The Sidemen Charity Match is a recurring charity football match organised by British YouTube group the Sidemen. Founded in 2016, the event features two teams of influencers contesting a friendly match whilst raising money for various British charities.
The event has been held on seven occasions since 2016: one at St Mary's Stadium, three at the Valley, one at London Stadium, and two at Wembley Stadium. All matches have been livestreamed via YouTube, promoting various charitable causes. In the first six editions, the seven members of the Sidemen—KSI, W2S, Miniminter, Zerkaa, Vikkstar123, TBJZL, and Behzinga—and various affiliated YouTubers competed as Sidemen Football Club, whilst various other influencers competed as the YouTube Allstars. In the 2026 edition, three of the Sidemen played for the YouTube Allstars for the first time.
The fourth charity match, held in 2022, is recognised by Guinness World Records for the highest live viewership on a YouTube charity sports match, peaking at over 2.5 million viewers. As of 2026, the events have raised over £14.7 million for various British charities.
History Background (2013–2015)
The Sidemen was founded in 2013 as a YouTube group creating Grand Theft Auto Online content. The six founding members—KSI, Miniminter, Zerkaa, Vikkstar123, TBJZL and Behzinga—were later joined by W2S in 2014. The group frequently collaborated on real-life association football content, as well as through the FIFA video game franchise, and established a content house.
Prior to the first Sidemen Charity Match, five members of the group—all except KSI and Vikkstar123—participated in the inaugural EE Wembley Cup on 8 August 2015 as part of Sidemen United, a team that was established for the match; they lost 5–2 against Spencer FC. The Wembley Cup was held annually for three more years without Sidemen United, although Sidemen members W2S, TBJZL and KSI participated in the 2017 edition as part of Tekkers Town, who lost 6–1 to Hashtag United.
St Mary's Stadium (2016) The inaugural Sidemen Charity Match was held at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton, on 3 June 2016, raising over for the Saints Foundation. Over 600,000 people watched the livestream on YouTube—a record for YouTube Gaming at the time—and 15,000 people attended the match; the stadium only permitted the Sidemen to fill the stadium to half-capacity. In addition to the seven Sidemen members, notable players included grime musicians Jme and P Money, as well as fellow YouTubers Joe Sugg and ChrisMD. Sidemen FC won the match 7–2, including a hat-trick from Miniminter.
The Valley (2017–2022)
Three subsequent matches were held at the Valley in Charlton, London. The second match in 2017 raised £210,000 for the NSPCC and the Charlton Athletic Community Trust (CACT). The 2018 edition raised £65,747 for CACT and Young Minds. The YouTube Allstars won the former match 2–0, whilst Sidemen FC won the latter 7–1. Notable players across these matches featured Deji, WillNE, Lachlan Power and Caspar Lee.
After a four-year hiatus, the highly anticipated fourth match in 2022 raised over £1,000,000 for CALM, Teenage Cancer Trust, Rays of Sunshine and Miniminter's M7 Education. New entrants included MrBeast, LazarBeam, Noah Beck, IShowSpeed, Chunkz, Niko Omilana and GeorgeNotFound. Billy Wingrove and Mark Goldbridge acted as managers, with former Premier League and FIFA referee Mark Clattenburg officiating. Sidemen FC emerged victorious 8–7. The match later secured a Guinness World Record for "most viewers for a charity sports match live stream on YouTube" with 2,558,501.
London Stadium (2023)
A fifth match was held on 9 September 2023 at the 62,000-capacity London Stadium, the home stadium of Behzinga's supported team West Ham United. Sidemen FC defended the title with a 8–5 victory over the YouTube Allstars. Rapper Aitch performed for the inaugural halftime show. Debutants included Airrack, xQc, JiDion, Kai Cenat, AboFlah and Jacksepticeye. Max Fosh went viral for his yellow card incident, where he showed referee Clattenburg an Uno "Reverse" playing card. KSI performed Cristiano Ronaldo's trademark "siuuu" celebration when he saved a penalty from IShowSpeed, a prominent Ronaldo fan. The match raised over £2.4 million for CALM, Teenage Cancer Trust, Rays of Sunshine and M7 Education—the same charities as in 2022.
Wembley Stadium (2025–2026)
In November 2024, the Sidemen announced a sixth match would be held, later revealing it would take place on 8 March 2025 at Wembley Stadium, the largest stadium in the United Kingdom and the 17th-largest stadium in the world. The event sold out within three hours after ticket sales went live, drawing 90,000 spectators. The halftime show was performed by rapper AJ Tracey, with KSI also performing "Thick of It". Following a 9–9 draw, the YouTube Allstars won the subsequent penalty shoot-out 5–4. The squad list featured Mark Rober, Logan Paul, CarryMinati and Jynxzi. In a reiteration of his skit from the 2023 edition, Fosh responded to another yellow card from Clattenburg by putting it in a pocket-sized paper shredder. The match raised over million for BBC's Children in Need (50%), Sidemen's Bright Side (43%) and M7 Education (7%), and drew in over eight million live viewers.
On the 14 December 2025, it was announced that the Charity Match would return for a seventh instalment in 2026. The match was played on 18 April 2026, with the YouTube Allstars defending their victory, following a 10–10 draw and a 4–1 win in the subsequent penalty shoot-out. In a first for the event, three members of the Sidemen—KSI, Miniminter and Behzinga—played on the YouTube Allstars. Notable events in the match included referee Clattenburg overturning Sidemen FC player Niko Omilana's early goal over an ostensibly incorrect offside decision; and Fosh, in a third iteration of his yellow card–denial skits, burned a yellow card from Clattenburg in a magic trick. Fosh was initially not invited to participate in the match, but was asked by Miniminter via a voice note sent six days before the match to join after Spanish YouTuber El Rubius, who was announced to join the YouTube Allstars in the Sidemen Charity Match draft held the previous month, dropped out of the match, with Fosh having only that time to come up with and prepare the card burning skit. Multi-platinum rapper Tinie Tempah performed the halftime show. The match raised over £6.2 million for two returning Sidemen-affiliated charities: Bright Side (86%) and M7 Education (14%).
Match results All times are local, GMT (UTC±0) or BST (UTC+1).
2016
0 JmeGK 1 HughWizzy 4 Zerkaa 6 Spencer FC 7 Miniminter (c) 10 Marcus Butler 11 P Money 15 Behzinga 17 Manny 19 Lewis Redman 21 TBJZL 69 KSI 77 W2S 87 Bateson 123 Vikkstar123GK 1 David Vujanic 5 CapgunTom 7 Callux 8 HurderOfBuffalo 9 Joe Weller 10 ChrisMD 13 BajanCanadian 15 Joe Sugg 17 Calfreezy (c) 21 Oli White 22 Tobiias 25 JMX 27 Nepenthez 69 AnEsonGib 75 Poet
2017
GK1 Charlie MorleyRB 4 Zerkaa CB77 W2S CB75 Poet LB4 Jme RM21 TBJZL CM16 Behzinga CM17 Manny LM12 KSI ST123 Vikkstar123 ST7 Miniminter (c)Substitutes: 92 David Vujanic 8 P Money 87 Bateson 19 Lewis RedmanGK 30 HughWizzy RB7 Callux CB4 Josh Pieters CB5 Reev LB44 AnEsonGib CDM25 JMX CDM17 Calfreezy (c) RM1 CAM10 ChrisMD LM2 WillNE ST50 Marcus Butler Substitutes: 69 Caspar Lee 9 Oli White 19 TheBurntChip 21 Castro
2018
GK1 Charlie Morley CB77 W2S CB15 BehzingaCB 4 Zerkaa CDM6 KSI RM8 Alfie Deyes CM69 RiceGum CM21 TBJZL LM10 FaZe Adapt ST123 Vikkstar123 ST7 Miniminter (c)Substitutes: 5 Lachlan Power 0 Jme 22 Keemstar17 MannyGK 30 HughWizzy RB3 Mo Vlogs CB8 Romell Henry CB2 WillNE LB1 RM15 Joe Sugg CM17 Calfreezy (c) CM11 Callux LM7 DjMaRiiO CF10 ChrisMD ST0 King BachSubstitutes: 161 Stephen Tries 44 AnEsonGib 22 Jay Swingler PrestonPlayz
2022
GK1 Pieface RB17 Calfreezy CB15 BehzingaCB 77 W2S LB4 Zerkaa RM23 MrBeast CM5 KSI (c) CM10 ChrisMD LM21 TBJZL ST7 Miniminter ST123 Vikkstar123Substitutes: 11 Callux 8 Karl Jacobs 27 Manny13 Randolph0 Jme14 LazarBeamManager: Billy WingroveGK 1 Cal the Dragon RB2 WillNE CB6 Harry Pinero CB14 Theo Baker LB4 AnEsonGib CDM8 Noah Beck CDM10 Yung Filly RM7 IShowSpeed CAM21 Chunkz LM91 Castro ST69 Niko Omilana (c)Substitutes: 404 GeorgeNotFound 22 Chandler Hallow 13 Ava Kris Tyson 27 Danny Aarons1 Manager: Mark Goldbridge
2023
GK69 KSI RB14 LazarBeam CB17 Calfreezy CB77 W2S LB0 Jme RM4 Zerkaa CM21 TBJZL CM25 Behzinga (c) LM1 MrBeast ST123 Vikkstar123 ST7 Miniminter Substitutes: 11 Callux 3 Airrack 13 Angryginge999 27 Manny33 Randolph99 Tareq SalamehManager: Billy Wingrove GK12 xQc RB27 Danny Aarons CB2 WillNE CB33 JiDion LB5 Max Fosh CDM10 ChrisMD CDM9 Yung Filly RM7 IShowSpeed CAM14 Theo Baker (c) LM3 Kai Cenat ST69 Niko OmilanaSubstitutes: 32 AboFlah 21 Chunkz 34 Duke Dennis 13 Jacksepticeye 8 Karl Jacobs86 KonstantinManager: Mark Goldbridge
2025
GK 12 xQcRB 123 Vikkstar123CB 77 W2SCB 19 KSILB 24 Mark Rober RM 21 TBJZLCM 25 BehzingaCM 1 Logan PaulLM 9 Joe WellerST 7 Miniminter (c)ST 4 Zerkaa Substitutes: 0 Jme 14 LazarBeam8 George Clarke99 JasonTheWeen27 Manny17 Randolph11 CalluxManager: Calfreezy GK 1 SketchRB 23 MrBeastCB 13 AngrygingeCB 5 Max Fosh LB 22 Fanum RM 7 IShowSpeed (c)CM 10 ChrisMD CM 21 ChunkzLM 3 Kai CenatST 69 Niko OmilanaST 14 Theo BakerSubstitutes: 27 Danny Aarons 2 WillNE 17 CarryMinati 999 67 Jynxzi25 Lachlan Power66 Stable RonaldoManager: TheBurntChip
2026
GK 12 xQcRB 9 AmineMaTueCB 77 W2SCB 3 MarlonLB 0 DejiRM 61 LazarBeamCM 4 Zerkaa (c)CM 10 ChrisMD LM 21 TBJZLST 123 Vikkstar123 ST 22 NikoSubstitutes: 23 AB 14 Adapt30 AJ Shabeel7 ArthurTV 19 Jynxzi67 LacyManager: Jack Joseph GK 1 SketchRB 99 JasonTheWeenCB 13 AngrygingeCB 15 MrwhosethebossLB 28 Danny Aarons RM 5 CarryMinatiCM 25 BehzingaCM 4 KSI (c)LM 11 IbaiST 7 MiniminterST 66 Stable RonaldoSubstitutes: 9 Max Fosh 17 NYKChazza 2 WillNE 8 George Clarke88 ItalianBach14 SqueezieManager: Calfreezy
Records and statistics
Money raised Year Money raised Charity(s) 2016Saints Foundation2017NSPCCCharlton Athletic Community Trust2018Young Minds2019–2021Not held2022CALMTeenage Cancer TrustRays of SunshineM7 Education20232024Not held2025BBC Children in NeedBright SideM7 Education2026Total£14,737,626
Participants In the below table, an "S" on a black background indicates a Sidemen FC participant for that year, while a "Y" on a reddish background indicates a YouTube Allstars participant for that year. An "M" next to either "S" or "Y" indicates that the participant served as that team's manager for the match. Bolded player names are Sidemen members.
+ Participants in the Sidemen Charity Match Player 2016 2017 2018 2022 2023 2025 2026 Behzinga KSI Miniminter TBJZL Vikkstar123 W2S Zerkaa Jme HughWizzy Spencer FC Marcus Butler P Money Manny Lewis Redman Bateson David Vujanic CapgunTom Callux HurderOfBuffalo Joe Weller ChrisMD BajanCanadian Joe Sugg Calfreezy Oli White Tobiias JMX Nepenthez AnEsonGib Poet Charlie Morley Josh Pieters Reev Deji WillNE Caspar Lee TheBurntChip Castro Alfie Deyes RiceGum Adapt Lachlan Power Keemstar Mo Vlogs Romell Henry DjMaRiiO King Bach Stephen Tries Jay Swigler PrestonPlayz Pieface MrBeast Karl Jacobs Randolph LazarBeam Billy Wingrove Cal the Dragon Harry Pinero Theo Baker Noah Beck Yung Filly IShowSpeed Chunkz Niko Omilana GeorgeNotFound Chandler Hallow Ava Kris Tyson Danny Aarons Mark Goldbridge Airrack Angryginge Tareq Salameh xQc JiDion Max Fosh Kai Cenat AboFlah Duke Dennis Jacksepticeye Konstantin Mark Rober Logan Paul George Clarke JasonTheWeen Sketch Fanum CarryMinati Jynxzi Stable Ronaldo AmineMaTue Marlon AB AJ Shabeel ArthurTV Lacy Jack Joesph Mrwhosetheboss Ibai NYKChazza ItalianBach Squeezie
Top goalscorers