Villa’s youngsters will compete in the Premier League International Cup for the 2016/17 season.The competition has expanded to 24 Clubs – 12 domestic Clubs and 12 international Clubs. It will see twelve of England’s best academy sides compete against twelve of the top development squads in the rest of Europe. The competition will be open to players U23 so that Clubs will be permitted to name three over age outfield players and one overage goalkeeper. The opportunity to play against B teams from across Europe has been challenging and an attractive development opportunity for coaches and players. The competition will be split into six groups of four Clubs. Each Club will play the other Clubs in their Group once, either home, away or neutral. The top club in each Group plus the two best placed runners-up will advance to the knock-out stage. Following rounds will be a straight knock-out (one leg) – quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. Man City were the inaugural winners (2014/15) after beating Porto B 1-0 in the final at the City Academy Stadium, while Villarreal emerged victorious in 2015/16 final, when they beat PSV Eindhoven’s Jong PSV 4-2 after extra-time at Millwall’s New Den. Teams included Chelsea, Derby County, Everton, Leicester City, Liverpool, Man Utd, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Reading, Sunderland and Swansea City.AC Sparta Prague, Athletic Club Bilbao, Celtic, Dinamo Zagreb, FC Porto, Feyenoord, Hertha BSC, PSV Eindhoven, Benfica, Valencia, Villareal, Wolfsburg.
For this new Premier League 2 for U21's, how are Derby and Reading in Division 1 and us, West Ham and Newcastle in Division 2?
Quote from: Toronto Villa on July 27, 2016, 12:14:32 AMFor this new Premier League 2 for U21's, how are Derby and Reading in Division 1 and us, West Ham and Newcastle in Division 2?I'm assuming because their under-21s are better than ours.
It's a re-brand. We were already in the second U21 division: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014–15_Professional_U21_Development_League
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