Football tournament
TheEFL Trophy is aknockout cup competition inEnglish football organised by and named after theEnglish Football League . The competition was first played in1983–84 as the Associate Members' Cup. It is currently open to the 48 members ofLeague One andLeague Two with 16 category one academy teams from clubs in thePremier League andChampionship being invited.[ 1] In1984 the final was due to be played atthe then Wembley Stadium , but owing to damage caused to the pitch during theHorse of the Year Show , it was moved toBoothferry Park . The first final to be played atWembley Stadium was in1985 . From2001 to2007 while Wembley was rebuilt, it was played at theMillennium Stadium inCardiff . In2008 the finals returned to the newWembley .
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Final[ 2] [ 3] Winners Score Runners-up Venue Attendance [B] Winning manager 1984 Bournemouth 2–1 Hull City Boothferry Park 6,544 Harry Redknapp 1985 Wigan Athletic 3–1 Brentford Wembley Stadium (original)39,897 Bryan Hamilton 1986 Bristol City 3–0 Bolton Wanderers Wembley Stadium (original)54,502 Terry Cooper 1987 Mansfield Town 1–1 Bristol City Wembley Stadium (original)58,586 Ian Greaves 1988 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Burnley Wembley Stadium (original)80,841 Graham Turner 1989 Bolton Wanderers 4–1 Torquay United Wembley Stadium (original)46,513 Phil Neal 1990 Tranmere Rovers 2–1 Bristol Rovers Wembley Stadium (original)48,402 John King 1991 Birmingham City 3–2 Tranmere Rovers Wembley Stadium (original)58,750 Lou Macari 1992 Stoke City 1–0 Stockport County Wembley Stadium (original)48,339 Lou Macari 1993 Port Vale 2–1 Stockport County Wembley Stadium (original)35,885 John Rudge 1994 Swansea City 1–1 Huddersfield Town Wembley Stadium (original)47,773 Frank Burrows 1995 Birmingham City 1–0 Carlisle United Wembley Stadium (original)76,663 Barry Fry 1996 Rotherham United 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Wembley Stadium (original)35,235 Archie Gemmill John McGovern 1997 Carlisle United 0–0 Colchester United Wembley Stadium (original)45,077 Mervyn Day 1998 Grimsby Town 2–1 Bournemouth Wembley Stadium (original)62,432 Alan Buckley 1999 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Millwall Wembley Stadium (original)55,349 Ray Mathias 2000 Stoke City 2–1 Bristol City Wembley Stadium (original)75,057 Guðjón Þórðarson 2001 Port Vale 2–1 Brentford Millennium Stadium 25,654 Brian Horton 2002 Blackpool 4–1 Cambridge United Millennium Stadium 20,287 Steve McMahon 2003 Bristol City 2–0 Carlisle United Millennium Stadium 50,913 Danny Wilson 2004 Blackpool 2–0 Southend United Millennium Stadium 34,031 Steve McMahon 2005 Wrexham 2–0 Southend United Millennium Stadium 36,216 Denis Smith 2006 Swansea City 2–1 Carlisle United Millennium Stadium 42,028 Kenny Jackett 2007 Doncaster Rovers 3–2 Bristol Rovers Millennium Stadium 59,024 Sean O'Driscoll 2008 Milton Keynes Dons 2–0 Grimsby Town Wembley Stadium (new)56,618 Paul Ince 2009 Luton Town 3–2 Scunthorpe United Wembley Stadium (new)55,378 Mick Harford 2010 Southampton 4–1 Carlisle United Wembley Stadium (new)73,476 Alan Pardew 2011 Carlisle United 1–0 Brentford Wembley Stadium (new)40,476 Greg Abbott 2012 Chesterfield 2–0 Swindon Town Wembley Stadium (new)49,602 John Sheridan 2013 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Southend United Wembley Stadium (new)43,842 Steve Davis 2014 Peterborough United 3–1 Chesterfield Wembley Stadium (new)35,663 Darren Ferguson 2015 Bristol City 2–0 Walsall Wembley Stadium (new)72,315 Steve Cotterill 2016 Barnsley 3–2 Oxford United Wembley Stadium (new)59,230 Paul Heckingbottom 2017 Coventry City 2–1 Oxford United Wembley Stadium (new)74,434 Mark Robins 2018 Lincoln City 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Wembley Stadium (new)41,261 Danny Cowley 2019 Portsmouth 2–2 Sunderland Wembley Stadium (new)85,021 Kenny Jackett 2020 Note 1 Salford City 0–0 Portsmouth Wembley Stadium (new)0 Richie Wellens 2021 Sunderland 1–0 Tranmere Rovers Wembley Stadium (new)0 Lee Johnson 2022 Rotherham United 4–2 Sutton United Wembley Stadium (new)30,688 Paul Warne 2023 Bolton Wanderers 4–0 Plymouth Argyle Wembley Stadium (new)79,389 Ian Evatt 2024 Peterborough United 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers Wembley Stadium (new)42,252 Darren Ferguson 2025 Peterborough United 2–0 Birmingham City Wembley Stadium (new)71,722 Darren Ferguson
^1 Final delayed from the original date of 4 April 2020 to 13 March 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom .[ 4] [ 5]
Teams inbold compete outside EFL Leagues One and Two as of2025–26 season and thus do not compete in the EFL Trophy (some Premier League and Championship teams may enter their reserve/academic/youth teams, but none has made a final so far and a win by any such team will not count as a full-team club record).
EFL Trophy winners by team Team[ 6] [ 3] Winners Runners-up Years won Years runners-up Bristol City 3 2 1986, 2003, 2015 1987, 2000 Peterborough United 3 0 2014, 2024, 2025 — Carlisle United 2 4 1997, 2011 1995, 2003, 2006, 2010 Bolton Wanderers 2 1 1989, 2023 1986 Birmingham City 2 1 1991, 1995 2025 Blackpool 2 0 2002, 2004 — Port Vale 2 0 1993, 2001 — Rotherham United 2 0 1996, 2022 — Stoke City 2 0 1992, 2000 — Swansea City 2 0 1994, 2006 — Wigan Athletic 2 0 1985, 1999 — Tranmere Rovers 1 2 1990 1991, 2021 Bournemouth 1 1 1984 1998 Chesterfield 1 1 2012 2014 Grimsby Town 1 1 1998 2008 Portsmouth 1 1 2019 2020 Sunderland 1 1 2021 2019 Barnsley 1 0 2016 — Coventry City 1 0 2017 — Crewe Alexandra 1 0 2013 — Doncaster Rovers 1 0 2007 — Lincoln City 1 0 2018 — Luton Town 1 0 2009 — Mansfield Town 1 0 1987 — Milton Keynes Dons 1 0 2008 — Salford City 1 0 2020 — Southampton 1 0 2010 — Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 0 1988 — Wrexham 1 0 2005 — Brentford 0 3 — 1985, 2001, 2011 Southend United 0 3 — 2004, 2005, 2013 Bristol Rovers 0 2 — 1990, 2007 Oxford United 0 2 — 2016, 2017 Shrewsbury Town 0 2 — 1996, 2018 Stockport County 0 2 — 1992, 1993 Burnley 0 1 — 1988 Cambridge United 0 1 — 2002 Colchester United 0 1 — 1997 Huddersfield Town 0 1 — 1994 Hull City 0 1 — 1984 Millwall 0 1 — 1999 Scunthorpe United 0 1 — 2009 Sutton United 0 1 — 2022 Plymouth Argyle 0 1 — 2023 Swindon Town 0 1 ― 2012 Torquay United 0 1 — 1989 Walsall 0 1 — 2015 Wycombe Wanderers 0 1 — 2024
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Associate Members' Cup (1983–1992)
Seasons Finals
Football League Trophy (1992–2016)
Seasons Finals
EFL Trophy (2016–present)
Seasons Finals