2016–17 Premier League International Cup

2016–17 Premier League International Cup
The Stadium of Light in Monkwearmouth, Sunderland hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates18 August 2016 – 17 May 2017
Teams24 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsPortugal Porto (1st title)
Runners-upEngland Sunderland
Tournament statistics
Matches played43
Goals scored119 (2.77 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Carlton Morris
(4 goals)

The 2016–17 Premier League International Cup was the third season of the Premier League International Cup, a European club football competition organised by the Premier League for under-23 players.[1]

Villarreal were the defending champions, having defeated PSV 4–2 in the previous season's final, but were eliminated in the group stage.

Qualification

Twelve teams in Premier League 2 were invited to represent England in the tournament, while European teams that qualify for the knockout stages were guaranteed an invite for the following season's competition. 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.[2]

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

Teams

Valencia, Feyenoord, Sparta Prague, Dinamo Zagreb, VfL Wolfsburg, and Hertha Berlin were the new international entrants in the 2016–17 season.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 28 July 2016.[3] The teams were drawn into four groups, each containing two English sides and two European sides.

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
England Sunderland 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
Portugal Benfica 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
England Derby County 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
22 September 2016 Derby County England 2–1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Burton upon Trent
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Blackman pen' (14)
Rawson 19'		 Report Gudmundsson pen' (63) Stadium: St George's Park
14 October 2016 Derby County England 0–2 Portugal Benfica Burton upon Trent
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: St George's Park
18 November 2016 Sunderland England 2–1 Portugal Benfica Sunderland
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Asoro 19'
Molyneux 		Tavares Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground
Attendance: 344[4]
Referee: Mr S.Rushton
23 December 2016 Sunderland England 2–0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Sunderland
19:00 GMT (UTC) Embleton 69'
Asoro 86'		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
12 January 2017 Derby County England 2–2 England Sunderland Derby
19:00 GMT (UTC) MacDonald 41'
Robson 45' (o.g.)		 Report Nelson 66'
Cresswell 90' (o.g.)		 Stadium: iPro Stadium
Attendance: 207[5]
18 January 2017 Benfica Portugal 0–0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven New Malden
19:00 GMT (UTC) Stadium: Motspur Park

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Manchester United 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
England Middlesbrough 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
Spain Villarreal 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
13 September 2016 Manchester United England 1–0 Spain Villarreal Leigh
19:00 GMT (UTC) Harrop 34' [1] Stadium: Leigh Sports Village
Referee: Joseph Johnson
11 October 2016 Middlesbrough England 1–0 Spain Villarreal Darlington
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Cooke 90' Report Stadium: The Darlington Arena[6]
Attendance: 467
Referee: Andrew Miller
15 November 2016 Middlesbrough England 1–0 Czech Republic Sparta Prague Hartlepool
19:00 GMT (UTC) Cooke 33' Stadium: Victoria Park
Referee: Mr T.Harrington
13 December 2016 Villarreal Spain 2–1 Czech Republic Sparta Prague Burton upon Trent
19:00 GMT (UTC)
Stadium: St George's Park
15 December 2016 Manchester United England 2–0 Czech Republic Sparta Prague Leigh
19:00 GMT (UTC) Harrop 21'
Redmond 55'		 Report Stadium: Leigh Sports Village
Attendance: 943[7]
Referee: Martin Coy
22 December 2016 Manchester United England 2–2 England Middlesbrough Leigh
19:00 GMT (UTC) Mitchell 59'
Goss 72' (pen.)		 Report de Pena 63', 83' Stadium: Leigh Sports Village
Attendance: 856[8]
Referee: Peter Wright

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Portugal Porto 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
Germany VfL Wolfsburg 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
England Leicester City 3 1 0 2 2 6 −4 3
England Liverpool 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
28 September 2016 Liverpool England 1–2 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Birkenhead
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Lennon 80' [2] Brekalo 51'
Hansen 90'		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
11 October 2016 Leicester City England 0–3 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Leicester
19:00 BST (UTC+1) [3] Zawada 42'
Donkor 58' 63'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Thomas Bramall
2 November 2016 Liverpool England 1–1 Portugal Porto Birkenhead
19:00 GMT (UTC) Lennon 65' Report Govea 49' Stadium: Prenton Park
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
12 November 2016 Leicester City England 0–2 Portugal Porto Leicester
19:00 GMT (UTC) Report Inácio 55'
Palmer-Brown 81'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
3 December 2016 Leicester City England 2–1 England Liverpool Leicester
19:00 GMT (UTC) Ndukwu 50', 77' Wilson 45' Stadium: Holmes Park
Referee: Anthony Serrano
14 December 2016 Porto Portugal 3–0 Germany VfL Wolfsburg Brighton
19:00 GMT (UTC) Ramos 39'
Areias 44'
Kayembe 58'		 Report Stadium: American Express Elite Performance Centre

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
Wales Swansea City 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
England Chelsea 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
Netherlands Feyenoord 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
11 October 2016 Swansea City Wales 2–0 Netherlands Feyenoord Swansea
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Plezier 10'
Biabi 90' pen		 Stadium: Landore Training Centre
11 November 2016 Swansea City Wales 0–0 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Swansea
19:00 GMT (UTC) Stadium: Landore Training Centre
29 November 2016 Chelsea England 2–1 Netherlands Feyenoord Aldershot
19:00 GMT (UTC) Sterling 84'
Tomori 85'		 Basacikoglu 12' Stadium: Recreation Ground
Referee: Mr C.Hatzidakis
16 December 2016 Chelsea England 0–1 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Aldershot
19:00 GMT (UTC) Mihaljević 38' Stadium: Recreation Ground
Referee: Mr A. Quelch
20 December 2016 Feyenoord Netherlands 0–3 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Stoke d'Abernon
19:00 GMT (UTC) Mihaljević 25', 36'
Muhar 90+2'		 Stadium: Cobham Training Centre
22 December 2016 Chelsea England 1–2 Wales Swansea City Aldershot
19:00 GMT (UTC) Quintero 34' Biabi 53'
James 86'		 Stadium: Recreation Ground

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
England Norwich City 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9
Scotland Celtic 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
England Aston Villa 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
Spain Valencia 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: [citation needed]
6 September 2016 Norwich City England 2–0 Spain Valencia Norwich
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Morris 15'
Latorre (o.g.), 28'		 [4] Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 829
5 October 2016 Aston Villa England 2–1 Spain Valencia Birmingham
20:00 BST (UTC+1) O'Hare 41' 82' [5] Soler Barragan 45' Stadium: Villa Park
9 November 2016 Aston Villa England 0–3 Scotland Celtic Birmingham
19:00 GMT (UTC) Report 1
Report 2		 Donnelly 15', 63'
Aitchison 34'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Referee: Mr A.Serrano
16 November 2016 Norwich City England 3–0 Scotland Celtic Norwich
19:00 GMT (UTC) Morris 6' (pen.), 81'
Murphy 58'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 2,074
30 November 2016 Valencia Spain 0–3 Scotland Celtic Southampton
19:00 GMT (UTC) Report 1
Report 2		 Nesbitt 1'
Donnelly 39'
Ajer 56'		 Stadium: Staplewood
12 January 2017 Norwich City England 4–3 England Aston Villa Norwich
19:00 GMT (UTC) Maddison 43'
Morris 47'
Middleton 56'
Jaiyesimi 76'		 Report Davis 29', 52'
Sellars 44'		 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 200
Referee: Dean Treleaven

Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Germany Hertha BSC 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
Spain Athletic Bilbao 3 2 1 0 7 5 +2 7
England Everton 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
England Reading 3 0 0 3 3 7 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]
18 August 2016 Everton England 2–1 England Reading Southport
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Dyson 7'
Evans 12'		 Report Fosu 36' Stadium: Haig Avenue
Referee: Andrew Miller
26 October 2016 Athletic Bilbao Spain 2–2 Germany Hertha BSC Brighton
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Iriondo 6'
Morcillo 76'		 Report Kohls 32'
Pelivan 55' (pen.)		 Stadium: American Express Elite Football Performance Centre
23 November 2016 Everton England 1–3 Germany Hertha BSC Liverpool
19:00 GMT (UTC) Jones 50' Report Friede 11', 20'
Kurt 32'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
23 November 2016 Reading England 2–3 Spain Athletic Bilbao High Wycombe
19:00 GMT (UTC) Méïté 4', 9' Report Southwood 45+3' (o.g.)
Bilbao 71'
Villalibre 72'		 Stadium: Adams Park
14 December 2016 Reading England 0–2 Germany Hertha BSC Reading
19:00 GMT (UTC) Report Friede 64'
Beyer 74'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
21 December 2016 Everton England 1–2 Spain Athletic Bilbao Liverpool
19:00 GMT (UTC) Connolly 9' Report Córdoba 43'
Núñez 81'		 Stadium: Goodison Park

Ranking of second-placed teams

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Wales Swansea City 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
Spain Athletic Bilbao 3 2 1 0 7 5 +2 7
England Middlesbrough 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
Scotland Celtic 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
Germany VfL Wolfsburg 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
Portugal Benfica 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout stages

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
         
Wales Swansea City 5
Germany Hertha BSC 1
Wales Swansea City 0
Portugal Porto 1
England Manchester United 0
Portugal Porto 2
Portugal Porto 5
England Sunderland 0
England Norwich City 6
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 0
England Norwich City 0
England Sunderland 1
England Sunderland 2
Spain Athletic Bilbao 0

Quarter-finals

15 February 2017 Sunderland England 2–0 Spain Athletic Bilbao Sunderland
19:00 GMT (UTC) Robson 25'
Embleton 47'		 Report Córdoba Red card 52' Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 634
Referee: Tom Bramall (Derbyshire)
28 February 2017 Swansea City Wales 5–1 Germany Hertha BSC Swansea
19:00 GMT (UTC)
Report
Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 800
22 February 2017 Manchester United England 0–2 Portugal Porto Leigh
19:00 GMT (UTC) Report 1
Report 2		 Díaz 65', 69' Stadium: Leigh Sports Village
Attendance: 1,212[9]
Referee: Scott Oldham
27 February 2017 Norwich City England 6–0 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb Norwich
 Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 2,526

Semi-finals

25 March 2017 Swansea City Wales 0–1 Portugal Porto Swansea
12:30 GMT (UTC) Report Galeno 64' Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 2,118
31 March 2017 Norwich City England 0–1 England Sunderland Norwich
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Report Asoro 13' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 3,000 estimated[10]

Final

17 May 2017 Sunderland England 0–5 Portugal Porto Sunderland
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Report Galeno 5', 37'
Pereira 45+2'
Kayembe 51'
Awaziem 55'		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 18,317

References

  1. ^ "Premier League International Cup: Format explained". Premier League. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Premier League International Cup explained". Premier League. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Man Utd to face International Cup holders". Premier League. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Sunderland U23 2-1 Benfica U23 report: Black Cats make winning start in International Cup". ChronicleLive. 18 November 2016.
  5. ^ "U23 REPORT: DERBY COUNTY 2-2 SUNDERLAND". Derby County FC.
  6. ^ "Middlesbrough U23s vs Villarreal: History beckons for Boro in the Premier League International Cup". Gazette Live. 11 October 2016.
  7. ^ @lsvstadium (15 December 2016). "Finishes @ManUtd 2 @ACSparta_EN 0 in #PLInternationalCup" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ @lsvstadium (22 December 2016). "FULL TIME #mufc 2 #boro 2" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ @lsvstadium (22 February 2017). "FULL TIME: #mufc 0 #fcporto 2" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Norwich City U23s 0 Sunderland U23s 1 – Canaries miss out on place in Premier League International Cup final". Eastern Daily Press.