Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup

Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup
Organising bodyFIFA (since 1991)
Founded1939
RegionInternational
Number of teamsMen: 10
Women: 6
Current championsMen: Switzerland Zürich (6th title)
Women: Canada Vancouver Whitecaps (1st title)
Most successful club(s)Men: England Manchester United (18 titles)
Women:
Canada Vancouver Whitecaps
Germany VfL Wolfsburg
Switzerland Young Boys
Switzerland Zürich
(1 title each)
WebsiteOfficial website
2024 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup

Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup is an international association football competition organised by FIFA.

History

Founded by FC Blue Stars, Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup is an international youth club football tournament. The Zürich based club were one of the first to have a separate youth section. This youth section expanded to include a tournament involving the best youth teams in the world. Recognising its importance to youth football, FIFA took over the tournament in 1991.[1]

The women's tournament started in 2018. Young Boys women team won the first edition.[2]

Games are played in two 20-minute halves (25 for the final), only players between 18 and 20 years may participate. However, each team may have up to five players under the age of 18 feature. It is held on Ascension Thursday and the following day at the Buchlern sports stadium in Zürich.[3]

Performance by club

Sources:[4][5]

Men

Club Titles Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
England Manchester United 18 7 1954, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2005 1955, 1964, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1991, 1994
Switzerland Grasshopper 7 6 1939, 1956, 1971, 1987, 1998, 2006, 2016 1949, 1946, 1996, 2001, 2009, 2012
Switzerland Zürich 6 9 1946, 1949, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2023 1953, 1961, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2024
Switzerland Basel 3 2 1997, 2009, 2022 1951, 2008
Switzerland Young Fellows Zürich 3 — 1941, 1942, 1953 —
Spain Barcelona 3 — 1993, 1994, 1995 —
Argentina Boca Juniors 3 — 2002, 2010, 2019 —
Austria Austria Wien 2 — 1947, 1948 —
England Arsenal 2 — 1963, 1964 —
Italy Milan 2 — 1958, 1977 —
Russia Spartak Moscow 2 — 1991, 1992 —
Brazil São Paulo 2 — 1999, 2000 —
Italy Roma 2 — 1980, 2003 —
Switzerland Aarau 1 3 1943 1942, 1944, 1948
Portugal Benfica 1 3 1996 1997, 2014, 2019
Italy Atalanta 1 1 1974 1970
Brazil Grêmio 1 1 2001 2002
Serbia Partizan 1 1 2007 1990
Switzerland Winterthur 1 — 1940 —
Switzerland Servette 1 — 1944 —
Switzerland Örlikon 1 — 1945 —
Austria Wiener Sport-Club 1 — 1950 —
France Strasbourg 1 — 1951 —
England Birmingham City 1 — 1952 —
Italy Genoa 1 — 1955 —
Germany 1860 Munich 1 — 1967 —
Switzerland Young Boys 1 — 1970 —
Switzerland Lausanne-Sport 1 — 1972 —
Germany Borussia Dortmund 1 — 1973 —
Italy Inter Milan 1 — 1983 —
England Chelsea 1 — 1984 —
Italy Cremonese 1 — 1985 —
Scotland Celtic 1 — 1986 —
Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Sarajevo 1 — 1988 —
England Nottingham Forest 1 — 1989 —
Spain Real Madrid 1 — 1990 —
Portugal Porto 1 — 2011 —
Brazil Atlético Paranaense 1 — 2014 —
Switzerland FC Luzern 1 — 2015 —
France Lyon 1 — 2017 —
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 1 — 2018 —
Austria RB Salzburg 1 — 2024 —
Germany Mainz — 1 — 2022
Brazil Corinthians — 1 — 2023

Women

Club Titles Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Switzerland Young Boys 1 1 2018 2019
Germany Wolfsburg 1 — 2019 —
Switzerland Zürich 1 — 2022 —
Canada Vancouver Whitecaps 1 — 2023 —
England Arsenal 1 — 2024 —
Switzerland Basel — 2 — 2023, 2024
Spain Valencia — 1 — 2018
France Lyon — 1 — 2022

Total wins by country

Nation Titles Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Switzerland Switzerland 28 21 2022, 2023 2019, 2023
England England 23 7 2005 1994
Italy Italy 8 2003
Spain Spain 5 1995 2018
Brazil Brazil 4 1 2014 2023
Argentina Argentina 3 2019
Germany Germany 3 1 2019 2022
Croatia Croatia 1 2018
Austria Austria 3 1950
France France 2 1 2017 2022
Portugal Portugal 2 3 2011 2019
Russia Russia 2 1992
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia 1 1988
Canada Canada 1 2023
Serbia Serbia 1 1 2007 1990

References

  1. ^ "Youth showpiece's illustrious history". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ^ "BSC Young Boys women win inaugural women's title". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 May 2018. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup preview". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 8 May 2018. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on June 18, 2001. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 April 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2019.