Victory Shield

The Victory Shield is an annual football tournament competed for by the under-16 teams of Scotland, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The Victory Shield had traditionally been competed for by the four Home Nations, but the Football Association withdrew the England team from the tournament "for the foreseeable future" in 2015.[1] The competition was continued after England's withdrawal, with the Republic of Ireland taking their place.[2] The competition was competed by under-15 teams until 2001, when switching to under-16 to fall in line with UEFA competitions.[3]

Victory Shield

The Victory Shield trophy, in use since the Second World War as the first trophy was lost during the war, with the logo of former sponsor Sky Sports
Sport	Football
Founded	1925
No. of teams	4
Country	Republic of Ireland  Northern Ireland  Scotland  Wales
Most recent champion(s)	Northern Ireland (2018)

List of previous winners

Pre-War

Incomplete

• 1925 –  Scotland

Post-War

1940s

• 1946–47  Scotland
• 1947–48  Scotland
• 1948–49  Wales
• 1949–50  England

1950s

• 1950–51  England,  Scotland &  Wales – joint champions
• 1951–52  England
• 1952–53  England
• 1953–54  England
• 1954–55  England
• 1955–56  Scotland
• 1956–57  England
• 1957–58  England
• 1958–59  Scotland
• 1959–60  England

1960s

• 1960–61  Scotland
• 1961–62  Scotland
• 1962–63  England
• 1963–64  England
• 1964–65  England
• 1965–66  England
• 1966–67  England
• 1967–68  Scotland &  England – joint champions
• 1968–69  Scotland
• 1969–70  Scotland

1970s

• 1970–71  England
• 1971–72  Scotland
• 1972–73  England
• 1973–74  Scotland
• 1974–75  England
• 1975–76  England
• 1976–77  England
• 1977–78  England &  Scotland – joint champions
• 1978–79  England
• 1979–80  England &  Scotland – joint champions

1980s

• 1980–81  England &  Scotland – joint champions
• 1981–82  Scotland
• 1982–83  England &  Scotland – joint champions
• 1983–84  England
• 1984–85  England
• 1985–86  England &  Scotland – joint champions
• 1986–87  England
• 1987–88  Scotland
• 1988–89  Scotland
• 1989–90  England

1990s

• 1990–91  England,  Scotland &  Wales – joint champions
• 1991–92  England
• 1992–93  Scotland
• 1993–94  England
• 1994–95  England
• 1995–96  England
• 1996–97  Scotland &  England – joint champions
• 1997–98  Scotland
• 1998–99  Scotland
• 1999–00  England

2000s

• 2000–01  Northern Ireland[4]
• 2001–02  England
• 2002–03  England
• 2003–04  Scotland &  England – joint champions
• 2004–05  England
• 2005–06  England &  Wales – joint champions
• 2006–07  England
• 2007–08  England
• 2008–09  England
• 2009–10  England

2010s

• 2010–11  England
• 2011–12  England
• 2012–13  England
• 2013–14  Scotland
• 2014–15  Wales
• 2015–16  Wales
• 2016–17  Republic of Ireland
• 2017–18  Republic of Ireland
• 2018–19  Northern Ireland
• 2019–20  Scotland /  Wales (shared)[5]

Overall winners since World War II

•  England – 35 (outright winners)
•  Scotland – 17 (outright winners)
•  Wales – 3 (outright winners)
•  Northern Ireland – 2 (outright winners)
•  Republic of Ireland - 2 (outright winners)
•  England and  Scotland – 8 (shared)
•  England,  Scotland and  Wales – 2 (shared)
•  England and  Wales – 2 (shared)
•  Scotland and  Wales – 1 (shared)

References

1. "England to withdraw from the Victory Shield". The Football Association. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
2. "Scotland Under-16 squad confirmed for Victory Shield". Scottish Football Association. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
3. "Northern Ireland Schoolboys in the Victory Shield". Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats. Jonny Dewart. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
4. "Northern Ireland win Victory Shield". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 November 2000. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
5. "Scotland Under-16s crowned joint winners of 2019 Victory Shield". Scottish Football Association. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

External links

• Past winners