J.Youth Cup

The J.Youth Cup (Jユースカップ, Jei yūsu kappu) is an annual nationwide association football tournament for youth clubs in Japan. It is restricted to members of J.League Academies and of the Japan Club Youth Football Federation (JCY).[1]

J.Youth Cup
Founded1994
Region Japan
Number of teams64
Current championsNagoya Grampus
(2nd title)
Most successful club(s)Gamba Osaka (4 titles)
2024 J.Youth Cup

The tournament started on 1993. Some J.League (and JFL in a smaller amount) club academies did not participate in the tournament as their youth teams were not well developed. As youth teams continued to show progress and development, it led to all clubs that were J.League members on 2012 having their youth team participating on it.

During the pandemic, the J.Youth Cup was not officially held. From 2021 to 2023, the J.Youth Cup became the J.Youth League, with the teams split into different groups. However, at each competition there were no official champions or even a knockout stage. On 2024, the tournament was reintroduced as the J.Youth Cup, being played in a cup format, with group and knockout stage, featuring all 60 J.League clubs' youth teams and 4 other nominated JCY-affiliated teams.[2][3][4][5]

Finals
Season Winner Score Runners–up
1993Tokyo Verdy1–0Yokohama F. Marinos
1994Gamba Osaka3–2Tokyo Verdy
1995Sanfrecce Hiroshima3–1Tokyo Verdy
1996Tokyo Verdy2–1Gamba Osaka
1997Shimizu S-Pulse3–0Sanfrecce Hiroshima
1998Kashima Antlers3–2JEF United Ichihara
1999Vissel Kobe2–0Yokohama F. Marinos
2000Gamba Osaka1–0Shimizu S-Pulse
2001Kyoto Sanga3–1FC Tokyo
2002Gamba Osaka5–0Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2003Sanfrecce Hiroshima6–4JEF United Ichihara
2004Kashima Antlers0–0
(3–1 p.)		Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2005Shimizu S-Pulse4–1Vissel Kobe
2006Sanfrecce Hiroshima2–0FC Tokyo
2007FC Tokyo2–1Kashiwa Reysol
2008Gamba Osaka4–2Cerezo Osaka
2009FC Tokyo2–0Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2010Yokohama F. Marinos4–3
(aet.)		FC Tokyo
2011Nagoya Grampus2–1Cerezo Osaka
2012Consadole Sapporo5–1Gamba Osaka
2013Vissel Kobe2–2
(6–5 p.)		Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2014Kashima Antlers1–1
(4–3 p.)		Gamba Osaka
2015Urawa Red Diamonds2–1Nagoya Grampus
2016FC Tokyo3–2Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2017Kyoto Sanga2–1Gamba Osaka
2018Yokohama F. Marinos2–1Shimizu S-Pulse
2019Nagoya Grampus4–0Gamba Osaka
2020Not held
2021
2022
2024TBD

Most successful clubs
P.TeamChampionsRunners-upWinning years
1 Gamba Osaka451994, 2000, 2002, 2008
2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima361995, 2003, 2006
FC Tokyo332007, 2009, 2016
Kashima Antlers301998, 2004, 2014
5 Tokyo Verdy221993, 1996
Shimizu S-Pulse221997, 2005
Yokohama F. Marinos222010, 2018
Vissel Kobe211999, 2013
Nagoya Grampus212011, 2019
Kyoto Sanga202001, 2017
11 Consadole Sapporo102012
Urawa Red Diamonds102015
13 JEF United Chiba02
Cerezo Osaka02
Kashiwa Reysol01

Individual awards
YearTop ScorerGoals
2001Satoru Yamagishi (JEF United Ichihara)15
2003Shunsuke Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)9
2004Yusuke Kawabuchi (JEF United Ichihara)13
2005Shun Nagasawa (Shimizu S-Pulse)16
2006Shota Tanaka (Kawasaki Frontale)9
2007Daisuke Watabe (Omiya Ardija)13
2008Ryota Iwabuchi (FC Tokyo)19
2009Hisao Mita (FC Tokyo)21
2010Katsuya Akioka (FC Tokyo)
Sho Matsumoto (Yokohama F. Marinos)		13
2011Takumi Minamino (Cerezo Osaka)13
2012Shuhei Yoshikawa (Kashiwa Reysol)
Yusuke Uchida (Vissel Kobe)
Hiroki Suehiro (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Masashi Otani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)		8
2013Seiya Nakano (Júbilo Iwata)12
2014Masashi Wada (Yokohama F. Marinos)12
2015Kota Mori (Nagoya Grampus)
Shumpei Fukahori (Nagoya Grampus)		5
2016Towa Yamane (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)9
2017Shiryu Fujiwara (Tokushima Vortis)5
2018Shusuke Kurihara (Yokohama F. Marinos)8
2019Yukito Murakami (Nagoya Grampus)7

References
  1. "「２０２４Ｊユースカップ」大会概要発表～5年ぶりにノックアウト方式のトーナメントを開催～" (in Japanese). 18 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  2. "２０２１Ｊユースリーグ　第28回Ｊリーグユース選手権 大会方式の変更について" (in Japanese). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  3. "２０２２Ｊユースリーグ" (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  4. "２０２３Ｊユースリーグ" (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  5. "Jユース杯が5年ぶりにトーナメント方式を採用!! 3ラウンド制で64チームが参加" (in Japanese). 18 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
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