FA Cup

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The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA 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 organized by and named after The Football Association (The FA). Since 2015, it has been known as The Emirates FA Cup after its headline sponsor. A concurrent women's tournament is also held, the Women's FA Cup.

Publications by season

FA Cup publications by competition
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1920s

1922-23
Date Round Clubs Venue
April 28, 1923 Final Bolton Wanderers vs. West Ham United Wembley Stadium
1926-27
Date Round Clubs Venue
April 23, 1927 Final Cardiff City vs. Arsenal Wembley Stadium
1927-28
Date Round Clubs Venue
April 21, 1928 Final Blackburn Rovers vs. Huddersfield Town Wembley Stadium
1928-29
Date Round Clubs Venue
April 27, 1929 Final Bolton Wanderers vs. Portsmouth Wembley Stadium
1929-30
Date Round Clubs Venue
April 26, 1930 Final Arsenal vs. Huddersfield Town Wembley Stadium

1940s

1946-47
Round Date Clubs Venue
Fourth Round Proper January 25, 1947 Luton Town vs. Swansea Town Kenilworth Road
1948-49
Round Date Clubs Venue
Fourth Round Proper January 29, 1949 Manchester United vs. Bradford Park Avenue Old Trafford
1949-50
Round Date Clubs Venue
Third Round Proper January 7, 1950 Manchester City vs. Derby County Maine Road
Fourth Round Proper January 28, 1950 Arsenal vs. Swansea Town Arsenal Stadium

1950s

1951-52
Round Date Clubs Venue
Fifth Round Proper February 23, 1952 Swansea Town vs. Newcastle United Vetch Field
1953-54
Round Date Clubs Venue
Fifth Round Proper February 20, 1954 Hull City vs. Tottenham Hotspur Boothferry Park
1954-55
Round Date Clubs Venue
Semifinals March 26, 1955 Manchester City vs. Sunderland Villa Park
Final May 7, 1955 Newcastle United vs. Manchester City Wembley Stadium
1956-57
Round Date Clubs Venue
Sixth Round Proper March 2, 1957 Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic vs. Manchester United Dean Court
1957-58
Round Date Clubs Venue
Fourth Round Proper January 25, 1958 Tottenham Hotspur vs. Sheffield United White Hart Lane
January 25, 1958 West Bromwich Albion vs. Nottingham Forest The Hawthorns
1958-59
Round Date Clubs Venue
Final May 2, 1959 Nottingham Forest vs. Luton Town Wembley Stadium
1959-60
Date Round Clubs Venue
Fourth Round Proper January 30, 1960 Huddersfield Town vs. Luton Town Leeds Road

1960s

1960-61
Date Round Clubs Venue
January 28, 1961 Fourth Round Proper Peterborough United vs. Aston Villa London Road Stadium
February 18, 1961 Fifth Round Proper Burnley vs. Swansea Town Turf Moor
1961-62
Date Round Clubs Venue
February 17, 1962 Fifth Round Proper Fulham vs. Port Vale Craven Cottage
1962-63
Date Round Clubs Venue
May 25, 1963 Final Leicester City vs. Manchester United Wembley Stadium
1963-64
Date Round Clubs Venue
March 14, 1964 Semifinals Preston North End vs. Swansea Town Villa Park
1965-66
Date Round Clubs Venue
January 22, 1966 Third Round Proper Queens Park Rangers vs. Shrewsbury Town Loftus Road
1966-67
Date Round Clubs Venue
February 1, 1967 Third Round Proper Liverpool vs. Watford Anfield
March 11, 1967 Fifth Round Proper Chelsea vs. Sheffield United Stamford Bridge
1967-68
Date Round Clubs Venue
January 27, 1968 Third Round Proper Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic vs. Liverpool Dean Court
February 17, 1968 Fourth Round Proper Chelsea vs. Norwich City Stamford Bridge

1970s

1972-73
Date Round Clubs Venue
January 13, 1973 Third Round Proper Bradford City vs. Blackpool Valley Parade
1977-78
Date Round Clubs Venue
February 1, 1978 Fourth Round Replay Wrexham vs. Newcastle United Racecourse Ground
February 27, 1978 Fifth Round Replay Blyth Spartans vs. Wrexham St. James' Park

1980s

1982-83
Date Round Clubs Venue
January 29, 1983 Fourth Round Proper Tottenham Hotspur vs. West Bromwich Albion White Hart Lane
1983-84
Date Round Clubs Venue
January 7, 1984 Third Round Proper AFC Bournemouth vs. Manchester United Dean Court
1985-86
Date Round Clubs Venue
January 14, 1986 Third Round Proper Birmingham City vs. Altrincham St. Andrew's
1987-88
Date Round Clubs Venue
March 12, 1988 Quarterfinals Arsenal vs. Nottingham Forest Arsenal Stadium
1988-89
Date Round Clubs Venue
February 22, 1989 Fifth Round Proper Manchester United vs. AFC Bournemouth Old Trafford
1989-90
Date Round Clubs Venue
December 9, 1989 Second Round Proper Swansea City vs. Peterborough United Vetch Field

1990s

1992-93
Round Date Clubs Venue
Fifth Round Proper February 14, 1993 Sheffield United vs. Manchester United Bramall Lane
1993-94
Round Date Clubs Venue
Semifinals April 9, 1994 Chelsea vs. Luton Town Wembley Stadium
1994-95
Round Date Clubs Venue
Final May 20, 1995 Everton vs. Manchester United Wembley Stadium
1996-97
Round Date Clubs Venue
Fifth Round Proper February 26, 1997 Chelsea vs. Leicester City Stamford Bridge
1997-98
Round Date Clubs Venue
First Round Proper November 14, 1997 Swansea City vs. Peterborough United Vetch Field
Final May 16, 1998 Arsenal vs. Newcastle United Wembley Stadium
1998-99
First Round Proper November 13, 1998 Swansea City vs. Millwall Vetch Field

2000s

2000-01
Date Round Clubs Venue
November 18, 2000 First Round Proper AFC Bournemouth vs. Swansea City Dean Court
2003-04
Date Round Clubs Venue
December 6, 2003 Second Round Proper Swansea City vs. Stevenage Borough Vetch Field
2006-07
Date Round Clubs Venue
January 16, 2007 Third Round Proper Coventry City vs. Bristol City Ricoh Arena
2008-09
Date Round Clubs Venue
February 24, 2009 Fifth Round Proper Fulham vs. Swansea City Craven Cottage

2010s

2011-12
Date Round Clubs Venue
January 8, 2012 Third Round Proper Manchester City vs. Manchester United City of Manchester Stadium
2013-14
Date Round Clubs Venue
January 5, 2014 Third Round Proper Manchester United vs. Swansea City Old Trafford
2014-15
Date Round Clubs Venue
November 18, 2014 First Round Proper Sheffield United vs. Crewe Alexandra Bramall Lane
January 25, 2015 Fourth Round Proper Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Arsenal Falmer Stadium
2016-17
Date Round Clubs Venue
April 23, 2017 Semifinal Arsenal vs. Manchester City Wembley Stadium
2018-19
Date Round Clubs Venue
March 16, 2019 Quarterfinals Swansea City vs. Manchester City Liberty Stadium
2019-20
Date Round Clubs Venue
January 26, 2020 Fourth Round Proper Tranmere Rovers vs. Manchester United Prenton Park

2020s

2020-21
Round Date Clubs Venue
Fourth Round Proper January 23, 2021 Cheltenham Town vs. Manchester City Jonny-Rocks Stadium
Final May 15, 2021 Chelsea vs. Leicester City Wembley Stadium
2021-22
Round Date Clubs Venue
Third Round Proper January 8, 2022 Swansea City vs. Southampton Swansea.com Stadium
Fourth Round Proper February 4, 2022 Manchester United vs. Middlesbrough Old Trafford
February 5, 2022 Manchester City vs. Fulham Etihad Stadium
Fifth Round Proper March 1, 2022 Middlesbrough vs. Tottenham Hotspur Riverside Stadium
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