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FA Cup

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Established
1871 (152 years old)

First Recorded Event
1999-04-14

Current Season
2023-2024

API Football ID
5418

Sport
Soccer

Location
United Kingdom

Gender
Male

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US - ESPN [2018-2021]

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03 Dec		Chesterfield		1 - 0		Leyton Orient		2:00pm
03 Dec		Aldershot		2 - 2		Stockport		2:00pm
03 Dec		Wrexham		3 - 0		Yeovil		3:45pm
03 Dec		Eastleigh		2 - 1		Reading		1:30pm
04 Dec		AFC Wimbledon		-		Ramsgate		7:45pm
Latest Results
02 Dec		Sutton United		3 - 0		Horsham
02 Dec		Oxford Utd		2 - 0		Grimsby
02 Dec		Stevenage		1 - 1		Port Vale
02 Dec		Gillingham		2 - 0		Charlton
02 Dec		Peterboro		2 - 1		Doncaster
02 Dec		Crewe		-		Bristol Rovers
02 Dec		Blackpool		P - P		Forest Green Ro
02 Dec		Newport		1 - 1		Barnet
02 Dec		Bolton		5 - 1		Harrogate Town
02 Dec		Cambridge Unite		4 - 0		Fleetwood Town

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The FA Cup, known officially as The Football Association Challenge Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competition in the world. It is organised by and named after The Football Association (The FA). For sponsorship reasons, from 2015 through to 2018 it is also known as The Emirates FA Cup. A concurrent women's tournament is also held, the FA Women's Cup.

The competition is open to any eligible club down to Level 10 of the English football league system – all 92 professional clubs in the Premier League (Level 1) and the English Football League (Levels 2 to 4), and several hundred "non-league" teams in Steps 1 to 6 of the National League System (Levels 5 to 10). A record 763 clubs competed in 2011–12. The tournament consists of 12 randomly drawn rounds followed by the semi-finals and the final. Entrants are not seeded, although a system of byes based on league level ensures higher ranked teams enter in later rounds – the minimum number of games needed to win the competition ranges from six to fourteen.

The first six rounds are the Qualifying Competition, from which 32 teams progress to the first round of the Competition Proper, meeting the first of the 48 professional teams from Leagues One and Two. The last entrants are the Premier League and Championship clubs, into the draw for the Third Round Proper. In the modern era, only one non-league team has ever reached the quarter-finals, and teams below Level 2 have never reached the final. As a result, as well as who wins, significant focus is given to those "minnows" (smaller teams) who progress furthest, especially if they achieve an unlikely "giant-killing" victory.

Winners receive the FA Cup trophy, of which there have been two designs and five actual cups; the latest is a 2014 replica of the second design, introduced in 1911. Winners also qualify for the Europa League and a place in the FA Community Shield match. Chelsea are the current holders, having beaten Manchester United 1–0 in the 2018 final. Arsenal are the most successful club with 13 titles. Arsenal's Arsène Wenger is the most successful manager in the competition with seven finals won.

History
In 1863, the newly founded Football Association (the FA) published the Laws of the Game of Association Football, unifying the various different rules in use before then. On 20 July 1871, in the offices of The Sportsman newspaper, the FA Secretary C. W. Alcock proposed to the FA committee that "it is desirable that a Challenge Cup should be established in connection with the Association for which all clubs belonging to the Association should be invited to compete". The inaugural FA Cup tournament kicked off in November 1871. After thirteen games in all, Wanderers were crowned the winners in the final, on 16 March 1872. Wanderers retained the trophy the following year. The modern cup was beginning to be established by the 1888–89 season, when qualifying rounds were introduced.

Following the 1914–15 edition, the competition was suspended due to the First World War, and did not resume until 1919–20. The 1922–23 competition saw the first final to be played in the newly opened Wembley Stadium (known at the time as the Empire Stadium). Due to the outbreak of World War II, the competition was not played between the 1938–39 and 1945–46 editions. Due to the wartime breaks, the competition did not celebrate its centenary year until 1980–81; fittingly the final featured a goal by Ricky Villa which was later voted the greatest goal ever scored at Wembley Stadium, but has since been replaced by Steven Gerrard.

Having previously featured replays, the modern day practice of ensuring the semi-final and final matches finish on the day, was introduced from 2000 onwards. Redevelopment of Wembley saw the final played outside of England for the first time, the 2001–2006 finals being played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The final returned to Wembley in 2007, followed by the semi-finals from 2008.


Seasons

2023-2024		2022-2023		2021-2022		2020-2021

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Teams

1874 Northwich		AFC Dunstable		AFC Fylde		AFC Kempston Ro
AFC Rushden and		AFC Sudbury		AFC Telford Uni		AFC Totton
AFC Wimbledon		Altrincham		Alvechurch		Anstey Nomads
Ardley United		Arsenal		Ascot United		Ashford Town Mi
Ashford United		Ashington AFC		Ashton		Aston Villa
Atherstone		Atherton Collie		Avro		Aylesbury
Badshot Lea		Bamber Bridge		Barking		Barnsley
Barnstaple Town		Barrow		Barton Rovers		Barwell FC
Basford Utd.		Bashley		Basildon United		Basingstoke
Beaconsfield To		Beckenham Town		Bedfont Sports		Bedford Town
Bedworth United		Belper Town		Bemerton Heath		Berkhamsted
Bideford		Biggleswade		Biggleswade Tow		Billericay
Binfield		Birmingham		Bishops Cleeve		Blackburn
Blackfield and		Bognor Regis To		Boldmere St Mic		Bolton
Bootle		Bournemouth		Bowers and Pit		Bracknell Town
Bradford Park A		Brentford		Brentwood Town		Bridlington Tow
Brighouse Town		Brighton		Bristol City		Bristol Manor F
Bristol Rovers		Broadbridge Hea		Bromsgrove Spor		Burgess Hill To
Burnley		Bury		Bury Town		Cambridge City
Cambridge United		Canvey		Cardiff		Carlton Town
Carshalton Athl		Chalfont St Pet		Charlton		Chasetown
Chatham Town		Chelsea		Cheltenham		Chertsey Town
Chesham United		Cheshunt		Chichester City		Chipstead
Chorley		Christchurch		Cinderford Town		City of Liverpo
Cleethorpes Tow		Clitheroe		Coalville Town		Coggeshall Town
Coleshill Town		Colne		Colney Heath		Concord Rangers
Consett		Corby Town		Corinthian		Corinthian-Casu
Coventry		Coventry Sphinx		Cray Valley PM		Cray Wanderers
Crewe		Cribbs		Crystal Palace		Daventry
Derby		Dereham Town		Didcot Town		Dorchester Town
Dulwich Hamlet		Dunston UTS		East Grinstead		East Thurrock U
Ebbsfleet Unite		Edgware Town		Enfield FC		Enfield Town
Erith and Belve		Everton		Evesham United		Exmouth
Faversham Town		FC Romania		FC United of Ma		Felixstowe and
Fleetwood Town		Folkestone Invi		Frickley Athlet		Frome Town
Fulham		Gainsborough		Glossop North E		Gorleston
Gosport Borough		Grantham Town		Great Wakering		Gresley Rovers
Grimsby Borough		Guiseley		Hadley		Halesowen Town
Hamworthy Unite		Hanley Town		Hanwell Town		Hanworth Villa
Harborough Town		Haringey Boroug		Harrogate Town FC		Harrow Borough
Hartley Wintney		Hashtag United		Hastings United		Hayes and Yead
Haywards Heath		Hebburn Town		Hednesford Town		Hendon
Herne Bay		Hertford Town		Heybridge Swift		Highworth Town
Hinckley Leices		Histon		Hitchin Town		Hornchurch
Horndean		Horsham		Huddersfield Town		Hull
Hullbridge Spor		Hungerford Town		Hyde United		Hythe Town
Ilkeston Town		Ipswich Wandere		Kendal Town		Kettering Town
Kidlington		Kidsgrove Athle		Kings Langley		Kings Lynn Town
Kingstonian		Lancaster City		Lancing		Larkhall Athlet
Leamington		Leatherhead		Leeds		Leek Town
Leicester		Leighton Town		Leiston		Lewes
Lincoln United		Littlehampton T		Liverpool		Liversedge
Long Eaton Unit		Loughborough Dy		Lowestoft Town		Luton
Lye Town		Lymington Town		Macclesfield		Maldon and Tipt
Malvern Town		Manchester City		Manchester United		Mangotsfield Un
Margate		Marine		Marlow		Marske United
Matlock		Melksham Town		Merstham		Merthyr Town
Metropolitan Po		Mickleover Spor		Middlesbrough		Millwall
Morecambe		Morpeth Town		Mossley		Mousehole
Nantwich Town		Needham Market		New Salamis		Newcastle
Newcastle Town		Newton Aycliffe		North Ferriby F		North Leigh
North Shields		Northampton		Northwich Victo		Northwood
Norwich		Nottingham Forest		Nuneaton Town		Ossett United
Paulton Rovers		Peterboro		Phoenix Sports		Pickering Town
Plymouth Parkwa		Pontefract Coll		Poole Town F.C		Potters Bar Tow
Prescot Cables		Preston		QPR		Quorn
Radcliffe		Ramsbottom Unit		Ramsgate		Raynes Park Val
Reading		Redbridge		Redditch		Redhill
Rochdale		Romford		Rotherham		Royston Town
Rugby Town		Runcorn Linnets		Salisbury		Sevenoaks Town
Sheffield FC		Sheffield United		Sheffield Weds		Sheppey United
Shepshed Dynamo		Shildon AFC		Sholing		Sittingbourne
Skelmersdale Un		Slimbridge		Soham Town Rang		South Park
Southall		Southampton		Southend		Spalding United
Sporting Khalsa		Squires Gate		St Ives Town		St Neots Town
Stafford Ranger		Stalybridge		Stamford AFC		Stevenage
Stocksbridge Pa		Stockton Town		Stoke		Stotfold
Stourbridge		Stowmarket Town		Stratford Town		Sutton Coldfiel
Sutton Common R		Sutton United		Swansea		Swindon
Swindon Superma		Tadcaster Albio		Tamworth		Tavistock
Thame United		Thatcham Town		Three Bridges		Tilbury
Tiverton Town		Tooting and Mi		Tottenham		Trafford
Tranmere		Uxbridge		Vauxhall Motors		VCD Athletic
Walsall Wood		Waltham Abbey		Walthamstow		Walton and Her
Wantage Town		Ware		Warrington Ryla		Watford
Wealdstone		Welwyn Garden C		West Brom		West Ham
Westbury United		Westfield Surre		Westfields		Weymouth
Whitby Town		Whitehawk		Whitstable Town		Widnes
Wigan		Willand Rovers		Wimborne Town		Winchester City
Wingate and Fi		Winterton Range		Wisbech Town		Witham Town
Witton		Wolves		Worcester		Workington
Worksop Town		Wroxham		Wycombe		Yate Town
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