Africa XI (football)

The Africa XI is an association football scratch team consisting of players from the CAF region. The Africa XI play one-off games against clubs, national teams, collectives of other confederations, or a World XI made up of players from all the other continents.Mittendrin statt nur dabei The causes for these games are anniversaries, testimonials or for charity.

History

The selection with the best African players have faced national teams and XIs from other continents since the early 1970s. It started in 1972 as the Confederation of African Football selected an XI to participate in the Brazil Independence Cup (alongside the CONCACAF XI).Brazil Independence Cup 1972 – Additional Details, RSSSF In 1997 the Africa XI beat the Europe XI 2-1 in Lisbon in an iconic Europe XI v Africa XI match, with Moroccan Mustapha Hadji scoring the winning goal.International Matches 1997 - Other

On 18 July 2007, the Africa XI faced an World XI with both teams unusually composed of retired players. Another legends match followed in 2019 against Morocco's former stars.African Legend Celebrate Ambode At Testimonial Match (2019) - thebossnewspapers.com

Results Official matches

Brazil Independence Cup

Brazil Independence Cup

Brazil Independence Cup

Brazil Independence Cup

European Year against Racism

Farewell game for Nelson Mandela

Other matches

Nwankwo Kanu´s farewell

Peace Charity match, Game of Hope

Charity match, Game of Hope

Stephen Appiah ´s testimonial match

Joseph Yobo ´s testimonial match

Vodafone unity Match

Vodafone unity Match

Legends

90 Minutes for Mandela

U18 selection Date Opponent Stadium Result Goals Reason 27 February 2007 U18 Africa XI Mini Estadi, Barcelona 1–6 Aarón Ñíguez (2×), Manuel Fischer (2×), Bojan Krkić, Aleksandr Prudnikov and Aser Pierrick Dipanda 2007 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup 1 March 2007 U18 Africa XI Mini Estadi, Barcelona 0–4 Krisztián Németh, Manuel Fischer, Aleksandr Prudnikov, Ádám Dudás 2007 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup

Players List of captains The list includes all matches.

PeriodTeam CaptainNotes1972 Jean-Pierre TokotoBrazil Independence Cup1997 Abedi Pele1999 Kalusha BwalyaMandella farewell

Coaches

List of coaches PeriodTeam CaptainNotes1972 Mohamed El-Guindi 1997 Rabah Madjer and Mawade Wade 1999 Jomo Sono

See also World XI Europe XI Europe XI v Africa XI (1997) Africa XI cricket team

Notes

References

External links FIFA XI's Matches - Full Info at rsssf.org WORLDXI official page AFS - Home of stats and History at 11v11.com 1999 INTERNATIONAL MATCHES 1997 INTERNATIONAL MATCHES