The 2025–26 FA Women's National League Plate is the eleventh season of the competition, open to a ranked selection of teams eliminated from Women's National League Cup.
The 2025–26 season saw a change to the format of the League Cup, with the introduction of a group stage and entry of Professional Game Academy sides for the first time, the season after the Plate had started to include U21 sides. Teams were initially drawn into 22 groups of four teams who played each other once (not twice), and from which the 22 group winners and 10 best runners-up advanced to the Cup knockout stages. The other 12 runners-up, and 20 best third-placed teams advanced to the National League Plate knockout stages.
Reigning champions AFC Bournemouth Women placed in the top 32 teams in the group stages of the National League Cup, meaning that they did not defend their title.
Results All results are published by the Football Association. Games are first listed by group in chronological order, and then in alphabetical order of the home team where matches were played simultaneously.
First Round The draw for the first knockout round was made on 29 September 2025.
Second Round The draw for the second knockout round was made on 20 October 2025.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
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