64th season of the EFL Cup
Football tournament season
2024–25 EFL CupCarabao Cup |
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Wembley Stadium will host the final |
Tournament details |
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Country | England Wales |
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Dates | 13 August 2024 – 16 March 2025[1] |
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Teams | 92 |
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Defending champions | Liverpool |
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The 2024–25 EFL Cup will be the 65th season of the EFL Cup (known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons). The competition is open to all clubs participating in the Premier League and the English Football League.
The winner of the competition qualifies for the play-off round of the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League.
Liverpool are the defending champions.
Access
All 92 clubs in the Premier League and English Football League entered the season's EFL Cup. Access was distributed across the top 4 leagues of the English football league system
In the first round, 22 of 24 Championship clubs, and all League One and League Two clubs entered.
The following round, the two remaining Championship clubs, who finished 18th and 19th in the 2023–24 Premier League season (Luton Town and Burnley), and the Premier League clubs not involved in either the Champions League, Europa League or Conference League entered.
| Clubs entering in this round | Clubs advancing from previous round | Number of games | Main date |
First round (70 clubs) | - 24 clubs from EFL League Two
- 24 clubs from EFL League One
- 22 clubs from EFL Championship
| | 35 | 13 August 2024 |
Second round (40 clubs) | - 2 clubs from EFL Championship
- 13 Premier League clubs (not involved in European competition)
| - 35 winners from first round
| 25 | w/c 26th August 2024 |
Third round (32 clubs) | - 7 Premier League clubs (involved in European competition)
| - 25 winners from second round
| 16 | w/c 16th September 2024 w/c 23rd September 2024 |
Fourth round (16 clubs) | - No clubs enter the fourth round
| - 16 winners from third round
| 8 | w/c 28th October 2024 |
Quarter-finals (8 clubs) | - No clubs enter the quarter-finals
| - 8 winners from fourth round
| 4 | w/c 16th December 2024 |
Semi-finals (4 clubs) | - No clubs enter the semi-finals
| - 4 winners from quarter-finals
| 4 (two-legged) | w/c 6th January 2025 w/c 3rd February 2025 |
Final (2 clubs) | | - 2 winners from semi-finals
| 1 | 16th March 2025 |
First round
A total of 70 clubs played in the first round: 24 from League Two (tier 4), 24 from League One (tier 3), and 22 from the Championship (tier 2). The draw for this round was split on a geographical basis into "northern" and "southern" sections. Teams were drawn against a team from the same section.
Number of teams per tier still in competition Premier League[a] | EFL Championship | EFL League One | EFL League Two | Total |
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- ^ Premier League teams will join the competition in the second and third rounds.
Northern section
Southern section
References
- ^ "First-round draw for 2024/25 Carabao Cup". Sky Sports. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
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National teams | |
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League competitions | Level 1 | |
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Levels 2–4 | |
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Levels 5–6 | |
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Levels 7–8 | |
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Levels 9–10 | - Combined Counties League (Premier North, Premier South, One)
- Eastern Counties League (Premier, One North, One South)
- Essex Senior League (level 9 only)
- Hellenic League (Premier, One)
- Midland League (Premier, One)
- Northern Counties East League (Premier, One)
- Northern League (One, Two)
- North West Counties League (Premier, One North, One South)
- Southern Combination League (Premier, One)
- Southern Counties East League (Premier, One)
- South West Peninsula League (Premier East, Premier West - level 10 only)
- Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One)
- United Counties League (Premier North, Premier South, One)
- Wessex League (Premier, One)
- Western League (Premier, One)
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Cup competitions | |
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Youth competitions | Under-21 | - Professional U21 Development League
- Premier League Cup
- Premier League International Cup
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Under-18 | - Professional U18 Development League
- FA Youth Cup
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Domestic leagues | |
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Domestic cups | |
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League cups | - England
- Finland
- Iceland
- Israel
- Kazakhstan '24 '25
- Northern Ireland
- Portugal
- Scotland
- Wales
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Supercups | |
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UEFA competitions | |
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International competitions | |
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