title: 2014–15 Premier League International Cup
text: # 2014–15 Premier League International Cup
  
  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.
  
  ## 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. 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 tables
  * Group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 |
  
  ### Group C
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 |
  
  ### Group D
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 |
  
  ## Knock-out stages
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | C | Leicester City | 2 (4) | | | | | | |
  | D | Everton | 2 (3) | | | | | | |
  | D | Everton | 2 (3) | C | Leicester City | 2 | | | |
  | | | | C | Manchester City (aet) | 3 | | | |
  | C | Manchester City | 0 (5) | C | Manchester City (aet) | 3 | | | |
  | D | Celtic | 0 (3) | | | | | | |
  | D | Celtic | 0 (3) | | | | C | Manchester City | 1 |
  | | | | | | | A | Porto | 0 |
  | A | Chelsea | 3 | | | | | | | A | Porto | 0 |
  | B | Fulham | 4 | | | | | | |
  | B | Fulham | 4 | B | Fulham | 0 | | | |
  | | | | A | Porto | 3 | | | |
  | B | Athletic Bilbao | 2 | A | Porto | 3 | | | |
  | A | Porto | 3 | | | | | | |
  
  Host team listed first Bold winner
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Top scorers
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Harry Panayiotou | Leicester City | 6 |
  | 1 | Leandro Silva | Porto | 6 |
  | 3 | Jorge García | Athletic Bilbao | 5 |
  | 4 | Olivier Ntcham | Manchester City | 3 |
  | 4 | Ange-Freddy Plumain | Fulham | 3 |
  | 6 | Brandon Barker | Manchester City | 2 |
  | 6 | Benjamin Berg | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2 |
  | 6 | Kieran Bywater | West Ham United | 2 |
  | 6 | Leigh Griffiths | Celtic | 2 |
  | 6 | Tom Hopper | Leicester City | 2 |
  | 6 | Kelechi Iheanacho | Manchester City | 2 |
  | 6 | Paul McCallum | West Ham United | 2 |
  | 6 | José Ángel Pozo | Manchester City | 2 |
  | 6 | Dominic Solanke | Chelsea | 2 |
  | 15 | 55 players | N/A | 1 |
  
  ### Own goals
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Against | Own Goals |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Adel Gafaiti | Norwich City | Chelsea | 1 |
  | 1 | Victor Lindelöf | Benfica | Leicester City | 1 |
  | 1 | Josh Pask | West Ham United | Athletic Bilbao | 1 |
  | 1 | Ali Suljić | Chelsea | Fulham | 1 |
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Leonardo Fasan | Celtic | 2 |
  | 1 | Angus Gunn | Manchester City | 2 |
  | 3 | Jesse Bertrams | PSV Eindhoven | 1 |
  | 3 | Miguel Santos | Benfica | 1 |
  | 3 | Adam Smith | Leicester City | 1 |
  | 3 | Ben Hamer | Leicester City | 1 |
  | 3 | Russell Griffiths | Everton | 1 |
  | 3 | Declan Rudd | Norwich City | 1 |
  | 3 | Mitchell Beeney | Chelsea | 1 |
  | 3 | Vito Mannone | Sunderland | 1 |
  | 3 | Miguel Bañuz | Villarreal | 1 |
  | 3 | Ricardo Nunes | Porto | 1 |
  