Football League Cup

The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or by a name referring to the current sponsor, is an English Men's Association Football Competition

 Like theFA Cup, it is played on a knockout (single elimination) basis.

 Unlike the FA Cup, where 758 teams entered in 2012-13,only 92 clubs can enter the League Cup – the 20 Premier League Clubs, and the 72 clubs of The Football League, which organizes the competition

Since 1982, the League Cup has been named after its sponsor

Period	Sponsor	Name
1982–1986	Milk Marketing Board	Milk Cup
1986–1990	Littlewoods	Littlewoods Challenge Cup
1990–1992	Rumbelows	Rumbelows Cup
1992–1998	Coca-Cola	Coca-Cola Cup
1998–2003	Worthington’s	Worthington Cup
2003–2012	Molson Coors	Carling Cup
2012–2016	Capital One	Capital One Cup

 
Prizemoney

League Cup winners receive £100,000 prize money with the runners-up receiving £50,000

Trophy

Three different trophies have been presented to the winners of the League Cup since its inauguration:

• The original trophy, given to the winners since 1990–91
• The trophy presented from 1986–87 until 1989–90 during Littlewoods' sponsorship of the competition
• The trophy presented from the first season of the Milk Marketing Board sponsoring the competition, 1981–82 to 1985–86

Football League Cup Records

• Most Title Wins -Liverpool(8);Aston Villa(5);Chelsea(4);Manchester United(4);Nottingham Forest(4)and Tottenham Hotspur(4)and Leicester City(3)

• Most Final Appearance -Liverance(11)