2016-17 EFL Trophy

The 2016-17 English Football League Trophy is the first year that the competition has invited Category One development teams to participate. 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. 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 becomes a 'free draw' with the regionalised element of the competition removed. The final is due to take place at Wembley Stadium in April 2017.

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: Blackburn Rovers, Brighton & Hove Albion, Chelsea, Derby County, Everton, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Norwich, Reading, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, West Brom, West Ham, Wolves.

League One teams

AFC Wimbledon, Bolton Wanderers, Bradford City, Bristol Rovers, Bury, Charlton Athletic, Chesterfield, Coventry City, Fleetwood Town, Gillingham, Millwall, MK Dons, Northampton Town, Oldham Athletic, Oxford United, Peterborough United, Port Vale, Rochdale, Scunthorpe United, Sheffield United, Shrewsbury Town, Southend United, Swindon Town, Walsall.

League Two teams

Accrington Stanley, Barnet, Blackpool, Cambridge United, Carlisle United, Cheltenham Town, Colchester United, Crawley Town, Crewe Alexandra, Doncaster Rovers, Exeter City, Grimsby Town, Hartlepool United, Leyton Orient, Luton Town, Mansfield Town, Morecambe, Newport County, Notts County, Plymouth Argyle, Portsmouth, Stevenage, Wycombe Wanderers, Yeovil Town.

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Group Stage

North

Group A

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Cheltenham Town 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
2 (Q) Blackpool 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 5
3 Everton Under-23s 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4 Bolton Wanderers 3 1 0 2 1 3 -2 3



Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away) Additional Info
30 August 2016 Blackpool 2-1 Cheltenham Town Kyle Vassell (2) James Jennings
30 August 2016 Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Everton Under-23s Dyson, McAleny
4 October 2016 Cheltenham Town 2-1 Everton Under-23s Billy Waters, Daniel Wright OG
4 October 2016 Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Blackpool Sammy Ameobi
8 November 2016 Cheltenham Town 1-0 Bolton Wanderers Amari Morgan-Smith
8 November 2016 Everton Under-23s 1-1 Blackpool Harry Charsley Armand Gnanduillet Blackpool won the shootout 5-4


Group B

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Wolves Under-23s 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
2 (Q) Chesterfield 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
3 Crewe Alexandra 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4 Accrington Stanley 3 1 0 2 4 8 -4 3



Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away)
30 August 2016 Chesterfield 2-1 Wolves Under-23s Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Kristian Dennis Herc
30 August 2016 Accrington Stanley 0-3 Crewe Alexandra Callum Ainley, George Cooper, Daniel Udoh
4 October 2016 Crewe Alexandra 2-3 Wolves Under-23s Chris Dagnall, Ryan Lowe Dicko (2), Enobakhare
4 October 2016 Chesterfield 1-4 Accrington Stanley Kristian Dennis Gary Taylor-Fletcher, Terry Gornell (2), Jordan Clark
8 November 2016 Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Chesterfield James O'Shea, Connor DiMaio
8 November 2016 Wolves Under-23s 4-0 Accrington Stanley Christian Herc, Donovan Wilson, Connor Ronan, Bright Enobakhare


Group C

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Bradford City 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
2 (Q) Morecambe 3 2 0 1 7 7 0 6
3 Bury 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
4 Stoke City Under-23s 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 2



Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away) Additional Info
30 August 2016 Bury 4-1 Morecambe Zeli Ismael (pen), Tom Pope (2), Antony Kay Paul Mullin
30 August 2016 Bradford City 1-0 Stoke City Under-23s Timothee Dieng
4 October 2016 Morecambe 3-1 Stoke City Under-23s Jack Dunn, Cole Stockton, Peter Murphy Charlie Adam
4 October 2016 Bradford City 2-1 Bury Haris Vuckic, Jordy Hiwula Tom Walker
8 November 2016 Stoke City Under-23s 1-1 Bury Bojan Krkic George Miller Stoke won the shootout 4-3
9 November 2016 Morecambe 3-2 Bradford City Paul Mullin, Cole Stockton (2) Haris Vuckic (2)


Group D

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Carlisle United 3 3 0 0 11 6 +5 9
2 (Q) Oldham Athletic 3 1 1 1 8 7 +1 5
3 Fleetwood Town 3 1 0 2 3 6 -3 3
4 Blackburn Rovers Under-23s 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1



Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away)
30 August 2016 Fleetwood Town 1-0 Blackburn Rovers Under-23s Devante Cole
30 August 2016 Oldham Athletic 4-5 Carlisle United Billy McKay, Darius Osei (2), Ollie Banks Michael Raynes (2), Reggie Lambe, OG, Tom Miller
4 October 2016 Carlisle United 2-0 Blackburn Rovers Under-23s Shaun Miller, Danny Grainger
4 October 2016 Fleetwood Town 0-2 Oldham Athletic Billy McKay, Lee Erwin
8 November 2016 Blackburn Rovers Under-23s 2-2 Oldham Athletic Anthony Stokes, Liam Feeney Freddie Ladapo, Brian Wilson Oldham won the shootout 5-4
9 November 2016 Carlisle United 4-2 Fleetwood Town Joe mcKee, Charlie Wyke, Danny Grainger, Cameron Salkeld Jack Sowerby, Alex Jakubiak


Group E

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Doncaster Rovers 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 6
2 (Q) Mansfield Town 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3 Port Vale 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 5
4 Derby County Under-23s 3 0 1 2 4 6 -2 1



Fixtures & Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away) Additional info
30 August 2016 Port Vale 1-0 Derby County Under-23s Nathan Smith
30 August 2016 Mansfield Town 0-2 Doncaster Rovers Alfie Beestin, Calder
4 October 2016 Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Derby County Under-23s Liam Mandeville, Will Longbottom Wilson, Andreas Weimann Doncaster won the shootout 4-2
4 October 2016 Port Vale 0-1 Mansfield Town Matt Green
8 November 2016 Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Port Vale Port Vale won the shootout 4-3
8 November 2016 Derby County Under-23s 2-3 Mansfield Town Jamie Hanson, Andreas Weimann Ashley Hemmings, Darius Henderson, Chris Clements


Group F

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Rochdale 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 8
2 (Q) Sunderland Under-23s 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
3 Notts County 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 3
4 Hartlepool United 3 0 0 3 2 5 -3 0



Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away) Additional info
31 August 2016 Notts County 2-1 Hartlepool United Genaro Snijders, Graham Burke (pen) Rhys Oates
6 September 2016 Rochdale 1-1 Sunderland Under-23s Ian Henderson Embleton Rochdale won the shootout 4-2
4 October 2016 Hartlepool United 0-1 Sunderland Under-23s Love
4 October 2016 Rochdale 2-1 Notts County Sanmi Odelusi, Steve Davies Jonathan Forte
9 November 2016 Hartlepool United 1-2 Rochdale Rhys Oates Ruben Noble-Lazarus, Matty Gillam
9 November 2016 Sunderland Under-23s 2-1 Notts County Josh Maja, Hayden Hollis og Adam Campbell


Group G

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Scunthorpe United 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
2 (Q) Cambridge United 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3 Shrewsbury Town 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
4 Middlesbrough Under-23s 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 0



Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away)
30 August 2016 Scunthorpe United 2-1 Middlesbrough Under-23s Murray Wallace, Hakeeb Adelakun Cooke
30 August 2016 Shrewsbury Town 0-1 Cambridge United Joe Pigott
4 October 2016 Cambridge United 2-1 Middlesbrough Under-23s Uche Ikpeazu, OG Tavernier
4 October 2016 Scunthorpe United 2-0 Shrewsbury Town OG, Jonny Margetts
8 November 2016 Cambridge United 0-2 Scunthorpe United Luke Williams, Hakeem Adelakun
8 November 2016 Middlesbrough Under-23s 0-3 Shrewsbury Town AJ Leitch-Smith (2), Ivan Toney


Group H

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Walsall 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 9
2 (Q) Leicester City Under-23s 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 5
3 Sheffield United 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
4 Grimsby Town 3 0 0 3 4 10 -6 0



Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away) Additional info
30 August 2016 Sheffield United 0-0 Leicester City Under-23s Leicester won the shootout 5-4
30 August 2016 Walsall 5-2 Grimsby Town Amadou Bakayoko (3), Kieron Morris, Maziar Kouhya Andrew Boyce, Luke Summerfield
4 October 2016 Grimsby Town 0-1 Leicester City Under-23s Mitchell
4 October 2016 Sheffield United 1-2 Walsall Paul Coutts Scott Laird, Amadou Bakayoko
8 November 2016 Leicester City Under-23s 0-1 Walsall Amadou Bakayoko
9 November 2016 Grimsby Town 2-4 Sheffield United Kayden Jackson, Craig Disley Regan Slater, Andrew Boyce og, Jack O'Connell, Leon Clarke


South

Group A

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Yeovil Town 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
2 (Q) Reading Under-23s 3 1 1 1 5 6 -1 5
3 Portsmouth 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
4 Bristol Rovers 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 2



Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away) Additional info
30 August 2016 Bristol Rovers 2-3 Reading Under-23s Matt Taylor, Jermaine Easter Stacey, Sheppard, Mendes (pen)
30 August 2016 Yeovil Town 4-3 Portsmouth Mugabi, Tom Eaves (2), Izale McLeod Michael Smith (3)
4 October 2016 Portsmouth 2-2 Reading Under-23s Curtis Main (2) Novakovich, Joseph Mendes Reading won the shootout 4-3
4 October 2016 Bristol Rovers 0-0 Yeovil Town Bristol Rovers won the shootout 5-3
8 November 2016 Portsmouth 1-0 Bristol Rovers Kai Naismith
9 November 2016 Reading Under-23s 0-2 Yeovil Town Tom Eaves, Francois Zoko


Group B

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) AFC Wimbledon 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
2 (Q) Swansea City Under-23s 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6
3 Plymouth Argyle 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3
4 Newport County 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2 3



Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away)
30 August 2016 AFC Wimbledon 3-0 Swansea City Under-23s Andy Barcham, Dominic Poleon (2)
30 August 2016 Plymouth Argyle 4-1 Newport County Jordan Slew, Jake Jervis, Nauris Bulvitis, Craig Tanner Jordan Green
4 October 2016 Newport County 1-2 Swansea City Under-23s Jennison Myrie-Williams Biabi, Samuel
4 October 2016 AFC Wimbledon 2-1 Plymouth Argyle Lyle Taylor, Tyrone Barnett Connor Smith
8 November 2016 Newport County 2-0 AFC Wimbledon Scott Bennett, Jazzi Barnum-Bobb
8 November 2016 Swansea City Under-23s 2-0 Plymouth Argyle Daniel James, Oliver McBurnie


Group C

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Swindon Town 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 7
2 (Q) Oxford United 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
3 Exeter City 3 1 1 1 6 7 -1 4
4 Chelsea Under-23s 3 0 1 2 4 6 -2 2



Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away) Additional info
30 August 2016 Oxford United 4-2 Exeter City Tyler Roberts, Chris Maguire (pen), Ryan Taylor, Alex MacDonald Matt Jay, Liam McAlinden
13 September 2016 Swindon Town 2-1 Chelsea Under-23s Raphael Rossi Branco, Nathan Delfouneso Ali
4 October 2016 Swindon Town 0-0 Oxford United Swindon won the shootout 3-1
18 October 2016 Exeter City 3-2 Chelsea Under-23s Ollie Watkins, David Wheeler, Liam McAlinden Ugbo (2)
8 November 2016 Exeter City 1-1 Swindon Town David Wheeler Luke Norris Swindon won the shootout 4-2
8 November 2016 Chelsea Under-23s 1-1 Oxford United Josimar Quintero Kane Hemmings Chelsea won the shootout 13-12


Group D

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Coventry City 3 3 0 0 11 5 +6 9
2 (Q) Wycombe Wanderers 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3 West Ham Under-23s 3 0 1 2 3 8 -5 2
4 Northampton Town 3 0 1 2 2 7 -5 1



Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away)
30 August 2016 Coventry City 4-2 West Ham Under-23s Jordan Turnbull (2), Ruben Lameiras, Jordan Willis Antonio Martinez (2)
30 August 2016 Northampton Town 0-3 Wycombe Wanderers Daniel Rowe, Paul Hayes, Garry Thompson
4 October 2016 Wycombe Wanderers 3-0 West Ham Under-23s Adebayo Akinfenwa, K. Scott, Nick Freeman
4 October 2016 Coventry City 3-1 Northampton Town Dan Agyei, Jodi Jones, Ruben Lameiras Marc Richards
8 November 2016 West Ham Under-23s 1-1 Northampton Town Djair Parfitt-Williams Harry Beautyman West Ham won the shootout 3-2
9 November 2016 Wycombe Wanderers 2-4 Coventry City Stephen McGinn, Scott Kashket Ryan Haynes (2), George Thomas, Gael Bigirimana


Group E

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Southampton Under-23s 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
2 (Q) Crawley Town 3 2 0 1 3 4 -1 6
3 Charlton Athletic 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 3
4 Colchester United 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 2


Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away) Additional info
30 August 2016 Charlton Athletic 0-0 Southampton Under-23s Charlton won the shootout 5-4
30 August 2016 Crawley Town 1-0 Colchester United James Collins
4 October 2016 Colchester United 1-2 Southampton Under-23s Dion Sembie-Ferris McQueen, Olomola
4 October 2016 Charlton Athletic 0-2 Crawley Town Adi Yussuf, James Collins
8 November 2016 Colchester United 1-1 Charlton Athletic Macauley Bonne Nicky Ajose Colchester won the shootout 4-3
9 November 2016 Southampton Under-23s 4-0 Crawley Town Yusuf Mersin og, Siph Mdlalose, Callum Slattery, Olufela Olomola


Group F

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Norwich City Under-23s 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 9
2 (Q) Milton Keynes Dons 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2 5
3 Peterborough United 3 1 0 2 3 8 -5 3
4 Barnet 3 0 1 2 3 9 -6 1



Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away) Additional info
30 August 2016 Peterborough United 1-6 Norwich City Under-23s Jermaine Anderson Josh Murphy (2), Tony Andreu (3), James Maddison
30 August 2016 Milton Keynes Dons 2-2 Barnet Ben Reeves, Joe Walsh Alex Nicholls, Curtis Weston MK Dons won the shootout 5-3
4 October 2016 Barnet 0-5 Norwich City Under-23s Murphy (3), Canos, Oliveira
4 October 2016 Peterborough United 0-1 Milton Keynes Dons Kieran Agard
8 November 2016 Barnet 1-2 Peterborough United Justin Amaluzor Paul Taylor, George Moncur
8 November 2016 Norwich City Under-23s 4-1 Milton Keynes Dons Carlton Morris, Nelson Oliveira (2), Ebou Adams Finn Tapp


Group G

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Southend United 3 2 0 1 3 4 -1 6
2 (Q) Brighton & Hove Albion Under-23s 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 5
3 Stevenage 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
4 Leyton Orient 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3



Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away) Additional info
30 August 2016 Southend United 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion Under-23s David Mooney, Harry Kyprianou
30 August 2016 Leyton Orient 3-1 Stevenage Paul McCallum (2), Sandro Semedo Fraser Franks
4 October 2016 Stevenage 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion Under-23s Tyler Walker, Harry McKirdy Ince, Starkey Brighton won the shootout 4-3
4 October 2016 Southend United 1-0 Leyton Orient Marc-Antoine Fortune
8 November 2016 Stevenage 4-0 Southend United Steven Schumacher, Matt Godden, Rowan Liburd (2)
8 November 2016 Brighton & Hove Albion Under-23s 1-0 Leyton Orient Richie Towell


Group H

League Table
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Millwall 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9
2 (Q) Luton Town 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3 Gillingham 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4 West Brom Under-23s 3 0 0 3 0 6 -6 0



Fixtures and Results
Date Home Team Result Away Team Scorers (Home) Scorers (Away)
30 August 2016 Millwall 2-0 West Brom Under-23s Jimmy Abdou, Steve Morison (pen)
30 August 2016 Gillingham 1-2 Luton Town Darren Oldaker Frankie Musonda, Jonathan Smith
4 October 2016 Luton Town 2-0 West Brom Under-23s Alex Gilliead, Jake Gray
4 October 2016 Millwall 2-1 Gillingham Fred Onyedinma, Steve Morison Josh Wright
8 November 2016 Luton Town 1-3 Millwall Shaun Hutchinson og Fred Onyedinma, Harry Smith (2)
8 November 2016 West Brom Under-23s 0-2 Gillingham Darren Oldaker, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas


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Round Two

Results

10 January 2017: Cheltenham Town 6-1 Leicester City
21 December 2016: Southampton 1-1 Reading (READING WIN 4-3 ON PENS)
13 December 2016: Walsall 1-3 Oldham Athletic
7 December 2016: Coventry City 1-0 Crawley Town
7 December 2016: Millwall 1-3 Wycombe Wanderers
7 December 2016: Bradford City 1-0 Cambridge United
5 December 2016: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Sunderland (WOLVES WIN 4-3 ON PENS)
6 December 2016: Norwich City 0-1 Swansea City
6 December 2016: Rochdale 0-2 Chesterfield
6 December 2016: Swindon Town 2-3 Luton Town
6 December 2016: Yeovil Town 4-1 Milton Keynes Dons
6 December 2016: AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion
6 December 2016: Doncaster Rovers 1-1 Blackpool (BLACKPOOL WIN 8-7 ON PENS)
6 December 2016: Southend United 1-1 Oxford United (OXFORD WIN 4-3 ON PENS)
6 December 2016: Scunthorpe United 1-1 Morecambe (SCUNTHORPE WIN ON PENS)
6 December 2016: Carlisle United 2-3 Mansfield Town

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Round Three

Results

17 January 2017: Cheltenham Town 0-1 Bradford City
10 January 2017: Mansfield Town 2-0 Oldham Athletic
10 January 2017: Yeovil Town 4-2 Reading Under-23s
10 January 2017: Coventry City 3-0 Brighton & Hove Albion Under-23s
10 January 2017: Luton Town 4-0 Chesterfield
10 January 2017: Swansea City Under-23s 2-1 Wolves Under-23s
10 January 2017: Oxford United 4-1 Scunthorpe
10 January 2017: Blackpool 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers (WYCOMBE WIN 5-4 ON PENS)

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Quarter-Finals

Results

7 February 2017: Luton Town 5-2 Yeovil Town
31 January 2017: Oxford United 2-1 Bradford City
24 January 2017: Swansea City Under-23s 1-1 Coventry City (COVENTRY WIN 4-2 ON PENS)
24 January 2017: Mansfield Town 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers

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Semi-Finals

Results

7 February 2017: Coventry City 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers
1 March 2017: Luton Town 2-3 Oxford United

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Final

2 April 2017: Coventry City 2-1 Oxford United

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