FA Cup 2020–21 Champions, Matches, Scorers and facts

FA Cup 2020–21

FA Cup 2020–21 was the 140th edition of the oldest football tournament in the world, the Football Association Challenge Cup. It was sponsored by Emirates and known as the Emirates FA Cup for sponsorship purposes. The winners qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League group stage.
Premier League side Arsenal were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the fourth round by Southampton.
Leicester City beat Chelsea 1–0 in the final to win their first FA Cup, having been runners-up on four previous occasions.

Champions: Leicester_City Leicester City (1st title)
Runner-up: Chelsea Chelsea

FA Cup 2020–21 top goal scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1England Tammy AbrahamChelsea Chelsea4
2Nigeria Kelechi IheanachoLeicester_City Leicester City4
3England Gary MadineBlackpool Blackpool4
4England Alfie MayCheltenham Town Cheltenham Town4
5England Tom NicholsCrawley Town Crawley Town4

FA Cup 2020–21 Fourth round
The draw for the fourth round proper was held on 11 January 2021, right before the fifth round proper draw. The 32 winners from the third round proper played in 16 ties over the weekend of 23 January 2021. This round included one team from level 6, Chorley, the lowest ranked and the only non-league team left in the competition.

DateTeam 1ResultTeam 2
22 January 2021Chorley Chorley0 – 1Wolves_FC Wolves
23 January 2021Southampton Southampton1 – 0Arsenal Arsenal
23 January 2021Barnsley Barnsley1 – 0Norwich_City_FC Norwich City
23 January 2021Brighton Brighton2 – 1Blackpool Blackpool
23 January 2021Millwall Millwall0 – 3Bristol_City Bristol_City
23 January 2021Sheffield_United Sheffield United2 – 1Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle
23 January 2021Swansea City Swansea City5 – 1Nottingham_Forest Nottingham Forest
23 January 2021West_Ham_United West Ham United4 – 0Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers
23 January 2021Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town1 – 3Manchester_City Manchester City
24 January 2021Chelsea Chelsea3 – 1Luton_Town Luton Town
24 January 2021Brentford Brentford1 – 3Leicester_City Leicester City
24 January 2021Fulham_FC Fulham0 – 3Burnley_FC Burnley
24 January 2021Manchester_United Manchester United3 – 2Liverpool Liverpool
24 January 2021Everton_FC Everton3 – 0Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday
25 January 2021Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers1 – 4Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur
26 January 2021AFC_Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth2 – 1Crawley Town Crawley Town

FA Cup 2020–21 Fifth round
The draw for the fifth round proper was held on 11 January 2021, immediately after the fourth round proper draw. The 16 winners from the fourth round proper played in eight ties in midweek during the week commencing Monday 8 February 2021.
The round featured 12 teams from the Premier League (level 1) and four from the EFL Championship (level 2).

DateTeam 1ResultTeam 2
9 February 2021Burnley_FC Burnley0 – 2AFC_Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth
9 February 2021Manchester_United Manchester United1 – 0 (a.e.t.)West_Ham_United West Ham United
10 February 2021Swansea City Swansea City1 – 3Manchester_City Manchester City
10 February 2021Leicester_City Leicester City1 – 0Brighton Brighton
10 February 2021Sheffield_United Sheffield United1 – 0Bristol_City Bristol_City
10 February 2021Everton_FC Everton5 – 4 (a.e.t.)Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur
11 February 2021Wolves_FC Wolves0 – 2Southampton Southampton
11 February 2021Barnsley Barnsley0 – 1Chelsea Chelsea

FA Cup 2020–21 Quarter finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 11 February 2021, before the match between Barnsley and Chelsea. The eight winners from the fifth round proper play in four ties played on the weekend of 20 March 2021.
The round featured seven teams from the Premier League (level 1) and one from the EFL Championship (level 2). AFC Bournemouth were the only non-top flight team to play in this round.

DateTeam 1ResultTeam 2
20 March 2021AFC_Bournemouth AFC Bournemouth0 – 3Southampton Southampton
20 March 2021Everton_FC Everton0 – 2Manchester_City Manchester City
21 March 2021Chelsea Chelsea2 – 0Sheffield_United Sheffield United
21 March 2021Leicester_City Leicester City3 – 1Manchester_United Manchester United

FA Cup 2020–21 semi finals

DateTeam 1ResultTeam 2Stadium
17 April 2021Chelsea Chelsea1–0Manchester_City Manchester CityWembley, London
18 April 2021Leicester_City Leicester City1–0Southampton SouthamptonWembley, London

FA Cup 2020–21 Final match
15 May 2021 17:15 BST, Wembley Stadium, London

Chelsea Chelsea 0 – 1 Leicester_City Leicester City
Tielemans Football 63′

Teams
The FA Cup is a knockout competition involving 124 teams, all vying to reach the final at Wembley in May 2021. The competition included the 92 teams from the Football League system (20 teams from the Premier League and 72 from the EFL Championship, EFL League One, and EFL League Two) plus 32 surviving teams out of the 644 teams from the National League System (levels 5–10 of the English football league system) that started the competition in the qualifying rounds.
All 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.
This year’s competition was subject to changes to the rules and round dates at short notice to adhere to the latest national and local government guidelines regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.

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