The English Football League Cup (EFLCup) is a competition between all 92 football clubs in England, regardless of level.
The Cup was founded by 1960 English Professional Football League, with the aim of allowing all clubs to play a knockout-based game outside the League, so as to challenge the FA Cup sponsored by the English Football Association, because the FA Cup was much higher in the hearts of fans than the League.
The status of the League Cup has been ranked behind the Premier League (before 1992 was League One) and the FA Cup. For the top clubs in the Premier League, the Carling Cup is just a game to train substitute players.
Of course, for these clubs, ignoring the Carling Cup is also a helpless move, because in addition to participating in the League, FA Cup and Carling Cup, they also have to participate in the lucrative Champions League or Europa League.
If you do well all the way, you can reach nearly 70 games in nine months of a season, nearly two games a week, and the players are not made of steel. Therefore, some Premier League giants will send a large number of substitute players and even youth teams to participate.
On February 27th, 2022, Liverpool beat Chelsea on penalties with a total score of11-kloc-0/0, winning the championship for the ninth time in team history.
Introduction of league cup system in 2022-23 season;
The first round was divided into seven laps: 70 teams in the British Championship (except the two teams that landed in the British Championship from the Premier League 18 and 19 last season), A B * * *, and 35 winning teams advanced to the second round.
The 35 teams that won in the first round, the 50 teams that landed in the British Championship on 18 and 19 last season, and the Premier League teams that did not need to participate in the Europa League * * *, 13, 25 winning teams advanced to the third round.
Twenty-five second-round winning teams plus the remaining seven Premier League teams that need to participate in the European League * * * 32,65,438+06 The winning team advanced to the fourth round: without adding new teams, half of the winning teams advanced to the next round. Except for the semi-finals and finals, the rest of the teams play by lottery. The first round to the quarter-finals and the finals will be decided through the knockout round.
Starting from 20 18- 19, if all events except the final draw within the legal time, overtime will be cancelled and the winner will be decided immediately by penalty.
The semi-finals will be held in the form of subject and object, and there will be no away goal system. If the total score of the two rounds is tied, the winner will be decided by penalty immediately after the end of the second round of legal time. The final was held in a neutral stadium. Traditionally, the Carling Cup final was held at Wembley Stadium in London at the end of February.