Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup

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

History

Founded by FC Blue Stars, Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup is an international youth club football tournament. The Zurich 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]

Winners

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Performance by club

Club Winners
Manchester United 18 (1954, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 2004, 2005)
Grasshopper 7 (1939, 1956, 1971, 1987, 1998, 2006, 2016)
FC Zürich 5 (1946, 1949, 2008, 2012, 2013)
FC Young Fellows 3 (1941, 1942, 1953)
Barcelona 3 (1993, 1994, 1995)
Austria Vienna 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)
FC Basel 2 (1997, 2009)
Boca Juniors 2 (2002, 2010)
FC Winterthur 1 (1940)
FC Aarau 1 (1943)
FC Servette 1 (1944)
FC Oerlikon 1 (1945)
Wiener Sportclub 1 (1950)
Strasbourg 1 (1951)
Birmingham City 1 (1952)
Genoa 1 (1955)
1860 Munich 1 (1967)
Young Boys 1 (1970)
Lausanne Sports 1 (1972)
Borussia Dortmund 1 (1973)
Atalanta 1 (1974)
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)
Benfica 1 (1996)
Grêmio 1 (2001)
FK Partizan 1 (2007)
Porto 1 (2011)
Atlético Paranaense 1 (2014)
FC Luzern 1 (2015)

External links

References

  1. "Youth showpiece's illustrious history". FIFA.com. 23 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. "Previous Tournaments". FIFA. Retrieved 7 May 2016.


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