2021-22 Under-18 Premier League Cup

The 2021-22 Under-18 Premier League Cup is the fourth campaign of the domestic youth team cup competition, which pits Category 1 teams against each other in an initial three-game group stage. All 28 Category 1 academies are involved, 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.

Manchester City are the defending cup holders, having won it in 2020 before the tournament took a year's hiatus in 2020-21.

Teams

All 28 Category 1 Under-18 teams feature in this year's competition:

Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, 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, Reading, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, Tottenham, West Brom, West Ham, Wolves

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leicester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Newcastle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Southampton	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	Fulham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Leeds United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Stoke City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Tottenham Hotspur	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	Aston Villa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Crystal Palace	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Manchester 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	Blackburn Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Chelsea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Derby County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Reading	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	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Middlesbrough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Norwich City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Sunerland	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	Birmingham City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Manchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	West Bromwich Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	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	Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Burnley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Everton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	West Ham United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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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

• 2019-20
• 2018-19
• 2017-18