# 2024–25 Premier League International Cup

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.
All matches will be played in England.

### Teams
## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Valencia (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 10 |
| 2 | Nottingham Forest (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 |
| 3 | Monaco (E) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 7 |
| 4 | Ajax (E) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 |
| 5 | Dinamo Zagreb (E) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 4 |
| 6 | Reading (E) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur (E) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (E) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Lyon (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 |
| 2 | Athletic Bilbao (Q) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 8 |
| 3 | Sunderland (E) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | West Ham United (E) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Benfica (E) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers (E) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
| 7 | Borussia Mönchengladbach (E) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough (E) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Nordsjælland (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 |
| 2 | Fulham (Q) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 8 |
| 3 | Hertha Berlin (E) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 7 |
| 4 | Sparta Prague (E) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 |
| 5 | Norwich City (E) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 |
| 6 | PSV Eindhoven (E) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 5 |
| 7 | Manchester United (E) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 |
| 8 | Liverpool (E) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 0 |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 12 |
| 2 | Sporting CP (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 |
| 3 | Chelsea (E) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
| 4 | Southampton (E) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 6 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig (E) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 |
| 6 | Crystal Palace (E) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad (E) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 |
| 8 | Anderlecht (E) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |

## Top goalscorers

Players with more than one goal displayed There were 244 goals scored in 68 matches, for an average of 3.59 goals per match (as of 17 March 2025).
6 goals
* Ensar Aksakal (Hertha Berlin)
5 goals
* Levy Nene (Norsjaelland)
4 goals
* Jaydon Banel (Ajax)
* Baylee Dipepa (Southampton)
* Flávio Gonçalves (Sporting CP)
* Callum Osmand (Fulham)
* João Veloso (Benfica)
3 goals
* Ken Aboh (Norwich City)
* Isaac Babadi (PSV Eindhoven)
* Eric da Silva Moreira (Nottingham Forest)
* Brad Dolaghan (West Ham United)
* Romaric Etondé (Monaco)
* Asier Hierro (Athletic Bilbao)
* Oliver Irow (Tottenham Hotspur)
* Toni Majić (Dinamo Zagreb)
* Lucas Michal (Monaco)
* Jack Nadin (Nottingham Forest)
* Joan Tincres (Monaco)
* Jemiah Umolu (Crystal Palace)
2 goals
* Unax Agote (Real Sociedad)
* Dion Ajvazi (Hertha Berlin)
* Emir Bars (PSV Eindhoven)
* Alexandre Brito (Sporting CP)
* Joshua Duffus (Brighton & Hove Albion)
* Shio Fukuda (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
* Tyrique George (Chelsea)
* Lemar Gordon (Fulham)
* Mads Hansen (Nordsjaelland)
* Hynek Hruska (Sparta Prague)
* Markus Ifill (Brighton & Hove Albion)
* Omari Kellyman (Chelsea)
* Sekou Lega (Lyon)
* Harry Leonard (Blackburn Rovers)
* Aaron Loupalo-Bi (Fulham)
* Rory MacLeod (Southampton)
* Ajay Matthews (Middlesbrough)
* Luka Menalo (Dinamo Zagreb)
* Romain Perret (Lyon)
* Cameron Peupion (Brighton & Hove Albion)
* Tyler Sackey (Reading)
* Trey Samuel-Ogunsuyi (Sunderland)
* Radek Šiler (Sparta Prague)
* Gabriel Silva (Sporting CP)
* Jesper Uneken (PSV Eindhoven)
* Terry van de Ven (Anderlecht)
* Iker Varela (Athletic Bilbao)
* Terrell Works (Fulham)