The 18th International Children's Football Tournament CHIN CHIN CUP, held on the beautiful and sunny Zlatibor mountain slopes at the Palisad hotel grounds, brought together over two thousand girls and boys, who showcased their skills from April 16th to 19th on 11 fields with natural and artificial turf.
CHIN CHIN CUP 2026 ZLATIBOR: Three Days of Top-Level Youth Football and Great Talents
Three days of fierce football duels, a plethora of masterful moves by young talents brimming with huge desires, dreams, and potential, have left their mark on the jubilee tournament, celebrating its eighteenth summer and reaching the elevated level of an international tournament, admired for its excellent organization and unique and beneficial rewards for the most successful, inspired, and creative individuals.
The oldest were young footballers born in 2013, and the youngest were eight-year-olds born in 2018. In this generation, Belgrade's Crvena zvezda secured first place, being better than the Derby 1 Novi Sad team in the final. In the so-called small final, the Vuk football school from Paraćin was better than Futog, while the fair play trophy went to the FC NS City team. The magical seven most talented players were Dušan Anić, Aleksej Rogan, Branko Matalo (Crvena zvezda), Stefan Janković, Marko Hajdin (Derby 1 NS), Aleksije Ilić (ŠF Vuk), and Kosta Rankić (Futog).
The red and whites were the most successful in the 2017 generation as well, leading to the trophy after a victory over the Mladost Lučani team. Third place went to Derby 1 from Novi Sad, and FK Vranić from Arilje came in fourth. The fair play trophy was deservedly awarded to the Jedinstvo Bošnjace team. The magical seven included Nemanja Ljubojević, Ilija Đorđević, and Dimitrije Dimitrijevski, young footballers from Crvena zvezda, Danilo Mijailović and Dragan Milekić (Mladost Lučani), Stefan Radovanović (Vranić Arilje), and Teodor Marčelić (Derby 1 NS).
Domination of the Academy Aleksandar and Magikos from Skopje
The Alexander Academy from Skopje was dominant in the 2016 generation. Derby 1 from Novi Sad took second place, the Fis Football Academy from Kragujevac took third, and FK Derby 2 Novi Sad took fourth place, while the kids from the Budućnost team from Banatski Dvor took home the fair play trophy.
The magicians from Skopje on the list of the Magnificent Seven were represented by Darijan Galevski (Click here to see Darijan's NFS profile), Sandro Spasevski and Jon Balevski, Derby 1 NS Ignat Golišev and Uroš Podraščanin, as well as Luka Mirić AF Fisa Kragujevac and Dušan Antelj FC Derby 2 Novi Sad.
Children from Sarajevo and Železničar Pančevo among the best
The generation of 2015 was captivated by the football magic of Bambinosi from Sarajevo. Two teams from Pančevo, FK Železničar and Fortuna, took second and third place, while FK Atina from Novi Sad secured fourth place. The fair play trophy went to the Vuk football school from Paraćin.
The seven most successful in this generation are Bambinosi Ahmet Forto, Imran Čaušević, and Mak Avdagić, Filip Arsić and Sergej Panajotović (Železničar Pančevo), Luka Makara, Pančevačka Fortuna, and Lazar Katić from Atina Novi Sad.
Pančevo's Železničar was dominant in the 2014 generation and, in the final match, better than Radnički from Obrenovac, a team whose coach, Aleksandar Stevanović, was awarded a special trophy for his great motivational speech to his players. Third place went to the Ultras kids team from Struga, and fourth to the Fisa football academy from Kragujevac, while Radnički from Obrenovac received the fair play trophy for exceptional fair play.
Nikola Žarkov, Danilo Ribić, and Andrej Miljević (Železničar Pančevo), Lazar Veljković and Danilo Mišković (Radnički Obrenovac), Rejan Čengić (Prokik Sarajevo), and Mihail Miladinov (Ultras kids Struga) have graced the magical seven.
Ljubić from Prnjavor is the best in the oldest generation
In the oldest generation of girls and boys born in 2013, the best team was Ljubić from Prnjavor, the second-place team was Atina from Novi Sad, Jedinstvo Bošnjace took third place, and FK Ibar from Rožaje took fourth place, while the fair play trophy went to Ljubić from Prnjavor.
The magical septet consists of Kosta Milijaš, Ljka Kalaba, and Đorđe Trivunović (Ljubić Prnjavor), Dragan Stojanović and Petar Hostonski (Atina Novi Sad), and Alik Kardović (Ibar Rožaje).
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