2015 International Champions Cup

2015 International Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host countries	Australia; China; Canada; England; Italy; Mexico; United States
Dates	July 11 – August 5
Teams	15 (from 2 confederations)
Venue	18 (in 18 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia:; Real Madrid (2nd title); China:; Real Madrid (3rd title); North America and Europe:; Paris Saint-Germain (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	63 (2.74 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Zlatan Ibrahimović; Jean-Kévin Augustin; Luis Suárez; (3 goals each)
	← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 International Champions Cup (or ICC) was a series of friendly association football tournaments. It was the first tournament played separately in Australia, China, North America and Europe.

Host countriesAustralia
China
Canada
England
Italy
Mexico
United States

DatesJuly 11 – August 5

Teams15 (from 2 confederations)

Venue18 (in 18 host cities)

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The Australian edition of the tournament featured three teams played across three matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 18, 21 and 24. Real Madrid were the first club to announce their involvement.^[1] Manchester City and Roma were later confirmed to take part in the Australian tournament.^[2] The Chinese edition of the tournament featured Real Madrid, Milan and Internazionale playing a total of three matches in the cities of the Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Shanghai.

Real Madrid won both the Australian and the Chinese competitions.^[3]

The North American and European edition of the tournament featured 10 teams but some games were played in Mexico, Canada, Italy and England.^[4] Each team involved in the US edition played four games, except the three United States–based teams that only played two games. Select Major League Soccer (MLS) matches between the ICC competing teams counted towards the point total to allow MLS teams to have four games count on the table.^[5] 2014 International Champions Cup winners Manchester United were the first team to confirm their involvement in the US edition.^[6]

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Nation	Team	Location	Confederation	League
England	Chelsea	London	UEFA	Premier League
England	Manchester United	Manchester		Premier League
France	Paris Saint-Germain	Paris		Ligue 1
Italy	Fiorentina	Florence		Serie A
Mexico	América	Mexico City	CONCACAF	Liga MX
Portugal	Benfica	Lisbon	UEFA	Primeira Liga
Spain	Barcelona	Barcelona	UEFA	La Liga
United States	LA Galaxy	Carson	CONCACAF	Major League Soccer
	New York Red Bulls	Harrison
	San Jose Earthquakes	San Jose

Melbourne	Melbourne Location of the host city of the 2015 International Champions Cup in Australia.
Melbourne Cricket Ground
37°49′12″S 144°59′0″E
Capacity: 100,024

Guangzhou	Shenzhen	Shanghai
Tianhe Stadium	Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre	Shanghai Stadium
23°8′26.33″N 113°19′9.58″E	22°41′49.70″N 114°12′43.90″E	31°11′0.61″N 121°26′14.28″E
Capacity: 58,500	Capacity: 60,334	Capacity: 56,842

Seattle	Chicago	Toronto	East Hartford
CenturyLink Field	Soldier Field	BMO Field	Rentschler Field
47°35′42.72″N 122°19′53.76″W	41°51′45″N 87°37′0″W	43°37′58″N 79°25′7″W	41°45′35″N 72°37′8″W
Capacity: 67,000	Capacity: 61,500	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 40,642

Santa Clara	Santa Clara San Jose Mexico City Carson Landover Seattle Chicago Toronto Harrison Pasadena East Hartford Charlotte Location of the host cities of the 2015 International Champions Cup in North America.		Harrison
Levi's Stadium			Red Bull Arena
37°24′10.8″N 121°58′12″W			40°44′12″N 74°9′1″W
Capacity: 68,500			Capacity: 25,000

San Jose			Landover
Avaya Stadium			FedExField
Capacity: 18,000			Capacity: 79,000
37°21′5″N 121°55′30″W			38°54′28″N 76°51′52″W

Pasadena	Carson	Mexico City	Charlotte
Rose Bowl	StubHub Center	Estadio Azteca	Bank of America Stadium
34°9′41″N 118°10′3″W	33°51′52″N 118°15′40″W	19°18′10.48″N 99°9′1.59″W	35°13′33″N 80°51′10″W
Capacity: 92,542	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 95,500	Capacity: 74,455

London Florence Location of the host cities of the 2015 International Champions Cup in Europe.	London	Florence
	Stamford Bridge	Stadio Artemio Franchi
	51°28′54″N 0°11′28″W	43°46′50.96″N 11°16′56.13″E
	Capacity: 41,798	Capacity: 47,282

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Tournament details
Host countries	Australia China Canada England Italy Mexico United States
Dates	July 11 – August 5
Teams	15 (from 2 confederations)
Venue	18 (in 18 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia: Real Madrid (2nd title) China: Real Madrid (3rd title) North America and Europe: Paris Saint-Germain (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	63 (2.74 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Zlatan Ibrahimović Jean-Kévin Augustin Luis Suárez (3 goals each)
← 2014 2016 →

Nation	Team	Location	Confederation	League
England	Manchester City	Manchester	UEFA	Premier League
Italy	Roma	Rome		Serie A
Spain	Real Madrid	Madrid		La Liga

Nation	Team	Location	Confederation	League
Italy	Internazionale	Milan	UEFA	Serie A
Italy	Milan	Milan		Serie A
Spain	Real Madrid	Madrid		La Liga

Real Madrid	0–0	Roma
	Report
Penalties
Danilo Kroos Lucas Silva Isco Benzema Nacho Vázquez	6–7	Pjanić Ljajić Destro Florenzi Iturbe Paredes Keita

Roma	2–2	Manchester City
Pjanić 8' Ljajić 86'	Report	Sterling 3' Iheanacho 51'
Penalties
Nainggolan Ljajić Destro Falque Doumbia Keita	4–5	Touré Kolarov Navas Lopes Hart Horsfield

Real Madrid	0–0	Milan
	Report
Penalties
Rodríguez Marcelo Casemiro Ramos Kroos Carvajal Nacho Cheryshev Isco Jesé Casilla	10–9	De Jong Matri Bacca Honda Luiz Adriano Montolivo Zapata Mauri Calabria Paletta Donnarumma

Benfica	0–0	Fiorentina
	Report
Penalties
Almeida Pizzi Sílvio Oliveira Carcela	4–5	Pasqual Badelj Iličić Rebić Suárez

Paris Saint-Germain	1–1	Chelsea
Ibrahimović 25'	Report	Moses 64'
Penalties
Motta Rabiot Ongenda Bahebeck Cavani Marquinhos Thiago Silva	5–6	Falcao Azpilicueta Cuadrado Rémy Oscar Willian Courtois

Chelsea	2–2	Barcelona
Hazard 10' Cahill 86'	Report	Suárez 52' Sandro 66'
Penalties
Falcao Moses Ramires Rémy	4–2	Iniesta Halilović Piqué Sandro

América	0–0	Benfica
	Report
Penalties
Martínez Zúñiga Marín Colula Rosel	3–4	Cristante Gaitán Samaris Santos Rodríguez

Market	Countries	Broadcast partner	Ref^[8]
United States Caribbean	24	Fox (English), ESPN Deportes (Spanish)	^[9]
Canada	1	TSN
Mexico Central America	8	Televisa, SKY México
South America (excluding Brazil)	9	Direct TV
Brazil	1	Esporte Interativo
United Kingdom	1	Sky UK
Spain	1	Canal+ Liga, TV3	^[10]
Italy	1	Mediaset Premium
France	1	beIN
Germany Switzerland Austria	3	Sport 1 (10 matches only)
Netherlands	1	Eredivisie
Iceland	1	365 Media
Scandinavia Finland	4	SBS Discovery
Belgium	1	Belgacom
Croatia	1	ArenaSport TV
Portugal	1	Sport TV
Balkans (excluding Bulgaria)	7	Arena
Albania	1	Digitalb
Romania	1	RDS
Hungary	1	RDS
Czech Republic Slovakia	2	Digi TV
Bulgaria	1	RING.BG
Greece	1	Nova Sports
Cyprus	1	Cyta
Turkey	1	Dogan Group
Malta	1	Go
Israel	1	Charlton
Russia	1	VGTRK
Belarus	1	Belarus TV
Baltics	3	Setanta
Middle East North Africa	22	beIN
Sub-Saharan Africa	49	StarTimes
Serbia Bosnia Macedonia Montenegro	4	Arena sport
Slovenia	1	Šport TV
Eurasia	10	Setanta
India	1	STAR India
China	1	LeTV + regional channels
Japan	1	J Sports
Taiwan	1	Sportcast
Hong Kong	1	i-Cable

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WP	LP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Real Madrid	2	1	0	1	0	4	1	+3	4	2015 ICC Australia Champions

2	Roma	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	3
3	Manchester City	2	0	1	0	1	3	6	−3	2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WP	LP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Real Madrid	2	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	5	2015 ICC China Champions

2	Milan	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	+1	4
3	Internazionale	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WP	LP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Paris Saint-Germain	4	3	0	1	0	10	5	+5	10	2015 ICC North America Champions

2	New York Red Bulls	4	3	0	1	0	9	4	+5	10
3	Manchester United	4	3	0	0	1	7	4	+3	9
4	Fiorentina	4	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	8
5	LA Galaxy	4	2	0	1	1	9	6	+3	7
6	América	4	1	0	1	2	3	4	−1	4
7	Barcelona	4	1	0	1	2	6	8	−2	4
8	Chelsea	4	0	2	0	2	5	8	−3	4
9	Benfica	4	0	1	1	2	3	5	−2	3
10	San Jose Earthquakes	4	0	0	0	4	4	12	−8	0

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Paris Saint-Germain	3
	Jean-Kévin Augustin	Paris Saint-Germain
	Luis Suárez	Barcelona
4	Eden Hazard	Chelsea	2
	Blaise Matuidi	Paris Saint-Germain
	Sean Davis	New York Red Bulls
	Federico Bernardeschi	Fiorentina