FA Cup, 2023

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FA Cup 2022-23 season review

  • The Final of the 142nd edition of the world's oldest cup competition was held at Wembley Stadium on 3 June 2023.
  • As the season was extended due to the FIFA World Cup being played in November and December 2022 in Qatar, this was the first time that a FA Cup Final had been played in June.
  • 100 years after the first Wembley Final, it was first FA Cup Final to kick-off at 3.00pm since Manchester City's 1-0 win against Stoke City in 2011.
  • This was the eighth year of the title sponsorship deal with a Dubai-based airline. The FA Cup would now be branded as the Emirates FA Cup until 2024.
  • The extra preliminary round commenced on 5 August 2022.
  • 732 clubs entered: an increase of three from 2021-22. This included a total of 640 clubs in the qualifying rounds.
  • Replays were removed from the 5th round onwards with ties going to extra time and penalties, if required.
  • The 5th round ties were all played in midweek.
  • The competition prize fund ranged from losers in the Extra preliminary round receiving £375 while the winners received £3.9million.
  • Attendances in the proper rounds totalled 2,016,747; an average of 14,005.
  • In the first-ever major final to be contested by the two Manchester clubs, Manchester City won their seventh FA Cup Final in completing their second league and cup double.
  • Manchester United equalled Arsenal's competition record of 21 FA Cup Final appearances but also became the first team to lose nine Finals.
  • The domestic broadcasting rights were awarded to the BBC, ITV and S4C. BBC and ITV both broadcast the Final live.
  • As only Premier League stadiums contained the required permanent camera angles, VAR was only made available at selected ties, in addition to the Semi-finals and Final at Wembley.
  • Previous IFAB approved amendments to regulations allowed nine players to be selected on the substitutes bench with up to five allowed to be used. If required, a sixth could be used in extra time while further substitutions could be made under the concussion protocols.
  • The traditional alternative-style format was used for penalty shoot-outs.
  • Details shown under the 'Goal scorers' tab on this page refer to Premier League clubs in the 2022-23 season only.