Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup

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

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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. The competition now attracts teams from all over the world, including Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Mexico and Spain.[1]

Winners

Year - Winners

2011 - FC Porto

2010 - Boca Juniors

2009 - FC Basel

2008 - FC Zurich

2007 - Partizan Belgrade

2006 - Grasshoppers Zurich

2005 - Manchester United

2004 - Manchester United

2003 - Roma

2002 - Boca Juniors

2001 - Gremio

2000 - Sao Paulo

1999 - Sao Paulo

1998 - Grasshoppers Zurich

1997 - FC Basel

1996 - Benfica

1995 - Barcelona

1994 - Barcelona

1993 - Barcelona

1992 - Spartak Moscow

1991 - Spartak Moscow

1990 - Real Madrid

1989 - Nottingham Forest

1988 - FK Sarajevo

1987 - Grasshoppers Zurich

1986 - Celtic

1985 - Cremonese

1984 - Chelsea

1983 - Inter Milan

1982 - Manchester United

1981 - Manchester United

1980 - Roma

1979 - Manchester United

1978 - Manchester United

1977 - AC Milan

1976 - Manchester United

1975 - Manchester United

1974 - Atalanta

1973 - Borussia Dortmund

1972 - Lausanne Sports

1971 - Grasshoppers Zurich

1970 - Young Boys

1969 - Manchester United

1968 - Manchester United

1967 - 1860 Munich

1966 - Manchester United

1965 - Manchester United

1964 - Arsenal

1963 - Arsenal

1962 - Manchester United

1961 - Manchester United

1960 - Manchester United

1959 - Manchester United

1958 - AC Milan

1957 - Manchester United

1956 - Grasshoppers Zurich

1955 - Genoa

1954 - Manchester United

1953 - FC Young Fellows

1952 - Birmingham City

1951 - AS Strasbourg

1950 - Wiener Sportclub

1949 - FC Zurich

1948 - Austria Vienna

1947 - Austria Vienna

1946 - FC Zurich

1945 - FC Oerlikon

1944 - FC Servette Genf

1943 - FC Aarau

1942 - FC Young Fellows

1941 - FC Young Fellows

1940 - FC Winterthur

1939 - Grasshoppers Zurich

External links

Notes

  1. ^ "Youth showpiece's illustrious history". FIFA.com. 2010-05-23. http://www.fifa.com/youthcup/news/newsid=750115.html#youth+showpieces+illustrious+history. Retrieved 2010-06-28.