Homeless World Cup
The Homeless World Cup is an international event that brings together more than 450 players from 40+ countries for a week-long street soccer tournament.
The Street Socceroos are a team of players chosen from The Big Issue Community Street Soccer Program to represent Australia at the Homeless World Cup.
The 2025 Homeless World Cup was held in Oslo, Norway on August 23-30 and the Street Socceroos received the Fair Play award. Learn more here.
In 2024 the Street Socceroos represented Australia at the tournament in Seoul, South Korea. They showed great skill, teamwork and sportsmanship, and we are incredibly proud of their achievements. Check out their journey below!
In 2008 we proudly hosted the Homeless World Cup in Melbourne (pictured above), bringing together more than 50 national teams for a week of competition.
Kicking Goals
“We got along really well, we communicated. It was just great team spirit with the players and coaches. I think the World Cup really helped me to decide what to do, because a lot of players from different countries have gone through really terrible times. They were good people – and I’d like to study something that will help others.”
2019 Street Socceroos player, Nik.
