Today, we’ll delve into a topic that encapsulates the essence of English soccer like no other – the FA Cup winners since its inception in 1872.
The FA Cup, an emblem of English football’s enduring legacy, stands tall as one of the oldest and most revered competitions in the sport’s history. Since its inaugural clash in 1871, this tournament has woven itself into the very fabric of the game, becoming a hallowed ground for giants and underdogs alike.
In this article, we’ll go through the FA Cup winners over the years, the most successful FA Cup teams, and the major milestones of the tournament in different eras.
So, let’s get started!
Most Successful FA Cup Teams
Before getting into the complete list of all FA Cup Winners, let’s first take a look at the most successful teams in the competition.
| Club | Wins | First FA Cup won | Last FA Cup won | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | 14 | 1930 | 2020 | 7 |
| Manchester United | 13 | 1909 | 2024 | 9 |
| Chelsea | 8 | 1970 | 2018 | 8 |
| Liverpool | 8 | 1965 | 2022 | 7 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | 1901 | 1991 | 1 |
| Aston Villa | 7 | 1887 | 1957 | 4 |
| Manchester City | 7 | 1904 | 2023 | 6 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 6 | 1884 | 1928 | 2 |
| Newcastle United | 6 | 1910 | 1955 | 7 |
| Everton | 5 | 1906 | 1995 | 8 |
| Wanderers | 5 | 1872 | 1878 | 0 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 1888 | 1968 | 5 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 1923 | 1958 | 3 |
| Sheffield United | 4 | 1899 | 1925 | 2 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 | 1893 | 1960 | 4 |
List of All FA Cup Winners Since 1872
| Year | Winner | Runners-Up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Manchester United | Manchester City | 2-1 |
| 2023 | Manchester City | Manchester United | 2-1 |
| 2022 | Liverpool | Chelsea | 0-0 (p 6–5) |
| 2021 | Leicester City | Chelsea | 1-0 |
| 2020 | Arsenal | Chelsea | 2-1 |
| 2019 | Manchester City | Watford | 6-0 |
| 2018 | Chelsea | Manchester | 1–0 |
| 2017 | Arsenal | Chelsea | 2–1 |
| 2016 | Manchester United | Crystal Palace | 2–1 aet |
| 2015 | Arsenal | Aston Villa | 4–0 |
| 2014 | Arsenal | Hull City | 3–2 aet |
| 2013 | Wigan Athletic | Manchester City | 1–0 |
| 2012 | Chelsea | Liverpool | 2–1 |
| 2011 | Manchester City | Stoke City | 1-0 |
| 2010 | Chelsea | Portsmouth | 1-0 |
| 2009 | Chelsea | Everton | 2-1 |
| 2008 | Portsmouth | Cardiff City | 1-0 |
| 2007 | Chelsea | Manchester United | 1-0 |
| 2006 | Liverpool | West Ham United | 3-3 (p 3–1) |
| 2005 | Arsenal | Manchester United | 0-0 (p 5–4) |
| 2004 | Manchester United | Millwall | 3-0 |
| 2003 | Arsenal | Southampton | 1-0 |
| 2002 | Arsenal | Chelsea | 2-0 |
| 2001 | Liverpool | Arsenal | 2-1 |
| 2000 | Chelsea | Aston Villa | 1-0 |
| 1999 | Manchester United | Newcastle United | 2-0 |
| 1998 | Arsenal | Newcastle United | 2-0 |
| 1997 | Chelsea | Middlesbrough | 2-0 |
| 1996 | Manchester United | Liverpool | 1-0 |
| 1995 | Everton | Manchester United | 1-0 |
| 1994 | Manchester United | Chelsea | 4-0 |
| 1993 – replay | Arsenal | Sheffield Wednesday | 2-1 aet |
| 1992 | Liverpool | Sunderland | 2-0 |
| 1991 | Tottenham Hotspur | Nottingham Forest | 2-1 aet |
| 1990 – replay | Manchester United | Crystal Palace | 1-0 |
| 1989 | Liverpool | Everton | 3-2 aet |
| 1988 | Wimbledon | Liverpool | 1-0 |
| 1987 | Coventry City | Tottenham Hotspur | 3-2 aet |
| 1986 | Liverpool | Everton | 3-1 |
| 1985 | Manchester United | Everton | 1-0 aet |
| 1984 | Everton | Watford | 2-0 |
| 1983 – replay | Manchester United | Brighton and Hove Albion | 4-0 |
| 1982 – replay | Tottenham Hotspur | Queens Park Rangers | 1-0 |
| 1981 – replay | Tottenham Hotspur | Manchester City | 3-2 |
| 1980 | West Ham United | Arsenal | 1-0 |
| 1979 | Arsenal | Manchester United | 3-2 |
| 1978 | Ipswich Town | Arsenal | 1-0 |
| 1977 | Manchester United | Liverpool | 2-1 |
| 1976 | Southampton | Manchester United | 1-0 |
| 1975 | West Ham United | Fulham | 2-0 |
| 1974 | Liverpool | Newcastle United | 3-0 |
| 1973 | Sunderland | Leeds United | 1-0 |
| 1972 | Leeds United | Arsenal | 1-0 |
| 1971 | Arsenal | Liverpool | 2-1 aet |
| 1970 – replay | Chelsea | Leeds United | 2-1 |
| 1969 | Manchester City | Leicester City | 1-0 |
| 1968 | West Bromwich Albion | Everton | 1-0 aet |
| 1967 | Tottenham Hotspur | Chelsea | 2-1 |
| 1966 | Everton | Sheffield Wednesday | 3-2 |
| 1965 | Liverpool | Leeds United | 2-1 aet |
| 1964 | West Ham United | Preston North End | 3-2 |
| 1963 | Manchester United | Leicester City | 3-1 |
| 1962 | Tottenham Hotspur | Burnley | 3-1 |
| 1961 | Tottenham Hotspur | Leicester City | 2-0 |
| 1960 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Blackburn Rovers | 3-0 |
| 1959 | Nottingham Forest | Luton Town | 2-1 |
| 1958 | Bolton Wanderers | Manchester United | 2-0 |
| 1957 | Aston Villa | Manchester United | 2-1 |
| 1956 | Manchester City | Birmingham City | 3-1 |
| 1955 | Newcastle United | Manchester City | 3-1 |
| 1954 | West Bromwich Albion | Preston North End | 3-2 |
| 1953 | Blackpool | Bolton Wanderers | 4-3 |
| 1952 | Newcastle United | Arsenal | 1-0 |
| 1951 | Newcastle United | Blackpool | 2-0 |
| 1950 | Arsenal | Liverpool | 2-0 |
| 1949 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Leicester City | 3-1 |
| 1948 | Manchester United | Blackpool | 4-2 |
| 1947 | Charlton Athletic | Burnley | 1-0 aet |
| 1946 | Derby County | Charlton Athletic | 4-1 aet |
| 1939 | Portsmouth | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4-1 |
| 1938 | Preston North End | Huddersfield Town | 1-0 aet |
| 1937 | Sunderland | Preston North End | 3-1 |
| 1936 | Arsenal | Sheffield United | 1-0 |
| 1935 | Sheffield Wednesday | West Bromwich Albion | 4-2 |
| 1934 | Manchester City | Portsmouth | 2-1 |
| 1933 | Everton | Manchester City | 3-0 |
| 1932 | Newcastle United | Arsenal | 2-1 |
| 1931 | West Bromwich Albion | Birmingham City | 2-1 |
| 1930 | Arsenal | Huddersfield Town | 2-0 |
| 1929 | Bolton Wanderers | Portsmouth | 2-0 |
| 1928 | Blackburn Rovers | Huddersfield Town | 3-1 |
| 1927 | Cardiff City | Arsenal | 1-0 |
| 1926 | Bolton Wanderers | Manchester City | 1-0 |
| 1925 | Sheffield United | Cardiff City | 1-0 |
| 1924 | Newcastle United | Aston Villa | 2-0 |
| 1923 | Bolton Wanderers | West Ham United | 2-0 |
| 1922 | Huddersfield Town | Preston North End | 1-0 |
| 1921 | Tottenham Hotspur | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1-0 |
| 1920 | Aston Villa | Huddersfield Town | 1-0 aet |
| 1915 | Sheffield United | Chelsea | 3-0 |
| 1914 | Burnley | Liverpool | 1-0 |
| 1913 | Aston Villa | Sunderland | 1-0 |
| 1912 – replay | Barnsley | West Bromwich Albion | 1-0 |
| 1911 – replay | Bradford City | Newcastle United | 1-0 |
| 1910- replay | Newcastle United | Barnsley | 2-0 |
| 1909 | Manchester United | Bristol City | 1-0 |
| 1908 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Newcastle United | 3-1 |
| 1907 | Sheffield Wednesday | Everton | 2-1 |
| 1906 | Everton | Newcastle United | 1-0 |
| 1905 | Aston Villa | Newcastle United | 2-0 |
| 1904 | Manchester City | Bolton Wanderers | 1-0 |
| 1903 | Bury | Derby County | 6-0 |
| 1902 – replay | Sheffield United | Southampton | 2-1 |
| 1901 – replay | Tottenham Hotspur | Sheffield United | 3-1 |
| 1900 | Bury | Southampton | 4-0 |
| 1899 | Sheffield United | Derby County | 4-1 |
| 1898 | Nottingham Forest | Derby County | 3-1 |
| 1897 | Aston Villa | Everton | 3-2 |
| 1896 | Sheffield Wednesday | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2-1 |
| 1895 | Aston Villa | West Bromwich Albion | 1-0 |
| 1894 | Notts County | Bolton Wanderers | 4-1 |
| 1893 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Everton | 1-0 |
| 1892 | West Bromwich Albion | Aston Villa | 3-0 |
| 1891 | Blackburn Rovers | Notts County | 3-1 |
| 1890 | Blackburn Rovers | Sheffield Wednesday | 6-1 |
| 1889 | Preston North End | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3-0 |
| 1888 | West Bromwich Albion | Preston North End | 2-1 |
| 1887 | Aston Villa | West Bromwich Albion | 2-0 |
| 1886 – replay | Blackburn Rovers | West Bromwich Albion | 2-0 |
| 1885 | Blackburn Rovers | Queens Park, Glasgow | 2-0 |
| 1884 | Blackburn Rovers | Queens Park, Glasgow | 2-1 |
| 1883 | Blackburn Olympic | Old Etonians | 2-1 aet |
| 1882 | Old Etonians | Blackburn Rovers | 1-0 |
| 1881 | Old Carthusians | Old Etonians | 3-0 |
| 1880 | Clapham Rovers | Oxford University | 1-0 |
| 1879 | Old Etonians | Clapham Rovers | 1-0 |
| 1878 | Wanderers | Royal Engineers | 3-1 |
| 1877 | Wanderers | Oxford University | 2-1 aet |
| 1876 – replay | Wanderers | Old Etonians | 3-0 |
| 1875 – replay | Royal Engineers | Old Etonians | 2-0 |
| 1874 | Oxford University | Royal Engineers | 2-0 |
| 1873 | Wanderers | Oxford University | 2-0 |
| 1872 | Wanderers | Royal Engineers | 1-0 |
Other Tournaments/League Winners Lists:
- UEFA Champions League
- UEFA Europa League
- English Premier League
- EFL Cup
- La Liga
- Copa Del Rey
- Serie A
- Bundesliga
- DFB-Pokal
- Ligue 1
- Major League Soccer
- UEFA Euros
- Copa America
- Copa Libertadores
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