2024–25 National League Cup Explained
| National League Cup |
| Year: | 2024–25 |
| Country: | England |
| Num Teams: | 32 |
| Matches: | 11 |
| Goals: | 48 |
| Prev Season: | 2008–09 |
| Next Season: | 2025–26 |
| Updated: | 15 October 2024 |
The 2024–25 National League Cup, is the 26th season in the history of the competition, and the first since its revival. It is a knock-out tournament for clubs in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system, as well as 16 professional under-21 teams playing in Premier League 2.[1]
Participating clubs
- 16 invited clubs from the National League.
- 16 invited Premier League 2 under-21 teams.
Competition format
- League phase
- Four groups of eight teams.
- All groups will include four National League sides and four academy sides.
- All National League clubs will play each academy side once, and all academy sides will play each National League side once (academy sides will play all group matches away from home).
- Clubs will be awarded three points for a win and one point for a draw. Drawn matches will end in a penalty shoot-out with an extra point for the winners.
- The top two teams in each group will progress to the knockout stage.
- Knockout stage
- In Round 2, the group winners will be seeded and the group runners-up will be unseeded in the draw.
- In Round 2, teams who played in the same group as each other in the group stage will be kept apart.
Broadcasting
The National League announced all fixtures would be streamed live and free on NLTV.[2]
Group stage
The group stage draw was made on 19 September 2024, when the competition was announced.[1] [3] [4]
Group A
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Group B
Group C
Group D
Notes and References
- Web site: 25 September 2024. Premier League and National League announce National League Cup. Premier League. 8 October 2024. premierleague.com.
- Web site: National League Cup group stage free to air on NLTV. National League. 1 October 2024. 8 October 2024. thenationalleague.org.uk.
- Web site: National League Cup competition to start in October. BBC Sport. 19 September 2024. 11 October 2024. bbc.co.uk.
- Web site: U21s To Compete In National League Cup. Fulham F.C.. 19 September 2024. 11 October 2024. fulhamfc.co.uk.
