Sidemen Charity Match: Date, time, venue, players, history & more

The Sidemen Charity Match returns for another year in 2026, an event which aims to raise money for various charitable causes, led by the British YouTube group, the Sidemen.

The event is usually an entertaining spectacle, made up of some of YouTube's biggest faces, where Sidemen Football Club take on YouTube Allstars.

Almost £5 million was raised last year as the likes of AngryGinge, IShowSpeed, Logan Paul and Mr Beast featured in the star-studded Wembley Stadium event.

Sidemen Charity Match date

The next Sidemen Charity Match will take place on Saturday 18th April, 2026.

The match will kick off at 15:00 BST.

Sidemen Charity Match venue

The 2026 Sidemen Charity Match is set to take place at at Wembley Stadium in London.

This will be the second year in succession that Wembley has hosted the Sidemen Charity Match, with the only other venues to have hosted the match being the Valley - home of Championship club Charlton Athletic - and West Ham United's London Stadium in 2023.

Who are the Sidemen?

The Sidemen, composed of JJ Olatunji (KSI), Harry Lewis, Ethan Payne, Vik Barn, Simon Minter, Josh Bradley and Tobi Brown, started their journey in 2013, originating from a Rockstar Games Social Club group.

Harry Lewis was the only member not involved in Rockstar Games Social Club group, but was invited to join by Josh Bradley in 2014 at a FIFA gaming event.

Perhaps the best known member of the Sidemen is JJ Olatunji, also known as KSI.

Along with producing social media content, he is a musician and a boxer.

Who is playing in the Sidemen charity match?

Sidemen FC

• Joshua Charlie Joseph Bradley - "Zerkaa"
• Harry Lewis - "W2S"
• Vikram Singh Barn - "Vikkstar123"
• Tobit John Brown - "TBJZL"
• Oladeji Daniel Olatunji - "Deji"
• Christopher Michael Dixon - "ChrisMD"
• Félix Lengyel - "xQc"
• Niko Omilana
• Arthur Frederick - "Arthur TV"
• Ayaanle Shabeel - "AJ Shabeel"
• Nick Fosco - "Lacy"
• Mohamed Amine Mahmoud - "AmineMaTue"
• Alexander Hamilton Prynkiewicz - "Adapt"
• Nicholas Stewart - "Jynxzi"
• Lannan Neville Eacott - "Lazarbeam"
• Alfie Buttle - "AB"
• Mystery Player

YouTube AllStars XI

• Simon Edward Minter - "Miniminter"
• Ethan Leigh Payne - "Behzinga"
• Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji - "KSI"
• Morgan Burtwistle - "Angryginge"
• Kylie Cox - "Sketch"
• Arun "Maini - "Mrwhosetheboss"
• George Clarkey
• Isaac Smith - "ItalianBach"
• Charlie Clark - "NYKChazza"
• Ibai Llanos
• Rubén Doblas Gundersen - "El Rubius"
• Ajey Nagar - "Carryminati"
• Lucas Hauchard - "Squeezie"
• Roberto Escanio - "Fanum"
• Jason Thanh Nguyen - "Jasontheween"
• Danny Aarons
• Rani Netz - "Stable Ronaldo"

History of the event

Prior to the first Sidemen Charity Match, five members of the group (all except JJ Olatunji and Vik Barn) participated in the first EE Wembley Cup on 8th August 2015 as part of Sidemen United.

A year later, the group decided to launch their own charity event. On 3rd June 2016, the first Sidemen Charity Match was held at St Mary's Stadium, Southampton. Over £110,000 was raised for the Saints Foundation.

Since the event's debut, there has been six Sidemen charity matches. After taking place at St Mary's Stadium, the event moved to The Valley Stadium, home to Charlton Athletic, on three occasions, West Ham's London Stadium once and took to Wembley for the first time in 2025.