# 2019 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup

The 2019 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup was the 81st edition of the Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup, an association football tournament organized by FIFA for clubs featuring players under the age of 21. It was held on Ascension Thursday, 30 May 2019 and 31 May 2019.
This year's women's tournament was the second edition after the 2018 edition which Young Boys women team won.
All matches were played in two 20-minute halves (except for the final which was 25 minutes), only players between 18–20 years were eligible to participate. However, each team may have up to five players under the age of 18 feature. All matches were played at the Buchlern sports stadium in Zürich.

## Men's tournament
### Participating teams

* FC Blue Stars Zürich
* FC Basel
* SL Benfica
* Boca Juniors
* Dinamo Zagreb
* FC Zürich
* GC Zürich
* PAOK
* Seattle Sounders
* Sevilla

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Boca Juniors (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 10 | Qualification to the Final |
| 2 | Dinamo Zagreb | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 10 | |
| 3 | GC Zürich | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | |
| 4 | Sevilla | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 | |
| 5 | FC Blue Stars Zürich | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 1 | |
Times in UTC+, Switzerland local time.

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Benfica (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 9 | Qualification to the Final |
| 2 | PAOK | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 8 | |
| 3 | FC Zürich | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |
| 4 | FC Basel | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Seattle Sounders FC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | |
Times in UTC+, Switzerland local time.

### Final stage

Times in UTC+1, Switzerland local time.

#### Final

* 2019 FIFA Youth Cup winners
* Boca Juniors 3rd title

### Final standings

| Pos. | Team | G | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
| | Boca Juniors | A | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | +11 |
| | Benfica | B | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| | PAOK | B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| 4 | Dinamo Zagreb | A | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | +7 |
| 5 | FC Zürich | B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
| 6 | GC Zürich | A | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | +3 |
| 7 | Sevilla | A | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
| 8 | FC Basel | B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | −1 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
| 10 | FC Blue Stars Zürich | A | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | −15 |

## Women's tournament
### Participating teams

* FC Blue Stars Zürich
* Internazionale
* Vancouver Whitecaps
* Wolfsburg
* BSC YB Frauen
* FC Zürich Frauen

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | VfL Wolfsburg (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 6 | Qualification to the Semi-finals |
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps (Q) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | Qualification to the Semi-finals |
| 3 | FC Blue Stars Zürich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | |
Times in UTC+, Switzerland local time.

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | BSC YB Frauen (Q) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Qualification to the Semi-finals |
| 2 | Internazionale (Q) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Qualification to the Semi-finals |
| 3 | FC Zürich Frauen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |
Times in UTC+1, Switzerland local time.

### Final stage

Times in UTC+1, Switzerland local time.

#### Final

* 2019 FIFA Youth Cup winners
* VfL Wolfsburg 1st title

### Final standings

| Pos. | Team | G | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
| | VfL Wolfsburg | A | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 22 | 1 | +21 |
| | BSC YB Frauen | B | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
| | Vancouver Whitecaps | A | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | −3 |
| 4 | Internazionale | B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 |
| 5 | FC Zürich Frauen | B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| 6 | FC Blue Stars Zürich | A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −12 |