The EFL Cup, currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout competition in mens domestic football in England. It is one of the three major honors of the domestic football season. The competition was rebranded as the EFL Cup from the 2016–17 season onwards, with the renaming of the Football League as the English Football League in 2016. The winners receive the EFL Cup, of which there have been three designs, and qualify for European football. From 1972-1973 until the 2019–20 season, the winners received a place in the UEFA Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup), and starting with the 2020–21 season, they qualify for the UEFA Europa Conference League. The most successful club in the competition is Liverpool, with nine titles.