The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout (single elimination) basis. Unlike the FA Cup where 762 teams entered in 2008–09 only 92 clubs can enter—the 20 clubs of the Premier League, and the 72 clubs of The Football League, which organises the competition. Also unlike the FA Cup, the semi-finals are played over two legs. The winners qualify for the UEFA Europa League, if they have not qualified for European competition through the Premier League or by winning the FA Cup. If this occurs, then the Europa League berth goes to the highest-placed team from the Premier League not already qualified for Europe. Manchester United are the current holders. Since 1982, the League Cup has been named after its sponsor, giving it the following names: Milk Cup (1981 to 1986), sponsored by the Milk Marketing Board Littlewoods Challenge Cup (1986 to 1990), sponsored by Littlewoods Rumbelows Cup (1990 to 1992), sponsored by Rumbelows Coca-Cola Cup (1992 to 1998), sponsored by Coca-Cola Worthington Cup (1998 to 2003), sponsored by Worthington Draught bitter Carling Cup (2003 to present), sponsored by Carling

The FA Cup is the oldest and most prestigious cup competition in the World. It was started in 1871 as an amateur tournament and has a unique rule where every team in England can enter. Manchester United have the record number of Cup wins with 11 followed by Arsenal with 10 and Tottenham Hotspur, who have won it 8 times. The most successful amateur team was The Wanderers who won it five times and they won the fist ever FA Cup Final against the Royal Engineers 1-0. The FA Cup is renowned for Cup upsets and several times a team from the lower divisions has defeated teams from the top division. The FA Cup Final is traditionally at Wembley Stadium and has been since 1923.

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Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team from Zaragoza in Aragon. Founded on 18 March 1932, Real Zaragoza have this season gained promotion from the 2008-09 Liga Adelante, back into the Spanish top-flight where they have spent the majority of their 78 year history. Real Zaragoza are Spain's 9th hightest ranked team in overall league points. They are ranked 6th overall for cup wins with 6 victories in the Copa del Rey, and also have a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, an Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (forerunner to the UEFA Cup/Europa League), and a Spanish Supercup. Traditionally, they play in white shirts and socks with royal blue shorts for home games, with black and yellow away kits. The home stadium is called La Romareda and seats 34,596 spectators.

Xerez Club Deportivo, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team from Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia. Founded on September 24, 1947, the team will play the 2009–10 season in La Liga for the first time. Its reserve team is Xerez B, currently playing in Primera Andaluza. The team's stadium, Estadio Municipal de Chapín, was inaugurated on July 10, 1988, replacing the old Estadio Domecq. The first match there was a friendly against Real Madrid. Team colours are usually blue shirt and socks, and white shorts.

Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club. Founded on June 20, 1928, it is currently playing in the first division, after gaining promotion in 2006-07. The club currently ranks 13th on the All-Time La Liga table. Based in Valladolid, Castile and León, from which it derives the nickname Pucela, the club holds home games at the Nuevo Estadio José Zorrilla, which seats 26,512 spectators.

Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team, based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. The team is currently playing in the Primera División (the top flight of Spanish football) after finishing the 2008-09 season in third place in the Segunda División.

Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club from Gijón, Asturias. Founded in 1 June 1905, it currently plays in Spanish first division. Known as Rojiblancos because of their red and white striped jerseys, their home field is El Molinón stadium, the oldest professional football field in Spain, in use since at least 1908. Sporting de Gijón is chronologically the sixth-oldest club in La Liga 2009-10. The club ranks 15th in the All-Time La Liga table, 2nd in the All-Time Segunda División table and is one of nine clubs in Spanish football to have never been relegated from the second division.

Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D., sometimes abbreviated to Racing or Racing Santander, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Santander which was founded in 1913. During the period of Francoist Spain, it was renamed as Real Santander in 1941 because of the prohibition of non-Spanish names. The name was restored in 1977. The best result of the club was 2nd in 1930-31 season. Racing Santander finished 6th in 2007-2008 and qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history.

Club Atlético Osasuna, usually known as Osasuna, is a Spanish first division football club based in Pamplona, Navarre, founded in 1920. The team's home kit is red shirt, navy blue shorts, black socks with red back, whereas the away one is navy blue shirt, orange shorts and navy blue socks. Osasuna, which plays its home games at the Estadio Reyno de Navarra.

Málaga Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Málaga, Andalusia. They currently play in Spain's La Liga. Málaga CF is generally seen as the heir of CD Málaga, one of the most historical Andalusian football clubs, by being a near-identical looking football club that even shares the same fanbase and traditions, although in legal terms it's a different entity with a separate register and another founding date, the one of its former reserve team, Atlético Malagueño. As such, after the twenty seasons in La Liga, twenty-nine in Segunda División, and nine in Tercera División played by the now disappeared CD Málaga, the current Málaga CF has played seven seasons in La Liga three in Segunda División, three in Segunda División B and one in Tercera División. They also won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2002 and then they qualified for the following seasons UEFA Cup and reached the quarter-final stages. In 2006 Lorenzo Sanz, a former Real Madrid president, purchased a 97% holding in the club and then appointed his son Fernando Sanz, the former captain of the team, as club president. The club has also its own reserve team, Atlético Malagueño. The club also has a sizeable British following, mainly down to the large amount of British expats currently residing on the Costa del Sol. Málaga participated in the Peace Cup 2009, held in Andalucia, with Sevilla, Huelva, Jerez and Málaga the host venues. Málaga were drawn against English team Aston Villa and the Mexicans Atlante. Málaga beat Aston Villa but lost to Atlante and finished bottom of their group.

Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team from Palma de Mallorca. Founded on 5 March 1916, it currently plays in the Spanish first division. Mallorca plays in red shirts and black shorts with black socks. Their home stadium is the ONO Estadi, seating 23,142 spectators.

Getafe Club de Fútbol S.A.D. is a Spanish La Liga football club based in Getafe, a city in the Madrid metropolitan area, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983. In the top level since 2004-05, it holds home games at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez.

Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (English: Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona) is a sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is best known for its football team. Espanyol currently play in the Estadi Cornellà-El Prat with seats for 40,500 spectators. It was inaugurated on 2 August 2009 with a match against Liverpool, won by Espanyol, with a goal by Luis García and two goals from Ben Sahar. Espanyol has previously played at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, which also hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics, and at Estadi de Sarrià. Despite being overshadowed by Futbol Club Barcelona, they are the sixth most successful football team in Spain. The club has recently been struck with the sudden death by heart attack of club captain Daniel Jarque, who died during a pre-season training session in Italy.

Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña, S.A.D. (in English Royal Sports Club of La Coruña) is a Galician football club from La Coruña, member of the LFP. The club was founded in 1906, and holds home games at the Riazor, with a capacity of 34,600 spectators. They are the most successful football club in Galicia, having won one La Liga title, two Spanish Cups, and three Spanish Super Cups. They have also participated in the UEFA Champions League five times and also the UEFA Cup another five times. They hold a national rivalry with fellow Galicians R.C. Celta de Vigo, and traditionally play in blue and white striped shirts with blue shorts and socks.

Athletic Club, commonly known as Athletic Bilbao, is a football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions. In the historical classification of La Liga Athletic Bilbao took 3rd place behind Real Madrid and Barcelona, and along with both of them are the only clubs which have never been relegated from La Liga. The club also has a women's team, which has won 4 championships in the Spanish Superliga. They are known as the Los Leones (the lions) because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés (Saint Mammes). Mammes was an early Christian thrown to the lions by the Romans. The lions refused to eat Mammes and he was later made a saint. The San Mamés Stadium is hence nicknamed "the football cathedral". The club is known for its cantera policy of bringing young Basque players through the ranks, as well as recruiting top Basque players from other clubs (like Joseba Etxeberria or Javi Martínez). Athletic official policy is signing professional players native to the greater Basque Country, including Biscay, Guipúzcoa, Álava and Navarre (in Spain); and Labourd, Soule and Lower Navarre (in France). Still, in recent times, this policy has been somewhat relaxed and players with direct Basque ancestry or with no Basque ancestry but formed in Basque clubs have played for the team. This has gained Athletic both admirers and critics. The club has been praised for promoting home grown players and club loyalty. On the other hand, Athletic is one of only four professional clubs in Spain, with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Osasuna, which is not a sports corporation, so that ownership of the club lies in its associates (socios).

Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. is a Spanish top division football club based in Almería, Province of Almería. The club was founded in 1989, and currently plays in La Liga. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, and thought to be the second oldest professional football club in Italy, after Genoa C.F.C.. The traditional team home kit is black and white striped shirt, black shorts, and white socks. The club plays in the Stadio Friuli, which has a capacity of 41,652 (although it is currently limited to 30,900). It has a large number of fans in Friuli and surrounding areas, and it is sometimes seen as the best symbol of Friulian pride.

Associazione Calcio Siena is a football club based in Siena, Italy. The club was formed in 1904 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having arrived there in 2003 for the first time. The team's colors are white and black. Its stadium is named Stadio Artemio Franchi, although its capacity is only 15,725 and is located in Siena, whereas its more famous namesake is located in Florence.

Unione Calcio Sampdoria (commonly nicknamed Blucerchiati, blue-ringed) is a football club based in Genoa, Italy. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria. Both the team name and jersey do reflect this, the first being a combination of the former names, the second incorporating the former teams' colours (blue-white and red-black) in a single design. Sampdoria currently compete in the Italian Serie A. The team's colours are blue with white, red and black hoops , hence the nickname blucerchiati. Sampdoria play at Stadio Luigi Ferraris, capacity 36,536, which it shares with Genoa's other club, Genoa Cricket and Football Club. The derby between the two teams is commonly known as the Derby della Lanterna. Sampdoria have won the scudetto once in their history, in the 1991 season. The club has also won the Coppa Italia four times (1985, 1988, 1989, and 1994) and one Italian Super Cup. Their biggest European success came when they won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1990. They also reached the European Cup final in 1992 only to lose against the Spanish side FC Barcelona with an 1-0 score after extra time.