Latest News About Soccer Aid 2025 Raises Millions for UNICEF

Event and leadership

Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2025 took place on Sunday, June 15 at Old Trafford in Manchester, continuing the annual charity football tradition broadcast by ITV. The event drew attention before kick-off with Tyson Fury joining Wayne Rooney as co-manager of the England side, while Rooney also returned from retirement to play. ITV described the arrangement as a first for the event.

Players and broadcast coverage

The match featured a mix of former footballers and celebrities from sport and entertainment. Participants included Jill Scott, Tom Grennan, Mo Farah, Louis Tomlinson and Leonardo Bonucci alongside Rooney and Fury. ITV1 carried live coverage, with streaming and replay access available across ITVX and related regional platforms. The event maintained Soccer Aid’s established format of combining entertainment with fundraising for children’s causes.

Charity fundraising result

Soccer Aid 2025 raised around £15.28 million for UNICEF. Donations received an additional boost through a pledge to double contributions up to £5 million with support from the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation. The total continued the event’s long-running pattern of generating multi-million-pound fundraising figures each year. England entered the 2025 match after previous recent appearances that kept public attention on the annual rivalry and the wider fundraising campaign.