2018-19 Checkatrade Trophy

The 2018-19 English Football League Trophy, sponsored by Checkatrade, is the third season that the competition has invited Category One development teams to participate following a successful trial in 2016-17 and 2017-18. 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 8 April 2019.

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, Brighton & Hove Albion, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Leicester City, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Southampton, Stoke City, Swansea City, Tottenham, West Brom, West Ham, Wolves

League One teams

Accrington Stanley, AFC Wimbledon, Barnsley, Blackpool, Bradford City, Bristol Rovers, Burton Albion, Charlton Athletic, Coventry City, Doncaster Rovers, Fleetwood Town, Gillingham, Luton Town, Oxford United, Peterborough United, Plymouth Argyle, Portsmouth, Rochdale, Scunthorpe United, Shrewsbury Town, Southend United, Sunderland, Walsall, Wycombe Wanderers

League Two teams

Bury, Cambridge United, Carlisle United, Cheltenham Town, Colchester United, Crawley Town, Crewe Alexandra, Exeter City, Forest Green Rovers, Grimsby Town, Lincoln City, Macclesfield Town, Mansfield Town, Milton Keynes, Morecambe, Newport County, Northampton Town, Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Port Vale, Stevenage, Swindon Town, Tranmere Rovers, Yeovil Town.

Group Stage

North

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Morecambe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Carlisle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Stoke City Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Fleetwood Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Rochdale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Bury	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Leicester City Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group C

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Accrington Stanley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Blackpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Macclesfield Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	West Brom Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group D

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Shrewsbury Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Crewe Alexandra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Tranmere Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Manchester City Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group E

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Burton Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Walsall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Port Vale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Middlesbrough Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group F

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Barnsley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Bradford City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Oldham Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Everton Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group G

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Doncaster Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Grimsby Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Notts County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Newcastle United Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group H

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Scunthorpe United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Lincoln City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Mansfield Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

South

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Gillingham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Portsmouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Crawley Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Tottenham Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Southend United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Cambridge United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Colchester United United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Southampton Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group C

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Plymouth Argyle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Newport County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Swindon Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Chelsea Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group D

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bristol Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Exeter City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Yeovil Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	West Ham Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group E

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Coventry City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Cheltenham Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Forest Green Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Arsenal Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group F

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Oxford United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Wycombe Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Northampton Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Fulham Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group G

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	AFC Wimbledon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Charlton Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Stevenage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Swansea City Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group H

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Luton Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Peterborough United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Milton Keynes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Brighton & Hove Albion Under-23s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.

Top Goalscorers

Player

Club

Goals

See a complete list of the 2018-19 Checkatrade Trophy goalscorers here (for development teams only)