Carabao Cup 2025/26 First Round Draw: Championship, League One and League Two Teams Discover the opponents | Football news

The Birmingham and Sheffield United championship teams will meet during the first of the Carabao 2025/26 Cup, with the 35 links Sky Sports.

The pair will compete in St Andrew’s in the northern section, while in the southern section, Ligue two Bromley Reception championship Ipswichwhich was relegated to the Premier League last season.

The Carabao Cup remains regionalized until the third round, the 11 Premier League teams which are not in Europe entering the second round.

The nine Premier League teams in Europe – Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, Newcastle (Carabao Cup holders), Tottenham, Aston Villa, Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest – enter the third round.

The Carabao Cup of this season includes a preliminary round to adapt to the increased number of high -level teams in Europe, with Barnet accommodation Newport in the southern section, and Oldham visiting Accrington in the northern section.

The preliminary links will take place the week starting on August 4, while the links of the round will take place the week starting on August 11.

Complete draw for the Carabao Ronde Cup

South section

Coventry vs Luton
Bristol City vs MK Dons
Bromley vs ipswich
Bristol Rovers vs Cambridge
Leyton Orient vs Wycombe
Watford vs Norwich
Charlton vs Stevenage
Oxford vs Colchester
Barnet or Newport vs Millwall
Cardiff vs Swindon
Gillingham vs afc wimbledon
Northampton vs Southampton
Cheltenham vs Exeter
Plymouth vs qpr
Swansea vs crawley
Portsmouth vs reading

Northern section

Barrow vs Preston
Grimsby vs shrewsbury
Blackpool vs Port Vale
Salford vs Rotherham
Harrogate vs Lincoln
Tranmere vs Burton
Stockport vs Crewe
Huddersfield vs Leicester
Wrexham vs Hull
Birmingham vs Sheffield United
Stoke VS Walsall
Accrington or Oldham vs Peterborough
Blackburn vs Bradford
Middlesbrough vs Doncaster
West Brom vs Derby
Bolton vs Sheffield Wednesday
Chesterfield vs mansfield
Barnsley vs Fleetwood
Wigan vs County Notts

Carabao Cup 2025/26 Round dates

Preliminary round: week starting on August 4

First round: W / C August 11

Second round: W / C August 25

Third round: W / C September 15 and W / C September 22

Fourth: W / C October 27, 2025

Fifth round: W / c December 15, 2025

Semi-final in the semi-finals: W / c January 12, 2026

Semi-final in the second stage: W / C February 2, 2026

Final: Sunday March 22, 2026