League Cup, 2025 (Carabao Cup)

League Cup review 2024-25

2024-25 was the 65th season of the Football League Cup competition.

This was the eighth year of the sponsorship deal with a Thai-based energy drinks company Carabao Dang when the Football League Cup was rebranded as the Carabao Cup.

All 92 members of the Premier League and English Football League (EFL) competed.

22 clubs from the League Championship, 24 from League One and 24 for League Two (70 in total) entered at the 1st round stage.

The 13 Premier League clubs who were not involved in European competitions and the two remaining League Championship clubs entered at the 2nd round stage. Therefore, a total of 50 clubs competed in the 2nd round.

The first two rounds were regionalised (north and south).

The remaining seven Premier League clubs (Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur) entered at the 3rd round stage (32 clubs in total).

Each tie was played as a single game, except the two-legged semi-finals.

In the event of the scores being level at the end of 90 minutes, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out. 30 minutes extra time would only be allowed in the Final.

Video assistant referees (VAR) were in use at ties played at Premier League club grounds.

Newcastle United became the 24th winners of the competition. The Magpies won their first trophy since 1969 (Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) and first domestic trophy since 1955 (FA Cup).

Liverpool reached the Final for a record 15th time.

Note: Details shown under the Goal Scorers tab relates to players with Premier League clubs only.