2020 EFL Trophy Final

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.

2020 EFL Trophy Final
Event2019–20 EFL Trophy
Portsmouth Salford City
0 0
After extra time
Salford City won 4–2 on penalties
Date13 March 2021
VenueWembley Stadium, London
Man of the MatchVáclav Hladký
RefereeCarl Boyeson
Attendance0

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]

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
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 PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Salford City 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Tranmere Rovers 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 3
3 ACA Aston Villa U21 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
4 — Bury[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Automatically eliminated from competition
Source: EFL.com
Notes:
  1. 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
Portsmouth0–0 (a.e.t.)Salford City
Report
Penalties
 2–4
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carl Boyeson
Portsmouth
Salford City
GK1 Craig MacGillivray
RB13 James Bolton 73'
CB6 Jack Whatmough
CB20 Sean Raggett
LB21 Charlie Daniels 45'
RM7 Ryan Williams
CM4 Tom Naylor 95'
CM16 George Byers 73'
LM23 Harvey White 45'
CF26 Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila 45'
CF9 John Marquis 105'
Substitutes:
GK22 Lewis Ward
DF8 Ben Close 73'
DF15 Rasmus Nicolaisen
DF3 Lee Brown 114' 45'
MF11 Ronan Curtis 45'
MF19 Marcus Harness 45'
MF24 Michael Jacobs 105'
Manager:
Kenny Jackett
GK1 Václav Hladký
RB6 Tom Clarke 115'
CB5 Ashley Eastham
CB16 Jordan Turnbull
LB3 Ibou Touray 119'
DM4 Jason Lowe 90+1'
DM18 Oscar Threlkeld
RM17 Richie Towell 14' 99'
LM10 Ashley Hunter 74'
MF37 Brandon Thomas-Asante
CF19 James Wilson 87'
Substitutes:
GK31 William Hayden Evans
DF35 Sam Fielding
MF15 Luke Burgess 87'
MF33 Liam Loughlan 115'
MF36 Dan Hawkins
FW20 Emmanuel Dieseruvwe 99'
FW35 Bruno Andrade 74'
Manager:
Richie Wellens

References
  1. "Leasing.com Trophy semi-final: Portsmouth 3-2 Exeter City after dramatic finish". 18 February 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  2. "Newport County 0-0 Salford City (5-6 on pens)". 19 February 2020 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  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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