EFL Cup 2007-08 Facts & Trivia
The 2007-08 EFL Cup (Carabao Cup) was won by Tottenham Hotspur. Below are the facts, records and trivia from that cup run — the final, the giant-killings, the biggest wins, the hat-tricks and the shootouts.
See the full EFL Cup 2007-08 bracket and results. Or read the FA Cup 2007-08 facts.
1. Tottenham Hotspur — champions
Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea 2-1 after extra time to win the EFL Cup.
2. Final scorers
Dimitar Berbatov and Jonathan Woodgate scored for Tottenham Hotspur in the final.
3. Leicester City's cup run
Leicester City, in from the 1st Round, went all the way to the Round of 16 — a memorable run from the early rounds.
4. Frank Lampard's hat-trick
Frank Lampard scored a hat-trick for Chelsea in the Round of 16 (4-3 v Leicester City) (4 hat-tricks were scored in all).
5. The heaviest win
The biggest win of the competition: Aston Villa beat Wrexham AFC 5-0 in the 2nd Round.
6. 7-goal thriller
Norwich City 5-2 Barnet was the highest-scoring tie of the season with 7 goals.
7. Spot-kick marathon
Derby County and Blackpool needed 13 penalties to settle their 2nd Round tie (6-7 on spot-kicks after 2-2).
8. Tottenham Hotspur's road to glory
Tottenham Hotspur beat Middlesbrough, Blackpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea on the way to the trophy — 5 ties won.
9. Sharpest shooters
Chelsea scored the most goals of any club in the competition this season, with 14.
10. Chelsea fall short
Chelsea reached the final but finished runners-up.
11. The last four
The semi-finalists were Chelsea, Everton, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.
12. By the numbers
91 ties across 93 matches produced 267 goals in the EFL Cup this season.