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The '''English Football League Trophy''', (alsoofficially known as '''Bristol Street MotorsVertu Trophy''' for sponsorship reasons), shortly '''EFL Trophy''', is an annual English [[association football|football]] [[knockout competition]] open to all clubs in [[EFL League One]] and [[EFL League Two]] and [[Professional Development League|U-21]] teams from [[Premier League]] and [[EFL Championship]].<ref name="trial">{{Cite web|date=10 June 2016|title=Premier League trial for the Trophy|url=https://www.efl.com/news/2016/june/premier-league-trial-for-the-trophy/|website=[[English Football League]]|access-date=30 September 2018|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220081855/http://www.efl.com/news/article/2016/premier-league-trial-for-the-trophy-3140598.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Launched in the [[1981–82 in English football|1981–82 football season]] as the '''Football League Group Cup''', it was a replacement for the [[Anglo-Scottish Cup]], which had been discontinued after the withdrawal of [[Scottish League]] clubs.<ref name=rsssf>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablest/texaco.html |title=List of Texaco/Anglo-Scottish/Football League Group Cup Finals at RSSSF |access-date=2 February 2023 |archive-date=21 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921045939/http://www.rsssf.com/tablest/texaco.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It reconstituted as '''Associate Members' Cup''' during the [[1983–84 in English football|1983–84 season]]. The competition was renamed the '''Football League Trophy''' in 1992 after a reorganisation following the formation of the [[Premier League]] and again as the current ''EFL Trophy'' in 2016 due to The Football League changing its name to the [[English Football League]].<ref name="trial" />
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| LDV Vans Trophy{{efn|LDV Vans entered administration in 2007 and the final in March 2007 was branded as the Football League Trophy Final}}
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| Papa Johns Trophy<ref>{{cite web|date=1 April 2021|title=All you need to know ahead of the Papa Johns Trophy Final|url=https://www.efl.com/news/2022/april/all-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-the-papa-johns-trophy-final/|website=[[English Football League]]|access-date=12 April 2021|archive-date=1 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401091428/https://www.efl.com/news/2022/april/all-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-the-papa-johns-trophy-final/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Originally branded as ''Papa John's Trophy''<ref>{{cite web|date=28 October 2020|title=Papa John's becomes Title Sponsor of the EFL Trophy|url=https://www.efl.com/news/2020/october/papa-johns-becomes-title-sponsor-of-the-efl-trophy/|website=[[English Football League]]|access-date=23 November 2020|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127164625/https://www.efl.com/news/2020/october/papa-johns-becomes-title-sponsor-of-the-efl-trophy/|url-status=live}}</ref> before dropping the apostrophe during the 2021–22 season.|title=Papa Johns to End EFL Trophy Sponsorship|https://www.burndenaces.co.uk/2023/03/25/papa-johns-to-end-efl-trophy-sponsorship.html#:~:text=The%20American%20firm%20committed%20to,%C2%A33million%20annual%20prize%20pot.}}
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| 2023–2024
| 2023–2026
| rowspan="2" | [[Vertu Motors]]
| Bristol Street Motors Trophy<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-11-02 |title=Bristol Street Motors drives EFL Trophy into new era |url=https://efl.com/news/2023/november/02/bristol-street-motors-drives-efl-trophy-into-new-era/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=EFL |language=en}}</ref>{{efn|The branding didn'tdid not come into effect until after the group stage of the 2023–20242023–24 competition. As such, the competition was referred to as "EFL Trophy" in the early stages with the later rounds referred to as "Bristol Street Motors Trophy".}}
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It was still known as the previous name until the knockout stages and was renamed to the Vertu Trophy. Vertu is the owner of Bristol Street Motors.
|Vertu Trophy<ref>{{Cite web |last=EFL |date=2024-11-21 |title=Bristol Street Motors Trophy renamed Vertu Trophy |url=https://www.efl.com/news/2024/november/21/bristol-street-motors-trophy-renamed-vertu-trophy/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=EFL |language=en}}</ref>
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