Malta Youth Football Association
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The Youth Football Association (commonly referred to as the 'Youth FA'). It started with the founding of the Educational Sports Centre at Marsa in 1972. That was the very first nursery in Malta. Hundreds of Children attended once or twice a week to train in football, basketball, athletics and gymnastics. Slowly, the early eighties gave birth to the football nursery practically in every small and big town in Malta. The Youth F.A. was established in 1982 comprising first 8 nurseries and clubs progressing rapidly to the present day. Each nursery caters for children from 6 years to 17 year old youths In the categories of Under 6, Under 8, Under 10, Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16. Nearly each nursery participates in Under 10 & 12 Festivals as well as in U/14 & U/16 Competitions (Under 19 teams do not form part of the Youth F.A. but of the Malta F.A.). The aims of the educational sports center, as the name denotes, was to educate children through sports. Although the Youth F.A. and all the nurseries do not refer directly to education in their names, the spirit of the aims remain those of forming the characters of children and youths through the game of football.
[edit] Member Clubs
| Club | Locality |
|---|---|
| Attard Youth Nursery | Attard |
| Balzan Youths FC Youth Nursery | Balzan |
| Birzebbugia Windmills Youth Nursery | Birzebbuga |
| Birkirkara Youth Nursery | Birkirkara |
| Dingli Swallows FC Youth Nursery | Dingli |
| Fgura United FC Youth Nursery | Fgura |
| Floriana Youth Nursery | Floriana |
| Ghaxaq Youth Nursery | Ghaxaq |
| Gudja United FC Youth Nursery | Gudja |
| Gzira United FC Youth Nursery | Gzira |
| Hamrun Spartans FC Youth Nursery | Hamrun |
| Kalkara Youth Nursery | Kalkara |
| Kirkop United FC Youth Nursery | Kirkop |
| Lija-Iklin Youth Nursery | Lija |
| Luqa Youth Nursery | Luqa |
| Marsaxlokk Youth Nursery | Marsaxlokk |
| Melita Youth Nursery | St. Julian's |
| Marsa Youth Nursery | Marsa |
| Mellieha SC Youth Nursery | Mellieha |
| Mgarr United FC Youth Nursery | Mgarr |
| Mosta Youth Nursery | Mosta |
| Mqabba Youth Nursery | Mqabba |
| Msida St. Joseph FC Youth Nursery | Msida |
| Naxxar Lions FC Youth Nursery | Naxxar |
| Paola Hibernians Youth Nursery | Paola |
| Pembroke Athleta F.C. Youth Nursery | Pembroke, Malta |
| Pietà Hotspurs F.C. Youth Nursery | Pieta |
| Qormi FC Youth Nursery | Qormi |
| Rabat Depiro Youth Nursery | Rabat |
| San Gwann Youth Nursery | San Gwann |
| Senglea Athletics F.C. Youth Nursery | Isla |
| Siggiewi Youth Nursery | Siggiewi |
| Sirens FC Youth Nursery | St. Paul's Bay |
| Luxol St. Andrews Youth Nursery | St. Andrew's |
| St. George's FC Youth Nursery | Bormla |
| St. Patrick's FC Youth Nursery | Zabbar |
| Sta. Lucia Youth Nursery | Santa Lucia |
| Santa Venera Youth Nursery | Santa Venera |
| Tarxien Rainbows FC Youth Nursery | Tarxien |
| Valletta FC Youth Nursery | Valletta |
| Zebbug Rangers FC Youth Nursery | Zebbug, Malta |
| Zejtun Corinthians FC Youth Nursery | Zejtun |
| Zurrieq Youth Nursery | Zurrieq |
