2021–22 FA Cup

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For the women's event, see 2021–22 Women's FA Cup.
2021–22 FA Cup
Football Association Challenge Cup
Wembley Stadium interior.jpg
Wembley Stadium hosted the final on 14 May 2022
Country England
Wales
Jersey
Dates 6 August 2021 – 14 May 2022
Teams 729 (all)
637 (qualifying competition)
124 (main competition)
Champions Liverpool (8th title)
Runners-up Chelsea
Matches played 108
Goals scored 328 (3.04 per match)
Attendance 1,622,895 (15,027 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Adam Boyes (11 goals)[1]
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 FA Cup was the 141st season and marked the 150th anniversary of the first Football Association Challenge Cup, the second oldest football tournament in the world, started in the 1871–72 season. It was sponsored by Emirates and was known as the Emirates FA Cup for sponsorship purposes.

Premier League side Leicester City were the holders, having beaten Chelsea in the 2021 FA Cup Final.[2] They were eliminated by Nottingham Forest in the fourth round.

Liverpool beat the two-time defending runners-up Chelsea on penalties in the final to win their 8th FA Cup overall and first since 2006.[3] This was the fifth FA Cup final that has gone to extra time, with Chelsea becoming the first team to lose three consecutive finals.[4] As winners, Liverpool would have qualified for the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League group stage; however, as they had already qualified for European competition via the league standings, the spot was passed down to the 6th-placed Premier League team.

Teams

The FA Cup is a knockout competition with 124 teams taking part (excluding those eliminated in the qualifying rounds) all trying to reach the Final at Wembley in May 2022. The competitors consist of the 92 teams from the Football League system (20 teams from the Premier League and the 72 in total from the EFL Championship, EFL League One and EFL League Two) plus the 32 surviving teams out of 637 teams from the National League System (levels 5–10 of the English football league system) that started the competition in qualifying rounds.[5]

All rounds are drawn randomly, usually either at the completion of the previous round or on the evening of the last televised game of a round being played, depending on television broadcasting rights.

Round Main date Number of fixtures Clubs remaining New entries this round Winner
prize money		 Loser
prize money		 Divisions entering this round
First round proper Saturday 6 November 2021 40 124 → 84 48 £22,629 None 24 EFL League One teams
24 EFL League Two teams
Second round proper Saturday 4 December 2021 20 84 → 64 None £32,000 None None
Third round proper Saturday 8 January 2022 32 64 → 32 44 £82,000 None 20 Premier League teams
24 EFL Championship teams
Fourth round proper Saturday 5 February 2022 16 32 → 16 None £90,000 None None
Fifth round proper Wednesday 2 March 2022 8 16 → 8 None £180,000 None None
Quarter-finals Saturday 19 March 2022 4 8 → 4 None £360,000 None None
Semi-finals Saturday 16 April 2022 2 4 → 2 None £900,000 £450,000 None
Final Saturday 14 May 2022 1 2 → 1 None £1,800,000 £900,000 None

Qualifying

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Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup qualifying rounds

Teams that are not members of either the Premier League or English Football League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 32 available places in the first round proper. The six-round qualifying competition began with the Extra preliminary round on 6 August 2021.

First round proper

The first round saw the 32 winners from the fourth qualifying round joined by the 48 clubs from League One and League Two. The draw was held on 17 October 2021 at Wembley Stadium, and was done by Kelly Smith and Wes Morgan. The lowest-ranked team in the first round were AFC Sudbury of the eighth-tier Isthmian League North Division.

Second round proper

The second round featured the 40 winners from the first round. The draw was held on 8 November 2021 at Wembley Stadium, and was done by Shaun Wright-Phillips and Rachel Yankey. The lowest-ranked team in the second round were Buxton of the seventh-tier Northern Premier League Premier Division.

Third round proper

The third round featured all 44 clubs across the Premier League and the Championship, who entered the competition in this round, along with the 20 winners from the second round. The draw was held on 6 December 2021 at Wembley Stadium, and was done by David Seaman and Faye White.[7] The lowest-ranked team in the third round were Kidderminster Harriers of the sixth-tier National League North. To avoid possible fixture congestion caused by postponements to league matches due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, matches from this round onwards are decided on the day, with extra time and penalties used if necessary.[8]

Fourth round proper

The draw for the fourth round was held on 9 January 2022 at Wembley Stadium, and was done by David James and Leah Williamson.[10] The lowest-ranked team in the fourth round were Kidderminster Harriers of the sixth-tier National League North.[11]

Fifth round proper

The draw for the fifth round was held on 6 February 2022 at Wembley Stadium, and was done by Andy Cole.[12] The matches were played during the week commencing Monday 28 February 2022.[13] The lowest-ranked team in the fifth round were Boreham Wood of the fifth-tier National League.

Quarter-finals

The draw was held on 3 March 2022 at Wembley Stadium, and was conducted by England national football team manager Gareth Southgate.[14] The lowest-ranked teams in the quarter-finals were Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest, both of the second-tier EFL Championship.[15][16]

On 15 March, Chelsea requested to play their game against Middlesbrough behind closed doors, due to them being unable to sell any more than the season tickets and 500–600 regular tickets sold before 10 March, after the Russian owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by the UK over his links to Vladimir Putin. This would have meant no one would be able to attend, including Middlesbrough fans whose tickets already had sold out. Chelsea's request was withdrawn the same day under criticism from the FA and Middlesbrough.[17]

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 20 March 2022 by former England international Robbie Fowler.[18]

Final

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Main article: 2022 FA Cup final

2022 FA Cup final

Top scorers

Following the conclusion of the competition, Marske United player Adam Boyes was awarded the FA Cup Golden Ball Award, commemorating him as the top scorer of the season from the extra preliminary round through to the final with eleven goals.[19]

Rank Player Club Goals[20]
1 Algeria Riyad Mahrez Manchester City 4
England Jayden Stockley Charlton Athletic
3 England Ryan Bowman Shrewsbury Town 3
Jamaica Jordon Garrick Plymouth Argyle
England Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur
England Callum Lang Wigan Athletic
Belgium Romelu Lukaku Chelsea
Denmark Emiliano Marcondes Bournemouth
France Bryan Mbeumo Brentford
Japan Takumi Minamino Liverpool
England Ollie Palmer AFC Wimbledon
England Scott Quigley Stockport County
England James Wilson Port Vale

Television rights in the United Kingdom

Round BBC ITV S4C
First round proper[21] AFC Sudbury v Colchester United
St Albans City v Forest Green Rovers
Stockport County v Bolton Wanderers (replay)		 Banbury United v Barrow
Sheffield Wednesday v Plymouth Argyle
Stratford Town v Shrewsbury Town
Dagenham & Redbridge v Salford City
Solihull Moors v Wigan Athletic (replay)		 None
Second round Buxton v Morecambe
Yeovil Town v Stevenage		 Gateshead v Charlton Athletic
Rochdale v Plymouth Argyle
Salford City v Chesterfield
Boreham Wood v St Albans City
Barrow v Ipswich Town (replay)		 None
Third round[22] Hull City v Everton
Swansea City vs Southampton (BBC Wales)
Chelsea v Chesterfield (red button)
Yeovil Town v Bournemouth (red button)
Manchester United v Aston Villa		 Swindon Town v Manchester City
Millwall v Crystal Palace
West Ham United v Leeds United
Nottingham Forest v Arsenal		 Cardiff City v Preston North End
Fourth round Kidderminster Harriers v West Ham United
Chelsea v Plymouth Argyle (red button)
Cambridge United v Luton Town (red button)
Nottingham Forest v Leicester City		 Manchester United v Middlesbrough
Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion
Liverpool v Cardiff City
Bournemouth v Boreham Wood		 None
Fifth round[23] Crystal Palace v Stoke City (red button)
Middlesbrough v Tottenham Hotspur
Luton Town v Chelsea
Southampton v West Ham United (red button)		 Peterborough United v Manchester City
Liverpool v Norwich City
Everton v Boreham Wood
Nottingham Forest v Huddersfield Town		 None
Quarter-finals[24] Middlesbrough v Chelsea
Southampton v Manchester City		 Crystal Palace v Everton
Nottingham Forest v Liverpool		 None
Semi-finals Manchester City v Liverpool Chelsea v Crystal Palace None

Broadcast partners for other countries can be found on the FA's website.

References

  1. ↑ Golden Ball winners at Wembley thefa.com 16 May 2022 Archived 16 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine
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