The International Challenge Trophy, originally known as the European Challenge Trophy, was an international association football competition. It is open to national teams featuring semi-professional U-23 footballers who have not yet won senior international caps. While the competition rules allow squads to select foreign-based players, some teams, including the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Italy, have opted to restrict selection to footballers playing in their home national leagues. www.fai.ie bbc.co.uk The European Challenge Trophy was contested in 2005–06 and featured just four teams - England C, Netherlands Amateurs U-23, Belgium U-21 and Italy Lega Pro U-21. England C won the inaugural competition.2005–06 results at rsssf.org The competition was then relaunched as the International Challenge Trophy for the 2007–09 edition. This time the number of participants doubled.2007–09 results at rsssf.org The 2009–11 edition was contested by eleven teams.
Tournaments YearWinnersFinal match resultRunners-upNumber of teams2005–06 Details England CNo final Belgium U-2142007–09 Details Belgium U-211–0 England C8 2009–11 Details Portugal U-231–0 England C112011–13 Details Turkey A21–0 Norway U238 2013–15 Details2–23–2 pen.8 2015–17 Detailsthe whole match is on Youtube4–0 England C4
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