The 2022–23 Premier League International Cup is the seventh season of the Premier League International Cup, a European club football competition organised by the Premier League for under-21 teams.
Bayern Munich were the defending champions, after beating Dinamo Zagreb 2–0 in the 2018–19 tournament's final, with the tournaments in 2019–20, 2020–21 and 2021–22 all being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bayern Munich did not take part in this edition, guaranteeing a new champion.
Format The competition featured twenty-four teams: twelve from English league system and twelve invitees from other European countries. The teams were split into three groups of eight. The group winners, runners-up and two best third-placed teams, progress into the knockout phase of the tournament.
All matches were played in England.
Teams
English league system: Arsenal Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Stoke City West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Other countries: Dinamo Zagreb Sparta Prague Valencia Monaco Paris Saint-Germain Hertha BSC VfL Wolfsburg Feyenoord PSV Eindhoven Braga Porto Celtic
Group stage
Color key in group tablesGroup winners, runners-up and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarterfinals
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stages
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
GK 1 Owen Goodman RWB 8 Jack Wells-Morrison (c) CB 6 Kofi Balmer CB 5 Seán GrehanCB 4 David Ozoh LWB 3 Tayo Adaramola DM 2 Kaden Rodney CAM 11 Scott Banks CAM 7 Jesurun Rak-Sakyi CF 9 Rob Street CF 10 Killian Phillips Substitutes:FW 12 Franco Umeh GK 13 Jackson Izquierdo DF 14 Daniel ImrayDF 15 Noah Watson MF 16 Jadan Raymond MF 17 David Omilabu MF 18 Fion Mooney Manager: Darren Powell GK 1 Niek SchiksRB 5 Fedde Leysen CB 2 Livano ComenenciaCB 3 Jenson Seelt LB 6 Mathijs Tielemans (c) RM 7 Dante Sealy CM 4 Emmanuel van de Blaak LM 8 Simon ColynRW 9 Jason van Duiven LW 11 Isaac Babadi CF 10 Mohamed Nassoh Substitutes:DF 14 Matteo Dams FW 15 Renzo Tytens GK 16 Kjell PeersmanMF 18 Mylian Jimenez FW 19 August Priske MF 20 Tim van den Heuvel DF 22 D'Leanu Arts Manager: Adil Ramzi
Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time
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