The draw for Round One of the Carabao Cup will take place live on Sky Sports News at 4:30pm on Thursday 25th June.
The Minstermen will share ball number 36 with Crawley Town – the winner of our Preliminary Round tie on Monday 3rd August will progress to Round One.
Presented by Sky Sports’ Dharmesh Sheth, former Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United midfielder Kevin Nolan will join former Ipswich Town and Nottingham Forest defender, Luke Chambers, in picking out the balls.
Round One will feature 70 Clubs – the two winners from the Preliminary Round alongside the other 68 EFL Clubs – with the draw regionalised into Northern and Southern sections, and City in the Southern half.
Ties set to be played over the weekend of 7th – 9th August.
BALL NUMBERS
The full list of ball numbers for the Southern section is as follows:
- AFC Wimbledon
- Barnet
- Birmingham City
- Bristol City
- Bristol Rovers
- Bromley
- Cambridge United
- Cardiff City
- Charlton Athletic
- Cheltenham Town
- Colchester United
- Exeter City
- Gillingham
- Leicester City
- Leyton Orient
- Luton Town
- Millwall
- Milton Keynes Dons
- Newport County
- Northampton Town
- Norwich City
- Oxford United
- Peterborough United
- Plymouth Argyle
- Portsmouth
- Queens Park Rangers
- Reading
- Southampton
- Stevenage
- Swansea City
- Swindon Town
- Walsall
- Watford
- West Ham United
- Wycombe Wanderers
- York City or Crawley Town
CARABAO CUP 2026/27 ROUND DATES
The round dates for the Carabao Cup have been confirmed as the following:
- Round One: Weekend of 7th-9th August 2026
- Round Two: w/c 24th August 2026
- Round Three: w/c 7th September and w/c 14th September 2026
- Round Four: w/c 26th October 2026
- Round Five: w/c 14th December 2026
- Semi-Final First Leg: w/c 11th January 2027
- Semi-Final Second Leg: w/c 1st February 2027
- Final: Sunday 21st March 2027
