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

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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


16 September 2025
Fulham 2-1 Watford
TBC
Taylor 		TBC
Motspur Park


16 September 2025
Arsenal 0-3 Crystal Palace
TBC
TBC
Bernard
Hale End


1 October 2025
Crystal Palace v Fulham


1 October 2025
Watford v Arsenal



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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


16 September 2025
Birmingham City 1-3 Nottingham Forest
Knighthead Training Ground


16 September 2025
Derby County 2-3 Leicester City
TBC Fletcher
TBC
Colangelo-Allen
Moor Farm


30 September 2025
Nottingham Forest v Derby County


30 September 2025
Leicester City 2-2 Birmingham City
Toko
TBC 		Nunes-Wickham
TBC



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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


16 September 2025
Manchester City 1-2 Everton
TBC Olayiwola
Robert
City Football Academy


17 September 2025
Liverpool 9-1 Aston Villa
Forrester (3)
Abe (2)
Joseph
Farkas
Inglethorpe
Conde 		TBC
LFC Academy


30 September 2025
Aston Villa 4-2 Manchester City
Meade (2)
McGrath
TBC 		TBC
Bodymoor Heath


30 September 2025
Everton 1-4 Liverpool
TBC Yeguo
Inglethorpe (2)
Abe
Finch Farm



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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


16 September 2025
Chelsea 2-2 Charlton Athletic
Atherton '9
Malundama '57 		Peterkin '17
Richman '71
Cobham


16 September 2025
Brighton & Hove Albion 0-4 Southampton
Daniels
TBC (3)
AMEX Elite Performance Centre


30 September 2025
Southampton 1-3 Chelsea
Nutter Grimwade (2 pens)
Barratt
Staplewood


30 September 2025
Charlton Athletic v Brighton & Hove Albion



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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


17 September 2025
Burnley 6-0 Stoke City
Okonkwo (3)
Leonard
TBC
Burnley Training Centre


17 September 2025
Manchester United 1-3 Blackburn Rovers
TBC Lister
Cryer
Ball
Carrington


30 September 2025
Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Burnley
Ball
McCoy
Mbonzale
Brockhall


1 October 2025
Stoke City v Manchester United



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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


16 September 2025
Middlesbrough 1-2 Newcastle United
TBC Seldon
TBC
Rockliffe Park


17 September 2025
Sunderland 1-2 Leeds United
TBC Thompson
Njinko
Academy of Light


30 September 2025
Newcastle United 5-3 Sunderland
Seldon
TBC 		TBC
Whitley Park


1 October 2025
Leeds United v Middlesbrough



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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


16 September 2025
Ipswich Town 0-4 West Ham United
Playford Road


24 September 2025
Norwich City 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
TBC Muslika
Avant Training Centre


30 September 2025
West Ham United v Norwich City


1 October 2025
Tottenham Hotspur v Ipswich Town



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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


16 September 2025
Swansea City 3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ifans '24
Lewis '45
Godfrey '60 		Wilcox '35
Nkume '90
Landore


17 September 2025
Reading 4-6 West Bromwich Albion
Daka
Adjei
TBC 		Round
Dexter
TBC
Bearwood Park


30 September 2025
West Bromwich Albion 3-0 Swansea City
Seven-Seven
TBC
TBC

Attendance: WBA Training Ground


30 September 2025
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-3 Reading
Adjei
TBC
TBC
Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground



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Quarter-Finals

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

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Semi-Finals


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Final


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Previous Campaigns

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


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