The EFL Trophy Group Stage draw will take place live on Sky Sports at 11:30am on Thursday 22 June.
The 16 Invited U21 teams will be placed into their respective Northern and Southern section Groups, with the 48 EFL Clubs placed into pre-determined Groups prior to the draw. Consideration has been given to ensure travel time is minimised and recovery time is maximised for players.
All EFL Clubs will play two of their three matches at home in the Group Stages, with U21 teams away from home in all three fixtures.
The confirmed Invited U21 teams are as follows:
Arsenal
Aston Villa
Brighton & Hove Albion
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Everton
Fulham
Leicester City
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United
Wolves
https://www.efl.com/news/2023/june/carabao-cup-and-efl-trophy-draws-set-for-fixture-release-day/
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Charlton have been drawn alongside Sutton United and Crawley Town in southern Group B of 2023/24’s EFL Trophy.
The group will be finalised on Thursday lunchtime when the Addicks, Sutton and Crawley are joined by an invited Premier League U21 side.
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/addicks-draw-sutton-and-crawley-efl-trophy
Like to see a 3 pound brought on the night service charge put on those matches.😎
If we get drawn with Palace U21's we may as well just ask to withdraw from the competition.
but that would be the only fixture in this shit competition I’d want to win .
I look forward to the day when we’re out of this shit and can concentrate on our promotion push or even better unable to potentially play palace u21s because we’ve been promoted , tinpot shit
Charlton’s 2023/24 EFL Trophy fixtures - southern Group B:
Tuesday, September 5th (KO 7.45pm): Crawley Town (a)
Tuesday, October 10th (KO 7pm): Aston Villa U21s (h)
Tuesday, November 14th (KO 7pm): Sutton United (h)
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/efl-trophy-fixtures-revealed
We all know the competition is just an exhausting effort to get Premier League U21 teams involved though