FA Cup 2020/21
| FA Cup 2020/21 | |
|---|---|
| Cup winners | Leicester City (1st title) |
| Beginning | September 1, 2020 |
| final | May 15, 2021 |
| Final stadium | Wembley Stadium |
| Teams | 736 |
| Games | 123 |
| ← FA Cup 2019/20 | |
The FA Cup 2020/21 (sponsored name: The Emirates FA Cup ) was the 139th edition of the world's oldest football cup tournament , The Football Association Challenge Cup , or FA Cup . This cup season started with 736 clubs.
The cup competition started on September 1, 2020 with the extra preliminary round and ended with the final at Wembley Stadium in London on May 15, 2021. Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic , the FA decided to cancel the replay for this season.
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| round | date | Games | societies | New entrants | Bonuses |
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| Extra preliminary round | September 1, 2020 | 184 | 736 → 552 | 368 | Winner: £ 1,125 Loser: £ 375 |
| Preliminary round | September 12, 2020 | 160 | 552 → 392 | 136 | Winner: £ 1,444 Loser: £ 481 |
| First qualifying round | 22nd September 2020 | 117 | 392 → 275 | 74 | Winner: £ 2,250 Loser: £ 750 |
| Second qualifying round | October 3, 2020 | 80 | 275 → 195 | 43 | Winner: £ 3,375 Loser: £ 1,125 |
| Third qualifying round | October 13, 2020 | 40 | 195 → 155 | no | Winner: £ 5,625 Loser: £ 1,875 |
| Fourth qualifying round | October 24, 2020 | 32 | 155 → 124 | 23 | Winner: £ 9,375 Loser: £ 3,125 |
| First main round | November 7, 2020 | 40 | 124 → 84 | 48 | Winner: £ 16,972 Loser: £ 5,657 |
| Second main round | November 28, 2020 | 20th | 84 → 64 | no | Winner: £ 25,500 Loser: £ 8,500 |
| Third main round | January 9, 2021 | 32 | 64 → 32 | 44 | Winner: £ 61,500 Loser: £ 20,500 |
| Fourth main round | January 23, 2021 | 16 | 32 → 16 | no | £ 90,000 |
| Fifth main round | February 10, 2021 | 8th | 16 → 8 | no | £ 180,000 |
| Quarter finals | March 20, 2021 | 4th | 8 → 4 | no | £ 360,000 |
| Semifinals | 17./18. April 2021 | 2 | 4 → 2 | no | Winner: £ 900,000 Loser: £ 450,000 |
| final | May 15, 2021 | 1 | 2 → 1 | no | Winner: £ 1,800,000 Loser: £ 900,000 |
mode
The FA Cup is played in rounds. Any team that has a certain level of performance and has an appropriate playing field can take part. The pairings of each round will be drawn in an open draw without a seeding list. The team drawn first has home rights. If the game ends in a draw, the game goes into extra time or penalty shoot-out.
Some teams are exempt from certain rounds:
- In the second qualifying round, the teams of the National League North / South (6th division of the English league) are added.
- In the fourth qualifying round, the teams of the National League (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 of the Football League Championship (2nd division of the English league) and the Premier League (1st division of the English league) are added.
The semi-finals and the final will take place at Wembley Stadium.
Each winner receives a bonus from the television money, which is staggered according to rounds.
Main round
First main round
In the first main round, each of the 24 teams of Football League One and Two entered the competition. The draw for the matches took place on October 26, 2020. The games took place between November 6th and 9th, 2020.
| date | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| November 6, 2020, 19:45 GMT | Harrogate Town (IV) | 4: 1 | Skelmersdale United (IX) |
| November 7, 2020 at 12:30 GMT | Tonbridge Angels (VI) | 0: 7 | Bradford City (IV) |
| November 7, 2020 at 13:00 GMT | Exeter City (IV) | 2: 1 | AFC Fylde (VI) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Banbury United (VII) | 1: 2 | Canvey Island FC (VIII) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Bolton Wanderers (IV) | 2: 3 | Crewe Alexandra (III) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Boreham Wood FC (V) | 3: 3 n.V. (4: 3 in good.) |
Southend United (IV) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Brackley Town (VI) | 3: 3 n.V. (3: 2 in good.) |
Bishop's Stortford FC (VII) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Bromley FC (V) | 0: 1 a.d. | Yeovil Town (V) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Cambridge United (IV) | 0: 2 | Shrewsbury Town (III) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Charlton Athletic (III) | 0: 1 | Plymouth Argyle (III) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Colchester United (IV) | 1: 1 a.d. (3: 5 in good condition) |
FC Marine (VIII) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Dagenham & Redbridge (V) | 3: 1 | Grimsby Town (IV) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Cheltenham Town (IV) | 3: 1 | South Shields FC (VII) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Gillingham FC (III) | 3: 2 | Woking FC (V) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Hull City (III) | 2-0 | Fleetwood Town (III) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Ipswich Town (III) | 2: 3 a.d. | Portsmouth FC (III) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Leyton Orient (IV) | 1: 2 | AFC Newport County (IV) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Lincoln City (III) | 6: 2 | Forest Green Rovers (IV) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Oxford United (III) | 1: 2 | Peterborough United (III) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Port Vale (IV) | 0: 1 | King's Lynn Town (V) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Rochdale AFC (III) | 1: 2 | Stockport County (V) 1 |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Salford City (IV) | 2: 0 a.d. | Hartlepool United (V) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Stevenage FC (IV) | 2: 2 n.v. (5: 4 in good condition) |
Concord Rangers (VI) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Sunderland FC (III) | 0: 1 | Mansfield Town (IV) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Swindon Town (III) | 1: 2 | Darlington FC (VI) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Tranmere Rovers (IV) | 2: 1 | Accrington Stanley (III) |
| November 7, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Walsall FC (IV) | 1: 2 | Bristol Rovers (III) |
| November 7, 2020, 5:30 PM GMT | FC United of Manchester (VII) | 1: 5 | Doncaster Rovers (III) |
| November 8, 2020, 12:00 GMT | Scunthorpe United (IV) | 2: 3 | Solihull Moors (V) |
| November 8, 2020, 12:45 PM GMT | FC Barnet (V) | 1-0 | Burton Albion (III) |
| November 8, 2020, 12:45 PM GMT | Eastleigh FC (V) | 0: 0 n.v. (3: 4 p.e.) |
Milton Keynes Dons (III) |
| November 8, 2020, 12:45 PM GMT | Hampton & Richmond Borough FC (VI) | 2: 3 | Oldham Athletic (IV) |
| November 8, 2020, 12:45 PM GMT | FC Havant & Waterlooville (VI) | 1-0 | Cray Valley Paper Mills FC (VIII) |
| November 8, 2020, 12:45 PM GMT | Hayes & Yeading United (VII) | 2: 2 n.V. (3: 4 in good.) |
Carlisle United (IV) |
| November 8, 2020, 12:45 PM GMT | Maldon & Tiptree (VIII) | 0: 1 | Morecambe FC (IV) |
| November 8, 2020, 12:45 PM GMT | Torquay United (V) | 5: 6 a.d. | Crawley Town (IV) |
| November 8, 2020, 12:45 PM GMT | Wigan Athletic (III) | 2: 3 a.d. | Chorley FC (VI) |
| November 8, 2020, 14:30 GMT | Eastbourne Borough (VI) | 0: 3 | Blackpool FC (III) |
| November 9, 2020 at 19:45 GMT | Oxford City (VI) | 2: 1 | Northampton Town (III) |
| November 26, 2020, 19:45 GMT 2 | Barrow FC (IV) | 0: 0 n.v. (2: 4 in good condition) |
AFC Wimbledon (III) |
1 Chesterfield FC was originally supposed to face Rochdale AFC . However, after it was found that Chesterfield FC had an unauthorized player in the game against Stockport County in the fourth qualifying round, the game was repeated and won by Stockport County.
2The game between FC Barrow and AFC Wimbledon was originally scheduled to take place on November 7, 2020. But it was rescheduled for November 26, 2020 because the AFC Wimbledon team had some COVID cases.
Second main round
The games of the second main round were drawn on November 9, 2020. The games took place between November 27th and 30th, 2020.
| date | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| November 27, 2020, 7:55 PM GMT | Tranmere Rovers (IV) | 1-0 | Brackley Town (VI) |
| November 28, 2020 at 12:30 GMT | Morecambe FC (IV) | 4: 2 a.d. | Solihull Moors (V) |
| November 28, 2020, 13:00 GMT | Gillingham FC (III) | 2: 3 | Exeter City (IV) |
| November 28, 2020, 13:00 GMT | AFC Newport County (IV) | 3-0 | Salford City (IV) |
| November 28, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Bradford City (IV) | 1: 2 | Oldham Athletic (IV) |
| November 28, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Cheltenham Town (IV) | 2: 1 a.d. | Crewe Alexandra (III) |
| November 28, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Harrogate Town (IV) | 0: 4 | Blackpool FC (III) |
| November 28, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Plymouth Argyle (III) | 2-0 | Lincoln City (III) |
| November 28, 2020, 15:00 GMT | Portsmouth FC (III) | 6: 1 | King's Lynn Town (V) |
| November 28, 2020, 5:30 PM GMT | Peterborough United (III) | 1: 2 | Chorley FC (VI) |
| November 29, 2020, 13:30 GMT | FC Barnet (V) | 0: 1 | Milton Keynes Dons (III) |
| November 29, 2020, 13:30 GMT | Bristol Rovers (III) | 6-0 | Darlington FC (VI) |
| November 29, 2020, 13:30 GMT | Carlisle United (IV) | 1: 2 | Doncaster Rovers (III) |
| November 29, 2020, 13:30 GMT | Mansfield Town (IV) | 2: 1 a.d. | Dagenham & Redbridge (V) |
| November 29, 2020, 13:30 GMT | Shrewsbury Town (III) | 1: 0 a.d. | Oxford City (VI) |
| November 29, 2020, 13:30 GMT | Stevenage FC (IV) | 1: 1 n.v. (6: 5 p.e.) |
Hull City (III) |
| November 29, 2020, 13:30 GMT | Stockport County (V) | 3: 2 a.d. | Yeovil Town (V) |
| November 29, 2020, 13:30 GMT | AFC Wimbledon (III) | 1: 2 | Crawley Town (IV) |
| November 29, 2020, 14:45 GMT | FC Marine (VIII) | 1: 0 a.d. | FC Havant & Waterlooville (VI) |
| November 30, 2020, 19:45 GMT | Canvey Island FC (VIII) | 0: 3 | Boreham Wood FC (V) |
Third main round
In this round, the 20 teams of the FA Premier League and the 24 teams of the Football League Championship enter the competition. The games in the third main round were drawn on November 30, 2020 and took place between January 8 and 11, 2021.
| date | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| January 8, 2021, 7:45 PM GMT | Aston Villa (I) | 1: 4 | Liverpool FC (I) |
| January 8, 2021, 7:45 PM GMT | Wolverhampton Wanderers (I) | 1-0 | Crystal Palace (I) |
| January 9, 2021, 12:00 GMT | Boreham Wood FC (V) | 0: 2 | Millwall FC (II) |
| January 9, 2021, 12:00 GMT | Everton FC (I) | 2: 1 a.d. | Rotherham United (II) |
| January 9, 2021, 12:00 GMT | Luton Town (II) | 1-0 | Reading FC (II) |
| January 9, 2021, 12:00 GMT | Norwich City (II) | 2-0 | Coventry City (II) |
| January 9, 2021, 12:00 GMT | Nottingham Forest (II) | 1-0 | Cardiff City (II) |
| January 9, 2021 at 12:15 GMT | Chorley FC (VI) | 2-0 | Derby County (II) |
| January 9, 2021, 15:00 GMT | Blackburn Rovers (II) | 0: 1 | Doncaster Rovers (III) |
| January 9, 2021, 15:00 GMT | Blackpool FC (III) | 2: 2 n.V. (3: 2 in good.) |
West Bromwich Albion (I) |
| January 9, 2021, 15:00 GMT | Bournemouth AFC (II) | 4: 1 | Oldham Athletic (IV) |
| January 9, 2021, 15:00 GMT | Bristol Rovers (III) | 2: 3 | Sheffield United (I) |
| January 9, 2021, 15:00 GMT | Burnley FC (I) | 1: 1 n.V. (4: 3 in good condition) |
Milton Keynes Dons (III) |
| January 9, 2021, 15:00 GMT | Exeter City (IV) | 0: 2 | Sheffield Wednesday (II) |
| January 9, 2021, 15:00 GMT | Queens Park Rangers (II) | 0: 2 a.d. | Fulham FC (I) |
| January 9, 2021, 15:00 GMT | Stevenage FC (IV) | 0: 2 | Swansea City (II) |
| January 9, 2021, 15:00 GMT | Stoke City (II) | 0: 4 | Leicester City (I) |
| January 9, 2021, 15:00 GMT | Wycombe Wanderers (II) | 4: 1 | Preston North End (II) |
| January 9, 2021, 5:30 PM GMT | Arsenal FC (I) | 2: 0 a.d. | Newcastle United (I) |
| January 9, 2021, 18:00 GMT | Brentford FC (II) | 2: 1 | Middlesbrough FC (II) |
| January 9, 2021, 18:00 GMT | Huddersfield Town (II) | 2: 3 | Plymouth Argyle (III) |
| January 9, 2021 at 8:00 PM GMT | Manchester United (I) | 1-0 | Watford FC (II) |
| January 10, 2021 at 13:30 GMT | Barnsley FC (II) | 2-0 | Tranmere Rovers (IV) |
| January 10, 2021 at 13:30 GMT | Bristol City (II) | 2: 1 | Portsmouth FC (III) |
| January 10, 2021 at 13:30 GMT | Chelsea FC (I) | 4-0 | Morecambe FC (IV) |
| January 10, 2021 at 13:30 GMT | Cheltenham Town (IV) | 2: 1 a.d. | Mansfield Town (IV) |
| January 10, 2021 at 13:30 GMT | Crawley Town (IV) | 3-0 | Leeds United (I) |
| January 10, 2021 at 13:30 GMT | Manchester City (I) | 3-0 | Birmingham City (II) |
| January 10, 2021, 5:00 PM GMT | FC Marine (VIII) | 0: 5 | Tottenham Hotspur (I) |
| January 10, 2021, 7:45 PM GMT | AFC Newport County (IV) | 1: 1 a.d. (3: 4 in good condition) |
Brighton & Hove Albion (I) |
| January 11, 2021 at 8:00 PM GMT | Stockport County (V) | 0: 1 | West Ham United (I) |
| January 19, 2021, 8:00 PM GMT 1 | Southampton FC (I) | 2-0 | Shrewsbury Town (III) |
1The game between Southampton FC and Shrewsbury Town was originally scheduled to take place on January 9, 2021. However, it has been rescheduled for a later date because the Shrewsbury Town team had some COVID cases.
Fourth main round
The draw for the fourth main round took place on January 11, 2021. The games were played between January 22nd and 26th, 2021.
| date | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| January 22, 2021, 7:45 PM GMT | Chorley FC (VI) | 0: 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (I) |
| January 23, 2021 at 12:15 GMT | Southampton FC (I) | 1-0 | Arsenal FC (I) |
| January 23, 2021, 15:00 GMT | Barnsley FC (II) | 1-0 | Norwich City (II) |
| January 23, 2021, 15:00 GMT | Brighton & Hove Albion (I) | 2: 1 | Blackpool FC (III) |
| January 23, 2021, 15:00 GMT | Millwall FC (II) | 0: 3 | Bristol City (II) |
| January 23, 2021, 15:00 GMT | Sheffield United (I) | 2: 1 | Plymouth Argyle (III) |
| January 23, 2021, 15:00 GMT | Swansea City (II) | 5: 1 | Nottingham Forest (II) |
| January 23, 2021, 15:00 GMT | West Ham United (I) | 4-0 | Doncaster Rovers (III) |
| January 23, 2021, 5:30 PM GMT | Cheltenham Town (IV) | 1: 3 | Manchester City (I) |
| January 24, 2021, 12:00 GMT | Chelsea FC (I) | 3: 1 | Luton Town (II) |
| January 24, 2021, 2:30 PM GMT | Brentford FC (II) | 1: 3 | Leicester City (I) |
| January 24, 2021, 2:30 PM GMT | Fulham FC (I) | 0: 3 | Burnley FC (I) |
| January 24, 2021, 5:00 PM GMT | Manchester United (I) | 3: 2 | Liverpool FC (I) |
| January 24, 2021 at 8:00 PM GMT | Everton FC (I) | 3-0 | Sheffield Wednesday (II) |
| January 25, 2021, 7:45 PM GMT | Wycombe Wanderers (II) | 1: 4 | Tottenham Hotspur (I) |
| January 26, 2021, 7:00 PM GMT 1 | Bournemouth AFC (II) | 2: 1 | Crawley Town (IV) |
1The game between AFC Bournemouth and Crawley Town was originally scheduled to take place on January 23, 2021. However, it has been rescheduled for a later date because the Crawley Town team had some COVID cases.
Fifth main round
The draw for the fifth main round took place on January 11, 2021 immediately after the draw for the fourth. The games were played between February 9 and 11, 2021.
| date | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| February 9, 2021, 5:30 PM GMT | Burnley FC (I) | 0: 2 | Bournemouth AFC (II) |
| February 9, 2021 at 19:30 GMT | Manchester United (I) | 1: 0 a.d. | West Ham United (I) |
| February 10, 2021, 5:30 PM GMT | Swansea City (II) | 1: 3 | Manchester City (I) |
| February 10, 2021, 19:30 GMT | Leicester City (I) | 1-0 | Brighton & Hove Albion (I) |
| February 10, 2021, 19:30 GMT | Sheffield United (I) | 1-0 | Bristol City (II) |
| February 10, 2021 at 8:15 pm GMT | Everton FC (I) | 5: 4 a.d. | Tottenham Hotspur (I) |
| February 11, 2021, 5:30 PM GMT | Wolverhampton Wanderers (I) | 0: 2 | Southampton FC (I) |
| February 11, 2021 at 8:00 PM GMT | Barnsley FC (II) | 0: 1 | Chelsea FC (I) |
Quarter finals
The draw for the quarter-finals (sixth main round) was carried out after the game Wolverhampton Wanderers against FC Southampton on February 11, 2021. The games were played on March 20 and 21, 2021.
| date | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2021, 12:15 GMT | Bournemouth AFC (II) | 0: 3 | Southampton FC (I) |
| March 20, 2021, 5:30 PM GMT | Everton FC (I) | 0: 2 | Manchester City (I) |
| March 21, 2021, 13:30 GMT | Chelsea FC (I) | 2-0 | Sheffield United (I) |
| March 21, 2021, 5:00 PM GMT | Leicester City (I) | 3: 1 | Manchester United (I) |
Semifinals
The draw for the semi-final pairings took place on March 21, 2021. The games were played on April 17 and 18, 2021 at Wembley Stadium in London .
| date | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| April 17, 2021, 5:30 PM BST | Chelsea FC (I) | 1-0 | Manchester City (I) |
| April 18, 2021, 6:30 PM BST | Leicester City (I) | 1-0 | Southampton FC (I) |
final
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Kepa - César Azpilicueta (76th Callum Hudson-Odoi ), Thiago Silva , Antonio Rüdiger - Reece James , N'Golo Kanté , Jorginho (75th Kai Havertz ), Marcos Alonso (68th Ben Chilwell ) - Mason Mount , Timo Werner ( 82. Olivier Giroud ), Hakim Ziyech (68. Christian Pulisic ) Head coach: Thomas Tuchel ( Germany )
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Kasper Schmeichel - Wesley Fofana , Jonny Evans (34th Marc Albrighton ), Çağlar Söyüncü - Timothy Castagne , Youri Tielemans , Ayoze Pérez (82nd Hamza Choudhury ), Wilfred Ndidi , Luke Thomas (82nd Wes Morgan ) - Kelechi Iheanacho (67th. James Maddison ), Jamie Vardy Head Coach: Brendan Rodgers ( Northern Ireland )
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 0: 1 Tielemans (63.)
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| Player of the Match: Tielemans | |||||||||
Web links
- thefa.com: The FA Cup (English)
- thefa.com: FA Cup Archive (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of 736 clubs accepted (PDF) The Football Association. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
- ^ The FA Cup first round proper draw was made on Monday night. thefa.com, October 26, 2020, accessed November 27, 2020 .
- ^ The draw for The Emirates FA Cup Second Round Proper was made on Monday evening. thefa.com, November 9, 2020, accessed November 17, 2020 .
- ^ FA Cup third-round: Non-league Marine land Tottenham. BBC Sport, November 30, 2020, accessed November 30, 2020 .
- ↑ a b The draws for the Emirates FA Cup Fourth and Fifth Round have been made. thefa.com, January 11, 2021, accessed January 16, 2021 .
- ^ The draw for the quarter-final of the Emirates FA Cup was made on Thursday evening. thefa.com, February 11, 2021, accessed February 12, 2021 .
- ↑ See the line-up for this season's Emirates FA Cup semi-finals after Sunday's draw. thefa.com, March 21, 2021, accessed March 21, 2021 .