2018–19 EFL Trophy

2018–19 EFL Trophy
Country  England
 Wales
Teams 64
Defending champions Lincoln City
Matches played 35
Goals scored 107 (3.06 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Kurtis Guthrie (3 goals)
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The 2018–19 EFL Trophy, known as the Checkatrade Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is the 36th 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.

Participating clubs

Of the sixteen invited Category One academies, fourteen competed in the 2017–18 competition; only Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers did not participate. Arsenal rejected an invitation to compete in each of the previous two tournaments[1], while Wolves were not invited to compete in 2017–18 competition after fielding a side in the 2016–17 edition.

Reading and Sunderland's academy sides were not invited after participation in the previous two years; Sunderland's first team will compete for the first time since the 1987–88 competition, however, following their relegation to League One. Barnsley and Burton Albion are both returning to the competition after relegation; they last competed in the 2015–16 season when Barnsley won the trophy.

Macclesfield Town are competing for the first time since the 2011–12 edition, following their promotion from the National League. Fellow promoted side Tranmere Rovers are returning after a four year hiatus.

Liverpool and Manchester United both rejected an invitation to compete for the third successive season.[2]

League One League Two Academies[3]
Clubs
Total 24 24 16

Eligibility criteria for players

For EFL Clubs[4]
  • 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 2018.
  • Teams may only include two players on the team sheet, aged over 21, who have made forty or more senior appearances, as at 30 June 2018.
    • 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 will be organised on a regionalised basis.
  • All groups will include one invited club.
  • All clubs will play each other once, either home or away (Academies play all group matches away from home).
  • Clubs will 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 will be held with the winning team earning an additional point.
  • The top two teams will 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 not be drawn against each other.

Group Stage

Northern Section

Group A

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Sunderland (Q) 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 5 Round 2
2 ACA Stoke City U21s 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 +1 4
3 L2 Carlisle United 2 1 0 0 1 4 5 −1 3
4 L2 Morecambe (E) 2 0 0 0 2 3 5 −2 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Group B

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Rochdale (Q) 2 2 0 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Round 2
2 ACA Leicester City U21s 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2
3 L1 Fleetwood Town 2 0 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
4 L2 Bury 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Group C

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Accrington Stanley 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 +3 3 Round 2
2 ACA West Bromwich Albion U21s 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 +1 3
3 L2 Macclesfield Town 2 0 1 0 1 4 7 −3 2
4 L1 Blackpool 2 0 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com

Group D

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Shrewsbury Town 2 1 1 0 0 7 1 +6 5 Round 2
2 ACA Manchester City U21s 2 1 0 1 0 5 2 +3 4
3 L2 Crewe Alexandra 2 1 0 0 1 5 7 −2 3
4 L2 Tranmere Rovers (E) 2 0 0 0 2 3 10 −7 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated.

Group E

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Walsall (Q) 2 2 0 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Round 2
2 L2 Port Vale 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 +1 3
3 L1 Burton Albion 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0
4 ACA Middlesbrough U21s 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 −2 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Group F

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Oldham Athletic 2 1 0 0 1 5 3 +2 3 Round 2
2 L1 Barnsley 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 +1 3
3 L1 Bradford City 2 0 1 0 1 2 5 −3 2
4 ACA Everton U21s 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com

Group G

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ACA Newcastle United U21s 2 2 0 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Round 2
2 L1 Doncaster Rovers 2 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 3
3 L2 Grimsby Town 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 3
4 L2 Notts County 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com

Group H

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Mansfield Town (Q) 2 2 0 0 0 4 2 +2 6 Round 2
2 L1 Scunthorpe United 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3
3 L2 Lincoln City 2 0 1 0 1 2 3 −1 2
4 ACA Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Southern Section

Group A

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Portsmouth (Q) 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Round 2
2 ACA Tottenham Hotspur U21s 2 1 0 1 0 5 1 +4 4
3 L2 Crawley Town 2 0 1 0 1 1 2 −1 2
4 L1 Gillingham (E) 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Group B

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Cambridge United 2 1 0 0 1 5 3 +2 3 Round 2
2 L1 Southend United 2 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 3
3 L2 Colchester United 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 3
4 ACA Southampton U21s 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 −2 3
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com

Group C

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Swindon Town 3 2 0 0 1 4 4 0 6 Round 2
2 L2 Newport County 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 +2 3
3 ACA Chelsea U21s 2 1 0 0 1 4 3 +1 3
4 L1 Plymouth Argyle 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 August 2018. Source: EFL.com

Group D

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Bristol Rovers (Q) 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Round 2
2 L2 Exeter City (Q) 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 5
3 L2 Yeovil Town (E) 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
4 ACA West Ham United U21s (E) 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Group E

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Forest Green Rovers 2 1 0 1 0 5 1 +4 4 Round 2
2 ACA Arsenal U21s 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 +3 3
3 L1 Coventry City 2 0 1 0 1 1 4 −3 2
4 L2 Cheltenham Town 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 −4 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 September 2018. Source: EFL.com

Group F

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Wycombe Wanderers 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 +2 6 Round 2
2 L1 Oxford United 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 +2 3
3 L2 Northampton Town 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 3
4 ACA Fulham U21s 2 0 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com

Group G

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Charlton Athletic 2 1 0 1 0 10 2 +8 4 Round 2
2 L2 Stevenage 2 1 0 0 1 5 8 −3 3
3 ACA Swansea City U21s 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 −4 3
4 L1 AFC Wimbledon 2 0 1 0 1 2 3 −1 2
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com

Group H

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Luton Town (Q) 2 2 0 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Round 2
2 L1 Peterborough United 2 0 0 2 0 5 5 0 2
3 ACA Brighton & Hove Albion U21s 2 0 1 0 1 3 4 −1 2
4 L2 Milton Keynes Dons 2 0 1 0 1 3 6 −3 2
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Knockout Stage

Round 2

Round 3


Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Tottenham and Man City enter Checkatrade Trophy". BBC Sport. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
    2. ↑ "Checkatrade Trophy: Arsenal become latest Premier League side to enter under-21 team". BBC Sport. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
    3. ↑ "Invited Under-21 teams confirmed for 2018/19 Checkatrade Trophy". English Football League. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
    4. ↑ "Under-21s to enter Checkatrade Trophy". Arsenal Football Club. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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