Europe is sometimes recorded as FIFA^[2]

[FA100-1] "FA 100th Anniversary". World XI. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[Rollin2-2] Rollin, Jack (2015). Soccer in the 1930s: Simple or Sublime?. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-905891-92-4.

[efo-4] "England Player Honours – International Representative Teams". England Football Online. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[FIFA-5] "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.

[RSSSF-6] ^ ^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.

[Official-7] "FIFA World Stars Games at a glance" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[Mandela07-8] "Stars named for Mandela match". BBC Sport. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[9] "THIS MATCH WAS NOT OF THE OFFICIAL BRAZILIAN TEAM, BUT OF AN UNOFFICIAL TEAM OF FUGAP". RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[10] "England v Rest of the World, 23 October 1963". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[11] "Spain v Rest of the World, 27 September 1967". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[12] "Brazil v Rest of the World, 06 November 1968". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[13] "Em 1973, despedida de Garrincha reuniu estrangeiros que jogavam no País" (in Portuguese). Estadão Esportes. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[14] "Amistoso de Despedida de Garrincha 1973: Brasil x Combinado Estrangeiro". YouTube.com (in Portuguese). 5 September 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[15] "Brazil v Rest of the World, 19 December 1973". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[16] "Argentina v Rest of the World, 25 June 1979". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[17] "Europe v Rest of the World, 07 August 1982". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[18] "The Americas v Rest of the World, 27 July 1986". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[19] "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1988-1989" (in Portuguese). RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[20] "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1990-1991" (in Portuguese). RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[21] "Germany v Rest of the World, 08 October 1991". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[22] "Brazil v Rest of the World, 14 July 1996". 11v11. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

[23] Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "1997 MATCHES - OTHER MATCHES". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

[24] Morrison, Neil (2 February 2005). "1998 MATCHES - OTHER MATCHES". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[25] "Dunga to captain FIFA World Stars squad v Bosnia & Herzegovina". FIFA. 25 April 2000. Retrieved 8 August 2020.^{[dead link]}

[26] Football festival adds to Hong Kong celebrations^{[dead link]}, FIFA, 3 July 2007

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Contents

Results[]

Players[]

Legends' games[]

Women's games[]

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First international
Association	FIFA
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