Avyaan Negi

Youth football, mapped.

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.

Exposure
The landscape
38
leagues mapped
9
played in

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.

Leagues

The season-long competitions.

Seasonal leagueLeagueBangalore
Double Pass Development League (DPDL)
Organizer Double Pass
U-7 · U-9 · U-11

A season-long, development-first league — matchweeks into knockouts, weighted toward player growth over results.

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Seasonal leagueLeagueBangalore
One Football Championship (OneFC)
Organizer D5 Sports Management
U-10 · U-12 · U-14

A Bangalore club championship — a league phase running into knockouts, played five-a-side.

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Seasonal leagueLeagueBangalore
Pro Super League (PSL)
Organizer Pro Super League
U-10

A competitive Bangalore club league — a full season of fixtures into a knockout finish.

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Seasonal leagueLeagueBangalore
KSFA Youth Premier League
Organizer Karnataka State Football Association
U-7 · U-9 · U-11 · U-13 · U-15 · U-17 · U-20/21

The state association's youth league — a longer, table-based competition across the season.

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Seasonal leagueLeagueBangalore
Bangalore Schools Football League (BSFL)
Organizer Sporthood
U-13 · U-15

An inter-school football league for Bangalore schools.

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Seasonal leagueLeagueBangalore
Bangalore Super League (BSL)
Organizer Sporthood
U-13 · U-15 · Open (9s & 11s)

Sporthood's flagship Bangalore youth league, run in 9-a-side and 11-a-side formats across seasons.

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Seasonal leagueLeagueBangalore
Roots Football League (RFL)
Organizer Roots Football (GameOn Sports Management)
U-8 · U-11 · U-13 · U-15

Built so kids in Bangalore had an avenue to play organised, balanced matches in their own age group — competitive Sunday football.

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Seasonal leagueLeagueBangalore
BDFA Youth Leagues (BDFA Youth)
Organizer Bangalore District Football Association, under KSFA
U-13 · U-15 · U-18

The district and state youth league pathway for clubs and academies.

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Seasonal leagueLeagueBangalore
Junior Football League (JFL)
Organizer Junior Football League

A grassroots Karnataka youth league, launched to help young players progress to state and national level.

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Seasonal leagueLeagueIndia
AIFF Junior League
Organizer All India Football Federation
U-15

The national federation's U-15 youth league — the top competitive tier for junior academies.

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Seasonal leagueLeagueIndia
AIFF Sub-Junior League
Organizer All India Football Federation
U-13

The national federation's U-13 youth league — the youngest tier of its accredited pathway.

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Cups & championships

The annual cups and festivals.

AnnualCupBangalore
Bangalore Champions Cup (BCC)
Organizer Sporthood
U-8 · U-9 · U-10 · U-11 · U-13 · U-15

A multi-club Sporthood tournament across age groups — group games into knockouts.

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AnnualCupBangalore
KSFA Youth Cup
Organizer Karnataka State Football Association
U-11

The state association's youth cup.

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AnnualFestivalKochi
Kerala Blasters Coco Cup
Organizer Sporthood
U-10 (6v6) · U-12 (7v7) · U-14 (9v9)

A youth football carnival in Kochi — teams travel from across the country to compete, learn and experience football, with a Kerala Blasters matchday experience.

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AnnualCupGoa
Veeran Cup
Organizer Veeran Youth League
Boys U-8 to U-18 · Girls U-14 to U-18

A summer travel tournament in Goa — sides from across the region.

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AnnualCupBangalore
BFC Soccer Shield (BFC Shield)
Organizer Bengaluru FC Soccer Schools
U-8 · U-10 · U-12 · U-14 (+ girls U-8/10/12)

An inter-school tournament that turns school pride into matchday football — rewarding skill and sportsmanship.

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AnnualCupBangalore
SFA Championships — Bengaluru (SFA)
Organizer Sports For All (SFA)
U-10 · U-12 · U-14 · U-16 · U-18

An Olympic-style inter-school championship — football is one of ~30 sports — to crown the city's top sporting school.

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AnnualCupBangalore
SUFC Independence Day Youth Cup (SUFC I-Day Cup)
Organizer South United FC
U-13 · U-15

An Independence-Day youth cup for academy and club teams.

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AnnualCupBallari
JSW Youth Cup
Organizer Bengaluru FC (JSW Sports)
U-13 · U-15 · U-16 · U-18

An invitational tournament for India's leading residential academies.

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AnnualCupBangalore
Parikrma Champions League (PCL)
Organizer Parikrma Humanity Foundation, with KSFA
U-16 boys

Gives underprivileged school children top-level sporting opportunities — football woven into Parikrma's education programme.

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AnnualCupBangalore
Reliance Foundation Youth Sports (RFYS)
Organizer Reliance Foundation
School (boys & girls) · College

A nationwide school and college football competition with city and zonal rounds, including a Bengaluru zone.

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International

The world’s great youth tournaments.

AnnualCupKraków
Smoka Cup
Organizer Sporthood (participation)
U-9 · U-10

Poland's premier U-10 youth tournament, in Wieliczka near Kraków — Europe's top grassroots academies, run by Sporthood as a managed international experience.

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AnnualCupDoha
Al Kass International Cup (Al Kass)
Organizer Alkass Sports, with Aspire Academy & Qatar FA
U-17

An invitational U-17 showcase bringing the world's top club academies to Doha's Aspire Academy.

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AnnualFestivalWorldwide
Copa Coca-Cola
Organizer The Coca-Cola Company
~U-15 (ages 13–15)

A grassroots international youth competition run by Coca-Cola in 60+ countries, staged as national tournaments.

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AnnualCupDallas
Dallas Cup
Organizer Dallas Cup, Inc.
Boys U-12 to U-19 · Girls U-15 to U-19

The most prestigious invitational youth tournament in the USA — at least 30 countries every Easter week.

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AnnualFestivalHjørring
Dana Cup Hjørring (Dana Cup)
Organizer Dana Cup
Boys & girls, U-12 to U-19

Denmark's largest sporting event — around 1,000 teams and 20,000 players from up to 50 nations each July.

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AnnualFestivalSan Sebastián
Donosti Cup
Organizer Donosti Cup
Txiki (youngest) · U-12 to U-18 · Masters

One of Spain's biggest international youth tournaments — 900+ teams from 30+ countries each July in the Basque Country.

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AnnualCupGothenburg
Gothia Cup
Organizer BK Häcken
Boys & girls, U-11 to U-18

The world's largest and most international youth football tournament — teams from across the globe converge on Gothenburg each July.

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AnnualFestivalHelsinki
Helsinki Cup
Organizer Helsinki Cup
Boys & girls, junior age groups

One of Europe's largest junior football tournaments — around 1,800 teams from ~20 countries each July.

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AnnualFestivalEstoril
IberCup
Organizer Iber Global Group
Boys & girls, ~U-6 to U-19

A global ecosystem of youth tournaments — staged in Portugal, Spain, Brazil, the USA and beyond.

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AnnualCupBangalore
India Cup
Organizer Sporthood
U-9 · U-11 · U-12 · U-13

Sporthood's national youth cup — a domestic edition plus an international edition drawing teams from across Asia.

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AnnualCupBarcelona
MIC — Mediterranean International Cup (MIC)
Organizer MICFootball
U-12 to U-19 · Women's F16

The elite Easter-week tournament on the Costa Brava near Barcelona — top academies (Barcelona, PSG, Man City, Ajax) send teams.

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AnnualFestivalOslo
Norway Cup
Organizer Bækkelagets SK
Boys & girls, 10–19

One of the world's largest youth tournaments — held at Ekebergsletta in Oslo every summer since 1972.

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AnnualCupNorthern Ireland
SuperCupNI
Organizer SuperCupNI, with the Irish FA
Junior U-14 · Minor U-15 · Premier U-16 · Elite U-18/19

A long-running elite invitational on Northern Ireland's north coast — known as the Milk Cup until 2016.

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Also on the radar

Smaller and newer competitions.

Growing38 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.