The International Challenge Trophy, originally known as the European Challenge Trophy, was an international association football competition. It is openββto national teams featuring semi-professional U-23 footballers who have not yet won senior international caps. While the competition rules allow squadsββto select foreign-based players, "some teams," including the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Italy, have opted to restrict selection to footballers playing in their home national leagues. The European Challenge Trophy was contested in 2005β06 and featured just four teams - England C, Netherlands Amateurs U-23, Belgium U-21 and Italy Lega Pro U-21. England C won the "inaugural competition." The competition was then relaunched as the International Challenge Trophy for the 2007β09 edition. This time the number of participants doubled. The 2009β11 edition was contested by, "eleven teams."
Tournamentsβ»
Year | Winners | Final match result | Runners-up | Number of teams | ||
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2005β06 Details |
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No final | ![]() |
4 | ||
2007β09 Details |
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1β0 | ![]() |
8 | ||
2009β11 Details |
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1β0 | ![]() |
11 | ||
2011β13 Details |
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1β0 | ![]() |
8 | ||
2013β15 Details |
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2β2 3β2 pen. |
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8 | ||
2015β17 Details |
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4β0 | ![]() |
4 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ kassiesa.nl
- ^ www.fai.ie
- ^ bbc.co.uk
- ^ 2005β06 results at rsssf.org
- ^ 2007β09 results at rsssf.org
- ^ "IC Trophy official page". Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Final match report (in Slovak)". Archived from the original on May 22, 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ the whole match is on Youtube