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The 2016–17 EFL Cup was the 57th season of the
EFL 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 ...
, formerly known as the Football League Cup, featuring all 92 clubs from the
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and the
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(EFL). The cup did not have a sponsor following the withdrawal of sponsorship from
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after four years as the Capital One Cup, but was renamed the EFL Cup after the Football League was rebranded as the English Football League. The competition began on the week commencing 8 August 2016, and the
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was played on 26 February 2017.
Manchester United Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...
won their fifth title after a 3–2 victory over
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.
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were the defending champions, but were eliminated by local rivals and eventual winners Manchester United in the fourth round.


Format

The League Cup is open to all 92 members of the
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and the
English Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in Association football around the world, the w ...
and is divided into seven rounds, organised so that 32 clubs remain by the third round. Clubs involved in European competition during the season receive a bye to the third round, the remaining Premier League clubs enter at the second round, and the remaining Football League clubs enter at the first round. The League Cup is played as a knockout cup competition with each tie, except semi-finals, being played as a single match with the winner advancing to the next round. The semi-finals are played over two legs, with each club playing one leg at home, and the club that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the finals. If the score is level after 90 minutes, or if the aggregate score is level for semi-finals, then thirty minutes of
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is played, divided into two fifteen-minute halves. If the aggregate scores in semi-finals are still level at the end of extra time the tie shall be decided by goals scored away from home counting twice, according to the
away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...
. If the tie is not decided during extra time, it is decided by a
penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
. In the first five rounds, the club drawn first played at their home ground, and in the semi-finals the club drawn first played the first leg at home. The final was played at
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, a neutral ground.


Club allocation

A total of 92 clubs from the top four English tiers (
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,
EFL Championship The English Football League Championship, known simply as the Championship and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Bet Championship, is a professional association football league in England and Wales. Contested by 24 clubs, it is the highest divi ...
,
EFL League One The English Football League One, known as Sky Bet League One for sponsorship reasons, or simply League One, is a professional association football league in England. EFL League One is the second-highest division of the English Football League an ...
and
EFL League Two The English Football League Two, simply known as League Two and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Betting & Gaming, Sky Bet League Two, is a professional association football league in England. EFL League Two is the fourth division of the English ...
) participated in the 2016–17 EFL Cup.


Distribution

The tournament was organised so that 32 clubs remained by the third round. Seventy of the seventy-two clubs in the English Football League (tiers 2–4) entered in the first round. In the second round, the thirteen Premier League clubs not involved in European competition as well as the two highest-ranked Championship clubs relegated from
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( Newcastle United and Norwich City) entered the cup, with
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, Leicester City,
Manchester City Manchester City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the English football league system, top flight of Football in England, English footbal ...
,
Manchester United Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...
,
Southampton Southampton is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately southwest of London, west of Portsmouth, and southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253, ...
, Tottenham Hotspur and
West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Stratford, London, Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English f ...
all receiving a bye to the third round. In the third round the aforementioned clubs involved in European competition entered the competition. * Clubs involved in European competition entered at the third round. * The remaining Premier League clubs and two highest-ranked Championship clubs entered at the second round. * The remaining English Football League clubs entered at the first round.


Round and draw dates

The schedule was as follows.


First round


Entry

A total of 70 clubs played in the first round: 24 from League Two (tier 4), 24 from League One (tier 3), and 22 from the
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(tier 2). The draw for this round was split on a geographical basis into 'northern' and 'southern' sections. Teams were drawn against a team from the same section.


Matches


Northern section


Southern section

Note: The numbers in parentheses are the tier for the team during the 2016–17 season.


Second round


Entry

A total of 50 clubs played in the second round: 15 that entered in this round and the 35 winners from the first round. The 15 clubs entering this round were the 13 clubs from the 2016–17 Premier League not involved in any European competition, plus the 18th and 19th placed teams from last season's Premier League. The draw for the second round was held on 10 August 2016


Matches

Note: The numbers in parentheses are the tier for the team during the 2016–17 season.


Third round


Teams

A total of 32 teams played in the third round, seven that entered in this round and the 25 winners from the second round. The seven teams entering in this round were the clubs from the 2016–17 Premier League that are involved in European competition in the 2016–17 season. There was no seeding in this round.


Matches

Note: The numbers in parentheses are the tier for the team during the 2016–17 season.


Fourth round


Teams

A total of 16 clubs played in the fourth round, all winners of the third round. There was no seeding in this round. The draw was held on 21 September 2016.


Matches

Note: The numbers in parentheses are the tier for the team during the 2016–17 season.


Quarter-finals


Teams

A total of eight clubs played in the quarter-finals, all winners of the fourth round. There was no seeding in this round and the draw was held on 26 October following the conclusion of the tie between Manchester United and Manchester City in the previous round.


Matches

Note: The numbers in parentheses are the tier for the team during the 2016–17 season.


Semi-finals


Teams

A total of four clubs played in the semi-finals, all winners of the quarter-finals. There was no seeding in this round and the draw was held on 30 November.


Matches

The semi-finals were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home, and the team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advancing to the final.


First leg

The first leg matches were played in the week commencing 9 January 2017.


Second leg

The second leg matches were played on 25 and 26 January 2017. Note: The numbers in parentheses are the tier for the team during the 2016–17 season.


Final

The final was held on 26 February 2017 at
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.


Top goalscorers


References

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