2024–25 Women's League Cup Explained

Women's League Cup
Year:2024–25
Country:England
Dates:2 October 2024 – 15 March 2025
Num Teams:23
Defending Champions:Arsenal
Matches:20
Goals:59
Attendance:15110
Scoring Leader:Viviane Asseyi
(4 goals)
Updated:24 November 2024
Prev Season:2023–24
Next Season:2025–26

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]

Format

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 Manchester City and Arsenal who advanced in the Champions League qualifying rounds, will all enter the League Cup at the quarter-final stage.

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

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City 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.

Top goalscorers

Rank[5] PlayerClubGoals
1 Viviane AsseyiWest Ham4
2 Emma ThompsonSouthampton3
3 Maria EdwardsBlackburn Rovers2
Eleanor Ryan-DoyleDurham
Mia EnderbyLiverpool
Eveliina SummanenTottenham Hotspur
Emma HarriesWest Ham
Riko UekiWest Ham
940 players1

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arsenal beat Chelsea to win Women's League Cup - as it happened. BBC. 31 March 2024. 17 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Continental Tyres Celebrates 13th Year of Sponsoring Women's League Cup . Tyre Trade News . 9 October 2023.
  3. Web site: WSL and Women's Championship takeover: Deal complete for club-owned body to replace FA . BBC Sport . 15 August 2024.
  4. Web site: Reading withdraw women's team from Championship . BBC Sport . 30 June 2024.
  5. Web site: The FA Women's League Cup Top Scorers . BBC . 2 October 2024.