Orange Cruyff Court Hillbrow

The players of the Dutch national team donated an Orange Cruyff Court to the township Hillbrow in Johannesburg (South Africa). The soccer field with changing rooms and a WorldCoaches office is a gift by the players for the youth of the disadvantaged neighbourhood and has been developed in collaboration with, amongst others, the Johan Cruyff Foundation, the Royal Netherlands Football Association KNVB, the Dutch embassy, Madulammoho Housing Corporation and Witwaterstand University.

Here you can read more about the opening of the Cruyff Court.

This is the fifth Cruyff Court the players donated. Read more about the other Orange Cruyff Courts.

Here you can see more background information about Hillbrow where the Orange Cruyff Court is situated.

Kick-off from Johan Cruyff

One of the basic goals of the Johan Cruyff Foundation is to give children with lesser opportunities in life a chance to improve their lives by sport. The Cruyff Courts even created more opportunities.
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Kick-off Giovanni van Bronckhorst

The Dutch Football Team would like to give something to the children of the Hillbrow community. Captain of the Ducht Football Team is Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
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Teamwork

A Cruyff Court is realized with the help of several different organizations. Together you can accomplish more.
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Cruyff Courts

Important project of the Johan Cruyff Foundation are the Cruyff Courts. A Cruyff Court is a public playground which provides a safe area to play for local children and other members of the community.
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The gift

The players of the Dutch National Football team would like to give something in return for the hospitally of Johannesburg during the WK 2010: a Cruyff Court.
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Hillbrow

Hillbrow is the inner city residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is known for its high levels of population density, unemployment, poverty and crime. Today the majority of the residents are migrants from the townships, rural areas and the rest of Africa (particularly Nigeria), many living in abject poverty.
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Building process


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HollandBelgium Bid

Together Belgium and Holland are candidate for the FIFA World Cup in 2018/2022. The Bid gives football a centre stage and lets supporters fully enjoy the game in a friendly atmosphere.
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