2020 EFL Trophy final

2020 EFL Trophy Final
Event	2019–20 EFL Trophy
	After extra time; Salford City won 4–2 on penalties
Date	13 March 2021
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Václav Hladký
Referee	Carl Boyeson
Attendance	0
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The 2020 EFL Trophy Final (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2020 Papa John's Trophy Final) was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 13 March 2021. It decided the winners of the 2019–20 EFL Trophy, the 36th edition of the competition, a knock-out tournament for the 48 teams in League One and League Two and 16 category one academy sides.

The final was contested by Portsmouth from League One, the defending champions and thus making their second successive final appearance, and Salford City from League Two, who made their finals debut.^[1]^[2]

Portsmouth and Salford City had never played against each other before this EFL Trophy Final meeting.^[3]

The final, which was originally scheduled for 5 April 2020, was postponed because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom^[4] and eventually rescheduled for 13 March 2021.^[5] The delay meant that Salford held the trophy only until the following day, when the 2021 final took place.

Route to the final

Portsmouth

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Portsmouth	3	2	1	0	0	6	3	+3	8	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Oxford United	3	2	0	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Norwich City U21	3	1	0	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	L2	Crawley Town	3	0	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: EFL.com

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group stage	Portsmouth	1–0	Crawley Town	Portsmouth
19:45 BST	Pitman 70'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) Group stage	Portsmouth	3–1	Norwich City U21	Portsmouth
12:30 BST	Harrison 10', 60' Flint 44'	Report	Scully 67'	Stadium: Fratton Park

8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) Group stage	Oxford United	2–2 (4–5 p)	Portsmouth	Oxford
19:30 BST	Taylor 21' Dickie 90+1'		Lethbridge 33' Walkes 85'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1548
	Penalties
	Sole Brannagan Hall Sykes Ruffels Agyei Long		Evans Harrison Close Williams Downing Walkes Haunstrup

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03) Round 2	Portsmouth	2–1	Northampton Town	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Maloney 39' Harness 62'		Harriman 12'	Stadium: Fratton Park

7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) Round 3	Walsall	1–2	Portsmouth	Walsall
19:45 GMT	Lavery 86' (pen.)	Report	Marquis 23' Harrison 82'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,082

21 January 2020 (2020-01-21) Quarter-Final	Portsmouth	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Marquis 13' McGeehan 66'	Report	Eisa 62'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 5,832

18 February 2020 Semi-Final	Portsmouth	3–2	Exeter City	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Harness 86' McGeehan 90+1' Marquis 90+6'	Report	Taylor 79' Burgess 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 14,735 Referee: Craig Hicks

Salford City

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Salford City	2	2	0	4	0	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Tranmere Rovers	2	1	1	2	3	−1	3	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Aston Villa U21	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0
4	—	Bury^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Automatically eliminated from competition

Source: EFL.com
Notes:

↑ This group originally included the expelled Bury.

3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Group stage	Salford City	2–0	Aston Villa U21	Salford
19:45 BST	Lloyd 80' (pen.) Rooney 82'	Report		Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 916

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12) Group stage	Tranmere Rovers	0–2	Salford City	Birkenhead
19:45 GMT		Report	Threlkeld 2' Hogan 56'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1,196 Referee: James Adcock

3 December 2019 (2019-12-03) Round 2	Salford City	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	Salford
19:45 GMT	Armstrong 43', 47' Towell 87'	Report		Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 505

7 January 2020 (2020-01-07) Round 3	Salford City	3–0	Port Vale	Salford
19:45 GMT	Burgess 35' Armstrong 79' Jervis 84'	Report		Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 630

21 January 2020 (2020-01-21) Quarter-Final	Salford City	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Salford
19:45 GMT	Burgess 45+3' Elliott 49'	Report	Finley 11'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 1,401

19 February 2020 Semi-Final	Newport County	0–0 (5–6 p)	Salford City	Newport
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,070 Referee: Anthony Backhouse
	Penalties
	Demetriou Sheehan Abrahams Labadie Dolan Matt Inniss		Rooney Touray Jervis Conway Thomas-Asante Gibson Wilson

Match

13 March 2021

15:00 GMT

Portsmouth	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Salford City
	Report
Penalties
Williams Curtis Brown Raggett	2–4	Burgess Dieseruvwe Thomas-Asante Lowe

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 0

Referee: Carl Boyeson

Portsmouth

Salford City


GK	1	Craig MacGillivray
RB	13	James Bolton	73'
CB	6	Jack Whatmough
CB	20	Sean Raggett
LB	21	Charlie Daniels		45'
RM	7	Ryan Williams
CM	4	Tom Naylor	95'
CM	16	George Byers		73'
LM	23	Harvey White		45'
CF	26	Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila		45'
CF	9	John Marquis		105'
Substitutes:
GK	22	Lewis Ward
DF	8	Ben Close		73'
DF	15	Rasmus Nicolaisen
DF	3	Lee Brown	114'	45'
MF	11	Ronan Curtis		45'
MF	19	Marcus Harness		45'
MF	24	Michael Jacobs		105'
Manager:
Kenny Jackett


GK	1	Václav Hladký
RB	6	Tom Clarke		115'
CB	5	Ashley Eastham
CB	16	Jordan Turnbull
LB	3	Ibou Touray	119'
DM	4	Jason Lowe	90+1'
DM	18	Oscar Threlkeld
RM	17	Richie Towell	14'	99'
LM	10	Ashley Hunter		74'
MF	37	Brandon Thomas-Asante
CF	19	James Wilson		87'
Substitutes:
GK	31	William Hayden Evans
DF	35	Sam Fielding
MF	15	Luke Burgess		87'
MF	33	Liam Loughlan		115'
MF	36	Dan Hawkins
FW	20	Emmanuel Dieseruvwe		99'
FW	35	Bruno Andrade		74'
Manager:
Richie Wellens

References

↑ "Leasing.com Trophy semi-final: Portsmouth 3-2 Exeter City after dramatic finish". BBC Sport. 18 February 2020.
↑ "Newport County 0-0 Salford City (5-6 on pens)". BBC Sport. 19 February 2020.
↑ "#Pompey's first ever meeting with @SalfordCityFC will take place at @wembleystadium in the @LeasingcomTrphy final on Sunday, April 5". Portsmouth FC. 19 February 2020.
↑ "EFL statement: Leasing.com Trophy Final". www.efl.com.
↑ Allen, Neil (16 September 2020). "Pompey's EFL Trophy Wembley final against Salford City put back to 2021". The News. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[table_note_BUR0.7867145788794-6] This group originally included the expelled Bury.

[1] "Leasing.com Trophy semi-final: Portsmouth 3-2 Exeter City after dramatic finish". BBC Sport. 18 February 2020.

[2] "Newport County 0-0 Salford City (5-6 on pens)". BBC Sport. 19 February 2020.

[3] "#Pompey's first ever meeting with @SalfordCityFC will take place at @wembleystadium in the @LeasingcomTrphy final on Sunday, April 5". Portsmouth FC. 19 February 2020.

[4] "EFL statement: Leasing.com Trophy Final". www.efl.com.

[5] Allen, Neil (16 September 2020). "Pompey's EFL Trophy Wembley final against Salford City put back to 2021". The News. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

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