The 2024–25 Premier League International Cup was 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 were the defending champions. Nottingham Forest won the competition for the first time in their history.
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.
All matches will be played in England.
Teams
English league system: Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Crystal Palace Fulham Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Reading Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Other countries: Anderlecht Dinamo Zagreb Sparta Prague Nordsjælland Lyon Monaco Borussia Mönchengladbach Hertha Berlin RB Leipzig Ajax PSV Eindhoven Benfica Sporting CP Athletic Bilbao Real Sociedad Valencia
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
GK 1 George Murray-JonesRB 4 Jack ThompsonCB 3 Josh Powell CB 5 Zach AbbottLB 2 Ben Hammond RM 6 Ben Perry (c) CM 11 Kyle McAdamLM 8 Jack Nadin RW 10 Jack PerkinsLW 9 Joe Gardner CF 7 Jimmy Sinclair Substitutes:GK 12 Keehan WillowsMF 14 Archie Whitehall DF 15 Jamie Newton FW 16 Adam Berry MF 17 Zyan Blake DF 18 Justin Hanks MF 19 Djamna Frank Manager: Warren Joyce GK 1 Yvan KonanRB 5 Jérémy Mounsesse CB 4 Prince Mbatshi MukubaCB 3 Yasine Chaib LB 2 Steeve Kango RM 8 Fallou FallCM 6 Mathys De Carvalho (c) LM 10 Khalis Merah RW 11 Erawan Garnier LW 9 Alejandro Rodríguez CF 7 Lilian Coponat Substitutes:FW 12 Samuel Bossiwa DF 13 Irvyn Lomami FW 14 Ibrahima Fall FW 15 Thiema Gueye GK 16 Matthias Da Silva DF 17 Ali Alamine Ali FW 18 Daryll Benhlalou Manager: Gueïda Fofana
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
Top goalscorers Players with more than one goal displayed
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