The 2014–15 Football League Cup, known as the Capital One Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 54th season of the competition. It is a knock-out competition for the top 92 football clubs in England and Wales. The holders were Manchester City who beat Sunderland 3–1 in the previous season's final at Wembley on 2 March 2014. City were eventually knocked out in the fourth round by Newcastle United. The first round kicked off on 11 August 2014 and consisted of a North/South split with only regional teams drawn against each other.