2014–15 Premier League International Cup

The Academy Stadium in Sportcity, Manchester hosted the final

Tournament details
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)

2015–16 ->

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

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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

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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

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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 v  Borussia Mönchengladbach 19 December 2014 |  Chelsea | 1–1|  Borussia Mönchengladbach | Staines-upon-Thames

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| Brown 89' | Report | Rodriguez 61' | Stadium: Wheatsheaf Park [citation needed]
Attendance: 252
Referee: John Busby

Chelsea v  Norwich City 23 December 2014 |  Chelsea | 5–0|  Norwich City | Kingston-upon-Thames

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| Kiwomya 23'
Gafaiti 47' (o.g.)
Boga 66'
Solanke 74', 89' | Report |  | Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium[citation needed]
Referee: Anthony Coggins

Chelsea v  Porto 14 January 2015 |  Chelsea | 2–1|  Porto | Aldershot

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| Palmer 20'
Scott 90+1' | Report | Silva 15' | Stadium: The Recreation Ground[citation needed]
Referee: Constantine Hatzidakis

Norwich City v  Borussia Mönchengladbach 27 January 2015 |  Norwich City | 1–0|  Borussia Mönchengladbach | Norwich

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| Morris 63' | Report |  | Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 3,816
Referee: Neil Hair

Porto v  Borussia Mönchengladbach 11 February 2015 |  Porto | 2–2|  Borussia Mönchengladbach | Aldershot

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| Silva 2' (pen.)
Pité 63'
Carlos 73' | Report | Berg 38' (pen.), 74' (pen.) | Stadium: The Recreation Ground

Norwich City v  Porto 4 March 2015 |  Norwich City | 1–2|  Porto | Norwich

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| Becchio 54' (pen.) | Report | Silva 15' (pen.)
Costa 57' | Stadium: Colney Training Centre
Referee: Rathbone

### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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: [citation needed]

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

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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 v  PSV Eindhoven 28 October 2014 |  Athletic Bilbao | 0–1|  PSV Eindhoven | Aldershot

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|  | Report | Vloet 61' | Stadium: Recreation Ground

West Ham United v  PSV Eindhoven 19 November 2014 |  West Ham United | 2–1|  PSV Eindhoven | London

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| Bywater 37'
Sadlier 48' | Report | Rudović 3' | Stadium: Upton Park

Fulham v  West Ham United 8 December 2014 |  Fulham | 3–2|  West Ham United | Romford

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19:00 | Eisfeld 18'
Plumain 45+1'
Casasola 67' | Report | McCallum 25', 35' | Stadium: Rush Green
Attendance: 143[3]
Referee: Ian Fissenden

Fulham v  Athletic Bilbao 17 December 2014 |  Fulham | 1–2|  Athletic Bilbao | London

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| Williams 50' | Report | Bilbao 29'
García 33' | Stadium: Motspur Park
Attendance: 108

Fulham v  PSV Eindhoven 21 January 2015 |  Fulham | 2–1|  PSV Eindhoven | London

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19:00 | Plumain 65' (pen.), 90+4' (pen.) | Report | Boljević 20'
Sanoh 64' | Stadium: Motspur Park
Attendance: 52

### Group C

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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: [citation needed]

Schalke 04 v  Benfica 29 October 2014 |  Schalke 04 | 0–1|  Benfica | Hyde

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|  | Report | Sanches 59' | Stadium: Ewen Fields

Leicester City v  Schalke 04 18 November 2014 |  Leicester City | 2–0|  Schalke 04 | Leicester

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19:00 GMT | Dodoo 27'
Hopper 58' | Report |  | Stadium: King Power Stadium
Referee: Ollie Yates

Manchester City v  Benfica 21 November 2014 |  Manchester City | 3–1|  Benfica | Hyde

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19:00 GMT | Ntcham 8'
Fofana 30'
Barker 40' | Report | Fonte 16' | Stadium: Ewen Fields

Leicester City v  Benfica 24 November 2014 |  Leicester City | 2–0|  Benfica | Leicester

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19:00 GMT | Lindelöf (o.g.)  11'
Hopper 17' | Report |  | Stadium: King Power Stadium
Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis

Manchester City v  Schalke 04 18 January 2015 |  Manchester City | 5–1|  Schalke 04 | Manchester

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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 v  Leicester City 2 February 2015 |  Manchester City | 2–3|  Leicester City | Manchester

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19:00 GMT | Pozo 4'
Ntcham 20' | Report | Panayiotou 34', 52'
Stankevičius 46' | Stadium: Academy Stadium

### Group D

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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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 v  Celtic 25 November 2014 |  Everton | 1–1|  Celtic | Everton

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19:00 GMT | Duffus 80' | Report | Twardzik 26' | Stadium: Goodison Park
Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis

Sunderland v  Villarreal 12 December 2014 |  Sunderland | 0–0|  Villarreal | Sunderland

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19:00 GMT |  | Report |  | Stadium: Stadium of Light

Sunderland v  Celtic 18 December 2014 |  Sunderland | 1–2|  Celtic | Sunderland

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| Ferguson 17' | Report | Griffiths 51', 80' | Stadium: Stadium of Light

Celtic v  Villarreal 21 January 2015 |  Celtic | 1–0|  Villarreal | Dartford

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| McMullan 45' | Report |  | Stadium: Princes Park

Everton v  Villarreal 11 February 2015 |  Everton | 1–2|  Villarreal | Everton

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| Henen 55' | Report | Pedraza 3'
Sol 75' | Stadium: Goodison Park

Everton v  Sunderland 5 March 2015 |  Everton | 1–0|  Sunderland | Southport

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| Distin 39' | Report |  | Stadium: Haig Avenue

## Knock-out stages

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| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| C |  Leicester City | 2 (4) | | |
| D |  Everton | 2 (3) |
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| C |  Manchester City | 0 (5) |

| D |  Celtic | 0 (3) |
| | C |  Manchester City | 1 |
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| A |  Chelsea | 3 | |

| B |  Fulham | 4 |
| | B |  Fulham | 0 |
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| B |  Athletic Bilbao | 2 |

| A |  Porto | 3 |

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Host team listed first
Bold winner

### Quarter-finals

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Chelsea v  Fulham 19 February 2015 |  Chelsea | 3–4|  Fulham | Aldershot

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| Baker 13' (pen.)
Houghton 33'
Suljić 53' | Report | Dembélé 2'
Roberts 14'
Suljić 67' (o.g.)
Taggart 82' | Stadium: The Recreation Ground
Referee: John Busby

Athletic Bilbao v  Porto 8 April 2015 |  Athletic Bilbao | 2–3|  Porto | Romford

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| García 88', 90+4' (pen.) | Report | Anderson 37'
Frédéric 52'
Silva 55' | Stadium: Rush Green Stadium

Manchester City v  Celtic 16 April 2015 |  Manchester City | 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)|  Celtic | Manchester

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19:00 BST |  | Report |  | Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 780
Referee: Peter Wright
| Penalties|
Byrne
Barker
Angeliño
Pozo
Smith-Brown |  |  McManus
Chalmers
Scepovic
Lindsay

Leicester City v  Everton 16 April 2015 |  Leicester City | 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)|  Everton | Leicester

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| Panayiotou 20', 94' | Report | Long 10'
Charsley 97' | Stadium: Belvoir Drive
Referee: Andy Hendley
| Penalties|
Dodoo
Chilwell
Stankevičius
Barmby
Moore |  |  Ledson
Dowell
Walsh
Kenny
Browning

### Semi-finals

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Fulham v  Porto 22 April 2015 |  Fulham | 0–3|  Porto | London

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| Donnelly 39' | Report | Silva 41', 60', 90+2' | Stadium: Hotspur Park
Attendance: 232[5]

Manchester City v  Leicester City 30 April 2015 |  Manchester City | 3–2 (a.e.t.)|  Leicester City | Manchester

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| Iheanacho 57'
Pozo 84'
Garcia 107' | Report | Panayiotou 33', 63' | Stadium: Academy Stadium
Referee: Rob Massey-Ellis

### Final

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Manchester City v  Porto 8 May 2015 |  Manchester City | 1–0|  Porto | Manchester

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19:00 BST | Iheanacho 5' | Report |  | Stadium: Academy Stadium

## Statistics

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### Top scorers

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals

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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

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Against  | Own Goals

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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

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Rank  | Player  | Club  | Clean sheets

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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

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* Premier League International Cup
* 2014–15 Professional U21 Development League
* 2014–15 UEFA Youth League

## References

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1. ^ a b "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. ^ "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.
4. ^ "Premier League International Cup Fixtures, results and tables". premierleague.com. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
5. ^ "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.

## External links

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* Premier League International Trophy Fixtures, results and tables

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