page_title: List of EFL Cup finals
hierarchical_section_title: List of EFL Cup finals
caption_attribution_description: The en:Football League Cup at en:Chelsea F.C.
context_page_description: The EFL Cup is a knockout cup competition in English football organised by and named after the English Football League. The competition was established in 1960 and is considered to be the second-most important domestic cup competition for English football clubs, after the FA Cup. The competition is open to all 72 members of the English Football League and the 20 members of the Premier League. For the first six seasons of the competition, the final was contested over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium. The first Football League Cup was won by Aston Villa, who beat Rotherham United 3–2 on aggregate, after losing the first leg 2–0. The competition's first single-legged final was held in 1967: Queens Park Rangers defeated West Bromwich Albion 3–2 at Wembley Stadium in London.
  Liverpool hold the record for the most EFL Cup titles, having won the competition eight times, including four consecutive titles from 1981 to 1984. Manchester City, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United are the only other clubs to have won consecutive titles; City won in 2018, 2019, and 2020, Forest won in 1978 and 1979, and 1989 and 1990, and United won in 2009 and 2010.
context_section_description: The EFL Cup is a knockout cup competition in English football organised by and named after the English Football League (EFL). The competition was established in 1960 and is considered to be the second-most important domestic cup competition for English football clubs, after the FA Cup. The competition is open to all 72 members of the English Football League and the 20 members of the Premier League. For the first six seasons of the competition, the final was contested over two legs, one at each participating club's stadium. The first Football League Cup was won by Aston Villa, who beat Rotherham United 3–2 on aggregate, after losing the first leg 2–0. The competition's first single-legged final was held in 1967: Queens Park Rangers defeated West Bromwich Albion 3–2 at Wembley Stadium in London.
  Liverpool hold the record for the most EFL Cup titles, having won the competition eight times, including four consecutive titles from 1981 to 1984. Manchester City, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United  are the only other clubs to have won consecutive titles; City won in 2018, 2019, and 2020, Forest won in 1978 and 1979, and 1989 and 1990, and United won in 2009 and 2010. Arsenal have been runners-up more than any other club; they have lost the final six times. Manchester City are the current champions, having beaten Aston Villa in the 2020 final.
caption: The winner of the final receives the eponymous EFL Cup.
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