| 2024–25 EFL Cup | |
| Other Titles: | Carabao Cup |
| Country: | England Wales |
| Dates: | [1] |
| Num Teams: | 92 |
| Matches: | 35 |
| Defending Champions: | Liverpool |
| Count: | 10 |
| Goals: | 115 |
| Attendance: | 156,174 |
| Prev Season: | 2023–24 |
| Next Season: | 2025–26 |
The 2024–25 EFL Cup is 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.
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) |
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| 35 | 13 August 2024 | |
| Second round (50 clubs) |
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| 25 | 26 August 2024 | |
| Third round (32 clubs) |
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| 16 | 16 September 2024 23 September 2024 | |
| Fourth round (16 clubs) |
|
| 8 | 28 October 2024 | |
| Quarter-finals (8 clubs) |
|
| 4 | 16 December 2024 | |
| Semi-finals (4 clubs) |
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| 4 (two-legged) | 6 January 2025 3 February 2025 | |
| Final (2 clubs) |
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| 1 | 16 March 2025 |
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. The first round draw took place on 27 June.[2]
A total of 50 clubs played in the second round: the 13 Premier League clubs not involved in European competition, the top 2 EFL Championship clubs (Luton Town and Burnley) entered at this stage along with the 35 winners from the first round. 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. The second round draw took place on 14 August.[3]
| Rank[4] | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Ince | Watford | 3 | |
| 2 |  Onel Hernández | Norwich City | 2 | |
| Charlie McNeill | Sheffield Wednesday | |||
| Matthew Pennington | Blackpool | |||
 Jack Roles | Crawley Town | |||
 Sammie Szmodics | Blackburn Rovers / Ipswich Town | |||
| 7 | 80 players | 1 | ||