EFL Trophy 2024/25: Group stage details

The draw for the Group Stages of the 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy, will take place live on Sky Sports News on Thursday 27 June from 2:30pm, the day after fixtures are released.

The 64 League One and League Two teams will enter from Round One and will be split into 16 regional groups of four teams, eight in the Northern region and eight in the Southern region. The 16 invited under-21 teams will be placed into their respective Northern and Southern regional Groups.

Exeter City have been placed in Group G along with Bristol Rovers and Swindon Town.

Southern Groups

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Birmingham City	AFC Wimbledon	Bromley	Gillingham
Shrewsbury Town	Crawley Town	Cambridge United	Peterborough United
Walsall	Wycombe Wanderers	Charlton Athletic	Stevenage
Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H
Colchester United	Burton Albion	Bristol Rovers	Cheltenham Town
Leyton Orient	Northampton Town	Exeter City	Newport County
Milton Keynes Dons	Notts County	Swindon Town	Reading

 
The eight U21 teams for the southern groups will be:-
1. Arsenal U21
2. Brighton & Hove Albion U21
3. Chelsea U21
4. Crystal Palace U21
5. Fulham U21
6. Leicester City U21
7. Tottenham Hotspur U21
8. West Ham United U21

Northern Groups

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Accrington Stanley	Port Vale	Carlisle United	Barrow
Stockport County	Salford City	Morecambe	Bolton Wanderers
Tranmere Rovers	Wrexham	Wigan Athletic	Fleetwood Town
Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H
Blackpool	Barnsley	Chesterfield	Bradford City
Crewe Alexandra	Doncaster Rovers	Grimsby Town	Mansfield Town
Harrogate Town	Huddersfield Town	Lincoln City	Rotherham United

The eight U21 teams for the Northern Groups will be:-
1. Aston Villa U21
2. Everton U21
3. Liverpool U21
4. Manchester City U21
5. Manchester United U21
6. Newcastle United U21
7. Nottingham Forest U21
8. Wolverhampton Wanderers U21

It’s expected that most football fans will continue to boycott this competition due to the inclusion of B Teams.