Summary
The 2019-2020 EFL Cup (ENGCUP2) or Carabao Cup is the 2nd most prestigious football club tournament in England. All 92 teams from ENG1, ENG2, ENG3 and ENG4 participated. The Final will be held on 1 March 2020 at Wembley Stadium. Last year Manchester City (ENG1) repeated as the ENGCUP2 champion.
All rounds/matches before the Semifinals are "Knockout" matches. If a match is tied after regulation time, the matches go straight to a penalty shoot-out. For the Semifinals, the teams play Home/Away highest aggregate goals advances matches. If the aggregate score is tied after the 2nd leg, the teams go straight to a penalty shoot-out. For the Final, if the match is still tied after regulation time, two 15-minute extra time periods are played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out is held.
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Leagues Pyramid - England
Abbrev | League | # Teams |
---|---|---|
ENG1 | Barclay's Premier League | 20 |
ENG2 | Championship | 24 |
ENG3 | League One | 24 |
ENG4 | League Two | 24 |
ENG5 | Conference | 24 |
Competition Structure
Stage | # Teams | New Teams Entering This Round | Teams From Previous Round | Format |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | 70 | 22 ENG2 teams, 24 ENG3 teams, 24 ENG4 teams | None | 35 Knockout matches |
2nd Round | 50 | 13 ENG1 teams "not" competing in the UEFACL and the UEFAEL, 2 ENG2 teams | 35 winners from 1st Round | 25 Knockout matches |
3rd Round | 32 | 7 ENG1 teams competing in UEFACL and UEFAEL | 25 winners from 2nd Round | 16 Knockout matches |
4th Round | 16 | None | 16 winners from 3rd Round | 8 Knockout matches |
5th Round | 8 | None | 8 winners from 4th Round | 4 Knockout matches |
Semifinals | 4 | None | 4 winners from 5th Round | 2 sets of Home/Away matches, highest aggregate goals advances |
Final | 2 | None | 2 winners from Semifinals | 1 Knockout match played at a neutral site |
Final
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Aston Villa (ENG1) | 12 | Manchester City (ENG1) | Wembley Stadium |
Semifinals
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Aggregate | Manchester United (ENG1) | 23 | Manchester City (ENG1) |
07.01.20 | Manchester United | 13 | Manchester City | Old Trafford |
29.01.20 | Manchester City | 01 | Manchester United | Etihad Stadium (Manchester) |
Aggregate | Leicester City (ENG1) | 23 | Aston Villa (ENG1) |
08.01.20 | Leicester City | 11 | Aston Villa | King Power Stadium |
28.01.20 | Aston Villa | 21 | Leicester City | Villa Park |
Quarterfinals
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Aston Villa (ENG1) | 50 | Liverpool (ENG1) | Villa Park |
Oxford United (ENG3) | 13 | Manchester City (ENG1) | Kassam Stadium |
Everton (ENG1) | 22 | Leicester City (ENG1) | Goodison Park | |||
Leicester City advances on PKs (4-2) |
Manchester United (ENG1) | 30 | Colchester United FC (ENG4) | Old Trafford |
Round of 16
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Oxford United (ENG3) | 11 | Sunderland (ENG3) | Kassam Stadium | |||
Oxford United advances on PKs (4-2) |
Manchester City (ENG1) | 31 | Southampton (ENG1) | Etihad Stadium (Manchester) |
Burton Albion FC (ENG3) | 13 | Leicester City (ENG1) | Pirelli Stadium |
Crawley Town FC (ENG4) | 13 | Colchester United FC (ENG4) | The People's Pension Stadium |
Aston Villa (ENG1) | 21 | Wolverhampton (ENG1) | Villa Park |
Chelsea (ENG1) | 12 | Manchester United (ENG1) | Stamford Bridge |
3rd Round
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Preston North End (ENG2) | 03 | Manchester City (ENG1) | Deepdale |
Portsmouth (ENG3) | 04 | Southampton (ENG1) | Fratton Park |
Colchester United FC (ENG4) | 00 | Tottenham (ENG1) | JobServe Community Stadium | |||
Tottenham advances on PKs (4-3) |
Watford (ENG1) | 21 | Swansea City (ENG2) | Vicarage Road |
Luton Town FC (ENG2) | 04 | Leicester City (ENG1) | Kenilworth Road |
Arsenal (ENG1) | 50 | Nottingham Forest (ENG2) | Emirates Stadium |
Crawley Town FC (ENG4) | 11 | Stoke City (ENG2) | The People's Pension Stadium | |||
Crawley Town FC advances on PKs (5-3) |
Sheffield Wednesday (ENG2) | 02 | Everton (ENG1) | Hillsborough Stadium |
Milton Keynes Dons (ENG3) | 02 | Liverpool (ENG1) | Stadium:MK |
Burton Albion FC (ENG3) | 20 | AFC Bournemouth (ENG1) | Pirelli Stadium |
Sheffield United (ENG1) | 01 | Sunderland (ENG3) | Bramall Lane |
Brighton & Hove (ENG1) | 13 | Aston Villa (ENG1) | The Amex |
Oxford United (ENG3) | 40 | West Ham United (ENG1) | Kassam Stadium |
Wolverhampton (ENG1) | 11 | Reading (ENG2) | Molineux Stadium | |||
Wolverhampton advances on PKs (4-2) |
Chelsea (ENG1) | 71 | Grimsby Town FC (ENG4) | Stamford Bridge |
Manchester United (ENG1) | 11 | Rochdale AFC (ENG3) | Old Trafford | |||
Manchester United advances on PKs (5-3) |
2nd Round
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Burton Albion FC (ENG3) | 40 | Morecambe (ENG4) | Pirelli Stadium |
Sheffield United (ENG1) | 21 | Blackburn (ENG2) | Bramall Lane |
Leeds United (ENG2) | 22 | Stoke City (ENG2) | Elland Road | |||
Stoke City advances on PKs (5-4) |
Crewe Alexandra (ENG4) | 16 | Aston Villa (ENG1) | Alexandra Stadium |
Plymouth Argyle (ENG4) | 24 | Reading (ENG2) | Home Park (Plymouth) |
Crawley Town FC (ENG4) | 10 | Norwich City (ENG1) | The People's Pension Stadium |
Newport County AFC (ENG4) | 02 | West Ham United (ENG1) | Rodney Parade |
Oxford United (ENG3) | 22 | Millwall (ENG2) | Kassam Stadium | |||
Oxford United advances on PKs (4-2) |
Watford (ENG1) | 30 | Coventry City (ENG3) | Vicarage Road |
Cardiff (ENG2) | 03 | Luton Town FC (ENG2) | Cardiff City Stadium |
Bristol Rovers (ENG3) | 12 | Brighton & Hove (ENG1) | Memorial Stadium (Bristol) |
Crystal Palace (ENG1) | 00 | Colchester United FC (ENG4) | Selhurst Park | |||
Colchester United FC advances on PKs (5-4) |
Fulham (ENG2) | 01 | Southampton (ENG1) | Craven Cottage |
Nottingham Forest (ENG2) | 30 | Derby County FC (ENG2) | The City Ground |
Preston North End (ENG2) | 22 | Hull City (ENG2) | Deepdale | |||
Preston North End advances on PKs (5-4) |
Rochdale AFC (ENG3) | 21 | Carlisle United (ENG4) | Crown Oil Arena |
Southend United FC (ENG3) | 14 | Milton Keynes Dons (ENG3) | Roots Hall |
Newcastle United (ENG1) | 11 | Leicester City (ENG1) | St James' Park (Newcastle) | |||
Leicester City advances on PKs (4-2) |
Lincoln City FC (ENG3) | 24 | Everton (ENG1) | Sincil Bank |
Queens Park Rangers (ENG2) | 02 | Portsmouth (ENG3) | Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium |
AFC Bournemouth (ENG1) | 00 | Forest Green Rovers (ENG4) | Vitality Stadium | |||
AFC Bournemouth advances on PKs (3-0) |
Swansea City (ENG2) | 60 | Cambridge United FC (ENG4) | Liberty Stadium |
Burnley FC (ENG1) | 13 | Sunderland (ENG3) | Turf Moor |
Rotherham United (ENG3) | 01 | Sheffield Wednesday (ENG2) | AESSEAL New York Stadium |
Grimsby Town FC (ENG4) | 00 | Macclesfield Town FC (ENG4) | Blundell Park | |||
Grimsby Town FC advances on PKs (5-4) |
1st Round
Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue |
Portsmouth (ENG3) | 30 | Birmingham City (ENG2) | Fratton Park |
Tranmere Rovers (ENG3) | 03 | Hull City (ENG2) | Prenton Park |
Grimsby Town FC (ENG4) | 10 | Doncaster Rovers (ENG3) | Blundell Park |
Wigan Athletic (ENG2) | 01 | Stoke City (ENG2) | DW Stadium |
Port Vale FC (ENG4) | 12 | Burton Albion FC (ENG3) | Vale Park |
Nottingham Forest (ENG2) | 10 | Fleetwood Town FC (ENG3) | The City Ground |
Bradford City (ENG4) | 04 | Preston North End (ENG2) | Northern Commercials Stadium |
Blackpool (ENG3) | 22 | Macclesfield Town FC (ENG4) | Bloomfield Road | |||
Macclesfield Town FC advances on PKs (4-2) |
Blackburn (ENG2) | 32 | Oldham Athletic AFC (ENG4) | Ewood Park |
Mansfield Town (ENG4) | 22 | Morecambe (ENG4) | One Call Stadium | |||
Morecambe advances on PKs (6-5) |
Charlton Athletic (ENG2) | 00 | Forest Green Rovers (ENG4) | The Valley | |||
Forest Green Rovers advances on PKs (5-3) |
Colchester United FC (ENG4) | 30 | Swindon Town (ENG4) | JobServe Community Stadium |
AFC Wimbledon (ENG3) | 22 | Milton Keynes Dons (ENG3) | The Cherry Red Road Records Stadium | |||
Milton Keynes Dons advances on PKs (4-2) |
Oxford United (ENG3) | 10 | Peterborough United (ENG3) | Kassam Stadium |
Queens Park Rangers (ENG2) | 33 | Bristol City (ENG2) | Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium | |||
Queens Park Rangers advances on PKs (5-4) |
Plymouth Argyle (ENG4) | 20 | Leyton Orient (ENG4) | Home Park (Plymouth) |
Wycombe Wanderers (ENG3) | 11 | Reading (ENG2) | Adams Park | |||
Reading advances on PKs (4-2) |
Gillingham FC (ENG3) | 22 | Newport County AFC (ENG4) | Priestfield Stadium | |||
Newport County AFC advances on PKs (4-1) |
Stevenage FC (ENG4) | 12 | Southend United FC (ENG3) | The Lamex Stadium |
Luton Town FC (ENG2) | 31 | Ipswich Town (ENG3) | Kenilworth Road |
Walsall FC (ENG4) | 23 | Crawley Town FC (ENG4) | Bank's Stadium |
Bristol Rovers (ENG3) | 30 | Cheltenham Town FC (ENG4) | Memorial Stadium (Bristol) |
Brentford FC (ENG2) | 11 | Cambridge United FC (ENG4) | Griffin Park | |||
Cambridge United FC advances on PKs (5-4) |
Coventry City (ENG3) | 41 | Exeter City FC (ENG4) | St Andrew's |
Swansea City (ENG2) | 31 | Northampton Town FC (ENG4) | Liberty Stadium |
Accrington Stanley FC (ENG3) | 13 | Sunderland (ENG3) | Wham Stadium |
Scunthorpe United FC (ENG4) | 01 | Derby County FC (ENG2) | Sands Venue Stadium |
Rochdale AFC (ENG3) | 52 | Bolton (ENG3) | Crown Oil Arena |
Huddersfield Town (ENG2) | 01 | Lincoln City FC (ENG3) | John Smith's Stadium |
Middlesbrough FC (ENG2) | 22 | Crewe Alexandra (ENG4) | Riverside Stadium (Middlesbrough) | |||
Crewe Alexandra advances on PKs (4-2) |
Shrewsbury Town FC (ENG3) | 04 | Rotherham United (ENG3) | Montgomery Waters Meadow |
Sheffield Wednesday (ENG2) | CANC | Bury FC (ENG) | Hillsborough Stadium |
Salford City FC (ENG4) | 03 | Leeds United (ENG2) | The Peninsula Stadium |
Barnsley FC (ENG2) | 03 | Carlisle United (ENG4) | Oakwell |
West Bromwich Albion (ENG2) | 12 | Millwall (ENG2) | The Hawthorns |