2024–25 EFL Trophy

2024–25 EFL Trophy
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	64
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 EFL Trophy, known as the Vertu Trophy^[a] for sponsorship reasons, is the 44th season in the history of the competition, and is a knock-out tournament for clubs in EFL League One and League Two, the third and fourth tiers of the English football league system, as well as the "Academy teams" of 16 Premier League teams.^[1]

The defending champions are Peterborough United who defeated Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 in the previous season's final.

Participating clubs

48 clubs from League One and League Two.
16 invited Category One Academy teams.

	League One	League Two	Academies
Clubs	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Crawley Town Exeter City Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stevenage Stockport County Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barrow Bradford City Bromley Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Grimsby Town Harrogate Town Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Newport County Notts County Port Vale Salford City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall	Arsenal Aston Villa Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Fulham Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Total	24	24	16

Eligibility criteria for players

For EFL clubs^[2]

Minimum of four qualifying outfield players in their starting XI. A qualifying outfield player was one who met any of the following requirements:
- Any player who started the previous or following first-team fixture.
- Any player who is in the top 10 players at the club who has made the most starting appearances in league and domestic cup competitions this season.
- Any player with forty or more first-team starting appearances in their career, including International matches.
- Any player on loan from a Premier League club or any EFL Category One Academy club.
A club can play any eligible goalkeeper in the competition.
Any player out on a long loan term at a National League, National League North, or National League South team can play as long as the loaning team agree to allow the player to return for the match.

For invited teams^[2]

Minimum of six players in the starting line-up who are aged under 21 on 30 June 2024.
Maximum of two players on the team sheet who are aged over 21 and have also made forty or more senior appearances.

Competition format

Group stage

Sixteen groups of four teams will be organised on a regionalised basis.
All groups will include one invited club.
All clubs will play each other once, either home or away (academy sides will play all group matches away from home).
Clubs will be awarded three points for a win and one point for a draw.
In the event of a drawn game (after 90 minutes), a penalty shoot-out will be held with the winning team earning an additional point.
Clubs expelled from the EFL will be knocked out of the tournament automatically.
The top two teams in each group will progress to the knockout stage.
In an Event of which group stage match has been postponed, the Postponed Group stage match will be rescheduled to no further date than the second Tuesday of November 2024.

Knockout stage

Rounds 2 and 3 of the competition will be drawn on a regionalised basis.
In Round 2, the group winners will be seeded and the group runners-up will be unseeded in the draw.
In Round 3, teams who played in the same group as each other in the group stage will be kept apart.^[3]

Group stage

The group stage draw was announced on 24 June 2024, with the Academy teams being drawn on 27 June 2024 on Sky Sports News.^[4]

Northern section

Group A

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Stockport County	3	2	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Tranmere Rovers	3	2	1	5	4	+1	6	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Everton U21	3	1	2	5	7	−2	3
4	L2	Accrington Stanley	3	1	2	4	7	−3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL

20 August 2024	Tranmere Rovers	1–3	Everton U21	Birkenhead
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Davison 11'	Report	Beto 86', 90+2' Sherif 90+5'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1,296 Referee: Richie Watkins

3 September 2024	Accrington Stanley	1–4	Stockport County	Accrington
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Hunter 7'	Report	Stretton 33', 35' Camps 82' Barry 90+1'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 791 Referee: Scott Jackson

17 September 2024	Stockport County	4–1	Everton U21	Stockport
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Olaofe 30', 51' Fevrier 33' Powell 62'		Benjamin 83'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1,299 Referee: Paul Marsden

8 October 2024	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Birkenhead
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Hawkes 49' Taylor 75'	Report	Popoola 90'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 919 Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

29 October 2024	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Everton U21	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Whitaker 24' (o.g.) Woods 59'	Report	Armstrong 28'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 450 Referee: John Mulligan

12 November 2024	Stockport County	0–2	Tranmere Rovers	Stockport
19:00 GMT		Report	Dennis 21' Hawkes 39'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1,236 Referee: Jamie O'Connor

Group B

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Wrexham	3	2	0	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Port Vale	3	1	2	0	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Salford City	3	1	0	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	3	0	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL

20 August 2024	Salford City	0–2	Port Vale	Salford
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Edwards 50' Paton 71'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 693 Referee: Ruebyn Ricards

3 September 2024	Port Vale	2–2 (5–4 p)	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Tolaj 59' Curtis 89'	Report	Edozie 26' Holman 86'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 851 Referee: Aaron Bannister
	Penalties
	Tolaj Curtis Sang Richards Lowe Plant		Barnett Holman Keto-Diyawa Whittingham Esen Farmer

10 September 2024	Wrexham	2–1	Salford City	Wrexham
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Mullin 18' Austerfield 83' (o.g.)	Report	McAleny 52'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 6,640 Referee: Dale Baines

8 October 2024	Wrexham	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Wrexham
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Brunt 22' Mullin 38' Faal 57'	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3,987 Referee: Elliot Bell

12 November 2024	Port Vale	1–1 (3–1 p)	Wrexham	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT	Richards 82'	Report	Cleworth 51'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,837 Referee: Steven Copeland
	Penalties
	Tolaj Lowe Grant Richards		Mullin Forde Revan Rathbone

12 November 2024	Salford City	3–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Salford
19:45 GMT	Davies 8', 67' Stockton 11'	Report	Voice 42' Barnett 90+3'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 503 Referee: Stuart Morland

Group C

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Morecambe	3	2	0	0	1	7	5	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Wigan Athletic	3	1	1	0	1	3	2	+1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Nottingham Forest U21	3	1	0	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	L2	Carlisle United	3	1	0	0	2	3	5	−2	3

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL

3 September 2024	Carlisle United	1–2	Nottingham Forest U21	Carlisle
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Allan 88'	Report	Gardner 31' Whitehall 90+4'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,102 Referee: James Westgate

3 September 2024	Wigan Athletic	1–2	Morecambe	Wigan
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Hugill 63' (pen.)	Report	Macadam 12' Angol 65'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 1,702 Referee: Jacob Miles

8 October 2024	Carlisle United	0–2	Wigan Athletic	Carlisle
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Stones 7' (pen.) Olakigbe 23'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,117 Referee: Steven Copeland

8 October 2024	Morecambe	4–2	Nottingham Forest U21	Morecambe
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Tollitt 42', 87' Brown 67' Hope 78'	Report	Back 22' Lewis 50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium Attendance: 621 Referee: John Mulligan

12 November 2024	Morecambe	1–2	Carlisle United	Morecambe
19:00 GMT	Hope 16'	Report	O'Donoghue 75' Williams 78'	Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium Attendance: 788 Referee: Edward Duckworth

12 November 2024	Wigan Athletic	0–0 (3–0 p)	Nottingham Forest U21	Wigan
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 1,449 Referee: Scott Tallis
	Penalties
	Thomas Smith Aimson		Nadin Sinclair McAdam

Group D

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Bolton Wanderers	3	2	0	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Aston Villa U21	3	1	1	0	1	4	6	−2	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Fleetwood Town	3	1	0	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	L2	Barrow	3	1	0	0	2	5	6	−1	3

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL

3 September 2024	Fleetwood Town	2–3	Aston Villa U21	Fleetwood
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Coughlan 53' Odubeko 58'	Report	Buendía 28', 40' Pierre 88'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 726 Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

3 September 2024	Barrow	2–3	Bolton Wanderers	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Foley 38' Dallas 81'	Report	McAtee 68' Collins 73' Dempsey 79'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2,005 Referee: Thomas Parsons

8 October 2024	Fleetwood Town	3–0	Barrow	Fleetwood
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Harratt 24', 35' Smith 84'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 734 Referee: James Westgate

8 October 2024	Bolton Wanderers	1–1 (1–4 p)	Aston Villa U21	Horwich
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Adeboyejo 79'	Report	Mulley 33'	Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 1,767 Referee: Aaron Bannister
	Penalties
	Collins Dempsey Thomason		Borland Amundsen-Day Brannigan Burrowes

12 November 2024	Barrow	3–0	Aston Villa U21	Barrow-in-Furness
19:00 GMT	Telford 2' Vassell 67' Dallas 74'	Report		Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 539 Referee: Martin Woods

12 November 2024	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Horwich
19:45 GMT	Collins 26', 90+1'	Report	Graydon 52'	Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 1,607 Referee: Elliot Bell

Group E

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Blackpool	3	1	1	1	0	6	3	+3	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Crewe Alexandra	3	2	0	0	1	7	5	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Liverpool U21	3	0	1	1	1	2	6	−4	3
4	L2	Harrogate Town	3	0	1	1	1	3	4	−1	3

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL

27 August 2024	Crewe Alexandra	5–1	Liverpool U21	Crewe
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Roberts 3' Long 30', 43' Cooney 51' (pen.) Thibaut 74'	Report	Corness 10' (pen.)	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 1,445 Referee: Neil Hair

3 September 2024	Blackpool	4–1	Crewe Alexandra	Blackpool
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Rhodes 3' Hamilton 43', 63' Carey 55'	Report	Bogle 65'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 1,474 Referee: Martin Woods

24 September 2024	Harrogate Town	1–1 (4–2 p)	Liverpool U21	Harrogate
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Muldoon 44'	Report	Norris 75'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 2,037
	Penalties
	Taylor March Foulds Duke-McKenna		Miles Pilling Davidson Kone-Doherty

8 October 2024	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Harrogate Town	Crewe
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Agius 30'	Report		Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 780 Referee: James Oldham

6 November 2024	Blackpool	0–0 (7–8 p)	Liverpool U21	Blackpool
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 1,958 Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle
	Penalties
	Rhodes Fletcher Thompson Bondo Pennington Ashworth Knight Schluter Gwanzura		Morton Hill Pilling Figueroa Corness Jonas Norris Evans Pitt

12 November 2024	Harrogate Town	2–2 (4–5 p)	Blackpool	Harrogate
19:45 GMT	Nto 26' Burrell 38'	Report	Rhodes 79' Finnigan 88'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 1,343 Referee: Oliver Mackey
	Penalties
	Muldoon March Foulds Duke-McKenna Cornelius		Rhodes Embleton Hamilton Husband Apter

Group F

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Doncaster Rovers	3	2	0	1	0	8	5	+3	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Huddersfield Town	3	2	0	0	1	7	3	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Manchester United U21	3	1	1	0	1	7	9	−2	5
4	L1	Barnsley	3	0	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL

20 August 2024	Barnsley	2–3	Manchester United U21	Barnsley
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Yoganathan 10', 37'	Report	Ennis 81' Fletcher 84', 87'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 2,638 Referee: Michael Barlow

3 September 2024	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Huddersfield Town	Doncaster
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Yeboah 37' Ironside 83' (pen.)	Report	Ward 49'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 2,319 Referee: Declan Bourne

24 September 2024	Doncaster Rovers	3–3 (3–5 p)	Manchester United U21	Doncaster
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sbarra 24' Yeboah 50' Broadbent 65'	Report	Mather 11' Ennis 72' Jackson 90+6'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 3,198
	Penalties
	Ironside Molyneux Broadbent Gibson		Mather Wheatley Fletcher Amass Biancheri

8 October 2024	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Barnsley	Huddersfield
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Ladapo 59' Ward 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 2,182 Referee: Michael Salisbury

29 October 2024	Barnsley	1–3	Doncaster Rovers	Barnsley
19:00 GMT	Marsh 78'	Report	Ironside 45+1' Clifton 72' Hurst 84'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 1,813 Referee: Elliot Bell

12 November 2024	Huddersfield Town	4–1	Manchester United U21	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT	Wiles 29' Healey 67' Kasumu 90' Lees 90+7'	Report	Musa 42'	Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 3,021 Referee: Dale Baines

Group G

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Chesterfield	3	2	1	0	0	5	3	+2	8	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Lincoln City	3	2	0	0	1	7	2	+5	6	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Manchester City U21	3	0	1	1	1	2	7	−5	3
4	L2	Grimsby Town	3	0	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL

20 August 2024	Chesterfield	1–1 (4–2 p)	Manchester City U21	Chesterfield
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Oldaker 79'	Report	Wright 52'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 2,446 Referee: Elliot Bell
	Penalties
	Oldaker Drummond Cook Berry		Wright Mukasa O'Reilly Dickson

3 September 2024	Lincoln City	0–1	Chesterfield	Lincoln
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Cook 55'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2,208 Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

8 October 2024	Grimsby Town	1–2	Lincoln City	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Svanþórsson 58'	Report	Cadamarteri 66' Moylan 90+4'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,270 Referee: Oliver Mackey

29 October 2024	Grimsby Town	1–1 (4–5 p)	Manchester City U21	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Rose 90+1'	Report	R. Heskey 89'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 927 Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle
	Penalties
	Cass Carson Green Hume Rose Gardner		Mukasa Gray Dickson R. Heskey Whatmuff J. Heskey

12 November 2024	Chesterfield	3–2	Grimsby Town	Chesterfield
19:45 GMT	Berry 8', 58' Madden 39'	Report	Cass 18' Gardner 47'	Stadium: SMH Group Stadium Attendance: 1,538 Referee: Michael Barlow

12 November 2024	Lincoln City	5–0	Manchester City U21	Lincoln
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Draper 6' Cadamarteri 41' Street 49' Okoro 60' McKiernan 65'	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,055 Referee: Aaron Bannister

Group H

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Rotherham United	3	3	0	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Bradford City	3	1	0	1	1	5	3	+2	4	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Mansfield Town	3	1	0	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	ACA	Newcastle United U21	3	0	1	0	2	3	8	−5	2

Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2024. Source: EFL

20 August 2024	Rotherham United	2–0	Mansfield Town	Rotherham
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Hugill 3', 54'	Report		Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 2,265 Referee: Scott Jackson

3 September 2024	Bradford City	2–2 (3–4 p)	Newcastle United U21	Bradford
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Sanderson 42' Cook 76'	Report	Parkinson 40' Donaldson 90+2'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 1,790 Referee: Dale Baines
	Penalties
	Walker Smith Pointon Pattison Cook		Parkinson Stanton Turner-Cooke Huntley Donaldson

17 September 2024	Mansfield Town	0–3	Bradford City	Mansfield
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Oliver 3' Pointon 36' Oduor 90+5'	Stadium: Quarry Lane Field Mill Attendance: 1,594 Referee: James Westgate

8 October 2024	Rotherham United	3–1	Newcastle United U21	Rotherham
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Hugill 20', 45+2' Osong 82'	Report	Emerson 59'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 1,613 Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

29 October 2024	Mansfield Town	3–0	Newcastle United U21	Mansfield
19:45 GMT	Akins 14' Quinn 29', 69'	Report		Stadium: Quarry Lane Field Mill Attendance: 1,311 Referee: Thomas Bramall

19 November 2024	Bradford City	0–1	Rotherham United	Bradford
19:30 GMT		Report	McWilliams 5'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 1,640 Referee: Jacob Miles

Southern section

Group A

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Walsall	3	2	1	0	0	5	1	+4	8	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Birmingham City	3	2	0	1	0	12	2	+10	7	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Fulham U21	3	1	0	0	2	3	9	−6	3
4	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	0	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL

20 August 2024	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Fulham U21	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Nsiala 51'	Report	Osmand 60' Gordon 88'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,206 Referee: Paul Marsden

3 September 2024	Birmingham City	1–1 (3–4 p)	Walsall	Birmingham
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Klarer 84'	Report	Lakin 48'	Stadium: St. Andrew's Attendance: 9,752 Referee: Sam Purkiss
	Penalties
	Bielik Jutkiewicz Paik Seung-ho Stansfield May		Allen Lakin Matt Jellis Cleary

17 September 2024	Walsall	1–0	Fulham U21	Walsall
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Johnson 49'			Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 875 Referee: Martin Woods

8 October 2024	Shrewsbury Town	0–4	Birmingham City	Shrewsbury
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Wright 8', 38' Iwata 29' Hansson 71'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,847 Referee: Jamie O'Connor

29 October 2024	Birmingham City	7–1	Fulham U21	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Stansfield 17', 43' Yokoyama 54', 74' May 59' Anderson 90+4' Dykes 90+6'	Report	Godo 22'	Stadium: St. Andrew's Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Dale Baines

12 November 2024	Walsall	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	Walsall
19:45 GMT	Cleary 53' Hall 63' Lowe 85'	Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,507 Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

Group B

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Wycombe Wanderers	3	2	0	0	1	7	5	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	AFC Wimbledon	3	2	0	0	1	5	6	−1	6	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	3	1	0	1	1	8	7	+1	4
4	L1	Crawley Town	3	0	1	0	2	6	8	−2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL

20 August 2024	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Wimbledon
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Bugiel 84'	Report		Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 1,542 Referee: Scott Tallis

20 August 2024	Crawley Town	2–2 (4–3 p)	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Crawley
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Barker 13' Papadopoulos 55'	Report	Peupion 10' Duffus 84'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,545 Referee: Farai Hallam
	Penalties
	Bragg Roles Quitirna Flint		Weir Howell Samuels Peupion Yalcouyé

17 September 2024	Wycombe Wanderers	5–3	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	High Wycombe
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Lubala 13', 30', 36', 50' Sadlier 27'	Report	Howell 45+3' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Ifill 56'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 487 Referee: Ben Atkinson

8 October 2024	Crawley Town	3–4	AFC Wimbledon	Crawley
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Darcy 71' (pen.) Hepburn-Murphy 80' Flint 87'	Report	Maycock 44' Stevens 55' Tilley 57' Pigott 90+6'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,438 Referee: Alan Young

29 October 2024	AFC Wimbledon	0–3	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Wimbledon
19:45 GMT		Report	Vickers 56' Peupion 69' Moulton 85'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 1,066 Referee: Sam Mulhall

12 November 2024	Wycombe Wanderers	2–1	Crawley Town	High Wycombe
19:45 GMT	Hanlan 4' Leahy 30'	Report	Showunmi 14'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 723 Referee: Scott Jackson

Group C

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Charlton Athletic	3	3	0	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Cambridge United	3	1	0	1	1	5	5	0	4	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Chelsea U21	3	1	0	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	L2	Bromley	3	0	1	0	2	5	7	−2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2024. Source: EFL

3 September 2024	Bromley	3–3 (5–4 p)	Cambridge United	Bromley
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Dinanga 1', 23' Olomola 90'	Report	Bennett 38' Barton 60' Longelo 68'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 1,120 Referee: James Durkin
	Penalties
	Arthurs Charles Topalloj Odutayo Olomola		Andrew Nlundulu Stokes Digby Okedina

17 September 2024	Cambridge United	1–2	Charlton Athletic	Cambridge
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Nlundulu 44' (pen.)	Report	Edun 24' Godden 30'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,028 Referee: Carl Brook

24 September 2024	Bromley	2–3	Chelsea U21	Bromley
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Amantchi 6' Charles 81'	Report	McNeilly 3' Vale 27', 77'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Matthew Russell

29 October 2024	Charlton Athletic	3–0	Chelsea U21	Charlton
19:45 GMT	Leaburn 10', 52' Campbell 90+4'	Report		Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 2,004 Referee: Jamie O'Connor

5 November 2024	Cambridge United	1–0	Chelsea U21	Cambridge
19:00 GMT	Kaunda 74'	Report		Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,340 Referee: Sam Mulhall

12 November 2024	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Bromley	Charlton
19:45 GMT	Leaburn 70'	Report		Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 2,916 Referee: Ben Atkinson

Group D

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Peterborough United	3	3	0	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Stevenage	3	1	0	1	1	2	3	−1	4	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Crystal Palace U21	3	1	0	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	L2	Gillingham	3	0	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL

20 August 2024	Stevenage	1–0	Crystal Palace U21	Stevenage
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Simpson 32'	Report		Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 903 Referee: Abigail Byrne

3 September 2024	Gillingham	1–2	Peterborough United	Gillingham
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Nevitt 90+3'	Report	Jones 12' Ihionvien 75'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,657 Referee: Craig Hicks

24 September 2024	Gillingham	1–3	Crystal Palace U21	Gillingham
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Wyllie 80'		Umolu 25' Umeh-Chibueze 39' Mustapha 52'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,223

8 October 2024	Peterborough United	2–0	Stevenage	Peterborough
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Mothersille 12' Sparkes 43'	Report		Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 2,281 Referee: Stephen Parkinson

5 November 2024	Peterborough United	4–1	Crystal Palace U21	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Odoh 49', 87' Hayes 59' Mills 80'	Report	Marsh 62'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 1,630 Referee: Abigail Byrne

12 November 2024	Stevenage	1–1 (4–5 p)	Gillingham	Stevenage
19:45 GMT	Kemp 68'	Report	Andrews 26'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 832 Referee: Scott Simpson
	Penalties
	Simpson Aboh Kemp White King		Clark Williams Nolan Sargent Wyllie

Group E

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Colchester United	3	2	0	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Leyton Orient	3	1	1	0	1	5	4	+1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Arsenal U21	3	1	0	1	1	4	6	−2	4
4	L2	Milton Keynes Dons	3	0	1	0	2	4	7	−3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL

3 September 2024	Leyton Orient	1–2	Arsenal U21	Leyton
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Happe 26'	Report	Robinson 3' Kabia 55'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 2,128 Referee: Stephen Parkinson

17 September 2024	Colchester United	2–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Colchester
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Scully 41' (pen.) Kelleher 54'	Report	Wearne 34'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 1,148 Referee: Scott Tallis

8 October 2024	Leyton Orient	1–1 (4–2 p)	Colchester United	Leyton
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Obiero 30'	Report	Goodliffe 79'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 1,483 Referee: Abigail Byrne
	Penalties
	Agyei O'Neill Simpson Brown Kelman		Payne Scully Read Tovide

8 October 2024	Milton Keynes Dons	2–2 (3–1 p)	Arsenal U21	Milton Keynes
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Harrison 26', 32'	Report	Annous 30' Butler-Oyedeji 36'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 2,427 Referee: Matthew Russell
	Penalties
	Lewington Williams Carroll Leigh		Rosiak Oulad M'Hand Dudziak Kacurri

12 November 2024	Milton Keynes Dons	1–3	Leyton Orient	Milton Keynes
19:00 GMT	Hendry 33'	Report	Kelman 6' Perkins 21' Agyei 90+3'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 1,127 Referee: Thomas Parsons

12 November 2024	Colchester United	3–0	Arsenal U21	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Hopper 16' Anderson 43' Egbo 50'	Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,265 Referee: Stephen Parkinson

Group F

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Burton Albion	3	2	1	9	5	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Northampton Town	3	2	1	7	5	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Notts County	3	2	1	3	3	0	6
4	ACA	Leicester City U21	3	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL

20 August 2024	Burton Albion	3–1	Leicester City U21	Burton-on-Trent
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Bennett 68' Sweeney 83' Orsi 84'	Report	Richards 57'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 473 Referee: Martin Woods

24 September 2024	Burton Albion	1–2	Notts County	Burton-on-Trent
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Whitfield 87'	Report	Gordon 29' Austin 54'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 1,199

8 October 2024	Notts County	0–2	Northampton Town	Nottingham
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Fox 22' McCarron 59'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 1,614 Referee: Farai Hallam

5 November 2024	Northampton Town	3–0	Leicester City U21	Northampton
19:00 GMT	Eyoma 30' Dobson 70', 81'	Report		Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 1,018 Referee: James Oldham

12 November 2024	Northampton Town	2–5	Burton Albion	Northampton
19:00 GMT	Dobson 2' Waghorn 47'	Report	Akoto 13' Williams 36' Webster 39' Donovan 49' Whitfield 66'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 778 Referee: James Durkin

12 November 2024	Notts County	1–0	Leicester City U21	Nottingham
19:00 GMT	Scott 31'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 1,178 Referee: Gareth Rhodes

Group G

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Exeter City	3	3	0	0	0	7	3	+4	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Swindon Town	3	2	0	0	1	7	3	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Tottenham Hotspur U21	3	0	1	0	2	4	7	−3	2
4	L1	Bristol Rovers	3	0	0	1	2	5	10	−5	1

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2024. Source: EFL

20 August 2024	Bristol Rovers	3–3 (5–6 p)	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Bristol
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Hutchinson 8' Shaw 56' McCormick 76'	Report	Lankshear 27' Moore 50' Ajayi 70'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,584 Referee: James Oldham
	Penalties
	Senior Hutchinson McCormick Sotiriou Taylor Garrett		Moore Hall Williams Cassanova Abbott Irow

3 September 2024	Exeter City	2–1	Swindon Town	Exeter
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Francis 65' Aitchison 81'	Report	Cotterill 68'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1,485 Referee: Ross Martin

24 September 2024	Exeter City	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Exeter
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Alli 56' J. Richards 90+4'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,890 Referee: Craig Hicks

8 October 2024	Swindon Town	4–0	Bristol Rovers	Swindon
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Glatzel 2', 12' McGregor 30' Ameen 35'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,306 Referee: Sam Mulhall

29 October 2024	Bristol Rovers	2–3	Exeter City	Bristol
19:00 GMT	Taylor 31' Hutchinson 67'	Report	Bird 19' Alli 49' Mitchell 88'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,257 Referee: Matthew Russell

5 November 2024	Swindon Town	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Swindon
19:00 GMT	Butterworth 54' McGurk 73'	Report	Hall 25'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,816 Referee: Matthew Russell

Group H

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Cheltenham Town	3	3	0	6	2	+4	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Reading	3	2	1	6	2	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Newport County	3	1	2	2	5	−3	3
4	ACA	West Ham United U21	3	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2024. Source: EFL

20 August 2024	Reading	3–1	West Ham United U21	Reading
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Wareham 22' Abrefa 31' Sackey 85'	Report	Dean 38' (o.g.)	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 3,022 Referee: Stephen Parkinson

3 September 2024	Newport County	1–2	Cheltenham Town	Newport
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Evans 33'	Report	Sohna 67' Colwill 75'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 1,051 Referee: Matthew Russell

17 September 2024	Newport County	1–0	West Ham United U21	Newport
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Greaves 83'	Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 638 Referee: Oliver Mackey

29 October 2024	Cheltenham Town	3–1	West Ham United U21	Cheltenham
19:00 GMT	Dulson 28' Taylor 57' (pen.) King 70'	Report	Simon-Swyer 60'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,318 Referee: Steven Copeland

5 November 2024	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Reading	Cheltenham
19:00 GMT	Pett 78'	Report		Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,598 Referee: James Durkin
Note: Originally scheduled for 8 October 2024, but was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.^[5]

12 November 2024	Reading	3–0	Newport County	Reading
19:00 GMT	Knibbs 73', 87' Wareham 75'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 1,870 Referee: Sam Mulhall

Round of 32

The draw for the Round of 32 took place on 22 November 2024, on Sky Sports News.^[6]

Northern section

10 December 2024	Chesterfield	v	Wigan Athletic	Chesterfield
19:00 GMT				Stadium: SMH Group Stadium

10 December 2024	Doncaster Rovers	v	Port Vale	Doncaster
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium

10 December 2024	Morecambe	v	Lincoln City	Morecambe
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium

10 December 2024	Rotherham United	v	Tranmere Rovers	Rotherham
19:00 GMT				Stadium: New York Stadium

10 December 2024	Stockport County	v	Bradford City	Stockport
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Edgeley Park

10 December 2024	Wrexham	v	Crewe Alexandra	Wrexham
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Racecourse Ground

10 December 2024	Bolton Wanderers	v	Huddersfield Town	Horwich
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium

17 December 2024	Blackpool	v	Aston Villa U21	Blackpool
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Bloomfield Road

Southern section

10 December 2024	Burton Albion	v	Stevenage	Burton-on-Trent
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

10 December 2024	Charlton Athletic	v	Leyton Orient	Charlton
19:00 GMT				Stadium: The Valley

10 December 2024	Cheltenham Town	v	Cambridge United	Cheltenham
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Whaddon Road

10 December 2024	Walsall	v	Reading	Walsall
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Bescot Stadium

10 December 2024	Wycombe Wanderers	v	Swindon Town	High Wycombe
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Adams Park

10 December 2024	Colchester United	v	AFC Wimbledon	Colchester
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium

10 December 2024	Exeter City	v	Birmingham City	Exeter
19:45 GMT				Stadium: St James Park

17 December 2024	Peterborough United	v	Northampton Town	Peterborough
19:00 GMT				Stadium: London Road Stadium

Round of 16

Northern section

Southern section

Quarter-finals

Northern section

Southern section

Semi-finals

Final

References

^ "About The Competition". EFL.com. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b EFL: "EFL Trophy Rules Season 2021/22"
^ "EFL Trophy explained". premierleague.com. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". EFL. 2024-06-24. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
^ Palmer, Jon (2024-10-08). "Cheltenham Town v Reading: Match postponed". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
^ "Bristol Street Motors Trophy: Round of 32 draw". EFL. 2024-11-20. Retrieved 2024-11-20.

^ It was known as the Bristol Street Motors Trophy during the group stage.

[2] "About The Competition". EFL.com. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

[rules-3] EFL: "EFL Trophy Rules Season 2021/22"

[4] "EFL Trophy explained". premierleague.com. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

[5] "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". EFL. 2024-06-24. Retrieved 2024-06-24.

[6] Palmer, Jon (2024-10-08). "Cheltenham Town v Reading: Match postponed". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 2024-10-08.

[7] "Bristol Street Motors Trophy: Round of 32 draw". EFL. 2024-11-20. Retrieved 2024-11-20.

[1] It was known as the Bristol Street Motors Trophy during the group stage.

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