SuperCupNI, formerly called the Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament and the Dale Farm Milk Cup, is an international youth football tournament held annually in Northern Ireland. The cup matches are mainly played in the North Coast area of Northern Ireland, with matches taking place in the towns of Portrush, Portstewart, Castlerock, Limavady, Coleraine, Ballymoney, Ballymena and Broughshane. Mitre are the Official Ball Sponsor of the SuperCup with a specially designed Pro Max ball being used.[citation needed]
Logo used when the tournament was known as the Dale Farm Milk Cup
The Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament began in 1983 with sixteen teams participating at an Under 16 (Premier) level. Motherwell from Scotland were the first winners. It was founded by Jim Weir, Victor Leonard, George Logan and Bertie Peacock, one of the most famous football players from the region.[citation needed]
The competition was extended in 1985 when an extra age group, the Under 14 (Junior) section was introduced and again the first champions were from Scotland, as Rangers won the Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament at that age level. The competition at both levels has grown in size and stature over the years, with teams increasingly travelling from all continents to compete. The Under 19 (Elite) section was introduced in 1995 with the Welsh finishing the tournament as winners. Traditionally, the finals are played at the Coleraine Showgrounds on the Friday evening.[citation needed]
To celebrate the competition's silver jubilee, a friendly match took place between Northern Ireland and four-time junior section winners Everton at the Coleraine Showgrounds on 14 July 2007. Everton won the tie 2–0.[citation needed]
One of the key parts to the Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament is the inclusion of six representative teams from each county of Northern Ireland – Antrim, Armagh, Londonderry, Down, Fermanagh and Tyrone. This system allows young players from across the province to compete against some of the best in the world at their age group.
In October 2013, the Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament organising committee and lead sponsors Dairy Council released a joint statement stating that the long-term sponsors Dairy Council would be withdrawing sponsorship.[1]
In February 2014, the organisers announced that competition would be sponsored by Belfast-based company Dale Farm and that the competition would be known as the Dale Farm Milk Cup for sponsorship reasons.[2] From 2016 it has been known as the Super Cup NI.[3]
The competition wasn't played in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, Manchester United's under-16s played 3 challenge matches against Coleraine, Ballymena United and Linfield.
Since 2005 the Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament has been broadcast on BBC Northern Ireland, taking over from UTV. This has led to much more media coverage as matches from Finals Night are broadcast on BBC Two Northern Ireland. Usually these are from the Premier and Elite section featuring highlights of the junior game which happens earlier in the afternoon. Some Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament matches are broadcast on BBC Two NI, made available to the rest of the UK via BBCi and the BBC Sport website and some other Milk Cup matches are broadcast online. The coverage is usually hosted by Stephen Watson, with commentary by BBC commentators such as Jackie Fullerton, Michael McNamee, Paul Gilmour, Joel Taggart, Grant Cameron and punditry by John O'Neill, Gerry Armstrong and Oran Kearney.
^. NI Milk Cup. 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
^"Dale Farm new sponsor for Milk Cup". Coleraine Times. Johnston Publishing. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^"Milk Cup football tournament in name change to Super Cup NI". BBC Sport. 20 October 2015.
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For other uses see Milk cup disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources SuperCupNI news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message SuperCupNI formerly called the Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament and the Dale Farm Milk Cup is an international youth football tournament held annually in Northern Ireland The cup matches are mainly played in the North Coast area of Northern Ireland with matches taking place in the towns of Portrush Portstewart Castlerock Limavady Coleraine Ballymoney Ballymena and Broughshane Mitre are the Official Ball Sponsor of the SuperCup with a specially designed Pro Max ball being used citation needed SuperCupNISuperCupNI LogoFounded1995 Elite 1983 Premier 1985 Junior RegionNorthern IrelandNumber of teams6 Elite 24 Premier 24 Junior Television broadcastersBBC Northern IrelandWebsitesupercupni wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Winners 3 Notable players 4 Media coverage 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory edit nbsp Logo used when the tournament was known as the Dale Farm Milk CupThe Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament began in 1983 with sixteen teams participating at an Under 16 Premier level Motherwell from Scotland were the first winners It was founded by Jim Weir Victor Leonard George Logan and Bertie Peacock one of the most famous football players from the region citation needed The competition was extended in 1985 when an extra age group the Under 14 Junior section was introduced and again the first champions were from Scotland as Rangers won the Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament at that age level The competition at both levels has grown in size and stature over the years with teams increasingly travelling from all continents to compete The Under 19 Elite section was introduced in 1995 with the Welsh finishing the tournament as winners Traditionally the finals are played at the Coleraine Showgrounds on the Friday evening citation needed nbsp Milk Cup Sub 16 2007 Internationally capped footballers have taken part in the Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament such as Charlie Davies Jonathan Spector Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney have all competed at some level citation needed In the 2002 FIFA World Cup there were 30 Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament veterans playing citation needed To celebrate the competition s silver jubilee a friendly match took place between Northern Ireland and four time junior section winners Everton at the Coleraine Showgrounds on 14 July 2007 Everton won the tie 2 0 citation needed One of the key parts to the Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament is the inclusion of six representative teams from each county of Northern Ireland Antrim Armagh Londonderry Down Fermanagh and Tyrone This system allows young players from across the province to compete against some of the best in the world at their age group In October 2013 the Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament organising committee and lead sponsors Dairy Council released a joint statement stating that the long term sponsors Dairy Council would be withdrawing sponsorship 1 In February 2014 the organisers announced that competition would be sponsored by Belfast based company Dale Farm and that the competition would be known as the Dale Farm Milk Cup for sponsorship reasons 2 From 2016 it has been known as the Super Cup NI 3 Winners editYear Elite U 19 Premier U 16 Junior U 14 Winner Runner up Winner Runner up Winner Runner up1983 Founded in 1995 nbsp Motherwell nbsp Coleraine Founded in 19851984 nbsp Rangers nbsp Motherwell1985 nbsp Newcastle United nbsp Coleraine nbsp Rangers nbsp Craigavon1986 nbsp Dundee United nbsp Newcastle United nbsp Craigavon United nbsp Crewe Alexandra1987 nbsp Crewe Alexandra nbsp Liverpool nbsp Dundee United nbsp Crewe Alexandra1988 nbsp Liverpool nbsp Motherwell nbsp Home Farm nbsp Dundee United1989 nbsp Newcastle United nbsp Manchester United nbsp Dungannon Swifts nbsp Dublin amp District Schoolboys1990 nbsp Tottenham Hotspur nbsp Crewe Alexandra nbsp Crewe Alexandra nbsp Hibernian1991 nbsp Manchester United nbsp Heart of Midlothian nbsp Norwich City nbsp Dundee United1992 nbsp Rangers nbsp Nottingham Forest nbsp Norwich City nbsp Heart of Midlothian1993 nbsp Cherry Orchard nbsp Rangers nbsp Slovakia nbsp Heart of Midlothian1994 nbsp Hearts nbsp Russia nbsp Middlesbrough nbsp Manchester United1995 nbsp Wales nbsp Russia nbsp Feyenoord nbsp Everton nbsp Norwich City1996 nbsp Turkey nbsp Tottenham Hotspur nbsp Blackburn Rovers nbsp West Ham United nbsp Motherwell1997 nbsp Northern Ireland nbsp Middlesbrough nbsp Manchester United nbsp West Ham United nbsp Middlesbrough1998 nbsp Turkey nbsp Chile nbsp West Ham United nbsp Crewe Alexandra nbsp West Ham United1999 nbsp Vitoria nbsp Crewe Alexandra nbsp Manchester United nbsp Manchester City nbsp Everton2000 nbsp Chile nbsp Turkey nbsp Manchester City nbsp Charlton Athletic nbsp Manchester City2001 nbsp Mexico nbsp Scotland nbsp Paraguay nbsp Manchester United nbsp Norwich City nbsp Heart of Midlothian2002 nbsp Paraguay nbsp Denmark nbsp Leeds United nbsp Panathinaikos nbsp Everton nbsp Botafogo2003 nbsp Paraguay nbsp Brazil nbsp Manchester United nbsp Preston North End nbsp Racing Club nbsp Heart of Midlothian2004 nbsp Turkey nbsp Brazil nbsp Heart of Midlothian nbsp Belvedere nbsp Maccabi Haifa nbsp Everton2005 nbsp USA nbsp Northern Ireland nbsp Barcelona nbsp Chelsea nbsp Lyngby nbsp CSKA Moscow2006 nbsp Paraguay nbsp USA nbsp Spartak Moscow nbsp Rapid Vienna nbsp Swindon Town nbsp Crumlin United2007 nbsp Israel nbsp Northern Ireland nbsp Fluminense nbsp Manchester United nbsp Guadalajara nbsp St Kevin s Boys FC2008 nbsp Northern Ireland nbsp Chile nbsp Manchester United nbsp South Coast Bayern nbsp Everton nbsp Wolverhampton Wanderers2009 nbsp Northern Ireland nbsp Denmark nbsp Manchester United nbsp Sheffield United nbsp Everton nbsp Watford2010 nbsp USA nbsp Northern Ireland nbsp Etoile Lusitana nbsp Bolton Wanderers nbsp Chelsea nbsp Cruz Azul2011 nbsp Denmark nbsp Northern Ireland nbsp Aspire nbsp Manchester United nbsp Everton nbsp Cruz Azul2012 nbsp Mexico nbsp Denmark nbsp Desportivo Brasil nbsp Newcastle United nbsp Brentford nbsp Everton2013 nbsp Mexico nbsp Northern Ireland nbsp Manchester United nbsp County Tyrone nbsp Everton nbsp County Antrim2014 nbsp Northern Ireland nbsp Canada nbsp Manchester United nbsp Vendee nbsp Corinthians nbsp County Antrim2015 not held nbsp County Antrim nbsp Club America nbsp Right to Dream nbsp Southampton2016 nbsp Everton nbsp Celtic nbsp O Higgins nbsp Hibernian nbsp Right to Dream nbsp County Londonderry2017 nbsp Manchester United nbsp Northern Ireland nbsp Right to Dream nbsp Club America nbsp County Antrim nbsp GPS Bayern2018 not held nbsp B Italia nbsp County Down nbsp County Antrim nbsp Manchester United2019 not held nbsp Valencia nbsp Newcastle United nbsp Rangers FC nbsp Charlton AthleticThe competition wasn t played in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID 19 pandemic In 2021 Manchester United s under 16s played 3 challenge matches against Coleraine Ballymena United and Linfield Year Premier U 18 Junior U 16 Youth U 14 Minor U 13 Winner Runner up Winner Runner up Winner Runner up Winner Runner up2022 nbsp Ipswich Town nbsp County Antrim nbsp Manchester United nbsp Rangers FC nbsp Charlton Athletic nbsp Glenavon nbsp Surf Select nbsp Glentoran2023 not heldNotable players editThis list of famous or notable people has no clear inclusion or exclusion criteria Please help to define clear inclusion criteria and edit the list to contain only subjects that fit those criteria July 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Danny Murphy Crewe Alexandra 1993 Juan Agudelo United States Jozy Altidore United States Dean Ashton Crewe Alexandra 1997 U14 2000 U19 Nicky Barmby Tottenham Hotspur Joey Barton Everton 1997 U14 Craig Bellamy Norwich City Kris Boyd Kilmarnock Wes Brown Manchester United 1994 U14 1996 U16 Sergio Busquets Barcelona Nicky Butt Manchester United 1991 Michael Carrick West Ham United 1995 U14 Michael Chopra Newcastle United 1997 1998 U14 1999 U16 Joe Cole West Ham 1995 1996 U14 1998 U16 Stephen Craigan County Down 2001 U16 Northern Ireland 2003 U19 Peter Crouch Tottenham Hotspur 1997 U16 Jermain Defoe Charlton Athletic 1997 U14 Damien Duff Blackburn Rovers 1994 1995 U16 Calum Elliot Heart of Midlothian 2002 U14 2004 U16 Jonny Evans County Antrim 2002 U14 Manchester United 2004 U16 Shane Ferguson Northern Ireland Mikael Forssell HJK Helsinki 1997 U16 Darron Gibson County Londonderry 2002 U14 Manchester United 2004 U16 Ryan Giggs Manchester United 1991 Keith Gillespie Manchester United 1991 Owen Hargreaves Bayern Munich 1997 U16 Wales 1998 U19 Angelo Henriquez Chile Humberto Suazo Chile 2000 Elite Tony Hibbert Everton 1995 U14 Sean Sullivan Malta National Team Thomas Hitzlsperger Bayern Munich Aaron Hughes Northern Ireland 1996 1997 U19 Mats Hummels Bayern Munich Phil Jagielka Everton 1997 U14 Francis Jeffers Everton 1995 U14 Jeffren Barcelona Ledley King Tottenham Hotspur 1996 1997 U16 Kyle Lafferty County Fermanagh 2001 2002 U14 Northern Ireland 2003 U16 Federico Macheda Manchester United Steve McManaman Liverpool 1988 Stephen McManus Everton 1997 U14 James Milner Leeds United 2001 2002 2003 U16 Juan Azuara Mexico 2001 Ryo Miyaichi Japan Gary Neville Manchester United Leon Osman Everton 1995 U14 Danny Pugh Manchester United 1997 U14 1999 U16 Diego Reyes Mexico Kieran Richardson West Ham United 1997 1998 1999 U14 Manchester United 2000 2001 U16 Wayne Rooney Everton Robbie Savage Manchester United Paul Scholes Manchester United 1991 Jonathan Spector Manchester United United States Michael Tonge Manchester United Michael Turner Charlton Athletic James Vaughan Everton Danny Welbeck Manchester United Steven Davis Northern Ireland 2003 2004 U19 Andy Little County Fermanagh 2003 2004 U14 Northern Ireland 2007 U19 Dean Shiels West Ham United 2000 U14 Northern Ireland 2003 U19 Andy Kirk Northern Ireland 1996 1997 U19 David Healy Northern Ireland 1996 1997 U19 Chris Brunt Northern Ireland 2003 U19 Cammy Bell Kilmarnock 2002 2003 U16 Sone Aluko Birmingham City 2003 U14 Shaun Maloney Scotland 2001 2002 U19 Steven Naismith Kilmarnock 2002 U16 Lee Wallace Heart of Midlothian 2002 U14 Alan Mannus Northern Ireland 1998 U16 2000 2001 U19 Chris Baird Northern Ireland 2000 2001 U19 Allan McGregor Scotland 2001 U19 Warren Feeney Northern Ireland 1997 U16 1998 1999 U19 Ivan Sproule County Tyrone 1997 U16 Roy Carroll Northern Ireland 1995 U19 Charlie Miller Rangers 1992 U16 Barry Ferguson Rangers 1992 U14 Paddy McCourt County Londonderry 2000 U16 Northern Ireland 2002 U19 Anton Ferdinand West Ham United 1998 1999 2000 U14 Marcus Rashford Manchester United 2014 U19 Mason Greenwood Manchester United 2014 U13 Media coverage editSince 2005 the Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament has been broadcast on BBC Northern Ireland taking over from UTV This has led to much more media coverage as matches from Finals Night are broadcast on BBC Two Northern Ireland Usually these are from the Premier and Elite section featuring highlights of the junior game which happens earlier in the afternoon Some Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament matches are broadcast on BBC Two NI made available to the rest of the UK via BBCi and the BBC Sport website and some other Milk Cup matches are broadcast online The coverage is usually hosted by Stephen Watson with commentary by BBC commentators such as Jackie Fullerton Michael McNamee Paul Gilmour Joel Taggart Grant Cameron and punditry by John O Neill Gerry Armstrong and Oran Kearney See also editList of football soccer competitionsReferences edit Milk Cup Chairman Dairy Council backing was remarkable NI Milk Cup 21 October 2013 Archived from the original on 22 October 2013 Retrieved 21 October 2013 Dale Farm new sponsor for Milk Cup Coleraine Times Johnston Publishing 28 February 2014 Retrieved 28 February 2014 Milk Cup football tournament in name change to Super Cup NI BBC Sport 20 October 2015 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SuperCupNI amp oldid 1151411326, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
