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

## Performance by club

Sources:

### Men

| Club | Titles | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
| 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 |
| Grasshopper | 7 | 6 | 1939, 1956, 1971, 1987, 1998, 2006, 2016 | 1949, 1946, 1996, 2001, 2009, 2012 |
| Zürich | 6 | 9 | 1946, 1949, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2023 | 1953, 1961, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2024 |
| Basel | 3 | 2 | 1997, 2009, 2022 | 1951, 2008 |
| Young Fellows Zürich | 3 | — | 1941, 1942, 1953 | — |
| Barcelona | 3 | — | 1993, 1994, 1995 | — |
| Boca Juniors | 3 | — | 2002, 2010, 2019 | — |
| Austria Wien | 2 | — | 1947, 1948 | — |
| Arsenal | 2 | — | 1963, 1964 | — |
| Milan | 2 | — | 1958, 1977 | — |
| Spartak Moscow | 2 | — | 1991, 1992 | — |
| São Paulo | 2 | — | 1999, 2000 | — |
| Roma | 2 | — | 1980, 2003 | — |
| Aarau | 1 | 3 | 1943 | 1942, 1944, 1948 |
| Benfica | 1 | 3 | 1996 | 1997, 2014, 2019 |
| Atalanta | 1 | 1 | 1974 | 1970 |
| Grêmio | 1 | 1 | 2001 | 2002 |
| Partizan | 1 | 1 | 2007 | 1990 |
| Winterthur | 1 | — | 1940 | — |
| Servette | 1 | — | 1944 | — |
| Örlikon | 1 | — | 1945 | — |
| Wiener Sport-Club | 1 | — | 1950 | — |
| Strasbourg | 1 | — | 1951 | — |
| Birmingham City | 1 | — | 1952 | — |
| Genoa | 1 | — | 1955 | — |
| 1860 Munich | 1 | — | 1967 | — |
| Young Boys | 1 | — | 1970 | — |
| Lausanne-Sport | 1 | — | 1972 | — |
| Borussia Dortmund | 1 | — | 1973 | — |
| Inter Milan | 1 | — | 1983 | — |
| Chelsea | 1 | — | 1984 | — |
| Cremonese | 1 | — | 1985 | — |
| Celtic | 1 | — | 1986 | — |
| FK Sarajevo | 1 | — | 1988 | — |
| Nottingham Forest | 1 | — | 1989 | — |
| Real Madrid | 1 | — | 1990 | — |
| Porto | 1 | — | 2011 | — |
| Atlético Paranaense | 1 | — | 2014 | — |
| FC Luzern | 1 | — | 2015 | — |
| Lyon | 1 | — | 2017 | — |
| Dinamo Zagreb | 1 | — | 2018 | — |
| RB Salzburg | 1 | — | 2024 | — |
| Mainz | — | 1 | — | 2022 |
| Corinthians | — | 1 | — | 2023 |

### Women

| Club | Titles | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
| Young Boys | 1 | 1 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Wolfsburg | 1 | — | 2019 | — |
| Zürich | 1 | — | 2022 | — |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 1 | — | 2023 | — |
| Arsenal | 1 | — | 2024 | — |
| Basel | — | 2 | — | 2023, 2024 |
| Valencia | — | 1 | — | 2018 |
| Lyon | — | 1 | — | 2022 |

### Total wins by country

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