Every FA Cup Winner by Season (1872–2026)

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The Football Association Challenge Cup is the oldest national football competition in the world. First contested in the 1871-72 season, when Wanderers beat Royal Engineers 1-0 at the Kennington Oval, it predates the Football League by 16 years and has crowned a champion nearly every season since — pausing only for the two World Wars.

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1. Phil Foden's first goal at the Etihad Stadium came in a 7-0 FA Cup third-round win in January 2019. Which club were the visitors?

   ABurnleyBNewport CountyCRotherham UnitedDSwansea City

   Manchester City won 7-0 on 6 January 2019 and went on to lift the FA Cup that season.

2. Newcastle United's record Premier League win was 8-0 — against which club in 1999?

   AWimbledonBBradfordCSunderlandDSheffield Wednesday

   Newcastle beat Sheffield Wednesday 8-0 in September 1999, with Alan Shearer scoring five in Bobby Robson's first home game in charge.

3. Phil Foden's second hat-trick of the 2023-24 season came in a 4-1 home win in April 2024 over which club?

   AWest Ham UnitedBAston VillaCWolverhampton WanderersDCrystal Palace

   Rodri opened the scoring before Foden struck with a free-kick, a sweeping finish and a long-range shot at the Etihad on 3 April 2024.

4. Who scored the first ever Premier League hat-trick — in Leeds United's 5-0 win over Tottenham on 25 August 1992?

   ACantonaBLes FerdinandCIan WrightDAlan Shearer

   Eric Cantona scored 3 for Leeds vs Spurs at Elland Road. He had already scored a hat-trick in the Charity Shield that August (vs Liverpool 4-3).

5. The highest-scoring Premier League game ever finished 7-4 — between which two clubs in 2007?

   AChelsea vs SunderlandBArsenal vs LiverpoolCPortsmouth vs ReadingDBlackburn vs Man Utd

   Benjani scored a hat-trick as Portsmouth won 7-4 at Fratton Park in September 2007 — eleven goals in one afternoon, the highest-scoring match in Premier League history.

Its history spans amateur gentlemen's sides like the Old Etonians and Oxford University, the rise of the northern professional clubs, and the modern dominance of the game's biggest names. The final moved to the original Wembley in 1923, decamped to Cardiff's Millennium Stadium while the new Wembley was built, and returned in 2007. For decades a drawn final meant a replay; the last one came in 1993, and finals level after extra time are now settled on penalties.

The table below lists every FA Cup final winner by season, alongside the runner-up and the score. Where a final needed a replay, went to extra time, or was decided from the penalty spot, that is noted in the Score column. No rows are shown for the seasons the competition was not held during World War I and World War II.

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