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
Dates	31 August 2017 – 8 May 2018
Teams	24 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Porto (2nd title)
Runners-up	Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	43
Goals scored	123 (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

English league system: Arsenal Derby County Everton Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Newcastle United Reading Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Swansea City

Other countries: Bayern Munich VfL Wolfsburg Hertha Berlin Athletic Bilbao Villarreal Porto Benfica Celtic Dinamo Zagreb Legia Warsaw PSV Eindhoven 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
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:

Newcastle United v Sparta Prague

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

Liverpool v Newcastle United

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

Liverpool v Sparta Prague

28 November 2017	Liverpool	0–1	Sparta Prague	Birkenhead
19:00 GMT		Report 1 Report 2	Plavšić  86'	Stadium: Prenton Park

PSV Eindhoven v Sparta Prague

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

Liverpool v PSV Eindhoven

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

Newcastle United v PSV Eindhoven

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:

Leicester City v Hertha Berlin

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

Sunderland v Hertha Berlin

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

Sunderland v Legia Warsaw

15 November 2017	Sunderland	1–1	Legia Warsaw	Sunderland
19:00 GMT	Nelson  87'	Report	Bartczak  33'	Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground

Legia Warsaw v Hertha Berlin

29 November 2017	Legia Warsaw	0–2	Hertha Berlin	Woking
19:00 GMT		Report	Kade  64' Blumberg  88'	Stadium: Kingfield Stadium

Leicester City v Legia Warsaw

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

Sunderland v Leicester City

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:

Everton v VfL Wolfsburg

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

Derby County v VfL Wolfsburg

1 November 2017	Derby County	1–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Derby
19:00 GMT	Franke  og' (75)	Report		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium

Dinamo Zagreb v VfL Wolfsburg

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

Derby County v Everton

5 December 2017	Derby County	0–0	Everton	Derby
19:00 GMT		Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium

Everton v Dinamo Zagreb

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

Derby County v Dinamo Zagreb

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:

Swansea City v Celtic

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

Athletic Bilbao v Celtic

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

Manchester United v Swansea City

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

Manchester United v Athletic Bilbao

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

Manchester United v Celtic

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

Swansea City v Athletic Bilbao

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:

Reading v Porto

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

Arsenal v Porto

17 November 2017	Arsenal	1–0	Porto	Borehamwood
19:00 GMT	Nelson  51'	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Meadow Park

Arsenal v Reading

30 November 2017	Arsenal	0–0	Reading	Borehamwood
19:00 GMT		Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Alan Dale

Reading v Bayern Munich

8 December 2017	Reading	0–1	Bayern Munich	High Wycombe
19:00 GMT		Report	Tarnat  12'	Stadium: Adams Park Referee: Allan Young

Arsenal v Bayern Munich

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

Bayern Munich v Porto

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:

Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United

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

Villarreal v Benfica

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

West Ham United v Villarreal

4 October 2017	West Ham United	0–3	Villarreal	Dagenham
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Dalmau  1'  35'  68'	Stadium: Victoria Road

Tottenham Hotspur v Villarreal

14 November 2017	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Villarreal	Stevenage
19:00 GMT		Report	Cedrés  30' Riera  45'	Stadium: Broadhall Way

West Ham United v Benfica

21 November 2017	West Ham United	0–2	Benfica	Billericay
19:00 GMT		Report 1 Report 2	Júnior  8'  26'	Stadium: AGP Arena

Tottenham Hotspur v Benfica

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

Arsenal v Dinamo Zagreb

24 February 2018	Arsenal	2–1	Dinamo Zagreb	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT	Willock  28' Dasilva  89'	Report 1 Report 2	Miklić  75'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Daniel Middleton

Manchester United v Villarreal

27 February 2018	Manchester United	0–2	Villarreal	Leigh
19:00 GMT		Report 1 Report 2	Dalmau  48' Pedrito  50'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

Liverpool v Porto

28 February 2018	Liverpool	1–2	Porto	Birkenhead
19:00 GMT	Virtue  33'	Report	Costa  58' Irala  90+6'	Stadium: Prenton Park

Sunderland v Newcastle United

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

Arsenal v Villarreal

10 April 2018	Arsenal	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Villarreal	Highbury, 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

Newcastle United v Porto

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

Arsenal v Porto

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.