One Direction's Niall Horan announces charity football match on Twitter with Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson playing

Niall Horan of One Direction is combining his love for football (soccer) with charity next month in Leicester when he organizes a fundraising match featuring celebrity players. Though the young singer can't play due to his recent knee surgeries, his One Direction band members Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson will be suiting up with Niall managing the star-studded team.

Check out the charitable MR. Horan's Twitter post announcing the match as well as a tweet explaining he'd be on the sidelines:

Doin a charity football game at Leicester city's stadium on the 26th of may , Louis and liam are on my team , I'll be the manager!

— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) April 17, 2014

“@haranarry: @NiallOfficial are you still not able to play because of you knee?”no can't play unfortunately ! — Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) April 17, 2014

Other than Louis and Liam, Niall's squad includes Olly Murs, Robbie Fowler, Rod Stewart, Jason McAteer and ambassador for IAA Keith Duffy. The full team rosters will be announced closet to kickoff. Who else would you like to see suit up for this charity match? Let us know in the comments section below!

It certainly helps that all of the singers are huge football fans, but Tomlinson is actually semi-professional. He's a charity player for the Doncaster Rovers, his hometown team!

There has yet to be any word on whether Harry Styles or Zayn Malik will be involved in any way. If they aren't playing, perhaps they'll show up for the exciting match!