The 1963–64 Football League Cup was the fourth season of the
Football League Cup
The English Football League Cup, often referred to as the League Cup and currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout competition in men's domestic football in England.
Orga ...
, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs; only 82 of them took part. The competition began on 4 September 1963 and ended with the two-legged final on 15 and 22 April 1964.
Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase, and they were later checked against ''Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71''.
[''Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71, p. 607''.]
Calendar
Of the 82 teams, 46 received a
bye to the second round and the other 36 played in the first round; these were the teams ranked 57th–92nd in the
1962–63 Football League
The 1962–63 season was the 64th completed season of the English Football League
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. Semi-finals and final were
two-legged
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.
First round
Ties
Replays
Second round
Ties
Replays
2nd Replays
Third round
Ties
Replays
Fourth round
Ties
Replay
Fifth round
Ties
Replay
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
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Leicester City
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win 4–3 on aggregate.''
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Cup
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