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 played20
Goals scored59 (2.95 per match)
Attendance15,110 (756 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Viviane Asseyi
(4 goals)

All statistics correct as of 24 November 2024.

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

Number of teams per tier still in competition
Women's Super League[lower-alpha 1] Women's Championship Total
9 / 12
12 / 12
20 / 23
  1. ↑ Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City will join in the quarter finals as they are currently playing in the UEFA Women's Champions League (UWCL).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manchester United 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 Liverpool 2 1 0 0 1 6 3 +3 3
3 Everton (E) 2 0 1 0 1 1 3 −2 2
4 Newcastle United (E) 2 0 0 1 1 2 7 −5 1
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2024. 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
(E) Eliminated
Manchester United2–0Liverpool
 Report
Attendance: 2,568
Referee: Elizabeth Simms

Group B

Pos Team Pld W WPEN LPEN L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Durham 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 5 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 Blackburn Rovers 2 1 0 0 1 4 3 +1 3
3 Sunderland 2 1 0 0 1 3 4 −1 3
4 Sheffield United (E) 2 0 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2024. 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
(E) Eliminated

Group C

Pos Team Pld W WPEN LPEN L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 West Ham United 2 2 0 0 0 10 2 +8 6 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 Southampton 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 +3 3
3 London City Lionesses 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 −2 3
4 Portsmouth (E) 2 0 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2024. 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
(E) Eliminated
Southampton0–1London City Lionesses
Report
Attendance: 753
Referee: Levi Gray
Portsmouth0–4Southampton
Report
Westleigh Park, Havant
Attendance: 380
Referee: Aaron Ford
PortsmouthvLondon City Lionesses
Westleigh Park, Havant

Group D

Pos Team Pld W WPEN LPEN L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brighton & Hove Albion 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 +3 4 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 Leicester City 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3
3 Birmingham City 2 1 0 0 1 3 4 −1 3
4 Bristol City 2 0 1 0 1 2 4 −2 2
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2024. 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
Leicester CityvBirmingham City
TBC

Group E

Pos Team Pld W WPEN LPEN L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tottenham Hotspur 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 +2 6 Advanced to knock-out stage
2 Aston Villa 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 +1 3
3 Crystal Palace 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 3
4 Charlton Athletic (E) 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2024. 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
(E) Eliminated
Aston Villa2–0Crystal Palace
 Report
Attendance: 422
Referee: Adewunmi Soneye
Tottenham Hotspur1–0Aston Villa
 Report
Attendance: 820
Referee: Stacey Fullicks

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] Player Club Goals
1 France Viviane Asseyi West Ham 4
2 England Emma Thompson Southampton 3
3 England Maria Edwards Blackburn Rovers 2
Republic of Ireland Eleanor Ryan-Doyle Durham
England Mia Enderby Liverpool
Finland Eveliina Summanen Tottenham Hotspur
England Emma Harries West Ham
Japan Riko Ueki West Ham
9 40 players 1

References

  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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