Europe XI
# 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. 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. 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.

## Notable coaches

* Franz Beckenbauer
* Marcello Lippi
* László Kubala
* Frank Rijkaard
* Arsène Wenger
* José Crahay
* Karel Lotsy
* Vittorio Pozzo
* Karl Rappan
* Nereo Rocco

## Matches

| Date | Opponent | Stadium | Result | Goals for Europe XI | Reason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 October 1938 | England | Arsenal Stadium, London | 0–3 | | 75th anniversary of the FA |
| 10 May 1947 | Great Britain | Hampden Park, Glasgow | 1–6 | Gunnar Nordahl | Home Nations return to FIFA |
| 21 October 1953 | England | Wembley, London | 4–4 | Laszlo Kubala (2×), Giampiero Boniperti (2×) | 90th anniversary of the FA |
| 13 August 1955 | Great Britain | Windsor Park, Belfast | 4–1 | Jean Vincent, Bernard Vukas (3×) | 75th anniversary of the Irish Football Association |
| 20 May 1964 | Scandinavia | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen | 4–2 | Jimmy Greaves (2×), Denis Law, Eusébio | 75th anniversary of the DBU |
| 23 September 1964 | Yugoslavia | Marakana, Belgrade | 7–2 | Uwe Seeler (2×), Eusébio (4×), Jose Augusto | Skopje earthquake appeal fund |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 23 November 1971 | West Ham United | Upton Park, London | 4–4 | Frank McDougall, Rodney Marsh (2×), Jimmy Greaves | Geoff Hurst testimonial |
| 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 |
| 23 November 1972 | South America | St. Jakob-Park, Basel | 0–2 | | Pestalozzi charity match |
| 31 October 1973 | South America | Camp Nou, Barcelona | 4–4 | Eusébio, Salif Keïta, Juan Manuel Asensi, Kurt Jara | FIFA charity match |
| 28 December 1979 | Borussia Dortmund | Westfalenstadion, Dortmund | 2–3 | Safet Sušić, Vladimir Petrović | Match for UNICEF |
| 25 February 1981 | Italy | Stadio Olimpico, Rome | 3–0 | Allan Simonsen, Vahid Halilhodžić, Tony Woodcock | Flood disaster appeal |
| 2 June 1981 | Fenerbahçe | Şükrü Saracoğlu, Istanbul | 0–3 | | 75th anniversary of Fenerbahçe |
| 12 August 1981 | Czechoslovakia | Letná-Stadion, Prague | 0–4 | | 80th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Football Association |
| 7 August 1982 | World XI | Giants Stadium, New York City | 3–2 | Kevin Keegan, Bruno Pezzey, Giancarlo Antognoni | FIFA charity match for UNICEF |
| 4 December 1997 | World XI | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille | 2–5 | Marius Lacatus, Zinedine Zidane | |
| 18 August 1998 | 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 |
| 16 February 2005 | World XI (Ronaldinho XI) | Camp Nou, Barcelona | 3–6 | Alessandro Del Piero, Gianfranco Zola | Football for Hope (Indian Ocean Tsunami funds) |
| 14 March 2007 | Manchester United | Old Trafford, Manchester | 3–4 | Florent Malouda, El Hadji Diouf (2×) | UEFA Celebration Match |

### U18 selection

| 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 |
