Japan Club Youth U-18 Football Championship Explained

Founded:1977
Number Of Teams:32
Current Champions:Gamba Osaka
(5th title)
Most Successful Club:Tokyo Verdy (14 titles)
Website:JFA
Current:2024 Japan Club Youth U-18 Football 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

SeasonWinner [3] [4] ScoreRunners–up
1977Hirakata FC -Yomiuri Club
1978Kobe FC -Yomiuri Club
1979Yomiuri A -Kobe FC
1980Mitsubishi Yowa
Yomiuri FC
-Shared title
1981Yomiuri A -Mitsubishi Yowa
1982-Mitsubishi Yowa
1983Mitsubishi Yowa SC -Yokohama Three Star
1984Hirakata FC -All-Japan Airways
1985Yomiuri A -Hirakata FC
1986Yomiuri A -Mitsubishi Yowa
1987ANA Yokohama -Mitsubishi Yowa
1988Yomiuri A -Mitsubishi Yowa
1989Yomiuri -Mitsubishi Yowa
1990Yomiuri -FC Machida
1991Yomiuri -Hirakata FC
1992Yomiuri -Matsushita FC
1993Yomiuri -Mitsubishi Yowa
1994-Cerezo Osaka
1995Yokohama Marinos -Panasonic Gamba Osaka
1996Cerezo Osaka -Yokohama Marinos
1997Urawa Red Diamonds -Kashima Antlers
1998Gamba Osaka -JEF United Ichihara Chiba
19992–1Bellmare Hiratsuka
20002–0Kyoto Purple Sanga
20012–0Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
20021–0Urawa Red Diamonds
20033–0Urawa Red Diamonds
2004Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–1Júbilo Iwata
2005Tokyo Verdy 1–0Yokohama F. Marinos
2006Gamba Osaka 1–0Tokyo Verdy
2007Gamba Osaka 4–2Júbilo Iwata
2008FC Tokyo 1–0Kashiwa Reysol
2009Cerezo Osaka 1–0FC Tokyo
2010Tokyo Verdy 2–1Kashiwa Reysol
2011Tokyo Verdy 1–0Vissel Kobe
2012Kashiwa Reysol 3–2Yokohama F. Marinos
2013Yokohama F. Marinos 4–1Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2014Mitsubishi Yowa 1–0FC Tokyo
2015Yokohama F. Marinos 5–3Omiya Ardija
2016FC Tokyo 2–0Shimizu S-Pulse
2017FC Tokyo 2–0Urawa Red Diamonds
2018Shimizu S-Pulse 2–0Omiya Ardija
20193–1Sagan Tosu
2020Sagan Tosu 3–2FC Tokyo
2021Nagoya Grampus 2–0Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
2022Cerezo Osaka 3–1Yokohama F. Marinos
2023 [5] Gamba Osaka 3–3
(5–4 p.)
FC Tokyo
2024Gamba Osaka 3–2Kawasaki Frontale

Most successful clubs

P. Team Champions Runners-up Winning years
1 1431979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2005, 2010, 2011
2641987, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2013, 2015
3521998, 2006, 2007, 2023, 2024
4442001, 2008, 2016, 2017
5371980, 1983, 2014
311996, 2009, 2022
7Hirakata FC 221977, 1984
212003, 2004
212002, 2018
202019, 2021
11131997
121978
121999
122012
112020
101982
18All-Japan Airways Yokohama 02
02
02
01
01
01
01
01

Individual awards

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 Rui Araki (Gamba Osaka) Hikaru Muraki (Fagiano Okayama)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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. 27 August 2023. ja. jcy.jp. Japan Club Youth Soccer Federation.
  2. Web site: 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!. 27 August 2023. ja. juniorsoccer-news.com. Junior Soccer News.
  3. Web site: 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. 27 August 2023. ja. jcy.jp. Japan Club Youth Football Federation.
  4. Web site: 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. 27 August 2023. ja. jfa.jp. Japan Football Association.
  5. Web site: 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. 27 August 2023. ja. web.gekisaka.jp. Gekisaka.