Europe XI

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Europe XI
First international
Flag of England.svg  England 3–0 Rest of Europe XI [lower-alpha 1]
(London, England; 26 October 1938)
Biggest win
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 2–7 Europe XI
(Belgrade, Yugoslavia; 23 September 1964)
Biggest defeat
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6–1 Rest of Europe
(Glasgow, Scotland; 10 May 1947)

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]

Contents

Notable coaches

Matches

DateOpponentStadiumResultGoals for Europe XIReason
26 October 1938Flag of England.svg  England Arsenal Stadium, London 0–375th anniversary of the FA [lower-alpha 1] [6] [7] [8]
10 May 1947Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Hampden Park, Glasgow 1–6 Gunnar Nordahl Home Nations return to FIFA [6] [9] [8] [10] [11]
21 October 1953Flag of England.svg  England Wembley, London 4–4 Laszlo Kubala (2×), Giampiero Boniperti (2×)90th anniversary of the FA [12] [13] [8]
13 August 1955Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Windsor Park, Belfast 4–1 Jean Vincent, Bernard Vukas (3×)75th anniversary of the Irish Football Association [12] [9] [8]
20 May 1964 Scandinavia Idrætsparken, Copenhagen 4–2 Jimmy Greaves (2×), Denis Law, Eusébio 75th anniversary of the DBU [14] [9] [8]
23 September 1964Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Marakana, Belgrade 7–2 Uwe Seeler (2×), Eusébio (4×), Jose Augusto Skopje earthquake appeal fund [14] [8]
28 April 1965Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Victoria Ground, Stoke 6–4 Godfried van den Boer, Ferenc Puskás (2×), Josef Masopust, Laszlo Kubala, Jackie Henderson Stanley Matthews testimonial [15] [9] [8]
27 September 1967Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid 3–0 Sandro Mazzola, Eusébio, Fernand Goyvaerts Ricardo Zamora testimonial
8 December 1970 Flag of Portugal.svg Benfica Estádio da Luz, Lisbon 2–3 Uwe Seeler, José Eulogio Gárate Mário Coluna testimonial [16] [9] [8]
23 November 1971 Flag of England.svg West Ham United Upton Park, London 4–4 Frank McDougall, Rodney Marsh (2×), Jimmy Greaves Geoff Hurst testimonial [16]
1 May 1972 Flag of Germany.svg Hamburger SV Volksparkstadion, Hamburg 7–3 Geoff Hurst, Ferenc Bene, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Kálmán Mészöly, George Best, Eusébio Uwe Seeler testimonial [17] [9]
23 November 1972 South America St. Jakob-Park, Basel 0–2Pestalozzi charity match [18]
31 October 1973 South America Camp Nou, Barcelona 4–4 Eusébio, Salif Keïta, Juan Manuel Asensi, Kurt Jara FIFA charity match [19]
28 December 1979 Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund Westfalenstadion, Dortmund 2–3 Safet Sušić, Vladimir Petrović Match for UNICEF [20]
25 February 1981Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Stadio Olimpico, Rome 3–0 Allan Simonsen, Vahid Halilhodžić, Tony Woodcock Flood disaster appeal [21]
2 June 1981 Flag of Turkey.svg Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul 0–375th anniversary of Fenerbahçe [21]
12 August 1981Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Letná-Stadion, Prague 0–480th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Football Association [21]
7 August 1982 World XI Giants Stadium, New York City 3–2 Kevin Keegan, Bruno Pezzey, Giancarlo Antognoni FIFA charity match for UNICEF [22]
4 December 1997 World XI Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 2–5 Marius Lacatus, Zinedine Zidane Match played before 1998 FIFA World Cup draw [23]
18 August 1998 Flag of England.svg Manchester United Old Trafford, Manchester 4–8 Jean-Pierre Papin, Laurent Blanc, Martin Dahlin, Mark Wilson 40th anniversary of the Munich air disaster and Eric Cantona testimonial [24]
16 February 2005 World XI
(Ronaldinho XI)		 Camp Nou, Barcelona 3–6 Alessandro Del Piero, Gianfranco Zola Football for Hope (Indian Ocean Tsunami funds) [3] [25] [26] [9]
14 March 2007 Flag of England.svg Manchester United Old Trafford, Manchester 3–4 Florent Malouda, El Hadji Diouf (2×) UEFA Celebration Match [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

U18 selection

DateOpponentStadiumResultGoals for Europe XIReason
27 February 2007 Flag of the African Union.svg U18 Africa XI Mini Estadi, Barcelona 1–6 Aarón Ñíguez (2×), Manuel Fischer (2×), Bojan Krkić, Aleksandr Prudnikov 2007 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup
1 March 2007 Flag of the African Union.svg U18 Africa XI Mini Estadi, Barcelona 0–4 Krisztián Németh, Manuel Fischer, Aleksandr Prudnikov, Ádám Dudás 2007 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Rest of Europe is sometimes recorded as FIFA [1]

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  3. 1 2 Mittendrin statt nur dabei
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  7. ↑ Wednesday, 26 October 1938: England 3 Rest of Europe 0, England Football Online
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Matches of Supranational Representative Teams 1937-1970, RSSSF
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 England Player Honours - International Representative Teams, England Football Online
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  11. ↑ Great Britain's Easy Win Over The Rest Of Europe, video footage from official Pathé News archive
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  13. ↑ Wednesday, 21 October 1953: England 4 Rest of the World 4, England Football Online
  14. 1 2 "WXI History: 1960-1964". Archived from the original on 2018-07-07. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  15. ↑ "WXI History: 1965-1967". Archived from the original on 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  16. 1 2 "WXI History: 1970-1971". Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  17. ↑ "WXI History: 1972". Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  18. ↑ WXI History: 1972
  19. ↑ "WXI History: 1973". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  20. ↑ WXI History: 1975-1979
  21. 1 2 3 "WXI History: 1980-1981". Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  22. ↑ WXI History: 1982-1985
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  29. ↑ EU und UEFA: Fußballfest zu Ehren Europas
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  31. ↑ Manchester United vs Europe XI - 50th anniversary football match
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