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FA Cup

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Established
1871 (153 years old)

First Recorded Event
1964-05-02

Current Season
2024-2025

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Sport
Soccer

Location
United Kingdom

Gender
Male

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US - ESPN [2018-2021]

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09 Jan	Everton	-	Peterboro		7:45pm
09 Jan	Sheffield Un	-	Cardiff		7:00pm
09 Jan	Fulham	-	Watford		7:45pm
10 Jan	Wycombe	-	Portsmouth		7:45pm
10 Jan	Aston Villa	-	West Ham		8:00pm
11 Jan	Leyton Orien	-	Derby		6:00pm
11 Jan	Reading	-	Burnley		3:00pm
11 Jan	Norwich	-	Brighton		3:00pm
11 Jan	Manchester C	-	Salford City		5:45pm
11 Jan	Liverpool	-	Accrington		12:15pm
Results
01 Dec	Reading	5 - 3	Harborough T
01 Dec	Solihull Moo	1 - 2	Bromley
01 Dec	Burton	1 - 1	Tamworth
01 Dec	Kettering To	1 - 2	Doncaster
01 Dec	Blackpool	1 - 2	Birmingham
30 Nov	Cambridge Un	1 - 2	Wigan
30 Nov	Exeter	2 - 0	Chesterfield
30 Nov	Leyton Orien	2 - 1	Oldham
30 Nov	Walsall	0 - 4	Charlton
30 Nov	Barnsley	0 - 0	Bristol Rove

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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

2024-2025		2023-2024		2022-2023		2021-2022

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Teams

1874 Northwich		Abbey Hey		Abbey Rangers		Accrington
AFC Croydon Ath		AFC Dunstable		AFC Fylde		AFC Kempston Ro
AFC Liverpool		AFC Mansfield		AFC Portchester		AFC Rushden and
AFC St Austell		AFC Stoneham		AFC Sudbury		AFC Telford Uni
AFC Totton		AFC Varndeanian		AFC Whyteleafe		AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wulfrunians		Albion Sports		Aldershot		Alfreton Town
Alton		Altrincham		Alvechurch		Amersham Town
Andover New Str		Anstey Nomads		Ardley United		Arlesey Town
Arsenal		Ascot United		Ashby Ivanhoe		Ashford Town Mi
Ashford United		Ashington AFC		Ashton		Aston Villa
Atherstone		Atherton Collie		Athletic Newham		Aveley
Avro		Aylesbury		Aylesbury Vale		Aylestone Park
Badshot Lea		Baffins Milton		Baldock Town		Balham
Bamber Bridge		Banbury		Barking		Barnet
Barnoldswick To		Barnsley		Barnstaple Town		Barrow
Barton Rovers		Barton Town		Barwell FC		Basford Utd.
Bashley		Basildon United		Basingstoke		Bath City
Beaconsfield To		Bearsted		Beckenham Town		Bedfont Sports
Bedford Town		Bedworth United		Belper Town		Belper United
Bemerton Heath		Benfleet		Berkhamsted		Berks County
Beverley Town		Bexhill United		Bideford		Biggleswade
Biggleswade Tow		Biggleswade Uni		Billericay		Binfield
Birmingham		Birtley Town		Bishop Auckland		Bishops Cleeve
Bishops Stortfo		Blackburn		Blackfield and		Blackpool
Blyth Spartans		Blyth Town		Bognor Regis To		Boldmere St Mic
Bolton		Bootle		Boreham Wood		Boro Rangers
Boston Town		Boston United F		Bottesford Town		Bourne Town
Bournemouth		Bournemouth FC		Bowers and Pit		Brackley Town
Bracknell Town		Bradford		Bradford Park A		Braintree Town
Brantham Athlet		Brentford		Brentwood Town		Bridgwater Unit
Bridlington Tow		Brighouse Town		Brighton		Brimscombe and
Brislington		Bristol City		Bristol Manor F		Bristol Rovers
British Airways		Brixham		Broadbridge Hea		Broadfields Uni
Brockenhurst		Brocton		Bromley		Bromsgrove Spor
Buckhurst Hill		Buckland Athlet		Bugbrooke St Mi		Burgess Hill To
Burnham		Burnley		Burscough		Burton
Bury		Bury Town		Buxton F.C.		Camberley Town
Cambridge City		Cambridge United		Campion		Canvey
Cardiff		Carlisle		Carlisle City		Carlton Town
Carshalton Athl		Chadderton		Chalfont St Pet		Charlton
Charnock Richar		Chasetown		Chatham Town		Cheadle Town
Chelmsford		Chelsea		Cheltenham		Chertsey Town
Chesham United		Cheshunt		Chester City		Chesterfield
Chichester City		Chippenham Town		Chipstead		Chorley
Christchurch		Cinderford Town		Cirencester		City of Liverpo
Cleethorpes Tow		Clevedon Town		Clitheroe		Cobham
Cockfosters		Coggeshall Town		Colchester		Coleshill Town
Colne		Colney Heath		Concord Rangers		Congleton Town
Consett		Corby Town		Corinthian		Corinthian-Casu
Cornard United		Corsham Town		Coventry		Coventry Sphinx
Coventry United		Cowes Sports		Crawley		Crawley Down Ga
Crawley Green		Cray Valley PM		Cray Wanderers		Crewe
Cribbs		Crook Town		Crowborough Ath		Crystal Palace
Curzon		Dagenham and Re		Darlaston Town		Darlington F.C.
Daventry		Deal Town		Deeping Rangers		Derby
Dereham Town		Didcot Town		Doncaster		Dorchester Town
Dorking Wandere		Downham Town		Downton		Dudley Town
Dulwich Hamlet		Dunstable Town		Dunston UTS		Easington Colli
Easington Sport		East Grinstead		Eastbourne Boro		Eastbourne Town
Eastbourne Unit		Eastleigh		Eastwood		Ebbsfleet Unite
Eccleshill Unit		Edgware Town		Egham Town		Ely City
Emley		Enfield FC		Enfield Town		Epsom and Ewell
Erith and Belve		Erith Town		Everton		Evesham United
Exeter		Exmouth		Eynesbury Rover		Fairford Town
Fakenham Town		Falmouth Town		Fareham Town		Farnborough
Farnham Town		Farsley Celtic		Faversham Town		FC Clacton
FC Romania		FC St Helens		FC United of Ma		Felixstowe and
Fisher		Flackwell Heath		Fleet Town		Fleetwood Town
Folkestone Invi		Forest Green Rove		Frenford		Frickley Athlet
Frome Town		Fulham		Gainsborough		Garforth Town
Gateshead FC		Gillingham		Glebe		Glossop North E
Gloucester City		GNG Oadby Town		Godmanchester R		Golcar United
Goole		Gorleston		Gosport Borough		Grantham Town
Great Wakering		Great Yarmouth		Gresley Rovers		Grimsby Borough
Guildford City		Guisborough Tow		Guiseley		Hadleigh United
Hadley		Halesowen Town		Halifax		Hallam
Halstead Town		Hamble Club		Hampton and Ri		Hamworthy Recre
Hamworthy Unite		Handsworth		Hanley Town		Hanwell Town
Hanworth Villa		Harborough Town		Harefield Unite		Haringey Boroug
Harleston Town		Harpenden Town		Harrogate Town FC		Harrow Borough
Harrowby United		Hartlepool		Hartley Wintney		Hartpury Univer
Hashtag United		Hassocks		Hastings United		Havant and Wat
Hayes and Yead		Haywards Heath		Heacham		Heanor Town
Heaton Stanning		Hebburn Town		Hednesford Town		Helston Athleti
Hemel Hempstead		Hendon		Hereford		Hereford Pegasu
Herne Bay		Hertford Town		Heybridge Swift		Highgate United
Highworth Town		Hilltop		Hinckley		Hinckley Leices
Histon		Hitchin Town		Hollands and Bl		Holmesdale
Holyport		Horley Town		Hornchurch		Horndean
Horsham		Horsham YMCA		Hucknall Town		Huddersfield Town
Hull		Hullbridge Spor		Hungerford Town		Hyde United
Hythe and Dibde		Hythe Town		Ilford		Ilfracombe Town
Ilkeston Town		Ipswich		Ipswich Wandere		Irlam
Ivybridge Town		Kendal Town		Kennington		Kettering Town
Kidderminster H		Kidlington		Kidsgrove Athle		Kimberley Miner
Kings Langley		Kings Lynn Town		Kingstonian		Kirkley and Pak
Knaphill		Knaresborough T		Lakenheath		Lancaster City
Lancing		Larkfield and N		Larkhall Athlet		Laverstock and
Leamington		Leatherhead		Leeds		Leek Town
Leicester		Leicester Nirva		Leighton Town		Leiston
Leverstock Gree		Lewes		Leyton Orient		Lichfield City
Lincoln		Lincoln United		Lingfield		Litherland Remy
Little Common		Little Oakley		Littlehampton T		Liverpool
Liversedge		London Lions		Long Eaton Unit		Long Melford
Longlevens		Longridge Town		Lordswood		Loughborough Dy
Loughborough St		Lower Breck		Lowestoft Town		Loxwood
Luton		Lutterworth Tow		Lydd Town		Lydney Town
Lye Town		Lymington Town		Macclesfield		Maidenhead Unit
Maidstone		Maldon and Tipt		Malmesbury Vict		Malvern Town
Manchester City		Manchester United		Mangotsfield Un		Mansfield
March Town Unit		Margate		Marine		Marlow
Marske United		Matlock		Melksham Town		Melton Town
Merstham		Merthyr Town		Metropolitan Po		Mickleover Spor
Middlesbrough		Midhurst and Ea		Mildenhall Town		Millbrook Hamps
Millwall		Milton Keynes Don		Milton Keynes I		Milton United
Moneyfields		Morecambe		Morpeth Town		Mossley
Mousehole		Mulbarton Wande		Nailsea and Tic		Nantwich Town
Needham Market		Newark and Sher		Newark Town		Newcastle
Newcastle Benfi		Newcastle Blue		Newcastle Town		Newhaven
Newmarket Town		Newport		Newport Pagnell		Newton Aycliffe
North Ferriby F		North Greenford		North Leigh		North Shields
Northallerton T		Northampton		Northampton ON		Northampton Sil
Northwich Victo		Northwood		Norwich		Nottingham Forest
Notts County		OJM Community		Oldham		Oldland Abboton
Ossett United		Oxford City		Oxford Utd		Padiham
Pagham		Parkgate		Paulton Rovers		Peacehaven and
Penistone Churc		Penrith		Pershore Town		Peterboro
Peterborough Sp		Petersfield Tow		Phoenix Sports		Pickering Town
Pilkington		Plymouth		Plymouth Parkwa		Pontefract Coll
Poole Town F.C		Port Vale		Portishead Town		Portland United
Portsmouth		Potters Bar Tow		Potton United		Prescot Cables
Preston		Prestwich Heys		Punjab United		QPR
Quorn		Racing Club War		Radcliffe		Ramsbottom Unit
Ramsgate		Rayners Lane		Raynes Park Val		Reading
Reading City		Real Bedford		Redbridge		Redcar Athletic
Redditch		Redhill		Risborough Rang		Rochdale
Roffey		Roman Glass St		Romford		Romulus
Rossington Main		Rotherham		Royal Wootton B		Royston Town
Rugby Borough		Rugby Town		Runcorn Linnets		Rushall Olympic
Rusthall		Saffron Walden		Salford City		Salisbury
Saltash United		Saltdean United		Sandhurst Town		Sawbridgeworth
Scarborough Ath		Scunthorpe		Seaham Red Star		Sevenoaks Town
Shaftesbury		Sheerwater		Sheffield FC		Sheffield United
Sheffield Weds		Shefford Town a		Sheppey United		Shepshed Dynamo
Shepton Mallet		Sherborne Town		Sheringham		Sherwood Collie
Shifnal Town		Shildon AFC		Shirebrook Town		Sholing
Shoreham		Shrewsbury		Silsden		Sittingbourne
Skegness Town		Skelmersdale Un		Sleaford Town		Slimbridge
Slough Town		Snodland Town		Soham Town Rang		Solihull Moors
South Liverpool		South Park		South Shields		Southall
Southampton		Southend		Southport		Spalding United
Spelthorne Spor		Spennymoor Town		Sporting Bengal		Sporting Club I
Sporting Khalsa		Squires Gate		St Albans City		St Blazey
St Ives Town		St Neots Town		Stafford Ranger		Stalybridge
Stamford AFC		Stansfeld		Stansted		Stanway Rovers
Stevenage		Steyning Town		Stockport Town		Stocksbridge Pa
Stockton Town		Stoke		Stone Old Alley		Stotfold
Stourbridge		Stourport Swift		Stowmarket Town		Stratford Town
Street		Studley		Sunderland		Sutton Athletic
Sutton Coldfiel		Sutton Common R		Sutton United		Swansea
Swindon		Swindon Superma		Tadcaster Albio		Tadley Calleva
Takeley		Tamworth		Taunton Town		Tavistock
Thackley		Thame United		Thatcham Town		Thetford Town
Thornbury Town		Three Bridges		Tilbury		Tiverton Town
Tividale		Tonbridge Angel		Tooting and Mi		Torpoint Athlet
Torquay		Tottenham		Tow Law Town		Trafford
Tranmere		Tring Athletic		Truro City		Tuffley Rovers
Tunbridge Wells		United Services		Uttoxeter Town		Uxbridge
Vauxhall Motors		VCD Athletic		Virginia Water		Wallingford and
Walsall		Walsall Wood		Walsham-le-Will		Waltham Abbey
Walthamstow		Walton and Her		Wantage Town		Ware
Warrington Ryla		Warrington Town		Watford		Wealdstone
Welling United		Wellingborough		Wellington		Welton Rovers
Welwyn Garden C		Wembley		West Allotment		West Auckland T
West Brom		West Didsbury a		West Essex		West Ham
Westbury United		Westfield Surre		Westfields		Weston-super-Ma
Weymouth		Whickham		Whitby Town		Whitchurch Alpo
White Ensign		Whitehawk		Whitley Bay		Whitstable Town
Wick		Widnes		Wigan		Willand Rovers
Wimborne Town		Wincanton Town		Winchester City		Wingate and Fi
Winslow United		Winterton Range		Wisbech Town		Witham Town
Witton		Woking		Wokingham Town		Wolverhampton C
Wolves		Woodbridge Town		Woodford Town		Worcester
Worcester Raide		Workington		Worksop Town		Wormley Rovers
Worthing		Wrexham		Wroxham		Wycombe
Wythenshawe		Wythenshawe Tow		Yate Town		Yaxley
Yeovil		York

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