2025-26 Under-17 Premier League Cup

The 2025-26 Under-17 Premier League Cup is the fifth campaign of the domestic youth team cup competition, having replaced both Under-18 and Under-16 versions for the 2020-21 season before remaining in its own guise thereafter. It pits Category 1 teams and some from Category 2 against each other in an initial three-game group stage. Groups are regionalised and clubs play each other once, either home or away, with the winners of the seven groups plus the best runner-up advancing to the quarter-finals. The knockout rounds will be one-off matches.

Tottenham Hotspur are the defending cup holders.

Teams

All Category 1 Under-18 teams are invited to feature in this year's competition and are joined by three Category Two invitees:

Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Brighton & Hove Albion, Burnley, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Everton, Fulham, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Reading, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, Tottenham, Watford, West Brom, West Ham, Wolves

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Crystal Palace	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Fulham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Watford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fulham v Watford

16 September 2025

Fulham	W-L	Watford
Taylor

Motspur Park

Arsenal v Crystal Palace

16 September 2025

Arsenal	0-3	Crystal Palace
		TBC TBC Bernard

Hale End

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Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Birmingham City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Derby County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Leicester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Birmingham City v Nottingham Forest

16 September 2025

Birmingham City	1-3	Nottingham Forest

Knighthead Training Ground

Derby County v Leicester City

16 September 2025

Derby County	2-3	Leicester City
TBC		Fletcher TBC Colangelo-Allen

Moor Farm

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Group C

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Aston Villa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Everton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Manchester City v Everton

16 September 2025

Manchester City	1-2	Everton
TBC		Olayiwola Robert

City Football Academy

Liverpool v Aston Villa

17 September 2025

Liverpool	9-1	Aston Villa
Forrester (3) Abe (2) Joseph Farkas Inglethorpe Conde		TBC

LFC Academy

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Group D

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Charlton Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Chelsea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Southampton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Chelsea v Charlton Athletic

16 September 2025

Chelsea	2-2	Charlton Athletic
Atherton '9 Malundama '57		Peterkin '17 Richman '71

Cobham

Brighton & Hove Albion v Southampton

16 September 2025

Brighton & Hove Albion	0-4	Southampton
		Daniels TBC (3)

Staplewood

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Group E

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Blackburn Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Burnley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Manchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Stoke City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burnley v Stoke City

17 September 2025

Burnley	v	Stoke City

Burnley Training Centre

Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers

17 September 2025

Manchester United	1-3	Blackburn Rovers

Carrington

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Group F

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leeds United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Middlesbrough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Newcastle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Middlesbrough v Newcastle United

16 September 2025

Middlesbrough	1-2	Newcastle United
TBC		Seldon TBC

Rockliffe Park

Sunderland v Leeds United

17 September 2025

Sunderland	1-2	Leeds United
TBC		Thompson Njinko

Academy of Light

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Group G

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Ipswich Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Norwich City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	West Ham United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ipswich Town v West Ham United

16 September 2025

Ipswich Town	0-4	West Ham United

Playford Road

Norwich City v Tottenham Hotspur

24 September 2025

Norwich City	v	Tottenham Hotspur

Avant Training Centre

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Group H

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Reading	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Swansea City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	West Bromwich Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Swansea City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

16 September 2025

Swansea City	3-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ifans '24 Lewis '45 Godfrey '60		Wilcox '35 Nkume '90

Landore

Reading v West Bromwich Albion

17 September 2025

Reading	4-6	West Bromwich Albion
Daka TBC		Round Dexter TBC

Bearwood Park

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Quarter-Finals

The eight group winners advance to the quarter-finals, where they play a one-legged tie.

Previous Campaigns

2024-25 • 2023-24 • 2022-23 • 2021-22 • 2020-21