2012–13 Football League Cup

First round

The draw for the first round took place on 14 June 2012 at 09:30 BST. The 35 matches were to be played on 13–15 August 2012, although if both teams agreed, they could play it on 11 or 12 August instead.

Northern section

Kennedy Davies Dagnall Koren McLean Proschwitz Chester Stewart Cairney Mullins Agard Árnason Pringle Taylor Bradley Woods Bennett Blake Challinor Potts Blair Clayton Pogba Ledesma Collins Taylor Collins Maguire McDonald McMahon Doyle Bell McCrory Webster Richards Taylor Varney Norris McCormack Fleming Wroe Mvoto O'Grady Antonio Buxton Robinson Tyson Grella Grant Jennings Tyson Brayford Keogh Robinson Jacobs Coutts Buxton Naylor Kennedy Walker Duffy Grant Newey Ryan Mirfin Jennings Austin Marney Bell-Baggie

Southern section

Duffy Harrad Mohamed MacDonald MacKenzie Kay Lowe Hunt Ward Johnson Henry Nouble Forde Reid Rankine Rodman Herd Morris Roberts Smith Cresswell Dunne Roberts Dikgacoi Marsh-Brown Caldwell Ambrose Løvenkrands Elliott Strevens Nicholls Cowan-Hall Chadwick Batt Adams Smith Trotter Bulman McFadzean Hunt Marshall James Vardy Taylor Newell Boyd Navarro Wilson Green Wright-Phillips Pritchard Sawyer Chorley James Brunt Smalley Rigg Chapman Batt McDermott Pugh Grabban

Second round

The draw for the second round took place on 15 August 2012, after all the matches for the first round had been completed. The second round draw included the 35 winners from the first round plus the Premier League clubs that are not competing in European competitions: the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The second round draw also included the top two highest ranked teams from last season not currently in the Premier League, these being Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers.

The 25 ties took place on 28–30 August 2012.

Sodje Monakana Thompson Moore Long El Ghanassy Kilbane Baker Spector Maïga Jones Simpson Symington Gunter Knight-Percival Tomlin Futács Taylor Weir Maghoma Vokes Stanislas Hewitt Stock Young Lecointe Hourihane Blanchard Zamora Bosingwa Sharp Puncheon Reeves Figueroa Gómez McManaman Walters Crouch Flint Herd Bent Ajose Park Byram Lees Hoolahan Osman Anichebe Gueye Nouble Sako

Third round

The draw for the third round was made on 30 August 2012, following the televised second round match between Northampton Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers. The seven English teams playing in European competitions during the season – Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur – entered at this stage, while the other 25 teams had all progressed from the second round.

The 16 ties took place on 25–26 September 2012.

Williams Archibald-Henville Ramis Gómez Austin Zemmama Smallwood Bertrand Mata Romeu Torres Moses Akpan Graham Monk Darby Webster Kolarov Agbonlahor N'Zogbia McClean Cleverley Cissé Shorey Pogrebnyak Oxlade-Chamberlain Arshavin Walcott Miquel Townsend Sigurðsson

Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round was made on 26 September 2012, following the televised Third Round match between Manchester United and Newcastle United. All teams participating in the Fourth Round progressed from the third round.

The ties took place on 30–31 October 2012.

Agbonlahor Watson Maloney Gómez G. Jones Darby Connell Diouf Becchio Koscielny Leigertwood Hunt Pogrebnyak Giroud Koscielny Chamakh Cahill Hazard Sturridge Ramires Hernández Nani Jackson Dyer De Guzmán

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 31 October 2012 after the televised game between Chelsea and Manchester United. Bradford City are the lowest ranked team, as the only team from League Two.

Three of the ties were played on 11 and 12 December 2012. Due to their involvement at the FIFA Club World Cup, Chelsea played their match the following week. Weimann Benteke G. Jones Darby Connell R. Jones Chamakh Wilshere Oxlade-Chamberlain Vermaelen Ivanović Moses Hazard Torres

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 19 December 2012 after the televised game between Leeds United and Chelsea. Bradford City happened to be the only team from outside the Premiership as they were playing in the lowest tier of English League football, the Football League Two, at the time.

First leg

McArdle McHugh Graham

Second leg

Weimann

Final

Main article: 2013 Football League Cup final

Michu De Guzmán

Statistics

;Top goalscorers

;Top assists

Broadcasting rights

The domestic broadcasting rights for the competition were held by the subscription channel Sky Sports, who have held rights to the competition since 1996–97. During this season, Sky had exclusive live broadcasting rights, as the BBC lost the shared live rights it had in the previous season. The BBC could, however, show highlights of matches from each round.

These matches were broadcast live by Sky Sports on television:

References

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