The English Football League Cup, currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the major domestic knockout competition for the 92 clubs of the Premier League and the English Football League. Founded in 1960, it is organized by the EFL and offers a more direct route to silverware and European qualification than the league. Premier League clubs involved in European competition enter in the later rounds, while lower-league sides start earlier. The tournament is a straight knockout, with semi-finals played over two legs and the final held at Wembley Stadium. It has historically been a platform for top clubs to rotate squads and for smaller teams to achieve giant-killing feats. While sometimes underv