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. Which club was relegated in 2002‑03 with 42 points — the highest total for a relegated side in a 38-game Premier League season?

   ASunderlandBBoltonCLeedsDWest Ham

   An East London club whose 42-point relegation remains a record they're still unhappy to hold.

2. Which club beat Liverpool 2‑1 at Anfield on 23 April 2017 — their first home league defeat since a shock loss to Swansea three months earlier?

   ACrystal PalaceBChelseaCBurnleyDMan City

   Christian Benteke scored twice as Crystal Palace won 2-1 at Anfield on 23 April 2017, Liverpool's first home league defeat since losing to Swansea City in January that year.

3. Bukayo Saka scored Arsenal's 2,000th Premier League goal in March 2022 against which club?

   AEvertonBAston VillaCWatfordDLeicester City

   Saka's low drive won the game 1-0 at Villa Park on 19 March 2022 and was Arsenal's 2,000th goal in the competition.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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.

Clubs With the Most FA Cups

The FA Cup, first contested in 1871-72, is the oldest football competition in the world — and over 150 years it has been lifted by dozens of clubs. This page ranks them all by number of wins.

Arsenal lead the way with 14 FA Cups, narrowly ahead of Manchester United on 13. A cluster of historic names — Tottenham, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Manchester City among them — fill out the top of a roll of honour that stretches back to Victorian amateur sides.

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