Europe XI

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

TheEurope XI is anassociation footballscratch team mainly consisting of players from theUEFA region but, on occasion, players hailing from other continents playing forEuropean teams are invited to play. The European XI play one-off games against clubs, national teams, collectives of other confederations, or aWorld 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 forcharity. 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]

Date	Opponent	Stadium	Result	Goals for Europe XI	Reason
26 October 1938	England	Arsenal Stadium,London	0–3		75th anniversary ofthe FA[a][6][7][8]
10 May 1947	Great Britain	Hampden Park,Glasgow	1–6	Gunnar Nordahl	Home Nations return toFIFA[6][9][8][10][11]
21 October 1953	England	Wembley,London	4–4	Laszlo Kubala(2×),Giampiero Boniperti(2×)	90th anniversary ofthe FA[12][13][8]
13 August 1955	Great Britain	Windsor Park,Belfast	4–1	Jean Vincent,Bernard Vukas(3×)	75th anniversary of theIrish Football Association[12][9][8]
20 May 1964	Scandinavia	Idrætsparken,Copenhagen	4–2	Jimmy Greaves(2×),Denis Law,Eusébio	75th anniversary of theDBU[14][9][8]
23 September 1964	Yugoslavia	Marakana,Belgrade	7–2	Uwe Seeler(2×),Eusébio(4×),Jose Augusto	Skopje earthquake appeal fund[14][8]
28 April 1965	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 1967	Spain	Santiago Bernabéu,Madrid	3–0	Sandro Mazzola,Eusébio,Fernand Goyvaerts	Ricardo Zamora testimonial
8 December 1970	Benfica	Estádio da Luz,Lisbon	2–3	Uwe Seeler,José Eulogio Gárate	Mário Coluna testimonial[16][9][8]
23 November 1971	West Ham United	Upton Park,London	4–4	Frank McDougall,Rodney Marsh(2×),Jimmy Greaves	Geoff Hurst testimonial[16]
1 May 1972	Hamburger SV	Volksparkstadion,Hamburg	7–3	Geoff Hurst,Ferenc Bene,Franz Beckenbauer,Gerd Müller,Kálmán Mészöly,George Best,Eusébio	Uwe Seeler testimonial[17][9]
3 October 1972	South America	St. Jakob-Park,Basel	0–2		Pestalozzi 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	Borussia Dortmund	Westfalenstadion,Dortmund	2–3	Safet Sušić,Vladimir Petrović	Match forUNICEF[20]
25 February 1981	Italy	Stadio Olimpico,Rome	3–0	Allan Simonsen,Vahid Halilhodžić,Tony Woodcock	Flood disaster appeal[21]
2 June 1981	Fenerbahçe	Şükrü Saracoğlu,Istanbul	0–3		75th anniversary ofFenerbahçe[21]
18 August 1981	Czechoslovakia	Letná-Stadion,Prague	0–4		80th anniversary of theCzechoslovak Football Association[21]
7 August 1982	World XI	Giants Stadium,New York City	3–2	Kevin Keegan,Bruno Pezzey,Giancarlo Antognoni	FIFA charity match forUNICEF[22]
7 November 1995	Americas	Camp Nou,Barcelona	3–4	Hristo Stoichkov,Arteaga,Igor Korneev	UNICEF charity match.[23][24][25]
4 December 1997	World XI	Stade Vélodrome,Marseille	2–5	Marius Lacatus,Zinedine Zidane	Match played before1998 FIFA World Cup draw[26]
18 August 1998	Manchester United	Old Trafford,Manchester	4–8	Jean-Pierre Papin,Laurent Blanc,Martin Dahlin,Mark Wilson	40th anniversary of theMunich air disaster andEric Cantona testimonial[27]
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][28][29][9]
14 March 2007	Manchester United	Old Trafford,Manchester	3–4	Florent Malouda,El Hadji Diouf(2×)	UEFA Celebration Match[30][31][32][33][34]

Date	Opponent	Stadium	Result	Goals for Europe XI	Reason
27 February 2007	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	U18 Africa XI	Mini Estadi,Barcelona	0–4	Krisztián Németh,Manuel Fischer,Aleksandr Prudnikov,Ádám Dudás	2007 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup

Date	Opponent	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Coach	Ref.
7 November 1995	Americas XI	Andoni Cedrún andFlorin Prunea	Ronald Koeman (c)) Iliyan Kiryakov Abelardo Tibor Selymes andDan Petrescu Fernando Couto Ruud Heus	Michel Guillermo Amor Michalis Kasapis Igor Korneev andBernd Schuster Pep Guardiola Robert Prosinecki Ilie Dumitrescu Arteaga	Hristo Stoichkov Philippe Vercruysse	Johan Cruyff andArsenio Iglesias	[35]
27 April 1997	Rest of World XI	Stanley Menzo	Ronald Koeman Thomas Berthold Laurent Blanc	Georges Grün Christian Karembeu andJordi CruyffEusebio	Eric Cantona (c) Gianluca Vialli Tomas Brolin Hristo Stoichkov Roberto Mancini and Elvir Bolic		[36]
4 December 1997	FIFARest of World XI	Andreas Kopke andFrode Grodås	Heimo Pfeifenberger Thomas Berthold Billy Costacurta Fernando Hierro andSlavisa Jokanovic Søren Colding	Paul Ince Krasimir Balakov Zinedine Zidane (c) Dominique Lemoine	Marius Lacatus Patrick Kluivert Alen Boksic andGordon Durie		[37]
18 August 1998	Manchester United	Pascal Olmeta	Gianluca Festa William Prunier Laurent Blanc andChristophe Galtier Albert Ferrer Joel Cantona	Paul Gascoigne Vahirua Mark HughesBryan Robson andLee Sharpe	Eric Cantona (c) Jean-Pierre Papin Martin Dahlin		[38]

The list includes all matches.

Period	Team Captain	Notes
1995	Ronald Koeman
1997	Eric Cantona
1997	Zinedine Zidane
1998	Eric Cantona (ret.)	Manchester United match
2007	Henrik Larsson

Period	Coach	Notes
1972	Helenio Herrera and Karl Rappan
1995	Johan Cruyff and Arsenio Iglesias	1995, Kobe
1997	Franz Beckenbauer	1995, December

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