EFL Trophy

The English Football League Trophy, known as the Jersey Mike's Trophy commercially, is an annual English football knockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One, EFL League Two, and U-21 teams from the Premier League and the EFL Championship. Launched in the 1983–84 football season as the Associate Members' Cup, the competition was renamed the Football League Trophy in 1992 after a reorganisation following the formation of the Premier League and again as the current EFL Trophy in 2016 due to The Football League changing its name to the English Football League. The current competition begins with 16 regional groups, each containing 4 teams and divided between northern and southern sections depending on the clubs' geographic locations. The top two from each group qualify for the knockout stages before the two winners meet in late March or early April in the final at Wembley Stadium. Some Midlands and East Anglian clubs fluctuate between the north and south each season for every draw. Other details have varied over the years, including in some years inviting clubs from the National League, and holding a round-robin group stage before moving into knockout rounds. The most successful clubs are Bristol City and Peterborough United, who have lifted the trophy three times each. The current winners are Luton Town, who defeated Stockport County 3–1 in the 2026 final at Wembley Stadium.