League Cup 2015/16
League Cup 2015/16 2015-16 Football League Cup |
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Cup winners | Manchester City (4th title) |
Beginning | 11th August 2015 |
final | February 28, 2016 |
Final stadium | Wembley Stadium , London |
Teams | 92 |
Games | 93 |
Gates | 284 (ø 3.05 per game) |
Top scorer | Kevin de Bruyne (5 goals) |
← League Cup 2014/15 |
The League Cup 2015/16 (sponsored name Capital One Cup ) was the 56th edition of the tournament . The tournament started with 92 clubs.
The competition started with the first round on August 11, 2015 and ended with the final at Wembley Stadium in London on February 28, 2016.
First round
The draw for the first round took place on June 16, 2015. All 72 teams in the Football League competed in the first round. The matches were held between August 11th and 13th, 2015.
Second round
The twelve Premier League clubs that failed to qualify for a European competition last season got involved in the second round . The draw took place on August 13, 2015. The matches took place on August 22, 23, 25 and 26, 2015.
Third round
From the third round, the eight clubs that had qualified for the European competitions for the current season also had to compete. The draw took place on August 25, 2015. The matches took place on September 22nd and 23rd, 2015.
Result | ||
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Aston Villa (I) | 1-0 | Birmingham City (II) |
Fulham FC (II) | 0: 1 | Stoke City (I) |
Hull City (II) | 1-0 | Swansea City (I) |
Leicester City (I) | 2: 1 a.d. | West Ham United (I) |
Middlesbrough FC (II) | 3-0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (II) |
Preston North End (II) | 2: 2 n.V. (2: 3 p. |
Bournemouth AFC (I) |
Reading FC (II) | 1: 2 | Everton FC (I) |
Sunderland AFC (I) | 1: 4 | Manchester City (I) |
Crystal Palace (I) | 4: 1 | Charlton Athletic (II) |
Liverpool FC (I) | 1: 1 n.V. (3: 2 in good.) |
Carlisle United (IV) |
Manchester United (I) | 3-0 | Ipswich Town (II) |
Milton Keynes Dons (II) | 0: 6 | Southampton FC (I) |
Newcastle United (I) | 0: 1 | Sheffield Wednesday (II) |
Norwich City (I) | 3-0 | West Bromwich Albion (I) |
Tottenham Hotspur (I) | 1: 2 | Arsenal FC (I) |
FC Walsall (III) | 1: 4 | Chelsea FC (I) |
Round of 16
The draw took place on September 23, 2015. The matches were held on October 27th and 28th, 2015.
Result | ||
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Everton FC (I) | 1: 1 a.d. (4: 3 in good condition) |
Norwich City (I) |
Hull City (II) | 1: 1 n.V. (5: 4 p.e.) |
Leicester City (I) |
Sheffield Wednesday (II) | 3-0 | Arsenal FC (I) |
Stoke City (I) | 1: 1 n.V. (5: 4 p.e.) |
Chelsea FC (I) |
Liverpool FC (I) | 1-0 | Bournemouth AFC (I) |
Manchester City (I) | 5: 1 | Crystal Palace (I) |
Manchester United (I) | 0: 0 a.d. (1: 3 in good condition) |
Middlesbrough FC (II) |
Southampton FC (I) | 2: 1 | Aston Villa (I) |
Quarter finals
The draw took place on October 28, 2015. The matches were held on December 1st and 2nd, 2015.
Result | ||
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Manchester City (I) | 4: 1 | Hull City (II) |
Middlesbrough FC (II) | 0: 2 | Everton FC (I) |
Stoke City (I) | 2-0 | Sheffield Wednesday (II) |
Southampton FC (I) | 1: 6 | Liverpool FC (I) |
Semifinals
The draw took place on December 2nd, 2015. The first legs were held on January 5 and 6, 2016. The second legs were played on January 26, 2016 in Liverpool and on January 27, 2016 in Manchester.
total | First leg | Return leg | ||
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Everton FC (I) | 3: 4 | Manchester City (I) | 2: 1 | 1: 3 |
Stoke City (I) | 1: 1 (5: 6 i.E.) |
Liverpool FC (I) | 0: 1 | 1: 0 a.d. |
final
Liverpool FC | Manchester City | Lineup | |||||||
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Simon Mignolet - Nathaniel Clyne , Lucas Leiva , Mamadou Sakho (25th Kolo Touré ), Alberto Moreno (72nd Adam Lallana ) - Jordan Henderson , Emre Can - James Milner , Roberto Firmino (80th Divock Origi ), Philippe Coutinho - Daniel Sturridge Coach: Jürgen Klopp ( Germany )
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Willy Caballero - Bacary Sagna (90th Pablo Zabaleta ), Vincent Kompany , Nicolás Otamendi , Gaël Clichy - Fernando (90th Jesús Navas ), Yaya Touré - Fernandinho , David Silva (110th Wilfried Bony ), Raheem Sterling - Sergio Agüero Trainers: Manuel Pellegrini ( Chile )
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1: 1 Philippe Coutinho (83rd) |
0: 1 Fernandinho (49th) | ||||||||
penalties shoot | |||||||||
1-0 Emre Can Caballero holds against Lucas Leiva Caballero holds against Coutinho Caballero holds against Lallana |
Fernandinho misses 1: 1 Jesús Navas 1: 2 Sergio Agüero 1: 3 Yaya Touré |
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Nathaniel Clyne (53.), Alberto Moreno (65.), Philippe Coutinho (84.), Adam Lallana (118.) | Fernando (76.), Vincent Kompany (87.), Nicolás Otamendi (109.), Yaya Touré (118.) | ||||||||
Player of the Match: Vincent Kompany |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Capital One Cup 2015/16 Round 1 Draw. (No longer available online.) Capitalonecup.co.uk, June 16, 2015, archived from the original on June 17, 2015 ; accessed on June 20, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Competition Round and Draw Dates. capitalonecup.co.uk, June 20, 2015, accessed June 20, 2015 .
- ↑ Capital One Cup 2015/16 Round 2 Draw. (No longer available online.) Capitalonecup.co.uk, Aug 13, 2015, archived from the original on Aug 16, 2015 ; accessed on August 26, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Capital One Cup 2015/16 Round 3 Draw. (No longer available online.) Capitalonecup.co.uk, August 25, 2015, archived from the original on September 5, 2015 ; accessed on August 26, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Capital One Cup Round 4 draw. (No longer available online.) Capitalonecup.co.uk, September 23, 2015, archived from the original on September 25, 2015 ; accessed on September 24, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Capital One Cup Quarter-Final draw. (No longer available online.) Capitalonecup.co.uk, October 28, 2015, archived from the original on December 8, 2015 ; accessed on October 29, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Capital One Cup Semi-Final draw. (No longer available online.) Capitalonecup.co.uk, December 2, 2015, archived from the original on December 8, 2015 ; accessed on December 2, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.