2014–15 Premier League International Cup

2014–15 Premier League International Cup
Tournament details
The Academy Stadium in Sportcity, Manchester hosted the final
Dates	15 October 2014 – 8 May 2015
Teams	16 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Manchester City (1st title)
Runners-up	Porto
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	96 (3.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Harry Panayiotou Leandro Silva (6 goals)
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International football competition

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
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: ^{[citation needed]}

Chelsea

Borussia Mönchengladbach

19 December 2014	Chelsea	1–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Staines-upon-Thames
	Brown 89'	Report	Rodriguez 61'	Stadium: Wheatsheaf Park ^{[citation needed]} Attendance: 252

Chelsea

Norwich City

23 December 2014	Chelsea	5–0	Norwich City	Kingston-upon-Thames
	Kiwomya 23' Gafaiti 47' (o.g.) Boga 66' Solanke 74', 89'	Report		Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium^{[citation needed]}

Chelsea

Porto

14 January 2015	Chelsea	2–1	Porto	Aldershot
	Palmer 20' Scott 90+1'	Report	Silva 15'	Stadium: The Recreation Ground^{[citation needed]}

Norwich City

Borussia Mönchengladbach

27 January 2015	Norwich City	1–0	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Norwich
	Morris 63'	Report		Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 3,816 Referee: Neil Hair

Porto

Borussia Mönchengladbach

11 February 2015	Porto	2–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Aldershot
	Silva 2' (pen.) Pité 63' Carlos 73'	Report	Berg 38' (pen.), 74' (pen.)	Stadium: The Recreation Ground

Norwich City

Porto

4 March 2015	Norwich City	1–2	Porto	Norwich
	Becchio 54' (pen.)	Report	Silva 15' (pen.) Costa 57'	Stadium: Colney Training Centre

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Athletic Bilbao	3	2	1	7	5	+2	6
Fulham	3	2	1	6	5	+1	6
PSV Eindhoven	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3
West Ham United	3	1	2	7	9	−2	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

West Ham United

Athletic Bilbao

15 October 2014	West Ham United	3–5	Athletic Bilbao	London
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

Athletic Bilbao

PSV Eindhoven

28 October 2014	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	PSV Eindhoven	Aldershot
		Report	Vloet 61'	Stadium: Recreation Ground

West Ham United

PSV Eindhoven

19 November 2014	West Ham United	2–1	PSV Eindhoven	London
	Bywater 37' Sadlier 48'	Report	Rudović 3'	Stadium: Upton Park

Fulham

West Ham United

8 December 2014	Fulham	3–2	West Ham United	London
19:00	Eisfeld 18' Plumain 45+1' Casasola 67'	Report	McCallum 25', 35'	Stadium: Rush Green Attendance: 143^[3] Referee: Ian Fissenden

Fulham

Athletic Bilbao

17 December 2014	Fulham	1–2	Athletic Bilbao	London
	Williams 50'	Report	Bilbao 29' García 33'	Stadium: Motspur Park Attendance: 108

Fulham

PSV Eindhoven

21 January 2015	Fulham	2–1	PSV Eindhoven	London
19:00	Plumain 65' (pen.), 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Boljević 20' Sanoh 64'	Stadium: Motspur Park Attendance: 52

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Leicester City	3	3	0	7	2	+5	9
Manchester City	3	2	1	10	5	+5	6
Benfica	3	1	2	2	5	−3	3
Schalke 04	3	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Schalke 04

Benfica

29 October 2014	Schalke 04	0–1	Benfica	Hyde
		Report	Sanches 59'	Stadium: Princes Park

Leicester City

Schalke 04

18 November 2014	Leicester City	2–0	Schalke 04	Leicester
19:00 GMT	Dodoo 27' Hopper 58'	Report		Stadium: King Power Stadium Referee: Ollie Yates

Manchester City

Benfica

21 November 2014	Manchester City	3–1	Benfica	Hyde
19:00 GMT	Ntcham 8' Fofana 30' Barker 40'	Report	Fonte 16'	Stadium: Princes Park

Leicester City

Benfica

24 November 2014	Leicester City	2–0	Benfica	Manchester
19:00 GMT	Lindelöf (o.g.) 11' Hopper 17'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis

Manchester City

Schalke 04

18 January 2015	Manchester City	5–1	Schalke 04	Manchester
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

Manchester City

Leicester City

2 February 2015	Manchester City	2–3	Leicester City	Manchester
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: ^{[citation needed]}

Everton

Celtic

25 November 2014	Everton	1–1	Celtic	Everton
19:00 GMT	Duffus 80'	Report	Twardzik 26'	Stadium: Goodison Park Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis

Sunderland

Villarreal

12 December 2014	Sunderland	0–0	Villarreal	Sunderland
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light

Sunderland

Celtic

18 December 2014	Sunderland	1–2	Celtic	Sunderland
	Ferguson 17'	Report	Griffiths 51', 80'	Stadium: Stadium of Light

Celtic

Villarreal

21 January 2015	Celtic	1–0	Villarreal	Dartford
	McMullan 45'	Report		Stadium: Princes Park

Everton

Villarreal

11 February 2015	Everton	1–2	Villarreal	Everton
	Henen 55'	Report	Pedraza 3' Sol 75'	Stadium: Goodison Park

Everton

Sunderland

5 March 2015	Everton	1–0	Sunderland
	Distin 39'	Report

Knock-out stages

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Leicester City

2 (4)

Everton

2 (3)

Leicester City

Manchester City (aet)

Manchester City

0 (5)

Celtic

0 (3)

Manchester City

Porto

Chelsea

Fulham

Fulham

Porto

Athletic Bilbao

Porto

^[4]

Host team listed first
Bold winner

Quarter-finals

Chelsea

Fulham

19 February 2015	Chelsea	3–4	Fulham	Aldershot
	Baker 13' (pen.) Houghton 33' Suljić 53'	Report	Dembélé 2' Roberts 14' Suljić 67' (o.g.) Taggart 82'	Stadium: The Recreation Ground

Athletic Bilbao

Porto

8 April 2015	Athletic Bilbao	2–3	Porto	Romford
	García 88', 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Anderson 37' Frédéric 52' Silva 55'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium

Manchester City

Celtic

16 April 2015	Manchester City	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Celtic	Manchester
19:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 780 Referee: Peter Wright
	Penalties
	Byrne Barker Angeliño Pozo Smith-Brown		? Chalmers ? Lindsay

Leicester City

Everton

16 April 2015	Leicester City	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Everton	Leicester
	Panayiotou 20', 94'	Report	Long 10' Charsley 97'	Stadium: King Power Stadium
	Penalties
	? ? Stankevičius Barmby Moore		Ledson Dowell Walsh Kenny Browning

Semi-finals

Fulham

Porto

22 April 2015	Fulham	0–3	Porto	London
	Donnelly 39'	Report	Silva 41', 60', 90+2'	Stadium: Hotspur Park Attendance: 232^[5]

Leicester City

Manchester City

30 April 2015	Leicester City	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Manchester City	Seagrave
	Panayiotou 33', 63'	Report	Iheanacho 57' Pozo 84' Garcia 107'	Stadium: LCFC Training Ground Referee: Rob Massey-Ellis

Final

Manchester City

Porto

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

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Harry Panayiotou	Leicester City	6
1	Leandro Silva	Porto	6
3	Jorge García	Athletic Bilbao	5
4	Olivier Ntcham	Manchester City	3
4	Ange-Freddy Plumain	Fulham	3
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
1	Angus Gunn	Manchester City	2
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

References

^ ^a ^b "Premier League International Cup launched". Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
^ "Premier League International Cup 2014/15".
^ "Tiago Casasola hit the winner as Fulham beat West Ham in the PL International Cup on Monday". Fulham FC. Archived from the original on 2015-03-16.
^ "Premier League International Cup Fixtures, results and tables". premierleague.com. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
^ "A Leandro Silva hat-trick earned Porto a 3-0 win over Fulham U21s but that doesn't tell the full story of this Semi-final match". FulhamFC. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13.

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Premier League International Trophy Fixtures, results and tables

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