Which team has won the League Cup the most times? Full stats of all the League Cup winners
from 1961 to 2010 are listed here.
Stats of every League Cup Final from the two-legged win by Aston Villa in 1960 to Manchester United's
2-1 win over Aston Villa in February 2010.
During the late 1950s, the majority of senior English clubs equipped their grounds with floodlights. This opened up the opportunity to exploit weekday evenings throughout the winter. The League Cup was introduced in the 1960–61 season specifically as a mid-week floodlit tournament. In the early years of the competition, many of the top teams declined to take part. The switch from a two-legged home and away Final to a single game at Wembley greatly enhanced the status of the League Cup in 1967, Queens Park Rangers of the Third Division beating First Division opposition West Bromwich Albion in a memorable match.
Season 1969-70 saw the first time that all 92 League clubs entered the competition - something which became compulsory from season 1971-72 onwards.
In the last 10 years, following restructuring of European football, and the introduction of the restructured format of the UEFA Champions League, the League Cup was threatened with losing its UEFA Cup slot for its winners. It has retained it thus far however, and along with France is the only nation to offer a UEFA cup slot to its second cup competition winners. Therefore it retains enough importance and popularity, especially with fans of clubs for whom the League Cup offers a realistic chance of qualifying for Europe.
Liverpool have won the Cup on the most occasions, with seven victories including four successive trophies in the early 1980s. They have appeared ten times in the final overall, also a record. Thanks to winning the competition, Liverpool were able to complete two trebles of trophy wins, in 1984 and 2001.
Giant killings are less well remembered in the League Cup than the FA Cup due to the absence of non-league sides and the fact that many big clubs have fielded very under-strength sides when knocked out.
However, there have been some notable upsets, such as Fourth Division side Chester knocking league champions Leeds United out 3–0 en route to the semi-finals in 1974–75. In 1995–96, a youthful Manchester United side were thrashed 3–0 at home by York City in the second round, first leg.
Football stats of the round by round progress for
every club that has reached the last 32 in the
League Cup from 1961-62 to 1984-85
Football stats of the round by round progress for every club that has reached the last 32 in the
League Cup from 1985-86 to 2009-10
Football stats of all the last 32 League Cup places club by club for every League Cup Competition. Table of Merits by total seasons and performance.
Despite fielding a very strong side in the return game, United could only win 3–1 and went out 4–3 on aggregate. United have also been knocked out by Southend United and Coventry City in the last two seasons after fielding weakened sides.
The 2009-10 League Cup competition was won by Manchester United, who beat Aston Villa 2-1 at Wembley on 28th February 2010.
Football League Cup Stats 1960-61 to 2009-10
Football stats of of all League (Carling) Cup matches played during season 2009-10
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