2018–19 Premier League International Cup

2018–19 Premier League International Cup
	The Den in South Bermondsey, London hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	14 August 2018 – 2 May 2019
Teams	24 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Bayern Munich (1st title)
Runners-up	Dinamo Zagreb
Tournament statistics
Matches played	43
Goals scored	138 (3.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Danny Loader ; (5 goals)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Premier League International Cup was the fifth season of the Premier League International Cup, a European club football competition organised by the Premier League for under-23 players. Bayern won the title by defeating Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 in the final.

Porto were the defending champions, after beating Arsenal 1–0 in the previous season's final, but were eliminated in the group stage.

Format[edit]

The competition featured twenty-four teams: twelve from English league system and twelve invitees from other European countries. The teams were split into six groups of four - with two English league clubs per group. The group winners, and two best runners-up, progressed into the knockout phase of the tournament. The knockout matches were single leg fixtures.^[1]

All matches - including fixtures between non-English teams - were played in England and Wales.

Teams[edit]

Athletic Bilbao, Benfica, Everton, Leicester City, PSV Eindhoven, Porto and Villarreal made their fifth appearance in the competition. They are the only teams to take part in every season since the tournament was founded in 2014. Brighton & Hove Albion, Paris Saint-Germain and Southampton made their debuts.^[2]

English league system:

Other countries:

Group stage[edit]

Color key in group tables
Group winners and the two best runners-up advance to the quarterfinals

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Southampton	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
Dinamo Zagreb	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
West Ham United	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
Porto	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 August 2018	Southampton	1–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Marchwood
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Gallagher 20'	Report		Stadium: Staplewood Campus Referee: Adrian Quelch

26 September 2018	Southampton	1–1	Porto	Marchwood
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Barnes 50'	Report Report	Rui Pedro 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Staplewood Campus Attendance: 180^[3] Referee: Joshua Smith

30 October 2018	West Ham United	2–1	Porto	Dagenham
19:00 GMT	Longelo 29' Hector-Ingram 87'	Report	Gleison 69'	Stadium: Victoria Road Referee: Paul Howard

13 November 2018	West Ham United	0–2	Dinamo Zagreb	Dagenham
19:00 GMT		Report	Knežević 25', 64'	Stadium: Victoria Road

24 November 2018	Porto	1–4	Dinamo Zagreb	Dagenham
16:00 GMT	Baró 16'	Report	Šipoš 30' Menalo 33', 70' Knežević 43'	Stadium: Victoria Road Referee: Sam Purkiss

11 December 2018	Southampton	3–0	West Ham United	Marchwood
19:00 GMT	Johnson 27' Barnes 30' Ferry 66'	Report Report		Stadium: Staplewood Campus Attendance: 100^[4] Referee: Carl Brook

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Reading	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Leicester City	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Feyenoord	3	1	0	2	9	5	+4	3
Sparta Prague	3	0	1	2	2	11	−9	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 August 2018	Leicester City	0–2	Reading	Whetstone
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Coleman 25'* House 53'	Stadium: Holmes Park Referee: James Oldham

24 October 2018	Reading	2–2	Sparta Prague	Reading
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Loader 51', 90+5'	Report	Novotný 57' Patrák 67'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Referee: Will Finnie

27 November 2018	Sparta Prague	0–8	Feyenoord	Aldershot
19:00 GMT		Report	Zwarts 10', 39', 48', 75' Burger 16' Touré 22' Kökçü 35' St. Juste 51'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Referee: Will Finnie

29 November 2018	Leicester City	1–0	Sparta Prague	Whetstone
19:00 GMT	Knight 85'	Report		Stadium: Holmes Park Attendance: 122^[5] Referee: Richard Hulme

19 December 2018	Reading	2–0	Feyenoord	Reading
19:00 GMT	Edwards 18' House 83'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Referee: Adrian Quelch

29 January 2019	Leicester City	3–1	Feyenoord	Whetstone
19:00 GMT	Muskwe 11' 75', 84' Knight 56'	Report	Vente 39'	Stadium: Holmes Park Referee: Simeon Lucas

Leicester City's match against Feyenoord was originally scheduled for 30 October 2018, however on 27 October 2018, Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha's helicopter crashed outside the King Power Stadium shortly after taking off from the pitch, killing Srivaddhanaprabha and all four other people on board.^[6] The Feyenoord match was one of the club fixtures postponed as a result.^[7]

Group C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	1	0	9	7	+2	7
VfL Wolfsburg	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
Athletic Bilbao	3	1	0	2	7	9	−2	3
Norwich City	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

26 September 2018	Athletic Bilbao	0–4	VfL Wolfsburg	Aldershot
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Benito 78'	Report 1 Report 2	Herrmann 15', 39' Seguin 45+3' (pen.) Itter 90+3'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Referee: Samuel Allison

14 November 2018	Norwich City	0–3	Athletic Bilbao	Norwich
19:00 GMT		Report	Villalibre 30', 48' Rojo 75'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 1,130 Referee: David Rock

3 December 2018	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	VfL Wolfsburg	Stevenage
19:00 GMT	Roles 45+2' Sterling 47'	Report Report	Hanslik 82'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 433^[8] Referee: Savvas Yianni

13 December 2018	Norwich City	2–2	VfL Wolfsburg	Norwich
19:00 GMT	Oliveira 34' Spyrou 79'	Report	Kramer 53' Hanslik 63'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 750 Estimated^[9] Referee: Alan Dale

18 January 2019	Norwich City	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Colney
19:00 GMT	Spyrou 39' Þorvaldsson 81'	Report	Oakley-Boothe 36' Roles 70'	Stadium: Colney Training Centre

23 January 2019	Tottenham Hotspur	5–4	Athletic Bilbao	Stevenage
19:00 GMT	Janssen 4' Roles 15', 66' Tracey 83' Georgiou 86'	Report 1 Report 2	Villalibre 38' Vicente 47' 59' San Bartolomé 64' Benito 90+2'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 465^[10] Referee: Tom Reeves

Group D[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bayern Munich	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Everton	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
Benfica	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

20 September 2018	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2	Everton	Lancing
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Barclay 59' Tilley 67'	Report	Sambou 25' (pen.) Simms 74'	Stadium: American Express Elite Football Performance Centre Referee: Carl Brook

28 September 2018	Everton	2–0	Benfica	Southport
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Broadhead 26' Bowler 27'	Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Referee: Glen Hart

22 October 2019	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Benfica	Lancing
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Gyökeres 11' (pen.) Connolly 25'	Report		Stadium: American Express Elite Football Performance Centre Referee: Gary Parsons

12 December 2018	Everton	1–4	Bayern Munich	Liverpool
19:00 GMT	Broadhead 78'	Report	Browning 27' (o.g.) Çuni 81' Jeong 84' Wriedt 90+3'	Stadium: Goodison Park Referee: Joe Joseph

27 January 2019	Bayern Munich	0–1	Benfica	Aldershot
13:00 GMT	Wriedt 90'	Report	Santos 70'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Referee: Sam Purkiss

30 January 2019	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Bayern Munich	Lancing
19:00 GMT		Report	Nollenberger 78' Jelisić 90+3'	Stadium: American Express Elite Football Performance Centre Referee: Gary Parsons

Group E[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Villarreal	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7
Liverpool	3	2	0	1	5	8	−3	6
Hertha BSC	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
Swansea City	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

26 September 2018	Swansea City	1–1	Villarreal	Swansea
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Marić 90+7'	Report	Akale 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Landore Training Centre Referee: Tom Reeves

17 October 2018	Hertha BSC	0–1	Villarreal	Aldershot
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	González 73'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Referee: Richard Hulme

21 November 2018	Liverpool	0–7	Villarreal	Kirkby
19:00 GMT		Report	González 4', 15' Lozano 6' Vujnović 25' (pen.) Riera 53' Akale 90+3'	Stadium: The Academy Referee: Peter Gibbons

5 December 2018	Liverpool	3–1	Hertha BSC	Kirkby
19:00 GMT	McAuley 10' Larouci 31' Millar 46'	Report	Covic 4'	Stadium: The Academy Referee: Simeon Lucas

13 December 2018	Swansea City	1–4	Hertha BSC	Swansea
19:00 GMT	Evans 36'	Report	Siakam-Tchokoten 27' Covic 43' Friede 75', 90+3'	Stadium: Landore Training Centre Referee: Samuel Allison

24 January 2019	Liverpool	2–0	Swansea City	Kirkby
19:00 GMT	Marković 16' McAuley 77'	Report		Stadium: The Academy Referee: Andrew Miller

Group F[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester United	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
Derby County	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
PSV Eindhoven	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Paris Saint-Germain	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 September 2018	Derby County	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Loughborough
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Cresswell 56'	Report	Luzayadio 25'	Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium Referee: Gareth Rhodes

31 October 2018	Derby County	3–1	PSV Eindhoven	Loughborough
19:00 GMT	Cresswell 11' Butterfield 50' (pen.) Mitchell-Lawson 79'	Report	Piroe 74'	Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium Referee: Leigh Doughty

6 December 2018	Paris Saint-Germain	2–4	PSV Eindhoven	Woking
19:00 GMT	Toufiqui 77' Adli 78'	Report	Piroe 9', 17' Lundqvist 77' (pen.) Aboukhlal 90'	Stadium: Kingfield Stadium

20 December 2018	Derby County	1–1	Manchester United	Loughborough
19:00 GMT	Sibley 65'	Report	Burkart 18'	Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium Referee: Matthew Dicicco

17 January 2019	Manchester United	0–0	PSV Eindhoven	Leigh
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 652^[11] Referee: James Oldman

25 January 2019	Manchester United	3–0	Paris Saint-Germain	Leigh
19:00 GMT	McTominay 2' Chong 6', 17'	Report		Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 1,019

Ranking of second-placed teams[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Dinamo Zagreb	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Leicester City	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Liverpool	3	2	0	1	5	8	−3	6
Derby County	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
VfL Wolfsburg	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
Everton	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stages[edit]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

25 February

Manchester United	1
		1 April – Madejski Stadium
Reading	3
		Reading	1
13 March
		Bayern Munich	3
Leicester City	1 (4)
				2 May – The Den
Bayern Munich (p)	1 (5)
				Bayern Munich	2
6 March
				Dinamo Zagreb	0
Southampton	2
		10 April – St. Mary's Stadium
Villarreal	1
		Southampton	1
26 February
		Dinamo Zagreb	3
Tottenham Hotspur	0

Dinamo Zagreb	1

Quarter-finals[edit]

25 February 2019	Manchester United	1–3	Reading	Leigh
19:00 GMT	Levitt 42' (pen.)	Report	Loader 13', 27', 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 654 Referee: Peter Gibbons

26 February 2019	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Stevenage
19:00 GMT	Tracey 90+3'	Report Report	Ćuže 62' Čalušić 90+2'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 438^[12] Referee: Will Finnie

6 March 2019	Southampton	2–1	Villarreal	Marchwood
19:00 GMT	Smallbone 31' (pen.) O'Connor 61' Norton 90+3' Johnson 90+6'	Report Report	Álvarez 59' Blanco 90+6'	Stadium: Staplewood Campus Attendance: 0^[13] Referee: Joshua Smith

13 March 2019	Leicester City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Bayern Munich	Whetstone
19:00 GMT	Pașcanu 90+5'	Report	Wriedt 13'	Stadium: Holmes Park Attendance: 465 Referee: Lloyd Wood
	Penalties
	Wright Muskwe Sherif Ndukwu Dewsbury-Hall		Wriedt Rochelt Feldhahn Lange Köhn

Semi-finals[edit]

1 April 2019	Reading	1–3	Bayern Munich	Reading
19:00 BST	Frost 90+3'	Report	Wriedt 29' Shabani 50' Nollenberger 88' Köhn 90+6'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 2,157 Referee: Paul Howard

10 April 2019	Southampton	1–3	Dinamo Zagreb	Southampton
19:45 BST	Hamblin 22' 36'	Report	Šipoš 10' Gjira 54' Čuić 82'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium Attendance: 3,605 Referee: Joshua Smith

Final[edit]

2 May 2019	Bayern Munich	2–0	Dinamo Zagreb	South Bermondsey
19:00 BST	Wriedt 46' Shabani 90+1'	Report		Stadium: The Den Referee: David Rock

References[edit]

^ "Premier League International Cup explained". Premier League. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
^ "Premier League International Cup groups announced". Premier League. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
^ "Southampton U23s vs FC Porto U23s 2018-09-26".
^ "Southampton U23s vs West Ham United U23s 2018-12-11".
^ "Late Success Over Sparta Prague For City's Under-23s". Leicester City FC.
^ "LIVE: Leicester City owner confirmed dead in helicopter crash". Sky News.
^ Blackwell, Jordan (29 October 2018). "City confirm postponement of Southampton and U23s fixtures". Retrieved 30 October 2018.
^ "Wolfsburg beaten by Under-23s". Tottenham Hotspur.
^ "Spyrou salvages draw for Norwich U23s as McLean and Jarvis return against Wolfsburg". Eastern Daily Press.
^ "Under-23s progress after nine-goal thriller". Tottenham Hotspur.
^ @lsvstadium (January 17, 2019). "FULL TIME: @ManUtd U23s 0 @psveindhoven 0" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Under-23s bow out of Premier League International Cup". Tottenham Hotspur.
^ "Southampton U23s vs Villarreal CF U23s 2019-03-06".

[1] "Premier League International Cup explained". Premier League. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

[2] "Premier League International Cup groups announced". Premier League. Retrieved 16 July 2018.

[3] "Southampton U23s vs FC Porto U23s 2018-09-26".

[4] "Southampton U23s vs West Ham United U23s 2018-12-11".

[5] "Late Success Over Sparta Prague For City's Under-23s". Leicester City FC.

[6] "LIVE: Leicester City owner confirmed dead in helicopter crash". Sky News.

[7] Blackwell, Jordan (29 October 2018). "City confirm postponement of Southampton and U23s fixtures". Retrieved 30 October 2018.

[8] "Wolfsburg beaten by Under-23s". Tottenham Hotspur.

[9] "Spyrou salvages draw for Norwich U23s as McLean and Jarvis return against Wolfsburg". Eastern Daily Press.

[10] "Under-23s progress after nine-goal thriller". Tottenham Hotspur.

[11] @lsvstadium (January 17, 2019). "FULL TIME: @ManUtd U23s 0 @psveindhoven 0" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[12] "Under-23s bow out of Premier League International Cup". Tottenham Hotspur.

[13] "Southampton U23s vs Villarreal CF U23s 2019-03-06".

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