Premier League Cup (football)

Premier League Cup

Founded	2013-14
Region	England  Wales
Current champions	West Ham United
2016–17

The Premier League Cup is an English football competition run by Premier League for under–23 sides.

The competition was created in 2013 as the U21 Premier League Cup - an U21 equivalent of the FA Youth Cup^[1][2] (an U18 competition competed for since 1952), albeit being run by the Premier League instead of The FA. In 2016 the age range of the competition was raised to Under-23s, and the competition was renamed as simply the Premier League Cup.

Winners

Finals

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Note
2013-14	Reading	4 – 3*	Manchester City
2014-15	Southampton	2 – 1*	Blackburn Rovers
2015-16	West Ham United	1 – 1*	Hull City
2016-17		–*

* - aggregate score

Records

• Record attendance:
  • 12,356
    Southampton vs. Blackburn Rovers, Final second leg, 20 April 2015
• Record win:
  • 7 - 0
    Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Nottingham Forest, Group Stage, 1 October 2016
• Highest scoring game:
  • 7 goals
    Barnsley 4 - 3 Leeds United, Second Qualifying Round, 29 October 2013
    Brighton & Hove Albion 3 - 4 Cardiff City, Second Qualifying Round, 29 October 2013
    Queens Park Rangers 4 - 3 AFC Wimbledon, Second Qualifying Round, 5 November 2013
    Brighton & Hove Albion 7 - 0 Nottingham Forest, Group Stage, 1 October 2016

See also

• FA Cup
• FA Youth Cup
• Professional Development League

References

1. "Premier League launches Under-21 Premier League Cup". PremierLeague.com. 8 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
2. "Under-21 Premier League Cup: Derbies emerge in draw". PremierLeague.com. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.

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