2024–25 Premier League International Cup

2024–25 Premier League International Cup
Tournament details
Dates	21 August 2024 –
Teams	32 (from 10 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	110 (3.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ensar Aksakal; Isaac Babadi; Brad Dolaghan; Joan Tincres; (3 goals each)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Premier League International Cup is the ninth season of the Premier League International Cup, a European club football competition organised by the Premier League for under-21 teams.

Crystal Palace are the defending champions.

Format

The competition features thirty-two teams: sixteen from English league system and sixteen invitees from other European countries. The teams are split into four groups of eight. The group winners and runners-up will progress into the knockout phase of the tournament.^[1]

All matches will be played in England.

Teams

English league system:

Other countries:

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nottingham Forest	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
2	Valencia	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
3	Monaco	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
4	Reading	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	3
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
6	Dinamo Zagreb	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3	1
7	Ajax	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0
8	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0

Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2024. Source: Premier League

17 September 2024	Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	Valencia	Stevenage
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Black 9'	Report	Alemañ 42' Daniel Paulino 58' Gurendal 80'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 435 Referee: Richie Watkins

24 September 2024	Reading	2–1	Ajax	Reading
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sackey 23' Bouwman 69' (o.g.)		Konadu 34'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium

25 September 2024	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Dinamo Zagreb	Loughborough
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Brown 60' Nadin 81' Berry 90+3'			Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium

27 September 2024	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Monaco	Wolverhampton
10:00 BST (UTC+1)	Olagunju 52'		Unknown 12'	Stadium: Compton Park
Note: Was originally scheduled for 19:00 on 26 September, but was moved to 10:00 the following morning due to heavy rain.^[2]

15 October 2024	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Valencia	Loughborough
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Joselu 87'	Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium Attendance: 230 Referee: Ollie Yates

28 October 2024	Reading	1–4	Monaco	Reading
19:00 GMT	Okine-Peters 82' (pen.)	Report	Tincres 25', 62' (pen.), 78' Michal 90+6'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Attendance: 815 Referee: Jack Clench

29 October 2024	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–3	Dinamo Zagreb	Kidderminster
19:00 GMT	Barnett 22' Edozie 81' Reynolds 90+4'	Report	Andrić 20' Majić 35' Menalo 87'	Stadium: Aggborough Stadium Attendance: 218 Referee: Ross Martin

18 November 2024	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Ajax	Loughborough
19:00 GMT	Nadin 82'			Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium

4 December 2024	Reading	v	Dinamo Zagreb	Aldershot
19:00 GMT				Stadium: The EBB Stadium at The Recreation Ground

4 December 2024	Wolverhampton Wanderers	v	Ajax	Wolverhampton
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Molineux Stadium

6 December 2024	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Monaco	Stevenage
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Lamex Stadium

11 December 2024	Wolverhampton Wanderers	v	Valencia	Kidderminster
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Aggborough Stadium

18 December 2024	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Ajax	Stevenage
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Lamex Stadium

20 December 2024	Nottingham Forest	v	Monaco	Loughborough
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium

21 January 2025	Reading	v	Valencia	Reading
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium

22 January 2025	Tottenham Hotspur	v	Dinamo Zagreb	Stevenage
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Lamex Stadium

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lyon	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
2	Blackburn Rovers	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Sunderland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
5	Middlesbrough	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
6	Athletic Bilbao	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
7	West Ham United	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
8	Benfica	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2024. Source: Premier League

11 September 2024	Sunderland	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Sunderland
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Jones 19' Watson 83'		Gift 41' Bancalero 45+4'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Referee: Ben Robinson

12 September 2024	Blackburn Rovers	0–2	Lyon	Accrington
19:00 BST (UTC+1)			Lega 73' Bossiwa 87'	Stadium: Wham Stadium

18 September 2024	Sunderland	0–3	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hetton-le-Hole
19:00 BST (UTC+1)			Fukuda 35' (pen.), 51' Pesch 47'	Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground

24 September 2024	West Ham United	2–2	Benfica	Dagenham
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Luis Guilherme 57' Dolaghan 82'		Veloso 36', 38'	Stadium: Chigwell Construction Stadium

1 October 2024	Sunderland	2–0	Lyon	Hetton-le-Hole
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Samuel-Ogunsuyi 82', 85'	Report		Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground Attendance: 70 Referee: Declan Brown

2 October 2024	West Ham United	2–2	Athletic Bilbao	Romford
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dolaghan 52', 82'		Conde 11' Oyono 14'	Stadium: Rush Green

17 October 2024	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Benfica	Accrington
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Leonard 41'	Report	Farias 32'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 320 Referee: William Davis

22 October 2024	Blackburn Rovers	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Accrington
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Powell 19' Leonard 54' Caddick 60'		Stange 47'	Stadium: Wham Stadium

30 October 2024	Middlesbrough	0–1	Lyon	Middlesbrough
19:00 GMT			Perret 19'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium

6 November 2024	Middlesbrough	3–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Middlesbrough
19:00 GMT	Matthews 78', 90+1' Stott 83'		Herrmann 2' Boteli 37'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium

13 November 2024	Blackburn Rovers	P–P	Athletic Bilbao	Accrington
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Wham Stadium

22 November 2024	Middlesbrough	P–P	Benfica	Middlesbrough
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Riverside Stadium

3 December 2024	West Ham United	v	Lyon	Dagenham
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Chigwell Construction Stadium

10 December 2024	West Ham United	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Dagenham
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Chigwell Construction Stadium

14 January 2025	Middlesbrough	v	Athletic Bilbao	Middlesbrough
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Riverside Stadium

22 January 2025	Sunderland	v	Benfica	Sunderland
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Stadium of Light

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	PSV Eindhoven	3	1	2	0	9	5	+4	5
2	Fulham	2	1	1	0	7	5	+2	4
3	Hertha Berlin	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1	4
4	Nordsjælland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
5	Norwich City	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
6	Manchester United	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
7	Sparta Prague	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0
8	Liverpool	2	0	0	2	3	8	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2024. Source: Premier League

21 August 2024	Liverpool	0–4	PSV Eindhoven	Kirkby
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Abed 21' Uneken 30', 63' Babadi 51'	Stadium: Liverpool Academy Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

24 September 2024	Fulham	4–4	PSV Eindhoven	Kingston upon Thames
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	De Jesus 73' Osmand 75', 90+5' Ali-Wahid 86'	Report	Bars 17', 48' Younis 70' Babadi 76'	Stadium: Motspur Park Attendance: 102 Referee: Jacob Viera

24 September 2024	Norwich City	2–1	Sparta Prague	Norwich
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Welch 14' Mundle-Smith 87'		Penxa 82'	Stadium: Carrow Road

1 October 2024	Manchester United	1–1	Hertha Berlin	Salford
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Baumann 64'	Report	Aksakal 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Ben Robinson

22 October 2024	Fulham	P–P	Nordsjælland	Kingston upon Thames
19:00 BST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Motspur Park

30 October 2024	Liverpool	3–4	Hertha Berlin	Kirkby
19:00 GMT	Pilling 18' Morrison 72' Hill 87'		Aksakal 23', 37' Ajvazi 51' Weiland 58'	Stadium: Liverpool Academy

30 October 2024	Manchester United	1–1	PSV Eindhoven	Leigh
19:00 GMT	Biancheri 90+1' (pen.)		Babadi 14'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

5 November 2024	Norwich City	0–2	Nordsjælland	Norwich
19:00 GMT			Nene 15' Hansen 28'	Stadium: Carrow Road

26 November 2024	Fulham	3–1	Sparta Prague	Kingston upon Thames
19:00 GMT	Loupalo-Bi 6', 47' Works 33'		Jedlička 78'	Stadium: Motspur Park

3 December 2024	Liverpool	v	Nordsjælland	Kirkby
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Liverpool Academy

4 December 2024	Norwich City	v	PSV Eindhoven	Norwich
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Carrow Road

7 December 2024	Manchester United	v	Sparta Prague	Leigh
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

10 December 2024	Fulham	v	Hertha Berlin	Kingston upon Thames
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Motspur Park

15 January 2025	Liverpool	v	Sparta Prague	Kirkby
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Liverpool Academy

15 January 2025	Manchester United	v	Nordsjælland	Leigh
				Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

21 January 2025	Norwich City	v	Hertha Berlin	Norwich
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Carrow Road

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9
2	Chelsea	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Southampton	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	3
4	Sporting CP	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
5	RB Leipzig	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3
6	Crystal Palace	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
7	Real Sociedad	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1
8	Anderlecht	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 29 October 2024. Source: Premier League

28 August 2024	Chelsea	2–4	RB Leipzig	Kingston upon Thames
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kellyman 5', 46'		Ramsak 2' Akomeah 60' (o.g.) Russell-Denny 66' (o.g.) Weißbach 77'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Referee: Oliver Mackey

17 September 2024	Crystal Palace	2–2	Real Sociedad	Sutton
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Nascimento 45' Umolu 61'		Osazuwa 1' Agote 69'	Stadium: VBS Community Stadium

1 October 2024	Chelsea	4–0	Anderlecht	Kingston upon Thames
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Morgan 21' George 32' Silcott-Duberry 82' Rak-Sakyi 90+3'			Stadium: Kingsmeadow

18 October 2024	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–0	RB Leipzig	Lancing
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Duffus 40' Peupion 56' Ifill 63'	Report		Stadium: The American Express Elite Football Performance Centre

18 October 2024	Crystal Palace	1–2	Sporting CP	Selhurst
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Umolu 52'	Report	Gonçalves 76', 83'	Stadium: Selhurst Park

22 October 2024	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Real Sociedad	Lancing
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Duffus 24'	Report		Stadium: The American Express Elite Football Performance Centre Referee: Paul Howard

29 October 2024	Southampton	4–1	RB Leipzig	Eastleigh
19:00 GMT	Charles 12' Dipepa 41' MacLeod 71', 79'		Masanka Bungi 83'	Stadium: Silverlake Stadium

26 November 2024	Chelsea	2–1	Real Sociedad	Kingston upon Thames
19:00 GMT	Vale 5' Washington 21'		Díaz 88'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow

26 November 2024	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Anderlecht	Lancing
19:00 GMT	Peupion 53' Ifill 53'			Stadium: The American Express Elite Football Performance Centre

10 December 2024	Crystal Palace	v	Anderlecht	Sutton
19:00 GMT				Stadium: VBS Community Stadium

10 December 2024	Southampton	v	Real Sociedad	Eastleigh
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Silverlake Stadium

19 December 2024	Southampton	v	Sporting CP	Eastleigh
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Silverlake Stadium

22 December 2024	Brighton & Hove Albion	v	Sporting CP	Lancing
19:00 GMT				Stadium: The American Express Elite Football Performance Centre

7 January 2025	Chelsea	v	Sporting CP	Kingston upon Thames
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

17 January 2025	Crystal Palace	v	RB Leipzig	Sutton
19:00 GMT				Stadium: VBS Community Stadium

21 January 2025	Southampton	v	Anderlecht	Marchwood or Eastleigh
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Staplewood Campus or Silverlake Stadium

Knockout stages

Quarter-finals

TBC

v

TBC

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TBC

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TBC

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Semi-finals

TBC

v

TBC

v

Final

TBC

v

Top goalscorers

Players with more than one goal displayed
There were 119 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 3.4 goals per match.

3 goals

Ensar Aksakal (Hertha Berlin)
Joan Tincres (Monaco)
Isaac Babadi (PSV Eindhoven)
Brad Dolaghan (West Ham United)

2 goals

Cameron Peupion (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Harry Leonard (Blackburn Rovers)
Joshua Duffus (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Markus Ifill (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Omari Kellyman (Chelsea)
Jemiah Umolu (Crystal Palace)
Aaron Loupalo-Bi (Fulham)
Ajay Matthews (Middlesbrough)
Jack Nadin (Nottingham Forest)
Trey Samuel-Ogunsuyi (Sunderland)
Shio Fukuda (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Jesper Uneken (PSV Eindhoven)
João Veloso (Benfica)
Flávio Gonçalves (Sporting CP)
Rory MacLeod (Southampton)
Emir Bars (PSV Eindhoven)
Callum Osmand (Fulham)

References

^ "Rovers learn Premier League International Cup opponents". www.rovers.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ "Following this evening's postponement, we will now host Monaco tomorrow morning (10am kick-off) at Compton Park 📆 Please note that the fixture will be played behind-closed-doors, however a live stream will be available on the Wolves app". Wolves Academy on Twitter. 26 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.

[1] "Rovers learn Premier League International Cup opponents". www.rovers.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[2] "Following this evening's postponement, we will now host Monaco tomorrow morning (10am kick-off) at Compton Park 📆 Please note that the fixture will be played behind-closed-doors, however a live stream will be available on the Wolves app". Wolves Academy on Twitter. 26 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.

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