Victory Shield

Sky Sports Victory Shield

Current season, competition or edition: 2014 Victory Shield
The Victory Shield—this is the second trophy, in use since the Second World War as the first trophy was lost during the war. The trophy shares its name with the competition
Sport	Football
Founded	1925
No. of teams	4
Country	Template:Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Most recent champion(s)	Wales (2014)
Official website	Sky Victory Shield

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 competition is broadcast live in the UK by Sky Sports who also sponsor the competition. It is sometimes referred to as the Sky Sports Victory Shield.

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. The competition was continued after England's withdrawal, with the Republic of Ireland taking their place.

List of previous winners

Pre-War

Incomplete

• 1925 – Scotland

Post-War

1940s

• 1946–47 Scotland
• 1947–48 Scotland
• 1948–49 Wales
• 1949–50 England

1950s

• 1950–51 England, Scotland & Wales – joint champions
• 1951–52 England
• 1952–53 England
• 1953–54 England
• 1954–55 England
• 1955–56 Scotland
• 1956–57 England
• 1957–58 England
• 1958–59 Scotland
• 1959–60 England

1960s

• 1960–61 Scotland
• 1961–62 Scotland
• 1962–63 England
• 1963–64 England
• 1964–65 England
• 1965–66 England
• 1966–67 England
• 1967–68 Scotland & England – joint champions
• 1968–69 Scotland
• 1969–70 Scotland

1970s

• 1970–71 England
• 1971–72 Scotland
• 1972–73 England
• 1973–74 Scotland
• 1974–75 England
• 1975–76 England
• 1976–77 England
• 1977–78 England & Scotland – joint champions
• 1978–79 England
• 1979–80 England & Scotland – joint champions

1980s

• 1980–81 England & Scotland – joint champions
• 1981–82 Scotland
• 1982–83 England & Scotland – joint champions
• 1983–84 England
• 1984–85 England
• 1985–86 England & Scotland – joint champions
• 1986–87 England
• 1987–88 Scotland
• 1988–89 Scotland
• 1989–90 England

1990s

• 1990–91 England, Scotland & Wales – joint champions
• 1991–92 England
• 1992–93 Scotland
• 1993–94 England
• 1994–95 England
• 1995–96 England
• 1996–97 Scotland & England – joint champions
• 1997–98 Scotland
• 1998–99 Scotland
• 1999–00 England

2000s

• 2000–01 Northern Ireland
• 2001–02 England
• 2002–03 England
• 2003–04 Scotland & England – joint champions
• 2004–05 England
• 2005–06 England & Wales – joint champions
• 2006–07 England
• 2007–08 England
• 2008–09 England
• 2009–10 England

2010s

• 2010–11 England
• 2011–12 England
• 2012–13 England
• 2013–14 Scotland
• 2014–15 Wales
• 2015- 16 Wales

Overall winners since World War II

• England – 35 (outright winners)
• Scotland – 17 (outright winners)
• Wales – 3 (outright winners)
• Northern Ireland – 1 (outright winners)
• England and Scotland – 8 (shared)
• England, Scotland and Wales – 2 (shared)
• England and Wales – 2 (shared)

External links

• Past winners