2024 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup

2024 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	8 & 9 May 2024
Teams	Men: 8 Women: 8
Venue(s)	Buchlern Sports Facility, Zürich
Final positions
Champions	Men: RB Salzburg (1st title) Women: Arsenal (1st title)
Runners-up	Men: Zürich Women: Basel
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	69 (1.97 per match)
Best player(s)	Men: Oghenetejiri Adejenughure (RB Salzburg) Women: Maddy Earl (Arsenal)
Best goalkeeper	Men: Silas Huber (Zürich) Women: Inna Fuchs (Basel)
Fair play award	Men: Strasbourg Women: RB Leipzig
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International football competition

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. Participants were announced on 30 April 2024. The schedule was also published on 30 April 2024.

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.

Group	Men	Women
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	Knockout stage	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. 8 May 202415:25

Mönchengladbach	1–1	Grasshopper
Michael Nduka	Report	Leart Kabashi

8 May 202415:25

Génération Foot	0–1	St. Gallen
	Report	Lindon Ibishi

8 May 202419:00

Mönchengladbach	0–0	Génération Foot
	Report

8 May 202419:00

Grasshopper	1–1	St. Gallen
	Report

9 May 202411:00

St. Gallen	1–0	Mönchengladbach
	Report

9 May 202411:00

Grasshopper	1–1	Génération Foot
	Report

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	Knockout stage		—	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. 8 May 202416:15

RB Salzburg	2–2	Zürich
	Report

8 May 202416:15

Strasbourg	1–0	Blue Stars
	Report

8 May 202419:50

RB Salzburg	1–0	Strasbourg
	Report

8 May 202419:50

Zürich	4–0	Blue Stars
	Report

9 May 202411:50

Blue Stars	0–7	RB Salzburg
	Report

9 May 202411:50

Zürich	1–0	Strasbourg
	Report

Placement games

Seventh place play-off

9 May 202415:00

Génération Foot	2–0	Blue Stars
Ibrahima Sory Sow Kalfara Camara	Report

Fifth place play-off

9 May 202416:00

Mönchengladbach	0–0	Strasbourg
	Report

Third place play-off

9 May 202418:20

St. Gallen	1–2	Grasshopper
Lendrit Dellova	Report	Miguel Martins Dior Gerbovci

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final



St. Gallen	0

Zürich	5
		Zürich	1

		RB Salzburg	4
RB Salzburg (p)	0 (2)

Grasshopper	0 (0)
		Third place



		St. Gallen	1

		Grasshopper	2

Semi-finals

9 May 202415:00

St. Gallen	0–5	Zürich
	Report	Joseph Sabobo Mahar Sajawal Joseph Sabobo Dylan Monroe Leandro Schödler

9 May 202416:00

RB Salzburg	0–0	Grasshopper
	Report
Penalties
	2–0

Final

9 May 202418:20

Zürich	1–4	RB Salzburg
	Report

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	Knockout stage	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. 8 May 202413:45

Lyon	0–0	Zürich
	Report

8 May 202413:45

Arsenal	2–2	Basel
Courtney Clarke Ruby Seaby	Report	Fabienne Saladin (o.g.)

8 May 202417:05

Lyon	1–0	Arsenal
	Report

8 May 202417:05

Zürich	0–1	Basel
	Report

9 May 20249:20

Basel	1–0	Lyon
	Report

9 May 20249:20

Zürich	0–3	Arsenal
	Report

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	Knockout stage		—	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. 8 May 202414:35

Valencia	1–3	Grasshopper
Rebeca Andrés	Report	Noemie Ivelj Janina Egli Valentina Gerlof

8 May 202414:35

RB Leipzig	0–0	YB Frauen
	Report

8 May 202417:55

Valencia	0–3	RB Leipzig
	Report

8 May 202417:55

Grasshopper	0–1	YB Frauen
	Report

9 May 202410:10

Valencia	1–1	YB Frauen
	Report

9 May 202410:10

Grasshopper	1–1	RB Leipzig
	Report

Placement games

Seventh place play-off

9 May 202413:00

Zürich	1–0	Valencia
Lisa Lampart	Report

Fifth place play-off

9 May 202414:00

Lyon	2–0	Grasshopper
Carmille Marmillot Kelya Figueira	Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final



Basel	2

YB Frauen	1
		Basel	0 (3)

		Arsenal (p)	0 (4)
RB Leipzig	0 (1)

Arsenal (p)	0 (3)

Semi-finals

9 May 202413:00

Basel	2–1	YB Frauen
Emilia Soiron Lola Almert	Report	Meret Arnold

9 May 202414:00

RB Leipzig	0–0	Arsenal
	Report
Penalties
	1–3

Final

9 May 202417:00

Basel	0–0	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

^ "Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup 2024: Teams and groups confirmed". FIFA.com. FIFA. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
"Match Schedule - Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup 2024". FIFA. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ "Women's tournament". FIFA. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ "Men's tournament". FIFA. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ "Rankings Men". FIFA.
^ "Tournament - FIFA Youth Cup". 14 February 2024.
^ "Rankings Women". FIFA.

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2024 Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup, FIFAyouthcup.ch (in English and German)
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