J.Youth Cup

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 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]

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
1993 Tokyo Verdy 1–0 Yokohama F. Marinos
1994 Gamba Osaka 3–2 Tokyo Verdy
1995 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–1 Tokyo Verdy
1996 Tokyo Verdy 2–1 Gamba Osaka
1997 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
1998 Kashima Antlers 3–2 JEF United Ichihara
1999 Vissel Kobe 2–0 Yokohama F. Marinos
2000 Gamba Osaka 1–0 Shimizu S-Pulse
2001 Kyoto Sanga 3–1 FC Tokyo
2002 Gamba Osaka 5–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2003 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6–4 JEF United Ichihara
2004 Kashima Antlers 0–0
(3–1 p.)		 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2005 Shimizu S-Pulse 4–1 Vissel Kobe
2006 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 FC Tokyo
2007 FC Tokyo 2–1 Kashiwa Reysol
2008 Gamba Osaka 4–2 Cerezo Osaka
2009 FC Tokyo 2–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2010 Yokohama F. Marinos 4–3
(aet.)		 FC Tokyo
2011 Nagoya Grampus 2–1 Cerezo Osaka
2012 Consadole Sapporo 5–1 Gamba Osaka
2013 Vissel Kobe 2–2
(6–5 p.)		 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2014 Kashima Antlers 1–1
(4–3 p.)		 Gamba Osaka
2015 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Nagoya Grampus
2016 FC Tokyo 3–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2017 Kyoto Sanga 2–1 Gamba Osaka
2018 Yokohama F. Marinos 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse
2019 Nagoya Grampus 4–0 Gamba Osaka
2020 Not held
2021
2022
2024 TBD

Most successful clubs

P. Team Champions Runners-up Winning years
1 Gamba Osaka 4 5 1994, 2000, 2002, 2008
2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 6 1995, 2003, 2006
FC Tokyo 3 3 2007, 2009, 2016
Kashima Antlers 3 0 1998, 2004, 2014
5 Tokyo Verdy 2 2 1993, 1996
Shimizu S-Pulse 2 2 1997, 2005
Yokohama F. Marinos 2 2 2010, 2018
Vissel Kobe 2 1 1999, 2013
Nagoya Grampus 2 1 2011, 2019
Kyoto Sanga 2 0 2001, 2017
11 Consadole Sapporo 1 0 2012
Urawa Red Diamonds 1 0 2015
13 JEF United Chiba 0 2
Cerezo Osaka 0 2
Kashiwa Reysol 0 1

Individual awards

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

References

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  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.