🏆 Carabao Cup draw to take place on Thursday, June 20

This year's Carabao Cup round one draw takes place on Thursday, June 20 from 7pm live from Morrisons, Colindale.

Exeter City will be draw ball number 12 from the South Section. Matches are scheduled to take place week commencing 12 August.

Fans will be able to watch the draw live in store and also tune in to the Carabao Cup Facebook page, with live text updates on EFL Twitter and EFL.com.

Full South Section draw numbers:

  1. AFC Wimbledon
  2. Birmingham City
  3. Brentford
  4. Bristol City
  5. Bristol Rovers
  6. Cambridge United
  7. Charlton Athletic
  8. Cheltenham Town
  9. Colchester United
  10. Coventry City
  11. Crawley Town
  12. Exeter City
  13. Forest Green Rovers
  14. Gillingham
  15. Ipswich Town
  16. Leyton Orient
  17. Luton Town
  18. Millwall
  19. Milton Keynes Dons
  20. Newport County
  21. Northampton Town
  22. Oxford United
  23. Peterborough United
  24. Plymouth Argyle
  25. Portsmouth
  26. Queens Park Rangers
  27. Reading
  28. Southend United
  29. Stevenage
  30. Swansea City
  31. Swindon Town
  32. Walsall
  33. West Bromwich Albion
  34. Wycombe Wanderers

About the draw

Often unique and unpredictable, the Carabao Cup continues to fly the competition’s flag across the globe as teams discover their fate in draws held worldwide.

From Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh City, the 2019/20 Round One draw now stops at a popular London supermarket chain.

Live from Morrisons, Colindale at 7pm on Thursday, June 20, the draw will take place within a short distance from Wembley Stadium – the home of the Carabao Cup Final. Conducted by two former EFL Cup winners, supporters will be able to engage with the competition as they go about their daily routine… A true modern-day supermarket sweep!
 
Drawing the 70 balls from the hat will be footballing legend, John Barnes and Arsenal fan favourite, Ray Parlour as they select the 35 fixtures for Round One, which includes EFL Clubs from Carlisle all the way down to Plymouth and features EFL Cup debutants Salford City.
 
John Barnes commented, “I’m delighted to be involved in the Carabao Cup Round One draw this season, it’s a fantastic competition and Round One is always a great occasion for fans of EFL Clubs. They get an early glimpse of their summer signings and can be a good opportunity for families to get together and watch their local team thanks to how accessible the Cup is.”
 
On the Carabao Cup, Ray Parlour said: “I always enjoy watching the Carabao Cup so it’s great to be involved in the Round One draw. Hosting the draw in a supermarket as fans go about their daily lives provides them with a great opportunity to engage with the competition and I can’t wait to see who will be crowned Carabao Cup winners this season.”
 
John Luck, CMO of Intercarabao UK said, “We’re delighted to be hosting the Carabao Cup Round One draw later this week with the help of our friends at Morrisons. We sell lots of our great tasting low sugar energy drinks in supermarkets, so we thought why not let football fans watch the draw whilst stocking up on Carabao? Even better still, we’re delighted that it means we can continue to keep the Cup as inclusive as possible by giving fans the chance to come along to watch live. We’ve held Carabao Cup Round One draws all across the globe in Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City but it feels very exciting to us to bring it back to the UK this year.” 
 
The 2018/19 Carabao Cup competition culminated in the showpiece final held at Wembley Stadium in February. Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City battled with Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea in a tight contest, in which Raheem Sterling scored the decisive penalty to see City crowned winners for a second consecutive season.
 
70 EFL Clubs will feature in the Round One draw which will see teams drawn in Northern and Southern sections, as in 2018.
 
Matches are scheduled to take place week commencing 12 August.
 
Huddersfield Town will be included, while fellow Championship newcomers Cardiff City and Fulham join the competition in Round Two alongside the Premier League Clubs that are not competing in Europe.