2025–26 Women's League Cup

2025–26 Women's League Cup
Tournament details
CountryEngland
DatesSeptember 2025 – March 2026
Teams24
Defending championsChelsea

The 2025–26 Women's League Cup will be the 15th edition of the Women's Super League and Women's Championship's league cup competition. It is sponsored by Subway who have partnered the competition since 2024, and is officially known as the Subway Women’s League Cup[1] for sponsorship reasons. All 24 teams from the WSL and Championship will take part in the competition. Chelsea are the defending champions.[2]

Format

The competition keeps the same format as the previous season, starting with a group stage split regionally. 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 TBA featured 21 of the 24 teams. The three teams excluded from the draw were Arsenal and Chelsea, who automatically entered the Champions League group stage, therefore joining the League Cup at the quarter-final stage, and Manchester United who will take part in the Champions League qualifying rounds. If Manchester United are eliminated during qualification, they will enter the League Cup group stage and be drawn into an existing group of four in their geographical region.

The first place team in each of the five groups qualifies for the knock-out stage.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 TBD1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 TBD2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 June 2025. 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
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 TBD5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 TBD6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 June 2025. 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
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Group C

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 June 2025. 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
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Group D

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 June 2025. 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
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Group E

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 June 2025. 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
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Knock-out stage

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
20/21 December
21/22 January
20/21 December
15 March – TBD
20/21 December
21/22 January
20/21 December

Quarter-finals

Arsenal and Chelsea will enter the League Cup at the quarter-final stage, having been exempt from the group stage due to their participation in the Champions League group stage. The draw will take place on TBD 2025.

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Semi-finals

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Final

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See also

References

  1. ^ The FA Official site
  2. ^ Garry, Tom (16 March 2025). "Chelsea win Women's League Cup final after own goal denies Manchester City". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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