2018–19 Premier League International Cup

2018–19 Premier League International Cup
	The Den in South Bermondsey, London hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	14 August 2018 – 2 May 2019
Teams	24 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Bayern Munich (1st title)
Runners-up	Dinamo Zagreb
Tournament statistics
Matches played	43
Goals scored	138 (3.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Danny Loader ; (5 goals)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Premier League International Cup was the fifth season of the Premier League International Cup, a European club football competition organised by the Premier League for under-23 players. Bayern won the title by defeating Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 in the final.

Porto were the defending champions, after beating Arsenal 1–0 in the previous season's final, but were eliminated in the group stage.

Format[]

The competition featured twenty-four teams: twelve from English league system and twelve invitees from other European countries. The teams were split into six groups of four - with two English league clubs per group. The group winners, and two best runners-up, progressed into the knockout phase of the tournament. The knockout matches were single leg fixtures.^[1]

All matches - including fixtures between non-English teams - were played in England and Wales.

Teams[]

Athletic Bilbao, Benfica, Everton, Leicester City, PSV Eindhoven, Porto and Villarreal made their fifth appearance in the competition. They are the only teams to take part in every season since the tournament was founded in 2014. Brighton & Hove Albion, Paris Saint-Germain and Southampton made their debuts.^[2]

English league system:

Brighton & Hove Albion
Derby County
Everton
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester United
Norwich City
Reading
Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United
Swansea City

Other countries:

Group stage[]

Color key in group tables
Group winners and the two best runners-up advance to the quarterfinals

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Southampton	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Dinamo Zagreb	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
West Ham United	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
Porto	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

14 August 2018	Southampton	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb	showMarchwood
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Gallagher 20'	Report		Stadium: Staplewood Campus Referee: Adrian Quelch

26 September 2018	Southampton	1–1	Porto	showMarchwood
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Barnes 50'	Report	Rui Pedro 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Staplewood Campus Referee: Joshua Smith

30 October 2018	West Ham United	2–1	Porto	showDagenham
19:00 GMT	Longelo 29' Hector-Ingram 87'	Report	Gleison 69'	Stadium: Victoria Road Referee: Paul Howard

13 November 2018	West Ham United	0–2	Dinamo Zagreb	showDagenham
19:00 GMT		Report	Knežević 25', 64'	Stadium: Victoria Road

24 November 2018	Porto	1–4	Dinamo Zagreb	showDagenham
16:00 GMT	Baró 16'	Report	Šipoš 30' Menalo 33', 70' Knežević 43'	Stadium: Victoria Road Referee: Sam Purkiss

11 December 2018	Southampton	3–0	West Ham United	showMarchwood
19:00 GMT	Johnson 27' Barnes 30' Ferry 66'	Report		Stadium: Staplewood Campus Referee: Carl Brook

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Reading	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Leicester City	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Feyenoord	3	1	0	2	9	5	+4	3
Sparta Prague	3	0	1	2	2	11	−9	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

17 August 2018	Leicester City	0–2	Reading	showWhetstone
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	25'* House 53'	Stadium: Holmes Park Referee: James Oldham

24 October 2018	Reading	2–2	Sparta Prague	showReading
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Loader 51', 90+5'	Report	Novotný 57' 67'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Referee: Will Finnie

27 November 2018	Sparta Prague	0–8	Feyenoord	showAldershot
19:00 GMT		Report	Zwarts 10', 39', 48', 75' Burger 16' Touré 22' Kökçü 35' St. Juste 51'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Referee: Will Finnie

29 November 2018	Leicester City	1–0	Sparta Prague	showWhetstone
19:00 GMT	Knight 85'	Report		Stadium: Holmes Park Referee: Richard Hulme

19 December 2018	Reading	2–0	Feyenoord	showReading
19:00 GMT	Edwards 18' House 83'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Referee: Adrian Quelch

29 January 2019	Leicester City	3–1	Feyenoord	showWhetstone
19:00 GMT	Muskwe 11' 75', 84' Knight 56'	Report	Vente 39'	Stadium: Holmes Park Referee: Simeon Lucas

Leicester City's match against Feyenoord was originally scheduled for 30 October 2018, however on 27 October 2018, Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha's helicopter crashed outside the King Power Stadium shortly after taking off from the pitch, killing Srivaddhanaprabha and all four other people on board.^[3] The Feyenoord match was one of the club fixtures postponed as a result.^[4]

Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	1	0	9	7	+2	7
VfL Wolfsburg	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
Athletic Bilbao	3	1	0	2	7	9	−2	3
Norwich City	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2

Source:^{[citation needed]}

26 September 2018	Athletic Bilbao	0–4	VfL Wolfsburg	showAldershot
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Benito 78'	Report 1 Report 2	15', 39' Seguin 45+3' (pen.) Itter 90+3'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Referee: Samuel Allison

14 November 2018	Norwich City	0–3	Athletic Bilbao	showNorwich
19:00 GMT		Report	Villalibre 30', 48' 75'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 1,130 Referee: David Rock

3 December 2018	Tottenham Hotspur	2��1	VfL Wolfsburg	showStevenage
19:00 GMT	Roles 45+2' Sterling 47'	Report	Hanslik 82'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Referee: Savvas Yianni

13 December 2018	Norwich City	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	showNorwich
19:00 GMT	Oliveira 34' Spyrou 79'	Report	Kramer 53' Hanslik 63'	Stadium: Carrow Road Referee: Alan Dale

18 January 2019	Norwich City	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	showColney
19:00 GMT	Spyrou 39' Þorvaldsson 81'	Report	Oakley-Boothe 36' Roles 70'	Stadium: Colney Training Centre

23 January 2019	Tottenham Hotspur	5–4	Athletic Bilbao	showStevenage
19:00 GMT	Janssen 4' Roles 15', 66' Tracey 83' Georgiou 86'	Report 1 Report 2	Villalibre 38' Vicente 47' 59' 64' Benito 90+2'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 465 Referee: Tom Reeves

Group D[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bayern Munich	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Everton	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
Benfica	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

20 September 2018	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2	Everton	showLancing
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Barclay 59' Tilley 67'	Report	Sambou 25' (pen.) Simms 74'	Stadium: American Express Elite Football Performance Centre Referee: Carl Brook

28 September 2018	Everton	2–0	Benfica	showSouthport
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Broadhead 26' Bowler 27'	Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Referee: Glen Hart

22 October 2019	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Benfica	showLancing
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Gyökeres 11' (pen.) Connolly 25'	Report		Stadium: American Express Elite Football Performance Centre Referee: Gary Parsons

12 December 2018	Everton	1–4	Bayern Munich	showLiverpool
19:00 GMT	Broadhead 78'	Report	Browning 27' (o.g.) 81' Jeong 84' Wriedt 90+3'	Stadium: Goodison Park Referee: Joe Joseph

27 January 2019	Bayern Munich	0–1	Benfica	showAldershot
13:00 GMT	Wriedt 90'	Report	Santos 70'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Referee: Sam Purkiss

30 January 2019	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Bayern Munich	showLancing
19:00 GMT		Report	Nollenberger 78' Jelisić 90+3'	Stadium: American Express Elite Football Performance Centre Referee: Gary Parsons

Group E[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Villarreal	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7
Liverpool	3	2	0	1	5	8	−3	6
Hertha BSC	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
Swansea City	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

26 September 2018	Swansea City	1–1	Villarreal	showSwansea
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Marić 90+7'	Report	Akale 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Landore Training Centre Referee: Tom Reeves

17 October 2018	Hertha BSC	0–1	Villarreal	showAldershot
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	González 73'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Referee: Richard Hulme

21 November 2018	Liverpool	0–7	Villarreal	showKirkby
19:00 GMT		Report	González 4', 15' Lozano 6' Vujnović 25' (pen.) Riera 53' Akale 90+3'	Stadium: The Academy Referee: Peter Gibbons

5 December 2018	Liverpool	3–1	Hertha BSC	showKirkby
19:00 GMT	McAuley 10' Larouci 31' Millar 46'	Report	4'	Stadium: The Academy Referee: Simeon Lucas

13 December 2018	Swansea City	1–4	Hertha BSC	showSwansea
19:00 GMT	36'	Report	27' 43' Friede 75', 90+3'	Stadium: Landore Training Centre Referee: Samuel Allison

24 January 2019	Liverpool	2–0	Swansea City	showKirkby
19:00 GMT	Marković 16' McAuley 77'	Report		Stadium: The Academy Referee: Andrew Miller

Group F[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester United	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
Derby County	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
PSV Eindhoven	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Paris Saint-Germain	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

28 September 2018	Derby County	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	showLoughborough
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Cresswell 56'	Report	Luzayadio 25'	Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium Referee: Gareth Rhodes

31 October 2018	Derby County	3–1	PSV Eindhoven	showLoughborough
19:00 GMT	Cresswell 11' Butterfield 50' (pen.) Mitchell-Lawson 79'	Report	Piroe 74'	Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium Referee: Leigh Doughty

6 December 2018	Paris Saint-Germain	2–4	PSV Eindhoven	showWoking
19:00 GMT	Toufiqui 77' Adli 78'	Report	Piroe 9', 17' Lundqvist 77' (pen.) Aboukhlal 90'	Stadium: Kingfield Stadium

20 December 2018	Derby County	1–1	Manchester United	showLoughborough
19:00 GMT	Sibley 65'	Report	Burkart 18'	Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium Referee: Matthew Dicicco

17 January 2019	Manchester United	0–0	PSV Eindhoven	showLeigh
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Referee: James Oldman

25 January 2019	Manchester United	3–0	Paris Saint-Germain	showLeigh
19:00 GMT	McTominay 2' Chong 6', 17'	Report		Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 1,019

Ranking of second-placed teams[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dinamo Zagreb	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Leicester City	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Liverpool	3	2	0	1	5	8	−3	6
Derby County	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
VfL Wolfsburg	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
Everton	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stages[]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

25 February

Manchester United	1
		1 April – Madejski Stadium
Reading	3
		Reading	1
13 March
		Bayern Munich	3
Leicester City	1 (4)
				2 May – The Den
Bayern Munich (p)	1 (5)
				Bayern Munich	2
6 March
				Dinamo Zagreb	0
Southampton	2
		10 April – St. Mary's Stadium
Villarreal	1
		Southampton	1
26 February
		Dinamo Zagreb	3
Tottenham Hotspur	0

Dinamo Zagreb	1

Quarter-finals[]

25 February 2019	Manchester United	1–3	Reading	showLeigh
19:00 GMT	Levitt 42' (pen.)	Report	Loader 13', 27', 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Referee: Peter Gibbons

26 February 2019	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	showStevenage
19:00 GMT	Tracey 90+3'	Report	Ćuže 62' Čalušić 90+2'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Referee: Will Finnie

6 March 2019	Southampton	2–1	Villarreal	showMarchwood
19:00 GMT	Smallbone 31' (pen.) O'Connor 61' Norton 90+3' Johnson 90+6'	Report	Álvarez 59' Blanco 90+6'	Stadium: Staplewood Campus Referee: Joshua Smith

13 March 2019	Leicester City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Bayern Munich	showWhetstone
19:00 GMT	Pașcanu 90+5'	Report	Wriedt 13'	Stadium: Attendance: 465 Referee: Lloyd Wood
	Penalties
	Wright Muskwe Sherif Ndukwu Dewsbury-Hall		Wriedt Rochelt Feldhahn Köhn

Semi-finals[]

1 April 2019	Reading	1–3	Bayern Munich	showReading
19:00 BST	Frost 90+3'	Report	Wriedt 29' Shabani 50' Nollenberger 88' Köhn 90+6'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 2,157 Referee: Paul Howard

10 April 2019	Southampton	1–3	Dinamo Zagreb	showSouthampton
19:45 BST	Hamblin 22' 36'	Report	Šipoš 10' 54' Čuić 82'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium Attendance: 3,605 Referee: Joshua Smith

Final[]

2 May 2019	Bayern Munich	2–0	Dinamo Zagreb	showSouth Bermondsey
19:00 BST	Wriedt 46' Shabani 90+1'	Report		Stadium: The Den Referee: David Rock

References[]

^ "Premier League International Cup explained". Premier League. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
^ "Premier League International Cup groups announced". Premier League. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
^ "LIVE: Leicester City owner confirmed dead in helicopter crash". Sky News.
^ Blackwell, Jordan (29 October 2018). "City confirm postponement of Southampton and U23s fixtures". Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[1] "Premier League International Cup explained". Premier League. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

[2] "Premier League International Cup groups announced". Premier League. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

[3] "LIVE: Leicester City owner confirmed dead in helicopter crash". Sky News.

[4] Blackwell, Jordan (29 October 2018). "City confirm postponement of Southampton and U23s fixtures". Retrieved 30 October 2018.

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