FA Youth Cup
The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup , shortly FA Youth Cup , is an English football competition of FA for players who are under 18 years old. It is mostly dominated by the youth teams of the professional clubs from the upper English leagues, although several hundred clubs participate each season. The current title holder is Chelsea .
At the end of World War II , the FA decided to host a nationwide youth tournament to give talents who were not yet old enough for the men's teams a chance to compete against their peers from across England. The FA Youth Cup was held for the first time in the 1952/53 season. Even then, youth teams from professional and amateur clubs were allowed.
Record winner is Manchester United with ten title wins. Many of today's stars were able to draw attention to themselves in this competition; For example, in the 1992/93 season, Gary Neville , Nicky Butt , David Beckham , Keith Gillespie , Robbie Savage and Paul Scholes were in the Man United squad . The attendance record is 38,187, achieved in the first leg of the 2006/07 season when Arsenal FC beat Manchester United 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium .
All previous finals
The finals are played in a home and return leg. The total result is shown in the table.
Previous winners
| position | society | winner | Second |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Manchester United | 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2011 | 1982, 1986, 1993, 2007 |
| 2. | Chelsea FC | 1960, 1961, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 | 1958, 2008, 2013 |
| 3. | Arsenal FC | 1966, 1971, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2009 | 1965, 2018 |
| 4th | Aston Villa | 1972, 1980, 2002 | 1978, 2004, 2010 |
| Everton FC | 1965, 1984, 1998 | 1961, 1977, 1983, 2002 | |
| Ipswich Town | 1973, 1975, 2005 | 1981, 1995 | |
| Liverpool FC | 1996, 2006, 2007 | 1963, 1972, 2009 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1970, 1974, 1990 | 1981, 1995 | |
| West Ham United | 1963, 1981, 1999 | 1957, 1959, 1975, 1996 | |
| 10. | Crystal Palace | 1977, 1978 | 1992, 1997 |
| Leeds United | 1993, 1997 | - | |
| Manchester City | 1986, 2008 | 1979, 1980, 1989, 2006, 2015, 2016, 2017 | |
| Millwall FC | 1979, 1991 | 1994 | |
| Newcastle United | 1962, 1985 | - | |
| Norwich City | 1983, 2013 | - | |
| Sunderland AFC | 1967, 1969 | 1966 | |
| Watford FC | 1982, 1989 | 1985 | |
| 18th | Blackburn Rovers | 1959 | 1998, 2001, 2012 |
| Burnley FC | 1968 | - | |
| Coventry City | 1987 | 1968, 1970, 1999, 2000 | |
| Middlesbrough FC | 2004 | 1990, 2003 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 1976 | 1955, 1969 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1958 | 1953, 1954, 1962, 1976 | |
| 24. | Birmingham City | - | 1967 |
| Bristol City | - | 1973 | |
| Cardiff City | - | 1971 | |
| Charlton Athletic | - | 1987 | |
| Chesterfield FC | - | 1956 | |
| Doncaster Rovers | - | 1988 | |
| Fulham FC | - | 2014 | |
| Huddersfield Town | - | 1974 | |
| Preston North End | - | 1960 | |
| Sheffield United | - | 2011 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | - | 1991 | |
| Southampton FC | - | 2005 | |
| Stoke City | - | 1984 | |
| Swindon Town | - | 1964 |