EFL (Carabao) Cup 2022-23 Champions, Final and Scorers

The EFL Cup 2022–23 was the 63rd season of the EFL Cup (known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons). The competition was open to all clubs participating in the Premier League and the English Football League. The winner of the competition qualified for the play-off round of the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League.
Liverpool were the defending champions, having beaten Chelsea on penalties to secure a record 9th title in the previous season’s final, but were eliminated by Manchester City in the fourth round. The final was played at Wembley Stadium on 26 February 2023 between Manchester United and Newcastle United, with Manchester United winning 2–0 for their sixth title.

Champions:  Manchester United (6th title)
Runner-up: Newcastle United
Top Goal Scorer: Marcus Rashford (6 goal)

EFL Cup (Carabao) 2022-23 Fourth Round Matches
A total of 16 teams played in the fourth round. League Two side Gillingham was the lowest-ranked team in the draw, which was made on 10 November 2022.

Date	Team 1	Result	Team 2
20 December 2022	Milton Keynes Dons	0–3	Leicester City
20 December 2022	Wolves	2–0	Gillingham
20 December 2022	Southampton	2–1	Lincoln City
20 December 2022	Newcastle United	1–0	Bournemouth
21 December 2022	Blackburn_Rovers	1–4	Nottingham Forest
21 December 2022	Charlton Athletic	0–0 4–3 (penalties)	Brighton
21 December 2022	Manchester United	2–0	Burnley
21 December 2022	Manchester City	3–2	Liverpool

EFL Cup (Carabao) 2022-23 Quarter Final Matches
A total of eight teams played in the quarter-finals. League One side Charlton Athletic was the lowest-ranked team in the draw and the only non-Premier League team left.

Date	Team 1	Result	Team 2
10 January 2023	Manchester United	3–0	Charlton Athletic
10 January 2023	Newcastle United	2–0	Leicester City
11 January 2023	Nottingham Forest	1–1 4–3 (penalties)	Wolves
11 January 2023	Southampton	2–0	Manchester City

EFL Cup (Carabao) 2022-23 Semi Final Matches

Team 1	Aggregate	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nottingham Forest	0–5	Manchester United	0–3	0–2
Southampton	1–3	Newcastle United	0–1	1–2

EFL Cup (Carabao) 2022-23 Final Match
26 February 2023 16:30 GMT, Wembley Stadium, London

Manchester United	2–0	Newcastle United
Casemiro 33′ Rashford 39′

EFL Cup (Carabao) 2022-23 Top Goal Scorer List

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marcus Rashford	Manchester United	6
2	Ché Adams	Southampton	5
3	Tommy Conway	Bristol_City	3
4	Andy Cook	Bradford City	3
5	Ronan Curtis	Portsmouth	3
6	Raúl Jiménez	Wolves	3
7	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City	3

EFL Tournament Access policy
All 92 clubs in the Premier League and English Football League entered the season’s EFL Cup. Access was distributed across the top 4 leagues of the English football league system. In the first round, 22 of 24 Championship clubs, and all League One and League Two clubs entered.

The following round, the two remaining Championship clubs, who finished 18th and 19th in the 2021–22 Premier League season (Burnley and Watford), and the Premier League clubs not involved in either the Champions League, Europa League or Europa Conference League entered.