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 2025–26 Premier League will be the 7th official competitive season of the Premier League's professional Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 circuit, and the 126th season of top-flight esports competition in the United Kingdom overall. The season is scheduled to run from 9 August 2025 to 24 May 2026, featuring 20 franchised teams from across the UK and Europe competing in a 38-match regular season.
Promlaster Esports will enter the season as defending champions, having defeated the Tigers the previous year. They will aim to claim a second title and extend their lead atop the all-time leaderboard, following their historic 2024–25 campaign that saw them finish with 84 points and secure the championship with four matches to spare.
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.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Maps (W–L) | MD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Promlaster Esports | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Orange Flowers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Wolverhampton Tactics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Manchester United Gaming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Ipswich Core | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Phoenix Shift | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Echo Valkyries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 |