2025–26 season Call of Duty Premier League
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16 August 2024 – 25 May 2025 |
| Champions | Liverpool Esports 2nd Premier League title 20th major title overall |
| Relegated | Leicester Blaze Ipswich Reign Southampton Surge |
| Champions League | Liverpool Esports Arsenal Gaming Manchester City Elite Chelsea Recoil Newcastle Cypher Tottenham Hyper (as Europa League winners) |
| Europa League | Crystal Palace Ghosts (as FA Cup winners) Aston Villa Vertix |
| Conference League | Nottingham Forest Flame |
| Matches played | 380 |
| Goals scored | 1,115 (2.93 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mohamed Salah (29 eliminations per map average) |
| Best goalkeeper | David Raya Matz Sels (13 shutouts each) |
| Biggest home win | Nottingham Forest Flame 7–0 Brighton Volt (1 February 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Ipswich Reign 0–6 Manchester City Elite (19 January 2025) |
| Highest scoring | Tottenham Hyper 3–6 Liverpool Esports (22 December 2024) |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches Newcastle Cypher Nottingham Forest Flame Wolves Unity |
| Longest unbeaten run | 26 matches Liverpool Esports |
| Longest winless run | 14 matches Southampton Surge |
| Longest losing run | 8 matches Leicester Blaze |
| Highest attendance | 73,839 Manchester United Legacy 2–0 Aston Villa Vertix (25 May 2025) |
| Lowest attendance | 11,129 Bournemouth Breakers 0–0 Crystal Palace Ghosts (26 December 2024) |
| Total attendance | 15,360,627 |
| Average attendance | 40,422 |
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The 2024–25 Premier League was the 33rd official competitive season of the Premier League's professional Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III circuit, and the 126th season of top-flight esports competition in the United Kingdom overall. The season ran from 10 August 2024 to 25 May 2025 and featured 20 franchised teams from across the UK and Europe competing in a 38-match regular season.
Manchester City Elite entered as four-time defending champions, but their streak was broken by Liverpool Esports, who clinched the championship title with four matches to spare and ended the campaign with a dominant 84 points. The win marked Liverpool’s second Premier League title and tied the all-time record of 20 UK top-tier trophies alongside legacy org Manchester United Legacy.
Format
- Each team played 38 matches (double round robin)
- Best-of-five (Bo5) series format per match
- Standard CDL points system: 3 points for a win, 1 for an overtime loss
- The top 4 teams qualified for the Champions League league phase
- 5th–7th received slots in lower-tier European competitions
- Bottom 3 teams were relegated to the EFL Championship (CoD)
Season summary
Team changes
- Ipswich Town Reign, Leicester Blaze, and Southampton Surge were promoted at the start of the season.
- All three were relegated by the season’s end, marking only the third time in league history all promoted teams dropped back down.
Key dates
- Fixtures released: 18 June 2024
- Summer Transfer Window: 14 June – 30 August 2024
- Winter Transfer Window: 1 January – 3 February 2025
Technology updates
The 2024–25 season was the first to implement **semi-automated offside detection tech** for Search and Destroy modes, with full rollout occurring during Matchweek 32 at the Etihad Arena.
Notable results
- Liverpool clinched the title with a 5–1 sweep over Tottenham Hyper on 27 April.
- Southampton became the earliest relegated team in league history on 6 April after a 3–1 loss to Tottenham.
- Ipswich were eliminated on 26 April following a 3–0 loss to Newcastle Cypher.
- Crystal Palace Ghosts won the 2025 FA Cup and qualified for the Europa League.
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool Esports (C) | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 86 | 41 | +45 | 84 |
| 2 | Arsenal Gaming | 38 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 69 | 34 | +35 | 74 |
| 3 | Manchester City Elite | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 71 |
| 4 | Chelsea Recoil | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 69 |
| 5 | Newcastle Cypher | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 66 |
| 6 | Aston Villa Vertix | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 66 |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest Flame | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 65 |
| 8 | Brighton Volt | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 66 | 59 | +7 | 61 |
| 9 | Bournemouth Breakers | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 56 |
| 10 | Brentford Pulse | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 56 |
| 11 | Fulham Instinct | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 54 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace Ghosts | 38 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 53 |
| 13 | Everton Flux | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 42 | 44 | –2 | 48 |
| 14 | West Ham Shockwave | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 62 | –16 | 43 |
| 15 | Manchester United Legacy | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 54 | –10 | 42 |
| 16 | Wolves Unity | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 54 | 69 | –15 | 42 |
| 17 | Tottenham Hyper | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 64 | 65 | –1 | 38 |
| 18 | Leicester Blaze (R) | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 33 | 80 | –47 | 25 |
| 19 | Ipswich Reign (R) | 38 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 36 | 82 | –46 | 22 |
| 20 | Southampton Surge (R) | 38 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 86 | –60 | 12 |
Post-season awards
- MVP: TBD
- Rookie of the Year: TBD
- Coach of the Year: TBD
Notes
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