Clubs With the Most FA Cups
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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.
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Blackburn goalkeeper Brad Friedel scored a Premier League goal from a corner in stoppage time in February 2004. Which club were Blackburn playing?
Friedel's 90th-minute equaliser made it 2-2 at The Valley, and Charlton went straight up the other end to win it 3-2.
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The highest-scoring Premier League game ever finished 7-4 — between which two clubs in 2007?
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.
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Paolo Di Canio won a 2001 Fair Play Award for catching a cross instead of scoring into an empty net, after spotting an injured opposition goalkeeper sprawled on the ground. Which keeper was lying hurt?
It happened at Goodison Park in December 2000, with West Ham clinging to a 1-1 draw and an open goal gaping in front of the Italian.
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Arsenal's joint-record Premier League win is 7-0 — against which club at Highbury in 2005?
Arsenal thrashed Everton 7-0 at Highbury on 11 May 2005.
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Which club won the EFL Championship play-off final four times — a record?
Crystal Palace have won the play-off final four times, in 1989, 1997, 2004 and 2013, more than any other club.
| Rank | Club | FA Cups | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 14 | 1929, 1935, 1949, 1970, 1978, 1992, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 13 | 1908, 1947, 1962, 1976, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2015, 2023 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 8 | 1969, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2017 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 8 | 1964, 1973, 1985, 1988, 1991, 2000, 2005, 2021 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 8 | 1903, 1933, 1955, 1968, 2010, 2018, 2022, 2025 |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | 1900, 1920, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1980, 1981, 1990 |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 7 | 1886, 1894, 1896, 1904, 1912, 1919, 1956 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 6 | 1883, 1884, 1885, 1889, 1890, 1927 |
| 8 | Newcastle United | 6 | 1909, 1923, 1931, 1950, 1951, 1954 |
| 10 | Everton | 5 | 1905, 1932, 1965, 1983, 1994 |
| 10 | Wanderers | 5 | 1871, 1872, 1875, 1876, 1877 |
| 10 | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 1887, 1891, 1930, 1953, 1967 |
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 1922, 1925, 1928, 1957 |
| 13 | Sheffield United | 4 | 1898, 1901, 1914, 1924 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 | 1892, 1907, 1948, 1959 |
| 16 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 1895, 1906, 1934 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 3 | 1963, 1974, 1979 |
| 18 | Bury | 2 | 1899, 1902 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1897, 1958 |
| 18 | Old Etonians | 2 | 1878, 1881 |
| 18 | Portsmouth | 2 | 1938, 2007 |
| 18 | Preston North End | 2 | 1888, 1937 |
| 18 | Sunderland | 2 | 1936, 1972 |
| 24 | Barnsley | 1 | 1911 |
| 24 | Blackburn Olympic | 1 | 1882 |
| 24 | Blackpool | 1 | 1952 |
| 24 | Bradford City | 1 | 1910 |
| 24 | Burnley | 1 | 1913 |
| 24 | Cardiff City | 1 | 1926 |
| 24 | Charlton Athletic | 1 | 1946 |
| 24 | Clapham Rovers | 1 | 1879 |
| 24 | Coventry City | 1 | 1986 |
| 24 | Crystal Palace | 1 | 2024 |
| 24 | Derby County | 1 | 1945 |
| 24 | Huddersfield Town | 1 | 1921 |
| 24 | Ipswich Town | 1 | 1977 |
| 24 | Leeds United | 1 | 1971 |
| 24 | Leicester City | 1 | 2020 |
| 24 | Notts County | 1 | 1893 |
| 24 | Old Carthusians | 1 | 1880 |
| 24 | Oxford University | 1 | 1873 |
| 24 | Royal Engineers | 1 | 1874 |
| 24 | Southampton | 1 | 1975 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 1 | 2012 |
| 24 | Wimbledon | 1 | 1987 |
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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