2016–17 EFL Trophy

2016–17 EFL Trophy

Country	England  Wales
Teams	64
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 Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Coventry City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall	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	Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Derby County Everton Leicester City Middlesbrough Norwich City Reading Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Total	24	24	16

Notes

Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Newcastle United and 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
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

Blackpool v Cheltenham Town

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

Bolton Wanderers v Everton Academy

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

Cheltenham Town v Everton Academy

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

Bolton Wanderers v Blackpool

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

Cheltenham Town v Bolton Wanderers

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

Everton Academy v Blackpool

8 November 2016	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	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy	3	2	0	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Chesterfield	3	2	0	0	1	5	5	0	6
3	L2	Crewe Alexandra	3	1	0	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	L2	Accrington Stanley	3	1	0	0	2	4	8	−4	3

Source: EFL.com

Chesterfield v Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy

30 August 2016	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

Accrington Stanley v Crewe Alexandra

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

Crewe Alexandra v Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy

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

Chesterfield v Accrington Stanley

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

Crewe Alexandra v Chesterfield

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy v Accrington Stanley

8 November 2016	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
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

Bradford City v Stoke City Reserves and Academy

30 August 2016	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

Bury v Morecambe

30 August 2016	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

Morecambe v Stoke City Reserves and Academy

4 October 2016	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

Bradford City v Bury

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

Stoke City Reserves and Academy v Bury

8 November 2016	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

Morecambe v Bradford City

9 November 2016	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
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

Fleetwood Town v Blackburn Rovers Academy

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

Oldham Athletic v Carlisle United

30 August 2016	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

Carlisle United v Blackburn Rovers Academy

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

Fleetwood Town v Oldham Athletic

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

Blackburn Rovers Academy v Oldham Athletic

8 November 2016	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

Carlisle United v Fleetwood Town

9 November 2016	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
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

Port Vale v Derby County Academy

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

Mansfield Town v Doncaster Rovers

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

Doncaster Rovers v Derby County Academy

4 October 2016	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

Port Vale v Mansfield Town

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

Doncaster Rovers v Port Vale

8 November 2016	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

Derby County Academy v Mansfield Town

8 November 2016	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
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

Notts County v Hartlepool United

31 August 2016	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

Rochdale v Sunderland Academy

6 September 2016	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

Hartlepool United v Sunderland Academy

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

Rochdale v Notts County

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

Hartlepool United v Rochdale

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

Sunderland Academy v Notts County

9 November 2016	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	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Scunthorpe United	3	3	0	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Cambridge United	3	2	0	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	ACA	Middlesbrough Academy	3	0	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: EFL.com

Scunthorpe United v Middlesbrough Academy

30 August 2016	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

Shrewsbury Town v Cambridge United

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

Cambridge United v Middlesbrough Academy

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

Scunthorpe United v Shrewsbury Town

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

Cambridge United v Scunthorpe United

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

Middlesbrough Academy v Shrewsbury Town

8 November 2016	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
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

Sheffield United v Leicester City U23

30 August 2016	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

Walsall v Grimsby Town

30 August 2016	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

Grimsby Town v Leicester City U23

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

Sheffield United v Walsall

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

Grimsby Town v Sheffield United

9 November 2016	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

Leicester City U23 v Walsall

8 November 2016	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
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

Bristol Rovers v Reading Academy

30 August 2016[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

Yeovil Town v Portsmouth

30 August 2016	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

Portsmouth v Reading Academy

4 October 2016[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

Bristol Rovers v Yeovil Town

4 October 2016	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

Portsmouth v Bristol Rovers

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

Reading Academy v Yeovil Town

9 November 2016[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	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	AFC Wimbledon	3	2	0	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Swansea City Academy	3	2	0	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	L2	Plymouth Argyle	3	1	0	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	L2	Newport County	3	1	0	0	2	4	6	−2	3

Source: EFL.com

AFC Wimbledon v Swansea City Academy

30 August 2016 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

Plymouth Argyle v Newport County

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

AFC Wimbledon v Plymouth Argyle

4 October 2016	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

Newport County v Swansea City Academy

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

Newport County v AFC Wimbledon

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

Swansea City Academy v Plymouth Argyle

8 November 2016	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
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

Oxford United v Exeter City

30 August 2016	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

Swindon Town v Chelsea Academy

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

Swindon Town v Oxford United

4 October 2016	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

Exeter City v Chelsea Academy

18 October 2016	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

Chelsea Academy v Oxford United

8 November 2016	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

Exeter City v Swindon Town

8 November 2016	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
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

Coventry City v West Ham United Academy

30 August 2016	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

Northampton Town v Wycombe Wanderers

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

Coventry City v Northampton Town

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

Wycombe Wanderers v West Ham United Academy

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

Northampton Town v West Ham United Academy

8 November 2016	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

Wycombe Wanderers v Coventry City

9 November 2016	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
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

Charlton Athletic v Southampton Academy

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

Crawley Town v Colchester United

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

Colchester United v Southampton Academy

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

Charlton Athletic v Crawley Town

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

Colchester United v Charlton Athletic

8 November 2016	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

Southampton Academy v Crawley Town

9 November 2016	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
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

Peterborough United v Norwich City Academy

30 August 2016	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

Milton Keynes Dons v Barnet

30 August 2016	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

Barnet v Norwich City Academy

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

Peterborough United v Milton Keynes Dons

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

Barnet v Peterborough United

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

Norwich City Academy v Milton Keynes Dons

8 November 2016	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
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

Southend United v Brighton & Hove Albion Academy

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

Leyton Orient v Stevenage

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

Stevenage v Brighton & Hove Albion Academy

4 October 2016	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

Southend United v Leyton Orient

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

Stevenage v Southend United

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

Brighton & Hove Albion Academy v Leyton Orient

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

Group H

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

Source: Sky Sports

Millwall v West Bromwich Albion Academy

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

Gillingham v Luton Town

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

Luton Town v West Bromwich Albion Academy

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

Millwall v Gillingham

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

Luton Town v Millwall

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

West Bromwich Albion Academy v Gillingham

8 November 2016	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

Cheltenham Town v Leicester City U23

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy v Sunderland Academy

5 December 2016	Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy	v	Sunderland Academy	Wolverhampton
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium

Bradford City v Cambridge United

7 December 2016	Bradford City	v	Cambridge United	Bradford
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Valley Parade

Carlisle United v Mansfield Town

6 December 2016	Carlisle United	v	Mansfield Town	Carlisle
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Brunton Park

Doncaster Rovers v Blackpool

6 December 2016	Doncaster Rovers	v	Blackpool	Doncaster
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium

Rochdale v Chesterfield

6 December 2016	Rochdale	v	Chesterfield	Rochdale
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium

Scunthorpe United v Morecambe

6 December 2016	Scunthorpe United	v	Morecambe	Scunthorpe
19:45 Greenwich Mean Time		Report		Stadium: Glanford Park

Walsall v Oldham Athletic

13 December 2016	Walsall	v	Oldham Athletic	Bescot, Walsall
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium

Southern Section

Yeovil Town v Milton Keynes Dons

6 December 2016	Yeovil Town	v	Milton Keynes Dons	Yeovil
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Huish Park

AFC Wimbledon v Brighton & Hove Albion Academy

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

Swindon Town v Luton Town

6 December 2016	Swindon Town	v	Luton Town	Swindon
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: County Ground

Coventry City v Crawley Town

7 December 2016	Coventry City	v	Crawley Town	Coventry
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Ricoh Arena

Southampton Academy v Reading Academy

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

Norwich City Academy v Swansea City Academy

6 December 2016	Norwich City Academy	v	Swansea City Academy	Norwich
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Carrow Road

Southend United v Oxford United

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

Millwall v Wycombe Wanderers

7 December 2016	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.

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Match proceeds

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

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

Notes

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

References

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

External links

• Official website