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.
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. 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) 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, 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.On 18 July 2007, the World XI faced an Africa XI with both teams unusually composed of retired players.
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. Results 1960s
Centenary of the (English) Football Association
65th birthday of Ricardo Zamora
10th anniversary of Brazil's first World Cup title (1958)
1970s
Farewell game for Garrincha
1st Anniversary of Argentina's first World Cup victory (1978)
1980s
FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF
FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF
1990s
FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF
FIFA Charity Match for SOS Children's Villages
Hong Kong Reunification Cup
Russian Football Centennial Match
FIFA Charity Match for SOS Children's Villages; the event also preceded the draw for the 1998 FIFA World Cup
75th Anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic and the Turkish Football Federation
Centenary of the FIGC (Italian Football Federation)
Official opening of Stadium Australia
Farewell game for Nelson Mandela
2000s
"Football For Peace"
Charity Match for SOS Children's Villages
World Dream Soccer Exhibition
100th anniversary of Real Madrid
Football for Hope (Indian Ocean Tsunami funds)WXI History 2005Zahlreiche Tore und hohe Einnahmen für den Tsunami-Fonds
Other games 1991
Friendly
Anniversary Friendly a year after the Gulf War
1995
Kobe Earthquake Benefit Match
1997
AIFP match
2004
Goals against AIDS
2008
Un goal per la pace
Goodwill Games
Christmas matches 1992
Christmas Charity match for UNICEF's Somalian refugees
1993
Christmas Charity match for UNICEF
1994
Christmas Charity match
Christmas Charity match for UNICEF's children
Farewells 1989
Farewell game for Zico
1990
Pelé's 50th Birthday
1995
Farewell match for Dirceu
1996
Farewell game for Rudi Voller
1999
Jean-Pierre Papin Testimonial
Alex Ferguson Testimonial
2001
Gheorghe Hagi´s farewell
Farewell game for Diego Maradona
2003
Marc-Vivien Foe tribute
Alberto Acosta farewell
Ivan Zamorano farewell
2004
Carlos Valderrama farewell
José Luis Chilavert farewell
Gheorghe Popescu´s farewell
2011
Nwankwo Kanu´s farewell
Legends games
Reunification Cup - celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Hong Kong's reunification with ChinaFootball festival adds to Hong Kong celebrations, FIFA, 3 July 2007
90 Minutes for Mandela
Women's games
First ever women's World Stars match played to coincide with the official draw for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup USA
FIFA Centennial Match
Match played to coincide with the official draw for the FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007
Squads DateOpponentGoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwardsRef.23 October 1963 Lev Yashin Milutin Šoškić Djalma Santos Luis Eyzaguirre Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Ján Popluhár Josef Masopust Jim Baxter Svatopluk Pluskal Raymond Kopa Uwe Seeler Denis Law Eusébio Ferenc Puskás Francisco Gento Alfredo Di Stéfano27 September 1967 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 Corso6 November 1968 Lev Yashin Ladislao Mazurkiewicz Dezső Novák Lajos Szűcs Albert Shesternyov Willi Schulz Franz Beckenbauer Silvio Marzolini Roberto Perfumo Wolfgang Overath Pedro Rocha Amancio Amaro Slava Metreveli Flórián Albert Dragan Džajić János Farkas19 December 1973 Brazil XI Edgardo Andrada Pablo Forlán Sergei Olshansky Alex Kamianecky Ángel Brunell Evgeny Lovchev Francisco Reyes Eduardo Dreyer Pedro Rocha Carlos Babington René Houseman Miguel Ángel Brindisi Narciso Doval Volodymyr Onyshchenko25 June 1979 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 Boniek7 August 1982Europe XI Thomas N'Kono Jaime Duarte Oscar Júnior Erwin Romero Falcão Sócrates Zico Lakhdar Belloumi Rick Davis Hugo Sánchez Giorgio Chinaglia Faisal Al-Dakhil27 July 1986Americas XI Pat Jennings Rinat Dasayev Manuel Amoros Terry Butcher Michel Renquin Gordon Strachan Søren Lerby Felix Magath Uli Stielike Park Chang-sun Heinz Hermann Dominique Rocheteau Mohamed Timoumi Paolo Rossi Igor Belanov8 October 1991 Sergio Goycochea René Higuita Carlos Mozer Oscar Ruggeri Ricardo Gomes Jorginho Desmond Armstrong Chris Waddle Kim Joo-sung Ruud Gullit (Captain) Dragan Stojković Carlos Valderrama Rıza Çalımbay George Weah Iván Zamorano Hristo Stoichkov Tomáš Skuhravý14 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 Matthäus (Captain) David Ginola Jürgen Klinsmann Kazuyoshi Miura George Weah3 July 1997Asia 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 Pérez18 August 1997 Andoni Zubizarreta Uwe Gospodarek Ramon Vega Frank Verlaat Claudio Suárez Akhrik Tsveiba Lothar Matthäus (Captain) Youri Djorkaeff Julen Guerrero Stefan Effenberg Aron Winter Abedi Pele Jean-Pierre Papin Andriy Shevchenko Vladimir Beschastnykh4 December 1997Europe 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 (Captain) Deon Burton Gabriel Batistuta9 September 1998 Turkey 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 Papin16 December 1998 Gianluca Pagliuca Ike Shorunmu Zé Maria David Nyathi Fernando Hierro Hidetoshi Nakata Dunga (Captain) João Pinto Aron Winter Julen Guerrero Rui Costa Zinedine Zidane George Weah Luis Hernández Ronaldo Davor Šuker Oliver Bierhoff Gabriel Batistuta Marcelo Salas12 June 1999 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 (Captain)17 August 1999Africa XI Jorge Campos Jacques Songo'o Louis Crayton Saleh Al-Dawod Stig Inge Bjørnebye Jeff Agoos Branco Claudio Suárez Taribo West Christian Karembeu Dunga (Captain) Thomas Häßler Ľubomír Moravčík Abedi Pele Mustapha Hadji Eduardo Hurtado Jean-Pierre Papin25 April 2000 Bernard Lama Ike Shorunmu Aloisio César Belli Ibrahim Hassan Pierre Njanka Viktor Onopko Claudio Suárez Frank Verlaat Taribo West Dunga (Captain) Thomas Häßler Abedi Pele Mustapha Hadji Mehdi Mahdavikia Sonny Anderson Roberto Baggio Ali Daei Su Maozhen16 August 2000 Andreas Köpke Jacques Songo'o Samuel Kuffour Ciro Ferrara Aldair Frank Verlaat Saliou Lassissi Pierre Njanka Rigobert Song Geremi Taribo West Dunga Zé Elias Aron Winter Zoubeir Baya Hidetoshi Nakata Khaled Al-Muwallid Pablo Thiam Yoo Sang-chul Su Maozhen Roberto Baggio (Captain)
Lineups DateTeamLineup8 October 1991Germany(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).27 April 1997Europe 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 Bolić), Roberto Mancini, Tomas BrolinFIFA 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).18 August 1997Russia All StarsOvchinnikov (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).4 December 1997Europe 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 BoksicFIFA 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 Pashazadeh29 November 2004Barcelona(Frank Rijkaard): Víctor Valdés - Damiá, Carles Puyol (captain), Navarro, Giovanni van Bronckhorst - Deco, Dani Fragoso, Iniesta - Ludovic Giuly, Cristian, Ronaldinho. Subs: Belletti, MessiFIFA 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 couldn't travel).15 February 2005Europe 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 FIFA 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
Christmas matches