The midweek competition will start with three rounds involving IFA Championship clubs before the 12 Premiership teams enter the fray on October 29-29.

All ties, bar the opening round, the semi-finals and the Saturday, February 28 final, will be over two legs.
Linfield are the holder having beaten Crusaders 3-2 in last year's final.

In recent years, the CIS Cup group stages has kicked off the Irish League season but the domestic campaign will start this term with games in the new Premiership league on Saturday, August 9.
After the opening qualifying round involving two Championship teams on Tuesday, August 26, 16 Championship clubs will be involved in round one games on Saturday, August 30 and Wednesday, September 3.
The eight winning teams from round one will then be involved in two-legged second-round ties on Saturday, September 20 and Wednesday, September 24.

The four winners from round two will then join the 12 Premiership clubs - including Coleraine - in round three on October 28-29 and November 11-12.
Quarter-final ties will take place on December 2-3, and December 16-17 with the one-off semi-final matches scheduled for Tuesday, January 20 and Wednesday, January 21.

Hugh Wade, Vice-Chairman of the IFA Premiership, said: "On behalf of the League, we are delighted to have The Co-operative Insurance on board with the formation of a new structure, name and logo for this year's League Cup competition.

The Co-operative Insurance Cup promises to be an exciting element of this year's domestic football calendar as we believe that the new format will heighten public and media interest as each match will be crucial to every team's progression in the competition.
The draw for round one of The Co-operative Insurance Cup will take place in Malone House, Barnett Demesne, Belfast, on Tuesday, August 12 at 11am.