World XI

This article is about the association football team. For the cricket team, see World XI (cricket).
World XI
AssociationFIFA
First 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 XI
(Marseille, France; 4 December 1997)
Biggest defeat
 Italy 6–2 FIFA World XI
(Rome, Italy; 16 December 1998)
 France 5–1 FIFA World XI
(Marseille, France; 16 August 2000)

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.[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]

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]

Results

60s

England 2–1FIFA World XI
  • Paine 66'
  • Greaves 90'
 Report
Attendance: 100,000

Centenary of the (English) Football Association

Spain 0–3FIFA World XI
Report
Attendance: 35,000

65th birthday of Ricardo Zamora

Brazil 2–1FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 93,000
Referee: Diego Di Léo (Brazil)

10th anniversary of Brazil's first World Cup title (1958)

70s

[b]Brazil XI 2–1FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 131,000

Farewell game for Garrincha

Argentina 1–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 82,000

1st Anniversary of Argentina's first World Cup victory (1978)

80s

Europe XI3–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 76,900

FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF

Americas XI2–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Penalties
 4–3
Attendance: 57,600

FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF

90s

Germany 3–1FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (Italy)

FIFA Charity Match for UNICEF

Olympic Brazil 2–1 [c]FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 78,416

FIFA Charity Match for SOS Children's Villages

Asia XI3–5FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 23,000

Hong Kong Reunification Cup

Russia 0–2FIFA World XI
Report
Attendance: 55,000

Russian Football Centennial Match

Europe XI2–5FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 38,000

FIFA Charity Match for SOS Children's Villages

Turkey XI 4–4FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 15,000

75th Anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic and the Turkish Football Federation

Italy 6–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 21,352
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)

Centenary of the FIGC (Italian Football Federation)

Australia 3–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 88,101

Official opening of Stadium Australia

Africa XI2–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ndoya Falla (Senegal)

Farewell game for Nelson Mandela

00s

Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–1FIFA World XI
Report
Attendance: 25,000

"Football For Peace"

France 5–1FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 60,000

Charity Match for SOS Children's Villages

Shevchenko XI (Europe) 3–6Ronaldinho XI (World)
 Report
Attendance: 35,000

Football for Hope (Indian Ocean Tsunami funds)[9][10][3]

Unofficial games

Goodwill Games

Russia 2–1 World All-Stars
 Report
Attendance: 78,000[11]
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Friendlies

Argentina 3–0FIFA World XI
Referee: Abel Gnecco (Argentina)

Friendly

Kuwait 0-2FIFA World XI [d]

Anniversary Friendly a year after the Gulf War

Americas XI5–1FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 42,888

Kobe Earthquake Benefit Match[12]

Europe XI3-4Rest of World XI
 Report
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Robert Wurtz (Germany)

AIFP match

Japan–South Korea XI 1–1FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 46,740

World Dream Soccer Exhibition

Barcelona1–1FIFA World XI
 Report

Goals against AIDS

Christmas matches

AC Milan4-2Christmas World Stars
 Report
Attendance: 40,000

Chritmas Charity match for UNICEF's Somalian refugees

AC Milan5-3Christmas World Stars
 Report
Attendance: 42.569
Referee: Treossi (Italy)

Chritmas Charity match for UNICEF

AS Roma2-1Christmas World Stars
 Report
Attendance: 25.120

Chritmas Charity match

AC Milan2-3 [e]Christmas World Stars
 Report
Attendance: 23,000

Chritmas Charity match for UNICEF's children

Testimonials

Brazil 1–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

Farewell game for Zico

Brazil 1–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

Pelé's 50th Birthday

Brazil  XI3-3FIFA World XI

Farewell match for Dirceu

Germany 3-1Rudi Voller's World XI [f]

Farewell game for Rudi Voller

France 2–2FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 60,000

Jean-Pierre Papin Testimonial

Manchester United2-4 [g]FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 54,842

Alex Ferguson Testimonial

Romania 2-2World XI [h]
 Report
Attendance: 60.000

Gheorghe Hagi´s farewell

Argentina 6–3FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 55.000
Referee: Juan Bava (Argentina)

Farewell game for Diego Maradona

Cameroon 3-1FIFA World XI [i]
 Report
Attendance: 23,962

Marc-Vivien Foe tribute

San Lorenzo4-2FIFA World XI
Attendance: 25.000

Alberto Acosta farewell

Chile 2-5World XI [j]
Report
Attendance: 60,000

Ivan Zamorano farewell

Colombia  XI3-3World XI [k]
 Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Jesus Diaz (Colombia)

Carlos Valderrama farewell

Velez Sarsfield2-1World XI

José Luis Chilavert farewell

Romania 3-2World XI [l]
 Report
Attendance: 27,000

Gheorghe Popescu´s farewell

Nigeria  XI3-1World (African) XI [m]
 Report
Attendance: 14,000

Nwankwo Kanu´s farewell

Legends games

Hong Kong–China XI 2–0FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 38,077
Referee: Cheung Yim Yau (Hong Kong)

Reunification Cup - celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Hong Kong's reunification with China[13]

Africa XI3–3FIFA World XI
 Report
Attendance: 35,412
Referee: Abdul Ebrahim (South Africa)

90 Minutes for Mandela[7]

Women's games

United States 1–2FIFA Women's World XI
 Report
Attendance: 15,367
Referee: 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

Germany 2–3FIFA Women's World XI
 Report
Attendance: 41,000

FIFA Centennial Match

China 3–2FIFA Women's World XI
 Report
Attendance: 31,000

Match played to coincide with the official draw for the FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007

Squads

Rosters (Official matches)

Date Opponent Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref.
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 		[5][14]
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 		[5][15]
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 		[5][16]
19 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 Onyshchenko 		[17][18][19]
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 		[5][20]
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 		[5][21]
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 		[5][22]
8 October 1991  Germany 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 Skuhravý 		[5][23]
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 (Captain )
David Ginola 		Jürgen Klinsmann
Kazuyoshi Miura
George Weah 		[5][24]
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 		[5][25]
18 August 1997  Russia 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 Beschastnykh 		[5]
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 (Captain )
Deon Burton
Gabriel Batistuta 		[5]
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 		[5][26]
16 December 1998  Italy 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 Salas 		[5]
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 (Captain ) 		[5]
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 (Captain )
Thomas Häßler
Ľubomír Moravčík
Abedi Pele
Mustapha Hadji 		Eduardo Hurtado
Jean-Pierre Papin 		[5]
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 (Captain)
Thomas Häßler
Abedi Pele
Mustapha Hadji
Mehdi Mahdavikia 		Sonny Anderson
Roberto Baggio
Ali Daei
Su Maozhen 		[27]
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 (Captain) 		[5]

Lineups

Christmas matches

Referee: Trentalange
AC Milan (Fabio Capello): Sebastiano Rossi (74′ Carlo Cudicini), Tassotti, Enzo Gambaro, De Napoli, Stefano Nava, Franco Baresi (c), Lentini I (64′ Serena), Donadoni, Marco Simone (46′ Albertini), Evani, Massaro.
Christmas World Stars (Nils Liedholm): Taffarel (46′ Casanova), John Sivebaek (80′ Dubovski), Blanc (80′ Panadic), Zvonimir Boban (46′ David Ginola, 74′ Rosenthal), Glonek (46′ Germain), Sabau (46′ Sforza, 74′ Sergio Berti), Dejan Savicevic (46′ Hagi), Rijkaard (46′ Sammer), Jean-Pierre Papin (57′ Elber, 74′ Luis Oliveira), Ruud Gullit (c) (46′ Lajos Detari), Careca (46′ Davor Suker, 74′ Raducioiu).
Referee: Treossi
AC Milan (Fabio Capello): Sebastiano Rossi (46′ Ielpo), Mauro Tassotti (captain) (73′ Sadotti), Alessandro Orlando, De Napoli, Stefano Nava, F. Galli, Lentini I, Desailly (46′ Panucci, 56′ Costacurta), Jean-Pierre Papin (46′ Massaro), Dejan Savicevic (66′ D’Aversa), Angelo Carbone
Christmas World Stars (Francisco Maturana): Jorge Campos (46′ Wilfred), Martinsen (46′ Rimba), Jose Chamot (46′ Sabau), Ruud Gullit (captain) (35′ Sforza, 61′ Kalusha Bwalya), Sensini (46′ Lasas), Onopko (35′ Shin Hong Gi, 61′ El Khalej Tahar), Brian Laudrup (61′ Daoudi), Ilie Dumitrescu (46′ Makanaki, 82′ Rapaijc), Hugo Sanchez (46′ Nikos Machlas, 82′ Goran Vlaovic), Rincon (46′ Tomas Brolin), Kazu Miura (50′ Luis Oliveira, 78′ Stanic).
Referee: De Santis di Tivoli
AS Roma (Carlo Mazzone): Cervone, Annoni (46′ Colonnese), Benedetti, Francesco Statuto (46′ Piacentini), Petruzzi, Carboni (68′ Borsa), Francesco Moriero (46′ Maini), Thern, Cappioli, Giuseppe Giannini (c), Francesco Totti.
Christmas World Stars (Nils Liedholm): Ladic (46' Eriksson), Zeman, Marcelo Balboa, Zoran Jovanovski (46' Patrick Berger), Igor Štimac (46' Li Bing), Andre Cruz, Luis Oliveira (46' Kenneth Andersson), Tab Ramos (46' Julio Dely Valdés), Papin (46' Harazi), Hong Myung Bo (46' Nikos Machlas), Kazu Miura (46' Vlaović)
Referee: Beschin di Legnago
AC Milan (Fabio Capello): Sebastiano Rossi (46′ Ielpo), Panucci (70′ Coco), Maldini (54′ Tassotti), Zvonimir Boban (46′ Albertini), Costacurta (46′ Stefano Nava), Baresi (31′ Galli), Lentini, Stroppa (46′ Eranio), Melli (46′ Sordo), Massimo Orlando, Paolo Di Canio
Christmas World Stars (Nils Liedholm): Tacconi (46' Ladic), Arteaga (46' Nikos Machlas), Vladimír Kinder, Igor Štimac (46' Hong Myung Bo), Kalitzakis, Marcelo Balboa (46' Zeman), Lardín ($6' Patrick Berger), Hristo Stoičkov (c) (46' Danut Lupu, Glenn Hélder (46' Tab Ramos), Asanović, Richard Witschge (46' Li Bing)

Other matches

Referee: Rosario Lo Bello
Germany (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).
Referee: Robert Wurtz
Europe 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 Bolic), Roberto Mancini, Tomas Brolin
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).
Referee: Pierluigi Collina.
Russia All Stars: Ovchinnikov (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).
Referee: Gilles Veissière
Europe 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 Boksic
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 Pashazadeh
Referee: Robert Wurtz
Barcelona (Frank Rijkaard): Víctor Valdés - Damiá, Carles Puyol (captain), Navarro, Giovanni van Bronckhorst - Deco, Dani Fragoso, Iniesta - Ludovic Giuly, Cristian, Ronaldinho. Subs: Belletti, Messi
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 could't travel).
Referee: Pierluigi Collina
Europe 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
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

Statistics

Players with most selections

Testimonial and legends' matches are not included.

Player Selections FIFA XI Matches Matches for the opposition Notes
Carlos Dunga 6 1997, 1998 (I), 1998 (II), 1999, 2000 (I), 2000 (II), 1995 1995: America XI 5-1 Rest of the World XI (Kobe Earthquake benefit). In 2001 he played in Gheorghe Hagi´s farewell
Lothar Matthaus 5 1996, 1997 (I), 1997 (II), 1999 1991 1991: FIFA XI 1-3 Germany and He also played in: 2001: Maradona´s farewell, and 1996: Rudi Voller's farewell
Hidetoshi Nakata 5 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 2001 2001: FIFA XI 1-1 Japan & Korea XI


George Weah 4 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998 In 1999: Manchester United 2-4 Rest of the World XI (Alex Ferguson Testimonial)


Jean-Pierre Papin 4 1997 (I), 1997 (II), 1998, 1999 (I) 1999: France 2-2 World XI (Jean-Pierre Papin Testimonial)
Frank Verlaat 4 1997 (I), 1997 (II), 2000 (I), 2000 (I) 1998 1999: France 2-2 World XI (Jean-Pierre Papin Testimonial)
Jacques Songo'o 4 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Aron Winter 4 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001
Jorge Campos 4 1996, 1999 (I), 1999 (II), 2004 1995 1995: America XI 5-1 Rest of the World XI (Kobe Earthquake benefit)


Roberto Baggio 4 2000 (I), 2000 (II), 2002, 2005
Abedi Pele 3 1996, 1997, 1999
Taribo West 3 1999 (I), 1999 (II), 2000
Abedi Pele 3 1996, 1997, 1999
Gabriel Batistuta 2 1997, 1998 1999: Manchester United 2-4 Rest of the World XI (Alex Ferguson Testimonial)
Hakan Sukur 2 1997, 2005 In 2001: Gheorghe Hagi´s farewell
Paolo Maldini 2 2002, 2005 1998 In 1999: France 2-2 World XI (Jean-Pierre Papin Testimonial). 1998: FIFA XI 2-6 Italy
Fernando Hierro 3 1996, 1997 (I), 1998 1997 (II) 1997: 11 - FIFA XI 5-2 European Team



Rene Higuita 2 1991, 1997, and 2001 1997: Europe XI 3-4 World XI (AIFP match). In 2001: Maradona´s farewell
Lev Yashin 2 1963, 1968 1971 1971 Yashin´s farewell: Soviet Dynamo 1-1 World XI
Zico 2 1979, 1982 1989, 1990, 1995 1989: Brazil 1-2 Rest of the World XI (Zico´s farewell), 1990: Flamengo 2-2 World XI (Zico´s farewell) 1995: Brazil XI 3-3 Rest of the World XI (Dirceu Guimarães's farewell)


Rnnaldo 2 1997, 1998 and 2003 1996 1996: FIFA XI 1-2 Brazil. In 2003: Zamorano testimonial


Jürgen Klinsmann 2 1996, 1999 1991, 1996 1991: FIFA XI 1-3 Germany, 1996: Voller testimonial
Eusebio 2 1963, 1967 1973 1973 : Benfica 2-2 World XI (Eusebio´s farewell)
Dragan Stojković 2 1995, 1998 1995: America XI 5-1 Rest of the World XI (Kobe Earthquake benefit)


Christian Karembeu 2 1999, 2005 1997, 2000 1997:Europe XI 3-4 World XI (AIFP match), 2000: FIFA XI 1-5 France
Michael Ballack 2 2002, 2005
Zinedine Zidane 2 1998, 2005 and 1999 (Testimonial) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 1997: FIFA XI 5-2 European Team, 2002: FIFA XI 3-3 Real Madrid and 2000: FIFA XI 1-5 France,. In 1999: Manchester United 2-4 Rest of the World XI (Alex Ferguson Testimonial)
Oscar Ruggeri 2 1991, 1997 1997: Europe XI 3-4 World XI (AIFP match)
Branco 2 1997, 1999 1997: Europe XI 3-4 World XI (AIFP match)

Players with most goals

Testimonial and legends' matches are not included.

Player Goals for World XI Selections Goals for the opposition Notes
Gheorghe Hagi 3 (1998) 1
Gabriel Batistuta 3 (1997, 1998) 2
Jean-Pierre Papin 3 (1997, 1998, 1999) 4
Ronaldo 2 (1997) 2
George Weah 2 (1997, 1998) 4
Zico 2 (1979, 1982) 2
Roberto Baggio 2 (2000) 4

List of captains

The list includes all matches.

Period Team Captain Notes
1991-1993 Ruud Gullit
1994 Zbigniew Boniek (ret.) Goodwill Games
1994 Hristo Stoichkov
1995 Dragan Stojković As Rest of World against Americas XI
1996-1997 Lothar Matthaus
1997 Ronaldo Lima
1998-2000 Carlos Dunga
1999 Jurgen Klinsmann (ret.) Australia match
2000 Roberto Baggio

Coaches

The list includes all matches.

Period Coach Notes
1991 Bobby Robson
1991 Sebastiao Lazaroni Against Kuwait
1992 Nils Liedholm Christmas Stars
1993 Francisco Maturana Christmas Stars
1994 Udo Lattek Goodwill Games
1994 Nils Liedholm Christmas Stars
1995 Roy Hodgson and
Pierre Littbarski 		Against Americas XI
1996 Richard Moller Nielsen
1997 Sócrates as Rest of World
1997 Bora Milutinovic and
Jozef Venglos 		Against Asia XI
1997 Bobby Robson and
Bora Milutinovic
1998 Carlos Alberto Parreira
1999 Roy Hodgson Against Australia
1999 Roy Hodgson and
Ruud Gullit 		Against Africa XI
2005 Carlos Alberto Parreira and
Jozef Venglos 		Against Turkey XI
2004 Johan Cruyff Against Barcelona
2005 Carlos Alberto Parreira and
Frank Rijkaard 		as Ronaldinho XI/Rest of World

See also

Notes

  1. ^ England 3–0 Rest of Europe XI, London, England, 26 October 1938. Rest of Europe is sometimes recorded as FIFA[2]
  2. ^ Brazil participated in the game as the unofficial team of FUGAP.[8]
  3. ^ 1996: Bebeto was voted the MVP.
  4. ^ FIFA World XI in Kuwait: Tacconi; Apostolakis, Dunga, Saravakos, Ruben Sosa, Carlos Valderrama, Enzo Francescoli, Tanju Çolak. Coach: Sebastiao Lazaroni.
  5. ^ Giannis Kallitzakis was the MVP
  6. ^ 1996 Rudi Voller's Team (or World XI) starters were: 3. Brehme, 4.Berthold, 5. Buchwald, 6.Desideri, 7.Littbarski, 8.Matthaus, 9.Rizzitelli, 10.Giannini, 13.Voller. Subs were: 15. Amedeo Carboni. Coach: Otto Reehaggel. Rudi Voller played for both sides.
  7. ^ After 68 minutes the entire Rest of the World XI was substituted for a team consisting of former Manchester United stars including Mark Hughes who scored twice. World XI: Schmeichel (46' Pascal Olmeta), Cafu, Fernando Couto, Zinedine Zidane, Gabriel Batistuta, Cantona (46' Careca), Vialli, Weah
  8. ^ 2001 Romania's dream team coached by Mircea Lucescu consisted of Hagi, Dan Petrescu, and Viorel Moldovan, Popescu, Filipescu, Rotariu, Marius Baciu, Dumitrescu, Stelea, Belodedici, Chivu, Mutu, Contra. World XI coached by Radomir Antic: Taffarel (Dida), Mihajlo Pjanovic, Nenad Lalatovic, Capone, Chendo, Sanchis, Bulent Korkmaz, Miroslav Karhan, Carlos Dunga, Robert Prosinecki, Okan, Hakan Sukur.
  9. ^ 2003 World XI (or Friendship team") was coached by Man.City Kevin Keegan, Lyon's Paul Le Guen and former RC Lens trainer Daniel Leclercq, consisted of Thierry Henry, Robert Pires, Sylvain Wiltord, Nicolas Anelka, Sonny Anderson,and others.
  10. ^ 2003 World XI: Chilavert, Ivan Cordoba, Javier Zanetti, Andres D'Alessandro, Carlos Valderrama, David Pizarro, Claudio Husain, Santiago Solari, Ronaldo. Zamorano played a half for each team.
  11. ^ 2004: Colombian XI (Hernan Dario Gomez: Jose Marca Pazos (Eduardo Niio, 46), Luis Fernando Herrera (Wilmer Cabrera, 46), Alexis Mendoza (Gabriel Martinez, 46), Carlos Mario Hoyos (Carlos Vives, 19, Ricardo Perez, 46), Wilson Perez (Alberto Gamero, 46), Leonel Alvarez (Luis Zuleta, 46), Mauricio Serna (Juan Carlos Abello, 60), Carlos Valderrama (Kenny Valderrama-77), Alan Ronald Valderrama (Didc Valderrama, 46), Ivan Valenciano (Adolfo Valencia, 46) and Faustino Asprilla (David Ferreira, 46). World Friends (Julio Avelino Comesaia and Perfecto Rodriguez): José Luis Chilavert, Jorge Soto, Jose Soto, Javier Margas, Rafael VillazUn (Claudio Rodriguez, 22, Claudio Juuregui, 60), Alex Aguinaga, Enzo Francescoli (Raul Diaz Arce, 62) Marco Etcheverry, Alberto Acosta, Ratl Dcaz Arce (Jorge Campos, 46) and Ivan Zamorano (Pablo Sabat-73). Valderrama missed a penalty on 36. Diego Maradona watched the match from the stands as he could not play because of a knee ailment. The referee ended the match on 82.
  12. ^ 2004 All-Star World Team' included Claudio Taffarel, Hristo Stoichkov and Josep Guardiola, and Romanians Gheorghe Hagi and Dan Petrescu.
  13. ^ Kanu played for both sides. The World XI (actually made of Africans), managed by Stephen Keshi and Jo Bonfrere included: Peterside Idah; Jean Makoun, Khalilou Fadiga, Anthony Baffoe, Jay-Jay Okocha, Sammy Kuffour, George Boateng, Joseph Yobo, Taye Taiwo, Herman Hreidarsson and Obinna Nsofor, Samuel Eto'o (c), Emmanuel Adebayor, Sulley Muntari, Rigobert Song and Emmanuel Eboue. While Yakubu Ayegbeni made an appearance for Nigeria.

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  4. ^ "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.
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  6. ^ a b "FIFA World Stars Games at a glance" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Stars named for Mandela match". BBC Sport. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Observations about the Brazilian National Team Archive". RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  9. ^ WXI History 2005
  10. ^ Zahlreiche Tore und hohe Einnahmen für den Tsunami-Fonds
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  12. ^ "Kobe Earthquake Benefit Match 1995". RSSSF. 2002-09-26. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  13. ^ Football festival adds to Hong Kong celebrations, FIFA, 3 July 2007
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  15. ^ "Spain v Rest of the World, 27 September 1967". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  16. ^ "Brazil v Rest of the World, 06 November 1968". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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  20. ^ "Argentina v Rest of the World, 25 June 1979". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  21. ^ "Europe v Rest of the World, 07 August 1982". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  22. ^ "The Americas v Rest of the World, 27 July 1986". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  23. ^ "Germany v Rest of the World, 08 October 1991". 11v11. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  24. ^ "Brazil v Rest of the World, 14 July 1996". 11v11. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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