1962–63 Football League Cup

The tournament was won by Birmingham City, who beat near-neighbours Aston Villa 3–1 on aggregate.

Birmingham won the first leg 3–1 at their home ground St Andrew's, thanks to goals from Jimmy Bloomfield and Ken Leek (2), with Bobby Thomson scoring Villa's goal.

The second leg at Villa Park ended in a 0–0 draw and Birmingham won 3–1 on aggregate..

Match dates and results were initially drawn from Soccerbase,[1] and they were later checked against Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71.

[2] Of the 80 teams, 48 received a bye to the second round and the other 32 played in the first round; these were the teams ranked 61st to 91st in the 1961–62 Football League, plus Oxford United, who had entered the Football League as replacements for Accrington Stanley.