Cliftonville FC Youth

Belfast, Belfast

U8-U16

North Belfast. Ireland's oldest football club. NIFL Premiership youth academy at Solitude.

What your child plays at Cliftonville FC Youth

Cliftonville FC Youth runs teams across 9 age groups. Here's the format, ball and pitch size at each stage under FA youth rules — tap an age group for the full detail.

Age group	Format	Ball	Pitch
U8 · 6–7 years old	5v5	Size 3	37×27 yards
U9 · 7–8 years old	7v7	Size 4	60×40 yards
U10 · 8–9 years old	7v7	Size 4	60×40 yards
U11 · 9–10 years old	9v9	Size 4	80×50 yards
U12 · 10–11 years old	9v9	Size 4	80×50 yards
U13 · 11–12 years old	11v11	Size 4	90×55 yards
U14 · 12–13 years old	11v11	Size 4	90×55 yards
U15 · 13–14 years old	11v11	Size 5	100×60 yards
U16 · 14–15 years old	11v11	Size 5	100×60 yards

Not sure which group your child is in? Use our age-group calculator.

Club history

Cliftonville Football Club offers best wishes to all of our Academy players taking part in this week’s SuperCupNI. Our Under-13s... Just seven weeks remain until the Cliftonville FC Golf Day. We are delighted to announce that this year’s event –...