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Carabao Cup 25-26

cliveclive
in Other Football and Sports

This season’s Carabao Cup will require a Preliminary Round to be introduced ahead of Round One due to nine Premier League teams being involved in European competition in 2025/26.

The format of the Carabao Cup will be amended to introduce a four-team preliminary qualifying round, to reduce the number of Clubs in Round One and Round Two in order to accommodate all Premier League European Clubs in Round Three.

The Preliminary Round will consist of the two promoted Clubs from the National League (Barnet and Oldham Athletic) and the Clubs finishing in 21st and 22nd place in League Two (Accrington Stanley and Newport County). The ties will be regionalised North and South as per Round One, with Accrington playing Oldham and Barnet playing Newport County.

 The round dates for the Carabao Cup have been confirmed as the following:

  • Preliminary Round: w/c 4 August 2025
  • Round One: w/c 11 August 2025
  • Round Two: w/c 25 August 2025
  • Round Three: w/c 15 September and w/c 22 September 2025*
  • Round Four: w/c 27 October 2025
  • Round Five: w/c 15 December 2025
  • Semi-Final First Leg: w/c 12 January 2026
  • Semi-Final Second Leg: w/c 2 February 2026
  • Final: Sunday 22 March 2026

*Round Three will take place on the same basis as 2024/25, with split weeks for those Clubs participating in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

https://www.efl.com/news/2025/june/12/carabao-cup-format-confirmed-for-2025-26-season/

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  • CAFCTrevCAFCTrev
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Shame they didn't stick us in the Preliminary Round. Given our historic record in the competition it would have made sense to get our one game in the League Cup, done and out of the way
    TBF we got to the quarter final only a couple years ago. 
  • blackpool72blackpool72
    Made arrangements to keep the 22nd of March free 
    Sorted 👍
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    edited June 12
    CAFCTrev said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Shame they didn't stick us in the Preliminary Round. Given our historic record in the competition it would have made sense to get our one game in the League Cup, done and out of the way
    TBF we got to the quarter final only a couple years ago. 
    Must have been a blue moon, because the majority of our time in the League Cup has surely got us as one of the worst in its history
  • Fanny FanackapanFanny Fanackapan
    blackpool72 said:
    Made arrangements to keep the 22nd of March free 
    Sorted 👍
    Don't believe I've invited you to my 78th birthday party !  B)
  • blackpool72blackpool72
    edited June 12
    Fanny Fanackapan said:
    blackpool72 said:
    Made arrangements to keep the 22nd of March free 
    Sorted 👍
    Don't believe I've invited you to my 78th birthday party !  B)
    Surely you mean 58th x
  • FumbluffFumbluff
    blackpool72 said:
    Fanny Fanackapan said:
    blackpool72 said:
    Made arrangements to keep the 22nd of March free 
    Sorted 👍
    Don't believe I've invited you to my 78th birthday party !  B)
    Surely you mean 58th x
    There is no 58th of March (this year)
  • cliveclive
    The Round One draw will take place live on Sky Sports News from  4.20 pm
    Southern Section

    1 AFC Wimbledon
    2 Bristol City
    3 Bristol Rovers
    4 Bromley
    5 Cambridge United
    6 Cardiff City
    7 Charlton Athletic
    8 Cheltenham Town
    9 Colchester United
    10 Coventry City
    11 Crawley Town
    12 Exeter City
    13 Gillingham
    14 Ipswich Town
    15 Leyton Orient
    16 Luton Town
    17 Millwall
    18 Milton Keynes Dons
    19 Northampton Town
    20 Norwich City
    21 Oxford United
    22 Plymouth Argyle
    23 Portsmouth
    24 Queens Park Rangers
    25 Reading
    26 Southampton
    27 Stevenage
    28 Swansea City
    29 Swindon Town
    30 Watford
    31 Wycombe Wanderers
    32 Barnet or Newport County

    https://www.efl.com/news/2025/june/26/carabao-cup-round-one-draw-confirmed/

  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    Wycombe Wanderers away here we come  :D
  • blackpool72blackpool72
    I always prefer a home tie in this competition as it's played midweek. 
    Love a good away day in the FA Cup on a Saturday though. 
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  • Chris_from_SidcupChris_from_Sidcup
    Guaranteed to be Leyton Orient
  • BilkoBilko
    Millwall nailed on.
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Guaranteed to be Leyton Orient
    Given how we usually do in the League Cup, I hope they beat us, so their fans can froth at the thought of us being in the Championship, when its clear based off some crappy Cup result, it should have been them.
  • guinnessaddickguinnessaddick
    Cardiff or Barnet away. New grounds for me.
  • sam3110sam3110
    Bromley away
  • MarcusH26MarcusH26
    Luton Away for the NJ return

    Failing that it would be very us for it to be something incredibly dull from last season like Northampton at home. 
  • Brownie12Brownie12
    cafc4life said:
    watford at home
    Or Bristol City away
  • DyerConsequencesDyerConsequences
    Shay Given and former Charlton man John Barnes doing the draw.
  • golfaddickgolfaddick
    John Barnes & Jimmy-Flloyd Hasselbaink. 2 great players who played for us 5 years too late.
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  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    DyerConsequences said:
    Shay Given and former Charlton man John Barnes doing the draw.
    They must be desperate for the work!
  • cliveclive
    home to stevenage
  • DyerConsequencesDyerConsequences
    At home to Stevenage
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    lol!... I turned on the TV just as we were drawn.
  • YorkshireaddickYorkshireaddick
    clive said:
    home to stevenage
    Got to be better than a midweek away trip to Plymouth
  • fenaddickfenaddick
    A chance for @Braziliance to see Piergianni even though we’ve been promoted 
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