21 World Cup Memes Keeping You Hyped While You Wait to Watch Your Favorite Team

Giuliana Tiscioni • Writer

Jun 26, 2026 12:30 PM EDT

Could all football (aka soccer) fans excitedly awaiting for their team's match raise their hands?

We're already two weeks into the World Cup, woohoo! The anticipation is building game by game, and surprises are popping up one after the other like Instagram notifications. Everybody has chosen a country to support, and we're all feeling the adrenaline as much as the players themselves. Seriously, we could just as easily be on the field playing with them. Well, no, actually, we couldn't. Let's be honest, none of us can actually play at that level, but you get the point. We're excited. We're hyped. We want the victory for ourselves as much as for the players.

It's interesting to see the effect sports have on people, especially football, or soccer, if you prefer. You have fans dressing up in crazy costumes, travelling all around the world, putting all of their soul and vocal cords into cheering for their team. It's beautiful, if you think about it. The passion people can put into it is wild, and makes you wonder: how many things have the ability to raise so many intense feelings and such devotion? Because yes, we're talking about people who can be devoted to watching, eating, living, and breathing FIFA… tears of joy and sadness, disappointment, utter happiness, all inspired by the same experience.

I'll admit I don't know much about football, but with both close friends and family members watching as many games as they possibly can, I was bound to catch up eventually. They're all trying to guess who will win the next match, and everything I hear all day long is, "this country this," or "the other country that." And don't get me started on hearing the voices of those narrating the game! They're stuck in my brain forever, whether I want them or not. It can get a little bit annoying at times, but so what? This happens only every four years. Besides, it makes them happy, and who am I to deny them their happiness?

Luckily, you don't really need to know the rules about football to have fun with these World Cup memes. You only need to know football exists. We're in the middle of the World Cup and we've got some pretty good jokes going on here. Say "Gooooooal!" and LOL.