2011–12 NextGen Series

2011–12 NextGen Series
Tournament details
Dates17 August 2011 – 25 March 2012
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Internazionale (1st title)
Runners-up Ajax
Third place Liverpool
Fourth place Marseille
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Top scorer(s) Viktor Fischer
Jean Marie Dongou (7 goals)

The 2011–12 NextGen Series was the inaugural season of the NextGen Series, an association football tournament which involved the under-19 teams from 16 clubs from across Europe.

Group stage

The teams were sorted into four groups of four, where they played each other home and away in a double round robin format. The top two teams advanced to the knock-out stages.[1]

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Barcelona 6 5 0 1 20 9 +11 15
Marseille 6 4 0 2 11 10 +1 12
Celtic 6 3 0 3 11 12 -1 9
Manchester City 6 0 0 6 6 17 -11 0

Kickoff times are in CET.

Marseille 1 – 0 Celtic
Bangoura 6' Report
Stade Marcel Cerdan, Carnoux-en-Provence

Celtic 1 – 3 Barcelona
Watt 23' Report Ernesto 17'
Patric 37'
Dongou 48'

Manchester City 1 – 2 Barcelona
Bunn 40' Report Miguel Ángel 52', 74'

Barcelona 4 – 1 Marseille
Ernesto 3'
Dongou 46', 88'
Enukidze 54' (o.g.)
Report Aloè 64'

Marseille 3 – 0 Manchester City
Jobello 18'
Ammari 82'
Moulet 90+4'
Report
Stade Marcel Cerdan, Carnoux-en-Provence

Manchester City 2 – 4 Celtic
Román 10'
Suárez 65'
Report Herron 25'
George 39', 59'
Watt 68'

Marseille 4 – 2 Barcelona
Aloè 44'
Diop 50' (pen.)
Santiago 60'
Abdullah 88'
Report Ernesto 19'
Dongou 22'
Stade Marcel Cerdan, Carnoux-en-Provence

Barcelona 4 – 1 Manchester City
Sandro 30', 40'
Miguel Ángel 68'
Ledes 86'
Report Hiwula 87'

Celtic 2 – 1 Manchester City
McGeouch 34'
Fraser 41'
Report Rusnack 67'

Barcelona 5 – 1 Celtic
Patric 3'
Dongou 5', 57', 62'
Sandro 74'
Report Watt 75'

Manchester City 1 – 2 Marseille
Hiwula 42' Report Santiago 34'
Bonelli 81'

Celtic 3 – 0 Marseille
Twardzik 45'
Toshney 57'
George 80'
Report

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sporting CP 6 5 1 0 20 6 +14 16
Liverpool 6 2 1 3 9 11 −2 7
Wolfsburg 6 1 3 2 8 9 −1 6
Molde 6 1 1 4 10 21 −11 4

Kickoff times are in CET.

Liverpool 0 – 3 Sporting CP
Report Teixeira 26'
Betinho 38'
Rosa 86'

Molde 3 – 1 Wolfsburg
Hollingen 58'
Bjerkås 90+1'
Tripić 90+4'
Report Millemaci 50'

Sporting CP 2 – 1 Wolfsburg
Betinho 45'
Chaby 64'
Arnold 53'
Referee: Bruno Esteves

Molde 0 – 4 Liverpool
Report Silva 26', 46'
Coady 57' (pen.)
Sterling 82'

Liverpool 1 – 1 Wolfsburg
Kleihs 87' (o.g.) Hansen 44'

Sporting CP 6 – 1 Molde
Chaby 6'
Medeiros 13'
Betinho 44', 58'
Mané 90'
Rosa 90'
Stamnestrø 63'

Wolfsburg 2 – 0 Liverpool
Güleryüz 48'
Millemaci 54'
Report

Liverpool 3 – 0 Molde
Morgan 69', 87'
Silva 89'


Wolfsburg 3 – 3 Molde
Bildirici 35', 42'
Güleryüz 45'
Report Tripić 6', 88'
Markeng 93'

Molde 3 – 4 Sporting CP
Furu 18'
Tripić 79' (pen.)
Markeng 81'
Report Fonseca 4'
Guedes 27'
Bruma 47', 55'

Sporting CP 5 − 1 Liverpool
19'
Chaby 35'
Betinho 53', 61'
Etock 86'
Report Ngoo 39'
Estádio Municipal de Mafra, Mafra

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Aston Villa 6 4 0 2 15 7 +8 12
Ajax 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10
Rosenborg 6 3 0 3 11 11 0 9
Fenerbahçe 6 1 1 4 5 15 –10 4

Kickoff times are in CET.

Ajax 2 – 0 Aston Villa
De Bondt 17'
Fischer 49'
Report

Ajax 5 – 1 Fenerbahçe
Fennich 27', 29'
Fischer 54'
Klaassen 57'
De Sa 67'
Report Şimşek 43'

Rosenborg 1 – 2 Ajax
Bakenga 19' Report Klaassen 6', 66'

Aston Villa 4 – 0 Fenerbahçe
Carruthers 10'
Gardner 25'
Robinson 54'
Johnson 70'
Report

Rosenborg 4 – 2 Fenerbahçe
Bakenga 24', 72', 73'
Aasbak 26' (pen.)
Report Kandemir 4'
Niyaz 62'

Fenerbahçe 1 – 2 Aston Villa
Williams 60' (o.g.) Report Johnson 63'
Kinsella 83'
Maltepe Stadı, Istanbul

Aston Villa 4 – 1 Rosenborg
Burke 45', 84'
Gardner 60'
Drennan 90'
Report Bakenga 8'

Fenerbahçe 0 – 0 Ajax
Report
Maltepe Stadı, Istanbul

Rosenborg 3 – 2 Aston Villa
Selnæs 29', 70'
Bakenga 79'
Report Williams 39'
Johnson 42'

Fenerbahçe 1 − 0 Rosenborg
Akar (75) Report
Maltepe Stadı, Istanbul

Aston Villa 3 − 0 Ajax
Gardner 26', 55', 83' Report

Ajax 0 – 2 Rosenborg
Report Bjørnholm 52'
Øien 90'

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tottenham Hotspur 6 4 2 0 17 6 +11 14
Internazionale 6 3 2 1 8 11 –3 11
Basel 6 1 2 3 4 8 –4 5
PSV Eindhoven 6 1 0 5 9 13 –4 3

Kickoff times are in CET.

Basel 2 – 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Pak 6'
Maroufi 8'
Report Kane 16' (pen.)
Coulthirst 46'
Attendance: 750
Referee: Luke Fähndrich

Basel 1 – 0 PSV Eindhoven
Nafiu 20' Report
Attendance: 820
Referee: Sascha Amhof

Tottenham Hotspur 7 – 1 Internazionale
Pritchard 7', 67'
Coulibaly 12', 29'
Gomelt 14', 23', 37'
Report Bessa 39' (pen.)

Internazionale 3 − 2 PSV Eindhoven
Bessa 5'
Longo 44', 93'
Report Tanane 56'
Van Overbeek 90'
Grazia Deledda, Milan

PSV Eindhoven 1 − 2 Tottenham Hotspur
Rayhi 60' Report Coulibaly 43'
Munns 87'
Referee: S. Berben

Internazionale 1 − 0 Basel
Vojtuš 45 +2' Report
Grazia Deledda, Milan
Attendance: 250
Referee: Minelli (Varese)

Tottenham Hotspur 4 – 1 PSV Eindhoven
Ceballos 18'
Veljković 22'
Pritchard 53'
Oyenuga 55'
Report Van Ooijen 41'
Spurs Lodge, London

PSV Eindhoven 4 − 1 Basel
Koch 15'
Ritzmaier 24', 57'
Bentancourt 62'
Report Shillova 21'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Vrijhof

Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 0 Basel
Veljković 22' Report
Spurs Lodge, London

Internazionale 1 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur
Pecorini 14' Report Pritchard 23'
Stadio Città di Meda, Milan
Referee: Chiffi (Padua)

PSV Eindhoven 1 – 2 Internazionale
Rayhi 75' Report Bessa 15'
Longo 33'
Referee: Van Der Hurk

Basel 0 – 0 Internazionale

Knockout stage

Kickoff times are in CET.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Sporting CP0
 
 
 
Internazionale1
 
Internazionale2
 
 
 
Marseille0
 
Aston Villa1
 
 
 
Marseille (a.e.t.)2
 
Internazionale (pen.)1 (5)
 
 
 
Ajax1 (3)
 
Tottenham Hotspur1
 
 
 
Liverpool [nbn 1]0
 
Liverpool0
 
 
 
Ajax6
 
Barcelona0
 
 
Ajax3
 
  1. ^ Tottenham Hotspur voluntarily withdrew after they became aware that they had breached competition rules by fielding two under-age players.[2] Liverpool were asked to take part in the Semi-Finals in their place.

Quarter-finals

Aston Villa 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Marseille
Gardner 90' Report Gadi 36'
Omrani 101'
Referee: Steve Martin

Sporting CP 0 – 1 Internazionale
Report Mbaye 55'
Attendance: 6509
Referee: Rui Silva

Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 0 [nbn 1] Liverpool
Coulthirst 71' Report
Referee: A Davies

Barcelona 0 – 3 Ajax
Report Fischer 55', 81'
Schoop 67'
  1. ^ Tottenham Hotspur voluntarily withdrew after they became aware that they had breached competition rules by fielding two under-age players.[2] Liverpool were asked to take part in the Semi-Finals in their place.

Semi-finals

Liverpool 0 – 6 Ajax
Report Fischer 7', 48', 71'
Klaassen 62' (pen.), 70'
De Sa 42'
Attendance: 6,000

Internazionale 2 − 0 Marseille
Crisetig 3'
Longo 42'
Report

3rd place

Liverpool 2 − 0 Marseille
Ngoo 40'
Morgan 90'
Report

Final

Internazionale 1–1 (a.e.t.) Ajax
Longo 45' Report[3] Denswil 50'
Penalties
Bessa
Duncan
Alborno
Longo
Crisetig
5–3 Denswil
Klaassen
Veltman
De Bondt
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Lee Collins
Internazionale
Ajax
INTERNAZIONALE:
GK 1 Raffaele Di Gennaro
DF 2 Simone Pecorini  120'
DF 3 Ibrahima Mbaye  70'
DF 4 Lukas Spendlhofer
DF 5 Marek Kysela
MF 6 Alfred Duncan
MF 7 Andrea Romanò (c)
MF 8 Lorenzo Crisetig
MF 9 Samuele Longo 44'
MF 10 Daniel Bessa
FW 11 Marko Livaja  75'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Andrea Sala
DF 13 Eugenio Giannetti
DF 14 Rodrigo Alborno  75'
MF 15 Marco Benassi
FW 16 Giovanni Terrani
MF 17 Gianmarco Falasca
FW 18 Francesco Forte
Manager:
Andrea Stramaccioni


Man of the Match: Mickey van der Hart

Assistant Referees: Lee Betts and Colin Lymer
Fourth Official: Charles Breakspear

AJAX:
GK 1 Mickey van der Hart
DF 2 Sven Nieuwpoort
DF 3 Joël Veltman
DF 4 Stefano Denswil 48'
DF 5 Mitchell Dijks
DF 6 Fabian Sporkslede
FW 7 Lesley de Sa  75'
MF 8 Mats Rits  105'
FW 9 Rowendey Schoop  54'
FW 10 Davy Klaassen (c)
FW 11 Viktor Fischer
Substitutes:
GK 12 Peter Leeuwenburgh
DF 13 Mike Busse
MF 14 Sinan Keskin
FW 15 Nick de Bondt  75'
FW 16 Danzell Gravenberch  54'
DF 17 Ruben Ligeon
MF 18 Abdel Malek El Hasnaoui  105'
Manager:
Fred Grim

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Viktor Fischer Ajax 7
Jean Marie Dongou Barcelona
3 Mushaga Bakenga Rosenborg 6
Betinho Sporting CP
Gary Gardner Aston Villa
6 Davy Klaassen Ajax 5
Samuele Longo Internazionale
8 Zlatko Tripić Molde 4
Alex Pritchard Tottenham Hotspur
10 Tomislav Gomelt Tottenham Hotspur 3
Souleymane Coulibaly Tottenham Hotspur
Toni Silva Liverpool
Ernesto Cornejo Barcelona
Miguel Ángel Barcelona
Daniel Johnson Aston Villa
Filipe Chaby Sporting CP
Sandro Barcelona
Tony Watt Celtic
Paul George Celtic
Daniel Bessa Internazionale
21 Youssef Fennich Ajax 2
Lesley de Sa Ajax
Farley Rosa Sporting CP
Giovanni Millemaci Wolfsburg
Adam Morgan Liverpool
Aloe Baptiste Marseille
Murat Bildirici Wolfsburg
Andac Güleryüz Wolfsburg
Graham Burke Aston Villa
Marcel Ritzmaier PSV Eindhoven
Ole Kristian Selnæs Rosenborg
Bruma Sporting CP
Simon Markeng Molde
Miloš Veljković Tottenham Hotspur
Patric Barcelona
Jonathan Santiago Marseille
Jordy Hiwula Manchester City
Mohamed Rayhi PSV Eindhoven
Shaq Coulthirst Tottenham Hotspur

References

  1. ^ "UEFA U-19 NextGen Series 2011-12".
  2. ^ a b "Tottenham withdraw from NextGen".
  3. ^ Report (inter.it)