2023–24 EFL Trophy

EFL Trophy 2023–24
Region	England Wales
Number of teams	64
Defending champions	Bolton Wanderers
Champions	Peterborough United
Runner-up	Wycombe Wanderers
Total matches played	109
Total goals scored	343 (3.15 per match)
Top goal scorer	Tyler Smith (6 goals)
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The 2023–24 EFL Trophy, was the 42nd season in the history of the competition, 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 clubs with Category One status.

The defending champions are Bolton Wanderers who defeated Plymouth Argyle 4–0 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 Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Cambridge United Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Cheltenham Town Derby County Exeter City Fleetwood Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Northampton Town Oxford United Peterborough United Port Vale Portsmouth Reading Shrewsbury Town Stevenage Wigan Athletic Wycombe Wanderers	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barrow Bradford City Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Forest Green Rovers Gillingham Grimsby Town Harrogate Town Mansfield Town Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Newport County Notts County Salford City Stockport County Sutton United Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham	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

• 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 2023.
• 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.

Group stage

The Group stage draw was finalised on 22 June 2023.

Northern Section

Group A

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Blackpool (A)	3	3	0	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Liverpool U21 (A)	3	1	0	0	2	6	7	−1	3
3	L2	Morecambe	3	1	0	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	L2	Barrow	3	1	0	0	2	3	6	−3	3

Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round

5 September 2023	Barrow	0–2	Blackpool	Barrow-in-Furness
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Carey  44' Kouassi  85'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 1,436 Referee: Matthew Corlett

19 September 2023	Morecambe	0–3	Liverpool U21	Morecambe
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Musiałowski  13' Scanlon  28' Clark  39'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 1,607 Referee: Ollie Yates

10 October 2023	Blackpool	5–2	Liverpool U21	Blackpool
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Morgan  45+3' Kouassi  46', 75', 89' Lyons  90+6'	Report	Glatzel  30' Musiałowski  66'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 2,683 Referee: Scott Simpson

10 October 2023	Morecambe	3–1	Barrow	Morecambe
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Brown  38' Rooney  58' Smith  73'	Report	Whitfield  68'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 2,203 Referee: Simon Mather

7 November 2023	Barrow	2–1	Liverpool U21	Barrow-in-Furness
19:00 GMT	Etaluku  65' Ogungbo  75'	Report	Musiałowski  29'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 1,463 Referee: Edward Duckworth

14 November 2023	Blackpool	2–1	Morecambe	Blackpool
19:00 GMT	Beesley  21', 46'	Report	Rawson  90+2'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 1,829 Referee: Martin Woods

Group B

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Wrexham (A)	3	3	0	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Port Vale (A)	3	1	1	0	1	3	3	0	5
3	ACA	Newcastle United U21	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
4	L2	Crewe Alexandra	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round

5 September 2023	Wrexham	1–0	Newcastle United U21	Wrexham
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Dalby  13'	Report		Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 7,988 Referee: Thomas Parsons

5 September 2023	Port Vale	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Burslem
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Garrity  18'	Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 2,846 Referee: Steven Copeland

10 October 2023	Crewe Alexandra	0–3	Wrexham	Crewe
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Tunnicliffe  5' Davies  13' Young  73' (pen.)	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,751 Referee: Aaron Jackson

10 October 2023	Port Vale	1–1 (3–2 pen)	Newcastle United U21	Burslem
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Debrah  17'	Report	Stanton  90'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,197 Referee: Jacob Miles
		Penalties
	Garrity Lowe Shorrock Walters Clark		Diallo Stanton Crossley Huntley Ndiweni

7 November 2023	Wrexham	2–1	Port Vale	Wrexham
19:00 GMT	Mullin  70' McClean  83'	Report	Thomas  31'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 7,870 Referee: Lewis Smith

21 November 2023	Crewe Alexandra	v	Newcastle United U21	Crewe
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Gresty Road

Group C

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Accrington Stanley (A)	2	2	0	0	0	6	3	+3	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Nottingham Forest U21	2	1	0	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	L1	Carlisle United	3	1	0	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	L2	Harrogate Town (E)	3	1	0	0	2	5	8	−3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2023. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

5 September 2023	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Carlisle United	Accrington
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Whelan  86' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 888 Referee: Scott Jackson

5 September 2023	Harrogate Town	2–1	Nottingham Forest U21	Harrogate
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Thomson  56' (pen.) O'Connor  82'	Report	Osong  84'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 1,178 Referee: Edward Duckworth

10 October 2023	Carlisle United	0–2	Nottingham Forest U21	Carlisle
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Powell  69' Perry  77'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,268 Referee: Thomas Kirk

10 October 2023	Harrogate Town	3–5	Accrington Stanley	Harrogate
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Folarin  35', 76' Mattock  58'	Report	Trickett  27', 89' Adedoyin  30', 37', 51'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 959 Referee: Marc Edwards

14 November 2023	Carlisle United	2–0	Harrogate Town	Carlisle
19:00 GMT	Gibson  3', 79'	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 716 Referee: Dale Baines

21 November 2023	Accrington Stanley	v	Nottingham Forest U21	Accrington
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Crown Ground

Group D

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Wigan Athletic (A)	3	1	2	0	0	10	4	+6	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Fleetwood Town (A)	3	2	0	1	0	9	3	+6	7
3	ACA	Leicester City U21 (E)	3	1	0	0	2	2	11	−9	3
4	L2	Tranmere Rovers (E)	3	0	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2023. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

5 September 2023	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Tranmere Rovers	Fleetwood
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Stockley  73' (pen.) Patterson  82'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 664 Referee: Scott Simpson

19 September 2023	Wigan Athletic	7–1	Leicester City U21	Wigan
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Magennis  34' (pen.), 46' Lang  57' Young  60' (o.g.) McHugh  72' Sze  85' Stones  90+5'	Report	Raikhy  30'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 2,073 Referee: Scott Simpson

10 October 2023	Wigan Athletic	3–3 (4–3 pen)	Fleetwood Town	Wigan
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Humphrys  55' Stones  65' Pearce  87'	Report	Tshimanga  43', 45+3' Earl  90+3'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: Scott Tallis Referee: 1,600
		Penalties
	Lang Sze Pearce Clare Stones Hughes		Marriott Mayor Robertson Simons Earl Broom

10 October 2023	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Leicester City U21	Birkenhead
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Thomas  9'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 678 Referee: Adam Herczeg

7 November 2023	Fleetwood Town	4–0	Leicester City U21	Fleetwood
19:00 GMT	Broom  29', 40' Johnson  49' Graydon  86'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 425 Referee: Michael Barlow

14 November 2023	Tranmere Rovers	0–0 (5–6 pen)	Wigan Athletic	Birkenhead
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1,142 Referee: Simon Mather
		Penalties
	Morris Hughes Jolley Norris Saunders Taylor Davies Pike		Mcmanaman Humphrys Pearce Sze Stones Balagizi McHugh Watts

Group E

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Bolton Wanderers (A)	3	3	0	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Stockport County (A)	3	1	0	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	L2	Salford City (E)	3	1	0	0	2	5	9	−4	3
4	ACA	Manchester United U21 (E)	3	0	1	0	2	5	13	−8	2

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2023. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

22 August 2023	Stockport County	1–1 (3–5 pen)	Manchester United U21	Stockport
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Olaofe  90+13' (pen.)	Report	Hugill  64'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Matt Corlett
		Penalties
	Lemonheigh-Evans Barry Rydel Olaofe		McNeill Shoretire Nolan Williams Wheatley

5 September 2023	Bolton Wanderers	3–0	Salford City	Horwich
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Mendes Gomes  1' Santos  12' Morley  53'	Report		Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 2,983 Referee: Aaron Jackson

26 September 2023	Bolton Wanderers	8–1	Manchester United U21	Horwich
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Nlundulu  19', 48' Sheehan  22', 38' Jones  41' Böðvarsson  64' Khumbeni  74' Matheson  84'	Report	Forson  67'	Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 3,007 Referee: Scott Jackson

10 October 2023	Salford City	1–3	Stockport County	Salford
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Dackers  3'	Report	Madden  20' (pen.), 52', 67'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 1,355 Referee: David Bourne

31 October 2023	Salford City	4–3	Manchester United U21	Salford
19:30 GMT	McAleny  24' Lund  27', 87' (pen.), 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Shoretire  7', 51' Forson  47'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 1,799 Referee: David Rock

14 November 2023	Stockport County	0–2	Bolton Wanderers	Stockport
19:30 GMT		Report	Böðvarsson  37', 45+1'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3,427 Referee: Scott Oldham

Group F

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Barnsley (A)	2	2	0	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Bradford City (A)	2	2	0	0	0	5	1	+4	6
3	ACA	Manchester City U21 (E)	3	0	1	0	2	3	8	−5	2
4	L2	Grimsby Town (E)	3	0	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2023. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

29 August 2023	Grimsby Town	2–2 (2–4 pen)	Manchester City U21	Cleethorpes
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Clifton  77' Pyke  90+1'	Report	Dickson  9' Ndala  28'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,101
		Penalties
	Hunt Driscoll-Glennon Clifton Gnahoua		Wright Galvez Heskey Samuel

5 September 2023	Barnsley	2–0	Grimsby Town	Barnsley
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Dodgson  33' Marsh  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 2,439 Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

26 September 2023	Barnsley	3–1	Manchester City U21	Barnsley
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	McCarthy  26' Russell  31' Nzondo  79'	Report	Dickson  43'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 2,051 Referee: Martin Woods

10 October 2023	Grimsby Town	1–2	Bradford City	Cleethorpes
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Pyke  18'	Report	Kelly  16' Osadebe  48'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 747 Referee: Paul Howard

31 October 2023	Bradford City	3–0	Manchester City U21	Bradford
19:30 GMT	Smith  15', 36', 44'	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Ben Toner

21 November 2023	Bradford City	v	Barnsley	Bradford
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Valley Parade

Group G

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Derby County (A)	3	3	0	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Lincoln City (A)	3	2	0	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 (E)	3	1	0	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	L2	Notts County (E)	3	0	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2023. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

12 September 2023	Notts County	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Nottingham
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Hubner  90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Hesketh  17' Fraser  55'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 1,459 Referee: Paul Howard

19 September 2023	Derby County	2–0	Lincoln City	Derby
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Barkhuizen  51' Sibley  77'	Report		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 2,726 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

10 October 2023	Lincoln City	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Lincoln
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Adelakun  19' Makama  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 1,384 Referee: Scott Jackson

10 October 2023	Notts County	1–2	Derby County	Nottingham
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Morias  78' (pen.)	Report	Sibley  20', 57'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,946 Referee: Christopher Pollard

7 November 2023	Lincoln City	2–0	Notts County	Lincoln
19:00 GMT	Burroughs  6' Vale  67'	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2,018 Referee: Aaron Jackson

8 November 2023	Derby County	4–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Derby
19:00 GMT	Collins  43', 55', 62' Weston  79'	Report	Esen  49'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 1,952 Referee: Scott Simpson

Group H

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Doncaster Rovers (A)	3	2	0	0	1	6	4	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Burton Albion	2	1	0	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	L2	Mansfield Town	2	1	0	0	1	3	3	0	3
4	ACA	Everton U21 (E)	3	1	0	0	2	1	4	−3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2023. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

19 September 2023	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Everton U21	Doncaster
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Marsh  57' Biggins  81'	Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 1,067

26 September 2023	Burton Albion	2–0	Everton U21	Burton upon Trent
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Bennett  8' Oshilaja  20'	Report		Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 473 Referee: Scott Tallis

10 October 2023	Mansfield Town	3–2	Doncaster Rovers	Mansfield
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Gale  11' (pen.), 13' Johnson  88'	Report	Close  38' Ironside  64'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 1,486 Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

7 November 2023	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Burton Albion	Doncaster
19:00 GMT	Faal  18' Hurst  55'	Report	Lubala  84'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 1,068 Referee: Matthew Corlett

7 November 2023	Mansfield Town	0–1	Everton U21	Mansfield
19:00 GMT		Report	Chermiti  90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 819 Referee: Neil Hair

21 November 2023	Burton Albion	v	Mansfield Town	Burton upon Trent
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

Southern section

Group A

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Forest Green Rovers (A)	3	1	1	1	0	4	1	+3	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Brighton & Hove Albion U21 (A)	3	1	1	1	0	3	2	+1	6
3	L1	Shrewsbury Town (E)	3	1	1	0	1	3	5	−2	5
4	L2	Walsall (E)	3	0	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2023. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

22 August 2023	Walsall	2–3	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Walsall
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	McEntee  27' Knowles  86'	Report	Moran  13', 33' Gordon  65' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,780 Referee: Tom Parsons

5 September 2023	Forest Green Rovers	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	Nailsworth
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kadji  37' Omotoye  61' Stevens  65'	Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 709 Referee: Farai Hallam

19 September 2023	Shrewsbury Town	0–0 (4–1 pen)	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Shrewsbury
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,027 Referee: Paul Howard
		Penalties
	Bayliss Bowman Bennett Anderson		Barrington O'Mahony Baker-Boaitey

10 October 2023	Walsall	1–1 (2–4 pen)	Forest Green Rovers	Walsall
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Hutchinson  67'	Report	Omotoye  51'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,516 Referee: Stephen Parkinson
		Penalties
	Stirk James-Taylor McEntee Johnson		Stevens Taylor Robson Bunker

7 November 2023	Forest Green Rovers	0–0 (2–4 pen)	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 750 Referee: David Rock
		Penalties
	Bunker Omotoye Robson Welch		O'Mahony Hinchy Chouchane Mullins

14 November 2023	Shrewsbury Town	3–2	Walsall	Shrewsbury
19:00 GMT	Udoh  32' Benning  34' Bowman  49'	Report	Johnson  6' Hutchinson  73'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,409 Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

Group B

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

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2023. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

5 September 2023	Crawley Town	4–3	Charlton Athletic	Crawley
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Forster  1' Lolos  45+4' Tsaroulla  70' Khaleel  81'	Report	Leaburn  23' Campbell  26' Dobson  58'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,973 Referee: Aji Ajibola

19 September 2023	Sutton United	2–2 (4–5 pen)	Aston Villa U21	Sutton
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Kasimu  79' Beautyman  90+10'	Report	O'Reilly  6' (pen.) Kellyman  68'	Stadium: Gander Green Lane Attendance: 859 Referee: Jacob Miles
		Penalties
	Beautyman O'Brien Milsom N'Guessan Patrick		Munroe Rowe Patterson Moore Broggio

10 October 2023	Charlton Athletic	4–2	Aston Villa U21	Charlton
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kirk  4' Leaburn  29' (pen.), 45+2' Watson  40'	Report	Moore  73' Alcock  81'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 1,276 Referee: Neil Hair

10 October 2023	Sutton United	0–0 (5–4 pen)	Crawley Town	Sutton
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Gander Green Lane Attendance: 928 Referee: Kirsty Dowie
		Penalties
	N'Guessan Angol Beautyman Fadahunsi Coley		Adeyemo Roles Henry Wright Forster

7 November 2023	Crawley Town	3–2	Aston Villa U21	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Roles  7', 55' Simon-Swyer  15'	Report	Moore  42' Richards  50'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 865 Referee: Sunny Gill

21 November 2023	Charlton Athletic	v	Sutton United	Charlton
19:00 GMT				Stadium: The Valley

Group C

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Wycombe Wanderers (A)	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	+3	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	AFC Wimbledon (A)	3	1	1	0	1	3	2	+1	5
3	L1	Stevenage (E)	3	1	0	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	ACA	Crystal Palace U21 (E)	3	0	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2023. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

5 September 2023	AFC Wimbledon	1–1 (6–5 pen)	Stevenage	Wimbledon
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Lewis  71'	Report	Reid  55' (pen.)	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 1,317 Referee: Stephen Parkinson
		Penalties
	Sasu Ball Brown Ogundere Tilley Lakin		Reid Hemmings MacDonald Forster-Caskey Thompson Freeman

19 September 2023	Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	Crystal Palace U21	High Wycombe
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Leahy  90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 442 Referee: Sam Purkiss

10 October 2023	Stevenage	0–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Stevenage
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Vokes  70'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 902 Referee: Daniel Middleton

7 November 2023	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Crystal Palace U21	Wimbledon
19:00 GMT	Davison  3', 16'	Report		Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 895 Referee: Christopher Pollard

14 November 2023	Stevenage	5–2	Crystal Palace U21	Stevenage
19:00 GMT	Sheridan  5' (o.g.) Forster-Caskey  13' White  22' Pressley  54', 83'	Report	Ebiowei  17' Ola-Adebomi  20'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 607 Referee: Daniel Middleton

18 November 2023	Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	AFC Wimbledon	High Wycombe
12:30 GMT	Sadlier  84'	Report		Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 664

Group D

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Peterborough United (A)	2	2	0	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Tottenham Hotspur U21	3	1	0	0	2	7	7	0	3
3	L1	Cambridge United (E)	3	1	0	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	L2	Colchester United	2	1	0	0	1	2	6	−4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2023. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

12 September 2023	Peterborough United	2–0	Cambridge United	Peterborough
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Katongo  19' Mason-Clark  54'	Report		Stadium: London Road Attendance: 3,687 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

19 September 2023	Colchester United	0–5	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Colchester
19:30 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Donley  33', 56' Sussop-Bell  53', 73' Lankshear  60'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 1,895 Referee: Sunny Singh Gill

17 October 2023	Cambridge United	1–2	Colchester United	Cambridge
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Ahadme  90+5' (pen.)	Report	Tovide  17' Cooper  43'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 991 Referee: Jamie O'Connor

31 October 2023	Peterborough United	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Peterborough
19:00 GMT	Fernandez  31' Jones  53' Poku  69'	Report	Véliz  24'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 2,094 Referee: Carl Brook

7 November 2023	Cambridge United	4–1	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Cambridge
19:00 GMT	Yearn  41' Janneh  53' Lankester  88' Simper  90+2'	Report	Lankshear  73'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 1,311 Referee: Jacob Miles

Group E

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Portsmouth (A)	3	2	1	0	0	10	5	+5	8	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Fulham U21 (A)	3	1	0	2	0	6	5	+1	5
3	L2	Gillingham (E)	3	1	0	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	L1	Leyton Orient (E)	3	0	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2023. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

22 August 2023	Portsmouth	3–3 (5–4 pen)	Fulham U21	Portsmouth
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Raggett  17', 51' Devlin  28'	Report	Donnell  1' Godo  39' McCoy-Splatt  73'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 3,596 Referee: Carl Brook
		Penalties
	Raggett Robertson Scully Swanson Kamara Sparkes		Dibley-Dias McFarlane Donnell Araujo Šekularac Tanton

5 September 2023	Gillingham	2–1	Leyton Orient	Gillingham
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Alexander  80' (pen.) Beckles  83' (o.g.)	Report 1 Report 2	Morris  43' (o.g.)	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,388 Referee: Ben Atkinson

19 September 2023	Leyton Orient	2–2 (5–4 pen)	Fulham U21	Leyton
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Galbraith  9' El Mizouni  90+6'	Report	Šekularac  45+2' O'Neill  60'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 780 Referee: Darren Drysdale
		Penalties
	Moncur Graham Pigott Galbraith El Mizouni		Dibley-Dias O'Neill Pajaziti Lanquedoc Šekularac

10 October 2023	Portsmouth	5–1	Gillingham	Portsmouth
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Anjorin  11' Stevenson  50' Yengi  54' Kamara  72' Towler  80'	Report	Williams  45'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 5,066 Referee: Farai Hallam

7 November 2023	Gillingham	0–1	Fulham U21	Gillingham
19:00 GMT		Report	Loupalo-Bi  43'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,226 Referee: Craig Hicks

7 November 2023	Leyton Orient	1–2	Portsmouth	Leyton
19:00 GMT	Pigott  58'	Report	Saydee  44' Kamara  74'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 2,371 Referee: Stephen Parkinson

Group F

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Oxford United (A)	3	2	0	0	1	8	2	+6	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Milton Keynes Dons (A)	2	2	0	0	0	5	1	+4	6
3	ACA	Chelsea U21 (E)	3	0	1	0	2	3	11	−8	2
4	L1	Northampton Town (E)	2	0	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2023. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

29 August 2023	Milton Keynes Dons	4–1	Chelsea U21	Milton Keynes
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dennis  9' Leko  56' Dean  70', 79'	Report 1 Report 2	Morgan  21'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 1,704 Referee: J Miles

5 September 2023	Northampton Town	1–3	Oxford United	Northampton
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Simpson  4' (pen.)	Report	Harris  15' (pen.), 61' Edwards  48'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 1,608 Referee: Garreth Rhodes

19 September 2023	Oxford United	0–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Oxford
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Payne  56' (pen.)	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,588 Referee: Alan Young

26 September 2023	Northampton Town	2–2 (3–4 pen)	Chelsea U21	Northampton
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	McWilliams  22' Simpson  24'	Report	Stutter  11' Golding  36'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,004 Referee: David Rock
		Penalties
	Lintott Wyatt Abimbola Dobson Monthé		Williams Castledine Rak-Sayki George

7 November 2023	Oxford United	5–0	Chelsea U21	Oxford
19:00 GMT	Perkins  15' Thorniley  18' Murphy  71', 78' Harris  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,298 Referee: James Durkin

21 November 2023	Milton Keynes Dons	v	Northampton Town	Milton Keynes
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Stadium MK

Group G

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Reading (A)	3	3	0	0	0	19	2	+17	9	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Arsenal U21 (A)	3	1	1	0	1	9	7	+2	5
3	L2	Swindon Town (E)	2	0	0	1	1	2	7	−5	1
4	L1	Exeter City (E)	2	0	0	0	2	0	14	−14	0

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2023. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

22 August 2023	Swindon Town	2–2 (4–5 pen)	Arsenal U21	Swindon
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Walters  6' (o.g.) Uwakwe  34'	Report	Sousa  11' Gower  82'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,352 Referee: Lee Swabey
		Penalties
	Cain Wakeling Shade Ward Genesini		Flores Cozier–Duberry Edwards Nwaneri Sweet

19 September 2023	Exeter City	0–9	Reading	Exeter
19:00 BST (UTC+1)			McIntyre  3' Jules  32' (o.g.) Mukairu  56', 60' Ballard  67', 90+6' Elliott  79' Harris  85' Vickers  90'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1,871 Referee: Carl Brook

10 October 2023	Reading	5–0	Swindon Town	Reading
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Knibbs  19', 45+2', 49' (pen.) Mukairu  90+4' Dean  90+6'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 6,121 Referee: Aji Ajibola

10 October 2023	Exeter City	0–5	Arsenal U21	Exeter
19:15 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Sagoe Jr.  61' Ferdinand  79', 90+7' Edwards  82' Henry-Francis  90'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,311 Referee: Edward Duckworth

14 November 2023	Reading	5–2	Arsenal U21	Reading
19:00 GMT	Ehibhatiomhan  13', 35' Vickers  24' Knibbs  68' Smith  90+5'	Report	Vieira  33' (pen) Edwards  53'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 3,015 Referee: Alan Young

21 November 2023	Swindon Town	v	Exeter City	Swindon
19:00 GMT				Stadium: County Ground

Group H

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	West Ham United U21 (A)	3	3	0	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Bristol Rovers (A)	3	2	0	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	L2	Newport County (E)	3	1	0	0	2	2	2	0	3
4	L1	Cheltenham Town (E)	3	0	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2023. Source: EFL.com
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

5 September 2023	Bristol Rovers	4–1	Cheltenham Town	Bristol
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Gibbons  9' Evans  27' Collins  40' Street  68' (o.g.)	Report	Gibbons  50' (o.g.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,184 Referee: Daniel Middleton

19 September 2023	Bristol Rovers	1–3	West Ham United U21	Bristol
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Finley  24'	Report	Marshall  70' (pen.), 90+3' Earthy  78'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 978 Referee: Scott Tallis

10 October 2023	Cheltenham Town	0–2	Newport County	Cheltenham
19:30 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Wood  26' Evans  53'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,175 Referee: Matthew Russell

31 October 2023	Newport County	0–1	West Ham United U21	Newport
19:30 GMT		Report	Kodua  62'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 800 Referee: Craig Hicks

7 November 2023	Cheltenham Town	0–4	West Ham United U21	Cheltenham
19:30 GMT		Report	Scarles  23' Mubama  24' Earthy  35' Marshall  80'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,090 Referee: Tom Reeves

14 November 2023	Newport County	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Newport
19:45 GMT		Report	Evans  37'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 1,346 Referee: Farai Hallam

Round of 32

The draw for the Round of 32 was made on Friday 24 November 2023, with ties scheduled to take place on the week commencing 4 December.

Northern section

5 December 2023	Blackpool	2–1	Barnsley	Blackpool
19:00 GMT	Dale  50' Beesley  62'	Report	McAtee  41'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 1,296 Referee: Daniel Middleton

5 December 2023	Derby County	3–0	Fleetwood Town	Derby
19:00 GMT	Collins  25', 77' John-Jules  88'	Report		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 1,981 Referee: Lewis Smith

5 December 2023	Doncaster Rovers	3–0	Nottingham Forest U21	Doncaster
19:00 GMT	Molyneux  43' Hurst  74' Ironside  85'	Report		Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 1,252 Referee: Simon Mather

5 December 2023	Bradford City	4–0	Liverpool U21	Bradford
19:30 GMT	Smith  7' (90+5) Cook  49' Oliver  64'	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 1,907 Referee: Adam Herczeg

5 December 2023	Wrexham	2–3	Burton Albion	Wrexham
19:30 GMT	Dalby  5' Davies  90+2'	Report	Oshilaja  1' Helm  3' Sweeney  64'	Stadium: STōK Cae Ras Attendance: 4,963 Referee: Scott Tallis

5 December 2023	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Port Vale	Horwich
19:45 GMT	Charles  9' Gomes  64'	Report		Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 2,103 Referee: Matthew Corlett

6 December 2023	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Stockport County	Wigan
19:00 GMT				Stadium: DW Stadium

12 December 2023	Accrington Stanley	1-0	Lincoln City	Accrington
GMT	Rosaire Longelo 90+3'			Stadium: Crown Ground

Southern section

5 December 2023	Wycombe Wanderers	3–2	Fulham U21	High Wycombe
19:00 GMT	Taylor  22', 37' Forino-Joseph  79'	Report	O'Neill  45+3' Esenga  82'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 323 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

5 December 2023	MK Dons	0–4	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Milton Keynes
19:00 GMT		Report	Chouchane  50' Knight  67' McConville  88' Bashir  90+1'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 789 Referee: Neil Hair

5 December 2023	Forest Green Rovers	0–1	Oxford United	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT		Report	Goodrham  49'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 494 Referee: Ollie Yates

5 December 2023	Peterborough United	3–0	Arsenal U21	Peterborough
19:30 GMT	Havilland  36' Clarke-Harris  39' Mothersille  49'	Report		Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 2,151 Referee: Lee Swabey

5 December 2023	Colchester United	0–4	West Ham U21	Colchester
19:30 GMT		Report	Chesters  8' Earthy  57' Orford  73' Mubama  82'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 1,149 Referee: Jacob Miles

5 December 2023	Crawley Town	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Roles  56' Forster  69'	Report	Thomas  45'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 896 Referee: Alan Young

6 December 2023	Reading	1-1 (4-2 pen)	Charlton Athletic	Reading
19:00 GMT	Savage  82'	Report	May  42'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Attendance: 1,809 Referee: Peter Wright
		Penalties
	Knibbs Carson Azeez Vickers		May Fraser Hector Watson

19 December 2023	Portsmouth	2–5	AFC Wimbledon	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Yengi  43' Whyte  58'	Report	Sasu  11' Davison  22' Pearce  28' Pell  48' Al-Hamadi  89'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 7,922 Referee: Craig Hicks

Round of 16

The draw was made on Friday 8 December 2023, with ties scheduled to take place on the week commencing 8 January 2024.

Northern section

9 January 2024	Derby County	0–1	Bradford City	Derby
19:00 GMT		Report	Stubbs  67'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 3,831 Referee: Carl Brook

10 January 2024	Blackpool	2–1	Burton Albion	Blackpool
19:00 GMT	Virtue  4' Ekpiteta  67'	Report	Scott  71'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 1,534

10 January 2024	Accrington Stanley	1–3	Bolton Wanderers	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Henderson  37'	Report	Jerome  15' Morley  29' (pen.) Dempsey  83'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 3,441

16 January 2024	Doncaster Rovers	1–1 (4–2 pen)	Wigan Athletic	Doncaster
19:00 GMT	Bailey  70'	Report	Wyke  11'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 1,530 Referee: Ollie Yates
		Penalties
	Ironside Close Bailey Hurst		Magennis Humphrys Hughes Jones

Southern section

9 January 2024	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	0–0 (3–2 pen)	Reading	Falmer
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 990 Referee: Will Finnie
		Penalties
	O'Mahony Hinchy Slater Knight Howell		Vickers Bindon Azeez Rushesha Wareham

9 January 2024	Wycombe Wanderers	2–1	West Ham United U21	High Wycombe
19:00 GMT	Orford  5' (o.g.) Kone  32'	Report	Kodua  58'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 881 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

9 January 2024	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Oxford United	Wimbledon
19:45 GMT	Tilley  21', 50'	Report		Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 1,316 Referee: Declan Bourne

23 January 2024	Peterborough United	2–1	Crawley Town	Peterborough
19:00 GMT	Burrows  28' Mason-Clark  37'	Report	Tsaroulla  23'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 2,933 Referee: Simon Mather

Quarter-finals

The draw was made on Friday 12 January 2024 with ties scheduled to take place on the week commencing 29 January 2024.

Northern section

30 January 2024	Blackpool	0–0 (5–4 pen)	Bolton Wanderers	Blackpool
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 5,649 Referee: Seb Stockbridge
		Penalties
	Hamilton Connolly Norburn Lawrence-Gabriel Dembélé Kouassi Pennington		Morley Charles Böðvarsson Mendes Gomes Thomason Dacres-Cogley Ashworth

30 January 2024	Bradford City	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	Bradford
19:30 GMT	Chapman  58'	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3,086 Referee: Will Finnie

Southern section

30 January 2024	Peterborough United	3–1	AFC Wimbledon	Peterborough
19:00 GMT	Mothersille  2' Mason-Clark  4' Jones  90+5'	Report	McLean  89'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 3,225 Referee: Carl Brook

31 January 2024	Wycombe Wanderers	4–1	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	High Wycombe
19:00 GMT	Sadlier  40', 45+1' Kavanagh  44' (o.g.) Taylor  47'	Report	Barrington  65'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 769 Referee: Paul Howard

Semi-finals

The draw was made on Friday 2 February 2024 with ties scheduled to take place on the week commencing 19 February 2024. The draw was not regionalised. Both semi-final games will be broadcast on Sky Sports.

20 February 2024	Blackpool	0–3	Peterborough United	Blackpool
20:00 GMT		Report	Mothersille  37' Burrows  79' (pen.), 90+3'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 6,044 Referee: Lewis Smith

21 February 2024	Bradford City	0–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Bradford
20:00 GMT		Report	Butcher  90+1'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 6,903

Final

Main article: 2024 EFL Trophy Final

7 April 2024 16:30 BST	Peterborough United	2–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Wembley Stadium Attendance: 42,252 Referee: Scott Oldham
	Burrows  85', 90+1'	Report	Taylor  89'

External links

• Official website