EFL Cup will announce 2025-26 changes in Europe with nine league groups star-news.press/wp

The EFL Cup will have an additional challenge for 2025-26 for the number of groups of the Premier League group that will take part in the European competition.

Nine Premier League teams compete in UEFA tournaments next season.

The six sides of the Premier League will have the Champions League, among Liverpool and Newcastle United Champions, who have won 2-1 among the EFL Cup finals this year.

The winners of Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea and Europa League will meet with Tottenham.

Aston Villa and FA Cup will enter the Crystal Palace Europa League, but the second participation of the second, although it may have the UEFA multi-club owned rules. John Textor Eagle is owned by football, with a 43 percent participation in the palace. However, Eagle Football is faced with services in the face of European ligurity.

Meanwhile, they will compete in the Nottingham Forest Conference League after the end of the seventh.

The Premier League club in the European Competition are not included in the EFL Cup until the third round. However, to adapt to these nine groups, the EFL has selected the preliminary round of the four group, rounding the number of sides and two rounds.

The national league, Barnet and Oldham are formed by the two sides promoted by Athletic, and the third and fourth finished groups from the bottom and two league, Newport County and Accrington Stanley.

Links will be changed to the north and south, it means that Accrington will take Oldham and Newport Barnet and begin 4 August during the week.

The first round draw will take place on June 26, links to the week on August 11th.

Newcastle begins the third round defense, with Magpies and eight other European groups in the weeks competing from these links, starting September 22 September.