FC Blue Stars Zürich

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Football Club Blue Stars Zürich are a football team from Zürich, Switzerland. They are members of the Fussballverband Region Zürich, an under-section of the Swiss Football Association. The club have two men's teams and twelve youth teams. The first team currently play in the 3. Liga, the seventh tier in the Swiss football league system.[1]

Blue Stars Zürich
Full nameFootball Club Blue Stars Zürich
Founded1898
GroundHardhof
Capacity2,000
ChairmanHeinz Barmettler Sr.
CoachFederico D'Aloia
League2. Liga

The club are the founders of the Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup. The Zürich 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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ (red) Fussballverband Region Zürich (2023). "FC Blue Stars Zürich" (in German). Fussballverband Region Zürich. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. ^ "Youth showpiece's illustrious history". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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