The Malta Youth Football Association (commonly referred to as the 'Youth FA') oversees youth football in the country of Malta. It started with the founding of the Educational Sports Centre in Marsa in 1972. That was the 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 town in Malta. The Youth F.A. was officially established in 1982, comprising the first eight nurseries and clubs, progressing rapidly to the present day. Each nursery caters to children from 6 years to 17-year-old youths In the categories of Under 7, Under 9, Under 11, Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17. Nearly every 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 aim 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 remains those of forming the characters of children and youths through the game of football.
Member clubs Club Locality Attard Youth Nursery Attard Balzan Youths Youth Nursery Balzan Birzebbuga Windmills Youth Nursery Birżebbuġa Birkirkara Youth Nursery Birkirkara Dingli Swallows Youth Nursery Dingli Fgura United Youth Nursery Fgura Floriana Youth Nursery Floriana Ghaxaq Youth Nursery Għaxaq Gudja United Youth Nursery Gudja Gżira United Youth Nursery Gżira Ħamrun Spartans F.C. Youth Nursery Ħamrun Kalkara Youth Nursery Kalkara Kirkop United F.C. 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 Mellieħa S.C. Youth Nursery Mellieħa Mgarr United F.C. Youth Nursery Mgarr Mosta Youth Nursery Mosta Mqabba Youth Nursery Mqabba Msida Saint-Joseph F.C. Youth Nursery Msida Naxxar Lions F.C. Youth Nursery Naxxar Paola Hibernians Youth Nursery Paola Pembroke Athleta F.C. Youth Nursery Pembroke, Malta Pietà Hotspurs F.C. Youth Nursery Pietà Qormi F.C. Youth Nursery Qormi Rabat Depiro Youth Nursery Rabat San Gwann Youth Nursery San Ġwann Senglea Athletic F.C. Youth Nursery L-Isla Siggiewi Youth Nursery Siġġiewi Sirens F.C. Youth Nursery St. Paul's Bay Sliema Wanderers F.C. Youth Nursery Sliema Luxol St. Andrew's Youth Nursery St. Andrew's St. George's F.C. Youth Nursery Bormla St. Patrick F.C. Youth Nursery Żabbar Sta. Lucia Youth Nursery Santa Lucia Santa Venera Youth Nursery Santa VeneraSliema Wanderers F. C. Youth Nursery Sliema Tarxien Rainbows F.C. Youth Nursery Tarxien Valletta F.C. Youth Nursery Valletta Zebbug Rangers Youth Nursery Żebbuġ, Malta Zejtun Corinthians F.C. Youth Nursery Żejtun Żurrieq F.C. Youth Nursery Żurrieq