The League Cup or EFL Cup is currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons

It is an annual knockout competition and is organised by the English Football League (EFL), and is open to any club within the top four levels of the League, usually 92 clubs in total. It was held first in 1960/61 and in the Grecians first season they drew 1-1 with Manchester United in the first round, in front of 16000 fans, Graham Rees scoring the goal.

The tournament is currently played over seven rounds, with single leg ties throughout, except the semi-finals. The final is held at Wembley.

City's best seasons have been 1973/74, 1978/79, 1979/80 and 1989/90 where they reached the fourth round. In 1989/90 they took Sunderland to a replay at Roker Park having been 2-0 up in the first leg with goals from Darren Rowbotham and Steve Neville.

In 1968/69 The Grecians met Tottenham at White Hart Lane in the 3rd round in front of nearly 26000 fans, having beaten Plymouth, over 3 games, and Sheffield Wednesday to get there.

Tony Kellow, 10 goals and Keith Bowker 8, are the club's all time leading scorers in the competition. All the league cup goalscorers can be seen on a separate page 

Date	Opponents	Venue	Score	Att	Scorers	Round	Notes
1960/61
19/10/1960	Manchester United	Home	1-1	16000	Rees	LC 1
26/10/1960	Manchester United	Away	1-4	15662	Thompson (P)	LC 1R
1961/62
11/09/1961	Mansfield Town	Away	2-5	5904	Gordon, Blue	LC 1
1962/63
05/09/1962	Aldershot	Away	0-2	4000	:	LC 1
1963/64
04/09/1963	Oxford United	Away	1-0	5000	Cochrane	LC 1
25/09/1963	Hull City	Away	0-1	8500	:	LC 2
1964/65
02/09/1964	Gillingham	Home	2-0	7788	Carter, Banks	LC 1
23/09/1964	Bradford City	Home	3-5	8000	Curtis 2, Hancock	LC 2
1965/66
01/09/1965	Colchester United	Away	1-2	2900	Curtis	LC  1
1966/67
24/08/1966	Torquay United	Home	2-2	7000	McLean, Smyth	LC  1
31/08/1966	Torquay United	Away	2-1	7679	McLean, Harford	LC 1R
14/09/1966	Cardiff City	Away	1-0	5000	Harford	LC  2
05/10/1966	Walsall	Home	1-2	5487	McNeil	LC  3
1967/68
23/08/1967	Torquay United	Away	0-0	6784	:	LC 1
28/08/1967	Torquay United	Home	0-3	5700	:	LC 1R
1968/69
14/08/1968	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-0	8662	:	LC 1
21/08/1968	Plymouth Argyle	Home	0-0	13338	:	LC 1R
26/08/1968	Plymouth Argyle	Neutral	1-0	10884	Kirkham	LC 1 (2R)
04/09/1968	Sheffield Wednesday	Home	3-1	15962	Curtis, Corr, Bullock	LC 2
25/09/1968	Tottenham Hotspur	Away	3-6	25796	Banks 2, Mitten	LC 3
1969/70
13/08/1969	Bristol City	Home	1-1	8050	Banks	LC 1
19/08/1969	Bristol City	Away	2-3	10915	Corr, Parr(og)	LC 1R
1970/71
18/08/1970	Swansea City	Home	0-0	4932	:	LC 1
25/08/1970	Swansea City	Away	2-4	6739	Gadston, Mitten	LC 1R
1971/72
18/08/1971	Bristol Rovers	Home	0-3	6418	:	LC 1
1972/73
16/08/1972	Brighton & Hove Albion	Away	1-2	10155	Binney	LC 1
1973/74
28/08/1973	Swansea City	Away	1-1	8000	Binney	LC 1
05/09/1973	Swansea City	Home	2-1	5023	Binney 2	LC 1R
10/10/1973	Rotherham United	Away	4-1	7000	Binney, Parker, Wingate, Joy	LC 2
31/10/1973	West Bromwich Albion	Away	3-1	10783	Binney , Plumb	LC 3
21/11/1973	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Away	1-5	7622	Plumb	LC 4	Wolves were League Cup winner this year
1974/75
21/08/1974	Swansea City	Home	3-1	3472	Jennings 3	LC 1
11/09/1974	Hereford	Home	0-1	3500	:	LC 2
1975/76
19/08/1975	Newport County	Away	1-1	2268	Bowker	LC 1 Ist Leg
26/08/1975	Newport County	Home	2-0	3303	Beer, Bowker	LC 1 2nd Leg
10/09/1975	Torquay United	Away	1-1	5186	Hatch	LC 2
17/09/1975	Torquay United	Home	1-2	4707	Beer	LC 2R
1976/77
14/08/1976	Plymouth Argyle	Away	1-0	8500	Kellow	LC 1 Ist Leg
18/08/1976	Plymouth Argyle	Home	1-0	9000	Jordan	LC 1 2nd Leg	Pictured below
31/08/1976	Norwich City	Home	1-3	9449	Kellow	LC 2
1977/78
13/08/1977	Plymouth Argyle	Home	2-2	6712	Robertson (2pens)	LC 1 Ist Leg
16/08/1977	Plymouth Argyle	Away	0-0	7639	:	LC 1 2nd Leg
23/08/1977	Plymouth Argyle	Neutral	1-0	8776	Beer	LC 1 Replay
31/08/1977	Aston Villa	Home	1-3	13768	Robertson	LC 2
1978/79
12/08/1978	AFC Bournemouth	Away	1-0	5000	Kellow	LC 1 Ist Leg
15/08/1978	AFC Bournemouth	Home	1-1	3500	Delve	LC 1 2nd Leg
29/08/1978	Blackburn Rovers	Home	2-1	4250	Bowker, Delve	LC 2
04/10/1978	Bolton Wanderers	Home	2-1	9151	Delve, Kellow (pen)	LC 3
08/11/1978	Watford	Home	0-2	14740	:	LC 4
1979/80
11/08/1979	Hereford	Away	3-1	3278	Bowker 3	LC 1 Ist Leg
15/08/1979	Hereford	Home	2-1	4312	Pullar, Pearson	LC 1 2nd Leg
28/08/1979	Doncaster Rovers	Away	1-3	4636	Pullar	LC2 1st Leg
05/09/1979	Doncaster Rovers	Home	5-1	3000	Bowker 2, Hatch, Neville (pen), Sims	LC2 2nd Leg
26/09/1979	Birmingham City	Away	2-1	13669	Neville 2	LC 3
30/10/1979	Liverpool	Away	0-2	21000	:	LC 4
1980/81
09/08/1980	Bristol Rovers	Home	1-1	4702	Kellow	LC 1 Ist Leg
12/08/1980	Bristol Rovers	Away	1-1	4000	Kellow	LC 1 2nd Leg	Bristol Rovers won 7-6 on penalties
1981/82
02/09/1981	Cardiff City	Away	1-2	3000	Cooke	LC 1 Ist Leg
16/09/1981	Cardiff City	Home	3-1	4500	Fisher, Cooke(pen), Kellow	LC 1 2nd Leg
07/10/1981	Liverpool	Away	0-5	11000	:	LC2 1st Leg
28/09/1981	Liverpool	Home	0-6	11740	:	LC2 2nd Leg	Liverpool were League Cup winner this year
1982/83
01/09/1982	Newport County	Home	1-2	2292	Kellow	LC 1 Ist Leg
14/09/1982	Newport County	Away	0-6	2684	:	LC 1 2nd Leg
1983/84
31/08/1983	Cardiff City	Home	2-3	4000	Kellow, Rogers	LC 1 Ist Leg
13/09/1983	Cardiff City	Away	1-2	3450	McEwan	LC 1 2nd Leg
1984/85
29/08/1984	Cardiff City	Home	1-0	3469	Viney (pen)	LC 1 Ist Leg
04/09/1984	Cardiff City	Away	0-2	2000	:	LC 1 2nd Leg
1985/86
20/08/1985	Plymouth Argyle	Away	1-2	4754	Pratt (pen)	LC 1 Ist Leg
04/09/1985	Plymouth Argyle	Home	2-0	3362	G.Kimble, Marker	LC 1 2nd Leg
25/09/1985	Aston Villa	Home	1-4	5325	Kellow	LC2 1st Leg
09/10/1985	Aston Villa	Away	1-8	7678	Crawford	LC2 2nd Leg
1986/87
27/08/1986	Newport County	Home	0-0	1545	:	LC 1 Ist Leg
02/09/1986	Newport County	Away	0-1	1600	:	LC 1 2nd Leg
1987/88
18/08/1987	AFC Bournemouth	Away	1-1	4094	O'Connell	LC 1 Ist Leg
26/08/1987	AFC Bournemouth	Home	1-3	4000	O'Connell	LC 1 2nd Leg	After extra time
1988/89
30/08/1988	Bristol City	Away	0-1	6005	:	LC 1 Ist Leg
07/09/1988	Bristol City	Home	0-1	2749	:	LC 1 2nd Leg
1989/90
23/08/1989	Swansea City	Home	3-0	2777	Rowbotham 2, McDermott	LC 1 Ist Leg
29/08/1989	Swansea City	Away	1-1	1987	Rowbotham	LC 1 2nd Leg
20/09/1989	Blackburn Rovers	Home	3-0	4808	Vinnicombe,Dryden, Young	LC2 1st Leg
03/10/1989	Blackburn Rovers	Away	1-2	6608	Rowbotham	LC2 2nd Leg
25/10/1989	Blackpool	Home	3-0	6508	McNichol, Neville, Rowbotham	LC 3
29/11/1989	Sunderland	Home	2-2	8643	Rowbotham, Neville	LC 4
05/12/1989	Sunderland	Away	2-5	18130	Benjamin, McNichol	LC 4R
1990/91
29/08/1990	Notts County	Home	1-1	3858	Dryden	LC 1 Ist Leg
04/09/1990	Notts County	Away	0-1	4204	:	LC 1 2nd Leg
1991/92
21/08/1991	Birmingham City	Home	0-1	4071	:	LC 1 Ist Leg
27/08/1991	Birmingham City	Away	0-4	6177	:	LC 1 2nd Leg
1992/93
18/08/1992	Birmingham City	Home	0-0	3030	:	LC 1 Ist Leg
25/08/1992	Birmingham City	Away	4-1	5715	Dolan 2, Kelly, Hodge	LC 1 2nd Leg
22/09/1992	Oldham Athletic	Home	0-1	4375	:	LC2 1st Leg
07/10/1992	Oldham Athletic	Away	0-0	6269	:	LC2 2nd Leg
1993/94
17/08/1993	Walsall	Away	0-0	2024	:	LC 1 Ist Leg
25/08/1993	Walsall	Home	2-1	2037	Jepson 2 (1 pen)	LC 1 2nd Leg
22/09/1993	Derby County	Home	1-3	5634	Storer	LC2 1st Leg
06/10/1993	Derby County	Away	0-2	10569	:	LC2 2nd Leg
1994/95
17/08/1994	Swansea City	Away	2-2	2050	Turner, Cecere	LC 1 Ist Leg
23/08/1994	Swansea City	Home	0-2	2523	:	LC 1 2nd Leg
1995/96
15/08/1995	Torquay United	Away	0-0	2473	:	LC 1 Ist Leg
23/08/1995	Torquay United	Home	1-1	3721	Richardson	LC 1 2nd Leg	Torquay won on away goals
1996/97
20/08/1996	Barnet	Home	0-4	2975	:	LC 1 Ist Leg
03/09/1996	Barnet	Away	0-2	1330	:	LC 1 2nd Leg
1997/98
12/08/1997	Walsall	Away	0-2	2321	:	LC 1 Ist Leg
26/08/1997	Walsall	Home	0-1	2467	:	LC 1 2nd Leg
1998/99
11/08/1998	Ipswich Town	Home	1-1	3233	Richardson	LC 1 Ist Leg
18/08/1998	Ipswich Town	Away	1-5	7952	Richardson	LC 1 2nd Leg
1999/00
10/08/1999	Birmingham City	Away	0-3	18976	:	LC 1 Ist Leg
24/08/1999	Birmingham City	Home	1-2	2338	McConnell	LC 1 2nd Leg
2000/01
22/08/2000	Swindon Town	Away	1-1	5193	Ampadu	LC 1 Ist Leg
05/09/2000	Swindon Town	Home	1-2	2825	Rawlinson	LC 1 2nd Leg
2001/02
21/08/2001	Walsall	Home	0-1	1993	:	LC 1
2002/03
11/09/2002	Brighton & Hove Albion	Away	1-2	5200	McConnell	LC 1	After extra time
2008/09
12/08/2008	Southampton	Home	1-3	6471	Moxey	LC 1
2009/10
11/08/2009	Queen's Park Rangers	Home	0-5	4614	:	LC 1
2010/11
10/08/2010	Ipswich Town	Home	2-3	4250	Harley 2	LC 1	After extra time
2011/12
09/08/2011	Yeovil Town	Home	2-0	3856	Bauza, Sheppard	LC 1
24/09/2011	Liverpool	Away	1-3	8290	Nardiello (pen)	LC 2	Liverpool were League Cup winner this year
2012/13
14/08/2012	Crystal Palace	Home	1-2	3650	O'Flynn	LC 1
2013/14
06/08/2013	Queen's Park Rangers	Home	0-2	5353	:	LC 1
2014/15
12/08/2014	AFC Bournemouth	Home	0-2	2648	:	LC 1
2015/16
11/08/2015	Swindon Town	Away	2-1	4693	Nicholls, Wheeler	LC 1
25/08/2015	Sunderland	Away	3-6	14360	Oyeleke, Wheeler, McCready	LC 2
2016/17
09/08/2016	Brentford	Home	1-0	2633	Harley	LC 1	After extra time
23/08/2016	Hull City	Home	1-3	4037	Taylor	LC 2
2017/18
08/08/2017	Charlton Athletic	Home	1-2	2699	Holmes	LC 1
2018/19
14/08/2018	Ipswich Town	Home	1-1	3675	Brown	LC 1	Exeter won  4-2 on pens
28/08/2018	Fulham	Away	0-2	9333	:	LC 2
2019/20
13/08/2019	Coventry City	Away	1-4	1555	Sweeney	LC 1	Played at St Andrews, Birmingham
2020/21
05/09/2020	Bristol City	Away	0-2	0 (covid)		LC 1
2021/22
10/08/2021	Wycombe Wanderers	Home	0-0	2555		LC 1	Wycombe won 4-3 on pens
2022/23
09/08/2022	Cheltenham Town	Away	7-0	2231	Nombe (2), Collins, Jay, Sparkes, Kite, Coley	LC 1	Biggest ever League Cup win
23/08/2022	Gillingham	Away	0-0	2927		LC 2	Gillingham won 6-5 on pens
2023/24
08/08/2023	Crawley Town	Home	2-1	3560	Taylor, Scott	LC 1
29/08/2023	Stevenage Borough	Home	1-1	4006	Hartridge	LC 2	Exeter won 5-3 on pens
26/09/2023	Luton Town	Home	1-0	7360	Mitchell	LC 3
31/10/2023	Middlesbrough	Home	2-3	7601	Trevitt (2)	LC 4

Paul Farley