This year was the 12th Soccer The 2023 showdown, which took place at Aid for UNICEF match, marking Old Trafford, Manchester was hosted by Soccer Aid Dermot O’Leary and Alex Scott to a sell-out 17 years of the ITV and UNICEF stadium of over 63,000 fans and broadcast partnership. Teams of former to millions exclusively on ITV and STV. FOR UNICEF professional footballers and It was another enthralling contest, with the celebrities came together to first female captain, Lioness Jill Scott for raise money for UNICEF’s work England, up against Usain Bolt returning to captain the Soccer Aid World XI FC. As the helping children who are facing only official FA sanctioned mixed gender conflict, disasters and other match, Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2023 saw RESULTS crises around the world. more female celebrity players taking part than ever before. £14,619,005 raised Thanks to the match, Soccer Aid Week TV The match was supported by a week of specials and the incredible generosity of the special bespoke programming as well as an British public, this year’s campaign raised after show, Soccer Aid: Extra time, which an incredible £14,619,005. This brings the aired live straight after the match on ITV4 amount raised since the start of Soccer Aid and ITVX. for UNICEF to over £90 million. Soccer Aid for UNICEF Soccer Aid for UNICEF ITV Social Purpose Impact Report 2023 57
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