Johan Cruyff Foundation - Creating Space for children.

The Johan Cruyff Foundation supports and develops sports activities for children all over the world. We focus on children in need. Through sports projects for children with a disability and projects like the Cruyff Courts and Schoolyard14 we create space for these children.

Space to grow. Space to make friends. Space to improve physical and mental health.

Space to become who you are.

200.000

children with or without disabilities active every week

6.800

children use the Cruyff Courts on a daily basis

100.000

children use Schoolyard14 on a daily basis

If you can do something for someone else, you should

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Johan Cruyff

Ronald Koeman

Pep Guardiola

Esther Vergeer

Gordon Reid

Soufiane Touzani

Carles Puyol

Marlou van Rhijn

Frank Rijkaard

Wesley Sneijder

Xavi Hernández

Cruyff Court Bonaire opened!

The Cruyff Foundation has been active in the Caribbean Netherlands since 2005 through the Cruyff Courts and the sports programs that run on the courts. A new Cruyff Court has been added since this week, the Cruyff Court Boy Frans on Bonaire! With this we also create space here for kids and youth to enjoy themselves through sports and to stimulate physical, mental and social development.

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With Football for Unity together for social integration

Let’s build bridges! Today we organized the first day of the Football for Unity Festival in Amsterdam. The aim? To connect third-country nationals with other youngsters of Amsterdam and enhance social integration. Didier Herbert, Head of the European Commission's Representation in the Netherlands and Urs Kluser, General Secretary UEFA Foundation for Children visited.

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Ryan Gravenberch winner Johan Cruyff Prize

At Cruyff Court Betondorp, the field in the neighborhood where Johan always played football as a child, around the corner from his parental home, Ryan Gravenberch received the coveted prize for Johan Cruyff Talent of the year in the Dutch Eredivisie 2020-2021.

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First Cruyff Court in refugee camp

Johan Cruyff always wanted to do something for refugee children. This is happening now -with a big thank you to the players of the ‘Nationale Postcode Loterij’- who finance this project.

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FC Barcelona player Jordi Alba opens his own Cruyff Court!

The FC Barcelona player opened his own Cruyff Court today in his hometown L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Spain).

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