Now in its sixth season, the competition gives Premier League fans a shot at glory on the virtual pitch, by mixing it with the best from other top-tier sides and winning silverware for their favourite club.
For the first time, players will compete in the tournament in EA SPORTS FC 24, with a £100,000 prize pool on offer and seats available for the winning club in the UEFA eChampions League and the FC Pro World Championships.
Open to UK residents aged 16 and over, players of all abilities can register now for the tournament and will compete for a place in the Club Play-offs by participating in a series of online open qualification tournaments in November.
From there, each of the 20 Premier League clubs will narrow down the competitors in December, from which they will take forward two players, one per console, to represent them across the two Finals weekends on 20th & 21st January and 23rd & 24th March 2024.
And this year, the excitement of the live ePremier League Finals will span across two action-packed weekends: the group stages on 20th and 21st January 2024, from which the four leading clubs will progress to the Grand Final; and a second-chance
The format of this season’s Finals will see clubs working collaboratively again, with one player competing per console in a series of 1 vs. 1 matches against pairings from the other 19 clubs.
Last year, football gaming talent from across the country competed on PlayStation5 and Xbox Series X, with the cream of the crop participating in a live finals tournament broadcast to millions of viewers around the globe.
Palace have enjoyed a strong record in the ePremier League in recent seasons, finishing fourth last year with England international Ethan ‘Ethxnh’ Higgins and debutant Ben ‘Ben x W12’ Evans knocking out the likes of Arsenal, Brighton & Hove Albion and Nottingham Forest before succumbing to winners Leeds in the semi-finals.
The previous year, Palace also reached the semi-finals before losing to Brentford.
