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Revision as of 20:40, 9 August 2016
| League Cup | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Country | England Wales |
| Dates | August 2016 – February 2017 |
| Teams | 92 |
The 2016–17 EFL Cup will be the 57th season of the EFL Cup, formally known as the Football League Cup, featuring all 92 clubs from the Premier League and the English Football League. It will begin on the week commencing 8 August 2016 and conclude with the Final on 26 February 2017.[1] The cup will not have a sponsor following the withdrawal of sponsorship from Capital One after four years as the Capital One Cup,[2] but will be renamed the EFL Cup after the Football League was rebranded as the English Football League.[3]
The winners will qualify for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. Manchester City are the defending champions.[4]
Format
The League Cup is open to all 92 members of the Premier League and the English Football League and is divided into seven rounds, organised so that 32 clubs remain by the third round.[5] Clubs involved in European competition during the season receive a bye to the third round, the remaining Premier League clubs enter at the second round, and the remaining Football League clubs enter at the first round.[5]
The League Cup is played as a knockout cup competition with each tie, except semi-finals, being played as a single match with the winner advancing to the next round. The semi-finals are played over two legs, with each club playing one leg at home, and the club that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the finals. If the score is level after 90 minutes, or if the aggregate score is level for semi-finals, then thirty minutes of extra time is played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. If the aggregate scores in semi-finals are still level at the end of extra time the tie shall be decided by goals scored away from home counting twice, according to away goals rule. If the tie has not been decided during extra time, it will be decided by penalty shoot-out.
In the first five rounds, the club drawn first will play at home ground, and in the semi-finals the club drawn first will play the first leg at home. The final shall be played on a neutral ground.
Club allocation
A total of 92 clubs from the top four English tiers (Premier League, Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two) participate in the 2016–17 EFL Cup.
Distribution
The tournament is organised so that 32 clubs remain by the third round.[5] Seventy out of the seventy-two clubs in the English Football League (tiers 2–4) enter in the first round. In the second round, the thirteen Premier League clubs not involved in European competition as well as the two highest ranked Championship clubs from 2015-16 (Newcastle United and Norwich City) enter the cup,[5] with Arsenal, Leicester City, Manchester City, Manchester United, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United all receiving a bye to the third round.[4][6] In the third round the aforementioned clubs involved in European competition enter the competition.
- Clubs involved in European competition enter at the third round.
- The remaining Premier League clubs and two highest ranked Championship clubs enter at the second round.
- The remaining Football League clubs enter at the first round.
| Clubs entering in this round | Clubs advancing from previous round | |
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| First round (70 clubs) |
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| Second round (50 clubs) |
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| Third round (32 clubs) |
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| Fourth round (16 clubs) |
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| Fifth round (8 clubs) |
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| Semi-finals (4 clubs) |
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| Final (2 clubs) |
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Round and draw dates
The schedule are as follows.
| Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| First round | 22 June 2016 | 9/10/11 August 2016 | |
| Second round | 11 August 2016 | 23/24/25 August 2016 | |
| Third round | 24/25 August 2016 | 20/21 September 2016 | |
| Fourth round | 21 September 2016? | 25/26 October 2016 | |
| Fifth round | 26 October 2016? | 29/30 November 2016 | |
| Semi-finals | 30 November 2016? | 10/11 January 2017 | 24/25 January 2017 |
| Final | January 2017 | 26 February 2017[7] | |
Note: These are the exact match & draw dates.
First round
Entry
A total of 70 clubs will play in the first round: 24 from League Two (tier 4), 24 from League One (tier 3), and 22 from the Championship (tier 2). The draw for this round is split on a geographical basis into 'northern' and 'southern' sections. Teams are drawn against a team from the same section.
Matches
| 9 August 2016 | Accrington Stanley | v | Template:AFC | Accrington |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Crown Ground |
| 9 August 2016 | Barnsley | v | Northampton Town | Barnsley |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Oakwell |
| 9 August 2016 | Birmingham City | v | Oxford United | Birmingham |
| 19:45 | Stadium: St Andrew's |
| 9 August 2016 | Blackpool | v | Bolton Wanderers | Blackpool |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Bloomfield Road |
| 9 August 2016 | Brighton & Hove Albion | v | Colchester United | Brighton |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Falmer Stadium |
| 9 August 2016 | Cambridge United | v | Sheffield Wednesday | Cambridge |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Abbey Stadium |
| 9 August 2016 | Carlisle United | v | Port Vale | Carlisle |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Brunton Park |
| 9 August 2016 | Cheltenham Town | v | Charlton Athletic | Cheltenham |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Whaddon Road |
| 9 August 2016 | Coventry City | v | Portsmouth | Coventry |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Ricoh Arena |
| 9 August 2016 | Derby County | v | Grimsby Town | Derby |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Pride Park Stadium |
| 9 August 2016 | Doncaster Rovers | v | Nottingham Forest | Doncaster |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium |
| 9 August 2016 | Exeter City | v | Brentford | Exeter |
| 19:45 | Stadium: St James Park |
| 9 August 2016 | Ipswich Town | v | Stevenage | Ipswich |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Portman Road |
| 9 August 2016 | Leyton Orient | 2-3 | Fulham | Leyton, London |
| 19:45 | McCallum  73' 81' |
Report | Adeniran 29' Woodrow 51' 54' |
Stadium: Brisbane Road |
| 9 August 2016 | Mansfield Town | v | Blackburn Rovers | Mansfield |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Field Mill |
| 9 August 2016 | Template:AFC | v | Milton Keynes Dons | Newport |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Rodney Parade |
| 9 August 2016 | Template:AFC | v | Wigan Athletic | Oldham |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Boundary Park |
| 9 August 2016 | Peterborough United | v | AFC Wimbledon | Peterborough |
| 7.45pm | Stadium: London Road Stadium |
| 9 August 2016 | Preston North End | v | Hartlepool United | Preston |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Deepdale |
| 9 August 2016 | Template:AFC | v | Chesterfield | Rochdale |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Spotland Stadium |
| 9 August 2016 | Rotherham United | v | Morecambe | Rotherham |
| 19:45 | Stadium: New York Stadium |
| 9 August 2016 | Scunthorpe United | v | Notts County | Scunthorpe |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Glanford Park |
| 9 August 2016 | Sheffield United | v | Crewe Alexandra | Sheffield |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Bramall Lane |
| 9 August 2016 | Shrewsbury Town | v | Template:AFC | Shrewsbury |
| 19:45 | Stadium: New Meadow |
| 9 August 2016 | Southend United | v | Gillingham | Southend-on-Sea |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Roots Hall |
| 9 August 2016 | Walsall | v | Yeovil Town | Walsall |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Bescot Stadium |
| 9 August 2016 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | v | Crawley Town | Wolverhampton |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Molineux Stadium |
| 9 August 2016 | Wycombe Wanderers | v | Bristol City | High Wycombe |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Adams Park |
| 9 August 2016 | Barnet | v | Millwall | Edgware, London |
| 20:00 | Stadium: The Hive Stadium |
| 9 August 2016 | Reading | v | Plymouth Argyle | Reading |
| 20:00 | Stadium: Madejski Stadium |
| 10 August 2016 | Burton Albion | v | Bury | Burton upon Trent |
| 19:30 | Stadium: Pirelli Stadium |
| 10 August 2016 | Fleetwood Town | v | Leeds United | Fleetwood |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Highbury Stadium |
| 10 August 2016 | Luton Town | v | Aston Villa | Luton |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Kenilworth Road |
| 10 August 2016 | Queens Park Rangers | v | Swindon Town | White City, London |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Loftus Road |
| 11 August 2016 | Bristol Rovers | v | Cardiff City | Bristol |
| 19:45 | Stadium: Memorial Stadium |
References
- ^ "Key Dates". Football League. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- ^ Sale, Charles (2015-05-25). "Football League left reeling by loss of Capital One as major sponsor of flagship Cup competition". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- ^ Press Association (2015-11-12). "Goodbye Football League, hello English Football League: rebranding announced". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- ^ a b "Premier League and Football League: Ups & downs and European qualification". BBC Sport. 2016-05-22. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- ^ a b c d "The Football League Cup". soccer.mistral.co.uk. SoccerData. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ Smith, Peter. "Champions League and Europa League qualification for Premier League teams explained". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
- ^ "Next season all mapped out ..." Evostikleague.co.uk. 2016-05-03. Retrieved 2016-05-30.