League Cup 2013/14

League Cup 2013/14 2013-14 Football League Cup

Cup winners	Manchester City (3rd title)
Beginning	5th August 2013
final	March 2, 2014
Final stadium	Wembley Stadium , London
Teams	92
Games	93
Gates	255 (ø 2.74 per game)
Top scorer	Edin Džeko Álvaro Negredo (6 goals each)
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The League Cup 2013/14 (sponsored by Capital One Cup ) was the 54th edition of the tournament. The tournament started with 92 clubs.

The competition started on August 5, 2013 with the first round and ended with the final at Wembley Stadium in London on March 2, 2014. The winner of the competition was Manchester City for the first time since 1976 with a third cup win.

First round

The draw for the first round took place on June 17, 2013. The Wigan Athletic and Reading FC were the only teams from the Football League that only entered the tournament in the second round, as they were the two best-placed teams last season. The other 70 teams in the Football League had to compete in the first round.

The matches were played on 5th / 6th / 7th. August 2013.

	Result		spectator
Preston North End	1-0	Blackpool FC	17,470
Bury FC	3: 2	Crewe Alexandra	2.146
Shrewsbury Town	1: 3	Bolton Wanderers	3,456
Middlesbrough FC	1: 2	Accrington Stanley	6,774
Doncaster Rovers	1-0	Rochdale AFC	4,368
Barnsley FC	0: 0 nV (5: 4 in good condition)	Scunthorpe United	5,238
Tranmere Rovers	2-0	Mansfield Town	3,067
York city	0: 4	Burnley FC	3,922
Sheffield United	1: 2	Burton Albion	6.191
Oldham Athletic	0: 1	Derby County	5,000
Morecambe FC	1-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2,545
Nottingham Forest	3: 1	Hartlepool United	9,081
Huddersfield Town	2: 1	Bradford City	11,630
Port Vale	1: 2	Walsall FC	4.013
Gillingham FC	0: 2	Bristol City	2,585
Bournemouth AFC	1-0	Portsmouth FC	7,620
Wycombe Wanderers	1: 2	Leicester City	3.158
Brentford FC	3: 2	Dagenham & Redbridge	3,586
Exeter City	0: 2	Queens Park Rangers	5,253
Charlton Athletic	4-0	Oxford United	4,935
Southend United	0: 1	Yeovil Town	2,971
Millwall FC	2: 1	AFC Wimbledon	4,443
Swindon Town	1-0	Torquay United	5,662
Birmingham City	3: 2 nV	Plymouth Argyle	10.178
Stevenage FC	2-0	Ipswich Town
Cheltenham Town	4: 3 nV	Crawley Town	1,562
Bristol Rovers	1: 3	Watford FC	4,875
Northampton Town	1: 2	Milton Keynes Dons	3,486
Leyton Orient	3: 2	Coventry City	2,871
Colchester United	1: 5	Peterborough United	2,368
Brighton & Hove Albion	1: 3 nV	AFC Newport County	8,409
Rotherham United	2: 1	Sheffield Wednesday	11,433
Notts County	3: 2	Fleetwood Town	2.115
Leeds United	2: 1	Chesterfield FC	17,466
Carlisle United	3: 3 nV (4: 3 in good condition)	Blackburn Rovers	4,372

Second round

The 13 Premier League clubs that failed to qualify for a European competition last season got involved in the second round .

The matches took place on August 27 and 28, 2013.

	Result		spectator
Carlisle United	2: 5	Leicester City	3,308
Doncaster Rovers	1: 3	Leeds United	10,890
Sunderland AFC	4: 2	Milton Keynes Dons	18,992
West Bromwich Albion	3-0	AFC Newport County	8,955
Bristol City	2: 1	Crystal Palace	6,816
Peterborough United	6-0	Reading FC	4,496
Barnsley FC	1: 5	Southampton FC	6,574
Burton Albion	2: 2 nV (4: 5 in good condition)	Fulham FC	4,002
Burnley FC	2-0	Preston North End	10,648
Liverpool FC	4: 2 nV	Notts County	42,231
Norwich City	6: 3	Bury FC	16,107
Leyton Orient	0: 1 nV	Hull City	3,181
Huddersfield Town	3: 2	Charlton Athletic	6,250
Tranmere Rovers	1: 1 nV (4: 2 i.E.)	Bolton Wanderers	3,379
Queens Park Rangers	0: 2	Swindon Town	9,715
Derby County	5-0	Brentford FC	9,076
Yeovil Town	3: 3 nV (2: 3 in good condition)	Birmingham City	3,769
West Ham United	2: 1	Cheltenham Town	23,440
Nottingham Forest	2: 1 nV	Millwall FC	12,201
Everton FC	2: 1 nV	Stevenage FC	22,730
Stoke City	3: 1	Walsall FC	11,667
Aston Villa	3-0	Rotherham United	22,447
Morecambe FC	0: 2	Newcastle United	5,375
Watford FC	2-0	Bournemouth AFC	9,824
Accrington Stanley	0: 2	Cardiff City	1,617

Third round

From the third round, the seven clubs that had qualified for the European competitions for the current season also had to compete.

The matches took place on September 24th and 25th, 2013.

	Result		spectator
Sunderland AFC	2-0	Peterborough United	18,126
West Ham United	3: 2	Cardiff City	18,611
Manchester City	5-0	Wigan Athletic	25,519
Burnley FC	2: 1	Nottingham Forest	6,405
Southampton FC	2-0	Bristol City	8,539
Swindon Town	0: 2	Chelsea FC	14,924
Watford FC	2: 3 nV	Norwich City	11,178
Aston Villa	0: 4	Tottenham Hotspur	22,975
Hull City	1-0	Huddersfield Town	7.151
Leicester City	2: 1	Derby County	14,043
Fulham FC	2: 1	Everton FC	14,627
Manchester United	1-0	Liverpool FC	65,701
Newcastle United	2-0	Leeds United	36,220
West Bromwich Albion	1: 1 nV (3: 4 in good condition)	Arsenal FC	18,649
Tranmere Rovers	0: 2	Stoke City	5,559
Birmingham City	3: 1	Swansea City	7,470

Round of 16

The matches will take place on October 28 and 29 and November 6, 2013.

	Result		spectator
Leicester City	4: 3	Fulham FC	17,932
Birmingham City	4: 4 nV (2: 4 in good condition)	Stoke City	13,436
Manchester United	4-0	Norwich City	58,663
Burnley FC	0: 2	West Ham United	14,376
Arsenal FC	0: 2	Chelsea FC	59,455
Tottenham Hotspur	2: 2 nV (8: 7 in good condition)	Hull City	35,617
Newcastle United	0: 2 nV	Manchester City	33,846
Sunderland AFC	2: 1	Southampton FC	15,966

Quarter finals

The matches will take place on December 17 and 18, 2013.

	Result		spectator
Leicester City	1: 3	Manchester City	31,319
Sunderland AFC	2: 1 nV	Chelsea FC	20,731
Stoke City	0: 2	Manchester United	25,928
Tottenham Hotspur	1: 2	West Ham United	34,080

Semifinals

date		Result		spectator
07/01/2014	Sunderland AFC	2: 1	Manchester United	31,547
01/22/2014	Manchester United	2: 1 nV	Sunderland AFC	71,019
Total:	Sunderland AFC	3: 3 (2: 1 i. E.)	Manchester United