2014–15 Premier League International Cup

Premier League International Cup Academy_Stadium_02.jpg The Academy Stadium in Sportcity, Manchester hosted the final 2014–15 15 October 2014 – 8 May 2015 16 6 ENG Manchester City 1 POR Porto (1st Runner Up) 31 96 SKN Harry Panayiotou Leicester CityPOR Leandro Silva Porto(6 Goals Each) 2015–16 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.http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2014-15/oct/premier-league-international-cup-launched.html Premier League International Cup launched 2014-12-09 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141018090602/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2014-15/oct/premier-league-international-cup-launched.html 2014-10-18 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.https://www.lcfc.com/news/430195/premier-league-international-cup-201415 Premier League International Cup 2014/15 Entry of European teams was by invitation and was influenced by the quality of each club's academy. 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 tablesGroup winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals Group A main WDL Group A Q n CHE ENG Chelsea POR POR Porto NOR ENG Norwich City BOR GER Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 1 0 8 2 1 1 1 5 5 1 0 2 2 7 0 2 1 3 4 #ccffcc A A complete 19 December 2014 Chelsea ENG 1–1 Report DEU Borussia Mönchengladbach Brown 89 Rodriguez 61 Wheatsheaf Park November 2018 Staines-upon-Thames 252 John Busby 23 December 2014 Chelsea ENG 5–0 Report ENG Norwich City Kiwomya 23Gafaiti 47 o.g.Boga 66Solanke 74 89 Cherry Red Records StadiumNovember 2018 Kingston-upon-Thames Anthony Coggins 14 January 2015 Chelsea ENG 2–1 Report POR Porto Palmer 20Scott 90+1 Silva 15 The Recreation GroundNovember 2018 Aldershot 397 Constantine Hatzidakis 27 January 2015 Norwich City ENG 1–0 Report DEU Borussia Mönchengladbach Morris 63 Carrow Road Norwich 3,816 Neil Hair 11 February 2015 Porto POR 2–2 Report DEU Borussia Mönchengladbach Silva 2 pen.Pité 63Carlos 0 73 Berg 38 pen. 74 pen. The Recreation Ground Aldershot 4 March 2015 Norwich City ENG 1–2 Report POR Porto Becchio 54 pen. Silva 15 pen.Costa 57 Colney Training Centre Norwich Rathbone Group B main WDL Group B Q n BIL ESP Athletic Bilbao FUL ENG Fulham PSV NED PSV Eindhoven WHU ENG West Ham United 2 0 1 7 5 2 0 1 6 5 1 0 2 3 4 1 0 2 7 9 #ccffcc A A complete 15 October 2014 19:00 West Ham United ENG 3–5 Report ESP Athletic Bilbao Fanimo 18Lee 77Bywater 90 García 2 89Seguin 19Pask (o.g.) 32Barco 91 Upton Park London Ashvin Degnarain 28 October 2014 Athletic Bilbao ESP 0–1 Report NED PSV Eindhoven Vloet 61 Recreation Ground Aldershot 19 November 2014 West Ham United ENG 2–1 Report NED PSV Eindhoven Bywater 37Sadlier 48 Rudović 3 Upton Park London 8 December 2014 19:00 Fulham ENG 3–2 Report ENG West Ham United Eisfeld 18Plumain 45+1Casasola 67 McCallum 25 35 Rush Green Romford 143 https://www.fulhamfc.com/under-21s/2014_2015/international-cup/group/away/west-ham-united https://web.archive.org/web/20150316031942/https://www.fulhamfc.com/under-21s/2014_2015/international-cup/group/away/west-ham-united 2015-03-16 Tiago Casasola hit the winner as Fulham beat West Ham in the PL International Cup on Monday. Fulham FC Ian Fissenden 17 December 2014 Fulham ENG 1–2 Report ESP Athletic Bilbao Williams 50 Bilbao 29García 33 Motspur Park New Malden 108 21 January 2015 19:00 Fulham ENG 2–1 Report NED PSV Eindhoven Plumain 65 pen. 90+4 pen. Boljević 20Sanoh 0 64 Motspur Park New Malden 52 Group C main WDL Group C Q n LEI ENG Leicester City MCI ENG Manchester City BEN POR Benfica S04 GER Schalke 04 3 0 0 7 2 2 0 1 10 5 1 0 2 2 5 0 0 3 1 8 #ccffcc A A complete 29 October 2014 Schalke 04 GER 0–1 October 2025 POR Benfica Sanches 59 Ewen Fields Hyde 18 November 2014 19:00 GMT Leicester City ENG 2–0 Report GER Schalke 04 Dodoo 27Hopper 58 King Power Stadium Leicester Ollie Yates 21 November 2014 19:00 GMT Manchester City ENG 3–1 October 2025 POR Benfica Ntcham 8Fofana 30 Barker 40 Fonte 16 Ewen Fields Hyde 24 November 2014 19:00 GMT Leicester City ENG 2–0 Report POR Benfica Lindelöf (o.g.) 11Hopper 17 King Power Stadium Leicester Robert Massey-Ellis 18 January 2015 12:00 GMT Manchester City ENG 5–1 Report DEU Schalke 04 Ambrose 7Ntcham 9 Barker 22Byrne 62Hiwula 90 Talarski 37 Academy Stadium Manchester 5,800 Tom Nield 2 February 2015 19:00 GMT Manchester City ENG 2–3 Report ENG Leicester City Pozo 4Ntcham 20 Panayiotou 34 52Stankevičius 46 Academy Stadium Manchester Group D main WDL Group D Q n CEL SCO Celtic EVE ENG Everton VIL ESP Villarreal SUN ENG Sunderland 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 1 3 #ccffcc A A complete 25 November 2014 19:00 GMT Everton ENG 1–1 Report SCO Celtic Duffus 80 Twardzik 26 Goodison Park Walton Robert Massey-Ellis 12 December 2014 19:00 GMT Sunderland ENG 0–0 Report SPA Villarreal Stadium of Light Sunderland 18 December 2014 Sunderland ENG 1–2 Report SCO Celtic Ferguson 17 Griffiths 51 80 Stadium of Light Sunderland 21 January 2015 Celtic SCO 1–0 Report SPA Villarreal McMullan 45 Princes Park Dartford 11 February 2015 Everton ENG 1–2 Report ESP Villarreal Henen 55 Pedraza 3Sol 75 Goodison Park Walton 5 March 2015 Everton ENG 1–0 Report ENG Sunderland Distin 39 Haig Avenue Southport Knock-out stages Quarterfinals Semifinals C ENG Leicester City 2 (4) D ENG Everton 2 (3) C ENG Manchester City 0 (5) D SCO Celtic 0 (3) A ENG Chelsea 3 B ENG Fulham 4 B ESP Athletic Bilbao 2 A POR Porto 3 C ENG Leicester City 2 C ENG Manchester City (aet) 3 B ENG Fulham 0 A POR Porto 3 C ENG Manchester City 1 A POR Porto 0Premier League International Cup Fixtures, results and tables http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/features/premier-league-international-cup-2014-2015.html premierleague.com 8 May 2015 3 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150403064735/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/features/premier-league-international-cup-2014-2015.html dead Host team listed first Bold winner Quarter-finals 19 February 2015 Chelsea ENG 3–4 Report ENG Fulham Baker 13 pen.Houghton 33Suljić 53 Dembélé 2Roberts 14Suljić 67 o.g.Taggart 82 The Recreation Ground Aldershot John Busby 8 April 2015 Athletic Bilbao ESP 2–3 Report POR Porto García 88 90+4 pen. Anderson 37Frédéric 52Silva 55 Rush Green Stadium Romford 16 April 2015 19:00 BST Manchester City ENG 0–0 yes Report SCO Celtic Byrne Barker Angeliño Pozo Smith-Brown 5–3 McManus Chalmers Scepovic Lindsay Academy Stadium Manchester 780 Peter Wright 16 April 2015 Leicester City ENG 2–2 yes Report ENG Everton Panayiotou 20 94 Long 10Charsley 97 Dodoo Chilwell Stankevičius Barmby Moore 4–3 Ledson Dowell Walsh Kenny Browning Belvoir Drive Leicester Andy Hendley Semi-finals 22 April 2015 Fulham ENG 0–3 Report POR Porto Donnelly 0 39 Silva 41 60 90+2 Motspur Park New Malden 232http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2013-14/apr/road-to-the-u21-premier-league-cup-final.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143026/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2013-14/apr/road-to-the-u21-premier-league-cup-final.html 2014-04-13 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 Derek Eaton 30 April 2015 Manchester City ENG 3–2 yes Report ENG Leicester City Panayiotou 33 63 Iheanacho 57Pozo 84Garcia 107 Academy Stadium Manchester Rob Massey-Ellis Final 8 May 2015 19:00 BST Manchester City ENG 1–0 Report POR Porto Iheanacho 5 Academy Stadium Manchester Statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1SKN Harry PanayiotouLeicester City6POR Leandro SilvaPorto3ESP Jorge GarcíaAthletic Bilbao54CMR Olivier NtchamManchester City3GLP Ange-Freddy PlumainFulham6ENG Brandon BarkerManchester City2DEU Benjamin BergBorussia MönchengladbachENG Kieran BywaterWest Ham UnitedSCO Leigh GriffithsCelticENG Tom HopperLeicester CityNGR Kelechi IheanachoManchester CityENG Paul McCallumWest Ham UnitedESP José Ángel PozoManchester CityENG Dominic SolankeChelsea1555 playersN/A1 Own goals RankPlayerClubAgainstOwn Goals1ALG Adel GafaitiNorwich CityChelsea1SWE Victor LindelöfBenficaLeicester CityENG Josh PaskWest Ham UnitedAthletic BilbaoSWE Ali SuljićChelseaFulham Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1ITA Leonardo FasanCeltic2SCO Angus GunnManchester City3NED Jesse BertramsPSV Eindhoven1POR Miguel SantosBenficaENG Adam SmithLeicester CityENG Ben HamerLeicester CityENG Russell GriffithsEvertonENG Declan RuddNorwich CityENG Mitchell BeeneyChelseaITA Vito MannoneSunderlandSPA Miguel BañuzVillarrealPOR Ricardo NunesPorto See also Premier League International Cup 2014–15 Professional U21 Development League 2014–15 UEFA Youth League References External links Premier League International Trophy Fixtures, results and tables 2014-15 International Cup Category:2014–15 in European youth football Category:2014–15 in English men's football cups