Carabao Cup
FIFA Region
UEFA
Season
2021-2022
Location
England
Abbreviation
ENGCUP2
Summary
The 2021-2022 EFL Cup (ENGCUP2) or Carabao Cup is the 2nd most prestigious football club tournament in England. All 92 teams from ENG1, ENG2, ENG3 and ENG4 will participate. The Final will be held on 21 February 2022 at Wembley Stadium. The ENGCUP2 winner wins a berth in the Playoff Round of the 2022-2023 UEFA Europa Conference Cup. Manchester City (ENG1) has won the last three ENGCUP2s.
All rounds/matches before the Semifinals are "Knockout" matches. If a match is tied after regulation time, the matches go straight to a penalty shoot-out. For the Semifinals, the teams play Home/Away highest aggregate goals advances matches. If the aggregate score is tied after the 2nd leg, the teams go straight to a penalty shoot-out. For the Final, if the match is still tied after regulation time, two 15-minute extra time periods are played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out is held.
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Leagues Pyramid - England
| Abbrev | League | # Teams |
|---|---|---|
| ENG1 | Barclay's Premier League | 20 |
| ENG2 | Championship | 24 |
| ENG3 | League One | 24 |
| ENG4 | League Two | 24 |
| ENG5 | Conference | 24 |
Competition Structure
| Stage | # Teams | New Teams Entering This Round | Teams From Previous Round | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Round | 70 | 22 ENG2 teams, 24 ENG3 teams, 24 ENG4 teams | None | 35 Knockout matches |
| 2nd Round | 50 | 13 ENG1 teams "not" competing in the UEFACL and the UEFAEL, 2 ENG2 teams | 35 winners from 1st Round | 25 Knockout matches |
| 3rd Round | 32 | 7 ENG1 teams competing in UEFACL and UEFAEL | 25 winners from 2nd Round | 16 Knockout matches |
| 4th Round | 16 | None | 16 winners from 3rd Round | 8 Knockout matches |
| 5th Round | 8 | None | 8 winners from 4th Round | 4 Knockout matches |
| Semifinals | 4 | None | 4 winners from 5th Round | 2 sets of Home/Away matches, highest aggregate goals advances |
| Final | 2 | None | 2 winners from Semifinals | 1 Knockout match played at a neutral site |
Final
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
Sun - 27 Feb 2022
Semifinals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
| Aggregate | Chelsea (ENG1) | 30 | Tottenham (ENG1) |
| Aggregate | Liverpool (ENG1) | 20 | Arsenal (ENG1) |
Quarterfinals
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
Tue - 21 Dec 2021
 | 51 | Sunderland (ENG3) | Emirates Stadium |
Wed - 22 Dec 2021
 | 21 | West Ham United (ENG1) | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium |
 | 02 | Chelsea (ENG1) | Brentford Community Stadium |
 | 54 | Leicester City (ENG1) | Anfield |
Round of 16
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
Tue - 26 Oct 2021
| 11 | Southampton (ENG1) | Stamford Bridge | |||
| Chelsea advances on PKs (4-3). | ||||||
 | 00 | Sunderland (ENG3) | Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium | |||
| Sunderland advances on PKs (4-3). | ||||||
| 20 | Leeds United (ENG1) | Emirates Stadium |
Wed - 27 Oct 2021
| 00 | Manchester City (ENG1) | London Stadium | |||
| West Ham United advances on PKs (5-3). | ||||||
| 22 | Brighton & Hove (ENG1) | King Power Stadium | |||
| Leicester City advances on PKs (2-1). | ||||||
 | 01 | Tottenham (ENG1) | Turf Moor |
 | 12 | Brentford FC (ENG1) | bet365 Stadium |
 | 02 | Liverpool (ENG1) | Deepdale |
3rd Round
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
Tue - 21 Sep 2021
| 87 | Everton (ENG1) | Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium |
| 41 | Cheltenham Town FC (ENG3) | Deepdale |
 | 56 | Leeds United (ENG1) | Craven Cottage |
| 70 | Oldham Athletic AFC (ENG4) | Brentford Community Stadium |
 | 13 | Stoke City (ENG2) | Vicarage Road |
 | 02 | Sunderland (ENG3) | DW Stadium |
 | 03 | Liverpool (ENG1) | Carrow Road |
| 41 | Rochdale AFC (ENG4) | Turf Moor |
 | 24 | Southampton (ENG1) | Bramall Lane |
| 61 | Wycombe Wanderers (ENG3) | Etihad Stadium (Manchester) |
Wed - 22 Sep 2021
| 20 | Swansea City (ENG2) | The Amex |
 | 01 | West Ham United (ENG1) | Old Trafford |
| 11 | Aston Villa (ENG1) | Stamford Bridge | |||
| Chelsea advances on PKs (4-3) | ||||||
| 30 | AFC Wimbledon (ENG3) | Emirates Stadium |
 | 02 | Leicester City (ENG1) | The Den |
 | 23 | Tottenham (ENG1) | Molineux Stadium |
2nd Round
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
Tue - 24 Aug 2021
| 54 | Accrington Stanley FC (ENG3) | Boundary Park |
| 60 | AFC Bournemouth (ENG2) | Carrow Road |
| 41 | Plymouth Argyle (ENG3) | Swansea.com Stadium |
| 54 | Bolton (ENG3) | DW Stadium |
 | 12 | Everton (ENG1) | John Smith's Stadium |
| 21 | Derby County FC (ENG2) | Bramall Lane |
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers (ENG3) | bet365 Stadium |
 | 02 | Rochdale AFC (ENG4) | Montgomery Waters Meadow |
 | 24 | Preston North End (ENG2) | Mazuma Stadium |
 | 23 | Sunderland (ENG3) | Bloomfield Road |
| 30 | Crewe Alexandra (ENG3) | Elland Road |
 | 06 | Aston Villa (ENG1) | The Dunes Hotel Stadium |
| 31 | Forest Green Rovers (ENG4) | Brentford Community Stadium |
| 31 | Cambridge United FC (ENG3) | The Den |
 | 02 | Brighton & Hove (ENG1) | Cardiff City Stadium |
 | 02 | Fulham (ENG2) | St Andrew's |
 | 45 | Cheltenham Town FC (ENG3) | Priestfield Stadium |
| 20 | Oxford United (ENG3) | Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium |
 | 35 | Wycombe Wanderers (ENG3) | The Lamex Stadium |
 | 01 | AFC Wimbledon (ENG3) | Sixfields Stadium |
| 10 | Crystal Palace (ENG1) | Vicarage Road |
 | 04 | Wolverhampton (ENG1) | The City Ground |
Wed - 25 Aug 2021
 | 34 | Burnley FC (ENG1) | St James' Park (Newcastle) |
 | 08 | Southampton (ENG1) | Rodney Parade |
 | 06 | Arsenal (ENG1) | The Hawthorns |
1st Round
| Date | Home | Status | Road | Venue | ||||
Sat - 31 Jul 2021
| 50 | Milton Keynes Dons (ENG3) | Vitality Stadium |
Sun - 1 Aug 2021
 | 24 | Huddersfield Town (ENG2) | Hillsborough Stadium |
Tue - 10 Aug 2021
| 32 | Sutton United FC (ENG4) | Cardiff City Stadium |
 | 01 | Crewe Alexandra (ENG3) | Victoria Park (Hartlepool) |
 | 910 | Gillingham FC (ENG3) | The People's Pension Stadium |
 | 12 | Accrington Stanley FC (ENG3) | AESSEAL New York Stadium |
| 42 | Lincoln City FC (ENG3) | Montgomery Waters Meadow |
 | 34 | Wycombe Wanderers (ENG3) | St James' Park (Exeter) |
| 65 | Bristol City (ENG2) |
 | 04 | Plymouth Argyle (ENG3) | Weston Homes Stadium |
 | 02 | Cheltenham Town FC (ENG3) | Memorial Stadium (Bristol) |
 | 03 | Preston North End (ENG2) | One Call Stadium |
| 10 | Carlisle United (ENG4) | Bramall Lane |
 | PSPD | Rochdale AFC (ENG4) | EnviroVent Stadium |
 | 12 | Sunderland (ENG3) | Vale Park |
 | 01 | AFC Wimbledon (ENG3) | The Valley |
| 10 | Colchester United FC (ENG4) | St Andrew's |
| 53 | Salford City FC (ENG4) | Pride Park Stadium |
 | 01 | Newport County AFC (ENG4) | Portman Road |
| 31 | Swindon Town (ENG4) | Abbey Stadium |
 | 78 | Wigan Athletic (ENG3) | The MKM Stadium |
| 21 | Portsmouth (ENG3) | The Den |
| 43 | Tranmere Rovers (ENG4) | Boundary Park |
 | 34 | Doncaster Rovers (ENG3) | Bank's Stadium |
| 21 | Fleetwood Town FC (ENG3) | bet365 Stadium |
| 30 | Luton Town FC (ENG2) | The Lamex Stadium |
| 10 | Scunthorpe United FC (ENG4) | Holker Street |
| 54 | Barnsley FC (ENG2) | University of Bolton Stadium |
 | 03 | Swansea City (ENG2) | Select Car Leasing Stadium |
Wed - 11 Aug 2021
| 30 | Middlesbrough FC (ENG2) | Bloomfield Road |
| 21 | Bradford City (ENG4) | The City Ground |
 | 24 | Oxford United (ENG3) | Pirelli Stadium |
 | 12 | Northampton Town FC (ENG4) | The Coventry Building Society Arena |
 | 35 | Queens Park Rangers (ENG2) | The Breyer Group Stadium |