See a complete list of English Football League Cup Champions. Newcastle United won their first League Cup Championship in the 2024-25 season.
Fast Facts:
- The Football League Cup is also known as the League Cup and is currently referred to as the Carabao Cup, after its title sponsor.
- The League Cup is played between Football teams from England and Wales.
- Liverpool has won 10 League Cup’s which is the most of any other team.
- Several Premier League clubs that have dominated the Premier League championship standings have also enjoyed success in the League Cup, making it one of the few domestic competitions where top-flight champions continue to assert their dominance.
League Cup Champions
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner Up |
| 2025 | Newcastle United | 2-1 | Liverpool |
| 2024 | Liverpool | 1–0 | Chelsea |
| 2023 | Manchester United | 2-0) | Newcastle United |
| 2022 | Liverpool | 0–0 (11-10 shootout) | Chelsea |
| 2021 | Manchester City | 1-0 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2020 | Manchester City | 2-1 | Aston Villa |
| 2019 | Manchester City | 0–0 (4-3 shootout) | Chelsea |
| 2018 | Manchester City | 3–0 | Arsenal |
| 2017 | Manchester United | 3–2 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2016 | Manchester City | 1-2 (3–1 shootout) | Liverpool |
| 2015 | Chelsea | 2–0 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2014 | Manchester City | 3–1 | Sunderland |
| 2013 | Swansea City | 5–0 | Bradford City |
| 2012 | Liverpool | 2–2 | Cardiff City |
| 2011 | Birmingham City | 2–1 | Arsenal |
| 2010 | Manchester United | 2–1 | Aston Villa |
| 2009 | Manchester United | 0–0 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2008 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | Chelsea |
| 2007 | Chelsea | 2–1 | Arsenal |
| 2006 | Manchester United | 4–0 | Wigan Athletic |
| 2005 | Chelsea | 3–2 | Liverpool |
| 2004 | Middlesbrough | 2–1 | Bolton Wanderers |
| 2003 | Liverpool | 2–0 | Manchester United |
| 2002 | Blackburn Rovers | 2–1 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2001 | Liverpool | 1–1 | Birmingham City |
| 2000 | Leicester City | 2–1 | Tranmere Rovers |
| 1999 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1–0 | Leicester City |
| 1998 | Chelsea | 2–0 | Middlesbrough |
| 1997 | Leicester City | 1–0 | Middlesbrough |
| 1996 | Aston Villa | 3–0 | Leeds United |
| 1995 | Liverpool | 2–1 | Bolton Wanderers |
| 1994 | Aston Villa | 3–1 | Manchester United |
| 1993 | Arsenal | 2–1 | Sheffield Wednesday |
| 1992 | Manchester United | 1–0 | Nottingham Forest |
| 1991 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1–0 | Manchester United |
| 1990 | Nottingham Forest | 1–0 | Oldham Athletic |
| 1989 | Nottingham Forest | 3–1 | Luton Town |
| 1988 | Luton Town | 3–2 | Arsenal |
| 1987 | Arsenal | 2–1 | Liverpool |
| 1986 | Oxford United | 3–0 | Queens Park Rangers |
| 1985 | Norwich City | 1–0 | Sunderland |
| 1984 | Liverpool | 1–0 | Everton |
| 1983 | Liverpool | 2–1 | Manchester United |
| 1982 | Liverpool | 3–1 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 1981 | Liverpool | 2–1 | West Ham United |
| 1980 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–0 | Nottingham Forest |
| 1979 | Nottingham Forest | 3–2 | Southampton |
| 1978 | Nottingham Forest | 1–0 | Liverpool |
| 1977 | Aston Villa | 3–2 | Everton |
| 1976 | Manchester City | 2–1 | Newcastle United |
| 1975 | Aston Villa | 1–0 | Norwich City |
| 1974 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–1 | Manchester City |
| 1973 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1–0 | Norwich City |
| 1972 | Stoke City | 2–1 | Chelsea |
| 1971 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2–0 | Aston Villa |
| 1970 | Manchester City | 2–1 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 1969 | Swindon Town | 3–1 | Arsenal |
| 1968 | Leeds United | 1–0 | Arsenal |
| 1967 | Queens Park Rangers | 3–2 | West Bromwich Albion |
| 1966 | West Bromwich Albion (A) | 5–3 | West Ham United |
| 1965 | Chelsea (A) | 4–2 | Leicester City |
| 1964 | Leicester City (A) | 4–3 | Stoke City |
| 1963 | Birmingham City (A) | 3–1 | Aston Villa |
| 1962 | Norwich City (A) | 4–0 | Rochdale |
| 1961 | Aston Villa (A) | 3–2 | Rotherham United |
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