Burton Albion's under-18s will play eight pre-season games ahead of the 2017/18 season.
The Brewers' youngsters will be based at St George’s Park this season for the first time in the academy’s history.
The National Football Centre - also the home of the Brewers' first team - will see all age groups from the academy train there next term.
And Albion's under-18s will contest several friendlies during the pre-season there. Their entire schedule includes clashes with the likes of Nottingham Forest, Liverpool and Qatar's under-19s national side.
They will kick-off their pre-season preparations against Forest, before taking on Crewe Alexandra on July 11.
Then, the Brewers will host Liverpool at St George's Park in a behind-closed-doors friendly on Friday July 14.
Notably, it will be former England captain Steven Gerrard's management debut with the Reds' under-18s side.
They then play Reading on Saturday July 15 and the Qatar friendly on July 18, before rounding off their pre-season with friendlies against local side Gresley FC, Chesterfield and Charlton Athletic.
And professional development coach Sam Rose is relishing the opportunity to test his starlets against the might of the likes of Forest and Liverpool.
"We have got to always test our players’ mindset either playing against grassroots teams, non-league teams and at the other end, playing against the best teams," he told the club website.
"We try to give them a real variety of opponents to see where they are at mentally, physically, technically and tactically.
"We are really pleased with the pre-season programme. We are playing against successful and established Academy teams and we are really looking forward to seeing how the group perform.”
Full under-18s pre-season schedule:
Saturday 8 July: Nottingham Forest (A)
Tuesday 11 July: Crewe Alexandra (A)
Friday 14 July: Liverpool (H)
Saturday 15 July: Reading (A)
Tuesday 18 July: Qatar under 19s (H)
Thursday 20 July: Gresley FC (A)
Wednesday 26 July: Charlton Athletic (A)
Saturday 29 July: Chesterfield (A)
