2025-26 Under-18 Premier League Cup

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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.

Contents

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


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 v Norwich City
idverde Training Centre

4 October 2025
Stoke City v Arsenal
Clayton Wood



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


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 v Newcastle United
Bodymoor Heath

4 October 2025
Leicester City v Liverpool
LCFC Training Ground


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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


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 v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Robins High Performance Centre

4 October 2025
Everton v Southampton
USM Finch Farm


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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


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 v Chelsea
City Football Academy

4 October 2025
Sheffield United v Crystal Palace
Sheffield United Football Academy


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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


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


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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


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


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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


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


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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


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


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Quarter-Finals

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

Semi-Finals


Final


Goalscorers

Player Club Goals


Previous Campaigns

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


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