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How to buy EFL Cup tickets in 2026
Our customer service team gets a lot of questions from fans asking: how do I book EFL Cup tickets? For popular matches – a Premier League giant drawn away at a lower-league club, a two-legged semi-final or the Wembley final – tickets can sell out within minutes. It's not just English fans looking for tickets either; supporters from across Europe, the United States and beyond travel to England for an EFL Cup night. We'll explain step by step exactly what to do until the tickets are yours.
- Select the match you want to attend and click ‘View tickets’.
- Choose the area of the stadium where you'd like to sit on the right-hand side.
- Select the number of tickets you want to buy.
- Click the green ‘Buy’ button.
- Complete the order form with your personal details.
- Don't forget to check that all your information is correct.
- Click ‘Make payment’.
- The tickets are now yours!
Why you should book your EFL Cup tickets with Livefootballtickets.com
The EFL Cup is open to all 92 clubs across the Premier League and the English Football League, which makes it one of the most unpredictable and exciting competitions in the game. With the secondary market for football tickets growing fast, we'd like to explain why you should book your EFL Cup tickets with Livefootballtickets.com. We'll do so based on our three most unique strengths.
Trust
Trust is the most important factor when buying tickets. The absolute priority is that you can trust the tickets you buy. That's why we introduced the Livefootballtickets.com guarantee. Every ticket on our site comes with a 150% guarantee. If something unexpected happens with your tickets, you'll receive a full refund plus an extra 50% in credit. In the 20 years we've been selling football tickets, we've always asked our customers about their experience. We recently passed 20,000 reviews on Trustpilot. With a score of 4.7 out of 5, our customers are very satisfied with our tickets.
Here's what some of our customers had to say after buying EFL Cup tickets from us:
Fast, reliable delivery – even at the very last minute: “Bought at 10pm before the last day of the season EFL match, with a 12:30pm kick-off the next day. Ticket arrived as promised by 10:15am on match day. Thank you!” – SP, Trustpilot
Away tickets made simple, with an easy mobile option: “Got away tickets for the Newcastle vs Chelsea match in the EFL Cup. The process was simple – I opted for the mobile ticket option and it was straightforward. Do make sure you read the instructions in the ticket email, as the link for your mobile ticket can only be opened once.” – Ryan D'Souza, Trustpilot
Great seats, delivered on time: “Great experience – my Liverpool vs West Ham EFL Cup tickets were spot on and delivered on time as promised. The seats were great. Brilliant website!” – Mitchell Toland, Trustpilot
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Available 24/7
With all the experience we've built up over the years, we know how important it is to be there for our customers. Especially for people going to an EFL Cup match for the first time, the whole process can be a little stressful. Which stadium? Which club? Which section? That's exactly why Livefootballtickets.com set up the first 24/7 customer service team for football tickets. Whenever something goes wrong, you can always reach us. Whatever the time zone, our colleagues are ready to help you.
A wide choice of EFL Cup tickets available
Another very important reason to book your tickets through our site is ticket availability. Right now you'll find 10674 EFL Cup tickets available on our platform, for ties across every round of the 2026-2027 competition. Our team of ticket sellers works hard to find the best tickets for you. Don't see the tickets you want yet? Come back in a few days and you'll find our inventory completely refreshed.
Experience
We've been active in the industry since 2006, when we were one of the very few online football ticket marketplaces. A lot has changed over the past 20 years, but we're still here and stronger than ever. For over 20 years we've been selling EFL Cup tickets for every club. The best part is that it's not just the company that has been in the business for so long – our team has a great deal of experience too. In every single department of the company we have colleagues who have worked here for more than 15 years. With over 20 years of experience, we'll make sure your EFL Cup experience is perfect.
The magic of the EFL Cup
What makes the EFL Cup so special is that every one of the 92 professional clubs in England enters the same competition. Because the bigger clubs often rotate their squads and give younger players a run out, the door swings open for shocks – and over the decades the League Cup has produced some of the most famous giant-killings in English football. Here are a few of the runs and upsets that capture the magic of the competition.
Underdogs on the big stage
The EFL Cup has a long history of smaller clubs reaching the final and even lifting the trophy. Third-tier Queens Park Rangers won the first single-leg final at Wembley in 1967, and Swindon Town, also from the third tier, stunned Arsenal to win in 1969. Luton Town beat Arsenal to lift the cup in 1988, and Birmingham City famously overcame Arsenal again in the 2011 final. In 2013, League Two side Bradford City became the lowest-ranked club ever to reach a major Wembley final – a run that knocked out top-flight opposition along the way – before Swansea City claimed their first major trophy that same day.
Two-legged semi-finals
Unlike the FA Cup, the EFL Cup keeps a distinctive touch: its semi-finals are played over two legs, home and away. That gives supporters two big nights instead of one, and it has produced some of the competition's most dramatic comebacks, with ties swinging on a late goal in the second leg. For the clubs still standing at that stage, a place at Wembley is just 180 minutes away.
Ending the long waits
For many clubs, the EFL Cup is the trophy that ends a long drought. In 2025, Newcastle United won the competition to claim their first major domestic trophy in 70 years, sparking scenes on Tyneside that few who were there will forget. It's a reminder that, for all the Premier League's dominance elsewhere, the League Cup can still deliver the moments that define a generation of supporters.
About the EFL Cup
Founded:
1960
First winners:
Aston Villa (1961)
Clubs that take part:
All 92 (Premier League and EFL)
Final venue:
Wembley Stadium
Most titles:
Liverpool
Current holders:
Manchester City
History of the EFL Cup
The EFL Cup was established in 1960 as a knockout competition for all the clubs of the Football League, and it's considered the second most important domestic cup in English football after the FA Cup. For the first six seasons the final was contested over two legs, one at each club's ground. Aston Villa won the very first competition in 1961, beating Rotherham United over two legs. The first single-leg final was held at Wembley in 1967. Once the winners were granted a place in European competition, the bigger clubs began to take the tournament seriously, and by 1969-70 all 92 clubs were taking part. Today the competition is open to the 20 Premier League clubs and the 72 members of the English Football League.
Liverpool are the most successful club in the competition's history with a record 10 titles, followed by Manchester City on 9 – a tally that includes four consecutive wins from 2018 to 2021, matching a run Liverpool themselves managed between 1981 and 1984. Manchester City are the current holders, having beaten Arsenal 2-0 at Wembley in the 2026 final. Here are the winners of the last few seasons.
| Season | Winners | Runners-up | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Manchester City | Arsenal | 2-0 |
| 2024-25 | Newcastle United | Liverpool | 2-1 |
| 2023-24 | Liverpool | Chelsea | 1-0 (aet) |
| 2022-23 | Manchester United | Newcastle United | 2-0 |
| 2021-22 | Liverpool | Chelsea | 0-0 (11-10 pens) |
| 2020-21 | Manchester City | Tottenham Hotspur | 1-0 |
The all-time record shows just how much the trophy has meant to a handful of clubs, with the leaders listed below.
| Club | Titles |
|---|---|
| Liverpool | 10 |
| Manchester City | 9 |
| Manchester United | 6 |
| Aston Villa | 5 |
| Chelsea | 5 |
| Nottingham Forest | 4 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 4 |
The EFL Cup today
The competition runs from the opening rounds in the late summer through to the final at Wembley the following spring. The two-legged semi-finals remain one of its trademarks. As well as the trophy, the winners earn a place in European football: the EFL Cup winners qualify for the Conference League. When the EFL Cup winners already qualified for European football trhoguht the league, the ticket goes to the highest placed Premier League club that hasn’t got one yet. For football fans, the EFL Cup remains one of the best-value routes to seeing top clubs in knockout action – and to a day out at Wembley.