LALIGA FC FUTURES
TUE 24.03.2026
LALIGA FC FUTURES, organised by LALIGA and the José Ramón de la Morena Foundation, returns this Wednesday in Brunete (Madrid) with its first-ever global edition. Marking the tournament’s 30th anniversary, the competition will bring together 20 elite U12 teams from five continents.
The LALIGA FC FUTURES U12 Club World Cup will feature leading LALIGA academies including FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atlético de Madrid, Real Betis, Sevilla FC, RCD Espanyol de Barcelona, Valencia CF and Villarreal CF. They will be joined by a host of iconic international clubs: SE Palmeiras and CR Flamengo (Brazil), CA Boca Juniors and River Plate (Argentina), Inter Miami CF (USA), Inter Milan (Italy), Bayer Leverkusen (Germany), Paris Saint-Germain (France), Arsenal FC (England), Galatasaray SK (Turkey), Wydad AC (Morocco) and Shanghai Port FC (China).
The opening ceremony took place on Tuesday evening at the Estadio Municipal Los Arcos in Brunete (Madrid), featuring club representatives, as well as José Ramón de la Morena, president of the JRM Foundation; Rafael Louzán, president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation; and Mar Nicolás, mayor of Brunete.
The evening was rounded off by an exhibition match pitting an U12 Spanish team against an U12 Rest of the World side, featuring tournament participants and coached by three legends of Spanish and world football: Vicente del Bosque, José Antonio Camacho and Bernd Schuster.
Since its inaugural edition 30 years ago, LALIGA FC FUTURES has established itself as one of the leading youth tournaments in international grassroots football. The competition has provided a first glimpse of some of the brightest talents in world football, including Xavi, Iker Casillas, Santi Cazorla, Andrés Iniesta, Fernando Torres, Gerard Piqué, Cesc Fabregas, Gavi, Dean Huijsen and Lamine Yamal, among many others.
The 20 teams competing in the LALIGA FC FUTURES U12 Club World Cup have been divided into four groups of five, and include both the reigning national (RCD Espanyol de Barcelona) and international (Atlético de Madrid) champions:
Group A: SE Palmeiras (Brazil), CR Flamengo (Brazil), CA Boca Juniors (Argentina), CA River Plate (Argentina), Inter Miami CF (USA)
Group B: Inter Milan (Italy), Bayer Leverkusen (Germany), Paris Saint-Germain (France), Arsenal FC (England), Galatasaray SK (Turkey)
Group C: Real Madrid (Spain), Atlético de Madrid (Spain), Real Betis (Spain), Sevilla FC (Spain), Wydad AC (Morocco)
Group D: FC Barcelona (Spain), RCD Espanyol de Barcelona (Spain), Valencia CF (Spain), Villarreal CF (Spain), Shanghai Port FC (China)
The group stage runs from 25–27 March, beginning each day at 10:30am CET. The top two teams from each group will advance to the quarter-finals, which will be played on the morning of Saturday 28 March starting at 10am CET, with the semi-finals taking place later that evening kicking off at 6pm CET. The third-place playoff (11:30am CET) and final (12pm CET) will be played on Sunday 29 March.
The LALIGA FC FUTURES U12 Club World Cup will be broadcast live in Spain on DAZN, GOL, Teledeporte, LALIGA TV BAR, LALIGA HYPERMOTION TV, LALIGA+ and LALIGA Inside. Internationally, it will be available via LALIGA’s international channel, the official LALIGA+ OTT, as well as on LALIGA’s official YouTube, Facebook, X, Twitch and TikTok accounts. In China, coverage will also be available on Bilibili and Weibo.
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