The 2019–20 Premier League Cup was the seventh edition of the competition. The defending champions were Everton, who won the 2018–19 competition. This edition of the tournament did not crown a champion as it was cancelled at the Round of 16 stage, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom.
Participants 40 teams competed in the competition this season, 4 more than the previous season. Notts County, and Peterborough United did not return after last year's competition, while Bristol City, Leicester City, Norwich City, and Sheffield United did not return after 6 seasons of playing in the competition.
5 teams return to the competition this time around. Crystal Palace returned for the first time since the inaugural competition, Huddersfield Town returned for the first time since 2016-2017, and Middlesbrough, Watford, and Wigan Athletic returned after missing last year's competition. Meanwhile Cambridge United, Fleetwood Town, Scunthorpe United, Shrewsbury Town, and Yeovil Town will compete in the competition for the very first time.
Category 1 Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Fulham Liverpool Middlesbrough Newcastle United Reading Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Category 2 Birmingham City Burnley Charlton Athletic Colchester United Hull City Leeds United Nottingham Forest Watford Wigan Athletic
Category 3 AFC Bournemouth Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Fleetwood Town Newport County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Yeovil Town
Category 4 Huddersfield Town
Qualifying round A qualifying round was required to finalise the 32 teams that would enter the Group Stage.
Group stage Teams play each other twice, with the group winners and runners–up advance to the round of 16.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Knockout stages
Round of 16
See also
2019–20 Professional U23 Development League 2019–20 FA Youth Cup
References