Victory Shield
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| founded = 1925
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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.{{cite web|title=England to withdraw from the Victory Shield|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/england/2015/apr/england-to-withdraw-from-victory-shield|publisher=The Football Association|access-date=21 April 2015}} The competition was continued after England's withdrawal, with the Republic of Ireland taking their place.{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=2986&newsCategoryID=6&newsID=15516 |title=Scotland Under-16 squad confirmed for Victory Shield |publisher=Scottish Football Association |date=19 October 2015 |access-date=19 October 2015}} The competition was competed by under-15 teams until 2001, when switching to under-16 to fall in line with UEFA competitions.{{cite web |url=http://nifootball.blogspot.com/2014/04/northern-ireland-schoolboys-in-victory.html |title=Northern Ireland Schoolboys in the Victory Shield |website=Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats |publisher=Jonny Dewart |date=22 April 2014 |access-date=23 July 2018}}
List of previous winners
=Pre-War=
Incomplete
- 1925 – {{fb|Scotland}}
=Post-War=
==1940s==
- 1946–47 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 1947–48 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 1948–49 {{fb|Wales}}
- 1949–50 {{fb|England}}
==1950s==
- 1950–51 {{fb|England}}, {{fb|Scotland}} & {{fb|Wales}} – joint champions
- 1951–52 {{fb|England}}
- 1952–53 {{fb|England}}
- 1953–54 {{fb|England}}
- 1954–55 {{fb|England}}
- 1955–56 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 1956–57 {{fb|England}}
- 1957–58 {{fb|England}}
- 1958–59 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 1959–60 {{fb|England}}
==1960s==
- 1960–61 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 1961–62 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 1962–63 {{fb|England}}
- 1963–64 {{fb|England}}
- 1964–65 {{fb|England}}
- 1965–66 {{fb|England}}
- 1966–67 {{fb|England}}
- 1967–68 {{fb|Scotland}} & {{fb|England}} – joint champions
- 1968–69 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 1969–70 {{fb|Scotland}}
==1970s==
- 1970–71 {{fb|England}}
- 1971–72 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 1972–73 {{fb|England}}
- 1973–74 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 1974–75 {{fb|England}}
- 1975–76 {{fb|England}}
- 1976–77 {{fb|England}}
- 1977–78 {{fb|England}} & {{fb|Scotland}} – joint champions
- 1978–79 {{fb|England}}
- 1979–80 {{fb|England}} & {{fb|Scotland}} – joint champions
==1980s==
- 1980–81 {{fb|England}} & {{fb|Scotland}} – joint champions
- 1981–82 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 1982–83 {{fb|England}} & {{fb|Scotland}} – joint champions
- 1983–84 {{fb|England}}
- 1984–85 {{fb|England}}
- 1985–86 {{fb|England}} & {{fb|Scotland}} – joint champions
- 1986–87 {{fb|England}}
- 1987–88 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 1988–89 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 1989–90 {{fb|England}}
==1990s==
- 1990–91 {{fb|England}}, {{fb|Scotland}} & {{fb|Wales}} – joint champions
- 1991–92 {{fb|England}}
- 1992–93 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 1993–94 {{fb|England}}
- 1994–95 {{fb|England}}
- 1995–96 {{fb|England}}
- 1996–97 {{fb|Scotland}} & {{fb|England}} – joint champions
- 1997–98 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 1998–99 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 1999–2000 {{fb|England}}
==2000s==
- 2000–01 {{fb|Northern Ireland}}{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/1039626.stm |title=Northern Ireland win Victory Shield |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=24 November 2000 |access-date=19 October 2015}}
- 2001–02 {{fb|England}}
- 2002–03 {{fb|England}}
- 2003–04 {{fb|Scotland}} & {{fb|England}} – joint champions
- 2004–05 {{fb|England}}
- 2005–06 {{fb|England}} & {{fb|Wales}} – joint champions
- 2006–07 {{fb|England}}
- 2007–08 {{fb|England}}
- 2008–09 {{fb|England}}
- 2009–10 {{fb|England}}
==2010s==
- 2010 {{fb|England}}
- 2011 {{fb|England}}
- 2012 {{fb|England}}
- 2013 {{fb|Scotland}}
- 2014 {{fb|Wales}}
- 2015 {{fb|Wales}}
- 2016 {{fb|Republic of Ireland}}
- 2017 {{fb|Republic of Ireland}}
- 2018 {{fb|Northern Ireland}}
- 2019 {{fb|Scotland}} & {{fb|Wales}} – joint champions
==2020s==
- 2020 | Not Played
- 2021 {{fb|Scotland}} & {{fb|Wales}} – joint champions
- 2022 {{fb|Republic of Ireland}}
- 2023 {{fb|Republic of Ireland}}
- 2024 {{fb|Republic of Ireland}}
Overall winners since World War II
- {{fb|England}} – 38 (outright winners)
- {{fb|Scotland}} – 17 (outright winners)
- {{fb|Republic of Ireland}} – 5 (outright winners)
- {{fb|Wales}} – 3 (outright winners)
- {{fb|Northern Ireland}} – 2 (outright winners)
- {{fb|England}} and {{fb|Scotland}} – 8 (shared)
- {{fb|England}}, {{fb|Scotland}} and {{fb|Wales}} – 2 (shared)
- {{fb|England}} and {{fb|Wales}} – 2 (shared)
- {{fb|Scotland}} and {{fb|Wales}} – 2 (shared)
References
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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}}
Category:International association football competitions hosted by England
Category:International association football competitions hosted by Scotland
Category:International association football competitions hosted by Wales
Category:International association football competitions hosted by Northern Ireland
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