title: 2011–12 NextGen Series
text: # 2011–12 NextGen Series
  
  The 2011–12 NextGen Series was the inaugural season of the NextGen Series, an association football tournament which involved the under-19 teams from 16 clubs from across Europe.
  
  ## Group stage
  
  The teams were sorted into four groups of four, where they played each other home and away in a double round robin format. The top two teams advanced to the knock-out stages.
  
  ### Group 1
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 15 |
  | Marseille | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 |
  | Celtic | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 9 |
  | Manchester City | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 0 |
  
  Kickoff times are in CET.
  
  ### Group 2
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Sporting CP | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 16 |
  | Liverpool | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 7 |
  | Wolfsburg | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 |
  | Molde | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 4 |
  
  Kickoff times are in CET.
  
  ### Group 3
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Aston Villa | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 12 |
  | Ajax | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 |
  | Rosenborg | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
  | Fenerbahçe | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | –10 | 4 |
  
  Kickoff times are in CET.
  
  ### Group 4
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 14 |
  | Internazionale | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | –3 | 11 |
  | Basel | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | –4 | 5 |
  | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | –4 | 3 |
  
  Kickoff times are in CET.
  
  ## Knockout stage
  
  Kickoff times are in CET.
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Sporting CP | 0 | | |
  | Internazionale | 1 | | |
  | Internazionale | 1 | Internazionale | 2 |
  | | | Marseille | 0 |
  | Aston Villa | 1 | Marseille | 0 |
  | Marseille (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | |
  | Marseille (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | Internazionale (pen.) | 1 (5) |
  | | | | | Ajax | 1 (3) |
  | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | | | Ajax | 1 (3) |
  | Liverpool | 0 | | | | |
  | Liverpool | 0 | Liverpool | 0 | | |
  | | | Ajax | 6 |
  | Barcelona | 0 | Ajax | 6 |
  | Ajax | 3 | | |
  
  * ↑ Tottenham Hotspur voluntarily withdrew after they became aware that they had breached competition rules by fielding two under-age players. Liverpool were asked to take part in the Semi-Finals in their place.
  
  ### Quarter-finals
  
  * ↑ Tottenham Hotspur voluntarily withdrew after they became aware that they had breached competition rules by fielding two under-age players. Liverpool were asked to take part in the Semi-Finals in their place.
  
  ### Final
  
  | Internazionale | Ajax |
  | - | - |
  
  INTERNAZIONALE: :
  
  | GK | 1 | Raffaele Di Gennaro |
  | - | - | - |
  | DF | 2 | Simone Pecorini |
  | DF | 3 | Ibrahima Mbaye 70' |
  | DF | 4 | Lukas Spendlhofer |
  | DF | 5 | Marek Kysela |
  | MF | 6 | Alfred Duncan |
  | MF | 7 | Andrea Romanò (c) |
  | MF | 8 | Lorenzo Crisetig |
  | MF | 9 | Samuele Longo 44' |
  | MF | 10 | Daniel Bessa |
  | FW | 11 | Marko Livaja | 75' |
  | Substitutes: |||
  | GK | 12 | Andrea Sala |
  | DF | 13 | Eugenio Giannetti |
  | DF | 14 | Rodrigo Alborno | 75' |
  | MF | 15 | Marco Benassi |
  | FW | 16 | Giovanni Terrani |
  | MF | 17 | Gianmarco Falasca |
  | FW | 18 | Francesco Forte |
  | Manager: |||
  | Andrea Stramaccioni Man of the Match: Mickey van der Hart Assistant Referees: Lee Betts and Colin Lymer Fourth Official: Charles Breakspear ||||
  
  AJAX: :
  
  | GK | 1 | Mickey van der Hart |
  | - | - | - |
  | DF | 2 | Sven Nieuwpoort |
  | DF | 3 | Joël Veltman |
  | DF | 4 | Stefano Denswil 48' |
  | DF | 5 | Mitchell Dijks |
  | DF | 6 | Fabian Sporkslede |
  | FW | 7 | Lesley de Sa | 75' |
  | MF | 8 | Mats Rits | 105' |
  | FW | 9 | Rowendey Schoop | 54' |
  | FW | 10 | Davy Klaassen (c) |
  | FW | 11 | Viktor Fischer |
  | Substitutes: |||
  | GK | 12 | Peter Leeuwenburgh |
  | DF | 13 | Mike Busse |
  | MF | 14 | Sinan Keskin |
  | FW | 15 | Nick de Bondt | 75' |
  | FW | 16 | Danzell Gravenberch | 54' |
  | DF | 17 | Ruben Ligeon |
  | MF | 18 | Hasnaoui El Abdelmalek | 105' |
  | Manager: |||
  | Fred Grim ||||
  
  ## Top goalscorers
  
  | Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Viktor Fischer | Ajax | 7 |
  | 1 | Jean Marie Dongou | Barcelona | 7 |
  | 3 | Mushaga Bakenga | Rosenborg | 6 |
  | 3 | Betinho | Sporting CP | 6 |
  | 3 | Gary Gardner | Aston Villa | 6 |
  | 6 | Davy Klaassen | Ajax | 5 |
  | 6 | Samuele Longo | Internazionale | 5 |
  | 8 | Zlatko Tripić | Molde | 4 |
  | 8 | Alex Pritchard | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 |
  | 10 | Tomislav Gomelt | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 |
  | 10 | Souleymane Coulibaly | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 |
  | 10 | Toni Silva | Liverpool | 3 |
  | 10 | Ernesto Cornejo | Barcelona | 3 |
  | 10 | Miguel Ángel | Barcelona | 3 |
  | 10 | Daniel Johnson | Aston Villa | 3 |
  | 10 | Filipe Chaby | Sporting CP | 3 |
  | 10 | Sandro | Barcelona | 3 |
  | 10 | Tony Watt | Celtic | 3 |
  | 10 | Paul George | Celtic | 3 |
  | 10 | Daniel Bessa | Internazionale | 3 |
  | 21 | Youssef Fennich | Ajax | 2 |
  | 21 | Lesley de Sa | Ajax | 2 |
  | 21 | Farley Rosa | Sporting CP | 2 |
  | 21 | Giovanni Millemaci | Wolfsburg | 2 |
  | 21 | Adam Morgan | Liverpool | 2 |
  | 21 | Aloe Baptiste | Marseille | 2 |
  | 21 | Murat Bildirici | Wolfsburg | 2 |
  | 21 | Andac Güleryüz | Wolfsburg | 2 |
  | 21 | Graham Burke | Aston Villa | 2 |
  | 21 | Marcel Ritzmaier | PSV Eindhoven | 2 |
  | 21 | Ole Kristian Selnæs | Rosenborg | 2 |
  | 21 | Bruma | Sporting CP | 2 |
  | 21 | Simon Markeng | Molde | 2 |
  | 21 | Miloš Veljković | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 |
  | 21 | Patric | Barcelona | 2 |
  | 21 | Jonathan Santiago | Marseille | 2 |
  | 21 | Jordy Hiwula | Manchester City | 2 |
  | 21 | Mohamed Rayhi | PSV Eindhoven | 2 |
  | 21 | Shaq Coulthirst | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 |
  