2022–23 EFL Trophy

EFL Trophy 2022–23
Region	England Wales
Dates	30 August 2022–2 April 2023
Number of teams	64
Defending champions	Rotherham United
Champions	Bolton Wanderers (2nd title)
Runner-up	Plymouth Argyle
Top goal scorer	Tom Cannon (5 goals)
← 2021–22	2023–24 →

The 2022–23 EFL Trophy, known as the Papa John's Trophy for sponsorship reasons, the 40th season in the history of the competition, was a knock-out tournament for English football clubs in League One and League Two of the English football system, and also including 16 Premier League "Academy teams" with Category One status.

The defending champions are Rotherham United but they are unable to defend their trophy due to promotion to the EFL Championship.

Bolton Wanderers won the trophy for the second time, defeating Plymouth Argyle 4–0 in the final.

Participating clubs

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

	League One	League Two	Academies
Clubs	Accrington Stanley Barnsley Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Cheltenham Town Derby County Exeter City Fleetwood Town Forest Green Rovers Ipswich Town Lincoln City Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Oxford United Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Portsmouth Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Wycombe Wanderers	AFC Wimbledon Barrow Bradford City Carlisle United Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Grimsby Town Harrogate Town Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Rochdale Salford City Stevenage Stockport County Sutton United Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall	Arsenal Aston Villa Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Total	24	24	16

Eligibility criteria for players

For EFL clubs

• 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

• Minimum of six players in the starting line-up who are aged under 21 on 30 June 2022.
• 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 (Academies will as always 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.

Knockout stage

• Round 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 2, teams who played in the same group as each other in the group stage will be kept apart from each other.

Group stage

Northern Section

Group A

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Everton U21 (A)	3	1	1	1	0	10	4	+6	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Morecambe (A)	3	0	2	0	1	4	5	−1	4
3	L2	Harrogate Town (E)	3	1	0	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	L2	Hartlepool United (E)	3	1	0	1	1	2	6	−4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

30 August 2022	Hartlepool United	2–0	Harrogate Town	Hartlepool
19:00	Ndjoli  17', 33'			Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

30 August 2022	Morecambe	3–3 (7–6 pen)	Everton U21	Morecambe
19:00	Weir  17' Watts  34' Rawson  84'		McAllister  32' Price  48' Cannon  57'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 912 Referee: Rebecca Welch
		Penalties
	Watts Phillips Cooney Love Connolly Major McLoughlin O'Connor		Cannon Okoronkwo Anderson Hunt Warrington Price Kouyate Campbell

20 September 2022	Morecambe	0–0 (4–2 pen)	Hartlepool United	Morecambe
19:00				Attendance: 934 Referee: Martin Woods
		Penalties
	Weir Stockton Cooney Love		Murray Ferguson Shelton Crawford

4 October 2022	Harrogate Town	1–1 (2–4 pen)	Everton U21	Harrogate
19:00	Grant  72'		Mills  10'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 832 Referee: Marc Edwards
		Penalties
	Armstrong Pattison Grant Headley		Cannon Okoronkwo Price Mills Quirk

18 October 2022	Harrogate Town	2–1	Morecambe	Harrogate
19:00	O'Boyle  28' Welch-Hayes  90+6'		Major  2'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 717 Referee: Darren Drysdale

18 October 2022	Hartlepool United	0–6	Everton U21	Hartlepool
19:00			Cannon  9', 45+4' Hunt  20' Mills  28', 53' Whitaker  71'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,247 Referee: Adam Herczeg

Group B

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Bolton Wanderers (A)	3	2	0	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Tranmere Rovers (A)	3	1	1	0	1	6	7	−1	5
3	ACA	Leeds United U21 (E)	3	1	0	1	1	5	6	−1	4
4	L2	Crewe Alexandra (E)	3	0	1	0	2	1	5	−4	2

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

30 August 2022	Bolton Wanderers	4–1	Crewe Alexandra	Bolton
19:00	Bakayoko  5' Charles  78', 89' Sadlier  86'		Baker-Richardson  16'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 2,115 Referee: Scott Oldham

20 September 2022	Tranmere Rovers	2–2 (5–4 pen)	Bolton Wanderers	Tranmere
19:00	Morris  21' Lewis  40'		Sadlier  72' Carty  90+1'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1,779 Referee: Martin Coy
		Penalties
	Hemmings Hughes McAlear Merrie Burton		Morley Afolayan Isgrove Sadlier Sheehan

4 October 2022	Tranmere Rovers	3–5	Leeds United U21	Tranmere
19:00	Lewis  12' Hughes  19' Byrne  45+3'		Perkins  26' Gelhardt  28', 31' Fernández  56' Drameh  64'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 816 Referee: Martin Woods

18 October 2022	Bolton Wanderers	3–0	Leeds United U21	Bolton
19:00	Böðvarsson  14' Bakayoko  78' Sadlier  89'			Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 2,936 Referee: Peter Wright

18 October 2022	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Tranmere Rovers	Crewe
19:00			Nevitt  71'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 888 Referee: Daniel Middleton

1 November 2022	Crewe Alexandra	0–0 (2–1 pen)	Leeds United U21	Crewe
19:00				Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 1,236 Referee: Ben Toner
		Penalties
	Agyei Uwakwe Finney Sambou Griffiths		Klich Firpo Joseph Perkins Gyabi

Group C

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Port Vale (A)	3	3	0	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 (A)	3	2	0	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	L2	Stockport County (E)	3	1	0	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	L1	Shrewsbury Town (E)	3	0	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

30 August 2022	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Shrewsbury
19:00	Hearnes  76'		Hodge  79', 90+3'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,413 Referee: Ollie Yates

30 August 2022	Port Vale	1–0	Stockport County	Stoke-on-Trent
19:00	Hussey  64'			Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,980 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

20 September 2022	Shrewsbury Town	0–4	Port Vale	Shrewsbury
19:00			Politic  15', 56', 57' Walker  74'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,635 Referee: Ben Toner

20 September 2022	Stockport County	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Stockport
19:30	Jennings  90+3'		Harkin  20' Roberts  71'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1,398 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

18 October 2022	Port Vale	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Stoke-on-Trent
19:00	Benning  80' Odubeko  87'			Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,090 Referee: Scott Oldham

18 October 2022	Stockport County	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Stockport
19:30	Johnson  2'			Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1,054 Referee: Lewis Smith

Group D

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Salford City (A)	3	1	2	0	0	4	3	+1	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Accrington Stanley (A)	3	1	1	1	0	6	5	+1	6
3	L2	Rochdale (E)	3	1	0	2	0	6	5	+1	5
4	ACA	Liverpool U21 (E)	3	0	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

30 August 2022	Salford City	2–1	Liverpool U21	Salford
19:30	Berkoe  45' Jenkins  59'		Stewart  88'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 773 Referee: Andy Haines

30 August 2022	Accrington Stanley	3–3 (4–3 pen)	Rochdale	Accrington
19:45	McConville  51' Lowe  56' Sinclair  90+4' (o.g.)		Ball  65' Henderson  67' Brierley  72'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,130 Referee: Peter Wright
		Penalties
	Savin McConville Leigh Woods		Henderson Brierley Sinclair Kelly White

20 September 2022	Rochdale	1–0	Liverpool U21	Rochdale
19:00	Campbell  82'			Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,006 Referee: Darren Handley

20 September 2022	Salford City	0–0 (4–2 pen)	Accrington Stanley	Salford
19:00				Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 722 Referee: Thomas Kirk
		Penalties
	Smith Hendry Tolaj Galbraith		Savin McConville Coyle Martin

18 October 2022	Rochdale	2–2 (2–4 pen)	Salford City	Rochdale
19:30	Henderson  42' Kelly  90+4'		Simões  69' Hendry  71'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,203 Referee: Anthony Backhouse
		Penalties
	Henderson Keohane Brierley Kelly		Hendry Watt Watson Bailey

18 October 2022	Accrington Stanley	3–2	Liverpool U21	Accrington
19:45	Leigh  12', 46' Astley  70'		Ramsey  90+1' Doak  90+3'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 865 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Group E

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Lincoln City (A)	3	2	0	0	1	6	2	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Barnsley (A)	3	2	0	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	L2	Doncaster Rovers (E)	3	1	1	0	1	4	5	−1	5
4	ACA	Newcastle United U21 (E)	3	0	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

30 August 2022	Doncaster Rovers	0–0 (4–2 pen)	Newcastle United U21	Doncaster
19:00				Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 1,685 Referee: James Oldham
		Penalties
	Hurst Seaman Long Agard		Savage Crossley Turner-Cook Murphy

30 August 2022	Barnsley	0–3	Lincoln City	Barnsley
19:45			Bishop  15', 17' Makama  90+3'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 3,121 Referee: Martin Woods

20 September 2022	Barnsley	2–0	Newcastle United U21	Barnsley
19:00	Butterfill  79' Larkeche  85'			Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 1,664 Referee: Scott Oldham

20 September 2022	Lincoln City	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	Lincoln
19:00	Vernam  49'		Hurst  72' Long  84'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2,338 Referee: Adam Herczeg

11 October 2022	Doncaster Rovers	2–4	Barnsley	Doncaster
19:45	Miller  73', 81'		Martin  11', 34' Jalo  20', 26'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 2,479 Referee: Marc Edwards

18 October 2022	Lincoln City	2–0	Newcastle United U21	Lincoln
19:00	Mandroiu  8' Draper  84'			Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 1,693 Referee: Ben Toner

Group F

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Grimsby Town (A)	3	1	1	0	1	4	4	0	5	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Mansfield Town (A)	3	1	1	0	1	4	5	−1	5
3	ACA	Manchester City U21 (E)	3	1	0	1	1	6	5	+1	4
4	L1	Derby County (E)	3	1	0	1	1	5	5	0	4

Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

30 August 2022	Derby County	3–1	Grimsby Town	Derby
19:00	Mendez-Laing  6' Sibley  42' Bird  45'		Kiernan  88'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 5,348 Referee: Carl Boyeson

30 August 2022	Mansfield Town	3–2	Manchester City U21	Mansfield
19:00	Akins  16' Gale  50' Lapslie  84'		Borges  29' Dickson  32'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 1,804 Referee: Ross Joyce

20 September 2022	Grimsby Town	2–0	Mansfield Town	Grimsby
19:30	Khan  15' Orsi-Dadomo  39'			Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 912 Referee: Bobby Madden

4 October 2022	Mansfield Town	1–1 (6–5 pen)	Derby County	Mansfield
19:00	Maris  45+3'		Dobbin  29'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,630 Referee: Ben Toner
		Penalties
	Akins Swan Lapslie Hewitt Law Gale Clarke Hawkins		Mendez-Laing Knight Thompson Forsyth Cybulski Roberts Oduroh Stearman

18 October 2022	Derby County	1–3	Manchester City U21	Derby
19:00	McGoldrick  38'		Borges  27', 58' Forsyth  90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 3,688 Referee: Tom Nield

8 November 2022	Grimsby Town	1–1 (4–2 pen)	Manchester City U21	Grimsby
19:30	Simmonds  3'		Dickson  7'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,281 Referee: Ben Speedie
		Penalties
	Holohan Clifton Kiernan Pearson		Charles Katongo Bobb Robertson

Group G

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Manchester United U21 (A)	3	2	0	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Barrow (A)	3	1	1	0	1	4	3	+1	5
3	L1	Fleetwood Town (E)	3	0	1	2	0	4	4	0	4
4	L2	Carlisle United (E)	3	0	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

30 August 2022	Fleetwood Town	1–1 (3–4 pen)	Barrow	Fleetwood
19:00	Sarpong-Wiredu  30'		Rooney  44'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 866 Referee: Thomas Kirk
		Penalties
	Johnston McMillan Omochere Garner Glenfield		Rooney Whitfield Neal Kenlock Gotts

30 August 2022	Carlisle United	1–2	Manchester United U21	Carlisle
19:30	Devitt  66'		McNeill  40' Forson  71'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,331 Referee: Ben Toner

20 September 2022	Carlisle United	1–1 (4–2 pen)	Fleetwood Town	Carlisle
19:00	Idehen  90'		Garner  46'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,089 Referee: Rebecca Welch
		Penalties
	Gibson Stretton Whelan Mellish Charters		Morton Andrew Batty Vela

4 October 2022	Barrow	1–2	Manchester United U21	Barrow-in-Furness
19:30	Fredricson  51' (o.g.)		McNeill  44' (pen.) Garnacho  90+2'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2,966 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

18 October 2022	Barrow	2–0	Carlisle United	Barrow-in-Furness
19:00	Kay  69' Foley  80'			Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 2,281 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

18 October 2022	Fleetwood Town	2–2 (5–4 pen)	Manchester United U21	Fleetwood
19:45	Mendes Gomes  63' Garner  67'		McNeill  21' (pen.) Shoretire  90+2'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 2,287 Referee: Andy Haines
		Penalties
	Johnston Garner Rooney Lane Mendes Gomes Hayes		Jurado Mainoo Huddlestone Hugill Mengi Shoretire

Group H

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Burton Albion (A)	3	3	0	0	0	11	4	+7	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Bradford City (A)	3	1	0	1	1	5	7	−2	4
3	L1	Sheffield Wednesday (E)	3	1	0	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	ACA	Leicester City U21 (E)	3	0	1	0	2	4	8	−4	2

Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

30 August 2022	Burton Albion	4–2	Leicester City U21	Burton upon Trent
19:00	Ahadme  4', 7' Adeboyejo  9' Powell  12'		Maswanhise  38' Fitzhugh  39'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 475 Referee: Adam Herczeg

30 August 2022	Bradford City	3–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Bradford
19:30	Young  36', 75' Harratt  83'		Smith  38' (pen.)	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 6,092 Referee: Samuel Barrott

20 September 2022	Sheffield Wednesday	2–3	Burton Albion	Sheffield
19:00	Wilks  32' Paterson  34'		Winnall  8' Smith  17' Keillor-Dunn  51' (pen.)	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 4,577 Referee: Thomas Parsons

4 October 2022	Bradford City	2–2 (2–4 pen)	Leicester City U21	Bradford
19:30	Oliver  11' Sutton  49'		Alves  62' Maswanhise  66'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 2,564 Referee: Anthony Backhouse
		Penalties
	Sutton Gilliead Pereira Harratt		Fitzhugh Appiah Braybrooke McAteer

18 October 2022	Burton Albion	4–0	Bradford City	Burton upon Trent
19:00	Powell  10' Adeboyejo  20' Oshilaja  57' Carayol  69'			Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 549 Referee: Ollie Yates

18 October 2022	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Leicester City U21	Sheffield
19:00	Paterson  8' Trueman  52'			Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 3,173 Referee: Marc Edwards

Southern Section

Group A

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Colchester United (A)	3	2	0	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Charlton Athletic (A)	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	L2	Gillingham (E)	3	1	1	0	1	4	6	−2	5
4	ACA	Brighton & Hove Albion U21 (E)	3	0	0	0	3	4	7	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

31 August 2022	Charlton Athletic	3–0	Gillingham	Charlton
19:00	Walker  15' (o.g.) Henry  52' Leaburn  59'	Report		Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 1,888 Referee: Sunny Gill

6 September 2022	Colchester United	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Colchester
19:45	Nouble  80' Sears  87'		Moran  43'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 479 Referee: Alan Young

4 October 2022	Gillingham	3–2	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Gillingham
19:00	Walker  19', 71' Wright  76'		Ferguson  31' Miller  63'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 838 Referee: Sam Purkiss

4 October 2022	Colchester United	2–1	Charlton Athletic	Colchester
19:45	Eastman  86' Akinde  90+1'		Morgan  17'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 880 Referee: Lee Swabey

11 October 2022	Gillingham	1–1 (5–4 pen)	Colchester United	Gillingham
19:45	Walker  43'		Akinde  45'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 828 Referee: Sam Allison
		Penalties
	Walker Adelakun Wright Kashket Chambers Green		Longstaff Nouble Newby Tchamadeu Chilvers Marshall-Miranda

2 November 2022	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Charlton
19:00	Lavelle  45' Payne  90+2'		Miller  54'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 662 Referee: Paul Howard

Group B

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	AFC Wimbledon (A)	3	2	0	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Portsmouth (A)	3	1	1	1	0	8	3	+5	6
3	L2	Crawley Town (E)	3	1	1	0	1	9	7	+2	5
4	ACA	Aston Villa U21 (E)	3	0	0	0	3	3	12	−9	0

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

30 August 2022	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Aston Villa U21	Wimbledon
19:00	Kalambayi  12' Davison  52'		Jay-Hart  29'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 1,088 Referee: Will Finnie

30 August 2022	Crawley Town	2–2 (6–5 pen)	Portsmouth	Crawley
19:45	Telford  8' (pen.) Bremang  90+5' (pen.)		Robertson  74' Scarlett  81'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,314 Referee: Sam Allison
		Penalties
	Powell Bremang Craig Tilley Nadesan Ogungbo Khaleel		Scarlett Hackett-Fairchild Dale Lowery Pigott Robertson Freeman

20 September 2022	AFC Wimbledon	3–2	Crawley Town	Wimbledon
19:00	Hudlin  29' (pen.) Assal  75' Frimpong  78'		Powell  59' Frimpong  90+6' (o.g.)	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 903 Referee: Sam Purkiss

4 October 2022	Portsmouth	5–0	Aston Villa U21	Portsmouth
19:45	Curtis  2' Jacobs  7' Koroma  53', 63' Hackett-Fairchild  69'			Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 2,805 Referee: Alan Young

18 October 2022	Crawley Town	5–2	Aston Villa U21	Crawley
19:45	Davis  28' Oteh  40', 52' Marshall  83' Telford  90+4' (pen.)		Revan  13' Lutz  82'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 896 Referee: Charles Breakspear

1 November 2022	Portsmouth	1–1 (3–1 pen)	AFC Wimbledon	Portsmouth
19:45	Curtis  15'		Assal  50'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 2,545 Referee: Craig Hicks
		Penalties
	Koroma Hackett-Fairchild Scarlett		Hudlin Frimpong Senior Sasu

Group C

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Milton Keynes Dons (A)	3	2	0	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Cheltenham Town (A)	3	2	0	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	ACA	West Ham United U21 (E)	3	2	0	0	1	3	3	0	6
4	L2	Walsall (E)	3	0	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

30 August 2022	Milton Keynes Dons	1–2	Cheltenham Town	Milton Keynes
19:00	Jules  43'		May  8' (pen.) Brown  54'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 1,626 Referee: Lee Swabey

30 August 2022	Walsall	0–1	West Ham United U21	Walsall
19:00			Simon-Swyer  57'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,582 Referee: Simon Mather

20 September 2022	Cheltenham Town	2–1	Walsall	Cheltenham
19:00	Nlundulu  38' Sercombe  43'		Johnson  86'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,275 Referee: Tom Reeves

4 October 2022	Milton Keynes Dons	2–0	West Ham United U21	Milton Keynes
19:00	Dennis  63', 75' (pen.)			Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 854 Referee: Craig Hicks

18 October 2022	Cheltenham Town	1–2	West Ham United U21	Cheltenham
19:00	Brown  16'		Greenidge  34' Potts  49'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,526 Referee: Thomas Kirk

18 October 2022	Walsall	0–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Walsall
19:00			Lawrence  62' Holland  90+3'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,070 Referee: Scott Tallis

Group D

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Stevenage (A)	3	3	0	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Peterborough United (A)	3	1	0	1	1	5	3	+2	4
3	L1	Wycombe Wanderers (E)	3	0	2	0	1	1	4	−3	4
4	ACA	Tottenham Hotspur U21 (E)	3	0	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

30 August 2022	Wycombe Wanderers	0–0 (4–3 pen)	Tottenham Hotspur U21	High Wycombe
19:00				Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Christopher Pollard
		Penalties
	Al-Hamadi Horgan McCarthy Wakely Young		Donley John Cesay Alonso Mathurin

30 August 2022	Peterborough United	1–2	Stevenage	Peterborough
19:30	Jones  9'		Taylor  18' Piergianni  84'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 2,420 Referee: Robert Lewis

20 September 2022	Stevenage	3–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Stevenage
19:30	Rose  4', 56' Vancooten  81'			Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 717 Referee: Sunny Gill

20 September 2022	Peterborough United	3–0	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Peterborough
19:30	Knight  19' Jones  32' Marriott  51'			Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 1,898 Referee: Darren Drysdale

18 October 2022	Stevenage	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Stevenage
19:00	Roberts  23'		John  48', 84'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 1,449 Referee: Samuel Barrott

18 October 2022	Wycombe Wanderers	1–1 (4–3 pen)	Peterborough United	High Wycombe
19:00	Horgan  60'		Clarke-Harris  83'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 567 Referee: Paul Howard
		Penalties
	Horgan Wakely Obita Kaikai Wing Freeman		Clarke-Harris Watts Tomlinson Burrows Ward Edwards

Group E

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Plymouth Argyle (A)	3	2	1	0	0	5	2	+3	8	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Bristol Rovers (A)	3	2	0	1	0	6	1	+5	7
3	ACA	Crystal Palace U21 (E)	3	1	0	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	L2	Swindon Town (E)	3	0	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

30 August 2022	Plymouth Argyle	1–1 (4–3 pen)	Bristol Rovers	Plymouth
19:00	Hardie  58' (pen.)		Loft  50'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 2,298 Referee: Carl Brook
		Penalties
	Azaz Randell Gillesphey Houghton Ennis		Collins Evans Greenslade McCormick Jones

30 August 2022	Swindon Town	0–2	Crystal Palace U21	Swindon
19:00			Gordon  71', 86'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,021 Referee: Ben Speedie

20 September 2022	Swindon Town	1–3	Plymouth Argyle	Swindon
19:00	Hepburn-Murphy  90+1'		Jenkins-Davies  28' Halls  30' Hardie  88'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,026 Referee: David Rock

4 October 2022	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Crystal Palace U21	Bristol
19:00	Kilgour  45+2' Clarke  73'			Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,058 Referee: James Oldham

18 October 2022	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Swindon Town	Bristol
19:00	Loft  63' Anderson  76' McCormick  83'			Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,700 Referee: David Rock

18 October 2022	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Crystal Palace U21	Plymouth
19:00	Ennis  90+1'			Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 1,918 Referee: Ben Speedie

Group F

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Forest Green Rovers (A)	3	3	0	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Newport County (A)	3	2	0	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	L1	Exeter City (E)	3	1	0	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	ACA	Southampton U21 (E)	3	0	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

30 August 2022	Exeter City	1–2	Newport County	Exeter
19:00	Chauke  52'		Zimba  57' Bogle  82'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1,902 Referee: Darren Drysdale

30 August 2022	Forest Green Rovers	3–1	Southampton U21	Nailsworth
19:00	Cargill  37' Bernard  45+3' Casey  59'		Lancashire  32'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 726 Referee: Charles Breakspear

20 September 2022	Newport County	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Newport
19:45	Evans  90+2'		Stevenson  69' Fiabema  79'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 946 Referee: Lee Swabey

4 October 2022	Exeter City	2–1	Southampton U21	Exeter
19:00	Jay  40' Chauke  45+3'		Ballard  18'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1,074 Referee: Sunny Gill

18 October 2022	Forest Green Rovers	4–1	Exeter City	Nailsworth
19:45	Matt  12' Peart-Harris  51' (pen.) Billington  54' (o.g.) O'Keeffe  63'		Jay  41'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 729 Referee: Sam Allison

18 October 2022	Newport County	2–1	Southampton U21	Newport
19:45	Bogle  11' (pen.) Waite  60'		Bellis  76'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 705 Referee: Darren Handley

Group G

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Chelsea U21 (A)	3	2	0	0	1	5	4	+1	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Sutton United (A)	3	2	0	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	L1	Oxford United (E)	3	1	0	0	2	6	4	+2	3
4	L2	Leyton Orient (E)	3	1	0	0	2	5	9	−4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

30 August 2022	Oxford United	5–0	Leyton Orient	Oxford
19:45	Mousinho  4' Brannagan  45+3' Joseph  57' Findlay  66' Taylor  84'			Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,373 Referee: Tom Nield

31 August 2022	Sutton United	1–0	Chelsea U21	Sutton
19:45	Fadahunsi  5'			Stadium: Gander Green Lane Attendance: 2,189 Referee: Alan Young

20 September 2022	Leyton Orient	3–1	Sutton United	Leyton
19:45	Wareham  5', 10' James  90+1'		Kouassi  12'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 1,073 Referee: Sam Allison

4 October 2022	Oxford United	1–2	Chelsea U21	Oxford
19:45	Taylor  10'		Burstow  78' Hall  82'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,354 Referee: Neil Hair

18 October 2022	Leyton Orient	2–3	Chelsea U21	Leyton
19:00	Williams  71' (o.g.) Drinan  77' (pen.)		Hutchinson  54' Mothersille  89', 90+3'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 1,117 Referee: Lee Swabey

18 October 2022	Sutton United	2–0	Oxford United	Sutton
19:45	Rowe  48' Kouassi  64' (pen.)			Stadium: Gander Green Lane Attendance: 971 Referee: Sunny Gill

Group H

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Ipswich Town (A)	3	2	0	0	1	8	1	+7	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Arsenal U21 (A)	3	2	0	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	L1	Cambridge United (E)	3	2	0	0	1	3	2	+1	6
4	L2	Northampton Town (E)	3	0	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2022. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

30 August 2022	Cambridge United	0–2	Arsenal U21	Cambridge
19:00			Butler-Oyedeji  26', 57'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,952 Referee: Neil Hair

30 August 2022	Ipswich Town	6–0	Northampton Town	Ipswich
19:45	Harness  11', 16' Leigh  26' Burgess  58' Edmundson  83' Ladapo  90+1'			Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 5,342 Referee: Tom Reeves

20 September 2022	Northampton Town	0–2	Cambridge United	Northampton
19:00			Okenabirhie  68', 77'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 1,230 Referee: Craig Hicks

20 September 2022	Ipswich Town	2–0	Arsenal U21	Ipswich
19:45	Ball  3' Ladapo  85'			Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 5,236 Referee: James Oldham

18 October 2022	Cambridge United	1–0	Ipswich Town	Cambridge
19:00	Simper  79'			Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 2,548 Referee: Thomas Parsons

18 October 2022	Northampton Town	1–3	Arsenal U21	Northampton
19:00	Tomlinson  8'		Awe  56' Cozier-Duberry  74' Butler-Oyedeji  90+5'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 3,037 Referee: Carl Brook

Round of 32

The draw for the Round of 32 was made on Friday 11 November 2022, with ties scheduled to take place on the week commencing 21 November. Despite finishing top of their group, Chelsea U21s' match with Peterborough United was moved to London Road Stadium. However, Everton U21 were kept as the home team in their tie against Mansfield Town, which was scheduled to take place at Goodison Park. This round also saw two U21 teams, Manchester United U21 and Wolverhampton Wanderers U21, drawn together. In this case, after a consulation between both clubs and the EFL it was decided that the game would be played at Wolverhampton Wanderers' Molineux Stadium, despite Manchester United U21 finishing first in their group.

Northern Section

22 November 2022	Burton Albion	1–1 (5–4 pen)	Tranmere Rovers	Burton upon Trent
19:00 GMT	Carayol  90+2'	Report	Turnbull  7'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 591 Referee: Thomas Parsons
		Penalties
	Winnall Taylor Oshilaja Dodoo Butcher Hamer Kamwa		Hemmings Hughes Merrie Lewis Hawkes O'Connor Dacres-Cogley

22 November 2022	Lincoln City	1–1 (4–3 pen)	Morecambe	Lincoln
19:00 GMT	Hopper  53'	Report	Stockton  67'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 1,445 Referee: Carl Boyeson
		Penalties
	Diamond Bishop Sanders Poole		Weir Stockton Cooney Love Shaw

22 November 2022	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	0–0 (1–4 pen)	Manchester United U21	Wolverhampton
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Referee: Ben Toner
		Penalties
	Hodge Birtwistle Campbell		Jurado McNeill Norkett Mainoo

22 November 2022	Grimsby Town	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Cleethorpes
19:30 GMT		Report	Leigh  66' (pen.)	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 703 Referee: Martin Coy

22 November 2022	Salford City	1–0	Bradford City	Salford
19:30 GMT	Tolaj  35'	Report		Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 578 Referee: Tom Reeves

22 November 2022	Bolton Wanderers	3–2	Barrow	Horwich
19:45 GMT	Afolayan  23' Böðvarsson  38' Kachunga  69'	Report	Kay  42' Canavan  56'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 2,381 Referee: Rebecca Welch

23 November 2022	Port Vale	2–1	Barnsley	Stoke-on-Trent
19:30 GMT	Politic  14' Worrall  27'	Report	Edwards  73'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,306 Referee: Lewis Smith

30 November 2022	Everton U21	2–1	Mansfield Town	Liverpool
19:00 GMT	Higgins  90+1' Cannon  90+4'	Report	Oates  6'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 779 Referee: Adam Herczeg

Southern Section

22 November 2022	Forest Green Rovers	1–1 (3–4 pen)	Cheltenham Town	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT	March  24'	Report	Broom  69'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,425 Referee: Sunny Gill
		Penalties
	Peart-Harris Wickham O'Keeffe Bunker March		Sercombe Bonds Brown Broom

22 November 2022	Milton Keynes Dons	3–1	Newport County	Milton Keynes
19:00 GMT	Burns  27' Dennis  59' Grigg  77'	Report	Tucker  85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 635 Referee: Carl Brook

22 November 2022	Plymouth Argyle	3–2	Charlton Athletic	Plymouth
19:00 GMT	Cosgrove  13' Ennis  15' Roberts  46'	Report	Kanu  8' Anderson  90+2'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 1,394 Referee: Robert Lewis

22 November 2022	Stevenage	3–2	Arsenal U21	Stevenage
19:00 GMT	Amoo  51' Sweeney  69' Read  75'	Report	Butler-Oyedeji  6' Cozier-Duberry  74'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,236 Referee: Craig Hicks

22 November 2022	Peterborough United	2–4	Chelsea U21	Peterborough
19:30 GMT	Clarke-Harris  26' Taylor  61'	Report	Mothersille  18', 45+1' Casadei  23' Elliott  75'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 1,523 Referee: Christopher Pollard

22 November 2022	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Sutton United	Wimbledon
19:45 GMT	Hudlin  17'	Report		Stadium: Plough Lane Referee: Sam Purkiss

22 November 2022	Ipswich Town	0–2	Portsmouth	Ipswich
19:45 GMT		Report	Scarlett  43' Swanson  90+4'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 5,686 Referee: Tom Nield

23 November 2022	Colchester United	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Sears  83'	Report	Connolly  53' Saunders  90+5'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 669 Referee: Thomas Kirk

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 November 2022. The matches for this round took place on 13 December 2022 except for two ties postponed due to frozen pitches.

Northern Section

13 December 2022	Burton Albion	2–4	Accrington Stanley	Burton upon Trent
19:00 GMT	Oshilaja  7' Tharme  23' (o.g.)	Report	Rodgers  20', 68' Pritchard  41' Leigh  45+5'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 390 Referee: Scott Oldham

13 December 2022	Lincoln City	4–2	Everton U21	Lincoln
19:00 GMT	Poole  33' Diamond  54' (pen.), 90+8' Roughan  72'	Report	Okoronkwo  48' Cannon  50'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 1,306 Referee: Andrew Kitchin

13 December 2022	Bolton Wanderers	4–0	Manchester United U21	Horwich
19:45 GMT	Afolayan  68' Morley  76' Bakayoko  90+3' Bradley  90+5'	Report		Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 4,735 Referee: Martin Coy

20 December 2022	Salford City	1–0	Port Vale	Salford
19:30 GMT	Smith  10'	Report		Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 743 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Southern Section

13 December 2022	Cheltenham Town	4–0	Chelsea U21	Cheltenham
19:00 GMT	Brown  4', 90' Sercombe  87' Broom  90+4'	[1]		Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,058 Referee: Simon Mather

13 December 2022	Portsmouth	3–0	Stevenage	Portsmouth
19:00 GMT	Mingi  37' Koroma  59' Pigott  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 2,162 Referee: Neil Hair

13 December 2022	Bristol Rovers	4–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Bristol
19:30 GMT	Hoole  33' Marquis  54', 66' Saunders  71'	Report	Eisa  79' (pen.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 864 Referee: Declan Bourne

21 December 2022	Plymouth Argyle	3–3 (4–3 pen)	AFC Wimbledon	Plymouth
19:00 GMT	Cosgrove  61', 72', 76'		Hudlin  10', 17' Assal  45+1'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 1,747 Referee: Samuel Barrott
		Penalties
	Hardie Cosgrove Houghton Whittaker Mumba		Hudlin Towler Assal Fisher Chislett

Quarter-finals

The draw for the Semi-finals was held on 14 January 2023.

10 January 2023	Lincoln City	2–2 (1–3 pen)	Accrington Stanley	Lincoln
19:00 GMT	Hopper  7', 80'	Report 1 Report 2	Pressley  36', 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2,304 (61 away) Referee: Simon Mather
		Penalties
	Diamond Mandroiu Sanders Poole		Pressley Coyle Whalley McConville

10 January 2023	Bolton Wanderers	1–0	Portsmouth	Horwich
19:45 GMT	Böðvarsson  17'	https://www.skysports.com/football/bolton-wanderers-vs-portsmouth/480063		Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 4,413 (304 Away) Referee: Bobby Madden

10 January 2023	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Plymouth Argyle	Bristol
19:45 GMT		Report 1, Report 2	Waine  24' Hardie  32'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,742 (678 Away) Referee: Darren Drysdale

10 January 2023	Cheltenham Town	3–1	Salford City	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Broom  45' Sercombe  65' Goodwin  66'	Report 1, Report 2	Hendry  13'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,874 (71 away) Referee: Carl Brook

Semi-finals

The draw for the Semi-finals was held on 14 January 2023.

21 February 2023	Plymouth Argyle	1–1 (3–2 pen)	Cheltenham Town	Plymouth
20:00 GMT	Hardie  63'	Report 1 Report 2	May  49'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 12,047 (236 Away) Referee: Robert Lewis
		Penalties
	Hardie Cosgrove Azaz Gillesphey Houghton		Sercombe Brown Broom Bonds May

22 February 2023	Accrington Stanley	0–2	Bolton Wanderers	Accrington
20:00 GMT		Report	Kachunga  82' Morley  84'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 4,874 (2,625 Away) Referee: Samuel Barrott

Final

Main article: 2023 EFL Trophy Final

2 April 2023 15:00 BST	Bolton Wanderers	4–0	Plymouth Argyle	Wembley Stadium Attendance: 79,389 Referee: Ben Toner
	Dempsey  4' Charles  10' Kachunga  49' Jones  62'	Report

External links

• Official website