2014–15 Premier League International Cup

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]

2014–15 Premier League International Cup
The Academy Stadium in Sportcity, Manchester hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates15 October 2014 – 8 May 2015
Teams16 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
Champions Manchester City (1st title)
Runners-up Porto
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored96 (3.1 per match)
Top scorer(s) Harry Panayiotou
Leandro Silva
(6 goals)

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:
19 December 2014 Chelsea 1–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Brown 89' Report Rodriguez 61' Attendance: 252
23 December 2014 Chelsea 5–0 Norwich City
Kiwomya 23'
Gafaiti 47' (o.g.)
Boga 66'
Solanke 74', 89'		 Report
14 January 2015 Chelsea 2–1 Porto
Palmer 20'
Scott 90+1'		 Report Silva 15'
27 January 2015 Norwich City 1–0 Borussia Mönchengladbach Norwich
Morris 63' Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 3,816
Referee: Neil Hair
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
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 D L GF GA GD Pts
Athletic Bilbao 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
Fulham 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
PSV Eindhoven 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
West Ham United 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3
Source:
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
28 October 2014 Athletic Bilbao 0–1 PSV Eindhoven Aldershot
Report Vloet 61' Stadium: Recreation Ground
19 November 2014 West Ham United 2–1 PSV Eindhoven London
Bywater 37'
Sadlier 48'		 Report Rudović 3' Stadium: Upton Park
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
Referee: Ian Fissenden
17 December 2014 Fulham 1–2 Athletic Bilbao London
Williams 50' Report Bilbao 29'
García 33'		 Stadium: Motspur Park
Attendance: 108
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 D L GF GA GD Pts
Leicester City 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9
Manchester City 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
Benfica 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
Schalke 04 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source:
29 October 2014 Schalke 04 0–1 Benfica Hyde
Report Sanches 59' Stadium: Princes Park
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
21 November 2014 Manchester City 3–1 Benfica Hyde
19:00 GMT Ntcham 8'
Fofana 30'
Barker 40'		 Report Fonte 16' Stadium: Princes Park
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
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
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:
25 November 2014 Everton 1–1 Celtic Everton
19:00 GMT Duffus 80' Report Twardzik 26' Stadium: Goodison Park
Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis
12 December 2014 Sunderland 0–0 Villarreal Sunderland
19:00 GMT Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
18 December 2014 Sunderland 1–2 Celtic Sunderland
Ferguson 17' Report Griffiths 51', 80' Stadium: Stadium of Light
21 January 2015 Celtic 1–0 Villarreal Dartford
McMullan 45' Report Stadium: Princes Park
11 February 2015 Everton 1–2 Villarreal Everton
Henen 55' Report Pedraza 3'
Sol 75'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
5 March 2015 Everton 1–0 Sunderland
Distin 39' Report

Knock-out stages
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
C Leicester City 2 (4)
D Everton 2 (3)
C Leicester City 2
C Manchester City (aet) 3
C Manchester City 0 (5)
D Celtic 0 (3)
C Manchester City 1
A Porto 0
A Chelsea 3
B Fulham 4
B Fulham 0
A Porto 3
B Athletic Bilbao 2
A Porto 3

[3]

Host team listed first
Bold winner

Quarter-finals
19 February 2015 Chelsea 3–4 Fulham
Baker 13' (pen.)
Houghton 33'
Suljić 53'		 Report Dembélé 2'
Roberts 14'
Suljić 67' (o.g.)
Taggart 82'
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
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
16 April 2015 Leicester City 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Everton Leicester
Panayiotou 20', 94' Report Long 10'
Charsley 97'		 Stadium: Belvoir Drive
Penalties
?
?
Stankevičius
Barmby
Moore 		Ledson
Dowell
Walsh
Kenny
Browning

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

Final
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
Leandro Silva Porto
3 Jorge García Athletic Bilbao 5
4 Olivier Ntcham Manchester City 3
Ange-Freddy Plumain Fulham
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
Angus Gunn Manchester City
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

See also

References
  1. "Premier League International Cup launched". Archived from the original on 2014-10-18. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  2. "Premier League International Cup 2014/15".
  3. "Premier League International Cup Fixtures, results and tables". premierleague.com. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
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