The Japan Club Youth U-18 Championship (日本クラブユースサッカー選手権 (U-18)大会, Nihon kurabu yūsu sakkā senshuken U-18 taikai) is an annual nationwide association football tournament for youth clubs in Japan. It is restricted to members of the Japan Club Youth Football Federation.
Usually held during the summer, the competition's current format comprises 32 teams from 9 regions, which wins a spot in each competition through regional qualification. Similar to the FIFA World Cup, it starts on the group stage, with eight groups of four teams, with the best two of each advancing to the knockout stage.
Finals SeasonWinner ScoreRunners–up1977Hirakata FC - Yomiuri Club1978Kobe FC - Yomiuri Club1979Yomiuri A - Kobe FC1980Mitsubishi YowaYomiuri FC - Shared title1981Yomiuri A - Mitsubishi Yowa1982Yokohama FC - Mitsubishi Yowa1983Mitsubishi Yowa SC - Yokohama Three Star1984Hirakata FC - All-Japan Airways1985Yomiuri A - Hirakata FC1986Yomiuri A - Mitsubishi Yowa1987ANA Yokohama - Mitsubishi Yowa1988Yomiuri A - Mitsubishi Yowa1989Yomiuri - Mitsubishi Yowa1990Yomiuri - FC Machida1991Yomiuri - Hirakata FC1992Yomiuri - Matsushita FC1993Yomiuri - Mitsubishi Yowa1994Yokohama Marinos - Cerezo Osaka1995Yokohama Marinos - Panasonic Gamba Osaka1996Cerezo Osaka - Yokohama Marinos1997Urawa Red Diamonds - Kashima Antlers1998Gamba Osaka - JEF United Ichihara Chiba1999Júbilo Iwata 2–1 Bellmare Hiratsuka2000Yokohama F. Marinos 2–0 Kyoto Purple Sanga2001FC Tokyo 2–0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo2002Shimizu S-Pulse 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds2003Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–0 Urawa Red Diamonds2004Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–1 Júbilo Iwata2005Tokyo Verdy 1–0 Yokohama F. Marinos2006Gamba Osaka 1–0 Tokyo Verdy2007Gamba Osaka 4–2 Júbilo Iwata2008FC Tokyo 1–0 Kashiwa Reysol2009Cerezo Osaka 1–0 FC Tokyo2010Tokyo Verdy 2–1 Kashiwa Reysol2011Tokyo Verdy 1–0 Vissel Kobe2012Kashiwa Reysol 3–2 Yokohama F. Marinos2013Yokohama F. Marinos 4–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima2014Mitsubishi Yowa 1–0 FC Tokyo2015Yokohama F. Marinos 5–3 Omiya Ardija2016FC Tokyo 2–0 Shimizu S-Pulse2017FC Tokyo 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds2018Shimizu S-Pulse 2–0 Omiya Ardija2019Nagoya Grampus 3–1 Sagan Tosu2020Sagan Tosu 3–2 FC Tokyo2021Nagoya Grampus 2–0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo2022Cerezo Osaka 3–1 Yokohama F. Marinos2023 Gamba Osaka 3–3(5–4 p.)FC Tokyo2024Gamba Osaka 3–2Kawasaki Frontale
Most successful clubs P. Team Champions Runners-up Winning years1 Tokyo Verdy 143 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2005, 2010, 20112Yokohama F. Marinos 64 1987, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2013, 20153Gamba Osaka 52 1998, 2006, 2007, 2023, 20244FC Tokyo 44 2001, 2008, 2016, 20175Mitsubishi Yowa 37 1980, 1983, 2014Cerezo Osaka 31 1996, 2009, 20227Hirakata FC 22 1977, 1984Sanfrecce Hiroshima 21 2003, 2004Shimizu S-Pulse 21 2002, 2018Nagoya Grampus 20 2019, 202111Urawa Red Diamonds 13 1997Vissel Kobe 12 1978Júbilo Iwata 12 1999Kashiwa Reysol 12 2012Sagan Tosu 11 2020Yokohama FC 10 198218All-Japan Airways Yokohama 02Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 02Omiya Ardija 02Machida Zelvia 01Kashima Antlers 01JEF United Chiba 01Shonan Bellmare 01Kyoto Sanga 01
Individual awards Year MVP Top Scorer2001 Yuta Baba (FC Tokyo) Tatsunori Arai (Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)2002 2003 Yusuke Tasaka (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) 2004 Shunsuke Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Shunsuke Maeda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)2005 Kohei Kiyama (Tokyo Verdy) Kenta Hoshihara (Gamba Osaka)2006 Shu Kurata (Gamba Osaka) Shota Kimura (Yokohama F. Marinos)2007 Kodai Yasuda (Gamba Osaka) Yuki Oshitani (Júbilo Iwata)2008 Hirotaka Mita (FC Tokyo) Kentaro Shigematsu (FC Tokyo)Masato Kudo (Kashiwa Reysol)2009 Kenyu Sugimoto (Cerezo Osaka) Ryoga Sekihara (Yokohama F. Marinos)Sho Matsumoto (Yokohama F. Marinos)2010 Yuki Kobayashi (Tokyo Verdy) Kenshiro Kanemura (Yokohama FC)2011 Ryuji Sugimoto (Tokyo Verdy) Shuto Minami (Tokyo Verdy)Masato Tairaku (Kashiwa Reysol)Kosuke Kinoshita (Yokohama FC)Motoki Takahara (Nagoya Grampus)2012 Hiroki Akino (Kashiwa Reysol) Kosuke Kinoshita (Yokohama FC)2013 Koya Yuruki (Yokohama F. Marinos) Koya Kitagawa (Shimizu S-Pulse)2014 Yuya Shimoda (Mitsubishi Yowa) Yudai Hasukawa (FC Tokyo)Akira Silvano Disaro (Mitsubishi Yowa)2015 Keita Endo (Yokohama F. Marinos) Keita Endo (Yokohama F. Marinos) 2016 Yosuke Hanya (FC Tokyo) Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa (Omiya Ardija)Yuta Taki (Shimizu S-Pulse)Takefusa Kubo (FC Tokyo)2017 Kan Kobayashi (FC Tokyo) Taichi Hara (FC Tokyo)Shogo Ikeda (Gamba Osaka)2018 Togo Umeda (Shimizu S-Pulse) Shoi Kobayashi (Omiya Ardija)2019 Takeshi Ushizawa (Nagoya Grampus) Ken Masui (Nagoya Grampus)2020 Kodai Nagata (Sagan Tosu) Zen Tanaka (Sagan Tosu)2021 Gen Kato (Nagoya Grampus) Hayato Manabe (Nagoya Grampus)2022 Hinata Kawai (Cerezo Osaka) Ota Yamamoto (Kashiwa Reysol)2023 Rui Araki (Gamba Osaka) Hikaru Muraki (Fagiano Okayama)
References
External links Overview of 2023 Japan Club Youth U-18 Football Championship - JFA