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2014–15 Premier League International Cup
Tournament details
Dates15 October 2014 – 8 May 2015
Teams16 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Manchester City (1st title)
Runners-upPortugal Porto
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored96 (3.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saint Kitts and Nevis Harry Panayiotou
Portugal Leandro Silva
(6 goals)

The 2014–15 Premier League International Cup was the inaugural season of the Premier League International Cup, a European club football competition organised by the Premier League for under-21 players.[1]

Qualification

For English sides qualification was via performance in the 2013–14 Barclays Under 21 Premier League with the top eight sides qualifying for the competition. Liverpool U21s and Manchester United U21s did not take up the opportunity to enter the competition and they were replaced with West Ham U21s and Norwich City U21s who finished 9th and 10th respectively.[2] Entry of European teams was by invitation and was influenced by the quality of each club’s academy.[1]

Group stage

Group-stage matches were played between 15 October 2014 and 31 January 2015. The teams were drawn into four groups of four with two English sides and two European sides in each group.

Color key in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter finals

Group A

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19 December 2014 Chelsea England 1–1 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Brown 89' Report Rodriguez 61' Attendance: 252
23 December 2014 Chelsea England 5–0 England Norwich City
Kiwomya 23'
Gafaiti 47' (o.g.)
Boga 66'
Solanke 74', 89'		 Report
14 January 2015 Chelsea England 2–1 Portugal Porto
Palmer 20'
Scott 90+1'		 Report Silva 15'
27 January 2015 Norwich City England 1–0 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Norwich
Morris 63' Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 3,816
Referee: Neil Hair
11 February 2015 Porto Portugal 2–2 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach Aldershot
Silva 2' (pen.)
Pité 63'
Carlos Red card 73'		 Report Berg 38' (pen.), 74' (pen.) Stadium: The Recreation Ground
4 March 2015 Norwich City England 1–2 Portugal Porto Norwich
Becchio 54' (pen.) Report Silva 15' (pen.)
Costa 57'		 Stadium: Colney Training Centre

Group B

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15 October 2014 West Ham United England 3–5 Spain Athletic Bilbao London
19:00 Fanimo 18'
Lee 77'
Bywater 90'		 Report García 2', 89'
Seguin 19'
Pask (o.g.) 32'
Barco 91'		 Stadium: Upton Park
Referee: Ashvin Degnarain
28 October 2014 Athletic Bilbao Spain 0–1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Aldershot
Report Vloet 61' Stadium: Recreation Ground
19 November 2014 West Ham United England 2–1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven London
Bywater 37'
Sadlier 48'		 Report Rudović 3' Stadium: Upton Park
8 December 2014 Fulham England 3–2 England West Ham United London
19:00 Eisfeld 18'
Plumain 45+1'
Casasola 67'		 Report McCallum 25', 35' Stadium: Rush Green
Referee: Ian Fissenden
17 December 2014 Fulham England 1–2 Spain Athletic Bilbao London
Williams 50' Report Bilbao 29'
García 33'		 Stadium: Motspur Park
Attendance: 108
21 January 2015 Fulham England 2–1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven London
19:00 Plumain 65' (pen.), 90+4' (pen.) Report Boljević 20'
Sanoh Red card 64'		 Stadium: Motspur Park
Attendance: 52

Group C

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29 October 2014 Schalke 04 Germany 0–1 Portugal Benfica Hyde
Report Sanches 59' Stadium: Princes Park
18 November 2014 Leicester City England 2–0 Germany Schalke 04 Leicester
19:00 GMT Dodoo 27'
Hopper 58'		 Report Stadium: King Power Stadium
Referee: Ollie Yates
21 November 2014 Manchester City England 3–1 Portugal Benfica Hyde
19:00 GMT Ntcham 8'
Fofana 30'
Barker 40'		 Report Fonte 16' Stadium: Princes Park
24 November 2014 Leicester City England 2–0 Portugal Benfica Manchester
19:00 GMT Lindelöf (o.g.) 11'
Hopper 17'		 Report Stadium: Academy Stadium
Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis
18 January 2015 Manchester City England 5–1 Germany Schalke 04 Manchester
12:00 GMT Ambrose 7'
Ntcham 9'
Barker 22'
Byrne 62'
Hiwula 90'		 Report Talarski 37' Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Tom Nield
2 February 2015 Manchester City England 2–3 England Leicester City Manchester
19:00 GMT Pozo 4'
Ntcham 20'		 Report Panayiotou 34', 52'
Stankevičius 46'		 Stadium: Academy Stadium

Group D

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25 November 2014 Everton England 1–1 Scotland Celtic Everton
19:00 GMT Duffus 80' Report Twardzik 26' Stadium: Goodison Park
Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis
12 December 2014 Sunderland England 0–0 Spain Villarreal Sunderland
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
18 December 2014 Sunderland England 1–2 Scotland Celtic Sunderland
Ferguson 17' Report Griffiths 51', 80' Stadium: Stadium of Light
21 January 2015 Celtic Scotland 1–0 Spain Villarreal Dartford
McMullan 45' Report Stadium: Princes Park
11 February 2015 Everton England 1–2 Spain Villarreal Everton
Henen 55' Report Pedraza 3'
Sol 75'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
5 March 2015 Everton England 1–0 England Sunderland
Distin 39' Report

Knock-out stages

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
C England Leicester City 2 (4)
D England Everton 2 (3)
C England Leicester City 2
C England Manchester City (aet) 3
C England Manchester City 0 (5)
D Scotland Celtic 0 (3)
C England Manchester City 1
A Portugal Porto 0
A England Chelsea 3
B England Fulham 4
B England Fulham 0
A Portugal Porto 3
B Spain Athletic Bilbao 2
A Portugal Porto 3

[3]

Host team listed first
Bold winner

Quarter-finals

19 February 2015 Chelsea England 3–4 England Fulham
Baker 13' (pen.)
Houghton 33'
Suljić 53'		 Report Dembélé 2'
Roberts 14'
Suljić 67' (o.g.)
Taggart 82'
8 April 2015 Athletic Bilbao Spain 2–3 Portugal Porto Romford
García 88', 90+4' (pen.) Report Anderson 37'
Frédéric 52'
Silva 55'		 Stadium: Rush Green Stadium
16 April 2015 Manchester City England 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		 Scotland Celtic Manchester
19:00 BST Report Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 780
Referee: Peter Wright
Penalties
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Barker soccer ball with check mark
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Pozo soccer ball with check mark
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16 April 2015 Leicester City England 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 England Everton Leicester
Panayiotou 20', 94' Report Long 10'
Charsley 97'		 Stadium: Belvoir Drive
Penalties
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Stankevičius soccer ball with red X
Barmby soccer ball with check mark
Moore soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Ledson
soccer ball with check mark Dowell
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soccer ball with red X Kenny
soccer ball with red X Browning

Semi-finals

22 April 2015 Fulham England 0–3 Portugal Porto
Donnelly Red card 39' Report Silva 41', 60', 90+2'
30 April 2015 Leicester City England 2–3 (a.e.t.) England Manchester City
Panayiotou 33', 63' Report Iheanacho 57'
Pozo 84'
Garcia 107'		 Referee: Rob Massey-Ellis

Final

8 May 2015 Manchester City England 1–0 Portugal Porto Manchester
19:00 BST Iheanacho 5' Report Stadium: Academy Stadium

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Harry Panayiotou Leicester City 6
Portugal Leandro Silva Porto
3 Spain Jorge García Athletic Bilbao 5
4 France Olivier Ntcham Manchester City 3
France Ange-Freddy Plumain Fulham
6 England Brandon Barker Manchester City 2
Germany Benjamin Berg Borussia Mönchengladbach
England Kieran Bywater West Ham United
Scotland Leigh Griffiths Celtic
England Tom Hopper Leicester City
Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho Manchester City
England Paul McCallum West Ham United
Spain José Ángel Pozo Manchester City
England Dominic Solanke Chelsea
15 55 players N/A 1

Own goals

Rank Player Club Against Own Goals
1 Algeria Adel Gafaiti Norwich City Chelsea 1
Sweden Victor Lindelöf Benfica Leicester City
England Josh Pask West Ham United Athletic Bilbao
Sweden Ali Suljić Chelsea Fulham

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Italy Leonardo Fasan Celtic 2
England Angus Gunn Manchester City
3 Netherlands Jesse Bertrams PSV Eindhoven 1
Portugal Miguel Santos Benfica
England Adam Smith Leicester City
England Ben Hamer Leicester City
England Russell Griffiths Everton
England Declan Rudd Norwich City
England Mitchell Beeney Chelsea
Italy Vito Mannone Sunderland
Spain Miguel Bañuz Villarreal
Portugal Ricardo Nunes Porto

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-12-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2716105/Premier-League-announce-new-European-cup-competition-U21-sides.html
  3. ^ "Premier League International Cup Fixtures, results and tables". premierleague.com. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
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