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2024–25 Women's League Cup

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2024–25 Women's League Cup
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Dates2 October 2024 – 15 March 2025
Teams23
Defending championsArsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored28 (2.8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Viviane Asseyi
Emma Harries
(2 each)

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

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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

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manchester United 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 +2 3 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 Everton 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2
3 Newcastle United 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Liverpool 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 −2 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
Manchester United2–0Liverpool
 Report
Attendance: 2,568
Referee: Elizabeth Simms

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W WPEN LPEN L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Durham 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 +1 3 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 Sunderland 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 +1 3
3 Sheffield United 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
4 Blackburn Rovers 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 −1 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
Blackburn Rovers1–2Durham
 Report
Attendance: 159
Referee: Hannah Gardner
Sheffield United1–2Sunderland
 Report
Attendance: 202
Referee: Lauren Whiteman

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W WPEN LPEN L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 West Ham United 1 1 0 0 0 6 1 +5 3 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 London City Lionesses 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 +1 3
3 Southampton 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
4 Portsmouth 1 0 0 0 1 1 6 −5 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
West Ham United6–1Portsmouth
 Report
Attendance: 256
Referee: Kirsty Dowle
Southampton0–1London City Lionesses
Report
Attendance: 753
Referee: Levi Gray
PortsmouthvSouthampton
Westleigh Park, Havant
PortsmouthvLondon City Lionesses
Westleigh Park, Havant

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W WPEN LPEN L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 +3 3 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 Bristol City 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2
3 Leicester City 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
4 Birmingham City 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 −3 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
Birmingham City0–3Brighton & Hove Albion
Report
Attendance: 842
Referee: Amy Fearns
Bristol CityvBirmingham City
Robins HPC, Failand
Leicester CityvBirmingham City
TBC

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W WPEN LPEN L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Aston Villa 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 +2 3 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 +1 3
3 Charlton Athletic 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
4 Crystal Palace 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 −2 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
Aston Villa2–0Crystal Palace
 Report
Attendance: 422
Referee: Adewunmi Soneye
Charlton Athletic1–2Tottenham Hotspur
 Report
Attendance: 664
Referee: Lisa Benn

Knock-out stage

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Quarter-finals

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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

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Rank[5] Player Club Goals
1 England Emma Harries West Ham 2
France Viviane Asseyi
3 24 players 1

References

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