The League Cup

A table of all the clubs which have been League Cup Winners in all its guises: Milk Cup, Littlewoods Cup, Rumbalows Cup, Coca Cola Cup and Worthington Cup. The list includes a running total of League Cups won. Click on year to see season details.

This is followed by a brief History of the League Cup and a list of League Cup Finalists who have never won the League Cup.

League Cup Winners

Years expressed as 1998 depict the 1997-98 season.
Winners of the League Cup from outside the top division are in RED.
Wins when the League Cup Final was two-legged are in GREEN.

Season Club Number
of Wins
1961 Aston Villa
1
1962 Norwich City
1
1963 Birmingham City
1
1964 Leicester City
1
1965 Cheslea
1
1966 West Bromwich Albion
1
1967 Queens Park Rangers
1
1968 Leeds United
1
1969 Swindon Town
1
1970 Manchester City
1
1971 Tottenham Hotspur
1
1972 Stoke City
1
1973 Tottenham Hotspur
2
1974 Wolverhampton Wanderers
1
1975 Aston Villa
2
1976 Manchester City
2
1977 Aston Villa
3
1978 Nottingham Forest
1
1979 Nottingham Forest
2
1980 Wolverhampton Wanderers
2
1981 Liverpool
1
1982 Liverpool
2
1983 Liverpool
3
1984 Liverpool
4
1985 Norwich City
2
1986 Oxford United
1
1987 Arsenal
1
1988 Luton Town
1
1989 Nottingham Forest
3
1990 Nottingham Forest
4
1991 Sheffield Wednesday
1
1992 Manchester United
1
1993 Arsenal
2
1994 Aston Villa
4
1995 Liverpool
5
1996 Aston Villa
5
1997 Leicester City
2
1998 Chelsea
2
1999 Tottenham Hotspur
3
2000 Leicester City
3
2001 Liverpool
6

History of the League Cup

Season Notes
1961 League Cup founded as knockout tournament for League clubs with two-legged final
1967 League Cup final transferred to Wembley with UEFA Cup place for winners (if from Top Division)
1968 Only League Cup / UEFA Cup double (Leeds United)
1970 First League Cup / Cup Winners Cup double (Manchester City)
1978 First League Cup / League double (Nottingham Forest)
1979 First League Cup / European Cup double (Nottingham Forest)
1981 Second League Cup / European Cup double (Liverpool)
1982 Second League Cup / League double (Liverpool)
1983 Third League Cup / League double (Liverpool)
1984 Unique treble of League Cup / League / European Cup (Liverpool)
1993 Only League Cup / FA Cup double (Arsenal)
1998 Second League Cup / Cup Winners Cup double (Chelsea)
2001 League Cup final moved to Cardiff while Wembley rebuilt

League Cup Finalists Who Have Never Won the league Cup

Club
Number of
League Cup
Finals
Rotherham United
1
Rochdale
1
West Ham United
2
Newcastle United
1
Everton
2
Southampton
1
Sunderland
1
Oldham Athletic
1
Bolton Wanderers
1
Middlesbrough
2
Tranmere Rovers
1

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