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.

[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.