List of FA Cup finals

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James Brown
(front row, centre) holds the trophy.

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout competition in English football, organised by and named after The Football Association (the FA). It is the oldest existing football competition in the world,[1] having commenced in the 1871–72 season.[2] The tournament is open to all clubs in the top 10 levels of the English football league system, although a club's home stadium must meet certain requirements prior to entering the tournament.[3] The competition culminates at the end of the league season (usually in May) with the FA Cup Final, officially named The Football Association Challenge Cup Final Tie, which has traditionally been regarded as the showpiece finale of the English football season.[4]

The vast majority of FA Cup final matches have been in London: most of these were played at the original Wembley Stadium, which was used from 1923 until the stadium closed in 2000. The other venues used for the final before 1923 were Kennington Oval, Crystal Palace, Stamford Bridge and Lillie Bridge, all in London, Goodison Park in Liverpool and Fallowfield Stadium and Old Trafford in Manchester. The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff hosted the final for six years (2001–2006), while the new Wembley Stadium was under construction. Other grounds have been used for replays, which until 1999 took place if the initial match ended in a draw. The new Wembley Stadium has been the permanent venue of the final since 2007.

As of 2023, 44 clubs have won the FA Cup. The record for the most wins is held by Arsenal, with 14 victories.[2] The cup has been won by the same team in two or more consecutive years on ten occasions, and four teams have won consecutive finals more than once: Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal.[2] The cup has been won by a non-English team once: Cardiff City in 1927. The current holders are Manchester City, who defeated local rivals Manchester United in the 2023 final.

History

An elderly man holding the FA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur captain Arthur Grimsdell displays the cup to fans on the Tottenham High Road after Spurs' victory in the 1921 final, the first win by a London-based team since the same club's win 20 years earlier.

The winners of

the first tournament were Wanderers, a team of former public schoolboys based in London, who went on to win the competition five times in its first seven seasons. The early winners of the competition were all teams of wealthy amateurs from the south of England,[5] but in 1883, Blackburn Olympic became the first team from the north to win the cup, defeating Old Etonians. Upon his team's return to Blackburn, Olympic captain Albert Warburton proclaimed: "The Cup is very welcome to Lancashire. It'll have a good home and it'll never go back to London".[6]

With the advent of

Queens Park reached the final twice in the early years of the competition.[2]

The competition was not held during the

Second World Wars, except in the 1914–15 season, when it was completed, and the 1939–40 season, when it was abandoned during the qualifying rounds.[2]

Newcastle United enjoyed a brief spell of FA Cup dominance in the 1950s, winning the trophy three times in five years,[2] and in the 1960s, Tottenham Hotspur enjoyed a similar spell of success, with three wins in seven seasons. This marked the start of a successful period for London-based clubs, with 11 wins in 22 seasons.[10] Teams from the second tier of English football, at the time called the Second Division, experienced an unprecedented run of cup success between 1973 and 1980.[10] Sunderland won the cup in 1973, Southampton repeated the feat in 1976, and West Ham United won in 1980, the most recent victory by a team from outside the top division.[2][8]

Until 1999, a draw in the final would result in the match being replayed at a later date;[11] since then the final has always been decided on the day, with a penalty shoot-out as required.[12] As of 2022 a penalty shoot-out has been required on only three occasions, in the 2005, 2006 and 2022 finals. Arsenal hold the record for the highest number of FA Cup wins, having claimed the trophy 14 times, most recently in 2020.[13]

Results

Key to list of winners
(R) Replay
* Match went to extra time
Match decided via a penalty shoot-out after extra time
Winning team won the Double (League title and FA Cup)
§ Winning team won the Domestic Treble (League title, FA Cup and League Cup)
# Winning team won the Continental Treble (League title, FA Cup and European Cup/Champions League)
Italics Team from outside the top level of English football
(since the formation of The Football League in 1888)
(#) Number of trophy won by club
  • The "Season" column refers to the season the competition was held, and
    wikilinks
    to the article about that season.
  • The wikilinks in the "Score" column point to the article about that season's final game.

All teams are English, except where marked Scotland (Scottish) or Wales Wales (Welsh).

FA Cup finals
Season Winners[2] Score[2] Runners–up[2] Venue[14] Attendance[14]
1871–72 Wanderers (1) 1–0 Royal Engineers Kennington Oval 2,000
1872–73 Wanderers (2) 2–0 Oxford University Lillie Bridge 3,000
1873–74 Oxford University (1) 2–0 Royal Engineers Kennington Oval 2,000
1874–75 Royal Engineers (1) * 1–1 * Old Etonians 2,000
2–0 (R) 3,000
1875–76 Wanderers (3) * 1–1 * Old Etonians 3,500
3–0 (R) 1,500
1876–77 Wanderers (4) * 2–1 * Oxford University 3,000
1877–78 Wanderers (5) 3–1 Royal Engineers 4,500
1878–79 Old Etonians (1) 1–0 Clapham Rovers 5,000
1879–80 Clapham Rovers (1) 1–0 Oxford University 6,000
1880–81 Old Carthusians (1) 3–0 Old Etonians 4,000
1881–82 Old Etonians (2) 1–0 Blackburn Rovers 6,500
1882–83 Blackburn Olympic (1) * 2–1 * Old Etonians 8,000
1883–84 Blackburn Rovers (1) 2–1 Scotland Queen's Park 4,000
1884–85 Blackburn Rovers (2) 2–0 Scotland Queen's Park 12,500
1885–86 Blackburn Rovers (3) 0–0 West Bromwich Albion 15,000
2–0 (R) Racecourse Ground 12,000
1886–87 Aston Villa (1) 2–0 West Bromwich Albion Kennington Oval 15,500
1887–88 West Bromwich Albion (1) 2–1 Preston North End 19,000
1888–89 Preston North End ‡ (1) 3–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22,000
1889–90 Blackburn Rovers (4) 6–1 The Wednesday 20,000
1890–91 Blackburn Rovers (5) 3–1 Notts County 23,000
1891–92 West Bromwich Albion (2) 3–0 Aston Villa 32,810
1892–93 Wolverhampton Wanderers (1) 1–0 Everton Fallowfield Stadium 45,000
1893–94 Notts County (1) 4–1 Bolton Wanderers Goodison Park 37,000
1894–95 Aston Villa (2) 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Crystal Palace 42,560
1895–96 The Wednesday (1) 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 48,836
1896–97 Aston Villa ‡ (3) 3–2 Everton 65,891
1897–98 Nottingham Forest (1) 3–1 Derby County 62,017
1898–99 Sheffield United (1) 4–1 Derby County 73,833
1899–1900 Bury (1) 4–0 Southampton 68,945
1900–01 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 2–2 Sheffield United 110,820
3–1 (R) Burnden Park 20,470
1901–02 Sheffield United (2) 1–1 Southampton Crystal Palace 76,914
2–1 (R) 33,068
1902–03 Bury (2) 6–0 Derby County 63,102
1903–04 Manchester City (1) 1–0 Bolton Wanderers 61,374
1904–05 Aston Villa (4) 2–0 Newcastle United 101,117
1905–06 Everton (1) 1–0 Newcastle United 75,609
1906–07 The Wednesday (2) 2–1 Everton 84,594
1907–08 Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) 3–1 Newcastle United 74,697
1908–09 Manchester United (1) 1–0 Bristol City 71,401
1909–10 Newcastle United (1) 1–1 Barnsley 77,747
2–0 (R) Goodison Park 69,000
1910–11 Bradford City (1) 0–0 Newcastle United Crystal Palace 69,068
1–0 (R) Old Trafford 58,000
1911–12 Barnsley (1) 0–0 West Bromwich Albion Crystal Palace 54,556
* 1–0 * (R) Bramall Lane 38,555
1912–13 Aston Villa (5) 1–0 Sunderland Crystal Palace 121,919
1913–14 Burnley (1) 1–0 Liverpool 72,778
1914–15 Sheffield United (3) 3–0 Chelsea Old Trafford 49,557
1919–20 Aston Villa (6) * 1–0 * Huddersfield Town Stamford Bridge 50,018
1920–21 Tottenham Hotspur (2) 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 72,805
1921–22 Huddersfield Town (1) 1–0 Preston North End 53,000
1922–23 Bolton Wanderers (1) 2–0 West Ham United Wembley Stadium (original) 126,047[a]
1923–24 Newcastle United (2) 2–0 Aston Villa 91,695
1924–25 Sheffield United (4) 1–0 Wales Cardiff City 91,763
1925–26 Bolton Wanderers (2) 1–0 Manchester City 91,447
1926–27 Wales Cardiff City (1) 1–0 Arsenal 91,206
1927–28 Blackburn Rovers (6) 3–1 Huddersfield Town 92,041
1928–29 Bolton Wanderers (3) 2–0 Portsmouth 92,576
1929–30 Arsenal (1) 2–0 Huddersfield Town 92,488
1930–31 West Bromwich Albion (3) 2–1 Birmingham 92,406
1931–32 Newcastle United (3) 2–1 Arsenal 92,298
1932–33 Everton (2) 3–0 Manchester City 92,950
1933–34 Manchester City (2) 2–1 Portsmouth 93,258
1934–35 Sheffield Wednesday (3) 4–2 West Bromwich Albion 93,204
1935–36 Arsenal (2) 1–0 Sheffield United 93,384
1936–37 Sunderland (1) 3–1 Preston North End 93,495
1937–38 Preston North End (2) * 1–0 * Huddersfield Town 93,497
1938–39 Portsmouth (1) 4–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 99,370
1945–46 Derby County (1) * 4–1 * Charlton Athletic 98,000
1946–47 Charlton Athletic (1) * 1–0 * Burnley 99,000
1947–48 Manchester United (2) 4–2 Blackpool 99,000
1948–49 Wolverhampton Wanderers (3) 3–1 Leicester City
1949–50 Arsenal (3) 2–0 Liverpool 100,000
1950–51 Newcastle United (4) 2–0 Blackpool
1951–52 Newcastle United (5) 1–0 Arsenal
1952–53 Blackpool (1) 4–3 Bolton Wanderers
1953–54 West Bromwich Albion (4) 3–2 Preston North End
1954–55 Newcastle United (6) 3–1 Manchester City
1955–56 Manchester City (3) 3–1 Birmingham City
1956–57 Aston Villa (7) 2–1 Manchester United
1957–58 Bolton Wanderers (4) 2–0 Manchester United
1958–59 Nottingham Forest (2) 2–1 Luton Town
1959–60 Wolverhampton Wanderers (4) 3–0 Blackburn Rovers
1960–61 Tottenham Hotspur ‡ (3) 2–0 Leicester City
1961–62 Tottenham Hotspur (4) 3–1 Burnley
1962–63 Manchester United (3) 3–1 Leicester City
1963–64 West Ham United (1) 3–2 Preston North End
1964–65 Liverpool (1) * 2–1 * Leeds United
1965–66 Everton (3) 3–2 Sheffield Wednesday
1966–67 Tottenham Hotspur (5) 2–1 Chelsea
1967–68 West Bromwich Albion (5) * 1–0 * Everton
1968–69 Manchester City (4) 1–0 Leicester City
1969–70 Chelsea (1) * 2–2 * Leeds United
* 2–1 * (R) Old Trafford 62,078
1970–71 Arsenal ‡ (4) * 2–1 * Liverpool Wembley Stadium (original) 100,000
1971–72 Leeds United (1) 1–0 Arsenal
1972–73 Sunderland (2) 1–0 Leeds United
1973–74 Liverpool (2) 3–0 Newcastle United
1974–75 West Ham United (2) 2–0 Fulham
1975–76 Southampton (1) 1–0 Manchester United
1976–77 Manchester United (4) 2–1 Liverpool
1977–78 Ipswich Town (1) 1–0 Arsenal
1978–79 Arsenal (5) 3–2 Manchester United
1979–80 West Ham United (3) 1–0 Arsenal
1980–81 Tottenham Hotspur (6) * 1–1 * Manchester City
3–2 (R) 92,000
1981–82 Tottenham Hotspur (7) * 1–1 * Queens Park Rangers 100,000
1–0 (R) 90,000
1982–83 Manchester United (5) * 2–2 * Brighton & Hove Albion 100,000
4–0 (R)
1983–84 Everton (4) 2–0 Watford
1984–85 Manchester United (6) * 1–0 * Everton
1985–86 Liverpool ‡ (3) 3–1 Everton 98,000
1986–87 Coventry City (1) * 3–2 * Tottenham Hotspur
1987–88 Wimbledon (1) 1–0 Liverpool 98,203
1988–89 Liverpool (4) * 3–2 * Everton 82,500
1989–90 Manchester United (7) * 3–3 * Crystal Palace 80,000
1–0 (R)
1990–91 Tottenham Hotspur (8) * 2–1 * Nottingham Forest
1991–92 Liverpool (5) 2–0 Sunderland
1992–93 Arsenal (6) * 1–1 * Sheffield Wednesday 79,347
* 2–1 * (R) 62,267
1993–94 Manchester United ‡ (8) 4–0 Chelsea 79,634
1994–95 Everton (5) 1–0 Manchester United 79,592
1995–96 Manchester United ‡ (9) 1–0 Liverpool 79,007
1996–97 Chelsea (2) 2–0 Middlesbrough 79,160
1997–98 Arsenal ‡ (7) 2–0 Newcastle United 79,183
1998–99 Manchester United # (10) 2–0 Newcastle United 79,101
1999–2000 Chelsea (3) 1–0 Aston Villa 78,217
2000–01 Liverpool (6) 2–1 Arsenal Millennium Stadium 72,500
2001–02 Arsenal ‡ (8) 2–0 Chelsea 73,963
2002–03 Arsenal (9) 1–0 Southampton 73,726
2003–04 Manchester United (11) 3–0 Millwall 71,350
2004–05 Arsenal (10) 0–0[b] Manchester United 71,876
2005–06 Liverpool (7) 3–3[c] West Ham United 71,140
2006–07 Chelsea (4) * 1–0 * Manchester United Wembley Stadium 89,826
2007–08 Portsmouth (2) 1–0 Wales Cardiff City 89,874
2008–09 Chelsea (5) 2–1 Everton 89,391[17]
2009–10 Chelsea ‡ (6) 1–0 Portsmouth 88,335[18]
2010–11 Manchester City (5) 1–0 Stoke City 88,643[19]
2011–12 Chelsea (7) 2–1 Liverpool 89,041[20]
2012–13 Wigan Athletic (1) 1–0 Manchester City 86,254[21]
2013–14 Arsenal (11) * 3–2 * Hull City 89,345[22]
2014–15 Arsenal (12) 4–0 Aston Villa 89,283[23]
2015–16 Manchester United (12) * 2–1 * Crystal Palace 88,619[24]
2016–17 Arsenal (13) 2–1 Chelsea 89,472[25]
2017–18 Chelsea (8) 1–0 Manchester United 87,647[26]
2018–19 Manchester City § (6) 6–0 Watford 85,854[27]
2019–20 Arsenal (14) 2–1 Chelsea 0[d][28]
2020–21 Leicester City (1) 1–0 Chelsea 20,000[e][29]
2021–22 Liverpool (8) 0–0[f] Chelsea 84,897[30]
2022–23 Manchester City # (7) 2–1
Manchester United
83,179[31]

Results by team

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence. Additionally, Queen's Park ceased to be eligible to enter the FA Cup after a Scottish Football Association ruling in 1887.[32]

Results by team
Club Wins First final won Last final won Runners-up Last final lost Total final
appearances
Arsenal 14 1930 2020 7 2001 21
Manchester United 12 1909 2016 9 2023 21
Chelsea 8 1970 2018 8 2022 16
Liverpool 1965 2022 7 2012 15
Tottenham Hotspur 1901 1991 1 1987 9
Manchester City 7 1904 2023 5 2013 12
Aston Villa 1887 1957 4 2015 11
Newcastle United 6 1910 1955 7 1999 13
Blackburn Rovers 1884 1928 2 1960 8
Everton 5 1906 1995 8 2009 13
West Bromwich Albion 1888 1968 5 1935 10
Wanderers 1872 1878 0 5
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 1893 1960 4 1939 8
Bolton Wanderers 1923 1958 3 1953 7
Sheffield United 1899 1925 2 1936 6
Sheffield Wednesday[A] 3 1896 1935 3 1993 6
West Ham United 1964 1980 2 2006 5
Preston North End 2 1889 1938 5 1964 7
Old Etonians 1879 1882 4 1883 6
Portsmouth 1939 2008 3 2010 5
Sunderland 1937 1973 2 1992 4
Nottingham Forest 1898 1959 1 1991 3
Bury[B] 1900 1903 0 2
Huddersfield Town
1 1922 4 1938 5
Leicester City 2021 1969
Oxford University 1874 3 1880 4
Royal Engineers 1875 1878
Derby County 1946 1903
Leeds United 1972 1973
Southampton 1976 2003
Burnley 1914 2 1962 3
Cardiff City 1927 2008
Blackpool 1953 1951
Clapham Rovers 1880 1 1879 2
Notts County 1894 1891
Barnsley 1912 1910
Charlton Athletic 1947 1946
Old Carthusians 1881 0 1
Blackburn Olympic 1883
Bradford City 1911
Ipswich Town 1978
Coventry City 1987
Wimbledon[C] 1988
Wigan Athletic 2013
Queen's Park 0 2 1885 2
Birmingham City 1956
Crystal Palace 2016
Watford 2019
Bristol City 1 1909 1
Luton Town 1959
Fulham 1975
Queens Park Rangers 1982
Brighton & Hove Albion 1983
Middlesbrough 1997
Millwall 2004
Stoke City 2011
Hull City 2014
  1. ^ Sheffield Wednesday's total includes two wins and one defeat under the earlier name of The Wednesday.
  2. ^ Bury have reformed as a phoenix club since their last appearance in the final.
  3. ^ Wimbledon relocated in 2003 from south London to Milton Keynes before rebranding the club as Milton Keynes Dons in 2004, but the current incarnation of the club considers that it was founded in 2004 and does not lay claim to the history or honours (including the FA Cup win) of Wimbledon.[33]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The official attendance for the 1923 final was reported as 126,047, but the actual figure is believed to be anywhere between 150,000 and 300,000.[15][16]
  2. ^ Score was 0–0 after extra time. Arsenal won the penalty shoot-out 5–4.
  3. ^ Score was 3–3 after 90 minutes and extra time. Liverpool won the penalty shoot-out 3–1.
  4. ^ The 2020 final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
  5. ^ The 2021 final attendance was capped at 20,000 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
  6. ^ Score was 0–0 after extra time. Liverpool won the penalty shoot-out 6–5.

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