This article is about the association football team. For the cricket team, see World XI (cricket).
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]
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This article is about the association football team For the cricket team see World XI cricket 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 World XIAssociationFIFAFirst 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 XIMarseille France 4 December 1997Biggest defeat Italy 6 2 FIFA World XIRome Italy 16 December 1998 France 5 1 FIFA World XIMarseille France 16 August 2000The 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 Contents 1 Results 2 Players 3 Unofficial games 4 Legends games 5 Women s games 6 See also 7 Notes 8 ReferencesResults Edit23 October 1963 1963 10 23 England 2 1 FIFA World XIPaine 66 Greaves 90 Report Law 82 Wembley Stadium LondonAttendance 100 000Referee Bobby Davidson Scotland Centenary of the English Football Association 27 September 1967 1967 09 27 Spain 0 3 FIFA World XIReport Mazzola 23 Eusebio 82 Goyvaerts 88 Santiago Bernabeu MadridAttendance 35 000Referee Jose Maria Ortiz Spain 65th Birthday of Ricardo Zamora 6 November 1968 1968 11 06 Brazil 2 1 FIFA World XIRivelino 20 Tostao 90 Report Albert 33 Maracana Stadium Rio de JaneiroAttendance 93 000Referee Diego Di Leo Brazil 10th Anniversary of Brazil s first World Cup victory 1958 19 December 1973 1973 12 19 b Brazil XI 2 1 FIFA World XIPele 40 Luis Pereira 65 Report Brindisi 2 Maracana Stadium Rio de JaneiroAttendance 131 000Referee Armando Marques Brazil Farewell game for Garrincha 25 June 1979 1979 06 25 Argentina 1 2 FIFA World XIMaradona 28 Report Galvan 68 o g Zico 73 El Monumental Buenos AiresAttendance 82 000Referee Abraham Klein Israel 1st Anniversary of Argentina s first World Cup victory 1978 7 August 1982 1982 08 07 Europe XI 3 2 FIFA World XIKeegan 58 Pezzey 79 Antognoni 88 Report Zico 29 Belloumi 35 Giants Stadium New York CityAttendance 76 900Referee David Socha United States FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF 27 August 1986 1986 08 27 Americas XI 2 2 FIFA World XICabanas 81 Maradona 88 Report Butcher 15 Rossi 59 PenaltiesNegrete Falcao Alemao Cabanas Maradona 4 3 Rossi Lerby Amoros Strachan Park Chang sunRose Bowl PasadenaAttendance 57 600Referee David Socha United States FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF 8 October 1991 1991 10 08 Germany 3 1 FIFA World XIBeiersdorfer 29 Effenberg 35 Ruggeri 38 o g Report Stoichkov 27 Olympiastadion MunichAttendance 38 000Referee Rosario Lo Bello Italy FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF 14 July 1996 1996 07 14 Brazil U23 2 1 FIFA World XIBebeto 48 Roberto Carlos 78 Report Klinsmann 69 Giants Stadium New York CityAttendance 78 416Referee Arturo Brizio Mexico FIFA Charity Match for SOS Children s Villages 3 July 1997 1997 07 03 Asia XI 3 5 FIFA World XIAzizi 11 Al Enazi 74 Bagheri 79 Report Weah 18 Alfonso 25 Sukur 32 Reyna 53 Papin 68 Hong Kong Stadium Hong KongAttendance 23 000Referee Ali Bujsaim United Arab Emirates Hong Kong Reunification Cup 18 August 1997 1997 08 18 Russia 0 2 FIFA World XIReport Djorkaeff 52 Guerrero 78 Luzhniki Stadium MoscowAttendance 55 000Referee Pierluigi Collina Italy Russian Football Centennial Match 4 December 1997 1997 12 04 Europe XI 2 5 FIFA World XILăcătuș 2 Zidane 60 Report de Avila 16 Ronaldo 22 43 Batistuta 30 37 Stade Velodrome MarseilleAttendance 38 000Referee Gilles Veissiere France FIFA Charity Match for SOS Children s Villages 9 September 1998 1998 09 09 Turkey XI 4 4 FIFA World XIBaljic 24 45 pen Demirci 66 Davala 87 Report Hagi 28 70 94 pen Papin 74 BJK Inonu Stadium IstanbulAttendance 15 000Referee Gamal Al Ghandour Egypt 75th Anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic and the Turkish Football Federation 16 December 1998 1998 12 16 Italy 6 2 FIFA World XIF Inzaghi 9 Di Francesco 36 Fuser 40 Chiesa 56 79 85 Report Batistuta 20 Weah 22 Stadio Olimpico RomeAttendance 21 352Referee Remi Harrel France Centenary of the FIGC Italian Football Federation 12 June 1999 1999 06 12 Australia 3 2 FIFA World XIZelic 46 Emerton 57 Margas 66 o g Report Murat Yakin 9 Rufer 88 Olympic Stadium SydneyAttendance 88 101Referee Masayoshi Okada Japan Official Opening of the Olympic Stadium Australia 17 August 1999 1999 08 17 Africa XI 2 2 FIFA World XIBwalya 51 89 Report Hassler 52 Moravcik 63 Ellis Park JohannesburgAttendance 35 000Referee Ndoya Falla Senegal Farewell game for Nelson Mandela 25 April 2000 2000 04 25 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1 FIFA World XIReport R Baggio 83 pen Kosevo Stadium SarajevoAttendance 25 000Referee Gunther Benko Austria Football For Peace 16 August 2000 2000 08 16 France 5 1 FIFA World XITrezeguet 11 27 46 Pires 56 Anelka 78 Report R Baggio 79 pen Stade Velodrome MarseilleAttendance 60 000Referee Mohammed Guezzaz Morocco Charity Match for SOS Children s Villages 15 February 2005 2005 02 15 Shevchenko XI3 6Ronaldinho XIDel Piero 26 Zola 50 Suazo 54 Report Eto o 14 45 Camara 19 64 Ronaldinho 60 Cha Du ri 79 Camp Nou BarcelonaAttendance 35 000Referee Pierluigi Collina Italy Football for Hope Indian Ocean Tsunami funds 9 10 3 Players EditDate Opponent Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref 23 October 1963 England Lev Yashin Milutin Soskic Djalma Santos Luis Eyzaguirre Karl Heinz Schnellinger Jan Popluhar Josef Masopust Jim Baxter Svatopluk Pluskal Raymond Kopa Uwe Seeler Denis Law Eusebio Ferenc Puskas Francisco Gento Alfredo Di Stefano 5 11 27 September 1967 Spain Giuliano Sarti Peter Bonetti Tarcisio Burgnich Karl Heinz Schnellinger Julio Cesar Benitez Ian Ure Charlie Cooke Gianni Rivera Mario Coluna Kurt Hamrin Sandro Mazzola Eusebio Fernand Goyvaerts Mario Corso 5 12 6 November 1968 Brazil Lev Yashin Ladislao Mazurkiewicz Dezso Novak Lajos Szucs Albert Shesternyov Willi Schulz Franz Beckenbauer Silvio Marzolini Roberto Perfumo Wolfgang Overath Pedro Rocha Amancio Amaro Slava Metreveli Florian Albert Dragan Dzajic Janos Farkas 5 13 19 December 1973 Brazil XI Edgardo Andrada Pablo Forlan Sergei Olshansky Alex Kamianecky pt Angel Brunell Evgeny Lovchev Francisco Reyes Eduardo Dreyer pt Pedro Rocha Carlos Babington Rene Houseman Miguel Angel Brindisi Narciso Doval Volodymyr Onyshchenko 14 15 16 25 June 1979 Argentina Emerson Leao 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 5 17 7 August 1982 Europe XI Thomas N Kono Jaime Duarte Oscar Junior Erwin Romero Falcao Socrates Zico Lakhdar Belloumi Rick Davis Hugo Sanchez Giorgio Chinaglia Faisal Al Dakhil 5 18 27 August 1986 Americas XI Pat Jennings Rinat Dasayev Manuel Amoros Terry Butcher Michel Renquin Gordon Strachan Soren Lerby Felix Magath Uli Stielike Park Chang sun Heinz Hermann Dominique Rocheteau Mohamed Timoumi Paolo Rossi Igor Belanov 5 19 8 October 1991 Germany Sergio Goycochea Rene Higuita Carlos Mozer Oscar Ruggeri Ricardo Gomes Jorginho Desmond Armstrong Chris Waddle Kim Joo sung Ruud Gullit Dragan Stojkovic Carlos Valderrama Riza Calimbay George Weah Ivan Zamorano Hristo Stoichkov Tomas Skuhravy 5 20 14 July 1996 Brazil U23 Jorge Campos Nelson Tapia Fernando Hierro Fernando Couto Marcel Desailly Mark Fish Ned Zelic John Harkes Krasimir Balakov Michael Laudrup Abedi Pele Fernando Redondo Lothar Matthaus David Ginola Jurgen Klinsmann Kazuyoshi Miura George Weah 5 21 3 July 1997 Asia XI Andreas Kopke Andre Arendse Fernando Hierro Frank Verlaat Lothar Matthaus Dunga Sergey Lebedev Ze Elias Claudio Reyna Ha Seok ju George Weah Hakan Sukur Jean Pierre Papin Alfonso Perez 5 22 18 August 1997 Russia Andoni Zubizarreta Uwe Gospodarek Ramon Vega Frank Verlaat Claudio Suarez Akhrik Tsveiba Lothar Matthaus Youri Djorkaeff Julen Guerrero Stefan Effenberg Aron Winter Abedi Pele Jean Pierre Papin Andriy Shevchenko Vladimir Beschastnykh 5 4 December 1997 Europe XI Jacques Songo o Ruben Ruiz Diaz Hong Myung bo Javier Margas Noureddine Naybet David Nyathi Hussein Abdulghani Marcelino Bernal Hidetoshi Nakata Adel Sellimi Antony de Avila Eric Wynalda Ronaldo Deon Burton Gabriel Batistuta 5 9 September 1998 Turkey XI Claudio Taffarel Jacques Songo o Pierre Njanka Jes Hogh Ilir Shulku Gheorghe Popescu Mehdi Pashazadeh Paul Lambert Dragan Stojkovic John Moshoeu Gheorghe Hagi Dunga Julen Guerrero Jean Pierre Papin 5 23 16 December 1998 Italy Gianluca Pagliuca Ike Shorunmu Ze Maria David Nyathi Fernando Hierro Hidetoshi Nakata Dunga Joao Pinto Aron Winter Julen Guerrero Rui Costa Zinedine Zidane George Weah Luis Hernandez Ronaldo Davor Suker Oliver Bierhoff Gabriel Batistuta Marcelo Salas 5 12 June 1999 Australia Bernard Lama Jorge Campos Rigobert Song Julio Cesar Taribo West Javier Margas Lucas Radebe Hany Ramzy Murat Yakin Matt Le Tissier Ilya Tsymbalar Okan Buruk Leonardo Araujo Wynton Rufer Shaun Bartlett Christian Vieri Marco Branca Jurgen Klinsmann 5 17 August 1999 Africa XI Jorge Campos Jacques Songo o Louis Crayton Saleh Al Dawod Stig Inge Bjornebye Jeff Agoos Branco Claudio Suarez Taribo West Christian Karembeu Dunga Thomas Hassler Ľubomir Moravcik Abedi Pele Mustapha Hadji Eduardo Hurtado Jean Pierre Papin 5 25 April 2000 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bernard Lama Ike Shorunmu Aloisio Cesar Belli Ibrahim Hassan Pierre Njanka Viktor Onopko Claudio Suarez Frank Verlaat Taribo West Dunga Thomas Hassler Abedi Pele Mustapha Hadji Mehdi Mahdavikia Sonny Anderson Roberto Baggio Ali Daei Su Maozhen 24 16 August 2000 France Andreas Kopke Jacques Songo o Samuel Kuffour Ciro Ferrara Aldair Frank Verlaat Saliou Lassissi Pierre Njanka Rigobert Song Geremi Taribo West Dunga Ze Elias Aron Winter Zoubeir Baya Hidetoshi Nakata Khaled Al Muwallid Pablo Thiam Yoo Sang chul Su Maozhen Roberto Baggio 5 Unofficial games Edit27 March 1989 1989 03 27 Brazil 1 2FIFA World XIDunga 5 Report Francescoli 34 Detari 65 Stadio Friuli UdineReferee Luigi Agnolin Italy Farewell game for Zico 31 October 1990 1990 10 31 Brazil 1 2FIFA World XINeto 60 Report Michel 35 Hagi 49 Giuseppe Meazza MilanReferee Tullio Lanese Italy Pele s 50th Birthday 30 August 1995 1995 08 30 Americas XI 5 1 FIFA World XIHermosillo 7 17 38 Medina Bello 43 Dunga 69 Report Protasov 4 Japan National Stadium JapanAttendance 42 888 Kobe Earthquake Benefit Match 25 3 January 2001 2001 01 03 Japan South Korea XI 1 1 FIFA World XIKo Jong soo Report Prosinecki Yokohama International Stadium JapanAttendance 46 740 World Dream Soccer Exhibition 10 November 2001 2001 11 10 Argentina 6 3 FIFA World XILopez 16 Aimar 50 85 Maradona 60 pen 90 pen Castroman 70 Report Suker 30 Cantona 80 Higuita 89 pen La Bombonera ArgentinaAttendance 55 000Referee Juan Bava Argentina Farewell game for Diego MaradonaLegends games Edit1 July 2007 2007 07 01 Hong Kong China XI 2 0 FIFA World XIZhao Xuri 41 Shao Jiayi 52 ReportHong Kong Stadium Hong KongAttendance 38 077Referee Cheung Yim Yau Hong Kong Reunification Cup celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Hong Kong s reunification with China 26 18 July 2007 2007 07 18 Africa XI 3 3 FIFA World XIAbedi Pele 9 H Hassan 30 50 Report Zamorano 6 Gullit 44 Guerrero 72 Newlands Stadium Cape TownAttendance 35 412Referee Abdul Ebrahim South Africa 90 Minutes for Mandela 7 Women s games Edit14 February 1999 1999 02 14 United States 1 2 FIFA Women s World XIFoudy 24 Report Hooper 55 61 Spartan Stadium San JoseAttendance 15 367Referee Sonja Denoncourt Canada 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 2004 05 20 Germany 2 3 FIFA Women s World XIPrinz 27 Garefrekes 44 Report Mostrom 16 Svensson 48 Akide 71 Stade de France ParisAttendance 41 000Referee Nicole Petignat Switzerland FIFA Centennial Match 21 April 2007 2007 04 21 China 3 2 FIFA Women s World XILiu Sa 14 Han Duan 27 Ji Ting 90 Report Pohlers 4 Salisbury 42 Wuhan Sports Center Stadium WuhanAttendance 31 000Referee Tammy Ogston Australia Match played to coincide with the official draw for the FIFA Women s World Cup China 2007See also EditFootball for HopeNotes Edit England 3 0 Rest of Europe XI London England 26 October 1938 Rest of Europe is sometimes recorded as FIFA 2 Brazil participated in the game as the unofficial team of FUGAP 8 References Edit 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 a b 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 Observations about the Brazilian National Team Archive RSSSF Brasil Retrieved 23 June 2021 WXI History 2005 Zahlreiche Tore und hohe Einnahmen fur den Tsunami Fonds dead link 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 Pais in Portuguese Estadao 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 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 amp Herzegovina FIFA 25 April 2000 Retrieved 8 August 2020 dead link Kobe Earthquake Benefit Match 1995 RSSSF 2002 09 26 Retrieved 2022 06 22 Football festival adds to Hong Kong celebrations dead link FIFA 3 July 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title World XI amp oldid 1152024513, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
