2022–23 FA Cup

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For the women's event, see 2022–23 Women's FA Cup.
2022–23 FA Cup
Football Association Challenge Cup
File:London Wembley.jpg
Wembley Stadium hosted the final on 3 June 2023
Country England
Wales
Dates 5 November 2022 – 3 June 2023
Teams 732[1] (all)
640 (qualifying competition)
124 (main competition incl. 32 qualifiers)
Champions Manchester City (7th title)
Runners-up Manchester United
Matches played 144
Goals scored 428 (2.97 per match)
Attendance 2,016,747 (14,005 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Paul Mullin (8 goals)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

The 2022–23 FA Cup was the 142nd edition of the oldest football tournament in the world, the Football Association Challenge Cup. It is a one-legged competition whereby teams play each other once and the winner proceeds to the next round, in contrast to a two-legged competition in which teams play each other twice (home and away) to determine which team progresses to the next round. The FA Cup was sponsored by Emirates and known as the Emirates FA Cup for sponsorship purposes.

Premier League team Liverpool were the defending champions, having defeated Chelsea to secure their eighth title in the previous year's final, but they were eliminated in the fourth round by Brighton & Hove Albion.[2]

Manchester City defeated city rivals Manchester United 2–1 in the final to win their seventh FA Cup title.[3] As winners, they would have qualified for the 2023–24 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 sixth-placed Premier League team.

Teams

The FA Cup is a knockout competition with 124 teams taking part all trying to reach the final at Wembley on 3 June 2023.[4] The competition consisted 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 640 teams from the National League System (all but eleven clubs from 5–9 and eleven replacements from tier 10 of the English football league system) that started the competition in the qualifying rounds.

Qualification rounds were on a geographical basis and main competition rounds were 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 Winners
prize money[5]		 Losers
prize money		 Divisions entering this round
First round proper Saturday 5 November 2022 40 80 → 40 48 £41,000 None 24 EFL League One teams
24 EFL League Two teams
Second round proper Saturday 26 November 2022 20 40 → 20 None £67,000 None None
Third round proper Saturday 7 January 2023 32 64 → 32 44 £105,000 None 20 Premier League teams
24 EFL Championship teams
Fourth round proper Saturday 28 January 2023 16 32 → 16 None £120,000 None None
Fifth round proper Wednesday 1 March 2023 8 16 → 8 None £225,000 None None
Quarter-finals Saturday 18 March 2023 4 8 → 4 None £450,000 None None
Semi-finals Saturday 22 April 2023 2 4 → 2 None £1,000,000 £500,000 None
Final Saturday 3 June 2023 1 2 → 1 None £2,000,000 £1,000,000 None

Qualifying

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Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup qualifying rounds

Teams that were 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.

On 6 August 2022, Newport (IOW) teenager Finn Smith became the youngest ever FA Cup goalscorer, a day after his 16th birthday.[6]

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 made on 17 October 2022 by Dion Dublin and Alan Smith.[7] The round included six teams from the seventh tier, the lowest-ranked teams remaining in the competition: Alvechurch, Bracknell Town, Coalville Town, Merthyr Town, Needham Market, and South Shields.

Second round proper

The draw for the second round was made on 7 November 2022 by Jermaine Beckford and Mickey Thomas, consisting of the 40 winners from the previous round.[8] The round contained one team from the seventh tier, Alvechurch, who defeated EFL League One club Cheltenham Town in the first round.

Third round proper

The draw for the third round was made on 28 November 2022, consisting of the 20 winners from the previous round, all 20 members of the Premier League and the 24 EFL Championship clubs.[9][10] The round included three teams from the fifth tier, the lowest-ranked teams remaining in the competition: Chesterfield, Boreham Wood, and Wrexham.

Fourth round proper

The draw for the fourth round was made on 8 January 2023, consisting of the 32 winners from the previous round. The round included one team from the fifth tier, the lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition: Wrexham.[13]

Fifth round proper

The draw for the fifth round took place on 30 January 2023 on The One Show at Broadcasting House in Portland Place. The matches took place in the week commencing 27 February 2023.[14] This round included one team from the fourth tier, the lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition: Grimsby Town.

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 1 March 2023.[15] This round included one team from the fourth tier, the lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition: Grimsby Town. Grimsby were the first fourth-tier side to reach the quarter-finals since Cambridge United in 1990.[16]

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals took place on 19 March 2023 on BBC One, after Brighton & Hove Albion's victory over Grimsby Town.[17] This round, decided in one match, which was played at Wembley Stadium, included one team from the second-tier EFL Championship: Sheffield United.

Final

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Main article: 2023 FA Cup final

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See also: Manchester derby

2023 FA Cup final

Top scorers

Following the conclusion of the competition, Wrexham player Paul Mullin 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 nine goals.[18]

Rank Player Club Goals[19]
1 England Paul Mullin Wrexham 8
2 Algeria Riyad Mahrez Manchester City 5
3 Albania Armando Dobra Chesterfield 4
4 Argentina Julián Álvarez Manchester City 3
England Sam Bell Bristol City
England Colby Bishop Portsmouth
Wales Billy Bodin Oxford United
England Conor Chaplin Ipswich Town
England Will Collar Stockport County
Republic of Ireland Evan Ferguson Brighton & Hove Albion
Portugal Bruno Fernandes Manchester United
England Phil Foden Manchester City
Norway Erling Haaland Manchester City
Republic of Ireland Gavan Holohan Grimsby Town
Nigeria Kelechi Iheanacho Leicester City
England Luke Norris Stevenage
England Deji Oshilaja Burton Albion
Denmark William Osula Derby County
England Jamie Reid Stevenage
England Josh Umerah Hartlepool United
England Shaun Whalley Accrington Stanley
England Connor Wickham Forest Green Rovers
England Josh Windass Sheffield Wednesday

Television rights

Both of these broadcasters air the tournament until the 2024–25 season. Both broadcasters were permitted to show the final live. In addition, FA Cup matches could also be streamed on ESPN+.

Broadcaster Summary
BBC Sport 18 live matches per season, with highlights of the 2022 FA Community Shield.[20] BBC Sport has second and third picks of matches in the second round, fourth round and the quarter-finals, as well as first and fourth pick of matches for the first, third and fifth rounds, and first pick of the semi-finals.
ITV Sport At least 20 live matches per season, plus live coverage of the 2022 FA Community Shield.[21] ITV had first pick and fourth pick of matches in the second round, fourth round and the quarter-finals, as well as second and third picks for the first, third and fifth rounds and second pick of the semi-finals.

Additional matches featuring Welsh clubs could feature on BBC Wales or on Welsh language channel S4C.

Round BBC ITV S4C
First round proper[22] Hereford v Portsmouth
South Shields v Forest Green Rovers
Derby County v Torquay United (replay)		 Wrexham v Oldham Athletic
Torquay United v Derby County
Bracknell Town v Ipswich Town
Salford City v Peterborough United (replay)
Second round proper[23] King's Lynn Town v Stevenage
Forest Green Rovers v Alvechurch
Gillingham v Dagenham and Redbridge (replay)		 Ebbsfleet United v Fleetwood Town
Newport County v Derby County
Stockport County v Charlton Athletic (replay)		 Wrexham v Farnborough
Third round proper[24] Gillingham v Leicester City
Tottenham Hotspur v Portsmouth (BBC iPlayer only)
Sheffield Wednesday v Newcastle United
Aston Villa v Stevenage (BBC iPlayer only)
Manchester City v Chelsea
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Liverpool (replay)		 Manchester United v Everton
Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Cardiff City v Leeds United
Oxford United v Arsenal
Leeds United v Cardiff City (replay)		 Coventry City v Wrexham
Fourth round proper[25] Accrington Stanley v Leeds United
Walsall v Leicester City (BBC iPlayer only)
Preston North End v Tottenham Hotspur
Wrexham v Sheffield United
Sunderland v Fulham (replay)		 Manchester City v Arsenal
Manchester United v Reading
Brighton and Hove Albion v Liverpool
Derby County v West Ham United
Sheffield United v Wrexham (replay)
Fifth round proper[26] Fulham vs Leeds United
Leicester City v Blackburn Rovers (BBC iPlayer only)
Burnley v Fleetwood Town (BBC iPlayer only)
Sheffield United vs Tottenham Hotspur		 Stoke City v Brighton and Hove Albion
Bristol City v Manchester City
Southampton v Grimsby Town
Manchester United v West Ham United
Quarter-finals[27] Manchester City vs Burnley
Brighton & Hove Albion v Grimsby Town		 Sheffield United v Blackburn Rovers
Manchester United v Fulham
Semi-finals[28] Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester United Manchester City v Sheffield United

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