Who won the EFL Cup 2025/26? Full results from every round to 2026 final

Arsenal and Manchester City met in the final of the EFL Cup 2025/26.

Teams in the Championship, League One and League Two had started the EFL Cup season, followed by a maximum of six rounds involving top-flight sides.

Liverpool are the most successful team in EFL Cup history with 10 titles, followed by City with nine and Manchester United with six.

101GreatGoals.com has all the full results list from the 2025/26 EFL Cup.

EFL Cup final 2026: Who won the Carabao Cup final?

The match took place at the national stadium on March 22, 2026, when the Cityzens became champions courtesy of two Nico O’Reilly headers inside five second-half minutes.

EFL Cup final result 2025/26

Arsenal 0-2 Manchester City

EFL Cup semi-final results 2025/26

Tuesday, January 13

Newcastle 0-2 Manchester City

Wednesday, January 14

Chelsea 2-3 Arsenal

Tuesday, February 3

Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea (4-2 on aggregate)

Wednesday, February 4

Man City 3-1 Newcastle (5-1 on aggregate)

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— Carabao Cup (@Carabao_Cup) March 22, 2026

EFL Cup quarter-final results

Tuesday, December 16

Cardiff City 1-3 Chelsea

Wednesday, December 17

Manchester City 2-0 Brentford

Newcastle 2-1 Fulham

Tuesday, December 23

Arsenal 1-1 (8-7p) Crystal Palace

EFL Cup fourth round results 2025/26

Tuesday, October 28

Grimsby Town 0-5 Brentford

Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Fulham (4-5 pens)

Wrexham 1-2 Cardiff City

Wednesday, October 29

Arsenal 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Liverpool 0-3 Crystal Palace

Swansea City 1-3 Manchester City

Wolves 3-4 Chelsea

Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham

EFL Cup third round fixtures, results 2025/26

Wednesday, September 24

Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester City

Newcastle 4-1 Bradford City

Tottenham 3-0 Doncaster Rovers

Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal

Tuesday, September 23

Barnsley 0-6 Brighton & Hove Albion

Burnley 1-2 Cardiff City

Fulham 1-0 Cambridge United

Lincoln City 1-2 Chelsea

Wigan Athletic 0-2 Wycombe Wanderers

Wolves 2-0 Everton

Wrexham 2-0 Reading

Liverpool 2-1 Southampton

Tuesday, September 16

Brentford 1-1 (4-2p) Aston Villa

Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Grimsby Town

Crystal Palace 1-1 (4-2p) Millwall

Wednesday, September 17

Swansea City 3-2 Nottingham Forest

EFL Cup second round fixtures, results 2025/26

Wednesday, August 27

Everton 2-0 Mansfield Town

Grimsby Town 2-2 (12-11p) Manchester United

Fulham 2-0 Bristol City

Oxford United 0-6 Brighton

Tuesday, August 26

Burton Albion 0-1 Lincoln City

Accrington Stanley 0-2 Doncaster Rovers

Wigan Athletic 1-0 Stockport County

Stoke City 0-3 Bradford City

Burnley 2-1 Derby County

Sunderland 1-1 (5-6p) Huddersfield Town

Birmingham City 0-1 Port Vale

Preston North End 2-3 Wrexham

Barnsley 2-1 Rotherham United

Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 (3-0p) Leeds United

Reading 2-1 Wimbledon

Cambridge United 3-1 Charlton Athletic

Wolves 3-2 West Ham

Norwich City 0-3 Southampton

Bournemouth 0-2 Brentford

Millwall 2-1 Coventry City

Swansea City 1-1 (5-3p) Plymouth Argyle

Bromley 1-1 (4-5p) Wycombe Wanderers

Cardiff City 3-0 Cheltenham Town

EFL Cup round one fixtures, results 2025/26

Tuesday, August 12

Barrow 0-1 Preston North End

Grimsby Town 3-1 Shrewsbury Town

Blackpool 0-1 Port Vale

Salford City 0-0 (2-3p) Rotherham

Harrogate Town 1-3 Lincoln City

Stockport County 3-1 Crewe Alexandra

Wrexham 3-3 (5-3p) Hull City

Stoke City 0-0 (4-3p) Walsall

Accrington 2-1 Peterborough United

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Bradford City

Middlesbrough 0-4 Doncaster Rovers

West Brom 1-1 (2-3p) Derby County

Chesterfield 0-2 Mansfield Town

Wigan Athletic 1-0 Notts County

Coventry City 1-0 Luton Town

Bristol City 2-0 MK Dons

Bromley 1-1 (5-4p) Ipswich Town

Bristol Rovers 0-2 Cambridge United

Leyton Orient 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers

Watford 1-2 Norwich City

Charlton Athletic 3-1 Stevenage

Oxford United 1-0 Colchester United

Newport County 0-1 Millwall

Cardiff City 2-1 Swindon Town

Gillingham 1-1 (2-4p) AFC Wimbledon

Northampton Town 0-1 Southampton

Plymouth Argyle 3-2 QPR

Swansea City 3-1 Crawley Town

Portsmouth 1-2 Reading

Wednesday, August 13

Barnsley 2-2 (5-4p) Fleetwood Town

Bolton Wanderers 3-3 (2-4p) Sheffield Wednesday

Cheltenham Town 2-0 Exeter

Huddersfield Town 2-2 (3-2p) Leicester City

Birmingham City 2-1 Sheffield United

Tuesday, August 19

Tranmere Rovers 1-1 (4-5p) Burton Albion

EFL Cup preliminary round fixtures, results

Tuesday, July 29

Barnet 2-2 (2-4p) Newport County

Tuesday, August 5

Accrington Stanley 3-1 Oldham Athletic

EFL Cup dates 2025/26: When were the Carabao Cup round dates?

Round one started during the second week of the EFL season. A new preliminary round also took place in late July between the two clubs promoted from the National League last season and the teams who finished 21st and 22nd in League Two.

There will be split weeks in round three for clubs in the Champions League and Europa League.

EFL Cup round two

August 25, 2025

EFL Cup round three

September 15 and 22, 2025

EFL Cup round four

October 27, 2025

EFL Cup round five

December 15, 2025

EFL Cup semi-final first leg

January 12, 2026

EFL Cup semi-final second leg

February 2, 2026

EFL Cup final

Sunday, March 22, 2026

EFL Cup: When did Premier League teams join the Carabao Cup?

The nine Premier League teams involved in European competition joined the EFL Cup third round in September.

The 11 other clubs joined a round earlier, during the week of August 25.

EFL Cup TV channel: How to watch the Carabao Cup

In 2025/26, all EFL Cup matches were available to watch on Sky Sports or Sky Sports+ as part of a deal between the league and the broadcaster to show more than 1,000 of the 1,891 games across the EFL, EFL Cup and Bristol Street Motors Trophy.

Do the EFL Cup winners qualify for Europe?

The EFL Cup winners receive a place in the play-off stage of the UEFA Conference League unless they qualify through another route for European competition.

Newcastle were an example of the rule in action in 2024/25, instead qualifying for the Champions League through their league position.

That meant their Conference League play-off place went to the next-highest ranked team who had not qualified for European competition via their league position.

Do EFL Cup ties go to extra time, replays and penalties?

Should they finish level after 90 minutes, EFL Cup ties go straight to penalties until the semi-finals, which take place over two legs.

If the scoreline is level after the second leg, extra time and – if necessary – penalties are used to separate teams.

The final is a one-off match at Wembley Stadium, with extra time and penalties used if required.

Liverpool beat Chelsea 11-10 on penalties in the 2021/22 final and edged the same fixture after extra time in 2023/24 through Virgil van Dijk’s 118th-minute winner.