Football for Hope

Football for Hope was a FIFA-sponsored football match played between a World XI and a European XI on February 15, 2005 at the Nou Camp stadium, Barcelona in support of the relief effort after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.

Europe squad

Note: All club affiliations for both sides reflect those existing at the time of the match.

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*Coaches:

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• Marcello Lippi, Italy - Italian national team
• Arsène Wenger, France - Arsenal

*Goalkeepers:

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• Gianluigi Buffon, Italy - Juventus
• Íker Casillas, Spain - Real Madrid

*Defenders:

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• Kakha Kaladze, Georgia - AC Milan
• Christian Karembeu, France - Bastia
• Vincent Kompany, Belgium - Anderlecht
• Paolo Maldini, Italy - AC Milan
• Carles Puyol, Spain - Barcelona
• Jaap Stam, Netherlands - AC Milan
• Lilian Thuram, France - Juventus

*Midfielders/ Attackers:

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• Roberto Baggio, Italy - retired
• Michael Ballack, Germany - Bayern Munich
• David Beckham, England - Real Madrid
• Deco, Portugal - Barcelona
• Sebastian Deisler, Germany - Bayern Munich
• Alessandro Del Piero, Italy - Juventus
• Steven Gerrard, England - Liverpool
• Thierry Henry, France - Arsenal
• Pavel Nedvěd, Czech Republic - Juventus
• Raúl, Spain - Real Madrid
• Sergei Semak, Russia - CSKA Moscow
• Andriy Shevchenko, Ukraine - AC Milan
• David Suazo, Honduras - Cagliari
• Francesco Totti, Italy - AS Roma
• Patrick Vieira, France - Arsenal
• Johann Vogel, Switzerland - PSV
• Zinedine Zidane, France - Real Madrid
• Gianfranco Zola, Italy - Cagliari