2013–14 Under-21 Premier League Cup

2013-14 Barclays Under-21 Premier League Cup

Country	England  Wales
Teams	52
Champions	Reading
Runners-up	Manchester City
Matches played	52
Goals scored	179 (3.44 per match)
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The 2013-14 Under-21 Premier League Cup (known as the Barclays Under-21 Premier League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the first edition of the U21 Premier League Cup.^[1]

Fifty two teams entered the competition - with sixteen Category 3 EPPP teams entered in the 1st Qualifying Round, seventeen Category 2 teams entered in the 2nd Qualifying Round, and the remaining nineteen Category 1 teams entered in the Round of 32. Teams were allowed to field up to four over-age players in matches – three outfield and one goalkeeper.

Participants[]

Matches[]

First qualifying round[]

This round commences the week beginning 23 September 2013. Only the sixteen Category 3 rated academies competed in this round.^[2][3]

Second qualifying round[]

This round commenced the week beginning 21 October 2013. The eight First Qualifying Round winners were joined in this round by sixteen of the seventeen Category 2 rated academies - Nottingham Forest drew a bye to the Round of 32.

† – After extra time

Round of 32[]

This round begins the week beginning 18 November 2013. The nineteen Category 1 sides were joined in this round by the twelve Second Qualifying round winners and Nottingham Forest, who drew a bye to this round.^[4] Birmingham City withdrew from the competition after fielding an ineligible player. Newcastle United progressed to the Round of 16 instead.^[5]

† – After extra time.

Round of 16[]

This round commenced the week beginning 16 December 2013. The sixteen Round of 32 winners entered this round.^[6]

Quarter-finals[]

This round commenced the week beginning 27 January 2014. The eight Round of 16 winners entered this round.^[7]

† – After extra time.

Semi-finals[]

This round commenced the week beginning 24 February 2014. The four Quarter-final winners entered this round.

Final[]

First leg[]

Manchester City

Reading

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Manchester City No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRL Ian Lawlor 2 DF  ENG Adam Drury 3 DF  ENG Greg Leigh  70' 4 DF  ENG Shay Facey 5 DF  BEL Jason Denayer 6 MF  ENG George Glendon  54' 7 MF  AUT Sinan Bytyqi 8 MF  FRA Olivier Ntcham 9 FW  ENG Jordy Hiwula 10 FW  POR Marcos Lopes 11 FW  ENG Devante Cole Sub DF  ENG Ellis Plummer Sub GK  WAL Billy O'Brien Sub DF  BEL Mathias Bossaerts Sub DF  ESP Angeliño  70' Sub MF  FRA Seko Fofana  54'

Reading No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Daniel Lincoln 2 DF  ENG Niall Keown 3 DF  IRL Shane Griffin 4 MF  ENG Aaron Tshibola 5 DF  ENG Jake Cooper  64' 6 DF  IRL Pierce Sweeney 7 MF  ENG Jack Stacey 8 MF  ENG Aaron Kuhl 9 FW  ENG Gozie Ugwu 10 FW  ENG Craig Tanner 11 MF  ENG Tarique Fosu-Henry Sub DF  IRL Sean Long Sub GK  ENG Lewis Ward Sub MF  ZIM Shepherd Murombedzi Sub MF  IRL Liam Kelly Sub FW  SCO Harry Cardwell

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Second leg[]

Reading

Manchester City

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Reading No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Daniel Lincoln 2 DF  IRL Sean Long  68' 3 DF  IRL Shane Griffin 4 DF  ENG Niall Keown 5 DF  ENG Jake Cooper 6 DF  IRL Pierce Sweeney 7 MF  ENG Aaron Tshibola 8 MF  ENG Jack Stacey 9 MF  IRL Liam Kelly 10 FW  ENG Craig Tanner 11 FW  ENG Gozie Ugwu Sub GK  ENG Lewis Ward Sub MF  ZIM Shepherd Murombedzi Sub MF  ISL Sammi Fridjonsson Sub FW  SCO Harry Cardwell Sub MF  ENG Tarique Fosu  68'

Manchester City No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IRL Ian Lawlor 2 DF  ENG Adam Drury  75' 3 DF  ENG Shay Facey 4 DF  BEL Jason Denayer 5 DF  ENG Greg Leigh 6 MF  ENG George Glendon 7 MF  FRA Seko Fofana 8 MF  FRA Olivier Ntcham 9 FW  POR Marcos Lopes 10 FW  ENG Devante Cole 11 FW  ENG Jordy Hiwula Sub MF  AUT Sinan Bytyqi  75' Sub DF  ENG Ellis Plummer Sub GK  WAL Billy O'Brien Sub MF  ENG Kean Bryan Sub

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