The Victory Shield is an annual
football
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tournament competed for by the under-16 teams of
Scotland
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,
Republic of Ireland
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,
Northern Ireland
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and
Wales
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. The Victory Shield had traditionally been competed for by the four
Home Nations, but
the Football Association
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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
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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
External links
*{{cite web, title=Sky Sports Victory Shield (U16 Boys) - Past Winners, url=http://www.safib.org/competitions/SkySportsVictoryShield.aspx, publisher=Schools Association Football International Board, accessdate=3 March 2022
International association football competitions hosted by England
International association football competitions hosted by Scotland
International association football competitions hosted by Wales
International association football competitions hosted by Northern Ireland
Youth association football competitions for international teams