List of EFL Trophy finals

List of EFL Trophy finals
Founded1983
Region England
 Wales
Number of teams48
Current championsPeterborough United (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)Bristol City (3 titles)

The EFL Trophy is a knockout cup competition in English football organised by and named after the English Football League. The competition was first played in 1981–82 as the Football League Group Cup where it was open to 32 teams from all four levels of the football league. The current format of only being open to clubs in levels three and four of the football pyramid began in 1983–84. It is currently open to the 48 members of League One and League Two with 16 category one academy teams from clubs in the Premier League and Championship being invited.[1] The first final was played at Blundell Park in 1982 before moving to Sincil Bank in 1983. In 1984 the final was due to be played at the then Wembley Stadium, but owing to damage caused to the pitch during the Horse of the Year Show, it was moved to Boothferry Park. The first final to be played at Wembley Stadium was in 1985. From 2001 to 2007 while Wembley was rebuilt, it was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. In 2008 the finals returned to the new Wembley.

Finals

Further information: EFL Trophy

Key

Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shoot-out after extra time
Match decided by golden goal
Club played in tier 4 at the time
Club played in tier 2 at the time, which was disallowed from the 1983-84 season onwards
Bold Club was promoted to the second-tier of English football
Italics Club was relegated to the fifth-tier of English football
Final[2][3][4] Winners Score Runners-up Venue Attendance[B] Winning manager
1982 Grimsby Town 3–2 Wimbledon Blundell Park 3,423 England Dave Booth
1983 Millwall 3–2 Lincoln City Sincil Bank 3,142 Scotland George Graham
1984 Bournemouth 2–1 Hull City Boothferry Park 6,544 England Harry Redknapp
1985 Wigan Athletic 3–1 Brentford Wembley Stadium (original) 39,897 Northern Ireland Bryan Hamilton
1986 Bristol City 3–0 Bolton Wanderers Wembley Stadium (original) 54,502 England Terry Cooper
1987 Mansfield Town 1–1 Bristol City Wembley Stadium (original) 58,586 England Ian Greaves
1988 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Burnley Wembley Stadium (original) 80,841 England Graham Turner
1989 Bolton Wanderers 4–1 Torquay United Wembley Stadium (original) 46,513 England Phil Neal
1990 Tranmere Rovers 2–1 Bristol Rovers Wembley Stadium (original) 48,402 England John King
1991 Birmingham City 3–2 Tranmere Rovers Wembley Stadium (original) 58,750 Scotland Lou Macari
1992 Stoke City 1–0 Stockport County Wembley Stadium (original) 48,339 Scotland Lou Macari
1993 Port Vale 2–1 Stockport County Wembley Stadium (original) 35,885 England John Rudge
1994 Swansea City 1–1 Huddersfield Town Wembley Stadium (original) 47,773 Scotland Frank Burrows
1995 Birmingham City 1–0 Carlisle United Wembley Stadium (original) 76,663 England Barry Fry
1996 Rotherham United 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Wembley Stadium (original) 35,235 Scotland Archie Gemmill
Scotland John McGovern
1997 Carlisle United 0–0 Colchester United Wembley Stadium (original) 45,077 England Mervyn Day
1998 Grimsby Town 2–1 Bournemouth Wembley Stadium (original) 62,432 England Alan Buckley
1999 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Millwall Wembley Stadium (original) 55,349 England Ray Mathias
2000 Stoke City 2–1 Bristol City Wembley Stadium (original) 75,057 Iceland Guðjón Þórðarson
2001 Port Vale 2–1 Brentford Millennium Stadium 25,654 England Brian Horton
2002 Blackpool 4–1 Cambridge United Millennium Stadium 20,287 England Steve McMahon
2003 Bristol City 2–0 Carlisle United Millennium Stadium 50,913 Northern Ireland Danny Wilson
2004 Blackpool 2–0 Southend United Millennium Stadium 34,031 England Steve McMahon
2005 Wrexham 2–0 Southend United Millennium Stadium 36,216 England Denis Smith
2006 Swansea City 2–1 Carlisle United Millennium Stadium 42,028 Wales Kenny Jackett
2007 Doncaster Rovers 3–2 Bristol Rovers Millennium Stadium 59,024 England Sean O'Driscoll
2008 Milton Keynes Dons 2–0 Grimsby Town Wembley Stadium (new) 56,618 England Paul Ince
2009 Luton Town 3–2 Scunthorpe United Wembley Stadium (new) 55,378 England Mick Harford
2010 Southampton 4–1 Carlisle United Wembley Stadium (new) 73,476 England Alan Pardew
2011 Carlisle United 1–0 Brentford Wembley Stadium (new) 40,476 England Greg Abbott
2012 Chesterfield 2–0 Swindon Town Wembley Stadium (new) 49,602 Republic of Ireland John Sheridan
2013 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Southend United Wembley Stadium (new) 43,842 England Steve Davis
2014 Peterborough United 3–1 Chesterfield Wembley Stadium (new) 35,663 Scotland Darren Ferguson
2015 Bristol City 2–0 Walsall Wembley Stadium (new) 72,315 England Steve Cotterill
2016 Barnsley 3–2 Oxford United Wembley Stadium (new) 59,230 England Paul Heckingbottom
2017 Coventry City 2–1 Oxford United Wembley Stadium (new) 74,434 England Mark Robins
2018 Lincoln City 1–0 Shrewsbury Town Wembley Stadium (new) 41,261 England Danny Cowley
2019 Portsmouth 2–2 Sunderland Wembley Stadium (new) 85,021 Wales Kenny Jackett
2020Note 1 Salford City 0–0 Portsmouth Wembley Stadium (new) 0 England Richie Wellens
2021 Sunderland 1–0 Tranmere Rovers Wembley Stadium (new) 0 England Lee Johnson
2022 Rotherham United 4–2 Sutton United Wembley Stadium (new) 30,688 England Paul Warne
2023 Bolton Wanderers 4–0 Plymouth Argyle Wembley Stadium (new) 79,389 England Ian Evatt
2024 Peterborough United 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers Wembley Stadium (new) 42,252 Scotland Darren Ferguson

^1 Final delayed from the original date of 4 April 2020 to 13 March 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[5][6]

Results by team

Teams in bold compete outside EFL Leagues One and Two as of 2023–24 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[7][4] Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Bristol City 3 2 1986, 2003, 2015 1987, 2000
Carlisle United 2 4 1997, 2011 1995, 2003, 2006, 2010
Grimsby Town 2 1 1982, 1998 2008
Bolton Wanderers 2 1 1989, 2023 1986
Birmingham City 2 0 1991, 1995 —
Blackpool 2 0 2002, 2004 —
Peterborough United 2 0 2014, 2024 —
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
Lincoln City 1 1 2018 1983
Millwall 1 1 1983 1999
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 —
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
Scunthorpe United 0 1 — 2009
Sutton United 0 1 — 2022
Plymouth Argyle 0 1 — 2023
Torquay United 0 1 — 1989
Wimbledon 0 1 — 1982
Walsall 0 1 — 2015
Wycombe Wanderers 0 1 — 2024

References

General

Specific

  1. ^ "PREMIER LEAGUE TRIAL FOR THE TROPHY". The Football League. 10 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Football League Group Cup Summary (1981–1983)". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Football League Trophy Summary (1983–2016)". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Previous Finals". EFL. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  5. ^ "EFL statement: Leasing.com Trophy Final". www.efl.com.
  6. ^ Allen, Neil (16 September 2020). "Pompey's EFL Trophy Wembley final against Salford City put back to 2021". The News. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Bristol Street Motors Trophy Roll of Honour". EFL. Retrieved 30 January 2024.