Victory Shield

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Field	Value
title	Victory Shield
logo	Victory-shield.jpg
pixels	165, 196
caption	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
teams	4
country	IRL Republic of Ireland

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| champion = | folded = | website = | singles = | ceo = | TV = 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. The competition was continued after England's withdrawal, with the Republic of Ireland taking their place. The competition was competed by under-15 teams until 2001, when switching to under-16 to fall in line with UEFA competitions.

List of previous winners

Pre-War

Incomplete

1925 –

Post-War

1940s

1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50

1950s

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

1960s

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

1970s

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

1980s

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

1990s

1990–91 , & – joint champions
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97 & – joint champions
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000

2000s

2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04 & – joint champions
2004–05
2005–06 & – joint champions
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10

2010s

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019 & – joint champions

2020s

2020 | Not Played
2021 & – joint champions
2022
2023
2024

Overall winners since World War II

– 38 (outright winners)
– 17 (outright winners)
– 5 (outright winners)
– 3 (outright winners)
– 2 (outright winners)
and – 8 (shared)
, and – 2 (shared)
and – 2 (shared)
and – 2 (shared)

References

"England to withdraw from the Victory Shield". The Football Association.
(19 October 2015). "Scotland Under-16 squad confirmed for Victory Shield". Scottish Football Association.
(22 April 2014). "Northern Ireland Schoolboys in the Victory Shield". Jonny Dewart.
(24 November 2000). "Northern Ireland win Victory Shield". BBC.

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