2023-24 Under-18 Premier League Cup

The 2023-24 Under-18 Premier League Cup is the sixth campaign of the domestic youth team cup competition, which pits Category 1 teams against each other in an initial three-game group stage. All Category 1 academies scheduled to be involved along with selected invitees from Category 2, with two northern and two southern teams in each group. Clubs play each other once, either home or away, with the winners of the seven groups plus the best runners-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 along with two Category 2 teams:

Arsenal, Aston Villa, Barnsley, Blackburn Rovers, Brighton & Hove Albion, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Everton, Fulham, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Peterborough United, Reading, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham, West Brom, West Ham, Wolves

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Leicester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Stoke City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Brighton & Hove Albion v Stoke City

2 September 2023

Brighton & Hove Albion	4-0	Stoke City
Gorman 8’ (pen), 75’ Tasker 54’ Albarus 72’

AMEX Elite Performance Centre

Leicester City v Sunderland

2 September 2023

Leicester City	2-1	Sunderland
Evans 10’, 35’		Mitchell 41’

LCFC Training Ground

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Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Derby County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Middlesbrough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	West Ham United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Arsenal v West Ham

2 September 2023

Arsenal	1-1	West Ham
Copley 58’		Ajala 76’

Arsenal Training Centre

Derby County v Middlesbrough

2 September 2023

Derby County	3-2	Middlesbrough
Wheeldon 13’ Davidson 38’ Allen 89’		Matthews 44’ Muwana 45 +1’

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	Leeds United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Norwich City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Aston Villa v Leeds United

2 September 2023

Aston Villa	1-0	Leeds United
Lynch 20’

Bodymoor Heath

Nottingham Forest v Norwich City

2 September 2023

Nottingham Forest	4-1	Norwich City
Brown 29’, 49’ Davies 45 +4’ Robinson 90 +4’		Trialist 14’

Nigel Doughty Academy

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Group D

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Everton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Peterborough United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	West Bromwich Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Everton v Manchester City

2 September 2023

Everton	1-2	Manchester City
Sherif 64’ (pen)		Warhurst 09’ Dunbar-McDonald 79’

Finch Farm

Peterborough United v West Brom

2 September 2023

Peterborough United	3-1	West Brom

idverde Training Centre

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Group E

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Barnsley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Blackburn Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Chelsea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Blackburn Rovers v Tottenham Hotspur

2 September 2023

Blackburn Rovers	v	Tottenham Hotspur

Chelsea v Barnsley

2 September 2023

Chelsea	v	Barnsley

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Group F

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Reading	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Southampton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Manchester United v Reading

2 September 2023

Manchester United	v	Reading

Southampton v Wolverhampton Wanderers

26 September 2023

Southampton	v	Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Group G

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Crystal Palace	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Fulham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Newcastle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fulham v Newcastle United

2 September 2023

Fulham	v	Newcastle United

Crystal Palace v Liverpool

2 September 2023

Crystal Palace	v	Liverpool

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Ranking of Best Runner-Up

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Quarter-Finals

The seven group winners and best runner-up advance to the quarter-finals, where they play a one-legged tie.

Goalscorers

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Goals

Previous Campaigns

2022-23 • 2021-22 • 2019-20 • 2018-19 • 2017-18