2014–15 Premier League International Cup

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2014–15 Premier League International Cup
Tournament details
Dates 15 October 2014 – 8 May 2015
Teams 16 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
Champions England Manchester City (1st title)
Runners-up Portugal Porto
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 96 (3.1 per match)
Top scorer(s) Saint Kitts and Nevis Harry Panayiotou
Portugal Leandro Silva
(6 goals)

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
England Chelsea 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
Portugal Porto 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
England Norwich City 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2

Group B

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Spain Athletic Bilbao 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
England Fulham 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
England West Ham United 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3

Group C

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

Group D

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Scotland Celtic 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
England Everton 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
Spain Villarreal 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
England Sunderland 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1

Knock-out stages

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                 
C England Leicester City 2 (4)
D England Everton 2 (3)
C England Leicester City 2
C England Manchester City (aet) 3
C England Manchester City 0 (5)
D Scotland Celtic 0 (3)
C England Manchester City 1
A Portugal Porto 0
A England Chelsea 3
B England Fulham 4
B England Fulham 0
A Portugal Porto 3
B Spain Athletic Bilbao 2
A Portugal Porto 3

[3]

Host team listed first
Bold winner

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 England Harry Panayiotou Leicester City 6
Portugal Leandro Silva Porto
3 Spain Jorge García Athletic Bilbao 5
4 France Olivier Ntcham Manchester City 3
France Ange-Freddy Plumain Fulham
6 England Brandon Barker Manchester City 2
Germany Benjamin Berg Borussia Mönchengladbach
England Kieran Bywater West Ham United
Scotland Leigh Griffiths Celtic
England Tom Hopper Leicester City
Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho Manchester City
England Paul McCallum West Ham United
Spain José Ángel Pozo Manchester City
England Dominic Solanke Chelsea
15 55 players N/A 1

Own goals

Rank Player Club Against Own Goals
1 Algeria Adel Gafaiti Norwich City Chelsea 1
Sweden Victor Lindelöf Benfica Leicester City
England Josh Pask West Ham United Athletic Bilbao
Sweden Ali Suljić Chelsea Fulham

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Italy Leonardo Fasan Celtic 2
England Angus Gunn Manchester City
3 Netherlands Jesse Bertrams PSV Eindhoven 1
Portugal Miguel Santos Benfica
England Adam Smith Leicester City
England Ben Hamer Leicester City
England Russell Griffiths Everton
England Declan Rudd Norwich City
England Mitchell Beeney Chelsea
Italy Vito Mannone Sunderland
Spain Miguel Bañuz Villarreal
Portugal Ricardo Nunes Villarreal

See also

References

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