Football tournament season
2024–25 Women's League CupTournament details |
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Country | England |
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Dates | 2 October 2024 – 15 March 2025 |
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Teams | 23 |
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Defending champions | Arsenal |
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The 2024–25 Women's League Cup is the fourteenth edition of the Women's Super League and Women's Championship's league cup competition. All 23 teams from the WSL and Championship contested the competition. Arsenal are the defending champions.[1] It marked the first time since the competition's inception in 2011 that the cup would not be played under the named sponsorship of Continental AG[2] or under the branding of The Football Association following the completed takeover by Women's Professional Leagues Limited (WPLL).[3]
The competition kept the same format as the previous season, starting with a group stage split regionally. However, the competition ran with 23 teams, one fewer than previous season, after Reading withdrew from the Championship in June 2024.[4] Teams competing in the UEFA Women's Champions League group stage are exempt from the League Cup group stage, earning a provisional bye to the quarter-finals. As a result, the initial group stage draw made on 19 August 2024 featured 20 of the 23 teams, with all groups featuring four teams each. The three teams excluded from the draw were Chelsea, who automatically entered the Champions League group stage and therefore joined the League Cup at the quarter-final stage, and Manchester City and Arsenal who took part in the Champions League qualifying rounds. If either team were eliminated during qualification, they would enter the League Cup group stage and be drawn into an existing group of four in their geographical region.[5]
The first place team in each of the five groups automatically qualifies for the knock-out stage.
Group stage
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
1 | Everton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advanced to knock-out stage |
2 | Liverpool | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knock-out stage based on ranking |
3 | Manchester United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Newcastle United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Women's League Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record
Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
1 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advanced to knock-out stage |
2 | Durham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knock-out stage based on ranking |
3 | Sheffield United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Sunderland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Women's League Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record
Group C
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Women's League Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record
Group D
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Women's League Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record
Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
1 | Aston Villa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advanced to knock-out stage |
2 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knock-out stage based on ranking |
3 | Crystal Palace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Women's League Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record
References
- ^ "Arsenal beat Chelsea to win Women's League Cup - as it happened". BBC. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "Continental Tyres Celebrates 13th Year of Sponsoring Women's League Cup". Tyre Trade News. 9 October 2023.
- ^ "WSL and Women's Championship takeover: Deal complete for club-owned body to replace FA". BBC Sport. 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Reading withdraw women's team from Championship". BBC Sport. 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Women's League Cup group stage draw confirmed". womenscompetitions.thefa.com. 17 August 2024.
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