2017 EFL Trophy Final

2017 EFL Trophy Final

Coventry City Oxford United 2 1
Event	2016–17 EFL Trophy
Date	2 April 2017
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Chris Sarginson
Attendance	74,434
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The 2017 EFL Trophy Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 2 April 2017. It decided the winner of the 2016–17 EFL Trophy, the 33rd edition of the competition, a knock-out tournament for the 48 teams in League One and League Two and 16 Category One Academy sides.

It was played between Coventry City of League One and Oxford United also of League One. This was Coventry's first appearance in the final and the second for Oxford who were runners up the previous year. Coventry's win saw them pick up their first piece of major silverware since the 1987 FA Cup. The attendance was the 3rd highest in the cup's history, as well as being the highest since the closure of the Old Wembley in 2000.

Match details

2 April 2017 (2017-04-02) 14:30 BST	Coventry City	2–1	Oxford United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 74,434 Referee: Chris Sarginson
	Bigirimana  11' G. Thomas  55'	Report	Sercombe  75'

Coventry City

Oxford United

GK 1 Lee Burge RB 2 Jordan Willis (c) 60' CB 3 Chris Stokes CB 4 Jordan Turnbull LB 24 Ryan Haynes RM 27 George Thomas 82' CM 31 Ben Stevenson CM 5 Gaël Bigirimana CM 8 Rúben Lameiras LM 11 Kyel Reid CF 16 Stuart Beavon 90+5' Substitutes: GK 23 Reice Charles-Cook DF 29 Cian Harries DF 30 Dion Kelly-Evans 60' MF 10 Jodi Jones 82' MF 13 Vladimir Gadzhev FW 17 Michael Folivi FW 20 Marcus Tudgay 90+5' Manager: Mark Robins

GK 1 Simon Eastwood RB 16 Phil Edwards CB 5 Curtis Nelson CB 33 Chey Dunkley LB 28 Marvin Johnson CM 4 John Lundstram (c) CM 23 Ryan Ledson 57' LM 18 Joe Rothwell 90+1' RF 19 Robert Hall LF 10 Chris Maguire CF 15 Kane Hemmings Substitutes: GK 34 Jack Stevens DF 2 Christian Ribeiro DF 3 Joe Skarz DF 22 Sam Long DF 35 Canice Carroll MF 8 Liam Sercombe 57' MF 14 Josh Ruffels 90+1' Manager: Michael Appleton