Watford’s Yugoslavian-born Swiss midfielder Valon Behrami (L) vies in the air with Liverpool’s Senegalese midfielder Sadio Mane during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Watford at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on November 6, 2016. AFP
Recent winners of the English League Cup ahead of Sunday’s final at Wembley between Manchester United and Southampton:
English League Cup
2016: Manchester City
2015: Chelsea
2014: Manchester City
2013: Swansea City
2012: Liverpool
2011: Birmingham City
2010: Manchester United
2009: Manchester United
2008: Tottenham Hotspur
2007: Chelsea
2006: Manchester United
2005: Chelsea
2004: Middlesbrough
2003: Liverpool
2002: Blackburn Rovers
2001: Liverpool
2000: Leicester City
1999: Tottenham Hotspur
1998: Chelsea
1997: Leicester City
Most wins by club
Liverpool (8): 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2012
Aston Villa (5): 1961, 1975, 1977, 1994, 1996
Chelsea (5): 1965, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2015
Manchester City (4): 1970, 1976, 2014, 2016
Manchester United (4): 1992, 2006, 2009, 2010
Nottingham Forest (4): 1978, 1979, 1989, 1990
Tottenham Hotspur (4): 1971, 1973, 1999, 2008
Leicester City (3): 1964, 1997, 2000
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