The International Challenge Trophy, originally known as the European Challenge Trophy, was an international association football competition. It is open to national teams featuring semi-professional U-23 footballers who have not yet won senior international caps. While the competition rules allow squads to select foreign-based players, some teams, including the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Italy, have opted to restrict selection to footballers playing in their home national leagues. The European Challenge Trophy was contested in 2005–06 and featured just four teams - England C, Netherlands Amateurs U-23, Belgium U-21 and Italy Lega Pro U-21. England C won the inaugural competition. The competition was then relaunched as the International Challenge Trophy for the 2007–09 edition. This time the number of participants doubled. The 2009–11 edition was contested by eleven teams.

Tournaments

YearWinnersFinal match resultRunners-upNumber of teams
2005–06 DetailsEngland England CNo finalBelgium Belgium U-214
2007–09 DetailsBelgium Belgium U-211–0England England C8
2009–11 DetailsPortugal Portugal U-231–0England England C11
2011–13 DetailsTurkey Turkey A21–0Norway Norway U238
2013–15 DetailsSlovakia U-232–2 3–2 pen.Turkey U-238
2015–17 DetailsSlovakia U-234–0England England C4