2014–15 Premier League International Cup

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]

2014–15 Premier League International Cup
The Academy Stadium in Sportcity, Manchester hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates15 October 2014 – 8 May 2015
Teams16 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
Champions Manchester City (1st title)
Runners-up Porto
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored96 (3.1 per match)
Top scorer(s) Harry Panayiotou
Leandro Silva
(6 goals)

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
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Chelsea 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
Porto 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
Norwich City 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source:
19 December 2014 Chelsea 1–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Brown  89' Report Rodriguez  61' Attendance: 252
23 December 2014 Chelsea 5–0 Norwich City
Kiwomya  23'
Gafaiti  47' (o.g.)
Boga  66'
Solanke  74', 89'		 Report
14 January 2015 Chelsea 2–1 Porto
Palmer  20'
Scott  90+1'		 Report Silva  15'
27 January 2015 Norwich City 1–0 Borussia MönchengladbachNorwich
Morris  63' Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 3,816
Referee: Neil Hair
11 February 2015 Porto 2–2 Borussia MönchengladbachAldershot
Silva  2' (pen.)
Pité  63'
Carlos  73'		 Report Berg  38' (pen.), 74' (pen.) Stadium: The Recreation Ground
4 March 2015 Norwich City 1–2 PortoNorwich
Becchio  54' (pen.) Report Silva  15' (pen.)
Costa  57'		 Stadium: Colney Training Centre

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Athletic Bilbao 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
Fulham 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
PSV Eindhoven 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
West Ham United 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3
Source:
15 October 2014 West Ham United 3–5 Athletic BilbaoLondon
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 0–1 PSV EindhovenAldershot
Report Vloet  61' Stadium: Recreation Ground
19 November 2014 West Ham United 2–1 PSV EindhovenLondon
Bywater  37'
Sadlier  48'		 Report Rudović  3' Stadium: Upton Park
8 December 2014 Fulham 3–2 West Ham UnitedLondon
19:00 Eisfeld  18'
Plumain  45+1'
Casasola  67'		 Report McCallum  25', 35' Stadium: Rush Green
Referee: Ian Fissenden
17 December 2014 Fulham 1–2 Athletic BilbaoLondon
Williams  50' Report Bilbao  29'
García  33'		 Stadium: Motspur Park
Attendance: 108
21 January 2015 Fulham 2–1 PSV EindhovenLondon
19:00 Plumain  65' (pen.), 90+4' (pen.) Report Boljević  20'
Sanoh  64'		 Stadium: Motspur Park
Attendance: 52

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Leicester City 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9
Manchester City 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
Benfica 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
Schalke 04 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source:
29 October 2014 Schalke 04 0–1 BenficaHyde
Report Sanches  59' Stadium: Princes Park
18 November 2014 Leicester City 2–0 Schalke 04Leicester
19:00 GMT Dodoo  27'
Hopper  58'		 Report Stadium: King Power Stadium
Referee: Ollie Yates
21 November 2014 Manchester City 3–1 BenficaHyde
19:00 GMT Ntcham  8'
Fofana  30'
Barker  40'		 Report Fonte  16' Stadium: Princes Park
24 November 2014 Leicester City 2–0 BenficaManchester
19:00 GMT Lindelöf (o.g.)  11'
Hopper  17'		 Report Stadium: Academy Stadium
Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis
18 January 2015 Manchester City 5–1 Schalke 04Manchester
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 2–3 Leicester CityManchester
19:00 GMT Pozo  4'
Ntcham  20'		 Report Panayiotou  34', 52'
Stankevičius  46'		 Stadium: Academy Stadium

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Celtic 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
Everton 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
Villarreal 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
Sunderland 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source:
25 November 2014 Everton 1–1 CelticEverton
19:00 GMT Duffus  80' Report Twardzik  26' Stadium: Goodison Park
Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis
12 December 2014 Sunderland 0–0 VillarrealSunderland
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
18 December 2014 Sunderland 1–2 CelticSunderland
Ferguson  17' Report Griffiths  51', 80' Stadium: Stadium of Light
21 January 2015 Celtic 1–0 VillarrealDartford
McMullan  45' Report Stadium: Princes Park
11 February 2015 Everton 1–2 VillarrealEverton
Henen  55' Report Pedraza  3'
Sol  75'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
5 March 2015 Everton 1–0 Sunderland
Distin  39' Report

Knock-out stages
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
C Leicester City 2 (4)
D Everton 2 (3)
C Leicester City 2
C Manchester City (aet) 3
C Manchester City 0 (5)
D Celtic 0 (3)
C Manchester City 1
A Porto 0
A Chelsea 3
B Fulham 4
B Fulham 0
A Porto 3
B Athletic Bilbao 2
A Porto 3

[3]

Host team listed first
Bold winner

Quarter-finals
19 February 2015 Chelsea 3–4 Fulham
Baker  13' (pen.)
Houghton  33'
Suljić  53'		 Report Dembélé  2'
Roberts  14'
Suljić  67' (o.g.)
Taggart  82'
8 April 2015 Athletic Bilbao 2–3 PortoRomford
García  88', 90+4' (pen.) Report Anderson  37'
Frédéric  52'
Silva  55'		 Stadium: Rush Green Stadium
16 April 2015 Manchester City 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		 CelticManchester
19:00 BST Report Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 780
Referee: Peter Wright
Penalties
Byrne
Barker
Angeliño
Pozo
Smith-Brown 		?
Chalmers
?
Lindsay
16 April 2015 Leicester City 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 EvertonLeicester
Panayiotou  20', 94' Report Long  10'
Charsley  97'		 Stadium: Belvoir Drive
Penalties
?
?
Stankevičius
Barmby
Moore 		Ledson
Dowell
Walsh
Kenny
Browning

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

Final
8 May 2015 Manchester City 1–0 PortoManchester
19:00 BST Iheanacho  5' Report Stadium: Academy Stadium

Statistics

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

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

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

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-12-09.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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