Lion City Cup

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]

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

Past Winners
Edition Year Champion Runner Up 2nd Runner Up
4th 1980 Bahrain Saudi Arabia -
5th 1981 South Korea Bahrain -
6th 1982 Thailand Saudi Arabia -
7th 1990 Singapore U-15 unknown -
12th 1995 Singapore U-15 unknown -
15th 1998 The Indian Perth Club -
16th 1999 The Indian Perth Club -
17th 2000 unknown unknown -
18th 2001 Bukit Jalil Sports School Singapore -
19th 2004 Singapore U-17 Hong Kong U-17 -
20th 2005 Malaysia U-18 Singapore U-18 AIK Stockholm U-18
Hong Kong U-16 Malaysia U-16 Singapore U-16
21st 2006 Singapore U-18 Hong Kong U-18 Singapore U-17
Singapore U-16 Malaysia U-16 Myanmar U-16
22nd 2008 Thailand U.A.E ' Australia
23rd 2011 Flamengo Singapore NFA U-16 Singapore NFA U-15
24th 2012 Ajax U-16 Singapore NFA U-16 Man City U-16
25th 2013 Corinthians U-15 PSV U-15 Eintracht Frankfurt U-15
26th 2015 Tottenham U-15 Liverpool U-15 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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