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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.Template:Citation needed

HistoryEdit

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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.Template: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.Template:Citation needed

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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.Template:Citation needed In the 2002 FIFA World Cup there were 30 Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament veterans playing.Template: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.Template: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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> From 2016 it has been known as the Super Cup NI.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

WinnersEdit

Year Elite (U-19) Premier (U-16) Junior (U-14)
Winner Runner-up Winner Runner-up Winner Runner-up
1983 Founded in 1995 Template:Flagicon Motherwell Template:Flagicon Coleraine Founded in 1985
1984 Template:Flagicon Rangers Template:Flagicon Motherwell
1985 Template:Flagicon Newcastle United Template:Flagicon Coleraine Template:Flagicon Rangers Template:Flagicon Craigavon
1986 Template:Flagicon Dundee United Template:Flagicon Newcastle United Template:Flagicon Craigavon United Template:Flagicon Crewe Alexandra
1987 Template:Flagicon Crewe Alexandra Template:Flagicon Liverpool Template:Flagicon Dundee United Template:Flagicon Crewe Alexandra
1988 Template:Flagicon Liverpool Template:Flagicon Motherwell Template:Flagicon Home Farm Template:Flagicon Dundee United
1989 Template:Flagicon Newcastle United Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Dungannon Swifts Template:Flagicon Dublin & District Schoolboys
1990 Template:Flagicon Tottenham Hotspur Template:Flagicon Crewe Alexandra Template:Flagicon Crewe Alexandra Template:Flagicon Hibernian
1991 Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Heart of Midlothian Template:Flagicon Norwich City Template:Flagicon Dundee United
1992 Template:Flagicon Rangers Template:Flagicon Nottingham Forest Template:Flagicon Norwich City Template:Flagicon Heart of Midlothian
1993 Template:Flagicon Cherry Orchard Template:Flagicon Rangers Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Heart of Midlothian
1994 Template:Flagicon Hearts Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Middlesbrough Template:Flagicon Manchester United
1995 Template:Fb Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Feyenoord Template:Flagicon Everton Template:Flagicon Norwich City
1996 Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Tottenham Hotspur Template:Flagicon Blackburn Rovers Template:Flagicon West Ham United Template:Flagicon Motherwell
1997 Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Middlesbrough Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon West Ham United Template:Flagicon Middlesbrough
1998 Template:Fb Template:Fb Template:Flagicon West Ham United Template:Flagicon Crewe Alexandra Template:Flagicon West Ham United
1999 Template:Flagicon Vitória Template:Flagicon Crewe Alexandra Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Manchester City Template:Flagicon Everton
2000 Template:Fb Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Manchester City Template:Flagicon Charlton Athletic Template:Flagicon Manchester City
2001 Template:Fb Template:Fb Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Norwich City Template:Flagicon Heart of Midlothian
2002 Template:Fb Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Leeds United Template:Flagicon Panathinaikos Template:Flagicon Everton Template:Flagicon Botafogo
2003 Template:Fb Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Preston North End Template:Flagicon Racing Club Template:Flagicon Heart of Midlothian
2004 Template:Fb Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Heart of Midlothian Template:Flagicon Belvedere Template:Flagicon Maccabi Haifa Template:Flagicon Everton
2005 Template:Flagicon USA Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Barcelona Template:Flagicon Chelsea Template:Flagicon Lyngby Template:Flagicon CSKA Moscow
2006 Template:Fb Template:Flagicon USA Template:Flagicon Spartak Moscow Template:Flagicon Rapid Vienna Template:Flagicon Swindon Town Template:Flagicon Crumlin United
2007 Template:Fb Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Fluminense Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Guadalajara Template:Flagicon St. Kevin's Boys FC
2008 Template:Fb Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon South Coast Bayern Template:Flagicon Everton Template:Flagicon Wolverhampton Wanderers
2009 Template:Fb Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Sheffield United Template:Flagicon Everton Template:Flagicon Watford
2010 Template:Flagicon USA Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Étoile Lusitana Template:Flagicon Bolton Wanderers Template:Flagicon Chelsea Template:Flagicon Cruz Azul
2011 Template:Fb Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Aspire Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Everton Template:Flagicon Cruz Azul
2012 Template:Fb Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Desportivo Brasil Template:Flagicon Newcastle United Template:Flagicon Brentford Template:Flagicon Everton
2013 Template:Fb Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon County Tyrone Template:Flagicon Everton Template:Flagicon County Antrim
2014 Template:Fb Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Vendée Template:Flagicon Corinthians Template:Flagicon County Antrim
2015 not held Template:Flagicon County Antrim Template:Flagicon Club América Template:Flagicon Right to Dream Template:Flagicon Southampton
2016 Template:Flagicon Everton Template:Flagicon Celtic Template:Flagicon O'Higgins Template:Flagicon Hibernian Template:Flagicon Right to Dream Template:Flagicon County Londonderry
2017 Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Fb Template:Flagicon Right to Dream Template:Flagicon Club América Template:Flagicon County Antrim Template:Flagicon GPS Bayern
2018 not held Template:Flagicon B Italia Template:Flagicon County Down Template:Flagicon County Antrim Template:Flagicon Manchester United
2019 not held Template:Flagicon Valencia Template:Flagicon Newcastle United Template:Flagicon Rangers FC Template:Flagicon Charlton Athletic

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.

Year Premier Junior Youth (U-14) Minor (U-13)
Winner Runner-up Winner Runner-up Winner Runner-up Winner Runner-up
2022 Template:Flagicon Ipswich Town Template:Flagicon County Antrim Template:Flagicon Manchester United Template:Flagicon Rangers Template:Flagicon Charlton Athletic Template:Flagicon Glenavon Template:Flagicon Surf Select Template:Flagicon Glentoran
2023 Template:Flagicon County Londonderry Template:Flagicon Tigres UANL Template:Flagicon West Ham United Template:Flagicon County Antrim not held Template:Flagicon Celtic Template:Flagicon Dungannon United Youth
2024 Template:Flagicon Brighton & Hove Albion Template:Flagicon County Armagh Template:Flagicon West Ham United Template:Flagicon County Down not held Template:Flagicon Crusaders Template:Flagicon Linfield

Notable playersEdit

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Media coverageEdit

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.

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