2024 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup

2024 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Dates8 & 9 May 2024
TeamsMen: 8
Women: 8
Venue(s)Buchlern Sports Facility, Zürich
Final positions
ChampionsMen: RB Salzburg (1st title)
Women: Arsenal (1st title)
Runners-upMen: Zürich
Women: Basel
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored69 (1.97 per match)
Best player(s)Men: Oghenetejiri Adejenughure (RB Salzburg)
Women: Maddy Earl (Arsenal)
Best goalkeeperMen: Silas Huber (Zürich)
Women: Inna Fuchs (Basel)
Fair play awardMen: Strasbourg
Women: RB Leipzig
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The 2024 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup was the 84th edition of the Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup, an association football tournament organized by FIFA for clubs featuring players under the age of 19. It was held on 8 and 9 May 2024.[1] Participants were announced on 30 April 2024. The schedule was also published on 30 April 2024.[2]

Participating teams

Eight men and women's teams are split into two groups of four each. Reigning champions of the men's tournament FC Zürich return to defend their title.[1][3][4]

Group Men[4] Women[3]
A Borussia Mönchengladbach Arsenal W.F.C.
Grasshopper Club Zürich Olympique Lyonnais Féminin
St. Gallen FC Basel Frauen
Génération Foot FC Zürich Frauen
B Blue Stars BSC YB Frauen
RB Salzburg Valencia CF Femenino
RC Strasbourg Grasshopper Club Zürich
FC Zürich RB Leipzig Frauen

Men's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STG GCZ BMG GFA
1 St. Gallen 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Knockout stage — 1–0
2 Grasshopper 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 1–1 — 1–1
3 Mönchengladbach 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2 1–1 — 0–0
4 Génération Foot 3 0 2 1 1 2 −1 2 0–1 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head performance; 5) Fair play ranking; 6) Drawing of lots.[5]
Mönchengladbach 1–1 Grasshopper
  • Michael Nduka
Report [6]
  • Leart Kabashi
Génération Foot 0–1 St. Gallen
Report [6]
  • Lindon Ibishi
Mönchengladbach 0–0 Génération Foot
Report [6]
Grasshopper 1–1 St. Gallen
Report [6]
St. Gallen 1–0 Mönchengladbach
Report [6]
Grasshopper 1–1 Génération Foot
Report [6]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RBS ZUR RCS BSZ
1 RB Salzburg 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 7 Knockout stage — 2–2 1–0
2 Zürich 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 — 1–0 4–0
3 Strasbourg 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 3 — 1–0
4 Blue Stars 3 0 0 3 0 12 −12 0 0–7 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head performance; 5) Fair play ranking; 6) Drawing of lots.[5]
RB Salzburg 2–2 Zürich
Report [6]
Strasbourg 1–0 Blue Stars
Report [6]
RB Salzburg 1–0 Strasbourg
Report [6]
Zürich 4–0 Blue Stars
Report [6]
Blue Stars 0–7 RB Salzburg
Report [6]
Zürich 1–0 Strasbourg
Report [6]

Placement games

Seventh place play-off

Génération Foot 2–0 Blue Stars
  • Ibrahima Sory Sow
  • Kalfara Camara
Report [6]

Fifth place play-off

Mönchengladbach 0–0 Strasbourg
Report [6]

Third place play-off

St. Gallen 1–2 Grasshopper
  • Lendrit Dellova
Report [6]
  •  
  • Miguel Martins
  • Dior Gerbovci

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 St. Gallen0
 
 
 
 Zürich5
 
 Zürich1
 
 
 
 RB Salzburg4
 
 RB Salzburg (p)0 (2)
 
 
 Grasshopper0 (0)
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 St. Gallen1
 
 
 Grasshopper2

Semi-finals

St. Gallen 0–5 Zürich
Report [6]
  • Joseph Sabobo
  • Mahar Sajawal
  • Joseph Sabobo
  • Dylan Monroe
  • Leandro Schödler
RB Salzburg 0–0 Grasshopper
Report [6]
Penalties
2–0

Final

Zürich 1–4 RB Salzburg
Report [6]
 2024 FIFA Youth Cup winners 

RB Salzburg
First title

Women's tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAS ARS OL ZUR
1 Basel 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Knockout stage — 1–0 1–0
2 Arsenal 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4 2–2 — 0–1
3 Lyon 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 — 0–0
4 Zürich 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1 0–3 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head performance; 5) Fair play ranking; 6) Drawing of lots.[7]
Lyon 0–0 Zürich
Report [6]
Arsenal 2–2 Basel
  • Courtney Clarke
  • Ruby Seaby
Report [6]
  • Fabienne Saladin
  • (o.g.)
Lyon 1–0 Arsenal
Report [6]
Zürich 0–1 Basel
Report [6]
Basel 1–0 Lyon
Report [6]
Zürich 0–3 Arsenal
Report [6]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RBL YB GCZ VAL
1 RB Leipzig 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5 Knockout stage — 0–0 3–0
2 YB Frauen 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 — 1–0 1–1
3 Grasshopper 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4 1–1 —
4 Valencia 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1 1–3 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head performance; 5) Fair play ranking; 6) Drawing of lots.[7]
Valencia 1–3 Grasshopper
  • Rebeca Andrés
Report [6]
  • Noemie Ivelj
  • Janina Egli
  • Valentina Gerlof
RB Leipzig 0–0 YB Frauen
Report [6]
Valencia 0–3 RB Leipzig
Report [6]
Grasshopper 0–1 YB Frauen
Report [6]
Valencia 1–1 YB Frauen
Report [6]
Grasshopper 1–1 RB Leipzig
Report [6]

Placement games

Seventh place play-off

Zürich1–0 Valencia
Lisa Lampart Report [6]

Fifth place play-off

Lyon2–0 Grasshopper
Carmille Marmillot
Kelya Figueira 		Report [6]

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Basel2
 
 
 
 YB Frauen1
 
 Basel0 (3)
 
 
 
 Arsenal (p)0 (4)
 
 RB Leipzig0 (1)
 
 
 Arsenal (p)0 (3)
 

Semi-finals

Basel2–1 YB Frauen
Emilia Soiron
Lola Almert 		Report [6] Meret Arnold
RB Leipzig0–0 Arsenal
Report [6]
Penalties
1–3

Final

Basel0–0 Arsenal
Report
Penalties
3–4
 2024 FIFA Youth Cup winners 

Arsenal
First title

Final standings

Men

Pos. Team G Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
RB Salzburg B 5 3 2 0 11 14 3 +11
Zürich B 5 3 1 1 10 13 6 +7
Grasshopper A 5 1 4 0 7 5 4 +1
4 St. Gallen A 5 2 1 2 7 4 8 −4
5 RC Strasbourg B 4 1 1 2 4 1 2 −1
6 Mönchengladbach A 4 0 3 1 3 1 2 −1
7 Génération Foot A 4 0 2 2 2 3 2 +1
8 Blue Stars B 4 0 0 4 0 0 14 −14

Women

Pos. Team G Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1 Basel A 5 3 2 0 11 6 3 +3
2 Olympique Lyonnais A 4 2 1 1 7 3 1 +2
3 RB Leipzig B 4 1 3 0 6 4 1 +3
4 Arsenal A 5 1 3 1 6 5 3 +2
5 YB Frauen B 4 1 2 1 5 3 3 0
6 Grasshopper B 4 1 1 2 4 4 5 −1
7 Zürich A 4 1 1 2 4 1 4 −3
8 Valencia CF Femenino B 4 0 1 3 1 2 8 −6

References

  1. ^ a b "Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup 2024: Teams and groups confirmed". FIFA.com. FIFA. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Match Schedule - Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup 2024". FIFA. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Women's tournament". FIFA. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Men's tournament". FIFA. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Rankings Men". FIFA.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Tournament - FIFA Youth Cup". 14 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Rankings Women". FIFA.
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