Football at the 2009 Asian Youth Games was held from 20 June to 6 July 2009 at the Jalan Besar Stadium.

The organizers also used few other college stadiums for the preliminary rounds, Temasek Polytechnic, Meridian Junior College, Victoria Junior College and Jurong Junior College.

Age limit for the teams was under-14.

South Korea won the gold medal after beating North Korea 2–0 in the final.

Philippines and Hong Kong withdrew after their teams underwent quarantine due to players testing positive for H1N1 amidst a pandemic of the disease.