League Cup 2014/15

League Cup 2014/15 2014-15 Football League Cup

Cup winners	Chelsea FC (5th title)
Beginning	11th August 2014
final	March 1, 2015
Final stadium	Wembley Stadium , London
Teams	92
Games	93
Gates	276 (ø 2.97 per game)
Top scorer	Benik Afobe (6 goals)
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The League Cup 2014/15 (sponsored name Capital One Cup ) was the 55th edition of the tournament . The tournament started with 92 clubs.

The competition started with the first round on August 12, 2014 and ended with the final at Wembley Stadium in London on March 1, 2015.

First round

The draw for the first round took place on June 17, 2014. The Norwich City and Fulham are the only teams from the Football League that went until the second round of the tournament, as they were the top two teams last season. The other 70 teams in the Football League had to compete in the first round.

The matches were held on 11/12/13. August 2014.

	Result
Carlisle United	0: 2	Derby County
Barnsley FC	0: 2	Crewe Alexandra
Birmingham City	3: 1 a.d.	Cambridge United
Blackburn Rovers	0: 1	Scunthorpe United
Bolton Wanderers	3: 2 a.d.	Bury FC
Brighton & Hove Albion	2-0	Cheltenham Town
Bristol City	1: 2	Oxford United
Burton Albion	2: 1	Wigan Athletic
Charlton Athletic	4-0	Colchester United
Chesterfield FC	3: 5 a.d.	Huddersfield Town
Crawley Town	1: 0 a.d.	Ipswich Town
Dagenham & Redbridge	6: 6 n.V. (2: 4 p.e.)	Brentford FC
Exeter City	0: 2	Bournemouth AFC
Leeds United	2: 1	Accrington Stanley
Luton Town	1: 2	Swindon Town
Millwall FC	1-0	Wycombe Wanderers
Milton Keynes Dons	3: 1	AFC Wimbledon
Morecambe FC	0: 1	Bradford City
Oldham Athletic	0: 3	Middlesbrough FC
Plymouth Argyle	3: 3 n.V. (5: 6 p.e.)	Leyton Orient
Port Vale	6: 2	Hartlepool United
Portsmouth FC	1-0	Peterborough United
Reading FC	3: 1	AFC Newport County
Rochdale AFC	0: 2	Preston North End
Rotherham United	1: 0 a.d.	Fleetwood Town
Sheffield Wednesday	3-0	Notts County
Shrewsbury Town	1-0	Blackpool FC
Southend United	1: 2	Walsall FC
Stevenage FC	0: 1	Watford FC
Tranmere Rovers	0: 1	Nottingham Forest
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2: 3	Northampton Town
Yeovil Town	1: 2	Gillingham FC
York city	0: 1	Doncaster Rovers
Coventry City	1: 2	Cardiff City
Sheffield United	2: 1	Mansfield Town

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 26th and 27th, 2014.

	Result
Bournemouth AFC	3-0	Northampton Town
Brentford FC	0: 1	Fulham FC
Burnley FC	0: 1	Sheffield Wednesday
Crewe Alexandra	2: 3 a.d.	Bolton Wanderers
Derby County	1-0	Charlton Athletic
Gillingham FC	0: 1	Newcastle United
Huddersfield Town	0: 2	Nottingham Forest
Leicester City	0: 1	Shrewsbury Town
Middlesbrough FC	3: 1	Preston North End
Millwall FC	0: 2	Southampton FC
Milton Keynes Dons	4-0	Manchester United
Norwich City	3: 1	Crawley Town
Port Vale	2: 3	Cardiff City
Scunthorpe United	0: 1	Reading FC
Swansea City	1-0	Rotherham United
Swindon Town	2: 4 a.d.	Brighton & Hove Albion
Walsall FC	0: 3	Crystal Palace
Watford FC	1: 2	Doncaster Rovers
West Bromwich Albion	1: 1 n.V. (7: 6 p.e.)	Oxford United
West Ham United	1: 1 a.d. (4: 5 in good condition)	Sheffield United
Aston Villa	0: 1	Leyton Orient
Birmingham City	0: 3	Sunderland AFC
Bradford City	2: 1	Leeds United
Burton Albion	1-0	Queens Park Rangers
Stoke City	3-0	Portsmouth FC

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 23 and 24, 2014.

	Result
Arsenal FC	1: 2	Southampton FC
Cardiff City	0: 3	Bournemouth AFC
Derby County	2-0	Reading FC
Fulham FC	2: 1	Doncaster Rovers
Leyton Orient	0: 1	Sheffield United
Liverpool FC	2: 2 n.V. (14:13 p.e.)	Middlesbrough FC
Milton Keynes Dons	2-0	Bradford City
Shrewsbury Town	1-0	Norwich City
Sunderland AFC	1: 2	Stoke City
Swansea City	3-0	Everton FC
Burton Albion	0: 3	Brighton & Hove Albion
Chelsea FC	2: 1	Bolton Wanderers
Crystal Palace	2: 3 a.d.	Newcastle United
Manchester City	7-0	Sheffield Wednesday
Tottenham Hotspur	3: 1	Nottingham Forest
West Bromwich Albion	3: 2	Hull City

Round of 16

The matches took place on October 28 and 29, 2014.

	Result
Bournemouth AFC	2: 1	West Bromwich Albion
Fulham FC	2: 5	Derby County
Liverpool FC	2: 1	Swansea City
Milton Keynes Dons	1: 2	Sheffield United
Shrewsbury Town	1: 2	Chelsea FC
Manchester City	0: 2	Newcastle United
Stoke City	2: 3	Southampton FC
Tottenham Hotspur	2-0	Brighton & Hove Albion