Homeless World Cup

Homeless World Cup An estimated 100 million people are homeless worldwide (UN Commission on Human Rights, 2005). And 1 billion more lack adequate housing.
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1.7 million lives changed through football ⚽️

👉 Take take a seat at our Impact Stadium and support our year-round work with 75 global Member Countries:

https://impactstadium.gofundraise.co.uk/ The causes and characteristics of homelessness around the world are complex and varied. Homeless people experience social exclusion and stigmatization, economic hardship and poverty, and physical and ment

al health problems. The Homeless World Cup exists to help end this crisis in all its forms. Everyone deserves a home—a fundamental human right (UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights). In 2001, Mel Young and Harald Schmied developed the idea of utilising sport to inspire homeless people to transform their futures. The international language of football seemed an obvious vehicle, and the Homeless World Cup was born. The first tournament was held in 2003 in Graz, Austria. The success of the Homeless World Cup is proof that football has the power to change lives. The Homeless World Cup operates via a network of 74 national partners, supporting football-based programmes and social enterprise development around the world. These street football organizations run local projects in 420 cities, reaching 100,000 homeless people every year. So far, the Homeless World Cup and its partners have impacted the lives of 1 million homeless people around the globe. Together, we can transform lives through football.

The Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup kicked off in the French capital with teams from 52 nations competing 🏆Kenya won the...
21/08/2026

The Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup kicked off in the French capital with teams from 52 nations competing 🏆

Kenya won the Women's Homeless World Cup and Scotland won the Men's Homeless World Cup 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇰🇪

150 days to go until the Mexico City 2026 Homeless World Cup 🏆🇲🇽📅 17-23 January 2027Will you be joining us? 🙌
20/08/2026

150 days to go until the Mexico City 2026 Homeless World Cup 🏆🇲🇽

📅 17-23 January 2027

Will you be joining us? 🙌

The first ever official Homeless World Cup merchandise range has landed. ⚽🌍As Lokkaroom’s official charity partner, Home...
19/08/2026

The first ever official Homeless World Cup merchandise range has landed. ⚽🌍

As Lokkaroom’s official charity partner, Homeless World Cup uses football to help people experiencing homelessness rebuild confidence, connection, purpose and pride, reaching around 220,000 people every year.

With proceeds going to Homeless World Cup, every purchase helps support its life changing work beyond the pitch.

FOOTBALL CAN CHANGE LIVES.

Shop now/use link in bio: https://lokkaroom.com/pages/homeless-world-cup-store

It's World Photo Day 📸A huge thank you to the brilliant photographers past and present who capture the action, joy and e...
19/08/2026

It's World Photo Day 📸

A huge thank you to the brilliant photographers past and present who capture the action, joy and emotion at the Homeless World Cup ❤️

👏 Thank you Anita Milas, Angelica Ibarra Rodriguez, Daniel Lipinski, Dan Higginson, Donnie Nicholson, John Anderson, Paul Bence, Romain Kedochim, Travis Torres and so many others

📷 Donnie Nicholson (1,2), Anita Milas, Dan Higginson, John Anderson, Angelica Ibarra Rodriguez

Where it all began for Lithuania at the Homeless World Cup 🇱🇹In 2006 Stasys Pranevičius and a team from Lithuania strugg...
18/08/2026

Where it all began for Lithuania at the Homeless World Cup 🇱🇹

In 2006 Stasys Pranevičius and a team from Lithuania struggling with alcohol addiction attended a football tournament in St Petersburg. Seen by the Homeless World Cup, they were invited to represent Lithuania at the Cape Town 2006 Homeless World Cup

"That year we were all alcoholics – one hundred percent. Today it’s 2026. Every one of us is still alive, and not a single one has relapsed. All these people, to this day, are alive and sober."

Read this remarkable story about Stasys Pranevičius, the man behind the Lithuanian team and how FK Feniksas Association has inspired countless people to stay sober and turn their lives around.

⚽ Read the full story written by Kęstutis Lingys from Lithuanian magazine, Kaunas Pilnas Kultūros 👉 www.homelessworldcup.org/stories/where-it-all-began-the-photograph-that-started-20-years-of-change-for-fk-feniksas

14/08/2026

So great to see this former Homeless World Cup pitch in action in Romania with our longstanding partner Clubul Sportiv Fotbal De Strada Metanoia 🙌 🇷🇴

Today it's International Youth Day and this year's theme is 'Different Contexts, Common Aspirations' 🤝Did you know that ...
12/08/2026

Today it's International Youth Day and this year's theme is 'Different Contexts, Common Aspirations' 🤝

Did you know that players aged 16 can represent their country at the Homeless World Cup? 🏆

Football can play a key role in helping to support young people experiencing homelessness and at risk of homelessness to find community, build self-esteem and learn key life skills for the future.

Help to build a world where everyone can dream of a brighter future

Buy a seat in the Impact Stadium today 🏟️

👉 https://shr.pn/impact_facebook

Behind the scenes at the Homeless World Cup, there is a lot of support for players both on and off the pitch ⚽Did you kn...
11/08/2026

Behind the scenes at the Homeless World Cup, there is a lot of support for players both on and off the pitch ⚽

Did you know that each year Oslo Met and University College Copenhagen (KP) bring a team of student physiotherapists to the tournament?

Led by their tutors, students from both universities have supported players at the Homeless World Cup since 2012 🏆

📸 Anita Milas

Read the story by Fiona Crawford ✍️ https://www.homelessworldcup.org/news/the-team-behind-the-stories-from-oslo-2025

Opportunity for former / current Homeless World Cup players Here's an opportunity for a person with experience of displa...
07/08/2026

Opportunity for former / current Homeless World Cup players

Here's an opportunity for a person with experience of displacement to contribute to research with the Olympic Refuge Foundation into how sport in supporting refugees and displaced people ⚽ 🌎

The fellowship is open exclusively to individuals with lived or living experience of displacement, including refugees, asylum seekers, stateless people, internally displaced people and others affected by forced migration.

Share this with someone if you think they might be a good fit 😊

🗓️ Deadline is 19th August 2026

The Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) Think Tank is looking for a fellow with lived experience of displacement to contribute to research and advocacy on the role of sport in supporting refugees and displaced people.

Did you know that many of the referees at the Homeless World Cup are former players? Sarah Frohwein became a referee at ...
06/08/2026

Did you know that many of the referees at the Homeless World Cup are former players?

Sarah Frohwein became a referee at the Cardiff 2019 Homeless World Cup after Captaining the Welsh team at the Oslo 2017 Homeless World Cup 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

At the Oslo 2025 Homeless World Cup she was a referee again, returning to the exact spot where she was a player 8 years earlier 🏆

What a journey ❤️

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