Organising body | Football Association of Singapore |
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Founded | 1977 |
Region | Singapore |
Number of teams | 4-14 (different years) |
Current champions | Tokyo Verdy (1st win) |
Most successful team(s) | Football Association of Singapore (6 Wins) |
The Lion City Cup is a youth football tournament for boys. It was founded in 1977 by the late former Football Association of Singapore chairman, Nadesan Ganesan who organized the only Under-16 football tournament in the world, following FIFA's then secretary-general, Sepp Blatter's recommendation after he was in Singapore for the 1982 Lion City Cup, the Cup has been credited with inspiring the creation of the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship hosted in China at FIFA's request.[1][2]