Copa Macaé de Juvenis
# Copa Macaé de Juvenis

The Macaé Youth Cup (Portuguese: Copa Macaé de Juvenis) was an under-17 football cup formed by Brazilian and international teams. The competition was organized by the Macaense Sporting League (Liga Macaense de Desportos) in association with the Rio de Janeiro Football Federation, and it ran from 1997 until 2009.

## Format

The competition format changed almost every year. Normally, the clubs were 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 were 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 were 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 had disputed the competition, were 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 |

## 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 | 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 |
