2024-25 Under-18 Professional Development League Cup

The 2024-25 Under-18 Professional Development League Cup is the fourth campaign of the domestic youth team cup competition, which pits Category 2 teams against each other in an initial three-game group stage. All Category 2 academies are scheduled to be involved along with selected invitees from Category 3, with groups drawn geographically. 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.

Millwall are the defending cup holders.

Teams

Nineteen Category 2 Under-18 teams are invited to feature in this year's competition along the following Category 3 academies:

Bolton Wanderers, Bradford City, Cheltenham Town, Doncaster Rovers, Luton Town, Mansfield Town, Plymouth Argyle, Portsmouth, Preston North End, Stevenage, Swindon Town, Wimbledon, Wrexham

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bournemouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Cardiff City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Portsmouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Swindon Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bolton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Crewe Alexandra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Fleetwood Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Wrexham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group C

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Barnsley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bradford City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Doncaster Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Hull City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group D

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Burnley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Preston North End	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Sheffield United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Wigan Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group E

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Charlton Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Colchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Queens Park Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Stevenage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group F

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wimbledon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Brentford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Coventry City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Watford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group G

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bristol City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Cheltenham Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Plymouth Argyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Swansea City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group H

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Ipswich Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Luton Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Mansfield Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Peterborough United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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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

• 2023-24
• 2022-23
• 2021-22