FOOTBALL LEAGUE TROPHY AREA FINAL / SEMI-FINAL APPEARANCES | Club | Number of semi-final appearances | Seasons in which appearance made (items in bold are winning appearances) |  | Carlisle United | 7 | 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 2002-03, 2005-06, 2009-10 | 
| Bristol City | 7 | 1985-86, 1986-87, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2014-15 | 
| Bristol Rovers | 5 | 1989-90, 1995-96, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2018-19 | 
| Wigan Athletic | 5 | 1984-85, 1985-86, 1992-93,1998-99, 2021-22 |  | Southend United | 4 | 2000-01, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2012-13 |  | Tranmere Rovers | 4 | 1983-84, 1989-90, 1990-91, 2020-21 |  | Millwall | 4 | 1982-83, 1983-84, 1998-99, 2015-16 |  | Shrewsbury Town | 4 | 1981-82, 1995-96, 2002-03, 2017-18 |  | Lincoln City | 4 | 1982-83, 2000-01, 2017-18, 2020-21 |  | Burnley | 4 | 1981-82, 1987-88, 1991-92, 1997-98 |  | Grimsby Town | 3 | 1981-82, 1997-98, 2007-08 |  | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 1985-86, 1988-89, 2022-23 |  | Blackpool | 3 | 1988-89, 2001-02, 2003-04 |  | Brentford | 3 | 1984-85, 1990-91, 2000-01 |  | Stockport County | 3 | 1991-92, 1992-93, 1996-97 |  | Swansea City | 3 | 1993-94, 2005-06, 2007-08 |  | Rotherham United | 3 | 1995-96, 2008-09, 2021-22 |  | Oxford United | 3 | 2015-16, 2016-17, 2020-21 |  | Colchester United | 3 | 1996-97, 2003-04, 2005-06 |  | Peterborough United | 3 | 1991-92, 1996-97, 2013-14 |  | Walsall | 3 | 1997-98, 1998-99, 2014-15 |  | Exeter City | 3 | 1992-93, 1999-2000, 2019-20 |  | AFC Bournemouth | 2 | 1983-84, 1997-98 |  | Birmingham City | 2 | 1990-91, 1994-95 |  | Port Vale | 2 | 1992-93, 2000-01 |  | Stoke City | 2 | 1991-92, 1999-2000 |  | Chesterfield | 2 | 2001-02, 2002-03 |  | Sunderland | 2 | 2018-19, 2020-21 |  | Portsmouth | 2 | 2018-19, 2019-20 |  | Cambridge United | 2 | 2001-02, 2002-03 |  | Doncaster Rovers | 2 | 1989-90, 2006-07 |  | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 1993-94, 2001-02 |  | Mansfield Town | 2 | 1984-85, 1986-87 |  | Milton Keynes Dons | 2 | 2007-08, 2009-10 |  | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 1987-88, 1988-89 |  | Wrexham | 2 | 1998-99, 2004-05 |  | Crewe Alexandra | 2 | 2006-07, 2012-13 |  | Swindon Town | 2 | 2011-12, 2013-14 |  | Luton Town | 2 | 2008-09, 2016-17 |  | Coventry City | 2 | 2012-13, 2016-17 |  | Chester City | 2 | 1982-83, 1986-87 |  | Notts County | 2 | 1987-88, 1989-90 |  | Rochdale | 2 | 1994-95, 1999-2000 |  | Leyton Orient | 2 | 1994-95, 2012-13 |  | Oldham Athletic | 2 | 2004-05, 2011-12 |  | Preston North End | 2 | 1990-91, 2014-15 |  | Fleetwood Town | 2 | 2013-14, 2015-16 |  | Wycombe Wanderers | 2 | 1993-94, 2016-17 |  | Newport County | 2 | 1984-85, 2019-20 |  | Hull City | 1 | 1983-84 |  | Scunthorpe United | 1 | 2008-09 | | Southampton | 1 | 2009-10 | | Torquay United | 1 | 1988-89 |  | Wimbledon | 1 | 1981-82 |  | Barnsley | 1 | 2015-16 |  | Salford City | 1 | 2019-20 |  | Sutton United | 1 | 2021-22 |  | Plymouth Argyle | 1 | 2022-23 |  | Aldershot | 1 | 1986-87 |  | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | 2008-09 |  | Hereford United | 1 | 1985-86 |  | Leeds United | 1 | 2009-10 |  | Macclesfield Town | 1 | 2005-06 |  | Morecambe | 1 | 2007-08 |  | Reading | 1 | 1982-83 |  | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | 2003-04 |  | Barnet | 1 | 2011-12 |  | Gillingham | 1 | 2014-15 |  | Yeovil Town | 1 | 2017-18 |  | Chelsea under-23s | 1 | 2017-18 |  | Bury | 1 | 2018-19 |  | Hartlepool United | 1 | 2021-22 |  | Cheltenham Town | 1 | 2022-23 |  | Accrington Stanley | 1 | 2022-23 |
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