2011–12 NextGen Series

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.

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

Group stage

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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

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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

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'


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'

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

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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'

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'

Group 3

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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

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

Fenerbahçe  1 − 0  Rosenborg
Akar   (75) Report

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

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

Group 4

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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

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'

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

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

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

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

Internazionale  1 – 1  Tottenham Hotspur
Pecorini   14' Report Pritchard   23'
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

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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

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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

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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

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

Final

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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

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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

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