Europe XI

The Europe XI is an association football scratch team mainly consisting of players from the UEFA region but, on occasion, players hailing from other continents playing for European teams are invited to play. The European 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.[2] Because of this, no governing body in the sport officially recognises the team and each incarnation of the team is not seen as a continuation of any other.[3] The causes for these games are anniversaries, testimonials or for charity. Proceeds earned from the games are donated to good causes and the players, coaching staff, and stadium owners are not paid for the event. In recent years, these games have been broadcast live on television.[4][5]

Europe XI
First international
 England 3–0 Rest of Europe XI[lower-alpha 1]
(London, England; 26 October 1938)
Biggest win
 Yugoslavia 2–7 Europe XI
(Belgrade, Yugoslavia; 23 September 1964)
Biggest defeat
 Great Britain 6–1 Rest of Europe
(Glasgow, Scotland; 10 May 1947)

Notable coaches

Matches
Date Opponent Stadium Result Goals for Europe XI Reason
26 October 1938 EnglandArsenal Stadium, London0–375th anniversary of the FA[lower-alpha 1][6][7][8]
10 May 1947 Great BritainHampden Park, Glasgow1–6Gunnar NordahlHome Nations return to FIFA[6][9][8][10][11]
21 October 1953 EnglandWembley, London4–4Laszlo Kubala (2×), Giampiero Boniperti (2×)90th anniversary of the FA[12][13][8]
13 August 1955 Great BritainWindsor Park, Belfast4–1Jean Vincent, Bernard Vukas (3×)75th anniversary of the Irish Football Association[12][9][8]
20 May 1964ScandinaviaIdrætsparken, Copenhagen4–2Jimmy Greaves (2×), Denis Law, Eusébio75th anniversary of the DBU[14][9][8]
23 September 1964 YugoslaviaMarakana, Belgrade7–2Uwe Seeler (2×), Eusébio (4×), Jose AugustoSkopje earthquake appeal fund[14][8]
28 April 1965 Great BritainVictoria Ground, Stoke6–4Godfried van den Boer, Ferenc Puskás (2×), Josef Masopust, Laszlo Kubala, Jackie HendersonStanley Matthews testimonial[15][9][8]
27 September 1967 SpainSantiago Bernabéu, Madrid3–0Sandro Mazzola, Eusébio, Fernand GoyvaertsRicardo Zamora testimonial
8 December 1970Portugal BenficaEstádio da Luz, Lisbon2–3Uwe Seeler, José Eulogio GárateMário Coluna testimonial[16][9][8]
23 November 1971England West Ham UnitedUpton Park, London4–4Frank McDougall, Rodney Marsh (2×), Jimmy GreavesGeoff Hurst testimonial[16]
1 May 1972Germany Hamburger SVVolksparkstadion, Hamburg7–3Geoff Hurst, Ferenc Bene, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Kálmán Mészöly, George Best, EusébioUwe Seeler testimonial[17][9]
23 November 1972South AmericaSt. Jakob-Park, Basel0–2Pestalozzi charity match[18]
31 October 1973South AmericaCamp Nou, Barcelona4–4Eusébio, Salif Keïta, Juan Manuel Asensi, Kurt JaraFIFA charity match[19]
28 December 1979Germany Borussia DortmundWestfalenstadion, Dortmund2–3Safet Sušić, Vladimir PetrovićMatch for UNICEF[20]
25 February 1981 ItalyStadio Olimpico, Rome3–0Allan Simonsen, Vahid Halilhodžić, Tony WoodcockFlood disaster appeal[21]
2 June 1981Turkey FenerbahçeŞükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul0–375th anniversary of Fenerbahçe[21]
12 August 1981 CzechoslovakiaLetná-Stadion, Prague0–480th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Football Association[21]
7 August 1982World XIGiants Stadium, New York City3–2Kevin Keegan, Bruno Pezzey, Giancarlo AntognoniFIFA charity match for UNICEF[22]
4 December 1997World XIStade Vélodrome, Marseille2–5Marius Lacatus, Zinedine Zidane[23]
18 August 1998England Manchester UnitedOld Trafford, Manchester4–8Jean-Pierre Papin, Laurent Blanc, Martin Dahlin, Mark Wilson40th anniversary of the Munich air disaster and Eric Cantona testimonial[24]
16 February 2005World XI
(Ronaldinho XI)		Camp Nou, Barcelona3–6Alessandro Del Piero, Gianfranco ZolaFootball for Hope (Indian Ocean Tsunami funds)[3][25][26][9]
14 March 2007England Manchester UnitedOld Trafford, Manchester3–4Florent Malouda, El Hadji Diouf (2×)UEFA Celebration Match[27][28][29][30]

U18 selection
Date Opponent Stadium Result Goals for Europe XI Reason
27 February 2007African Union U18 Africa XIMini Estadi, Barcelona1–6Aarón Ñíguez (2×), Manuel Fischer (2×), Bojan Krkić, Aleksandr Prudnikov2007 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup
1 March 2007African Union U18 Africa XIMini Estadi, Barcelona0–4Krisztián Németh, Manuel Fischer, Aleksandr Prudnikov, Ádám Dudás2007 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup

See also

Notes
  1. Rest of Europe is sometimes recorded as FIFA[1]

References
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  21. WXI History: 1980-1981
  22. WXI History: 1982-1985
  23. WXI History: 1997
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  26. Zahlreiche Tore und hohe Einnahmen für den Tsunami-Fonds
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  28. Offizielle Vorstellung der Mannschaft „Europe XI“
  29. EU und UEFA: Fußballfest zu Ehren Europas
  30. Manchester United 4-3 Europe XI: Ronaldo class
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