2015-16 Football League Cup
| Capital One Cup, League Cup | |||
| Country | England Wales |
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| Dates | 11 August 2015 – 28 February 2016 | ||
| Teams | 92 | ||
| Defending champions | Chelsea | ||
| Champions | Manchester City (4th title) | ||
| Runners-up | Liverpool | ||
| Matches played | 93 | ||
| Goals scored | 284 (3.05 per match) | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) |
Kevin De Bruyne (5 goals) |
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The 2015–16 Football League Cup, known as the Capital One Cup for sponsorship purposes, was the 56th season of the Football League Cup. It began on 11 August 2015 and concluded on 28 February 2016. The winners qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.
Chelsea were the defending champions, having beaten Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 in the previous season's final. However, they were eliminated in the fourth round by Stoke City on penalties.
Manchester City won the final on 28 February, defeating Liverpool 3–1 in a penalty shoot-out after the match had finished 1–1 after extra-time.
This was the final season in which the tournament was known as the Football League, as it was renamed the EFL Cup in 2016 after the Football League was rebranded as the English Football League (EFL).
The League Cup is open to all 92 members of the Premier League and the Football League and is divided into seven rounds, organised so that 32 teams remain by the third round. Teams involved in European competition during the season receive a bye to the third round, the remaining Premier League teams enter at the second round, and the remaining Football League teams enter at the first round.
The League Cup is played as a knockout cup competition with each tie, except semi-finals, being played as a single match with the winner advancing to the next round. The semi-finals are played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home, and the team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the finals. If the score is level after 90 minutes, or if the aggregate score is level for semi-finals, then thirty minutes of extra time is played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. If the aggregate scores in semi-finals are still level at the end of extra time the tie shall be decided by goals scored away from home counting twice, according to away goals rule. If the tie has not been decided during extra time, it will be decided by penalty shoot-out.
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