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.

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	Norwich City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Peterborough United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Stoke City	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	Aston Villa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Leicester City	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

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Group C

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bristol City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Everton	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

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Group D

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Crystal Palace	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Sheffield United	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	Ipswich Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	West Ham United	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	Blackburn Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Fulham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Leeds United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	West Bromwich Albion	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	Birmingham City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Brighton and Hove Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Manchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Middlesbrough	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	Burnley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Derby County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Reading	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Quarter-Finals

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

Goalscorers

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Goals

Previous Campaigns

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