FA Cup (The Emirates FA Cup)
The FA Cup, or The Emirates FA Cup, is the oldest football competition in the world and have been played since 1871. It is named after the English Football Association (Football Association Challenge Cup) and is open for any team in the English football league system.
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The winner of the tournament will be qualified for the Uefa Europa League. If the winner is already qualified for Uefa Europa League, the best non-qualified team from Premier League will get the Europa ticket.
Arsenal has won the FA cup 13 times and holds the current record for most cup wins.
The FA Cup structure
The FA Cup is a knockout competition and the fixtures in each round are determined by a random draw. The qualification rounds are divided in different geographical regions to reduce travel costs. High ranked teams enters the competition much later than the lower ranked teams.
Qualifying competition
The qualifying competition is played in 6 rounds. The qualification rounds are usually played from August to October every year. Level 1-4 clubs do not have to play the qualification rounds and enters the competition in the Competition Proper.
Competition proper
The Competition Proper part of the tournament is played from November to May. It is divided into 6 rounds followed by semi-finals and final. The first 6 rounds are played at the home ground of one of the two teams while the semi-finals and final are played at Wembley Stadium.
Tiebreaks
From the Fifth Round ties are settled by extra time and penalty shootout. In earlier rounds of the tournament, up to the Fourth Round Proper, tied matches will go to a replay. The replay match is played at the venue of the away team at a later date. If the replay match is still tied, the winner is settled by extra time and penalty shootout (if necessary).
The FA Cup schedule
| August |
Extra-Preliminary Round
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Qualifying competition |
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Preliminary Round
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| September | First Round | |
| Second Round | ||
| October | Third Round | |
| Fourth Round | ||
| November | First Round | Competition proper |
| December | Second Round | |
| January | Third Round | |
| Fourth Round | ||
| February | Fifth Round | |
| March | Quarter-finals | |
| April | Semi-Finals | |
| May | Final |