2014–15 Premier League International Cup

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2014–15 Premier League International Cup
Academy Stadium 02.jpg
The Academy Stadium in Sportcity, Manchester hosted the final
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[]

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

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Spain Athletic Bilbao 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
England Fulham 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
England West Ham United 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3
Source:[citation needed]
15 October 2014 West Ham United England 3–5 Spain Athletic Bilbao London
19:00 Fanimo Goal 18'
Lee Goal 77'
Goal 90'		 Report Goal 2', 89'
Seguin Goal 19'
Pask (o.g.) Goal 32'
Barco Goal 91'		 Stadium: Upton Park
Referee: Ashvin Degnarain
28 October 2014 Athletic Bilbao Spain 0–1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Aldershot
Report Vloet Goal 61' Stadium: Recreation Ground
19 November 2014 West Ham United England 2–1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven London
Goal 37'
Sadlier Goal 48'		 Report Rudović Goal 3' Stadium: Upton Park
8 December 2014 Fulham England 3–2 England West Ham United London
19:00 Eisfeld Goal 18'
Plumain Goal 45+1'
Goal 67'		 Report McCallum Goal 25', 35' Stadium: Rush Green
Referee:
17 December 2014 Fulham England 1–2 Spain Athletic Bilbao London
Williams Goal 50' Report Bilbao Goal 29'
Goal 33'		 Stadium: Motspur Park
Attendance: 108
21 January 2015 Fulham England 2–1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven London
19:00 Plumain Goal 65' (pen.), 90+4' (pen.) Report Boljević Goal 20'
Sanoh Red card 64'		 Stadium: Motspur Park
Attendance: 52

Group C[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Leicester City 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9
England Manchester City 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
Portugal Benfica 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
Germany Schalke 04 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source:[citation needed]
29 October 2014 Schalke 04 Germany 0–1 Portugal Benfica Hyde
Report Sanches Goal 59' Stadium: Princes Park
18 November 2014 Leicester City England 2–0 Germany Schalke 04 Leicester
19:00 GMT Dodoo Goal 27'
Hopper Goal 58'		 Report Stadium: King Power Stadium
Referee: Ollie Yates
21 November 2014 Manchester City England 3–1 Portugal Benfica Hyde
19:00 GMT Ntcham Goal 8'
Fofana Goal 30'
Barker Goal 40'		 Report Fonte Goal 16' Stadium: Princes Park
24 November 2014 Leicester City England 2–0 Portugal Benfica Manchester
19:00 GMT Lindelöf (o.g.) Goal 11'
Hopper Goal 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 Goal 7'
Ntcham Goal 9'
Barker Goal 22'
Byrne Goal 62'
Hiwula Goal 90'		 Report Goal 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 Goal 4'
Ntcham Goal 20'		 Report Panayiotou Goal 34', 52'
Stankevičius Goal 46'		 Stadium: Academy Stadium

Group D[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Scotland Celtic 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
England Everton 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
Spain Villarreal 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
England Sunderland 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source:[citation needed]
25 November 2014 Everton England 1–1 Scotland Celtic Everton
19:00 GMT Duffus Goal 80' Report Twardzik Goal 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 Goal 17' Report Griffiths Goal 51', 80' Stadium: Stadium of Light
21 January 2015 Celtic Scotland 1–0 Spain Villarreal Dartford
McMullan Goal 45' Report Stadium: Princes Park
11 February 2015 Everton England 1–2 Spain Villarreal Everton
Henen Goal 55' Report Pedraza Goal 3'
Goal 75'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
5 March 2015 Everton England 1–0 England Sunderland
Distin Goal 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 Goal 13' (pen.)
Houghton Goal 33'
Goal 53'		 Report Dembélé Goal 2'
Roberts Goal 14'
Goal 67' (o.g.)
Taggart Goal 82'
8 April 2015 Athletic Bilbao Spain 2–3 Portugal Porto Romford
Goal 88', 90+4' (pen.) Report Anderson Goal 37'
Frédéric Goal 52'
Silva Goal 55'		 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
Byrne Penalty scored
Barker Penalty scored
Angeliño Penalty scored
Pozo Penalty scored
Smith-Brown Penalty scored		 Penalty scored ?
Penalty scored Chalmers
Penalty scored ?
Penalty missed Lindsay
16 April 2015 Leicester City England 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 England Everton Leicester
Panayiotou Goal 20', 94' Report Long Goal 10'
Charsley Goal 97'		 Stadium:
Penalties
? Penalty scored
? Penalty scored
Stankevičius Penalty missed
Barmby Penalty scored
Moore Penalty scored		 Penalty scored Ledson
Penalty scored Dowell
Penalty scored Walsh
Penalty missed Kenny
Penalty missed Browning

Semi-finals[]

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

Final[]

8 May 2015 Manchester City England 1–0 Portugal Porto Manchester
19:00 BST Iheanacho Goal 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 Athletic Bilbao 5
4 France Olivier Ntcham Manchester City 3
France Ange-Freddy Plumain Fulham
6 England Brandon Barker Manchester City 2
Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
England 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 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. ^ Jump up to: a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-12-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ https://www.lcfc.com/news/430195/premier-league-international-cup-201415
  3. ^ "Premier League International Cup Fixtures, results and tables". premierleague.com. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

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