Copa Macaé de Juvenis

The Copa Macaé de Juvenis (or Macaé Youth Cup, in English) is a cup competition usually played between 18 and 24 Brazilian and international under-17 football clubs, most of them from Rio de Janeiro state. The competition is organized by the Liga Macaense de Desportos (Macaense Sporting League) with the Rio de Janeiro Football Federation.

Format

The competition format changes almost every year. Normally, the clubs are divided in several groups of four or five teams, and the two best placed clubs of each groups qualify to the knockout stage.

All matches are usually played in July, in Macaé and other countryside Rio de Janeiro state cities, like Barra do Macaé, Campos dos Goytacazes, Carapebus, Córrego do Ouro, and Quissamã.

Invited clubs

Usually traditional Brazilian clubs are invited, like Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Paranaense, Bahia, Botafogo, Corinthians, Coritiba, Cruzeiro, Flamengo, Fluminense, Grêmio, Internacional, and Vasco da Gama.

Among the non-Brazilian clubs which have disputed the competition, are América, Toluca and UNAM Pumas of Mexico, Pohang Iron and Steel Company (Posco) of South Korea and Shanghai Shenhua of China.

List of champions

Year	Champion	Runner-up
1997	Botafogo
1998	Vasco da Gama
1999	Flamengo
2000	Internacional
2001	Internacional	Cruzeiro
2002	Fluminense	Vitória
2003	Fluminense	Vitória
2004	Grêmio	Vitória
2005	Internacional	Figueirense
2006	Flamengo	Fluminense
2007	Cruzeiro	Flamengo
2008	Cruzeiro	Paraná
2009	United States	Funorte
2010	Not held

Titles by club

Club	State	Titles
Internacional	Rio Grande do Sul	3 (2000, 2001 and 2005)
Cruzeiro	Minas Gerais	2 (2007 and 2008)
Flamengo	Rio de Janeiro	2 (1999 and 2006)
Fluminense	Rio de Janeiro	2 (2002 and 2003)
Botafogo	Rio de Janeiro	1 (1997)
Grêmio	Rio Grande do Sul	1 (2004)
United States		1 (2009)
Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro	1 (1998)

Titles by state and country

State/country	Titles
Rio de Janeiro	6
Rio Grande do Sul	4
Minas Gerais	2
United States	1

External links

• (Portuguese) Official website
• RSSSF
• 2005 competition at Rio de Janeiro Football Federation website
• 2006 competition at Rio de Janeiro Football Federation website