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LEAGUE CUP WINNERS 1960-2024


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1980s
Aston Villa crest
Norwich City crest
Birmingham City crest
Leicester City crest
Chelsea crest
West Bromwich Albion crest
QPR crest
Leeds United crest
Swindon Town crest
1990s

1980s
Manchester City crest
Tottenham Hotspur crest
Stoke City crest
Tottenham Hotspur crest
Wolves crest
Aston Villa crest
Manchester City crest
Aston Villa crest
Nottingham Forest crest
Nottingham Forest crest
1990s

1980s
Wolves crest
Liverpool crest
Liverpool crest
Liverpool crest
Liverpool crest
Norwich City crest
Oxford United crest
Arsenal crest
Luton Town crest
Nottingham Forest crest
1990s

1990s
Nottingham Forest crest
Sheffield Wednesday crest
Manchester United crest
Arsenal crest
Aston Villa crest
Liverpool crest
Aston Villa crest
Leicester City crest
Chelsea crest
Tottenham Hotspur crest
1990s

2000s
Leicester City crest
Liverpool crest
Blackburn Rovers crest
Liverpool crest
Middlesbrough crest
Chelsea crest
Manchester United crest
Chelsea crest
Tottenham Hotspur crest
Manchester United crest
2000s

2010s
Manchester United crest
Birmingham City crest
Liverpool crest
Swansea City crest
Manchester City crest
Chelsea crest
Manchester City crest
Manchester United crest
Manchester City crest
Manchester City crest
2010s

2020s
Manchester City crest
Manchester City crest
Liverpool crest
Manchester United crest
Liverpool crest
2020s


The English League Cup. It's always played second fiddle to the FA Cup, and in recent years some high-profile managers have even questioned whether it should be axed, but every team who wins the League Cup always seem to be pretty chuffed with themselves to be fair, including former European Cup winners and UEFA Cup winners.

Above is our winners graphic, and below the full list of winners and runners up...


ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP WINNERS AND RUNNERS-UP

Year League Cup Winner Runner-up Score
1961 Aston Villa Rotherham United 3:2 (a.e.t) aggregate (0:2 and 2:0)
1962 Norwich City Rochdale 4:0 aggregate (3:0 and 1:0)
1963 Birmingham City Aston Villa 3:1 aggregate (3:1 and 0:0)
1964 Leicester City Stoke City 4:3 aggregate (1:1 and 3:2)
1965 Chelsea Leicester City 3:2 aggregate (3:2 and 0:0)
1966 West Bromwich Albion West Ham United 5:3 aggregate (1:2 and 4:1)
1967 QPR West Bromwich Albion 3:2
1968 Leeds United Arsenal 1:0
1969 Swindon Town Arsenal 3:1 (a.e.t.)
1970 Manchester City West Bromwich Albion 2:1 (a.e.t.)
1971 Tottenham Hotspur Aston Villa 2:0
1972 Stoke City Chelsea 2:1
1973 Tottenham Hotspur Norwich City 1:0
1974 Wolves Manchester City 2:1
1975 Aston Villa Norwich City 1:0
1976 Manchester City Newcastle United 2:1
1977 Aston Villa Everton 3:2 2nd Replay after original 0:0 and 1:1
1978 Nottingham Forest Liverpool 1:0 Replay after original 0:0
1979 Nottingham Forest Southampton 3:2
1980 Wolves Nottingham Forest 1:0
1981 Liverpool West Ham United 2:1 Replay after original 1:1
1982 Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur 3:1 (a.e.t.)
1983 Liverpool Manchester United 2:1 (a.e.t.)
1984 Liverpool Everton 1:0 Replay after original 0:0
1985 Norwich City Sunderland 1:0
1986 Oxford United QPR 3:0
1987 Arsenal Liverpool 2:1
1988 Luton Town Arsenal 3:2
1989 Nottingham Forest Luton Town 3:1
1990 Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic 1:0
1991 Sheffield Wednesday Manchester United 1:0
1992 Manchester United Nottingham Forest 1:0
1993 Arsenal Sheffield Wednesday 2:1
1994 Aston Villa Manchester United 3:1
1995 Liverpool Bolton Wanderers 2:1
1996 Aston Villa Leeds United 3:0
1997 Leicester City Middlesbrough 1:0 (a.e.t.) Replay after original 1:1
1998 Chelsea Middlesbrough 2:0 (a.e.t.)
1999 Tottenham Hotspur Leicester City 1:0
2000 Leicester City Tranmere Rovers 2:1
2001 Liverpool Birmingham City 1:1 (5:4 pens)
2002 Blackburn Rovers Tottenham Hotspur 2:1
2003 Liverpool Manchester United 2:0
2004 Middlesbrough Bolton Wanderers 2:1
2005 Chelsea Liverpool 3:2 (a.e.t.)
2006 Manchester United Wigan Athletic 4:0
2007 Chelsea Arsenal 2:1
2008 Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea 2:1 (a.e.t.)
2009 Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur 0:0 (4:1 pens)
2010 Manchester United Aston Villa 2:1
2011 Birmingham City Arsenal 2:1
2012 Liverpool Cardiff City 2:2 (3:2 pens)
2013 Swansea City Bradford City 5:0
2014 Manchester City Sunderland 3:1
2015 Chelsea Tottenham Hotspur 2:0
2016 Manchester City Liverpool 1:1 (3:1 pens)
2017 Manchester United Southampton 3:2
2018 Manchester City Arsenal 3:0
2019 Manchester City Chelsea 0:0 (4:3 pens)
2020 Manchester City Aston Villa 2:1
2021 Manchester City Tottenham Hotspur 1:0
2022 Liverpool Chelsea 0:0 (11:10 pens)
2023 Manchester United Newcastle United 2:0
2024 Liverpool Chelsea 1:0 (a.e.t.)


ENGLISH LEAGUE CUP - MOST TITLES WON

Titles Club Years
10 Liverpool 1981 1982 1983 1984 1995 2001 2003 2012 2022 2024
8 Manchester City 1970 1976 2014 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021
6 Manchester United 1992 2006 2009 2010 2017 2023
5 Aston Villa 1961 1975 1977 1994 1996
5 Chelsea 1965 1998 2005 2007 2015
4 Nottingham Forest 1978 1979 1989 1990
4 Tottenham Hotspur 1971 1973 1999 2008
3 Leicester City 1964 1997 2000
2 Arsenal 1987 1993
2 Birmingham City 1963 2011
2 Norwich City 1962 1985
2 Wolves 1974 1980
1 Blackburn Rovers 2002
1 Leeds United 1968
1 Luton Town 1988
1 Middlesbrough 2004
1 Oxford United 1986
1 QPR 1967
1 Sheffield Wednesday 1991
1 Stoke City 1972
1 Swansea City 2013
1 Swindon Town 1969
1 West Bromwich Albion 1966

So, as you can see from the list above, it's Liverpool who are the kings of the League Cup, their four successive League Cup Final victories in the early 1980s, followed by more triumphs in the 1990s and 2000s, has kept them just ahead of Manchester City, who have dominated the EFL competition in recent years.