EFL Cup 2013-14 Facts & Trivia
The 2013-14 EFL Cup (Carabao Cup) was won by Manchester City. 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 2013-14 bracket and results. Or read the FA Cup 2013-14 facts.
1. Manchester City — champions
Manchester City beat Sunderland 3-1 to win the EFL Cup.
2. Final scorers
Yaya Touré, Samir Nasri and Jesús Navas scored for Manchester City in the final.
3. Leicester City's cup run
Leicester City, in from the 1st Round, went all the way to the Quarter-Final — a memorable run from the early rounds.
4. Álvaro Negredo's hat-trick
Álvaro Negredo scored a hat-trick for Manchester City in the Semi-Final (6-0 v West Ham United) (5 hat-tricks were scored in all).
5. The heaviest win
The biggest win of the competition: Peterborough United beat Reading 6-0 in the 2nd Round.
6. 9-goal thriller
Norwich City 6-3 Bury was the highest-scoring tie of the season with 9 goals.
7. Spot-kick marathon
Tottenham Hotspur and Hull City needed 15 penalties to settle their Round of 16 tie (8-7 on spot-kicks after 2-2).
8. Manchester City's road to glory
Manchester City beat Wigan Athletic, Newcastle United, Leicester City, West Ham United and Sunderland on the way to the trophy — 5 ties won.
9. Sharpest shooters
Manchester City scored the most goals of any club in the competition this season, with 22.
10. Sunderland fall short
Sunderland reached the final but finished runners-up.
11. The last four
The semi-finalists were Manchester City, West Ham United, Sunderland and Manchester United.
12. By the numbers
89 ties across 91 matches produced 316 goals in the EFL Cup this season.