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was a
European football club cup competition for under-19 footballers. It was designed to provide players with the opportunity to match themselves against other elite European footballers of their agegroup in a competitive environment. The competition was created by sports TV producer Justin Andrews,
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For the 2011–12 tournament, the 16 teams were split into four groups of four, playing each other home and away. The top two teams from each group went through to a knockout stage. The
Quarter-Finals were played over one leg at the home ground of the group winners. The Final was played at the
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On 16 August 2013, organisers confirmed that the NextGen Series had been suspended for the 2013–14 campaign because of funding issues and lacking of competitive space since the creation of the
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Andrews and Warburton, with the aim of combining the two tournaments and giving places to non-Champions League clubs with notable
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Teams were picked for the first season of the tournament through invitation. The organisers selected 16 clubs. The clubs picked for the
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The NextGen Series trophy was manufactured by UK-based awards manufacturer Gaudio and was handed to the tournament winners.
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15 clubs who participated at 2011–12 tournament (with the exception of Basel) took part in
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Match rules for the series, other than the age cap, were the same as those stipulated by the
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on Sunday 25 March 2012, with an attendance of 3,500. The 2013 Final was held at the
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Plans to create a
European competition for youth footballers had long been explored.
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1101:"Chelsea 0-2 Aston Villa | NextGen Series final match report"
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The brilliant youth football idea that Uefa took on and killed
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The success of the NextGen Series caught the attention of the
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The goal of the tournament was to help clubs replicate the
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played a behind closed doors match in
November 2010 as did
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Tournoi international de l'Exposition
Universelle de Paris
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players were allowed to be on the pitch at any one time.
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1073:"Juventus Primavera involved in NextGen Series"
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1444:Recurring events established in 2011
1195:International pioneering / friendly
1146:. The NextGen Series. Archived from
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430:and were joined by 9 new entrants:
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1407:Central European International Cup
1010:NextGen Statement - 16 August 2013
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1144:"Terms & Conditions"
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129:Television broadcasters
97:Most successful club(s)
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1199:tournaments in Europe
1197:association football
1150:on 14 September 2012
1348:Coppa dell'Amicizia
467:Paris Saint-Germain
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18:Football tournament
1260:Coupe Jean Dupuich
1244:British League Cup
1212:World Championship
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1028:. 7 December 2010
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567:on 1 April 2013.
553:Matchroom Stadium
527:Borussia Dortmund
276:Tottenham Hotspur
227:tournament were:
209:UEFA Youth League
162:UEFA Youth League
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1121:. Gaudio Awards
1119:"Gaudio Awards"
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155:Matthew Benham
151:Brentford F.C.
147:Mark Warburton
142:NextGen Series
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1107:. April 2013.
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428:2012–13
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75:16 (knockout)
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1276:Pyrenees Cup
1152:. Retrieved
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1125:14 September
1123:. Retrieved
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149:and current
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1418:(1929–1980)
1410:(1927–1960)
1391:(2011–2013)
1383:(1970–1996)
1375:(1969–1976)
1367:(1961–1994)
1364:Balkans Cup
1359:(1960–1987)
1351:(1959–1968)
1343:(1955–1971)
1327:(1949–1957)
1319:(1949–1951)
1287:(1927–1992)
1284:Mitropa Cup
1279:(1910–1914)
1271:(1909–1911)
1263:(1908–1925)
1239:(1900–1907)
1231:(1898–1914)
1223:(1897–1911)
1215:(1887–1902)
877:Aston Villa
785:Sporting CP
753:Aston Villa
619:Runners-up
565:Como, Italy
491:CSKA Moscow
372:Sporting CP
300:Inter Milan
240:Aston Villa
199:Abolishment
120:Aston Villa
91:Aston Villa
1433:Categories
1415:Balkan Cup
970:References
825:Runner-up
546:Tournament
539:Olympiacos
479:Anderlecht
420:Fenerbahçe
168:Background
1324:Latin Cup
1154:24 August
719:Marseille
703:Liverpool
396:Barcelona
360:Rosenborg
312:Marseille
252:Liverpool
213:academies
182:Liverpool
133:Eurosport
44:Abolished
613:Winners
515:Juventus
408:FC Basel
348:Molde FK
1055:NextGen
1032:22 June
961:2012–13
943:Chelsea
928:2011–12
893:2012–13
860:2011–12
822:Winner
812:Winners
801:Arsenal
772:Chelsea
734:2012–13
644:2011–12
455:Chelsea
443:Arsenal
225:2011–12
52: (
36:Founded
1335:(1953)
1311:(1938)
1303:(1937)
1295:(1930)
1255:(1908)
1247:(1902)
649:London
633:teams
625:Score
616:Score
605:Years
595:Finals
571:Trophy
557:London
384:Celtic
219:Format
186:Celtic
153:owner
65:Europe
62:Region
1205:Clubs
819:Club
673:(5–3
610:city
579:Rules
1156:2011
1127:2012
1034:2011
910:Ajax
789:3–1
739:Como
707:2–0
690:Ajax
608:Host
602:Ed.
324:Ajax
205:UEFA
184:and
176:and
174:Ajax
140:The
54:2013
47:2013
39:2011
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759:2–0
723:16
669:1–1
631:No.
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