2016–17 EFL Trophy

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Teams

Defending champions

Barnsley

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The 2016–17 EFL Trophy, known as the Checkatrade Trophy for sponsorship reasons,^[1] is the 33rd season in the history of the competition and the 1st since being rebranded from Football League Trophy. It is played as a knock-out tournament for English football clubs in League One and League Two of the English football system and for the first time has expanded to include 16 Premier League and Championship "B Teams" with Category One status as part of a trial.

In all, 64 clubs will enter the competition. Barnsley are the reigning champions,^[2] but are unable to defend their title following promotion to the Championship.^[3]

Change in format

On 9 June 2016, the newly rebranded EFL announced that the 2016–17 EFL Trophy competition would include sixteen "category 1 Premier League academy sides" for the first time. The first knockout round would also be replaced with a new group stage, the sixteen regional groups each to comprise three League One/Two teams plus an academy side, with the top two teams from each group progressing to the knockout second round.^[4]

Following the EFL's announcement of these format changes, many of the invited clubs declined to allow their academies to participate,^[5] and their places had to filled by the academy sides of several Championship clubs.

Reception to the new format by League One and Two fans was overwhelmingly negative.^[6] The opening rounds of fixtures were marked by record low attendances,^[7] and the format changes were described as "a complete and utter failure".^[8]

Participating clubs

Forty-eight clubs from League One and League Two
Sixteen invited Category One Academy teams.

	League One	League Two	Academies
Clubs	AFC Wimbledon !AFC Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers Bradford City !Bradford City Bristol Rovers !Bristol Rovers Bury !Bury Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic Chesterfield !Chesterfield Coventry City !Coventry City Fleetwood Town !Fleetwood Town Gillingham !Gillingham Millwall !Millwall Milton Keynes Dons !Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town !Northampton Town Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic Oxford United !Oxford United Peterborough United !Peterborough United Port Vale !Port Vale Rochdale !Rochdale Scunthorpe United !Scunthorpe United Sheffield United !Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town !Shrewsbury Town Southend United !Southend United Swindon Town !Swindon Town Walsall !Walsall	Accrington Stanley !Accrington Stanley Barnet !Barnet Blackpool !Blackpool Cambridge United !Cambridge United Carlisle United !Carlisle United Cheltenham Town !Cheltenham Town Colchester United !Colchester United Crawley Town !Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers Exeter City !Exeter City Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town Hartlepool United !Hartlepool United Leyton Orient !Leyton Orient Luton Town !Luton Town Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town Morecambe !Morecambe Newport County !Newport County Notts County !Notts County Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth !Portsmouth Stevenage !Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers !Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town !Yeovil Town	Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea !Chelsea Derby County !Derby County Everton !Everton Leicester City !Leicester City Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough Norwich City !Norwich City Reading !Reading Southampton !Southampton Stoke City !Stoke City Sunderland !Sunderland Swansea City !Swansea City West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion West Ham United !West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers
Total	24	24	16

Notes

Arsenal !Arsenal, Liverpool !Liverpool, Manchester United !Manchester United, Manchester City !Manchester City, Newcastle United !Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur declined to participate.^[9]

Eligibility criteria for players

For EFL clubs; a minimum of 5 'First Team' players in the starting 11 as defined under the competition’s existing rules.
For invited clubs – 6 of the starting 11 to be U21 (as at 30 June 2016).

Dates

The competition dates were announced in July 2016.^[10]

Round	Dates	Number of teams
Group Stage	29 August – 4 September 2016	64
	3–9 October 2016
	7–13 November 2016
Round 2	5–11 December 2016	32
Round 3	9–15 January 2017	16
Round 4	23–29 January 2017	8
Semi-Final	20–26 February 2017	4
Final	2 April 2017 (Wembley Stadium)	2

Group Stage

Sixteen groups of 4 teams will be organised on a regionalised basis.
All groups will include one invited club and at least one club from each of Leagues One and Two.
All clubs will play each other once, either home or away.
Invited clubs will play one home game at the club's first team stadium.
Clubs will be awarded 3 points for a win and 1 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.

Northern Section

Group A

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Cheltenham Town	3	2	0	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Blackpool	3	1	1	0	1	3	3	0	5	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Everton Academy	3	1	0	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	L1	Bolton Wanderers	3	1	0	0	2	1	3	−2	3

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Blackpool	2–1	Cheltenham Town	Blackpool
19:45 BST	Vassell 56', 58'	Report	Jennings 20'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 760 Referee: Ben Toner

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Everton Academy	Bolton
19:00 BST		Report	Dyson 22' McAleny 79'	Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 1,540 Referee: David Webb

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Cheltenham Town	2-1	Everton Academy	Cheltenham
	Waters 82' Wright 83' (pen.)		Kitscha 5' (og.)	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,023

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Bolton Wanderers	1-0	Blackpool	Bolton
19:00 BST	Ameobi 4'			Stadium: Macron Stadium Attendance: 1,589

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Cheltenham Town	1-0	Bolton Wanderers	Cheltenham
19:45	Morgan-Smith pen' (90+1)	report		Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,038

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Everton Academy	1-1 (4-5 p)	Blackpool	Liverpool
19:30 GMT	Charsley 79'	report	Gnanduillet 48'	Stadium: Goodison Park
		Penalties
	Gibson Charsley Jones Henen Yarney		Philliskirk Cain Wilson Cullen Gnanduillet

Group B

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy	3	2	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Chesterfield	3	2	1	5	5	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Crewe Alexandra	3	1	2	5	5	0	3
4	L2	Accrington Stanley	3	1	2	4	8	−4	3

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Chesterfield	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy	Chesterfield
19:45	Ebanks-Blake 24' Dennis 76'	Report	Ebanks-Landell 29' Herc 74'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 950 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Accrington Stanley	0–3	Crewe Alexandra	Accrington
19:45		Report	Ainley 47' Cooper 76' Udoh 90'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 585 Referee: Darren Handley

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Crewe Alexandra	2-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy	Crewe
	Dagnall 69' Lowe 82'		Dicko 7' (45+1) Enobakhare 88'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 963

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Chesterfield	1-4	Accrington Stanley	Chesterfield
	Dennis 61'		Taylor-Fletcher 14' Gornell 21' (66) Clark 42'	Stadium: Proact Stadium

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Crewe Alexandra	0-2	Chesterfield	Crewe
19:45		report	O'Shea 22' Dimaio pen' (81)	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 929

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy	4-0	Accrington Stanley	Wolverhampton
19:45	Herc 18' Wilson 37' Ronan pen' (45+3) Enobakhare 67'	report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 547

Group C

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Bradford City	3	2	0	0	1	5	4	+1	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Morecambe	3	2	0	0	1	7	7	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Bury	3	1	0	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	ACA	Stoke City Reserves and Academy	3	0	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Bradford City	1–0	Stoke City Reserves and Academy	Bradford
19:45	Dieng 38'	Report	Banks 62', 74'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 1,444 Referee: Michael Salisbury

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Bury	4–1	Morecambe	Bury
19:45	Zeli Ismail 3' (pen.) Pope 49', 90+2' Kay 81'	Report	Mullin 43'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1,154 Referee: Rob Jones

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Morecambe	3 - 1	Stoke City Reserves and Academy	Morecambe
19:45	Dunn 3' Stockton 21' Murphy 44'	Report	Adam 48'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 686 Referee: Andy Haines

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Bradford City	2 - 1	Bury	Bradford
19:45	Vučkić 31' Hiwula 35'	Report	Walker 69'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 1,865 Referee: Ben Toner

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Stoke City Reserves and Academy	1-1 (4-3 p)	Bury	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45	Bojan 86'	report	68' Miller	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 698
		Penalties
	Banks Edwards Campbell Ngoy Taylor		Tutte Danns Dudley Kay Soares

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)	Morecambe	3-2	Bradford City	Morecambe
19:45	Mullin 43' Stockton (66)	report	Vučkič (52)	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 827

Group D

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Carlisle United	3	3	0	0	0	11	6	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Oldham Athletic	3	1	1	0	1	8	7	+1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Fleetwood Town	3	1	0	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	ACA	Blackburn Rovers Academy	3	0	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Fleetwood Town	1–0	Blackburn Rovers Academy	Fleetwood
19:45	Cole 45'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 392 Referee: Ross Joyce

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Oldham Athletic	4–5	Carlisle United	Oldham
19:45	McKay 16' Osei 48', 49' Banks 66'	Report	Raynes 18', 89' Lambe 22' Burgess 28' (o.g.) Miller 74' Gillesphey 82'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1,897 Referee: Peter Bankes

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Carlisle United	2-0	Blackburn Rovers Academy	Carlisle
19:45	Miller 39' Grainger 88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,253

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Fleetwood Town	0–2	Oldham Athletic	Fleetwood
19:45		Report	Mckay 32' Erwin 38'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 793 Referee: Darren Bond

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Blackburn Rovers Academy	2-2 (4-5 p)	Oldham Athletic	Blackburn
19:30	Stokes 22' Feeney 61'	report	49' Ladapo 67' Wilson	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 471
		Penalties
	Stokes Bennett Tomlinson Hardcastle Mahoney Feeney		Banks Law Ripley McKay McLaughlin Croft

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)	Carlisle United	4-2	Fleetwood Town	Carlisle
19:45	Mckee 14' Wyke 18' Grainger 41' (pen.) Salkeld 73'	report	Sowerby 48' Jakubiak 64'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1420

Group E

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Doncaster Rovers	3	1	1	1	0	4	2	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Mansfield Town	3	2	0	0	1	4	4	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Port Vale	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	5
4	ACA	Derby County Academy	3	0	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Port Vale	1–0	Derby County Academy	Burslem
19:45	Smith 80'	Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,198

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Mansfield Town	0–2	Doncaster Rovers	Mansfield
19:45 BST		Report	Beestin 72' Calder 86'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 1,467

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Doncaster Rovers	2-2 (4-2 p)	Derby County Academy	Doncaster
19:45	Mandeville 53' Longbottom 82'	Report	Wilson 9' Wiemann 90'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 1,515
		Penalties
	Middleton Longbottom Keegan Marquis Beestin		Blackman Guy Alefe Santos Bennett

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Port Vale	0-1	Mansfield Town	Burslem
19:45		Report	Green 66'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,025

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Doncaster Rovers	0-0 (3-4 p)	Port Vale	Doncaster
19:45		report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 1495
		Penalties
	Houghton Evina Longbottom Mandeville Keegan		Streete Grant Leite Pereira Paulo Tavares Hart

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Derby County Academy	2-3	Mansfield Town	Derby
19:45	Hanson 24' Weimann 84'		Hemmings 2' Henderson 5' Clements 90+3'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 870

Group F

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Rochdale	3	2	1	0	0	5	3	+2	8	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Sunderland Academy	3	2	0	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Notts County	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	L2	Hartlepool United	3	0	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Source: EFL.com

31 August 2016 (2016-08-31)	Notts County	2-1	Hartlepool United	Meadow Lane
19:45	Genaro Snijders 20' Rhys Oates 36'	Report	Graham Burke 29'	Attendance: 1095 Referee: Darren England

6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)	Rochdale	1-1 (4–2 p)	Sunderland Academy	Spotland Stadium
	Ian Henderson 57'	Report	Embleton 51'	Attendance: 1184
		Penalties
	Davies Rafferty Bunney McGahey Odelusi		Honeyman Kirhcoff Robson Greenwood

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Hartlepool United	0-1	Sunderland Academy	Victoria Park
19:45		Report	Love 66'	Attendance: 1,295

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Rochdale	2-1	Notts County	Spotland Stadium
19:45	Odelusi 61' Davies 69'	Report	Forte 25'	Attendance: 1,147

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)	Hartlepool United	1-2	Rochdale	Victoria Park
19:30	Oates 85'	report	Noble-Lazarus 21' Gillam 67'	Attendance: 380

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)	Sunderland Academy	2-1	Notts County	Stadium of Light
19:30	Maja 84' Hollis 90' (og)	report	Campbell 49'	Attendance: 633

Group G

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Scunthorpe United	3	3	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Cambridge United	3	2	1	3	3	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	1	2	3	3	0	3
4	ACA	Middlesbrough Academy	3	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Middlesbrough Academy	Glanford Park
19:45 BST	Murray Wallace 63' Hakeeb Adelakun 73'	Report	Cooke 72'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Andrew Madley

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Cambridge United	New Meadow
19:45 BST		Report	Joe Pigott 20'	Attendance: 1,187 Referee: Chris Sarginson

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Cambridge United	2-1	Middlesbrough Academy	Abbey Stadium
19:00 BST	Ikpeazu 12' Eldson 55' (og.)	Report	Tavernier 34'	Attendance: 693

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Scunthorpe United	2-0	Shrewsbury Town	Glanford Park
19:45 BST	Lancashire 10' (og.) Margetts 56'	Report		Attendance: 1,316

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Cambridge United	0-2	Scunthorpe United	Abbey Stadium
19:45 GMT		report	Willaims 36' Adelakun 90+1'	Attendance: 666

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Middlesbrough Academy	0-3	Shrewsbury Town	Riverside Stadium
19:45 GMT		report	Leitch-Smith 10' 59' Toney 14'	Attendance: 308

Group H

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Walsall	3	3	0	0	0	8	3	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Leicester City Academy	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Sheffield United	3	1	0	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	L2	Grimsby Town	3	0	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Sheffield United	0–0 (4–5 p)	Leicester City U23	Bramall Lane
19:45		Report		Attendance: 3,632 Referee: Nigel Miller
		Penalties
	Coutts Fleck Duffy Chapman O'Connell		Chilwell Gray Muskwe Barnes Ndukwu

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Walsall	5–2	Grimsby Town	Bescot Stadium
19:45	Bakayoko 19', 39', 43' Morris 61' Kouhyar 71'	Report	Boyce 5' Summerfield 67'	Attendance: 1,022 Referee: Andy Woolmer

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Grimsby Town	0-1	Leicester City U23	Bundell Park
19:45		Report	Mitchell 64'	Attendance: 609

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Sheffield United	1-2	Walsall	Bramall Lane
19:45	Coutts 78'	Report	Laird 16' Bakayoko 66'	Attendance: 2,619

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)	Grimsby Town	2-4	Sheffield United	Bundell Park
19:45	Jackson 14' Disley 81'	report	Slater 53' Boyce 74' (og) O'Connell 78' Clarke 87'	Attendance: 597

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Leicester City U23	0-1	Walsall	King Power Stadium
19:45		report	Bakayoko 58'

Southern Section

Group A

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Yeovil Town	3	2	0	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Reading Academy	3	1	1	0	1	5	6	−1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Portsmouth	3	1	0	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	L1	Bristol Rovers	3	0	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)^[11]	Bristol Rovers	2–3	Reading Academy	Bristol
19:45 BST	Taylor 60' Easter 81'	Report	Stacey 33' Sheppard 76' Mendes 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,418 Referee: Brett Huxtable

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Yeovil Town	4–3	Portsmouth	Yeovil
19:45 BST	Mugabi 14' Eaves 22', 39' McLeod 27'	Report	Smith 10', 37', 54'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 1,534 Referee: Kevin Johnson

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)^[11]	Portsmouth	2–2 (3–4 p)	Reading Academy	Portsmouth
19:45 BST	Main 57', 63'	Report	Novakovich 6' Mendes 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 1,355 Referee: Oliver Langford
		Penalties
	Smith Naismith Bennett Lalkovič Evans May Whatmough		Mendes Blackett Gravenberch Samuel Griffin Watson Frost

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Bristol Rovers	0–0 (5–3 p)	Yeovil Town	Bristol
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,117 Referee: James Adcock
		Penalties
	James Bodin Taylor Colkett Montaño		Dickson Hedges Mcleod Lawless

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Portsmouth	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Naismith 88'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 1,200 Referee: James Adcock

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)^[11]	Reading Academy	0–2	Yeovil Town	Reading
19:30 GMT		Report	Eaves 48' Zoko 89'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 739 Referee: John Busby

Group B

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	AFC Wimbledon	3	2	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Swansea City Academy	3	2	1	4	4	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Plymouth Argyle	3	1	2	5	5	0	3
4	L2	Newport County	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30) First round	AFC Wimbledon	3–0	Swansea City Academy	Kingsmeadow
19:45 BST	Barcham 38' Poleon 57' 67'	Report	Fulton 44'	Attendance: 461 Referee: Simon Hooper

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Plymouth Argyle	4-1	Newport County	Home Park
	Slew 51' Jervis 58' Bulvītis 69' Tanner 90+3'	Report	Green 19'	Attendance: 2,349

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	AFC Wimbledon	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Kingsmeadow
19:45	Taylor 28' 65' Barnett 68' 89' Beere 71'	Report	Smith 7' Miller 64'	Attendance: 936 Referee: Graham Horwood

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Newport County	1-2	Swansea City Academy	Rodney Parade
19:45	Myrie-Williams 90+3'	Report	Biabi 35' Samuel 88'	Attendance: 807

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Newport County	2-0	AFC Wimbledon	Rodney Parade
19:45	Benett 7' Barnum-Bobb 85)'	report		Attendance: 368

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Swansea City Academy	2-0	Plymouth Argyle	Liberty Stadium
19:45	James 13' McBurnie 20'	report		Attendance: 641

Group C

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Swindon Town	3	1	2	0	0	3	2	+1	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Oxford United	3	1	0	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Exeter City	3	1	0	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	ACA	Chelsea Academy	3	0	1	0	2	4	6	−2	2

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Oxford United	4–2	Exeter City	Kassam Stadium
19:45 BST	Roberts 12' Maguire 36' (pen.) Taylor 68' MacDonald 71'	Report	Jay 43' McAlinden 61'	Attendance: 1,575 Referee: James Adcock

13 September 2016 (2016-09-13)	Swindon Town	2–1	Chelsea Academy	County Ground
19:45 BST	Branco 18' Delfouneso 60'	Report	Ali 80'	Attendance: 1961 Referee: Graham Horwood

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Swindon Town	0–0 (3–1 p)	Oxford United	County Ground
19:45		Report		Attendance: 2,698
		Penalties
	Goddard Murray Norris Thomas Furlong		Sercombe Taylor Thomas Ruffles

18 October 2016 (2016-10-18)	Exeter City	3–2	Chelsea Academy	St James Park
19:45 BST	Watkins 2' Wheeler 25' McAlinden 49'		Ugbo 70', 90+4'	Attendance: 1,979

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Chelsea Academy	1-1 (13-12 p)	Oxford United	Stamford Bridge
	Quintero 44'	report	Hemmings 90+4'	Attendance: 5200
		Penalties
	Ugbo Aina Dabo Van Ginkel Zouma Collins Ali Maddox Quintero Grant Colley Ugbo Aina Dabo Van Ginkel Zouma Collins		Maguire Lundstram Hemmings Johnson Rothwell Thomas Skarz Edwards Nelson Martin Eastwood Maguire Lundstram Hemmings Johnson Rothwell Thomas

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Exeter City	1-1 (2-4 p)	Swindon Town	St James Park
19:45	Wheeler 59'	report	Norris 30'	Attendance: 729 Referee: Brett Huxtable
		Penalties
	James Simpson Grant Holmes		Doughty Evans Raphael Branco Yaser Kasim

Group D

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Coventry City	3	3	0	0	0	11	5	+6	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Wycombe Wanderers	3	2	0	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	West Ham United Academy	3	0	1	0	2	3	8	−5	2
4	L1	Northampton Town	3	0	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Coventry City	4–2	West Ham United Academy	Ricoh Arena
19:45	Turnbull 35', 75' Lameiras 48' Willis 73'	Report	Martínez 33', 90+1'	Attendance: 2,091

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Northampton Town	0–3	Wycombe Wanderers	Sixfields
		Report	Rowe 17' Hayes 47' Thompson 90+4'	Attendance: 1,408

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Coventry City	3–1	Northampton Town	Ricoh Arena
19:45	Agyei 1' Jones 8' Lameiras 66'	Report	Richards 2'	Attendance: 2,085

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Wycombe Wanderers	3–0	West Ham United Academy	Adams Park
19:45	Akinfenwa 7' Kashket 47' Freeman 68'	Report		Attendance: 1,060

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Northampton Town	1-1 (2-3 p)	West Ham United Academy	Sixfields ^{[note 1]}
19:45	Beautyman 23'	report	Parfitt-Williams 39'	Attendance: 762
		Penalties
	Beautyman Potter Byrom Sonupe O'Toole		Browne Pike Lewis Kemp

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)	Wycombe Wanderers	2-4	Coventry City	Adams Park
19:45	McGinn 32' Kashket 53'	report	Haynes 57' Haynes 60' Thomas 63' Bigirimana 86'	Attendance: 912

Group E

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Southampton Academy	3	2	0	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Crawley Town	3	2	0	0	1	3	4	−1	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Charlton Athletic	3	0	1	1	1	1	3	−2	3
4	L2	Colchester United	3	0	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Charlton Athletic	0–0 (5–4 p)	Southampton Academy	The Valley
19:45 BST		Report		Attendance: 1,326

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Crawley Town	1–0	Colchester United	Checkatrade.com Stadium
19:45 BST	Collins 33'	Report		Attendance: 881

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Colchester United	1–2	Southampton Academy	Weston Homes Community Stadium
19:45 BST	Sembie-Ferris 23'	Report	McQueen 8' Olomola 51'	Attendance: 791

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Charlton Athletic	0–2	Crawley Town	The Valley
19:45 BST		Report	Yussuf 44' Collins 50'	Attendance: 1,186

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Colchester United	1-1 (4-3 p)	Charlton Athletic	Weston Homes Community Stadium
19:45	Bonne 42'	report	Ajose 32'	Attendance: 548
		Penalties
	Guthrie Bonne Dunne Wright Slater		Hanlan Ulvestad Ahearne-Grant Jorge Teixeira Konsa

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)	Southampton Academy	4-0	Crawley Town	St Marys
19:45	Mersin 3' (og) Mdlalose 9' Slattery 34' Olomola 78'	report

Group F

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Norwich City Academy	3	3	0	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Milton Keynes Dons	3	1	1	0	1	4	6	−2	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Peterborough United	3	1	0	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	L2	Barnet	3	0	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Peterborough United	1–6	Norwich City Academy	ABAX Stadium
19:30	Anderson 52'	Report	Murphy 6', 82' Andreu 8', 45+2', 56' Maddison 24'	Attendance: 1,696

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Milton Keynes Dons	2–2 (5–3 p)	Barnet	Stadium:MK
19:45	Reeves 34' Walsh 82'	Report	Nicholls 62' Weston 72'	Attendance: 2,114
		Penalties
	Bowditch Walsh Powell Maynard Thomas-Asante		Weston Nicholls Nelson Akpa Akpro

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Barnet	0-5	Norwich City Academy	The Hive Stadium
20:00			Murphy 45+2' (56), 89' Canós 68' Oliveira 79'	Attendance: 457

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Peterborough United	0-1	Milton Keynes Dons	ABAX Stadium
19:30		Report	Agard 40'	Attendance: 1,793

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Barnet	1-2	Peterborough United	The Hive Stadium
19:45	Justin Nwogu (66)		Paul Taylor (6) George Moncur (83)	Attendance: 393 (111 away)

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Norwich City Academy	4-1	Milton Keynes Dons	Carrow Road
19:00	Morris (11), Oliveira (38, 63), Adams (87)		Finn Tapp (84)	Attendance: 1042

Group G

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Southend United	3	2	0	0	1	3	4	−1	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Brighton & Hove Albion Academy	3	1	1	0	1	3	4	−1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Stevenage	3	1	0	1	1	7	5	+2	4
4	L2	Leyton Orient	3	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	3

Source: EFL.com

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Southend United	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion Academy	Roots Hall
	Moony 35' Kyprianou 49'	Report		Attendance: 1,275

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Leyton Orient	3–1	Stevenage	Brisbane Road
	McCallum 33' (70) Semedo 54'	Report	Franks 58'	Attendance: 876

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Stevenage	2-2 (3-4 p)	Brighton & Hove Albion Academy	Broadhall Way
19:45	Walker 60' McKirdy 87'	Report	Ince 1' Starkey 83'	Attendance: 486
		Penalties
	Tonge Cowans Fox Hunte Gorman		Hünemeier Goldson Tilley Pocognoli Collar

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Southend United	1-0	Leyton Orient	Roots Hall
19:45	Fortuné 82'	Report		Attendance: 2,383

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Stevenage	4-0	Southend United	Broadhall Way
19:45	Steve Schumacher (8) Matt Godden (18) Rowan Liburd (64, 90+1)			Attendance: 559 (185 away)

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Brighton & Hove Albion Academy	1-0	Leyton Orient	Falmer Stadium
	Towell (16)			Attendance: TBC Referee: Lee Probert

Group H

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Millwall	3	3	0	7	2	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Luton Town	3	2	1	5	4	+1	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Gillingham	3	1	2	4	4	0	3
4	ACA	West Bromwich Albion U21	3	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source: Sky Sports

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Millwall	2–0	West Bromwich Albion Academy	The Den
19:45	Abdou 63' Morison 75' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 2,054 Referee: Brendan Malone

30 August 2016 (2016-08-30)	Gillingham	1–2	Luton Town	Priestfield Stadium
19:45	Oldaker 90+1'	Report	Musonda 10' Smith 22'	Attendance: 2,128 Referee: John Busby

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Luton Town	2-0	West Bromwich Albion Academy	Kenilworth Road
19:30	Gilliead 60' Gray 62'	Report		Attendance: 1,454

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04)	Millwall	2-1	Gillingham	The Den
19:45	Onyedinma 45+4' Morison 88'	Report	Wright 17'	Attendance: 2,104

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	Luton Town	1-3	Millwall	Kenilworth Road
19:30	Hutchinson 57' (o.g.)	Report	Onyedinma 71' Smith 81, 87'	Attendance: 2,251

8 November 2016 (2016-11-08)	West Bromwich Albion Academy	0-2	Gillingham	The Hawthorns
			Darren Oldaker Jay Emmanuel-Thomas

Knockout Stage

If scores are level after 90 minutes in Rounds 2, 3 and 4, the game will be determined by the taking of penalties.

Round 2

The Round 2 draw was made on 10 November 2016.^[13] The 32 remaining teams were drawn into 16 ties; each group winner will be at home to a runner-up from a different group within their own region.

Northern Section

10 January 2017 (2017-01-10)	Cheltenham Town	v	Leicester City U23	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Whaddon Road

5 December 2016 (2016-12-05)	Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy	v	Sunderland Academy	Wolverhampton
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium

7 December 2016 (2016-12-07)	Bradford City	v	Cambridge United	Bradford
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Valley Parade

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Carlisle United	v	Mansfield Town	Carlisle
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Brunton Park

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Doncaster Rovers	v	Blackpool	Doncaster
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Rochdale	v	Chesterfield	Rochdale
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Scunthorpe United	v	Morecambe	Scunthorpe
19:45 Greenwich Mean Time		Report		Stadium: Glanford Park

13 December 2016 (2016-12-13)	Walsall	v	Oldham Athletic	Bescot, Walsall
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium

Southern Section

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Yeovil Town	v	Milton Keynes Dons	Yeovil
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Huish Park

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	AFC Wimbledon	v	Brighton & Hove Albion Academy	Norbiton, London
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Swindon Town	v	Luton Town	Swindon
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: County Ground

7 December 2016 (2016-12-07)	Coventry City	v	Crawley Town	Coventry
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Ricoh Arena

21 December 2016 (2016-12-21)	Southampton Academy	v	Reading Academy	Southampton
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: St Mary's Stadium

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Norwich City Academy	v	Swansea City Academy	Norwich
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Carrow Road

6 December 2016 (2016-12-06)	Southend United	v	Oxford United	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Roots Hall

7 December 2016 (2016-12-07)	Millwall	v	Wycombe Wanderers	Bermondsey, London
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: The Den

Round 3

Sixteen teams will participate in this round. A 'free draw' will take place.

Round 4

Eight teams will participate in this round. A 'free draw' will take place.

Semi-finals

Four teams will participate in this round. A 'free draw' will take place. It will consist of single ties played at the stadium of the club drawn first in each tie.

February 2017

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February 2017

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Final

2 April 2017

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Wembley Stadium

Match proceeds

After deduction of match expenses, all proceeds will be split:

45% Home club
45% Away club
10% to the pool account

Notes

↑ Originally scheduled to be played at the Olympic Stadium, this game was switched as a result of West Ham's tenancy terms^[12]

References

↑ "EFL Trophy: Checkatrade check in as trophy title sponsor". English Football League. 4 August 2016.
↑ Cartwright, Phil. "Johnstone's Paint Trophy final: Barnsley 3-2 Oxford United". BBC.
↑ Wembley, Rob. "Barnsley 3-1 Millwall". BBC Sport.
↑ "Premier League trial for the trophy". EFL. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
↑ Smith, Alan (8 July 2016). "Premier League clubs to opt out of revamped EFL Trophy". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
↑ Shepka, Phil (14 June 2016). "EFL Trophy: 'Overwhelming majority' against Premier League under-21 sides joining". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
↑ "Checkatrade Trophy: Low crowds & manager cameos". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
↑ Ashdown, John (8 November 2016). "The revamped EFL Trophy is a complete and utter failure – and here's why". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
↑ "Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool & Manchester City among EFL Trophy rejections". BBC Sport. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ "EFL Trophy: Format Confirmed For 2016/17". English Football League. 6 July 2016.
1 2 3 "Fixture dates: EFL Trophy & Premier League International Cup". Reading Football Club.
↑ Casey, Jeremy (27 July 2016). "Cobblers draw West Ham, Coventry and Wycombe in EFL Trophy". Northampton Chronicle. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
↑ "Checkatrade Trophy: Round Two draw". EFL. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

External links

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EFL Trophy

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League competitions

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Levels 5–6	National League

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Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League Midland League Northern Counties East League Northern League North West Counties League Southern Combination League Southern Counties East League South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League United Counties League Wessex League Western League West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

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EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

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Club seasons

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League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Blackpool Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town

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