THE Match for Hope returns to Qatar this Friday as many footballing icons pull on their boots once again.
Last year, more than $10million for charity was raised as Team KSI x Aboflah secured a 6-5 win over Chunkz x iShowSpeed.
Alessandro Del Piero and I’m A Celeb winner AngryGinge were among the huge stars who got on the scoresheet.
Many more football legends will take part in this year’s blockbuster charity match as Gerard Pique and Diego Costa feature for the first time, while Arsenal Invincible Thierry Henry returns.
SunSport brings you all you need to know on the star-studded line-ups for the Match for Hope.
When is Match for Hope 2026?
- Match for Hope 2026 will take place on Friday, January 30.
- The clash takes place at 7pm local time in Doha, so will kick-off at 4pm GMT in the UK.
- The Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium will host.
- SunSport will bring comprehensive coverage of the action with our live blog.
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Match for Hope 2026 line-ups
*Line-ups subject to change
Team Chunkz
- Manager: Arsene Wenger
- Chunkz
- Lacy
- Yasser Al-Qahtani
- Diego Costa
- Tobi Brown
- Zhong
- Oussifooty
- Evan SV2
- Marcelo
- Mark Rober
- Luva De Pedreiro
- Manny
- AngryGinge
- Mohamad Adnan
- Fanum
- Sharky
- Eden Hazard
- AJ Shabeel
- Marlon
- Karl Jacobs
- Anwar
- Bilal Fadili
- Atta Halilintar
Team AboFlah
- Manager: Roberto Di Matteo
- Assistant manager: Tim Cahill
- AboFlah
- KSI
- Adam W
- Nsoo7y
- Tobi Brown
- Thierry Henry
- Omar Abdulrahman
- Ray
- Vuj
- Harry Pinero
- Bill Wingrove
- Tota
- Danny Aarons
- Mr Beast
- Tareq
- Taiyo Kimura
- Oussifooty
- Frank Ribery
- Gerard Pique
- Ossy Marwah
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