2007–08 Football League Cup
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 England Wales
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| Teams | 92 | ||
| Defending champions | Chelsea | ||
| Champions | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Runners-up | Chelsea | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) |
Eduardo Frank Lampard Michael Mifsud (4 goals) |
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The 2007–08 Football League Cup was the 48th staging of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition name reflects a sponsorship deal with lager brand Carling.
The competition began on 13 August 2007, and ended with the final on 24 February 2008. Wembley Stadium in London hosted the final match for the first time since 2000.
The tournament was won by Tottenham Hotspur, who beat holders Chelsea 2–1 in the final, thanks to goals from Dimitar Berbatov and Jonathan Woodgate. Didier Drogba scored the opener for Chelsea.
The 72 Football League clubs compete from the First Round, which is divided into North and South sections. Each section is divided equally into a pot of seeded clubs and a pot of unseeded clubs. Clubs' rankings depend upon their finishing position in the 2006–07 season. Therefore, the clubs relegated from the Premier League in 2007; Watford, Charlton Athletic (south) and Sheffield United (north) are the top seeds, and the clubs newly promoted to the Football League, Morecambe and Dagenham & Redbridge, are bottom seeds in north and south sections respectively.
The 36 winners from the First Round joined the 12 Premier League clubs not participating in European competition in Round Two.
1 Score after 90 minutes
2 As Nottingham Forest were leading 1–0 at the time of the abandonment of the first meeting, they were given a "free goal" by Leicester City, who allowed Forest goalkeeper Paul Smith to dribble up the pitch uncontested and score straight from the kick-off.
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