2015 International Champions Cup

2015 International Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Australia, China, Canada, England, Italy, Mexico, United States
Dates	July 11 – August 5
Teams	15 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	18 (in 18 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia:; Real Madrid (2nd title); China:; Real Madrid (3rd title); North America and Europe:; Paris Saint-Germain (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	63 (2.74 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Zlatan Ibrahimović; Jean-Kévin Augustin; Luis Suárez; (3 goals each)
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The 2015 International Champions Cup (or ICC) was a series of friendly association football tournaments. It was the first tournament played separately in Australia, China and the United States.

The Australian edition of the tournament featured three teams played across three matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 18, 21 and 24. Real Madrid were the first club to announce their involvement.^[1] Manchester City and Roma were later confirmed to take part in the Australian tournament.^[2] The Chinese edition of the tournament featured Real Madrid, Milan and Inter Milan playing a total of three matches in Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Shanghai.

Real Madrid won both the Australian and the Chinese competitions.^[3]

The North American edition of the tournament featured 10 teams but some games were played in Mexico, Canada, Italy and England.^[4] Each team involved in the US edition played four games, except the three United States-based teams that only played two games. Select Major League Soccer (MLS) matches between the ICC competing teams counted towards the point total to allow MLS teams to have four games count on the table.^[5] 2014 International Champions Cup winners Manchester United were the first team to confirm their involvement in the US edition.^[6]

Teams[]

Australia

Nation	Team	Location	Confederation	League
England	Manchester City	Manchester	UEFA	Premier League
Italy	Roma	Rome	UEFA	Serie A
Spain	Real Madrid	Madrid	UEFA	La Liga

China

Nation	Team	Location	Confederation	League
Italy	Inter Milan	Milan	UEFA	Serie A
Italy	Milan	Milan	UEFA	Serie A
Spain	Real Madrid	Madrid	UEFA	La Liga

North America and Europe

Nation	Team	Location	Confederation	League
England	Chelsea	London	UEFA	Premier League
England	Manchester United	Manchester	UEFA	Premier League
France	Paris Saint-Germain	Paris	UEFA	Ligue 1
Italy	Fiorentina	Florence	UEFA	Serie A
Mexico	América	Mexico City	CONCACAF	Liga MX
Portugal	Benfica	Lisbon	UEFA	Primeira Liga
Spain	Barcelona	Barcelona	UEFA	La Liga
United States	LA Galaxy	Carson	CONCACAF	Major League Soccer
United States	New York Red Bulls	Harrison	CONCACAF	Major League Soccer
United States	San Jose Earthquakes	San Jose	CONCACAF	Major League Soccer

Venues[]

Australia

Melbourne	Melbourne
Melbourne Cricket Ground
37°49′12″S 144°59′0″E / 37.82000°S 144.98333°E / -37.82000; 144.98333
Capacity: 100,024

China

Guangzhou	Shenzhen	Guangzhou Shanghai Shenzhen	Shanghai
Tianhe Stadium	Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre		Shanghai Stadium
23°8′26.33″N 113°19′9.58″E / 23.1406472°N 113.3193278°E / 23.1406472; 113.3193278	22°41′49.70″N 114°12′43.90″E / 22.6971389°N 114.2121944°E / 22.6971389; 114.2121944		31°11′0.61″N 121°26′14.28″E / 31.1835028°N 121.4373000°E / 31.1835028; 121.4373000
Capacity: 58,500	Capacity: 60,334		Capacity: 56,842

North America and Europe

Seattle	Chicago	Toronto	East Hartford
CenturyLink Field	Soldier Field	BMO Field	Rentschler Field
47°35′42.72″N 122°19′53.76″W / 47.5952000°N 122.3316000°W / 47.5952000; -122.3316000	41°51′45″N 87°37′0″W / 41.86250°N 87.61667°W / 41.86250; -87.61667	43°37′58″N 79°25′7″W / 43.63278°N 79.41861°W / 43.63278; -79.41861	41°45′35″N 72°37′8″W / 41.75972°N 72.61889°W / 41.75972; -72.61889
Capacity: 67,000	Capacity: 61,500	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 40,642

Santa Clara	Santa Clara San Jose Mexico City Carson Landover Seattle Chicago Toronto Harrison Pasadena East Hartford Charlotte		Harrison
Levi's Stadium			Red Bull Arena
37°24′10.8″N 121°58′12″W / 37.403000°N 121.97000°W / 37.403000; -121.97000			40°44′12″N 74°9′1″W / 40.73667°N 74.15028°W / 40.73667; -74.15028
Capacity: 68,500			Capacity: 25,000

San Jose			Landover
Avaya Stadium			FedExField
Capacity: 18,000			Capacity: 79,000
37°21′5″N 121°55′30″W / 37.35139°N 121.92500°W / 37.35139; -121.92500			38°54′28″N 76°51′52″W / 38.90778°N 76.86444°W / 38.90778; -76.86444

Pasadena	Carson	Mexico City	Charlotte
Rose Bowl	StubHub Center	Estadio Azteca	Bank of America Stadium
34°9′41″N 118°10′3″W / 34.16139°N 118.16750°W / 34.16139; -118.16750	33°51′52″N 118°15′40″W / 33.86444°N 118.26111°W / 33.86444; -118.26111	19°18′10.48″N 99°9′1.59″W / 19.3029111°N 99.1504417°W / 19.3029111; -99.1504417	35°13′33″N 80°51′10″W / 35.22583°N 80.85278°W / 35.22583; -80.85278
Capacity: 92,542	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 95,500	Capacity: 74,455

London	London Florence	Florence
Stamford Bridge		Artemio Franchi
51°28′54″N 0°11′28″W / 51.48167°N 0.19111°W / 51.48167; -0.19111		43°46′50.96″N 11°16′56.13″E / 43.7808222°N 11.2822583°E / 43.7808222; 11.2822583
Capacity: 41,798		Capacity: 47,282

Matches[]

Australia

July 18

19:00 AEDT (UTC+10)

Real Madrid	0–0	Roma
	Report
Penalties
Danilo Kroos Silva Isco Benzema Nacho Vázquez	6–7	Pjanić Ljajić Destro Florenzi Iturbe Paredes Keita

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 80,746

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

July 21

20:00 AEDT (UTC+10)

Roma	2–2	Manchester City
Pjanić 8' Ljajić 86'	Report	Sterling 3' Iheanacho 51'
Penalties
Nainggolan Ljajić Destro Falque Doumbia Keita	4–5	Touré Kolarov Navas Lopes Hart Horsfield

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 41,134^[7]

Referee: Jarred Gillett (Australia)

July 24

20:00 AEDT (UTC+10)

Manchester City	1–4	Real Madrid
Touré 45+4' (pen.)	Report	Benzema 21' Ronaldo 25' Pepe 44' Cheryshev 73'

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 99,382

Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

China

July 25

20:00 CST (UTC+8)

Milan	1–0	Inter Milan
Mexès 62'	Report

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen

Attendance: 38,497

Referee: Tan Hai (China)

July 27

20:00 CST (UTC+8)

Inter Milan	0–3	Real Madrid
	Report	Jesé 29' Varane 56' Rodríguez 88'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 39,896

Referee: Fu Ming (China)

July 30

20:00 CST (UTC+8)

Real Madrid	0–0	Milan
	Report
Penalties
Rodríguez Marcelo Casemiro Ramos Kroos Carvajal Nacho Cheryshev Isco Jesé Casilla	10–9	De Jong Matri Bacca Honda Luiz Adriano Montolivo Zapata Mauri Calabria Paletta Donnarumma

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Referee: Wang Di (China)

North America and Europe

April 17

19:00 EDT

New York Red Bulls	2–0	San Jose Earthquakes
Kljestan 29' Grella 35'	Report

Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey

Attendance: 16,406

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Note: Result taken from 2015 Major League Soccer season.

April 26

17:00 EDT

New York Red Bulls	1–1	LA Galaxy
Felipe 58'	Report	Jamieson 9'

Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey

Attendance: 20,062

Referee: Ted Unkel (United States)

Note: Result taken from 2015 Major League Soccer season, counted as penalty loss for both teams.

July 17

20:00 PDT

LA Galaxy	5–2	San Jose Earthquakes
Keane 30' (pen.), 64', 80' (pen.) Gerrard 37' Lletget 90+2'	Report	Amarikwa 22', 25'

StubHub Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

Note: Result taken from 2015 Major League Soccer season.

July 11

20:30 PDT

LA Galaxy	2–1	América
Keane 45+1' Gordon 79'	Report	Quintero 7'

StubHub Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 27,934

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

July 14

19:30 PDT

San Jose Earthquakes	1–2	América
Goodson 23'	Report	Andrade 76' Rivera 83'

Avaya Stadium, San Jose, California

Referee: Alejandro Mariscal (United States)

July 17

20:00 PDT

América	0–1	Manchester United
	Report	Schneiderlin 5'

CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 46,857

Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (United States)

July 18

20:30 EDT

Benfica	2–3	Paris Saint-Germain
Talisca 34' Jonas 42'	Report	Augustin 29' Lucas 64' (pen.) Digne 79'

BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 17,853

Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

July 21

20:30 EDT

Paris Saint-Germain	4–2	Fiorentina
Matuidi 35' Augustin 41', 75' Ibrahimović 69'	Report	Joaquín 60' Rossi 79' (pen.)

Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey

Attendance: 16,104

Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero (United States)

July 21

20:00 PDT

Barcelona	2–1	LA Galaxy
Suárez 45' Roberto 56'	Report	Meyer 90+1'

Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

Attendance: 93,226

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

July 21

20:00 PDT

Manchester United	3–1	San Jose Earthquakes
Mata 32' Depay 37' Pereira 61'	Report	Alashe 42'

Avaya Stadium, San Jose, California

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Juan Guzman (United States)

July 22

20:00 EDT

New York Red Bulls	4–2	Chelsea
Castellanos 51' Adams 70' Davis 73', 77'	Report	Rémy 26' Hazard 75'

Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey

Attendance: 24,076

Referee: Roberto Sibiga (United States)

July 24

20:00 EDT

Benfica	0–0	Fiorentina
	Report
Penalties
Almeida Pizzi Sílvio Oliveira Carcela	4–5	Pasqual Badelj Iličić Rebić Suárez

Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut

Attendance: 15,791

Referee: Sorin Stoica (United States)

July 25

13:00 PDT

Barcelona	1–3	Manchester United
Rafinha 90'	Report	Rooney 8' Lingard 65' Januzaj 90+1'

Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California

Attendance: 68,416

Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

July 25

18:10 EDT

Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Chelsea
Ibrahimović 25'	Report	Moses 64'
Penalties
Motta Rabiot Ongenda Bahebeck Cavani Marquinhos Thiago Silva	5–6	Falcao Azpilicueta Cuadrado Rémy Oscar Willian Courtois

Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

Attendance: 61,224

Referee: Ted Unkel (United States)

July 26

19:30 EDT

New York Red Bulls	2–1	Benfica
Wright-Phillips 34' Grella 56'	Report	Pizzi 7'

Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey

Attendance: 18,096

Referee: Alex Chilowicz (United States)

July 28

20:00 EDT

Chelsea	2–2	Barcelona
Hazard 10' Cahill 86'	Report	Suárez 52' Sandro 66'
Penalties
Falcao Moses Ramires Rémy	4–2	Iniesta Halilović Piqué Sandro

FedExField, Landover, Maryland

Attendance: 78,914

Referee: Allen Chapman (United States)

July 28

21:00 CDT

América	0–0	Benfica
	Report
Penalties
Martínez Zúñiga Marín Colula Rosel	3–4	Cristante Gaitán Samaris Santos Rodríguez

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 10,373

Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas Castillo (Mexico)

July 29

20:00 CDT

Manchester United	0–2	Paris Saint-Germain
	Report	Matuidi 25' Ibrahimović 34'

Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 61,351

Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)

August 2

21:00 CEST

Fiorentina	2–1	Barcelona
Bernardeschi 4', 12'	Report	Suárez 17'

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Referee: Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)

August 5

20:00 BST

Chelsea	0–1	Fiorentina
	Report	Rodríguez 57'

Stamford Bridge, London

Attendance: 41,435

Referee: David Coote (England)

Tables[]

Australia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WP	LP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Real Madrid	2	1	0	1	0	4	1	+3	4	2015 ICC Australia Champions

2	Roma	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	3
3	Manchester City	2	0	1	0	1	3	6	−3	2

Source: ICC

China

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WP	LP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Real Madrid	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	5	2015 ICC China Champions

2	Milan	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	+1	4
3	Inter Milan	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source: ICC

North America and Europe

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WP	LP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Paris Saint-Germain	4	3	0	1	0	10	5	+5	10	2015 ICC North America Champions

2	New York Red Bulls	4	3	0	1	0	9	4	+5	10
3	Manchester United	4	3	0	0	1	7	4	+3	9
4	Fiorentina	4	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	8
5	LA Galaxy	4	2	0	1	1	9	6	+3	7
6	América	4	1	0	1	2	3	4	−1	4
7	Barcelona	4	1	0	1	2	6	8	−2	4
8	Chelsea	4	0	2	0	2	5	8	−3	4
9	Benfica	4	0	1	1	2	3	5	−2	3
10	San Jose Earthquakes	4	0	0	0	4	4	12	−8	0

Source: ICC

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain	3
	Jean-Kévin Augustin	Paris Saint-Germain
	Luis Suárez	Barcelona
4	Eden Hazard	Chelsea	2
	Blaise Matuidi	Paris Saint-Germain
	Sean Davis	New York Red Bulls
	Federico Bernardeschi	Fiorentina

Note: Goals from Major League Soccer games not included.

Media coverage[]

Market	Countries	Broadcast partner	Ref^[8]
United States Caribbean	24	Fox (English), ESPN Deportes (Spanish)	^[9]
Canada	1	TSN
Mexico Central America	8	Televisa, SKY México
South America (excluding Brazil)	9	Direct TV
Brazil	1	Esporte Interativo
United Kingdom	1	Sky UK
Spain	1	Canal+ Liga, TV3	^[10]
Italy	1	Mediaset Premium
France	1	beIN
Germany Switzerland Austria	3	Sport 1 (10 matches only)
Netherlands	1	Eredivisie
Iceland	1	365 Media
Scandinavia Finland	4	SBS Discovery
Belgium	1	Belgacom
Croatia	1
Portugal	1	Sport TV
Balkans (excluding Bulgaria)	7	Arena
Albania	1	Digitalb
Romania	1	RDS
Hungary	1	RDS
Czech Republic Slovakia	2	Digi TV
Bulgaria	1	RING.BG
Greece	1	Nova Sports
Cyprus	1	Cyta
Turkey	1	Dogan Group
Malta	1	Go
Israel	1
Russia	1	VGTRK
Belarus	1	Belarus TV
Baltics	3	Setanta
Middle East North Africa	22	beIN
Sub-Saharan Africa	49	StarTimes
Serbia Bosnia Macedonia Montenegro	4	Arena sport
Slovenia	1	Šport TV
Eurasia	10	Setanta
India	1	STAR India
China	1	LeTV + regional channels
Japan	1	J Sports
Taiwan	1	Sportcast
Hong Kong	1	i-Cable
Macau	1
Vietnam	1
Singapore	1	StarHub
Malaysia	1	Telekom Malaysia
Indonesia	1	Indosiar
Philippines	1	Perform
Thailand	1	PPTV
Myanmar	1	Sky Net
New Zealand	1	VDR (3 Australian matches only)
Australia	1	Nine Network
Pakistan	1	Star Sports
Total countries/territories	171

References[]

^ McKay, Ben (November 24, 2014). "Real Madrid to Australia: European champions will play at the MCG in July 2015". foxsports.com.au. Australian Associated Press. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
^ Davutovic, David (December 9, 2014). "Roma to join Real Madrid and Manchester City for International Champions Cup at MCG in July 2015". foxsports.com.au. Herald Sun (Melbourne). Retrieved January 12, 2015.
^ Kiko Casilla scores winner as Real Madrid beat AC Milan on penalties, ESPN, July 30, 2015
^ "Grant Wahl on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
^ "PR: Matchups, Venues, and Dates Announced for 2015 International Champions Cup North America Presented by Guinness Beer". International Champions Cup. April 29, 2015. Archived from the original on July 27, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
^ "Manchester United news: Louis van Gaal wins US pre-season tour battle". Telegraph.co.uk. April 8, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
^ Raheem Sterling scores on debut for Manchester City who defeat AS Roma 5–4 in penalty shoot-out, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, July 21, 2015
^ "International Champions Cup 2015 – Global media distribution" (PDF). Relevant Sports. July 13, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
^ "The International Champions Cup Returns to ESPN Deportes". ESPN MediaZone. July 13, 2015.
^ "La International Champions Cup se verá en Canal Plus Liga" [The International Champions Cup will be on Canal Plus Liga]. as.com (in Spanish). June 17, 2015.

External links[]

Official website

[1] McKay, Ben (November 24, 2014). "Real Madrid to Australia: European champions will play at the MCG in July 2015". foxsports.com.au. Australian Associated Press. Retrieved December 5, 2014.

[2] Davutovic, David (December 9, 2014). "Roma to join Real Madrid and Manchester City for International Champions Cup at MCG in July 2015". foxsports.com.au. Herald Sun (Melbourne). Retrieved January 12, 2015.

[3] Kiko Casilla scores winner as Real Madrid beat AC Milan on penalties, ESPN, July 30, 2015

[4] "Grant Wahl on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved July 13, 2015.

[5] "PR: Matchups, Venues, and Dates Announced for 2015 International Champions Cup North America Presented by Guinness Beer". International Champions Cup. April 29, 2015. Archived from the original on July 27, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.

[6] "Manchester United news: Louis van Gaal wins US pre-season tour battle". Telegraph.co.uk. April 8, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.

[7] Raheem Sterling scores on debut for Manchester City who defeat AS Roma 5–4 in penalty shoot-out, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, July 21, 2015

[8] "International Champions Cup 2015 – Global media distribution" (PDF). Relevant Sports. July 13, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015.

[9] "The International Champions Cup Returns to ESPN Deportes". ESPN MediaZone. July 13, 2015.

[10] "La International Champions Cup se verá en Canal Plus Liga" [The International Champions Cup will be on Canal Plus Liga]. as.com (in Spanish). June 17, 2015.

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