Youth football has no single calendar — the competitions exist, but there’s nowhere that says what runs, when, and for whom. This is that guide: the leagues, the cups and championships, and the world’s great international tournaments. The 9 Avyaan has actually played carry a and rise to the top of their group.
The competitions that shape youth football here — the ones he's already played, and the ones still ahead, from local Bangalore leagues to international cups.
A season-long, development-first league — matchweeks into knockouts, weighted toward player growth over results.
View leagueA Bangalore club championship — a league phase running into knockouts, played five-a-side.
View leagueA competitive Bangalore club league — a full season of fixtures into a knockout finish.
View leagueThe state association's youth league — a longer, table-based competition across the season.
View leagueAn inter-school football league for Bangalore schools.
View leagueSporthood's flagship Bangalore youth league, run in 9-a-side and 11-a-side formats across seasons.
View leagueBuilt so kids in Bangalore had an avenue to play organised, balanced matches in their own age group — competitive Sunday football.
View leagueThe district and state youth league pathway for clubs and academies.
View leagueA grassroots Karnataka youth league, launched to help young players progress to state and national level.
View leagueThe national federation's U-15 youth league — the top competitive tier for junior academies.
View leagueThe national federation's U-13 youth league — the youngest tier of its accredited pathway.
View leagueA multi-club Sporthood tournament across age groups — group games into knockouts.
View leagueThe state association's youth cup.
View leagueA youth football carnival in Kochi — teams travel from across the country to compete, learn and experience football, with a Kerala Blasters matchday experience.
View leagueA summer travel tournament in Goa — sides from across the region.
View leagueAn inter-school tournament that turns school pride into matchday football — rewarding skill and sportsmanship.
View leagueAn Olympic-style inter-school championship — football is one of ~30 sports — to crown the city's top sporting school.
View leagueAn Independence-Day youth cup for academy and club teams.
View leagueAn invitational tournament for India's leading residential academies.
View leagueGives underprivileged school children top-level sporting opportunities — football woven into Parikrma's education programme.
View leagueA nationwide school and college football competition with city and zonal rounds, including a Bengaluru zone.
View leaguePoland's premier U-10 youth tournament, in Wieliczka near Kraków — Europe's top grassroots academies, run by Sporthood as a managed international experience.
View leagueAn invitational U-17 showcase bringing the world's top club academies to Doha's Aspire Academy.
View leagueA grassroots international youth competition run by Coca-Cola in 60+ countries, staged as national tournaments.
View leagueThe most prestigious invitational youth tournament in the USA — at least 30 countries every Easter week.
View leagueDenmark's largest sporting event — around 1,000 teams and 20,000 players from up to 50 nations each July.
View leagueOne of Spain's biggest international youth tournaments — 900+ teams from 30+ countries each July in the Basque Country.
View leagueThe world's largest and most international youth football tournament — teams from across the globe converge on Gothenburg each July.
View leagueOne of Europe's largest junior football tournaments — around 1,800 teams from ~20 countries each July.
View leagueA global ecosystem of youth tournaments — staged in Portugal, Spain, Brazil, the USA and beyond.
View leagueSporthood's national youth cup — a domestic edition plus an international edition drawing teams from across Asia.
View leagueThe elite Easter-week tournament on the Costa Brava near Barcelona — top academies (Barcelona, PSG, Man City, Ajax) send teams.
View leagueOne of the world's largest youth tournaments — held at Ekebergsletta in Oslo every summer since 1972.
View leagueA long-running elite invitational on Northern Ireland's north coast — known as the Milk Cup until 2016.
View leagueGrowing38 competitions mapped so far — 9 of them Avyaan has played. Histories, contacts and logos are filled in as we verify them, so some entries are still thin.