# World XI

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

Centenary of the (English) Football Association
65th birthday of Ricardo Zamora
10th anniversary of Brazil's first World Cup title (1958)
Farewell game for Garrincha
1st Anniversary of Argentina's first World Cup victory (1978)
FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF
FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF
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
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
"Football For Peace"
Charity Match for SOS Children's Villages
Football for Hope (Indian Ocean Tsunami funds)

## Players

| Date | Opponent | Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| 23 October 1963 | England | 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 Stéfano |
| 27 September 1967 | 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 | Brazil | 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 Farkas |
| 19 December 1973 | Brazil XI | Edgardo Andrada | Pablo Forlán Sergei Olshansky Alex Kamianecky Ángel Brunell Evgeny Lovchev | Francisco Reyes Eduardo Dreyer [pt] Pedro Rocha Carlos Babington | René Houseman Miguel Ángel Brindisi Narciso Doval Volodymyr Onyshchenko |
| 25 June 1979 | 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 | Europe XI | Thomas N'Kono | Jaime Duarte Oscar Júnior | Erwin Romero Falcão Sócrates Zico Lakhdar Belloumi Rick Davis | Hugo Sánchez Giorgio Chinaglia Faisal Al-Dakhil |
| 27 July 1986 | Americas 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 Belanov |
| 8 October 1991 | Germany | Sergio Goycochea René Higuita | Carlos Mozer Oscar Ruggeri Ricardo Gomes Jorginho Desmond Armstrong | Chris Waddle Kim Joo-sung Ruud Gullit Dragan Stojković Carlos Valderrama Rıza Çalımbay | George Weah Iván Zamorano Hristo Stoichkov Tomáš Skuhravý |
| 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 Matthäus David Ginola | Jürgen Klinsmann Kazuyoshi Miura George Weah |
| 3 July 1997 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 Papin |
| 16 December 1998 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | France | 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 |

## Unofficial games

Farewell game for Zico
Pelé's 50th Birthday
Kobe Earthquake Benefit Match
World Dream Soccer Exhibition
Farewell game for Diego Maradona

## Legends games

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