U21 Premier League Cup

U21 Premier League Cup

Founded	2013-14
Region	England  Wales
Current champions	Southampton
2015–16 U21 Premier League Cup

The U21 Premier League Cup is an English football competition run by Premier League for under–21 sides.

The competition was created in 2013 as 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. It also compliments the U21 Professional Development League system, which was formed in 2012.

2015-16 Participants

Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers AFC Bournemouth Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chelsea

Crewe Alexandra Derby County Doncaster Rovers Everton Exeter City Fulham Gillingham Huddersfield Town Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City

Liverpool Middlesbrough Millwall Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Southend United Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wigan Athletic AFC Wimbledon Wolverhampton Wanderers

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	West Ham United won on penalties

* - aggregate score

Winners table

Club	Winners
Reading	1 (13-14)
Southampton	1 (14-15)
West Ham United	1 (15-16)

Records

• Record attendance:
  • 12,356 - Southampton vs. Blackburn Rovers, Final second leg, 20 April 2015
• Record win:
  • Leeds United 6 - 0 Doncaster Rovers, 2nd qualifying round, 6 October 2014; Exeter City 6 - 0 Southend United, 1st qualifying round, 14 September 2015;
• Highest scoring game:
  • 7 goals - Barnsley 4 - 3 Leeds United, Second Qualifying Round, 29 October 2013; Queens Park Rangers 4 - 3 AFC Wimbledon, Second Qualifying Round, 5 November 2013; Brighton & Hove Albion 3 - 4 Cardiff City, Second Qualifying Round, 29 October 2013

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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