Aston Villa youngsters will be facing the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool and Leicester next season in the International Cup.
As confirmed via their official website, Villa will be entering the competition that is held throughout the 2016/17 season and will put the club up against some of the best academies in Europe.
The competition has 24 teams involved, 12 domestically based and 12 other teams from in and around Europe.
The International Cup is spilt into a group format and is open to players under the age of 23. Within the group stages the clubs will play each other one, at either a home, away or neutral ground.
From the group, the top two teams will qualify and go through to a straight forward knockout round, in a similar format to that of the Champions League.
The full list of the teams include: Chelsea, Derby County, Everton, Leicester City, Liverpool, Man Utd, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Reading, Sunderland and Swansea City.
AC Sparta Prague, Athletic Club Bilbao, Celtic, Dinamo Zagreb, FC Porto, Feyenoord, Hertha BSC, PSV Eindhoven, Benfica, Valencia, Villareal, Wolfsburg.
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