Japan Club Youth U-18 Championship

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Japan Club Youth U-18 Championship
Founded1977
Region Japan
Number of teams32
Current championsGamba Osaka
(4th title)
Most successful club(s)Tokyo Verdy (14 titles)
WebsiteJFA
2023 Japan Club Youth U-18 Championship

The Japan Club Youth U-18 Championship (日本クラブユースサッカー選手権 (U-18)大会, Nihon kurabu yūsu sakkā senshuken U-18 taikai) is an annual nationwide association football tournament for youth clubs in Japan. It is restricted to members of the Japan Club Youth Football Federation.[1]

Usually held during the summer, the competition's current format comprises 32 teams from 9 regions, which wins a spot in each competition through regional qualification. Similar to the FIFA World Cup, it starts on the group stage, with eight groups of four teams, with the best two of each advancing to the knockout stage.[2]

Finals[edit]

Season Winner [3][4] Score Runners–up
1977 Hirakata FC - Yomiuri Club
1978 Kobe FC - Yomiuri Club
1979 Yomiuri A - Kobe FC
1980 Mitsubishi Yowa
Yomiuri FC		 - Shared title
1981 Yomiuri A - Mitsubishi Yowa
1982 Yokohama FC - Mitsubishi Yowa
1983 Mitsubishi Yowa SC - Yokohama Three Star
1984 Hirakata FC - All-Japan Airways
1985 Yomiuri A - Hirakata FC
1986 Yomiuri A - Mitsubishi Yowa
1987 ANA Yokohama - Mitsubishi Yowa
1988 Yomiuri A - Mitsubishi Yowa
1989 Yomiuri - Mitsubishi Yowa
1990 Yomiuri - FC Machida
1991 Yomiuri - Hirakata FC
1992 Yomiuri - Matsushita FC
1993 Yomiuri - Mitsubishi Yowa
1994 Yokohama Marinos - Cerezo Osaka
1995 Yokohama Marinos - Panasonic Gamba Osaka
1996 Cerezo Osaka - Yokohama Marinos
1997 Urawa Red Diamonds - Kashima Antlers
1998 Gamba Osaka - JEF United Ichihara Chiba
1999 Júbilo Iwata 2–1 Bellmare Hiratsuka
2000 Yokohama F. Marinos 2–0 Kyoto Purple Sanga
2001 FC Tokyo 2–0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
2002 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds
2003 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds
2004 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–1 Júbilo Iwata
2005 Tokyo Verdy 1–0 Yokohama F. Marinos
2006 Gamba Osaka 1–0 Tokyo Verdy
2007 Gamba Osaka 4–2 Júbilo Iwata
2008 FC Tokyo 1–0 Kashiwa Reysol
2009 Cerezo Osaka 1–0 FC Tokyo
2010 Tokyo Verdy 2–1 Kashiwa Reysol
2011 Tokyo Verdy 1–0 Vissel Kobe
2012 Kashiwa Reysol 3–2 Yokohama F. Marinos
2013 Yokohama F. Marinos 4–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2014 Mitsubishi Yowa 1–0 FC Tokyo
2015 Yokohama F. Marinos 5–3 Omiya Ardija
2016 FC Tokyo 2–0 Shimizu S-Pulse
2017 FC Tokyo 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds
2018 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–0 Omiya Ardija
2019 Nagoya Grampus 3–1 Sagan Tosu
2020 Sagan Tosu 3–2 FC Tokyo
2021 Nagoya Grampus 2–0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
2022 Cerezo Osaka 3–1 Yokohama F. Marinos
2023 [5] Gamba Osaka 3–3
(5–4 p.)		 FC Tokyo

Most successful clubs[edit]

P. Team Champions Runners-up Winning years
1 Tokyo Verdy [a] 14 3 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2005, 2010, 2011
2 Yokohama F. Marinos [b] 6 4 1987, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2013, 2015
3 FC Tokyo 4 4 2001, 2008, 2016, 2017
Gamba Osaka [c] 4 2 1998, 2006, 2007, 2023
5 Mitsubishi Yowa 3 7 1980, 1983, 2014
Cerezo Osaka 3 1 1996, 2009, 2022
7 Hirakata FC 2 2 1977, 1984
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 1 2003, 2004
Shimizu S-Pulse 2 1 2002, 2018
Nagoya Grampus 2 0 2019, 2021
11 Urawa Red Diamonds 1 3 1997
Vissel Kobe 1 2 1978
Júbilo Iwata 1 2 1999
Kashiwa Reysol 1 2 2012
Sagan Tosu 1 1 2020
Yokohama FC 1 0 1982
18 All-Japan Airways Yokohama [d] 0 2
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0 2
Omiya Ardija 0 2
Machida Zelvia [e] 0 1
Kashima Antlers 0 1
JEF United Chiba [f] 0 1
Shonan Bellmare [g] 0 1
Kyoto Sanga [h] 0 1
  1. ^ Includes Yomiuri Club and Yomiuri A
  2. ^ Includes Yokohama Marinos
  3. ^ Includes Matsushita FC and Panasonic Gamba Osaka
  4. ^ Includes All-Japan Airways and ANA Yokohama
  5. ^ Includes FC Machida
  6. ^ Includes JEF United Ichihara Chiba
  7. ^ Includes Bellmare Hiratsuka
  8. ^ Includes Kyoto Purple Sanga

Individual awards[edit]

Year MVP Top Scorer
2001 Yuta Baba (FC Tokyo) Tatsunori Arai (Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
2002
2003 Yusuke Tasaka (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
2004 Shunsuke Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shunsuke Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
2005 Kohei Kiyama (Tokyo Verdy) Kenta Hoshihara (Gamba Osaka)
2006 Shu Kurata (Gamba Osaka) Shota Kimura (Yokohama F. Marinos)
2007 Kodai Yasuda (Gamba Osaka) Yuki Oshitani (Júbilo Iwata)
2008 Hirotaka Mita (FC Tokyo) Kentaro Shigematsu (FC Tokyo)
Masato Kudo (Kashiwa Reysol)
2009 Kenyu Sugimoto (Cerezo Osaka) Ryoga Sekihara (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Sho Matsumoto (Yokohama F. Marinos)
2010 Yuki Kobayashi (Tokyo Verdy) Kenshiro Kanemura (Yokohama FC)
2011 Ryuji Sugimoto (Tokyo Verdy) Shuto Minami (Tokyo Verdy)
Masato Tairaku (Kashiwa Reysol)
Kosuke Kinoshita (Yokohama FC)
Motoki Takahara (Nagoya Grampus)
2012 Hiroki Akino (Kashiwa Reysol) Kosuke Kinoshita (Yokohama FC)
2013 Koya Yuruki (Yokohama F. Marinos) Kota Kitagawa (Shimizu S-Pulse)
2014 Yuya Shimoda (Mitsubishi Yowa) Yudai Hasukawa (FC Tokyo)
Akira Silvano Disaro (Mitsubishi Yowa)
2015 Keita Endo (Yokohama F. Marinos) Keita Endo (Yokohama F. Marinos)
2016 Yosuke Hanya (FC Tokyo) Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa (Omiya Ardija)
Yuta Taki (Shimizu S-Pulse)
Takefusa Kubo (FC Tokyo)
2017 Kan Kobayashi (FC Tokyo) Taichi Hara (FC Tokyo)
Shogo Ikeda (Gamba Osaka)
2018 Togo Umeda (Shimizu S-Pulse) Shoi Kobayashi (Omiya Ardija)
2019 Takeshi Ushizawa (Nagoya Grampus) Ken Masui (Nagoya Grampus)
2020 Kodai Nagata (Sagan Tosu) Zen Tanaka (Sagan Tosu)
2021 Gen Kato (Nagoya Grampus) Hayato Manabe (Nagoya Grampus)
2022 Hinata Kawai (Cerezo Osaka) Ota Yamamoto (Kashiwa Reysol)
2023 [5] Rui Araki (Gamba Osaka) Hikaru Muraki (Fagiano Okayama)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "日本クラブユースサッカー選手権 U-18 2023" [2023 Japan Club Youth U-18 Football Championship]. jcy.jp (in Japanese). Japan Club Youth Soccer Federation. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  2. ^ "速報！【全試合ライブ配信しました】2023年度 日本クラブユースサッカー選手権U-18 全国大会@群馬&東京 PK戦を制してガンバ大阪が優勝！各賞掲載！" [Breaking news! (All games are live-streamed) 2023 Japan Club Youth U-18 Football Championship @Gunma & Tokyo; Gamba Osaka wins the title on penalty shoot-outs. Awards posted!]. juniorsoccer-news.com (in Japanese). Junior Soccer News. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  3. ^ "過去の大会結果 　-日本クラブユース選手権(U-18大会)" [Past tournaments – Japan Club Youth U-18 Football Championship]. jcy.jp (in Japanese). Japan Club Youth Football Federation. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  4. ^ "第47回 日本クラブユースサッカー選手権(U-18)大会 歴代優勝チーム一覧" [2023 Japan Club Youth U-18 Football Championship – List of past winning teams]. jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b "第47回日本クラブユースサッカー選手権(U-18)大会" [2023 Japan Club Youth U-18 Football Championship]. web.gekisaka.jp (in Japanese). Gekisaka. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

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