2024–25 Northern Ireland Football League Cup

The competition was open to the 38 members of the Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL). The 14 NIFL Premier Intermediate League clubs entered the draw for the preliminary round, with 12 of those clubs being drawn to face each other in six ties and the remaining two clubs receiving byes. The six preliminary round winners and the two clubs which received byes joined the remaining 24 clubs from the NIFL Premiership and NIFL Championship in the first round. The 16 highest-ranked clubs from the previous season's league system (all 12 NIFL Premiership clubs along with the top 4 NIFL Championship clubs) were then seeded in the first round to avoid drawing each other. The first round was the only round of the competition in which seeding is used. From there on the competition used an open draw with a standard knockout format, with the remaining rounds consisting of the second round, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final. Replays were not used in the competition, with all matches using extra time and penalties to determine the winner if necessary. ==Results==

The league tier of each club at the time of entering the competition is listed in parentheses. (1) = NIFL Premiership (2) = NIFL Championship (3) = NIFL Premier Intermediate League Preliminary round The Preliminary round draw was made on 16 July 2024. The matches were played on 13 August 2024. First round The First round draw was made on 12 September 2024. The matches were played on 1 October 2024. The top 16 league clubs from the previous season were seeded in this round in order to avoid drawing each other. Semi-finals The semi-final matches were played on 14 January 2025. Final The final was played on 9 March 2025 at Windsor Park, Belfast. This was the fourth consecutive season that the final was played on a Sunday. ==References==