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]

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

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
Season Winner [3][4] Score Runners–up
1977Hirakata FC-Yomiuri Club
1978Kobe FC-Yomiuri Club
1979Yomiuri A-Kobe FC
1980Mitsubishi Yowa
Yomiuri FC		-Shared title
1981Yomiuri A-Mitsubishi Yowa
1982Yokohama FC-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
1994Yokohama Marinos-Cerezo Osaka
1995Yokohama Marinos-Panasonic Gamba Osaka
1996Cerezo Osaka-Yokohama Marinos
1997Urawa Red Diamonds-Kashima Antlers
1998Gamba Osaka-JEF United Ichihara Chiba
1999Júbilo Iwata2–1Bellmare Hiratsuka
2000Yokohama F. Marinos2–0Kyoto Purple Sanga
2001FC Tokyo2–0Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
2002Shimizu S-Pulse1–0Urawa Red Diamonds
2003Sanfrecce Hiroshima3–0Urawa Red Diamonds
2004Sanfrecce Hiroshima4–1Júbilo Iwata
2005Tokyo Verdy1–0Yokohama F. Marinos
2006Gamba Osaka1–0Tokyo Verdy
2007Gamba Osaka4–2Júbilo Iwata
2008FC Tokyo1–0Kashiwa Reysol
2009Cerezo Osaka1–0FC Tokyo
2010Tokyo Verdy2–1Kashiwa Reysol
2011Tokyo Verdy1–0Vissel Kobe
2012Kashiwa Reysol3–2Yokohama F. Marinos
2013Yokohama F. Marinos4–1Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2014Mitsubishi Yowa1–0FC Tokyo
2015Yokohama F. Marinos5–3Omiya Ardija
2016FC Tokyo2–0Shimizu S-Pulse
2017FC Tokyo2–0Urawa Red Diamonds
2018Shimizu S-Pulse2–0Omiya Ardija
2019Nagoya Grampus3–1Sagan Tosu
2020Sagan Tosu3–2FC Tokyo
2021Nagoya Grampus2–0Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
2022Cerezo Osaka3–1Yokohama F. Marinos
2023 [5]Gamba Osaka3–3
(5–4 p.)		FC Tokyo

Most successful clubs
P.TeamChampionsRunners-upWinning years
1 Tokyo Verdy [lower-alpha 1]1431979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2005, 2010, 2011
2 Yokohama F. Marinos [lower-alpha 2]641987, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2013, 2015
3 FC Tokyo442001, 2008, 2016, 2017
Gamba Osaka [lower-alpha 3]421998, 2006, 2007, 2023
5 Mitsubishi Yowa371980, 1983, 2014
Cerezo Osaka311996, 2009, 2022
7 Hirakata FC221977, 1984
Sanfrecce Hiroshima212003, 2004
Shimizu S-Pulse212002, 2018
Nagoya Grampus202019, 2021
11 Urawa Red Diamonds131997
Vissel Kobe121978
Júbilo Iwata121999
Kashiwa Reysol122012
Sagan Tosu112020
Yokohama FC101982
18 All-Japan Airways Yokohama [lower-alpha 4]02
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo02
Omiya Ardija02
Machida Zelvia [lower-alpha 5]01
Kashima Antlers01
JEF United Chiba [lower-alpha 6]01
Shonan Bellmare [lower-alpha 7]01
Kyoto Sanga [lower-alpha 8]01
  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
YearMVPTop Scorer
2001Yuta Baba (FC Tokyo)Tatsunori Arai (Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
2002
2003Yusuke Tasaka (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
2004Shunsuke Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)Shunsuke Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
2005Kohei Kiyama (Tokyo Verdy)Kenta Hoshihara (Gamba Osaka)
2006Shu Kurata (Gamba Osaka)Shota Kimura (Yokohama F. Marinos)
2007Kodai Yasuda (Gamba Osaka)Yuki Oshitani (Júbilo Iwata)
2008Hirotaka Mita (FC Tokyo)Kentaro Shigematsu (FC Tokyo)
Masato Kudo (Kashiwa Reysol)
2009Kenyu Sugimoto (Cerezo Osaka)Ryoga Sekihara (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Sho Matsumoto (Yokohama F. Marinos)
2010Yuki Kobayashi (Tokyo Verdy)Kenshiro Kanemura (Yokohama FC)
2011Ryuji Sugimoto (Tokyo Verdy)Shuto Minami (Tokyo Verdy)
Masato Tairaku (Kashiwa Reysol)
Kosuke Kinoshita (Yokohama FC)
Motoki Takahara (Nagoya Grampus)
2012Hiroki Akino (Kashiwa Reysol)Kosuke Kinoshita (Yokohama FC)
2013Koya Yuruki (Yokohama F. Marinos)Kota Kitagawa (Shimizu S-Pulse)
2014Yuya Shimoda (Mitsubishi Yowa)Yudai Hasukawa (FC Tokyo)
Akira Silvano Disaro (Mitsubishi Yowa)
2015Keita Endo (Yokohama F. Marinos)Keita Endo (Yokohama F. Marinos)
2016Yosuke Hanya (FC Tokyo)Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa (Omiya Ardija)
Yuta Taki (Shimizu S-Pulse)
Takefusa Kubo (FC Tokyo)
2017Kan Kobayashi (FC Tokyo)Taichi Hara (FC Tokyo)
Shogo Ikeda (Gamba Osaka)
2018Togo Umeda (Shimizu S-Pulse)Shoi Kobayashi (Omiya Ardija)
2019Takeshi Ushizawa (Nagoya Grampus)Ken Masui (Nagoya Grampus)
2020Kodai Nagata (Sagan Tosu)Zen Tanaka (Sagan Tosu)
2021Gen Kato (Nagoya Grampus)Hayato Manabe (Nagoya Grampus)
2022Hinata Kawai (Cerezo Osaka)Ota Yamamoto (Kashiwa Reysol)
2023 [5]Rui Araki (Gamba Osaka)Hikaru Muraki (Fagiano Okayama)

References
  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. "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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