FA Cup 2011/12
| FA Cup 2011/12 | |
|---|---|
| Cup winners | Chelsea FC (7th title) |
| Teams | 763 |
| Games | 152 |
| ← FA Cup 2010/11 | |
The FA Cup 2011/12 was the 131st staging of the world's oldest soccer cup tournament; The Football Association Challenge Cup , or FA Cup . This cup season started with 763 clubs.
The cup competition started on August 20, 2011 with the extra preliminary round and ended with the final at Wembley Stadium in London on May 5, 2012. The winner of the competition was Chelsea FC .
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| round | date | Games | societies | New entrants | Bonuses | Player of the round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extra preliminary round | August 20, 2011 | 204 | 763 → 559 | 408 | £ 750 | none |
| Preliminary round | September 3, 2011 | 167 | 559 → 392 | 130 | £ 1,500 | none |
| First qualifying round | 17th September 2011 | 116 | 392 → 276 | 65 | £ 3,000 | Baff Addae ( Maidstone United ) |
| Second qualifying round | October 1, 2011 | 80 | 276 → 196 | 44 | £ 4,500 | Leroy Griffiths ( Sutton United ) |
| Third qualifying round | October 15, 2011 | 40 | 196 → 156 | no | £ 7,500 | Tom Webb ( Gloucester City ) |
| Fourth qualifying round | October 29, 2011 | 32 | 156 → 124 | 24 | £ 12,500 | Adam Boyes ( Barrow AFC ) |
| First main round | November 12, 2011 | 40 | 124 → 84 | 48 | £ 18,000 | Stefan Brown ( AFC Totton ) |
| Second main round | December 3, 2011 | 20th | 84 → 64 | no | £ 27,000 | Stuart Nelson ( Notts County ) |
| Third main round | January 7, 2012 | 32 | 64 → 32 | 44 | £ 67,500 | Hatem Ben Arfa ( Newcastle United ) |
| Fourth main round | January 28, 2012 | 16 | 32 → 16 | no | £ 90,000 | Will Buckley ( Brighton & Hove Albion ) |
| Fifth main round | February 18, 2012 | 8th | 16 → 8 | no | £ 180,000 | Kieran Richardson ( Sunderland AFC ) |
| Sixth main round (quarter-finals) | March 17, 2012 | 4th | 8 → 4 | no | £ 360,000 | Nikica Jelavić ( Everton FC ) |
| Semifinals | 14.-15. April 2012 | 2 | 4 → 2 | no | Winner: £ 900,000 Loser: £ 450,000 |
Didier Drogba ( Chelsea FC ) |
| final | May 5, 2012 | 1 | 2 → 1 | no | Winner: £ 1,800,000 Loser: £ 900,000 |
Juan Mata ( Chelsea FC ) |
mode
Complete overview at: FA Cup
The FA Cup is played in rounds. Any team that has a certain level of performance and an appropriate playing field can take part. The game is played i. d. Usually only with a first leg. In the event of a tie, there will be a second leg. If the second leg also ends in a draw, the game goes into extra time or penalty shoot-out. This mode lasts until the sixth main round. From the semi-finals onwards there is only one game, possibly with extra time and penalty shoot-out.
Some teams are exempt from certain rounds:
- In the second qualifying round, the teams from Conference North / South (6th division of the English league) are added.
- In the fourth qualifying round, the teams of the Conference National (5th division of the English league) are added.
- In the first main round, the teams of League 1 and 2 of the Football League (3rd and 4th division of the English league) are added.
- In the third main round on the first weekend in January, the teams from the Football League Championship (2nd division of the English league) and the Premier League (1st division of the English division) are added
The semi-finals will take place in a neutral place, the final in Wembley Stadium.
Each winner receives a bonus from the television money, which is staggered according to the round.
Main round
First main round
In the first main round, the 24 teams of Football League One or Two enter the competition.
The draw for the first main round took place on October 30, 2011. The games were played from November 11 to 23, 2011.
Second main round
The draw for the second main round took place on November 13, 2011.
The games were played from December 2, 2011 to December 14, 2011.
Third main round
In this round, the teams of the FA Premier League (20 teams) and the teams of the Football League Championship (24 teams) enter the competition.
The draw for the third main round took place on December 4, 2011.
The games were played from January 6, 2012 to January 18, 2012.
Fourth main round
The draw for the fourth main round took place on January 8, 2012.
The games were played from January 27, 2012 to February 8, 2012.
| game | home | Result | Away | spectator |
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| 1 | Watford FC | 0: 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15,384 |
| 2 | Everton FC | 2: 1 | Fulham FC | 25,300 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 0: 1 | Chelsea FC | 15,728 |
| 4th | Liverpool FC | 2: 1 | Manchester United | 43,952 |
| 5 | Derby County | 0: 2 | Stoke City | 22,247 |
| 6th | Stevenage FC | 1-0 | Notts County | 4,439 |
| 7th | Blackpool FC | 1: 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 14,042 |
| Replay | Sheffield Wednesday | 0: 3 | Blackpool FC | 10,274 |
| 8th | West Bromwich Albion | 1: 2 | Norwich City | 17,434 |
| 9 | Hull City | 0: 1 | Crawley Town | 14,473 |
| 10 | Sheffield United | 0: 4 | Birmingham City | 18,072 |
| 11 | Leicester City | 2-0 | Swindon Town | 19,942 |
| 12 | Millwall FC | 1: 1 | Southampton FC | 8,278 |
| Replay | Southampton FC | 2: 3 | Millwall FC | 8,493 |
| 13 | Bolton Wanderers | 2: 1 | Swansea City | 11,597 |
| 14th | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1-0 | Newcastle United | 21,558 |
| 15th | Sunderland AFC | 1: 1 | Middlesbrough FC | 33,275 |
| Replay | Middlesbrough FC | 1: 2 a.d. | Sunderland AFC | 26,707 |
| 16 | Arsenal FC | 3: 2 | Aston Villa | 60,019 |
Fifth main round
The draw for the fifth main round took place on January 29, 2012.
The games were played from February 18 to March 7, 2012.
| game | home | Result | Away | spectator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea FC | 1: 1 | Birmingham City | 36,870 |
| Replay | Birmingham City | 0: 2 | Chelsea FC | 21,822 |
| 2 | Everton FC | 2-0 | Blackpool FC | 38,347 |
| 3 | Norwich City | 1: 2 | Leicester City | 26,658 |
| 4th | Millwall FC | 0: 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 11,320 |
| 5 | Sunderland AFC | 2-0 | Arsenal FC | 26,042 |
| 6th | Crawley Town | 0: 2 | Stoke City | 4.214 |
| 7th | Stevenage FC | 0-0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 6,625 |
| Replay | Tottenham Hotspur | 3: 1 | Stevenage FC | 35,757 |
| 8th | Liverpool FC | 6: 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 43,940 |
Sixth main round (quarter-finals)
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on February 19, 2012.
The games were played on March 17, 18 and 27, 2012.
| game | home | Result | Away | spectator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everton FC | 1: 1 | Sunderland AFC | 38,875 |
| Replay | Sunderland AFC | 0: 2 | Everton FC | 43,140 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1: 1 (canceled *) | Bolton Wanderers | 29,130 |
| Repetition | Tottenham Hotspur | 3: 1 | Bolton Wanderers | 30,718 |
| 3 | Chelsea FC | 5: 2 | Leicester City | 38.276 |
| 4th | Liverpool FC | 2: 1 | Stoke City | 43,962 |
* In 41 minutes suffered Fabrice Muamba from Bolton Wanderers a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field. The game was then abandoned by referee Howard Webb and repeated on March 27, 2012.
Semifinals
The semi-final draw took place on March 18, 2012.
The games were played on the weekend of April 14th and 15th, 2012.
| game | home | Result | Away | spectator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool FC | 2: 1 | Everton FC | 87,231 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1: 5 | Chelsea FC | 85.731 |
final
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Petr Čech - José Bosingwa , Branislav Ivanović , John Terry , Ashley Cole - John Obi Mikel , Frank Lampard - Ramires (75th Raúl Meireles ), Juan Mata (90th Florent Malouda ), Salomon Kalou - Didier Drogba Trainer: Roberto Di Matteo ( Italy )
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Pepe Reina - Glen Johnson , Martin Škrtel , Daniel Agger , José Enrique - Jordan Henderson , Jay Spearing (54th Andy Carroll ), Craig Bellamy (76th Dirk Kuyt ), Steven Gerrard , Stewart Downing - Luis Suárez Trainer: Kenny Dalglish ( Scotland )
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 1-0 Ramires (11th) 2-0 Didier Drogba (52nd)
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2: 1 Andy Carroll (64th)
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 John Obi Mikel (36th)
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Daniel Agger (44.), Luis Suárez (81.)
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Web links
- thefa.com: The FA Cup (English)
- thefa.com: FA Cup archive (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The FA Cup with Budweiser - Season 2011–2012 - List of 763 clubs accepted (PDF; 37 kB) The Football Association. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ↑ thefa.com: FA Cup Round Dates
- ↑ thefa.com: Addae to remember ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article of September 29, 2011, accessed May 9, 2012
- ↑ thefa.com: Leroy tops poll ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article of October 11, 2011, accessed May 9, 2012
- ↑ thefa.com: Webb captures Cup award article from October 25, 2011, accessed on May 9, 2012 (English)
- ↑ thefa.com: Boyes tops FA Cup poll article from November 9, 2011, accessed on May 9, 2012
- ↑ thefa.com: Stefan's treble honored article from November 25, 2011, accessed on May 9, 2012 (English)
- ↑ thefa.com: Victory for Nelson article from January 3, 2012, accessed on May 9, 2012 (English)
- ↑ thefa.com: Ben Arfa voted fans' favorite article from January 23, 2012, accessed on May 9, 2012 (English)
- ↑ thefa.com: Buck stops here article from February 14, 2012, accessed on May 9, 2012 (English)
- ↑ thefa.com: Top cat article from March 8, 2012, accessed on May 9, 2012 (English)
- ↑ thefa.com: Jelavic wins FA Cup Award article from April 10, 2012, accessed on May 9, 2012 (English)
- ↑ thefa.com: Top Drog Article from April 23, 2012, accessed on May 9, 2012 (English)
- ↑ dailymail.co.uk: Juan Mata targets further FA Cup glory article from May 6, 2012, accessed on May 9, 2012 (English)
