| Organiser: | Football Association of Ireland |
| Founded: | 1934 |
| Current Champions: | St. Joseph’s A.F.C |
| Most Successful Club: | Home Farm (11 titles) |
| Website: | FAI Youth Cup @ www.fai.ie |
The FAI Youth Cup, also known as the FAI Umbro Youth Challenge Cup, is a cup competition organised by the FAI for youth association football clubs and teams in the Republic of Ireland. The inaugural winners were Greenmount Rangers. The competition's most successful club has been Home Farm who have won the cup eleven times. They have also been finalists on a further seven occasions. In 1964–65 a Home Farm A team, featuring Terry Conroy and Billy Newman, played a Home Farm B team in the final at Tolka Park. The cup is currently sponsored by Umbro.[1] [2] [3]
| Date | Winner | Score | Runners-up | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | St. Joseph’s A.F.C (Dublin) | 1-0 | College Corinthians (Cork) | Carlisle Ground | |
| 2019-20 | Killarney Celtic (Kerry) | 3–3 (3–2P) | Douglas Hall AFC (Cork) | Mounthawk Park | |
| 2018-19 | Mervue United | 4-0 | Stella Maris FC | Eamon Deacy Park | |
| 2017–18 | Tramore AFC | 1–0 | Carrigaline United AFC | ||
| 2016–17 | Leeside AFC | 6–0 | Aisling Annacrotty | Jackman Park | |
| 2015–16 | Ballincollig (Cork) | 3–1[4] | Ringmahon Rangers (Cork) | ||
| 2014–15 | Bohemians U19 | 4–0[5] [6] | Kilreen Celtic (Cork) | ||
| 2013–14 | Nenagh A.F.C. (Tipperary)[7] [8] | 1–1 [9] | Evergreen (Kilkenny) | The Prince Grounds, Castlecomer | |
| 2012–13 | Castleview (Cork) | 4–0[10] | Castlebar Celtic | ||
| 2011–12 | Wexford Youths | 2–1(a.e.t.)[11] [12] | Mount Merrion (Dublin) | ||
| 2010–11 | Cork City U19 | 4–1[13] | Killarney Celtic (Kerry) | ||
| 2009–10 | Fairview Rangers (Limerick) | 1–0[14] | Mervue United U19 | ||
| 2008–09 | 2–1[15] | Salthill Devon U19 | |||
| 2007–08 | Wexford Youths | 4–0[16] | Dundalk U19 | ||
| 2006–07 | Castlebar Celtic | 2–1[17] [18] | Everton A.F.C. | ||
| 2005–06 | Cork City U19 | Rangers CYM | |||
| 2004–05 | Belvedere | 4–1[19] | Sligo Rovers U19 | ||
| 2003–04 | Erris United (Mayo) | Letterkenny Rovers U19 | |||
| 2002–03 | Tolka Rovers | 1–1 | Fenit Samphires (Kerry) | ||
| Replay | Tolka Rovers | 2–1 (a.e.t.)[20] | Fenit Samphires (Kerry) | ||
| 2001–02 | Bohemians U19 | Peake Villa (Thurles) | |||
| 2000–01 | St Joseph's Boys | St Kevins | |||
| 1999–2000 | 3-1 | Peake Villa (Thurles) | |||
| 1998–99 | Bohemians U19 | ||||
| 1997–98 | Tralee Dynamos | 2–1[21] | Stella Maris | ||
| 1996–97 | Drogheda United U19 | St. Joseph's Boys | |||
| 1995–96 | Home Farm | Cloughleigh Celtic (Clare) | |||
| 1994–95 | St. Michael's[22] | Salthill Devon U19 | |||
| 1993–94 | Stella Maris[23] | St. Michael's[24] | |||
| 1992–93 | Rangers | ||||
| 1991–92 | Rangers | St. Michael's | |||
| 1990–91 | 3-0 | East End United (Kilkenny) | |||
| 1989–90 | Milford United [25] | ||||
| 1988–89 | Dungarvan United | Milford United | |||
| 1987–88 | Rivermount Boys | Wembley Rovers | |||
| 1986–87 | Rivermount Boys | ||||
| 1985–86 | St Malachy's | Dundalk U19 | |||
| 1984–85 | Home Farm | Ballynanty Rovers (Limerick) | |||
| 1983–84 | Athlone Town[26] | 3–2 | Home Farm | ||
| 1982–83 | Home Farm | Athlone Town | 2-1, | ||
| 1981–82 | Tramore Athletic[27] | 3–0 | Athlone Town | St. Mels Park | |
| 1980–81 | St. John Bosco | Buncrana Hearts | |||
| 1979–80 | Home Farm A | ||||
| 1978–79 | Fanad United U19[28] | 3–1 | Shelbourne U19 | Swilly Park | |
| 1977–78 | St Joseph's Boys | Bohemians (Waterford) | |||
| 1976–77 | Cambridge Boys | Tramore Athletic | |||
| 1975–76 | Cambridge Boys | Home Farm | |||
| 1974–75 | Ballynanty Rovers (Limerick) | Wembley | |||
| 1973–74 | Shelbourne U19 | ||||
| 1972–73 | Santos | Drogheda United U19 | |||
| 1971–72 | Drogheda United U19 | St. John Bosco | |||
| 1970–71 | Drogheda United U19 | Shelbourne U19 | |||
| 1969–70 | Bohemians U19 | Bolton Athletic | |||
| 1968–69 | Shelbourne U19 | Johnville F.C. (Dublin) | |||
| 1967–68 | Home Farm | St Francis Boys Club | |||
| 1966–67 | Wembley (Cork) | Home Farm | |||
| 1965–66 | Glasheen (Cork) | Shelbourne U19 | |||
| 1964–65 | Home Farm A | Home Farm B | |||
| 1963–64 | Southend United (Dublin) | Glasheen (Cork) | |||
| 1962–63 | Southend United (Dublin) | Tower Rovers (Cork) | |||
| 1961–62 | Home Farm | Tramore Athletic | |||
| 1960–61 | Shelbourne U19 | Shamrock Rovers U19 | |||
| 1959–60 | Drumcondra Minors | Sligo [29] | |||
| 1958–59 | Shelbourne U19 | Glasheen (Cork) | |||
| 1957–58 | Tramore Athletic[30] | 2–0 | Johnville F.C. (Dublin) | ||
| 1956–57 | Glasheen (Cork) | Athlone Town | |||
| 1955–56 | Drumcondra Minors | Pike Rovers | |||
| 1954–55 | Tower Rovers (Cork) | Drumcondra Minors | |||
| 1953–54 | Glasheen (Cork) | Home Farm | |||
| 1952–53 | Johnville F.C. (Dublin) | Glasheen (Cork) | |||
| 1951–52 | Home Farm | Tower Rovers (Cork) | |||
| 1950–51 | Home Farm | Tower Rovers (Cork) | |||
| 1949–50 | Pike Rovers | Johnville F.C. (Dublin) | |||
| 1948–49 | Evergreen United | Donore | |||
| 1947–48 | Home Farm | Stella Maris | |||
| 1946–47 | Bohemians (Waterford) | Haverty Rangers | |||
| 1945–46 | Johnville F.C. (Dublin) | Bohemians U19 | |||
| 1944–45 | St Patrick's Athletic U19 | Bohemians U19 | |||
| 1943–44 | Western Rovers | ||||
| 1942–43 | No competition | ||||
| 1941–42 | Rossville Minors (Cork) | ||||
| 1940–41 | Rossville Minors (Cork) | Munster Victoria | |||
| 1939–40 | Rossville Minors (Cork) | Munster Victoria | |||
| 1938–39 | Sligo United | ||||
| 1937–38 | Glencourt Home | Home Farm | |||
| 1936–37 | Rossville Minors (Cork) | ||||
| 1935–36 | Drogheda United U19 | ||||
| 1934–35 | Greenmount Rangers | Drogheda United U19 |