2018–19 Premier League International Cup

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.

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)

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

Format

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

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: Brighton & Hove Albion Derby County Everton Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Norwich City Reading Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Swansea City

Other countries: Bayern Munich VfL Wolfsburg Hertha BSC Athletic Bilbao Villarreal Porto Benfica PSV Eindhoven Feyenoord Paris Saint-Germain Dinamo Zagreb Sparta Prague

Group stage

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

Group A

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:

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	Rui Pedro  61' (pen.)	Stadium: Staplewood Campus 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		Stadium: Staplewood Campus Referee: Carl Brook

Group B

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:

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 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.[3] The Feyenoord match was one of the club fixtures postponed as a result.[4]

Group C

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:

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	Hanslik  82'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium 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 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 Referee: Tom Reeves

Group D

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:

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

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:

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

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:

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 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

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:

Knockout stages

	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

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 Referee: Peter Gibbons

26 February 2019	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Stevenage
19:00 GMT	Tracey  90+3'	Report	Ćuže  62' Čalušić  90+2'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium 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	Álvarez  59' Blanco  90+6'	Stadium: Staplewood Campus 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

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

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

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. "LIVE: Leicester City owner confirmed dead in helicopter crash". Sky News.
4. Blackwell, Jordan (29 October 2018). "City confirm postponement of Southampton and U23s fixtures". Retrieved 30 October 2018.