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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