2025-26 Under-18 Premier League Cup

The 2025-26 Under-18 Premier League Cup is the seventh 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 groups advancing to the quarter-finals. The knockout rounds will be one-off matches.

Manchester United are the defending cup holders.

Teams

Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Brighton and Hove Albion, Bristol City, Burnley, 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, Peterborough United, Reading, Sheffield United, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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Group Stage

Group A

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Peterborough United 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 6
2 Arsenal 3 1 1 1 8 9 -1 4
3 Norwich City 3 1 1 1 6 7 -1 4
4 Stoke City 3 1 0 2 6 8 -2 3


26 August 2025
Arsenal 4-0 Peterborough United
Marciniak '5
O'Neill '56, '61
Bailey-Joseph '83
Sobha Realty Training Centre


26 August 2025
Norwich City 2-1 Stoke City
Rowland '52
Tavares '89 		Eyaife '58
Avant Training Centre


4 October 2025
Peterborough United 4-1 Norwich City
Fitzpatrick '16
Shofowoke '29
Christoudias '84
Fox '88 		Corke '12 (pen)
idverde Training Centre


4 October 2025
Stoke City 6-1 Arsenal
Bailey '28, '45+2
Harrison '69
Fearn '78
Midwood '88, '89 		Thompson '3 (pen)
Clayton Wood


22 November 2025
Norwich City 3-3 Arsenal
Corke '40, '45+1
Oligbo '49 		Bailey-Joseph '72
O’'Neill '87
Phillips '90+1
Avant Training Centre


22 November 2025
Stoke City 0-5 Peterborough United
Shofowoke '5, '29 (pen)
Sykut '14
Nzau '47 (og)
Fox '72
Clayton Wood



Group B

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Aston Villa 3 3 0 0 12 4 +8 9
2 Leicester City 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 3
3 Liverpool 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 3
4 Newcastle United 3 1 0 2 5 11 -6 3


26 August 2025
Liverpool 1-2 Aston Villa
Lambie '21 Burgess '11
Meade '18
Liverpool Academy


26 August 2025
Newcastle United 3-2 Leicester City
Pinnington '32
O'Donovan '58
Waddani '71 		Hutchinson '68
Aideed '85
Little Benton


4 October 2025
Aston Villa 7-1 Newcastle United
Meade '5, '71, '88
McGrath '60, '80
Bloomfield '70
Lloyd '90+4 		Old '25
Bodymoor Heath


4 October 2025
Leicester City 1-0 Liverpool
Corden '59
LCFC Training Ground


22 November 2025
Newcastle United 1-2 Liverpool
Taylor '71 Abe '25
Lambie '29
Little Benton


22 November 2025
Aston Villa 3-2 Leicester City
McGrath '16, '24
Barnard '77 		De Lisle '9
Owusu '90+2
Bodymoor Heath



Group C

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Bristol City 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9
2 Southampton 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3 Everton 3 0 1 2 4 6 -2 1
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 0 1 2 1 9 -8 1


26 August 2025
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Everton
Ballard-Matthews '37 Akarakiri '85
Sir Jack Hayward Training Centre


27 August 2025
Southampton 0-2 Bristol City
Akinbo '40
Jackson '79
Staplewood


4 October 2025
Bristol City 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Sainsbury '72
Jackson '89
Robins High Performance Centre


18 October 2025
Everton 0-1 Southampton
Gathercole '44
USM Finch Farm


22 November 2025
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-6 Southampton
Day '11, '24
Newman '19, '41, '50
Gathercole '62
Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground


22 November 2025
Everton 3-4 Bristol City
Olayiwola '35
Robert '64
Pita '90+4 		Akinbo '9, '31, '61
Skinner '84
Finch Farm



Group D

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Crystal Palace 3 2 1 0 10 4 +6 7
2 Manchester City 3 2 1 0 10 6 +4 7
3 Chelsea 3 0 1 2 5 10 -5 1
4 Sheffield United 3 0 1 2 5 10 -5 1


26 August 2025
Chelsea 3-3 Sheffield United
Gordon '18, '75, '90+2 (pen) Couborough '7
Eyob-Abraha '23, '48
Cobham


26 August 2025
Crystal Palace 3-3 Manchester City
Oduro '3
Casey '20
Drakes-Thomas '45+4 		Lamb '53, '90+1
Dunbar-McDonald '82
CPFC Academy


4 October 2025
Manchester City 3-2 Chelsea
Lamb '33
F.Samba '45 (pen)
T.Samba '46 		Ezenwata '20 (pen), '45+5
City Football Academy


4 October 2025
Sheffield United 1-3 Crystal Palace
Colechin '58 Bernard-Ferguson '27
Okoli '53
Casey '85
Sheffield United Football Academy


22 November 2025
Crystal Palace 4-0 Chelsea
Angibeaud Montjen '24
Bernard-Ferguson '44
Oduro '47
Martin '89
CPFC Academy


22 November 2025
Manchester City 4-1 Sheffield United
Lamb '63, '90+1
Oliver '66
Martin '90+7 		Eyob-Abraha '41
City Football Academy



Group E

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) West Ham United 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9
2 Sunderland 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
3 Nottingham Forest 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4 Ipswich Town 3 0 0 3 3 13 -10 0


26 August 2025
Nottingham Forest 3-2 Ipswich Town
Thompson '9, '88
Hamilton '38 		Nsofor '83, '90+4 (pen)
The Nigel Doughty Academy


26 August 2025
Sunderland 1-3 West Ham United
Campbell '35 Dike '13 (pen), '20, '85
Academy of Light


4 October 2025
Ipswich Town 1-5 Sunderland
Burton-Yurevich '90+3 Neill '15, '44
Proctor '45+2
Nield '80
Dinsdale '88
Playford Road


4 October 2025
West Ham United 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Kerr '14, '23 Samuels '82
Little Heath


22 November 2025
Ipswich Town 0-5 West Ham United
Obi '13, '35, '47
Beckford '54
Omotoye '68
Playford Road


22 November 2025
Sunderland 1-1 Nottingham Forest
Academy of Light



Group F

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) West Bromwich Albion 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6
2 Fulham 3 2 0 1 7 10 -3 6
3 Blackburn Rovers 3 1 1 1 10 4 +6 4
4 Leeds United 3 0 1 2 7 10 -3 1


26 August 2025
Blackburn Rovers 7-0 Fulham
Vare '5, '31, '35
Joseph '8, '73
McCoy '25
Lister '45+1
Brockhall


27 August 2025
West Bromwich Albion 4-2 Leeds United
Letlat '4
French '12, '75
Colesby '59 		Mills '48
Mensah '52
WBA Training Ground


4 October 2025
Fulham 4-1 West Bromwich Albion
White '37
Platel '51
Batra '58
Dair '64 		Seven-Seven '3
Motspur Park


4 October 2025
Leeds United 3-3 Blackburn Rovers
White '13 (pen), '37 (pen), '45+2 (pen) Decandia '20
Joseph '21, '58
Thorp Arch Grange


22 November 2025
West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
Colesby '38
WBA Training Ground


22 November 2025
Leeds United 2-3 Fulham
Alker '34
White '90 (pen) 		White '9
Cavell '54
Lubega '80
Thorp Arch Grange



Group G

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Manchester United 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6
2 Brighton and Hove Albion 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3 Middlesbrough 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2 3
4 Birmingham City 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0


26 August 2025
Birmingham City 1-2 Middlesbrough
Rea '49 Martin '81
Ibeh '84
Knighthead Park Training Ground


27 August 2025
Manchester United 4-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Kukonki '44
Ibragimov '52
Mantato '54
Lusale '55
AON Training Centre


4 October 2025
Brighton and Hove Albion 4-0 Birmingham City
Ibrahim '15 (pen), '25, '42
Cullinane '47
AMEX Elite Performance Centre


4 October 2025
Middlesbrough 0-2 Manchester United
Lusale '43, '77
Rockliffe Park


22 November 2025
Brighton and Hove Albion 3-2 Middlesbrough
Newnham-Reeve '26
Oppong '43
Anah '80 		Ibeh '13, '69
AMEX Elite Performance Centre


17 December 2025
Manchester United v Birmingham City
AON Training Complex



Group H

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Tottenham Hotspur 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7
2 Reading 3 1 2 0 9 4 +5 5
3 Derby County 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4 Burnley 3 0 0 3 2 9 -7 0


27 August 2025
Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Reading
Salter '5
Upson '90+5 		Covus '63, '64
Hotspur Way


27 August 2025
Derby County 2-1 Burnley
Connell-Webster '55
Green '58 		Taylor '32
Moor Farm


4 October 2025
Reading 2-2 Derby County
Omoregie '32
Ju.Ntege '43 		Ward '36
Mintus '90 (pen)
Bearwood Park


15 November 2025
Burnley 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Derbyshire '86 (pen) Boast '43
Elliott-Parris '76 (pen)
Burnley Training Centre


22 November 2025
Reading 5-0 Burnley
Jo.Ntege '15
Fuller-Thompson '26, '30, '56
Ju.Ntege '60
Bearwood Park


22 November 2025
Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Derby County
Elliott-Parris '5
Boast '45 		Smith '67
Hotspur Way



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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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Goalscorers

Player Club Goals


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Previous Campaigns

2024-25 • 2023-24 • 2022-23 • 2021-22 • 2019-20 • 2018-19 • 2017-18


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