FA Cup

FA Cup
Founded	1871; 153 years ago
Region	England; Wales
Number of teams	736 (2018–19)
Qualifier for	UEFA Europa League
Domestic cup(s)	FA Community Shield
Current champions	Leicester (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Arsenal (14 titles)
Television broadcasters	BBC; BT Sport; List of international broadcasters
Website	FA Cup
	2020–21 FA Cup

The FA Cup (known as The Emirates FA Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a national football competition. It is played between teams in the English league system. It is organized by the Football Association. The winner of the FA Cup qualifies for the next season's UEFA Europa League. If the winner of the FA Cup has already qualified for a European competition, then the Europa League place goes to 6th or 7th place, depending on who won the Football League Cup. The FA Cup semi-finals and final is held at Wembley Stadium. The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world and first took place in 1871.

The current holders are Manchester United F.C. It is United's 13th FA Cup, one behind Arsenal's record of 14.

Winners and finalists

Results by team

Since its establishment, the FA Cup has been won by 43 different teams. 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.^[1]

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	13	1909	2024	8	2018	20
Chelsea	8	1970	2018	6	2020	14
Tottenham Hotspur	8	1901	1991	1	1987	9
Liverpool	7	1965	2006	7	2012	14
Aston Villa	7	1887	1957	4	2015	11
Newcastle United	6	1910	1955	7	1999	13
Manchester City	6	1904	2019	5	2013	11
Blackburn Rovers	6	1884	1928	2	1960	8
Everton	5	1906	1995	8	2009	13
West Bromwich Albion	5	1888	1968	5	1935	10
Wanderers^[A]	5	1872	1878	0	—	5
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	1893	1960	4	1939	8
Bolton Wanderers	4	1923	1958	3	1953	7
Sheffield United	4	1899	1925	2	1936	6
Sheffield Wednesday^[B]	3	1896	1935	3	1993	6
West Ham United	3	1964	1980	2	2006	5
Preston North End	2	1889	1938	5	1964	7
Old Etonians	2	1879	1882	4	1883	6
Portsmouth	2	1939	2008	3	2010	5
Sunderland	2	1937	1973	2	1992	4
Nottingham Forest	2	1898	1959	1	1991	3
Bury	2	1900	1903	0	—	2
Huddersfield Town	1	1922	1922	4	1938	5
Oxford University	1	1874	1874	3	1880	4
Royal Engineers	1	1875	1875	3	1878	4
Derby County	1	1946	1946	3	1903	4
Leeds United	1	1972	1972	3	1973	4
Southampton	1	1976	1976	3	2003	4
Burnley	1	1914	1914	2	1962	3
Cardiff City	1	1927	1927	2	2008	3
Blackpool	1	1953	1953	2	1951	3
Clapham Rovers	1	1880	1880	1	1879	2
Notts County	1	1894	1894	1	1891	2
Barnsley	1	1912	1912	1	1910	2
Charlton Athletic	1	1947	1947	1	1946	2
Old Carthusians	1	1881	1881	0	—	1
Blackburn Olympic	1	1883	1883	0	—	1
Bradford City	1	1911	1911	0	—	1
Ipswich Town	1	1978	1978	0	—	1
Coventry City	1	1987	1987	0	—	1
Wimbledon^[C]	1	1988	1988	0	—	1
Wigan Athletic	1	2013	2013	0	—	1
Leicester City	1	2021	2021	4	1969	5
Queen's Park	0			2	1885	2
Birmingham City	0			2	1956	2
Crystal Palace	0			2	2016	2
Watford	0			2	2019	2
Bristol City	0			1	1909	1
Luton Town	0			1	1959	1
Fulham	0			1	1975	1
Queens Park Rangers	0			1	1982	1
Brighton & Hove Albion	0			1	1983	1
Middlesbrough	0			1	1997	1
Millwall	0			1	2004	1
Stoke City	0			1	2011	1
Hull City	0			1	2014	1

↑ The original Wanderers FC folded in 1887, however, a new incarnation claiming the club's history reformed in 2009.
↑ Sheffield Wednesday's total includes two wins and one defeat under the earlier name of The Wednesday.
↑ Wimbledon had their league place transferred to a new franchise located in Milton Keynes in 2002 who re-branded in 2004 to Milton Keynes Dons, but they do not lay claim to the history or honours (including the FA Cup win) of Wimbledon.^[2] Instead the history of Wimbledon F.C. belongs to a club (AFC Wimbledon) set up by the original supporters in 2002 in response to the franchising.

References

↑ "Ask Albert – Number 5". BBC Sport. 19 February 2001. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
↑ "Merton to be given Dons trophies". BBC Sport. 2 August 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

Other Websites

The FA Cup Archive – England's official Football Association site, all results with dates, including all qualifying rounds
The official FA Cup website
Thomas Fattorini Ltd. makers of the 1911 FA Cup – manufacturers of the 1911 FA Cup and other sporting trophies
FA Cup going under the hammer – BBC News story on the sale of the second trophy
FA Supporters – Independent FA Cup Supporters Club

[2] The original Wanderers FC folded in 1887, however, a new incarnation claiming the club's history reformed in 2009.

[3] Sheffield Wednesday's total includes two wins and one defeat under the earlier name of The Wednesday.

[5] Wimbledon had their league place transferred to a new franchise located in Milton Keynes in 2002 who re-branded in 2004 to Milton Keynes Dons, but they do not lay claim to the history or honours (including the FA Cup win) of Wimbledon.^[2] Instead the history of Wimbledon F.C. belongs to a club (AFC Wimbledon) set up by the original supporters in 2002 in response to the franchising.

[1] "Ask Albert – Number 5". BBC Sport. 19 February 2001. Retrieved 26 April 2010.

[4] "Merton to be given Dons trophies". BBC Sport. 2 August 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

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