2019 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup

2019 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Dates30 – 31 May 2019
TeamsMen:10
Women:6
Venue(s)Zürich
Final positions
ChampionsMen: Argentina Boca Juniors (3rd title)
Women: Germany VfL Wolfsburg (1st title)
Runners-upMen: Portugal Benfica
Women: Switzerland BSC YB Frauen
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored81 (2.25 per match)
Attendance14,000 (389 per match)
Best player(s)Men: Argentina Lucas Brochero (Boca Juniors)
Women: Germany Maria Christina Lange (VfL Wolfsburg)
Best goalkeeperMen: Argentina Matías Ramos Mingo (Boca Juniors)
Women: Switzerland Saskia Bürki (Young Boys)
Fair play awardMen: Greece PAOK
Women: Canada Vancouver Whitecaps
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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.[1]

This year's women's tournament was the second edition after the 2018 edition which Young Boys women team won.[2]

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.[3]

Men's tournament

Participating teams

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Argentina Boca Juniors (Q) 4 3 1 0 10 1 +9 10 Qualification to the Final
2 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 4 3 1 0 7 0 +7 10
3 Switzerland GC Zürich 4 2 0 2 9 5 +4 6
4 Spain Sevilla 4 0 1 3 0 7 −7 1
5 Switzerland FC Blue Stars Zürich 4 0 1 3 0 13 −13 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Times in UTC+, Switzerland local time.

30 May 2019 Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 FC Blue Stars Zürich  
10:50 Kapitanović 12', 27'
30 May 2019 Boca Juniors 2–0 Sevilla  
10:50 Fernandez 8'
Brochero 13'
30 May 2019 Sevilla 0–0 FC Blue Stars Zürich  
13:30
30 May 2019 GC Zürich 0–2 Dinamo Zagreb  
13:30 Kim 8'
Kapitanović 29'
30 May 2019 Boca Juniors 3–1 GC Zürich  
16:00
Aliu 11'
30 May 2019 Sevilla 0–3 Dinamo Zagreb  
16:00 Kapitanović 13', 35'
Dejanović 24'
30 May 2019 FC Blue Stars Zürich 0–5 Boca Juniors  
18:55 Bodencer 11', 32', 37'
Roldán 31'
31 May 2019 GC Zürich 2–0 Sevilla  
11:15 Rustemoski 13'
Bajrami 40'
31 May 2019 Dinamo Zagreb 0–0 Boca Juniors  
13:00
31 May 2019 FC Blue Stars Zürich 0–6 GC Zürich  
13:00

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Portugal Benfica (Q) 4 3 0 1 3 1 +2 9 Qualification to the Final
2 Greece PAOK 4 2 2 0 4 2 +2 8
3 Switzerland FC Zürich 4 1 2 1 5 3 +2 5
4 Switzerland FC Basel 4 1 1 2 2 3 −1 4
5 United States Seattle Sounders FC 4 0 1 3 1 6 −5 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Times in UTC+, Switzerland local time.

30 May 2019 Benfica 1–0 FC Zürich  
11:40 Semedo 27'
30 May 2019 Seattle Sounders 1–1 PAOK  
11:40 Malone 27' Tzovaras 9'
30 May 2019 PAOK 1–1 FC Zürich  
14:20 Doumtsis 11' Ndau 19'
30 May 2019 FC Basel 0–1 Benfica  
14:20 Pinto 36'
30 May 2019 Seattle Sounders 0–1 FC Basel  
16:50 Marchand 38'
30 May 2019 PAOK 1–0 Benfica  
16:50 Gaitanidis 11'
30 May 2019 FC Zürich 3–0 Seattle Sounders  
18:55 Kamberi 15'
Stevic 18'
Nascimento Satorno 28'
31 May 2019 FC Basel 0–1 PAOK  
11:15 Michailidis 39'
31 May 2019 Benfica 1–0 Seattle Sounders  
13:50 Semedo 18'
31 May 2019 FC Zürich 1–1 FC Basel  
13:50 Nascimento Satorno 10' Vonmoos 16'

Final stage

Times in UTC+1, Switzerland local time.

Ninth place game
31 May 2019 FC Blue Stars Zürich 0–2 Seattle Sounders  
15:40 Serrano Lopez 7', 19'
Seventh place game
31 May 2019 Sevilla 1–1
(7–6 p)		 FC Basel  
15:40 Peral Gallardo 28' Martinovic 38'
Fifth place game
31 May 2019 GC Zürich 0–1 FC Zürich  
16:40 Nascimento Satorno 5'
Third place game
31 May 2019 Dinamo Zagreb 0–0
(3–4 p)		 PAOK  
17:40

Final

31 May 2019 Boca Juniors 2–0 Benfica  
20:10 Brochero 16', 51'
 2019 FIFA Youth Cup winners 
Boca Juniors
3rd title

Final standings

Pos. Team G Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1st place, gold medalist(s) Argentina Boca Juniors A 5 4 1 0 13 12 1 +11
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Portugal Benfica B 5 3 0 2 9 3 3 0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Greece PAOK B 5 2 3 0 9 4 2 +2
4 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb A 5 3 2 0 11 7 0 +7
5 Switzerland FC Zürich B 5 2 2 1 8 6 3 +3
6 Switzerland GC Zürich A 5 2 0 3 6 9 6 +3
7 Spain Sevilla A 5 0 2 3 2 1 8 −7
8 Switzerland FC Basel B 5 1 2 2 5 3 4 −1
9 United States Seattle Sounders B 5 1 1 3 4 3 6 −3
10 Switzerland FC Blue Stars Zürich A 5 0 1 4 1 0 15 −15

Women's tournament

Participating teams

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Germany VfL Wolfsburg (Q) 2 2 0 0 13 1 +12 6 Qualification to the Semi-finals
2 Canada Vancouver Whitecaps (Q) 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 3
3 Switzerland FC Blue Stars Zürich 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Times in UTC+, Switzerland local time.

30 May 2019 VfL Wolfsburg 8–0 FC Blue Stars Zürich  
10:00 Jubel 5'
Lange 7', 15', 16'
Fischer 19'
Memeti 21'
Bartel 24'
Dönges 40'
30 May 2019 FC Blue Stars Zürich 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps  
12:40 Ganief 17'
30 May 2019 Vancouver Whitecaps 1–5 VfL Wolfsburg  
15:10 Akindoju 28' Cordes 4'
Baaß 12'
Schumacher 12'
Fischer 26', 40'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Switzerland BSC YB Frauen (Q) 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3 Qualification to the Semi-finals
2 Italy Internazionale (Q) 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
3 Switzerland FC Zürich Frauen 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Times in UTC+1, Switzerland local time.

30 May 2019 Internazionale 0–1 FC Zürich Frauen  
10:00 Graf 6'
30 May 2019 FC Zürich Frauen 0–2 BSC YB Frauen  
12:40 Djeaid 8'
Schassberger 13'
30 May 2019 BSC YB Frauen 0–1 Internazionale  
15:10 Coghetto 25'

Final stage

Times in UTC+1, Switzerland local time.

Semi-finals

30 May 2019 VfL Wolfsburg 5–0 Internazionale  
18:05 Räcke 3'
Lange 5', 7'
Memeti 12'
Schumacher 39'
30 May 2019 Vancouver Whitecaps 0–1 BSC YB Frauen  
18:05 Suter 25'

Play-off stage

Fifth place game
31 May 2019 FC Blue Stars Zürich 0–3 FC Zürich Frauen  
12:05 Piubel 10'
Lempérière 20'
Casagrande 39'
Third place game
31 May 2019 Internazionale 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps  
14:40 Remington 4'

Final

31 May 2019 VfL Wolfsburg 4–0 BSC YB Frauen  
18:50 Fischer 4'
Baaß 14', 24'
Lange 20'
 2019 FIFA Youth Cup winners 
VfL Wolfsburg
1st title

Final standings

Pos. Team G Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1st place, gold medalist(s) Germany VfL Wolfsburg A 5 5 0 0 15 22 1 +21
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Switzerland BSC YB Frauen B 4 2 0 2 6 3 6 −3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Canada Vancouver Whitecaps A 4 2 0 2 6 3 6 −3
4 Italy Internazionale B 4 1 0 3 3 1 7 −6
5 Switzerland FC Zürich Frauen B 3 2 0 1 6 4 2 +2
6 Switzerland FC Blue Stars Zürich A 3 0 0 3 0 0 12 −12

References

  1. ^ "2019 FIFA Youth Cup". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  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 15 August 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 11 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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