The Macaé Youth Cup (Portuguese: Copa Macaé de Juvenis) was an under-17 football cup formed by Brazilian and international teams. The competition was organized by the Macaense Sporting League (Liga Macaense de Desportos) in association with the Rio de Janeiro Football Federation, and it ran from 1997 until 2009.
Format The competition format changed almost every year. Normally, the clubs were divided in several groups of four or five teams, and the two best-placed clubs of each groups qualify to the knockout stage.
All matches were usually played in July, in Macaé and other countryside Rio de Janeiro state cities, like Barra do Macaé, Campos dos Goytacazes, Carapebus, Córrego do Ouro, and Quissamã.
Invited clubs Usually traditional Brazilian clubs were invited, like Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Paranaense, Bahia, Botafogo, Corinthians, Coritiba, Cruzeiro, Flamengo, Fluminense, Grêmio, Internacional, and Vasco da Gama.
Among the non-Brazilian clubs which had disputed the competition, were América, Toluca and UNAM Pumas of Mexico, Pohang Iron and Steel Company (Posco) of South Korea and Shanghai Shenhua of China.
List of champions YearChampionRunner-up1997Botafogo1998Vasco da Gama1999Flamengo2000Internacional2001InternacionalCruzeiro2002FluminenseVitória2003FluminenseVitória2004GrêmioVitória2005InternacionalFigueirense2006FlamengoFluminense2007CruzeiroFlamengo2008CruzeiroParaná2009United StatesFunorte
Titles by club ClubStateTitlesInternacional3 (2000, 2001 and 2005)Cruzeiro2 (2007 and 2008)Flamengo2 (1999 and 2006)Fluminense2 (2002 and 2003)Botafogo1 (1997)Grêmio1 (2004) United States1 (2009)Vasco da Gama1 (1998)
Titles by state and country State/countryTitles6421
External links Official website RSSSF 2005 competition at Rio de Janeiro Football Federation website 2006 competition at Rio de Janeiro Football Federation website