Lion City Cup

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Lion City Cup
Founded1977
RegionAsia
Number of teams6
Current championsTottenham Hotspur U15

The Lion City Cup, is an annual international association football competition organized by the Football Association of Singapore, contested by the Under-16 soccer teams. It was founded in 1977 as the only Under-16 soccer tournament in the world. It helped in the creation of a FIFA U-16 World Championship in China in 1985 at FIFA's request.[1][2]

Past Winners[]

Edition Year Champion Runner Up 2nd Runner Up
4th Bahrain Bahrain Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia -
5th South Korea South Korea Bahrain Bahrain -
6th Thailand Thailand Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia -
7th Singapore Singapore U-15 unknown -
12th Singapore Singapore U-15 unknown -
15th India Australia -
16th India Australia -
17th unknown unknown -
18th Malaysia Bukit Jalil Sports School Singapore Singapore -
19th Singapore Singapore U-17 Hong Kong Hong Kong U-17 -
20th Malaysia Malaysia U-18 Singapore Singapore U-18 Sweden AIK Stockholm U-18
Hong Kong Hong Kong U-16 Malaysia Malaysia U-16 Singapore Singapore U-16
21st Singapore Singapore U-18 Hong Kong Hong Kong U-18 Singapore Singapore U-17
Singapore Singapore U-16 Malaysia Malaysia U-16 Myanmar Myanmar U-16
22nd Thailand Thailand United Arab Emirates UAE 'Australia Australia
23rd 2011 Brazil Flamengo Singapore Singapore NFA U-16 Singapore Singapore NFA U-15
24th 2012 Netherlands Ajax U-16 Singapore Singapore NFA U-16 England Man City U-16
25th 2013 Brazil Corinthians U-15 Netherlands PSV U-15 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt U-15
26th England Tottenham U-15 England Liverpool U-15 Singapore Singapore NFA U-16

References[]

  1. ^ "Looking back at 100 Years of Singapore soccer". AsiaOne. Archived from the original on 2011-08-24.
  2. ^ Dorai, Joe (11 December 1985). "Youth Cup revived". The Straits Times. p. 36.

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