The first round will once again regionalised and split into two sections, North and South. Leeds are one of the fifteen clubs seeded in the Northern section.
North Seeded
Nottingham Forest
Leicester City
Sheffield United
Middlesbrough
Doncaster Rovers
Derby County
Preston North End
Barnsley
Coventry City
Scunthorpe United
Leeds United
Sheffield Wednesday
Peterborough United
Huddersfield Town
Walsall
North unseeded
Carlisle United
Oldham Athletic
Tranmere Rovers
Hartlepool United
Rochdale
Stockport County
Morecambe
Rotherham United
Chesterfield
Bury
Bradford City
Accrington Stanley
Crewe Alexandra
Macclesfield Town
Lincoln City