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
Dates	17 August 2011 – 25 March 2012
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Internazionale (1st title)
Runners-up	Ajax
Third place	Liverpool
Fourth place	Marseille
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Top scorer(s)	Viktor Fischer Jean Marie Dongou (7 goals)
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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

17 August 2011

20:30

Stade Marcel Cerdan, Carnoux-en-Provence

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

31 August 2011

20:30

Celtic Park, Glasgow

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

15 September 2011

20:00

Ewen Fields, Hyde

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

29 September 2011

20:30

Mini Estadi, Barcelona

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Marseille	3 – 0	Manchester City
Jobello 18' Ammari 82' Moulet 90+4'	Report

5 October 2011

18:00

Stade Marcel Cerdan, Carnoux-en-Provence

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

17 October 2011

20:00

Ewen Fields, Hyde

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Marseille	4 – 2	Barcelona
Aloè 44' Diop 50' (pen.) Santiago 60' Abdullah 88'	Report	Ernesto 19' Dongou 22'

20 October 2011

18:00

Stade Marcel Cerdan, Carnoux-en-Provence

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

3 November 2011

20:15

Mini Estadi, Barcelona

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

7 November 2011

20:30

Celtic Park, Glasgow

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

24 November 2011

19:00

Mini Estadi, Barcelona

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

24 November 2011

20:00

Ewen Fields, Hyde

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

7 December 2011

20:45

Celtic Park, Glasgow

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'

17 August 2011

20:00

Anfield, Liverpool

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

18 August 2011

19:00

Aker Stadion, Molde

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Sporting CP	2 – 1	Wolfsburg
Betinho 45' Chaby 64'		Arnold 53'

31 August 2011

21:00

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Referee: Bruno Esteves

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

7 September 2011

19:00

Aker Stadion, Molde

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

14 September 2011

20:00

Anfield, Liverpool

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

15 September 2011

21:00

Estádio do Restelo, Lisbon

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

21 September 2011

18:00

Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg

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

29 September 2011

20:00

Anfield, Liverpool

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Wolfsburg	0 – 0	Sporting CP
	Report

19 October 2011

18:00

VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg, Wolfsburg

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

2 November 2011

18:00

VfL-Stadion am Elsterweg, Wolfsburg

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

12 November 2011

15:00

Aker Stadion, Molde

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Sporting CP	5 − 1	Liverpool
Ié 19' Chaby 35' Betinho 53', 61' Etock 86'	Report	Ngoo 39'

16 November 2011

21:00

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

17 August 2011

19:30

De Toekomst, Amsterdam

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

7 September 2011

19:30

De Toekomst, Amsterdam

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

28 September 2011

19:00

Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

Attendance: 830

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

28 September 2011

20:00

Villa Park, Birmingham

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

12 October 2011

19:00

Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

Attendance: 330

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

26 October 2011

14:30

Maltepe Stadı, Istanbul

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

2 November 2011

20:00

Villa Park, Birmingham

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Fenerbahçe	0 – 0	Ajax
	Report

2 November 2011

14:00

Maltepe Stadı, Istanbul

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

9 November 2011

20:00

Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

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Fenerbahçe	1 − 0	Rosenborg
Akar (75)	Report

16 November 2011

13:00

Maltepe Stadı, Istanbul

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

22 November 2011

20:00

Villa Park, Birmingham

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

29 November 2011

18:30

De Toekomst, Amsterdam

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'

17 August 2011

19:30

Stadion Rankhof, Basel

Attendance: 750

Referee: Luke Fähndrich

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Basel	1 – 0	PSV Eindhoven
Nafiu 20'	Report

31 August 2011

19:30

Stadion Rankhof, Basel

Attendance: 820

Referee: Sascha Amhof

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

31 August 2011

16:00

Brisbane Road, London

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

14 September 2011

16:00

Grazia Deledda, Milan

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PSV Eindhoven	1 − 2	Tottenham Hotspur
Rayhi 60'	Report	Coulibaly 43' Munns 87'

27 September 2011

15:30

De Herdgang, Eindhoven

Referee: S. Berben

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Internazionale	1 − 0	Basel
Vojtuš 45 +2'	Report

28 September 2011

16:00

Grazia Deledda, Milan

Attendance: 250

Referee: Minelli (Varese)

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

19 October 2011

15:00

Spurs Lodge, London

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PSV Eindhoven	4 − 1	Basel
Koch 15' Ritzmaier 24', 57' Bentancourt 62'	Report	Shillova 21'

2 November 2011

15:30

De Herdgang, Eindhoven

Attendance: 150

Referee: Vrijhof

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Tottenham Hotspur	1 – 0	Basel
Veljković 22'	Report

23 November 2011

15:00

Spurs Lodge, London

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

8 December 2011

14:45

Stadio Città di Meda, Milan

Referee: Chiffi (Padua)

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PSV Eindhoven	1 – 2	Internazionale
Rayhi 75'	Report	Bessa 15' Longo 33'

20 December 2011

18:00

De Herdgang, Eindhoven

Referee: Van Der Hurk

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Basel	0 – 0	Internazionale

3 January 2012

19:30

Knockout stage

Kickoff times are in CET.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Sporting CP	0
	Internazionale	1
					Internazionale	2
					Marseille	0
	Aston Villa	1
	Marseille (a.e.t.)	2
									Internazionale (pen.)	1 (5)
									Ajax	1 (3)
	Tottenham Hotspur	1
	Liverpool [nbn 1]	0
					Liverpool	0
					Ajax	6
	Barcelona	0
	Ajax	3

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'

25 January 2012

20:00

Villa Park, Birmingham

Referee: Steve Martin

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Sporting CP	0 – 1	Internazionale
	Report	Mbaye 55'

25 January 2012

20:30

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria

Attendance: 6509

Referee: Rui Silva

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Tottenham Hotspur	1 – 0 [nbn 1]	Liverpool
Coulthirst 71'	Report

1 February 2012

20:00

White Hart Lane, London

Referee: A Davies

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Barcelona	0 – 3	Ajax
	Report	Fischer 55', 81' Schoop 67'

8 February 2012

18:30

Mini Estadi, Barcelona

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'

14 March 2012

20:30

Langtree Park, St Helens

Attendance: 6,000

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

21 March 2012

19:00

Griffin Park, London

3rd place

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

24 March 2012

11:00

Cobham Training Centre, London

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

25 March 2012

14:30

Matchroom Stadium, London

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