The Future Cup (officially known as the ABN AMRO Future Cup, and previously known as the AEGON Future Cup) is an annual friendly international youth tournament which is organized by the Dutch football club AFC Ajax. The tournament is created for under-17 youth teams, and is held at De Toekomst, every year during the Easter weekend. The tournament has been contested by some of the strongest under-17 teams in football, with FC Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern Munich amongst the participating clubs. The first five editions of the tournament were named after its main sponsor, the insurance company AEGON, before the Dutch state-owned bank ABN AMRO took over as the main sponsor of the event. The tournament is broadcast on television in over 59 countries via Eredivisie Live, Eurosport and Fox Sports. Also is played in series Jamie Johnson
Qualification 8 teams participate in the Future Cup every year. Since Ajax are the tournament hosts, they are automatically entered, leaving 7 additional places available in the tournament. Six of the spots can be filled with a simple registration of an under-17 team from any club, while national teams are also able to register, such as the China U-17 team did when it competed in the first edition of the competition. The eighth and final position is filled by the winners of the Brazilian 'Craques Mongeral AEGON Future Cup – Um Torneio do Ajax' a parallel running competition for under-17 youth teams in South America which shares the same sponsor. The winner of that tournament is automatically seeded for the Future Cup in Amsterdam the next year, completing the 8 participants in the Cup challenge.
Format The draw takes place ahead of the last home match of the Ajax first team ahead of the Future Cup. The 8 teams are then divided up into two groups during halftime of this match. The opening ceremony of the tournament takes place on the Friday evening before Easter, while the first matches are played on Holy Saturday. The first two group stage matches are played for each team on this day, while the last two group stage matches are then contested on Easter Sunday. The finals are played on Monday, the second Easter day. The day starts with the matches for the 7th and 8th place, which are contested by the two teams who finished bottom of their groups. Afterwards the two semi-finals are played. The group winners of each group compete against the second place team of the other group, and after the two semi-finals the matches for 5th and 6th place are contested against the third place team from each group. The matches for 3rd and 4th place are then contested amongst the losers of the Semi-finals, which is concluded by the Cup final, deciding the 1st and 2nd place. The awards and trophies are awarded directly after the Final, at which all teams and coaches are present.
Finals Statistics accurate as of ABN AMRO Future Cup 2024. Year Date Winner Result Finalist20266 April 2026 Anderlecht 2-0 Real Madrid202520 April 2025Ajax 1-0 Bayern Munich2024 1 April 2024 Ajax 2–1 Partizan2023 10 April 2023 Nordsjælland 3–0 Ajax 2020–22 — – Cancelled* –2019 22 April 2019 Juventus 2–1 Ajax2018 2 April 2018 Ajax 2–0 Juventus2017 17 April 2017 Ajax 2–0 Bayern Munich2016 28 March 2016 Arsenal 0–0 (4-3 pen.) Anderlecht2015 6 April 2015 Anderlecht 0–0 (4-3 pen.) Ajax2014 21 April 2014 Ajax 2–1 Liverpool2013 1 April 2013 Anderlecht 2–0 Ajax2012 9 April 2012 Ajax 2–2 (5–3 pen.) Manchester United2011 25 April 2011 Anderlecht 1–0 Ajax2010 5 April 2010 Ajax 1–0 China U-17
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
Prizes The winner of the Future Cup are obvious winners of the tournament. For this information please see the next segment below. Other prizes are however awarded in conclusion, which are handed out by prominent former and current Ajax members, with Frank de Boer, Martin Jol and Luis Suárez amongst those who have awarded the trophies. The man of the tournament is selected and awarded the adidas Best player of ABN AMRO Future Cup award. Below is a list of the prize winners over the years: YearPlayerClub 2026 Rami Lougmani Anderlecht 2025 Pharell Nash Ajax 2024 Jinairo Johnson Ajax 2023 Villum Berthelsen Nordsjælland 2019 Anouar Ait El Hadj Anderlecht 2018 Naci Ünüvar Ajax 2017 Ryan Gravenberch Ajax 2016 Riqui Puig Barcelona 2015 Matthijs de Ligt Ajax 2014 Abdelhak Nouri Ajax 2013 Nabil Jaadi Anderlecht 2012 Queensy Menig Ajax 2011 Dennis Praet Anderlecht 2010 Davy Klaassen Ajax
Every year the prize adidas Top Scorer of ABN AMRO Future Cup is awarded to the top-scorer of the tournament. Since the 2023 tournament, the award has been renamed the Noah Gesser Trophy in honour of the U16 Ajax talent who had died in a car accident in 2021. Below is a list of the top-scorers for each year: YearTopscorerClub Goals2026 Rami Lougmani Anderlecht52025 Pierre Mounguengue Yll Gashi Paris Saint-German Bayern Munich42024 Rafael Camacho Oumar Camara Jinairo Johnson Divine Mukasa Lazar Radosavljević Sporting CP Paris Saint-German Ajax Manchester City Partizan32023 Winsley Boteli Borussia Mönchengladbach42019 Anouar Ait El Hadj Anderlecht42018 Naci Ünüvar Ajax52014 Oluwaseyi Ojo Harry Wilson Liverpool42013 Václav Černý Aaron Leya Iseka Ajax Anderlecht32012 Elton Acolatse Ademir Candido Marco Pinato Alperen Doğan Ajax Desportivo Milan Beşiktaş JK32011 Nicholas Pasifakis Patrick Foss Ajax Cape Town D.C. United42010 Dominik Goßner Bayern Munich6
Statistics Appearances and best results Statistics accurate as of ABN AMRO Future Cup 2024. Nr.ClubAppsFirst App.Best result1. Ajax 12 2010 Winners Anderlecht 12 2010 Juventus 5 2015 Arsenal 2 2016 Nordsjælland 2 20232. Bayern Munich 4 2010 Runners-up China U-17 2 2010 Liverpool 2 2010 Manchester United 1 2012 Partizan 1 20243. Paris Saint-German 5 2017 Third place Barcelona 4 2010 Benfica 4 2013 Milan 3 2010 J. League U-17 2 2017 Porto 1 20154. Sporting CP 2 2018 Fourth place Fluminense 1 2011 São Paulo 1 2013 Atlético Madrid 1 20195. Celtic 3 2011 Fifth place Ajax Cape Town 2 2011 Desportivo Brasil 1 2012 Sydney FC 1 2018 Boca Juniors 1 2019 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 20236. Tottenham Hotspur 2 2013 Sixth place D.C. United 1 2011 Toronto FC 1 2013 Galatasaray 1 2015 Right to Dream 1 2016 Manchester City 1 20247. Beşiktaş JK 1 2012 Seventh place Corinthians 1 2014 Schalke 04 1 2015 Red Bull Salzburg 1 2016 Sevilla FC 1 2018 Sagan Tosu 1 2019 Chelsea 1 20238. Pachuca 2 2023 Eighth place FC Dallas 1 2010 Fenerbahçe 1 2014 Olympiacos 1 2016
All-time cup winners CupsClubIn: 6 Ajax 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2024, 2025 3 Anderlecht 2011, 2013, 2015, 2026 1 Nordsjælland 2023 1 Juventus 2019 1 Arsenal 2016
All-time top-scorers Statistics accurate as of AEGON Future Cup 2024. Nr.PlayerNationalityGoalsClub1. Naci Ünüvar 7 Ajax2. Dominik Goßner 6 Bayern Munich3. Winsley Boteli 4 Borussia Mönchengladbach Anouar Ait El Hadj 4 Anderlecht Nicholas Pasifakis 4 Ajax Cape Town Patrick Foss 4 D.C. United Oluwaseyi Ojo 4 Liverpool Harry Wilson 4 Liverpool9. Václav Černý 3 Ajax Aaron Leya Iseka 3 Anderlecht Elton Acolatse 3 Ajax Ademir Candido 3 Desportivo Brasil Marco Pinato 3 Milan Alperen Doğan 3 Beşiktaş JK Rafael Camacho 3 Sporting CP Oumar Camara 3 Paris Saint-German Jinairo Johnson 3 Ajax Divine Mukasa 3 Manchester City Lazar Radosavljević 3 Partizan
Participation by country The under-17 youth teams of the following clubs have participated in the Future Cup tournament in the past.
Argentina Boca Juniors 2019 Australia Sydney FC 2018 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 2016 Belgium Anderlecht 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 Brazil Corinthians 2014 Desportivo Brasil 2012 Fluminense 2011 São Paulo 2013 Canada Toronto FC 2013 China China U-17 2010, 2011 Denmark Nordsjælland 2023, 2024 England Arsenal 2016, 2017 Chelsea 2023 Liverpool 2010, 2014 Manchester City 2024 Manchester United 2012 Tottenham Hotspur 2013, 2019
France Paris Saint-Germain 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 Germany Bayern Munich 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2023 Schalke 04 2015 Ghana Right to Dream 2016 Greece Olympiacos 2016 Italy Juventus 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023 Milan 2010, 2012, 2014 Japan J. League U-17 2017, 2018 Sagan Tosu 2019 Mexico Pachuca 2023, 2024 Netherlands Ajax 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 Portugal Benfica 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019 Porto 2015 Sporting CP 2018, 2024 Scotland Celtic 2011, 2014, 2015
Serbia Partizan 2024 South Africa Ajax Cape Town 2011, 2012 Spain Atlético Madrid 2019 Barcelona 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016 Sevilla FC 2018 Turkey Beşiktaş JK 2012 Fenerbahçe 2014 Galatasaray 2015 United States D.C. United 2011 FC Dallas 2010
See also Amsterdam Tournament Copa Amsterdam
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