2019–20 EFL Trophy

2019–20 EFL Trophy
Leasing.com Trophy
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	Originally 64; (63 after walkover)
Defending champions	Portsmouth
Final positions
Champions	Salford City (1st title)
Runner-up	Portsmouth
Tournament statistics
Matches played	124
Goals scored	376 (3.03 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Tristan Abrahams; Kevin van Veen; (5 goals each)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 EFL Trophy, known as the Leasing.com Trophy^[a] for sponsorship reasons, was the 39th season in the history of the competition, a knock-out tournament for English football clubs in League One and League Two of the English football system, and also including 16 Premier League and Championship "Academy teams" with Category One status. Due to their financial crisis, Bury were expelled from the EFL and automatically eliminated from the competition as well.^[1]

Portsmouth were the defending champions, and reached the final once again. They were beaten on penalties by Salford City after a 0–0 draw. The final was held on March 13, 2021, having been delayed 11 months as the originally scheduled date of April 5, 2020 was just after suspension of English football due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Participating clubs

48 clubs from League One and League Two.
16 invited Category One Academy teams.
Expelled clubs were automatically eliminated from the tournament.
Category One teams relegated to League One missed out on having academies participate in the following tournament.

	League One	League Two	Academies^[2]
Clubs	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burton Albion ~~Bury~~ Coventry City Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Ipswich Town Lincoln City Milton Keynes Dons Oxford United Peterborough United Portsmouth Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Sunderland Tranmere Rovers Wycombe Wanderers	Bradford City Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Forest Green Rovers Grimsby Town Leyton Orient Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Salford City Scunthorpe United Stevenage Swindon Town Walsall	Arsenal Aston Villa Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Everton Fulham Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Total	23	24	16

Eligibility criteria for players

For EFL clubs^[3]

Minimum of four qualifying outfield players in their starting XI. A qualifying outfield player will be one who meets 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 have made the most starting appearances in league and domestic cup competitions that season.
- Any player with 40 or more first-team appearances in their career.
- 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

For invited teams

Minimum of six players in the starting line-up who played at under-21 level, as at 30 June 2019.
Teams may only include two players on the team sheet who are over the age of 21 and have made forty or more senior appearances, as at 30 June 2019.
- A senior appearance will be defined as having played in a professional first-team fixture. A non-playing substitute does not count.

Competition format

Group stage

Sixteen groups of 4 teams would be organised on a regionalised basis.
All groups would include one invited club.
All clubs would play each other once, either home or away (Academies play all group matches away from home).
Clubs would 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 shootout would 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 would 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 shall be seeded and the group runners-up shall be unseeded in the draw.
In Round 2, teams who played in the same group as each other in the Group Stage shall keep apart from each other.^[4]

Group stage

Northern Section

Group A

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Leicester City U21	3	2	1	0	0	5	3	2	8	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Scunthorpe United	3	2	0	1	0	6	2	4	7	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Sunderland	3	1	0	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	L2	Grimsby Town	3	0	0	0	3	4	7	−3	0

Source: EFL.com

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Grimsby Town	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Cleethorpes
19:45 BST	Cardwell 49'	Report	van Veen 28', 75'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,302

24 September 2019 (2019-09-24)	Scunthorpe United	1–1 (1–3 p)	Leicester City U21	Scunthorpe
19:45 BST	Colclough 88'	Report	Dewsbury-Hall 87'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 572
	Penalties
	Colclough Miller Dales Sutton		Dewsbury-Hall Muskwe Felix-Eppiah Thomas

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	Sunderland	3–2	Grimsby Town	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Watmore 68' McNulty 79' Grigg 86'	Report	Green 59' Whitehouse 81'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 6,952

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)	Grimsby Town	1–2	Leicester City U21	Cleethorpes
19:45 GMT	Ogbu 31'	Report	Felix-Eppiah 68', 90'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 341

5 November 2019 (2019-11-05)	Sunderland	1–2	Leicester City U21	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Maguire 14'	Report	Hirst 50' (pen.) Dewsbury-Hall 53'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 7,649

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)	Scunthorpe United	3–0	Sunderland	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Novak 66' (pen.), 90 1' Eisa 88'	Report	O'Nien 65'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,002

Group B

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Accrington Stanley	3	3	0	0	0	10	3	7	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Fleetwood Town	3	1	1	0	1	7	5	2	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Oldham Athletic	3	1	0	0	2	5	10	−5	3
4	ACA	Liverpool U21	3	0	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1

Source: EFL.com

7 August 2019 (2019-08-07)	Oldham Athletic	3–2	Liverpool U21	Oldham
19:00 BST	Segbé Azankpo 20' Iacovitti 29' Stott 81'	Report	Williams 4' Elliott 44'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1,522 Referee: Paul Marsden

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Fleetwood Town	Accrington
19:45 BST	Carvalho 53' McConville 72'	Report	Madden 90 4' (pen.)	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 923

25 September 2019 (2019-09-25)	Fleetwood Town	1–1 (4–3 p)	Liverpool U21	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Clarke 76'	Report	Williams 78'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 866
	Penalties
	Clarke Garner Morris Mooney Baggley		Williams Stewart Cain Dixon-Bonner Clayton

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	Oldham Athletic	0–3	Accrington Stanley	Oldham
19:45 BST	Fage 45 2'	Report	Diallo 30' Zanzala 42' (pen.) Clark 86'	Stadium: Boundary Park Referee: 1,107

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)	Accrington Stanley	5–2	Liverpool U21	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Sykes 30' Baker-Richardson 45 1' Charles 52' Clark 62' Simpson 74'	Report	Dixon-Bonner 8' Stewart 77'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,002

13 November 2019 (2019-11-13)	Fleetwood Town	5–2	Oldham Athletic	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Clarke 9' Morris 11' Sowerby 14' Burns 40' Madden 51'	Report	Smith 25' Segbé Azankpo 78'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 535

Group C

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Salford City	2	2	0	4	0	4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Tranmere Rovers	2	1	1	2	3	−1	3	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Aston Villa U21	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0
4	L1	Bury^[b] (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Automatically disqualified from competition

Source: EFL.com
(D) Disqualified
Notes:

^ It was known as the Papa John's Trophy for the Final due to the sponsorship changing for the 2020–21 season, with the 2020 Final having been delayed by a year. Leasing.com no longer sponsor the competition in 2021.
^ This group originally included the expelled Bury.

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Salford City	2–0	Aston Villa U21	Salford
19:45 BST	Lloyd 80' (pen.) Rooney 82'	Report		Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 916

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Aston Villa U21	Birkenhead
19:45 BST	Ray 14' Jennings 78'	Report	Archer 2'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 978 Referee: Ollie Yates

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)	Tranmere Rovers	0–2	Salford City	Birkenhead
19:45 GMT		Report	Threlkeld 2' Hogan 56'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1,196 Referee: James Adcock

Group D

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Port Vale	3	3	0	7	4	3	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	2	1	7	3	4	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Macclesfield Town	3	1	2	5	7	−2	3
4	ACA	Newcastle United U21	3	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: EFL.com

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Macclesfield Town	2–1	Newcastle United U21	Macclesfield
19:45 BST	Fitzpatrick 19' Gomis 65'	Report	Charman 48'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 525

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Port Vale	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 BST	Amoo 63' (pen.) Archer 75'	Report	Kennedy 27' (o.g.)	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,008 Referee: Leigh Doughty

24 September 2019 (2019-09-24)	Macclesfield Town	2–3	Port Vale	Macclesfield
19:45 BST	Ironside 16' Archibald 90 2'	Report	Burgess 34' Bennett 52' Taylor 74'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 757

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	Shrewsbury Town	3–0	Newcastle United U21	Shrewsbury
19:30 BST	Okenabirhie 22' Cummings 33' Edwards 87'	Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,408

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)	Port Vale	2–1	Newcastle United U21	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT	Cullen 40', 85'	Report	Anderson 50'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 571

13 November 2019 (2019-11-13)	Shrewsbury Town	3–1	Macclesfield Town	Shrewsbury
19:30 GMT	Thompson 28' Love 67' 76' Edwards 74' Walker 83'	Report	Archibald 59'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,065 Referee: Peter Wright

Group E

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Everton U21	3	1	1	1	0	5	3	2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Mansfield Town	3	1	0	2	0	4	3	1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Crewe Alexandra	3	0	2	0	1	4	6	−2	4
4	L1	Burton Albion	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3

Source: EFL.com

27 August 2019 (2019-08-27)	Mansfield Town	1–1 (1–4 p)	Everton U21	Mansfield
19:45 BST	Sterling-James 87'	Report	Gordon 28'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 824 Referee: Ben Toner
	Penalties
	Hamilton Khan Sterling-James		Evans Foulds Charsley Markelo

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Crewe Alexandra	1–3	Burton Albion	Crewe
19:30 BST	Green 87'	Report	Quinn 13' Fraser 23' Akins 45 1'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 917

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)	Burton Albion	0–2	Everton U21	Burton upon Trent
19:45 BST		Report	Simms 6' Evans 49'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 435

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	Mansfield Town	1–1 (3–4 p)	Crewe Alexandra	Mansfield
19:45 BST	Knowles 18'	Report	Finney 45'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 800
	Penalties
	Hamilton Cook Afolayan Smith Benning		Ng Jones Pickering Finney Kirk

5 November 2019 (2019-11-05)	Crewe Alexandra	2–2 (5–4 p)	Everton U21	Crewe
19:45 GMT	Ainley 43' Dale 78'	Report	Niasse 3', 75'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 851
	Penalties
	Jones Ainley Pickering Finney Ng		Foulds Anderson Astley Niasse Markelo

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)	Burton Albion	1–2	Mansfield Town	Burton upon Trent
19:45 GMT	Templeton 35'	Report	Rose 23' Sweeney 34'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 485 Referee: Lee Doughty

Group F

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Manchester City U21	3	2	0	0	1	5	4	1	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Bolton Wanderers	3	1	0	2	0	5	3	2	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Rochdale	3	1	1	0	1	3	4	−1	5
4	L2	Bradford City	3	0	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2

Source: EFL.com

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Bolton Wanderers	1–1 (3–4 p)	Bradford City	Bolton
19:10 BST	Politic 8'	Report	O'Connor 51'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 9,062
	Penalties
	Weir Brockbank Darcy Boon Senior		Ismail Gibson Richards-Everton Wood O'Connor

11 September 2019 (2019-09-11)	Rochdale	0–2	Manchester City U21	Rochdale
19:45 BST		Report	Braaf 33' Bernabé 61'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,172

24 September 2019 (2019-09-24)	Bradford City	1–2	Manchester City U21	Bradford
19:30 BST	Akpan 21'	Report	Rogers 27' Doyle 63'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 868

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)	Rochdale	1–1 (5–3 p)	Bolton Wanderers	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Wilbraham 57'	Report	Crawford 45 2'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,412
	Penalties
	Andrew Gillam Morley Norrington-Davies Keohane		Crawford Politic Verlinden Chicksen

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)	Bolton Wanderers	3–1	Manchester City U21	Bolton
19:00 GMT	Crawford 4' O'Grady 66', 89'	Report	Zouma 13' (o.g.)	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 2,616

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)	Bradford City	1–2	Rochdale	Bradford
19:45 GMT	French 15'	Report	Pyke 29' Tavares 35'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 761 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Group G

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Blackpool	3	2	0	0	1	7	3	4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	3	1	1	0	1	6	5	1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Morecambe	3	1	0	1	1	6	8	−2	4
4	L2	Carlisle United	3	1	0	0	2	5	8	−3	3

Source: EFL.com

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Blackpool	5–1	Morecambe	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Heneghan 4' Nottingham 45 1' Hardie 51' Kaikai 89' Nuttall 90 1'	Report	Ellison 22'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 2,219 Referee: Marc Edwards

24 September 2019 (2019-09-24)	Carlisle United	2–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Carlisle
19:45 BST	Hope 35' Loft 45'	Report	Ashley-Seal 19', 47' (pen.), 64' Dai 39'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 893 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)	Morecambe	2–2 (4–5 p)	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Brewitt 25' Howard 81'	Report	Watt 23' Samuels 29'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 514
	Penalties
	Cranston Buxton O'Sullivan Old Howard Mendes Gomes		Watt Perry Sanderson Dai Ashley-Seal Samuels

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)	Carlisle United	2–1	Blackpool	Carlisle
19:45 BST	Loft 45 2' Carroll 87'	Report	Gray 25' (o.g.)	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 911

5 November 2019 (2019-11-05)	Blackpool	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Bushiri 90 3'	Report		Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 1,036

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)	Morecambe	3–1	Carlisle United	Morecambe
19:45 GMT	Tutte 61' (pen.) Wildig 67' Conlan 90 1'	Report	Branthwaite 25'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 802 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Group H

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Manchester United U21	3	3	0	5	1	4	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Doncaster Rovers	3	1	2	6	6	0	3	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Lincoln City	3	1	2	4	4	0	3
4	L1	Rotherham United	3	1	2	3	7	−4	3

Source: EFL.com

6 August 2019 (2019-08-06)	Rotherham United	0–2	Manchester United U21	Rotherham
19:45 BST		Report	Laird 69' Ramazani 73'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 3,105 Referee: Graham Salisbury

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Doncaster Rovers	3–1	Lincoln City	Doncaster
19:45 BST	John 55' Sterling 69' May 80'	Report	Akinde 43'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 2,170 Referee: Scott Oldham

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)	Lincoln City	0–1	Manchester United U21	Lincoln
19:45 BST		Report	Garner 20'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,532 Referee: Rob Lewis

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	Rotherham United	3–2	Doncaster Rovers	Rotherham
19:30 BST	Wright 11' (o.g.) Morris 67' Clarke 77'	Report	Sadlier 37' Wright 54'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 2,192 Referee: Marc Edwards

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Manchester United U21	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	May 61'	Report	Galbraith 71' Greenwood 90 4'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 3,845 Referee: Alan Young

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)	Lincoln City	3–0	Rotherham United	Lincoln
19:45 GMT	Akinde 12' (pen.), 14' Walker 87'	Report		Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 1,860

Southern Section

Group A

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Colchester United	3	2	0	1	0	5	3	2	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Ipswich Town	3	2	0	0	1	6	2	4	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Gillingham	3	1	0	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	ACA	Tottenham Hotspur U21	3	0	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2

Source: EFL.com

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Gillingham	2–3	Colchester United	Gillingham
19:45 BST	O'Keefe 23' Mandron 78'	Report	Cowan-Hall 8', 63' Robinson 55'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,055

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Ipswich Town	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Roberts 47', 66'	Report	Shashoua 8'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 5,377

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	Colchester United	1–1 (5–6 p)	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Colchester
19:45 BST	Norris 44'	Report	Oakley-Boothe 75'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 1,061
	Penalties
	Norris Brown Robinson Senior Chilvers Eastman Jackson Comley		Binks White Shashoua Patterson Eyoma Etete Hinds Walcott

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	Ipswich Town	4–0	Gillingham	Ipswich
19:30 BST	Huws 8' Roberts 21' Mandron 61' (o.g.) Keane 87'	Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 5,271

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)	Colchester United	1–0	Ipswich Town	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Clampin 80'	Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 5,104

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)	Gillingham	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Jakubiak 25' Tucker 79'	Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,196

Group B

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Portsmouth	3	2	1	0	0	6	3	3	8	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Oxford United	3	2	0	1	0	8	4	4	7	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Norwich City U21	3	1	0	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	L2	Crawley Town	3	0	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: EFL.com

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Oxford United	2–1	Norwich City U21	Oxford
19:45 BST	Brannagan 77' Baptiste 85'	Report	Hutchinson 64'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,084

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Portsmouth	1–0	Crawley Town	Portsmouth
19:45 BST	Pitman 70'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 3,784

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14)	Portsmouth	3–1	Norwich City U21	Portsmouth
12:30 BST	Harrison 10', 60' Flint 44'	Report	Scully 67'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 2,855

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)	Crawley Town	1–2	Norwich City U21	Crawley
19:45 BST	Nathaniel-George 63'	Report	Ahadme 19' Lomas 74'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 361

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	Oxford United	2–2 (4–5 p)	Portsmouth	Oxford
19:30 BST	Taylor 21' Dickie 90 1'		Lethbridge 33' Walkes 85'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,548
	Penalties
	Sole Brannagan Hall Sykes Ruffels Agyei Long		Evans Harrison Close Williams Downing Walkes Haunstrup

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)	Crawley Town	1–4	Oxford United	Crawley
19:45 GMT	Bloomfield 50' Francomb 56'	Report	Hall 12', 57' (pen.), 73' (pen.) Forde 28' (pen.)	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 412 Referee: Josh Smith

Group C

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	3	2	0	1	0	5	1	4	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Leyton Orient	3	1	1	0	1	3	4	−1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	AFC Wimbledon	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	L1	Southend United	3	1	0	0	2	3	5	−2	3

Source: EFL.com

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	AFC Wimbledon	0–2	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Kingston upon Thames
19:45 BST		Report	Tzanev 52' (o.g.) Radulovic 89'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 388

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Leyton Orient	2–0	Southend United	Leyton
19:45 BST	Happe 6' Gorman 90'	Report		Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 1,562

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)	Southend United	0–2	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST		Report	Richards 50' O'Hora 81'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 641 Referee: Sam Purkiss

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	AFC Wimbledon	3–0	Leyton Orient	Kingston upon Thames
19:30 BST	Pigott 3' (pen.) Folivi 49' Reilly 79'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 642

6 November 2019 (2019-11-06)	Leyton Orient	1–1 (4–2 p)	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Leyton
19:30 GMT	Dennis 63'	Report	Cashman 33'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 709 Referee: Kevin Johnson
	Penalties
	Maguire-Drew Clay Dennis Alabi Dayton		Cochrane Davies Jenks Button

13 November 2019 (2019-11-13)	Southend United	3–1	AFC Wimbledon	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Ralph 25' Hamilton 45 1' Hopper 80'	Report	Wood 35'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 717

Group D

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Walsall	3	2	0	1	0	7	0	7	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Coventry City	3	1	1	1	0	3	2	1	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Forest Green Rovers	3	1	1	0	1	3	8	−5	5
4	ACA	Southampton U21	3	0	0	0	3	4	7	−3	0

Source: EFL.com

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Forest Green Rovers	3–2	Southampton U21	Nailsworth
19:45 BST	Stevens 29', 89' Grubb 71'	Report	Hale 16' N'Lundulu 80'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 653

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Coventry City	0–0 (5–4 p)	Walsall	Birmingham
19:45 BST		Report 1		Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 1,005
	Penalties
	Biamou Bakayoko McFadzean Eccles Bapaga McCallum Watson		Gaffney Norman Adebayo Hardy Liddle Bates Kinsella

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)	Walsall	1–0	Southampton U21	Walsall
19:45 BST	Scarr 45'	Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 732

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	Forest Green Rovers	0–0 (8–7 p)	Coventry City	Nailsworth
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 924
	Penalties
	Stevens Morton Adams Bernard Mondal Allen Covil McGinley Godwin-Malife		Godden Westbrooke O'Hare Kelly Rose Watson Eccles McCallum McFadzean

5 November 2019 (2019-11-05)	Coventry City	3–2	Southampton U21	Birmingham
19:30 GMT	Biamou 52', 55', 90 3'	Report	Slattery 61' (pen.), 84'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 375

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)	Walsall	6–0	Forest Green Rovers	Walsall
19:45 GMT	Gordon 23', 33', 50' (pen.) McDonald 72' Kinsella 74' Norman 90'		Collins 51' 51'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 621

Group E

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Exeter City	3	3	0	6	1	5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Newport County	3	1	2	11	11	0	3	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	West Ham United U21	3	1	2	9	11	−2	3
4	L2	Cheltenham Town	3	1	2	8	11	−3	3

Source: EFL.com

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Exeter City	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Exeter
19:45 BST	Ajose 5'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 786

4 September 2019 (2019-09-04)	Newport County	4–5	West Ham United U21	Newport
19:45 BST	Abrahams 10' Whitely 12' Collins 32' Hillier 42'	Report	Scully 1', 88' Powell 47' (pen.) Parkes 53' Corbett 83'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 581 Referee: John Busby

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	Cheltenham Town	4–3	West Ham United U21	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Smith 25', 55', 64' Lloyd 67'	Report	Kemp 11', 31' Rosa 34'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,020 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	Newport County	0–2	Exeter City	Newport
19:30 BST		Report	Jay 40', 71'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 635

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)	Cheltenham Town	4–7	Newport County	Cheltenham
19:30 GMT	Sheaf 17' Addai 34' Long 37' Tozer 84'	Report	Maloney 8', 45 2', 53' Dolan 27' (pen.) Abrahams 30', 43', 68'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 774 Referee: Andy Woolmer

13 November 2019 (2019-11-13)	Exeter City	3–1	West Ham United U21	Exeter
19:00 GMT	Randall 9', 88' Tillson 78'	Report	Powell 18' (pen.)	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 807

Group F

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Bristol Rovers	3	2	0	1	0	4	2	2	7	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Chelsea U21	3	2	0	0	1	5	4	1	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Plymouth Argyle	3	1	1	0	1	4	2	2	5
4	L2	Swindon Town	3	0	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: EFL.com

6 August 2019 (2019-08-06)	Swindon Town	2–3	Chelsea U21	Swindon
19:45 BST	Ballard 18' May 47'	Report	Anjorin 12', 16' Brown 60'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,995 Referee: Alan Young

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Plymouth Argyle	1–1 (5–3 p)	Bristol Rovers	Plymouth
19:45 BST	Moore 40'	Report	Nichols 30'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 2,518
	Penalties
	Rudden Randell Klaidi Lolos Sarcevic Cooper		Bennett Kelly Craig Adeboyejo

24 September 2019 (2019-09-24)	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Chelsea U21	Bristol
19:45 BST	Adeboyejo 59' Sercombe 73'	Report	Brown 31'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,144 Referee: Antony Coggins

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	Swindon Town	0–3	Plymouth Argyle	Swindon
19:30 BST		Report	Rudden 15' Grant 36' Riley 66'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,199

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)	Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Chelsea U21	Plymouth
19:30 GMT		Report	Russell 90 3'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 1,725 Referee: John Busby

13 November 2019 (2019-11-13)	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Swindon Town	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Little 73'	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,083

Group G

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Milton Keynes Dons	3	2	0	0	1	5	2	3	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Stevenage	3	1	1	0	1	2	4	−2	5	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Fulham U21	3	1	0	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	L1	Wycombe Wanderers	3	1	0	0	2	3	4	−1	3

Source: EFL.com

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Stevenage	0–3	Milton Keynes Dons	Stevenage
19:45 BST		Report	McGrandles 16' Nombe 78', 84'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 789

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Fulham U21	Milton Keynes
19:45 BST	Agard 50'	Report		Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 1,473 Referee: Darren Drysdale

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	Stevenage	High Wycombe
19:45 BST		Report	Cowley 6'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 766

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)	Stevenage	1–1 (4–2 p)	Fulham U21	Stevenage
19:30 GMT	Carter 35'	Report	Abraham 90 1'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 442
	Penalties
	Denton Cowley Byrom Watts		Carvalho Taylor-Crossdale Hilton O'Riley

5 November 2019 (2019-11-05)	Wycombe Wanderers	1–2	Fulham U21	High Wycombe
19:30 GMT	Aarons 50'	Report	Harris 10' Abraham 83'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 512

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)	Milton Keynes Dons	1–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Milton Keynes
19:45 GMT	Dickenson 32' Agard 88'	Report	Ofoborh 58' Phillips 88' Parker 90 1'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 1,101

Group H

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Peterborough United	3	3	0	0	0	5	1	4	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Northampton Town	3	1	1	0	1	2	3	−1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Arsenal U21	3	0	1	1	1	2	3	−1	3
4	L2	Cambridge United	3	0	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: EFL.com

27 August 2019 (2019-08-27)	Northampton Town	1–1 (4–3 p)	Arsenal U21	Northampton
19:45 BST	Hoskins 82'	Report	Olayinka 78'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,515 Referee: Robert Lewis
	Penalties
	Hoskins McWilliams Watson Waters Goode		Coyle Burton Tormey Balogun Smith Rowe

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03)	Northampton Town	0–2	Peterborough United	Northampton
19:45 BST		Report	Kanu 21' Dembélé 24'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: 2,234

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)	Peterborough United	1–0	Arsenal U21	Peterborough
19:45 BST	Ward 66'	Report		Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 3,131

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08)	Cambridge United	0–1	Northampton Town	Cambridge
19:30 GMT		Report	Smith 17'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 764

5 November 2019 (2019-11-05)	Cambridge United	1–1 (3–4 p)	Arsenal U21	Cambridge
19:30 GMT	O'Neil 32' 50' Knibbs 40'	Report	John-Jules 59'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 914
	Penalties
	Maris Smith Dunk Lambe Jones		Omole Greenwood Burton Medley Cottrell

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12)	Peterborough United	2–1	Cambridge United	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Ward 9' Jones 30'	Report	Knibbs 79'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 3,425 Referee: Chris Pollard

Round 2

Northern Section

26 November 2019 (2019-11-26)	Everton U21	0–4	Fleetwood Town	Liverpool
19:45 GMT		[1] [2]	Andrew 2' Coutts 75' Madden 79' Burns 87'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 624

27 November 2019 (2019-11-27)	Blackpool	1–3	Scunthorpe United	Blackpool
19:45 GMT	Guy 19' 73' Nuttall 70'	Report	van Veen 12' Eisa 25', 90'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 1,196

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03)	Port Vale	2–2 (4–2 p)	Mansfield Town	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT	Browne 64' Taylor 82'	Report	Hamilton 50' Sterling-James 90 2'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,164 Referee: Marc Edwards
	Penalties
	Joyce Taylor Burgess Atkinson		Hamilton Mellis Benning Knowles

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03)	Salford City	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Salford
19:45 GMT	Armstrong 43', 47' Towell 87'	Report		Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 505

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03)	Shrewsbury Town	1–1 (5–6 p)	Manchester City U21	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Golbourne 24'	Report	Doyle 68'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,384 Referee: Peter Wright
	Penalties
	Norburn Walker Edwards Okenabirhie Goss Golbourne		Doyle McDonald Fiorini Bernabe Simmonds Poveda

4 December 2019 (2019-12-04)	Doncaster Rovers	0–3	Leicester City U21	Doncaster
19:45 GMT		Report	Muskwe 13', 66' Hirst 89'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium^[5] Attendance: 1,322 Referee: Ollie Yates

4 December 2019 (2019-12-04)	Tranmere Rovers	3–2	Manchester United U21	Birkenhead
19:45 GMT	Hepburn-Murphy 2' Jennings 40' Blackett-Taylor 54'	Report	Chong 9', 31' Sotona 90 17'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 632 Referee: Ross Joyce

10 December 2019 (2019-12-10)	Accrington Stanley	2–0	Bolton Wanderers	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Zanzala 10' Bishop 85'	[3]		Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 930

Southern Section

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03)	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	0–0 (4–5 p)	Newport County	Brighton
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Amex Stadium Attendance: 292 Referee: Sam Perkiss
	Penalties
	Davies Cashman Gwargis Yapi Tolaj		Abrahams Haynes Matt Maloney Nurse

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03)	Colchester United	1–2	Stevenage	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Stokes 61' (o.g.)	Report	Cowley 4', 31'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 959 Referee: Neil Hair

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03)	Walsall	3–2	Chelsea U21	Walsall
19:45 GMT	Lavery 52' (pen.) McDonald 79' Scarr 90 4'	Report	Lamptey 2', 10'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 941

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03)	Portsmouth	2–1	Northampton Town	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Maloney 39' Harness 62'	Report	Harriman 12'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 2,413

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03)	Milton Keynes Dons	2–0	Coventry City	Milton Keynes
19:45 GMT	Agard 62' Mason 71' Dickenson 78' 85'	Report		Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 1,686

4 December 2019 (2019-12-04)	Exeter City	0–0 (3–0 p)	Oxford United	Exeter
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 483 Referee: Kevin Johnson
	Penalties
	Jay Sweeney Seymour		Forde Hall Sykes

4 December 2019 (2019-12-04)	Peterborough United	1–1 (5–6 p)	Ipswich Town	Peterborough
19:30 GMT	Jones 32'	Report	El Mizouni 23'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 2,310 Referee: Graham Salisbury
	Penalties
	Eisa Toney Dembélé Butler Mason Barker Kent		Roberts McGavin Kenlock El Mizouni Norwood Huws Cotter

4 December 2019 (2019-12-04)	Bristol Rovers	1–1 (4–2 p)	Leyton Orient	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Kilgour 16'	Report	Angol 20'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 865
	Penalties
	Clarke-Harris Rodman Craig Sercombe		Wright Harrold Marsh Sotiriou

Round 3

Northern Section

7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	Salford City	3–0	Port Vale	Salford
19:45 GMT	Burgess 35' Armstrong 79' Jervis 84'	Report		Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 630

7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Leicester City U21	Birkenhead
19:45 GMT	Gilmour 31'	[4] https://www.skysports.com/football/tranmere-rovers-vs-leicester-city-u21/421695	Hirst 52' Muskwe 74'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 901

7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	Fleetwood Town	2–2 (3–5 p)	Accrington Stanley	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Morris 50' Andrew 68'	Report	Pritchard 35' Sykes 90'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 548
	Penalties
	Madden Andrew McAleny Biggins		Bursik Pritchard Opoku Charles Finley

8 January 2020 (2020-01-08)	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Manchester City U21	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	van Veen 9', 28' Lund 32'	Report	Doyle 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 1,270

Southern Section

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04)	Exeter City	2–1	Ipswich Town	Exeter
15:00 GMT	Ajose 45' Martin 90 3'	Report	Keane 57'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,299 Referee: Josh Smith

7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	Newport County	3–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Newport
19:30 GMT	Abrahams 4' Amond 25' Sorinola 35' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 767 Referee: John Busby

7 January 2020 (2020-01-07)	Walsall	1–2	Portsmouth	Walsall
19:45 GMT	Lavery 86' (pen.)	Report	Marquis 23' Harrison 82'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,082

8 January 2020 (2020-01-08)	Bristol Rovers	0–1	Stevenage	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Upson 74' 87'	[5] [6]	Mackail-Smith 17'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,180

Quarter-finals

4 February 2020	Newport County	1–0	Leicester City U21	Newport
19:00 GMT	Bennett 13'	Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 1,357 Referee: Ben Toner
Note: Originally scheduled for 21 January, postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[6]

21 January 2020 (2020-01-21)	Exeter City	3–0	Stevenage	Exeter
19:45 GMT	Ajose 25' Jay 30', 48'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1,190 Referee: Antony Coggins

21 January 2020 (2020-01-21)	Salford City	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Salford
19:45 GMT	Burgess 45 3' Elliott 49'	Report	Finley 11'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 1,401

21 January 2020 (2020-01-21)	Portsmouth	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Marquis 13' McGeehan 66'	Report	Eisa 62'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 5,832

Semi-finals

18 February 2020	Portsmouth	3–2	Exeter City	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Harness 86' McGeehan 90 1' Marquis 90 6'	Report	Taylor 79' Burgess 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 14,735 Referee: Craig Hicks

19 February 2020	Newport County	0–0 (5–6 p)	Salford City	Newport
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,070 Referee: Anthony Backhouse
	Penalties
	Demetriou Sheehan Abrahams Labadie Dolan Matt Inniss		Rooney Touray Jervis Conway Thomas-Asante Gibson Wilson

Final

13 March 2021

15:00 GMT

Portsmouth	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Salford City
	Report
Penalties
Williams Curtis Brown Raggett	2–4	Burgess Dieseruvwe Thomas-Asante Lowe

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 0

Referee: Carl Boyeson

References

^ "Bury FC: Membership of the League withdrawn". www.efl.com. The English Football League. 27 August 2019.
^ "Liverpool and Manchester United enter EFL Trophy in 2019-20 season". BBC. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
^ "Under-21s to enter Checkatrade Trophy". Arsenal Football Club. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
^ "Season 2019/2020". English Football League. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
^ "Leicester U21 tie to be played at Keepmoat Stadium". Doncaster Rovers F.C. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
^ Cusack, Richard (21 January 2020). "Leicester City's EFL Trophy clash at Newport County postponed". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[1] It was known as the Papa John's Trophy for the Final due to the sponsorship changing for the 2020–21 season, with the 2020 Final having been delayed by a year. Leasing.com no longer sponsor the competition in 2021.

[table_note_BUR0.88233447395374-6] This group originally included the expelled Bury.

[Bury-2] "Bury FC: Membership of the League withdrawn". www.efl.com. The English Football League. 27 August 2019.

[3] "Liverpool and Manchester United enter EFL Trophy in 2019-20 season". BBC. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

[4] "Under-21s to enter Checkatrade Trophy". Arsenal Football Club. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.

[5] "Season 2019/2020". English Football League. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.

[7] "Leicester U21 tie to be played at Keepmoat Stadium". Doncaster Rovers F.C. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

[8] Cusack, Richard (21 January 2020). "Leicester City's EFL Trophy clash at Newport County postponed". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

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Leasing.com Trophy
Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Teams	Originally 64 (63 after walkover)
Defending champions	Portsmouth
Final positions
Champions	Salford City (1st title)
Runner-up	Portsmouth
Tournament statistics
Matches played	124
Goals scored	376 (3.03 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Tristan Abrahams Kevin van Veen (5 goals each)
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