2017–18 Premier League International Cup

The 2017–18 Premier League International Cup was the fourth season of the Premier League International Cup, a European club football competition organised by the Premier League for under-23 players. Porto defended the title by defeating Arsenal 1–0 in the final.[1][2]

2017–18 Premier League International Cup
The Emirates Stadium in Highbury, London hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates31 August 2017 – 8 May 2018
Teams24 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
Champions Porto (2nd title)
Runners-up Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played43
Goals scored123 (2.86 per match)
Top scorer(s) James Wilson
Adrián Dalmau
(5 goals)

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.[3]

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

Teams

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
Liverpool 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
Newcastle United 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
Sparta Prague 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
PSV Eindhoven 3 1 0 2 5 9 −4 3
Source:
24 October 2017 Newcastle United 2–1 Sparta Prague North Tyneside
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Brezina  og' (19)
Barlaser  76'		 Report Drchal  pen' (62) Stadium: Blue Flames Ground
Attendance: 491
10 November 2017 Liverpool 2–1 Newcastle United Birkenhead
19:00 GMT Virtue  27'
Ejaria  73'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Roberts  22' Stadium: Prenton Park
28 November 2017 Liverpool 0–1 Sparta Prague Birkenhead
19:00 GMT Report 1
Report 2		 Plavšić  86' Stadium: Prenton Park
30 November 2017 PSV Eindhoven 4–3 Sparta Prague Halewood
19:00 GMT Malen  2'  61'
Guðmundsson  31'
Lammers  40'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Čmelík  16'
Drchal  64'
Köstl  66'		 Stadium: Finch Farm
19 December 2017 Liverpool 3–0 PSV Eindhoven Birkenhead
19:00 GMT Brewster  11'
Wilson  24'
Brannagan
Virtue  63'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Soulas Stadium: Prenton Park
24 January 2018 Newcastle United 3–1 PSV Eindhoven North Tyneside
19:00 GMT Gallacher  22'
Fernández  47'
Roberts  79'		 Report Lundqvist  65' Stadium: Blue Flames Ground
Attendance: 0
Referee: Glen Hart

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sunderland 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
Leicester City 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
Hertha Berlin 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
Legia Warsaw 3 0 2 1 3 5 −2 2
Source:
27 September 2017 Leicester City 3–0 Hertha Berlin Leicester
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Hughes  2'
Johnson  40'
Muskwe  47'		 Report Stadium: King Power Stadium
Referee: P. Wright
10 October 2017 Sunderland 2–0 Hertha Berlin Sunderland
19:00 BST (UTC+1) McNair  42'
Beadling  90' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Referee: Bramall
15 November 2017 Sunderland 1–1 Legia Warsaw Sunderland
19:00 GMT Nelson  87' Report Bartczak  33' Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground
29 November 2017 Legia Warsaw 0–2 Hertha Berlin Woking
19:00 GMT Report Kade  64'
Blumberg  88'		 Stadium: Kingfield Stadium
14 December 2017 Leicester City 2–2 Legia Warsaw Leicester
19:00 GMT Ndukwu  21'
Knight  32'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Cichocki  10'
Bondarenko  67'		 Stadium: Holmes Park
Referee: Andrew Miller
23 January 2018 Sunderland 2–0 Leicester City Sunderland
19:00 GMT Connelly  35'
Embleton  43'		 Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Referee: Karl Evans

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Dinamo Zagreb 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
Derby County 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
VfL Wolfsburg 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
Everton 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
Source:
17 October 2017 Everton 1–3 VfL Wolfsburg Southport
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Mathis  23' Report Saglam  59'
El-Haibi  74'
Blaz Kramer  85'		 Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium
1 November 2017 Derby County 1–0 VfL Wolfsburg Derby
19:00 GMT Franke  og' (75) Report Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
29 November 2017 Dinamo Zagreb 3–2 VfL Wolfsburg Aldershot
19:00 GMT Knežević  39'
Miklić  58'
Stolnik  68' (pen)		 Report Möbius  11'
Kramer  63'		 Stadium: Electric Services Stadium
5 December 2017 Derby County 0–0 Everton Derby
19:00 GMT Report 1
Report 2		 Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
15 December 2017 Everton 0–0 Dinamo Zagreb Southport
19:00 GMT Report 1
Report 2		 Endri Çekiçi Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium
Referee: Matt Donohue
19 December 2017 Derby County 0–1 Dinamo Zagreb Burton-upon-Trent
19:00 GMT Report Cuze  26' Stadium: St George's Park

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Manchester United 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9
Swansea City 3 1 0 2 7 4 +3 3
Athletic Bilbao 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
Celtic 3 1 0 2 2 9 −7 3
Source:
30 September 2017 Swansea City 6–0 Celtic Swansea
14:00 BST (UTC+1) McBurnie  37'
J. Fulton  49'
Dyer  74'  84'
James  80'  90'		 Report Stadium: Landore Training Ground
25 October 2017 Athletic Bilbao 1–2 Celtic Woking
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Vicente  47' Report
Report 2		 Johnston  13'
Bernaola  og' (58)		 Stadium: Kingfield Stadium
4 November 2017 Manchester United 2–1 Swansea City Leigh
14:00 GMT Wilson  59' (pen)  67' Report 1
Report 2		 Gorré  90' (pen) Stadium: Leigh Sports Village
Attendance: 1009
Referee: Johnson
15 November 2017 Manchester United 2–1 Athletic Bilbao Leigh
19:00 GMT Wilson  48'
McTominay  81'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Guruzeta  10' Stadium: Leigh Sports Village
2 December 2017 Manchester United 2–0 Celtic Leigh
14:00 GMT Wilson  28'  82' Report 1
Report 2		 Stadium: Leigh Sports Village
Referee: D. Richardson
20 December 2017 Swansea City 0–2 Athletic Bilbao Swansea
19:00 GMT Marić  90'
Garrick  90+3'		 Report Vicente  89'  90+1' Stadium: Landore Training Ground
Referee: Savvas Yianni

Group E
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Arsenal 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
Porto 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
Bayern Munich 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
Reading 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
Source:
22 September 2017 Reading 0–2 Porto Southampton
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Report 1
Report 2		 Galeno  82'
Pereira  90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Staplewood Campus
Referee: Savvas Yianni
17 November 2017 Arsenal 1–0 Porto Borehamwood
19:00 GMT Nelson  51' Report 1
Report 2		 Stadium: Meadow Park
30 November 2017 Arsenal 0–0 Reading Borehamwood
19:00 GMT Report 1
Report 2		 Stadium: Meadow Park
Referee: Alan Dale
8 December 2017 Reading 0–1 Bayern Munich High Wycombe
19:00 GMT Report Tarnat  12' Stadium: Adams Park
Referee: Allan Young
23 January 2018 Arsenal 5–2 Bayern Munich Borehamwood
19:00 GMT Dragomir  30'
Willock  36'
Osei-Tutu  77'
Reine-Adélaïde  78'
Smith Rowe  84'		 Report Awoudja  48'
Wriedt  60'		 Stadium: Meadow Park
Referee: Alan Dale
26 January 2018 Bayern Munich 0–1 Porto Aldershot
19:00 GMT Report Pereira  45+1' (pen) Stadium: Electric Services Stadium
Referee: Samuel Allison

Group F
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Villarreal 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9
Tottenham Hotspur 3 1 1 1 10 7 +3 4
Benfica 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4
West Ham United 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source:
31 August 2017 Tottenham Hotspur 7–2 West Ham United Stevenage
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Maghoma  11'
Sterling  13'  63'
Pritchard  51'
Shashoua  59'  68'
Duncan  65'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Scully  28' pen
Martínez  81' pen		 Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 630
Referee: Alan Young
20 September 2017 Villarreal 3–2 Benfica Lancing
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Moreno  37'
Montolio  86'
Poveda  90'		 Report Tavares  48'
Félix  87'		 Stadium: Culver Road
4 October 2017 West Ham United 0–3 Villarreal Dagenham
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Report Dalmau  1'  35'  68' Stadium: Victoria Road
14 November 2017 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Villarreal Stevenage
19:00 GMT Report Cedrés  30'
Riera  45'		 Stadium: Broadhall Way
21 November 2017 West Ham United 0–2 Benfica Billericay
19:00 GMT Report 1
Report 2		 Júnior  8'  26' Stadium: AGP Arena
24 January 2018 Tottenham Hotspur 3–3 Benfica Stevenage
19:00 GMT Tracey  39'
Roles  50'
Walkes  55'		 Report Félix  21'
Tavares  46'
Santos  79'		 Stadium: Broadhall Way
Referee: Alan Young

Ranking of second-placed teams
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Newcastle United 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
Porto 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
Tottenham Hotspur 3 1 1 1 10 7 +3 4
Leicester City 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
Derby County 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
Swansea City 3 1 0 2 7 4 +3 3
Source:

Knockout stages
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
Arsenal 2
Dinamo Zagreb 1
Arsenal 2 (P)
Villarreal 2
Manchester United 0
Villarreal 2
Arsenal 0
Porto 1
Sunderland 2
Newcastle United 2 (P)
Newcastle United 0
Porto 1
Liverpool 1
Porto 2

Quarter-finals
24 February 2018 Arsenal 2–1 Dinamo ZagrebBorehamwood
14:00 GMT Willock  28'
Dasilva  89'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Miklić  75' Stadium: Meadow Park
Referee: Daniel Middleton
27 February 2018 Manchester United 0–2 Villarreal Leigh
19:00 GMT Report 1
Report 2		 Dalmau  48'
Pedrito  50'		 Stadium: Leigh Sports Village
28 February 2018 Liverpool 1–2 Porto Birkenhead
19:00 GMT Virtue  33' Report Costa  58'
Irala  90+6'		 Stadium: Prenton Park
7 March 2018 Sunderland 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(10–11 p)		 Newcastle United Sunderland
19:00 GMT Gooch  38' (pen)  69' Report 1
Report 2		 Good  28'
Roberts  90+2'		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Penalties
Hackett
Embleton
Hume
Molyneux
Diamond
Gamble
Galloway
Robson
Storey
Mbunga-Kimpioka
Stryjek
Hackett 		Charman
Ben El-Mhanni
Good
Hunter
Sangare
Fernández
Gallagher
Smith
Newberry
Yarney
Woolston
Charman

Semi-finals
10 April 2018 Arsenal 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		 VillarrealHighbury, London
19:00 BST John-Jules  8'
Gilmour  19' (pen)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Dalmau  21'
Franquesa  40'		 Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Referee: Alan Young
Penalties
Gilmour
Dasilva
Fortune
Willock
Medley 		Quintillà
Fernández
Chuca
Mesa
Pedrito
12 April 2018 Newcastle United 0–1 Porto Newcastle upon Tyne
19:00 BST Report 1
Report 2		 Reabciuk  89' Stadium: St James' Park

Final
8 May 2018 Arsenal 0–1 Porto Highbury, London
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Report 1
Report 2		 Queta  10' Stadium: Emirates Stadium
Referee: Thomas Bramall

References
  1. "Dragons win in London". FC Porto. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. "Arsenal 0-1 Porto: How it happened". Arsenal F.C. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. "Premier League International Cup explained". Premier League. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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