2019-20 EFL Trophy

The 2019-20 English Football League Trophy, currently without a sponsor, is the fourth season that the competition has invited Category One development teams to participate following a successful trial period. Sixteen development teams will join the 48 club sides from League One and League Two, split into sixteen regionalised groups of four. Development teams are required to field a minimum of six Under-21 players in their starting eleven, while Football League clubs must field a certain number of first team players.

In the event of a group game ending in a draw, there will be a penalty shootout whereby the victors can earn an additional point. Each team will face each other once, either at home or away. Development teams will play all group games away from home. The top two from each group then progress to Round 2, a last-32 knockout round, which remains regionalised with group winners and runners-up meeting. Round 3 is also regionalised before the quarter-final becomes a 'free draw'. The final is due to take place at Wembley Stadium in April 2020.

Teams

There is a minimum of one development team, one club side from League One and one club side from League Two in each group.

Development teams

There are sixteen Category One development teams participating in this season's competition: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Brighton & Hove Albion, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Southampton, Tottenham, West Ham, Wolves

League One teams

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, Oxford United, Peterborough United, Portsmouth, Rochdale, Rotherham United, Shrewsbury Town, Southend United, Sunderland, Walsall, Tranmere Rovers, Wycombe Wanderers

League Two teams

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

Group Stage

North

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Grimsby Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Scunthorpe United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Leicester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Accrington Stanley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Oldham Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Fleetwood Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group C

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bury	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Salford City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Tranmere Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Aston Villa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group D

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Port Vale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Shrewsbury Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Macclesfield Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Newcastle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group E

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Crewe Alexandra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Burton Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Mansfield Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Everton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group F

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bolton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bradford City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Rochdale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group G

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Blackpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Carlisle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Morecambe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Wolves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group H

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Doncaster Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Rotherham United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Lincoln City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Manchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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South

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Gillingham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Colchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Ipswich Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Crawley Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Portsmouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Oxford United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Norwich City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group C

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leyton Orient	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Wimbledon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Southend	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Brighton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group D

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Coventry City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Forest Green Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Walsall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Southampton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group E

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Exeter City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Cheltenham Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Newport County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	West Ham United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group F

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Swindon Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bristol Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Plymouth Argyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Chelsea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group G

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Stevenage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Milton Keynes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Wycombe Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Fulham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Group H

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Peterborough United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Cambridge United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Northampton Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Round Two

The last-32 knockout round remains regionalised and pits group winners against runners-up in a one-off tie, with the group winners afforded home advantage. In the event of a draw after 90 minutes, a penalty shootout determines the winner.

Round Three

The 16 winners from the previous knockout round advance to the final regionalised round of the competition.

Quarter-Finals

The eight winners from Round 3 advance to this stage of the competition, where the draw is non-regionalised for the first time.

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