The FA Cup is the world’s oldest football contest, starting in 1872. This list shows every winner from its early days through to Crystal Palace’s surprise win in 2025.
Recent FA Cup Champions (2020-2025)
The most recent FA Cup winners showcase the competition’s unpredictable nature and ongoing prestige among England’s top clubs:
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Score |
| 2025 | Crystal Palace | Manchester City | 1-0 |
| 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 |
Crystal Palace’s 2025 victory marked a historic moment for the club, securing their first major trophy since 1991 with a stunning upset over Manchester City.
Most Successful FA Cup Teams
The FA Cup winners list reveals certain clubs have dominated the competition throughout its history:
- Arsenal – 14 titles (record holders)
- Manchester United – 13 titles (following their 2024 victory)
- Chelsea – 8 titles
- Liverpool – 8 titles
- Tottenham Hotspur<span> – 8 titles
Manchester United’s 2024 triumph brought them within one title of Arsenal’s record, setting up an intriguing rivalry in the coming years.
Complete FA Cup Winners List (1872-2025)
This comprehensive FA Cup winners list documents every champion and finalist since the competition’s inception:
| Year | Winner | Runner-Up | Score |
| 2025 | Crystal Palace | Manchester City | 1-0 |
| 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 aet |
| 2005 | Arsenal | Manchester United | 0-0 aet |
| 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 |
| 1993 – first game | Arsenal | Sheffield Wednesday | 1-1 aet |
| 1992 | Liverpool | Sunderland | 2-0 |
| 1991 | Tottenham Hotspur | Nottingham Forest | 2-1 aet |
| 1990 – replay | Manchester United | Crystal Palace | 1-0 |
| 1990 | Manchester United | Crystal Palace | 3-3 aet |
| 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 |
| 1983 | Manchester United | Brighton and Hove Albion | 2-2 aet |
| 1982 – replay | Tottenham Hotspur | Queens Park Rangers | 1-0 |
| 1982 | Tottenham Hotspur | Queens Park Rangers | 1-1 aet |
| 1981 – replay | Tottenham Hotspur | Manchester City | 3-2 |
| 1981 | Tottenham Hotspur | Manchester City | 1-1 aet |
| 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 |
| 1970 | Chelsea | Leeds United | 2-2 aet |
| 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 |
| 1912 | Barnsley | West Bromwich Albion | 0-0 |
| 1911 – replay | Bradford City | Newcastle United | 1-0 |
| 1911 | Bradford City | Newcastle United | 0-0 |
| 1910- replay | Newcastle United | Barnsley | 2-0 |
| 1910 | Newcastle United | Barnsley | 1-1 |
| 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 |
| 1902 | Sheffield United | Southampton | 1-1 |
| 1901 – replay | Tottenham Hotspur | Sheffield United | 3-1 |
| 1901 | Tottenham Hotspur | Sheffield United | 2-2 |
| 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 |
| 1886 – first game | Blackburn Rovers | West Bromwich Albion | 0-0 |
| 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 |
| 1876 | Wanderers | Old Etonians | 1-1 aet |
| 1875 – replay | Royal Engineers | Old Etonians | 2-0 |
| 1875 – first game | Royal Engineers | Old Etonians | 1-1 aet |
| 1874 | Oxford University | Royal Engineers | 2-0 |
| 1873 | Wanderers | Oxford University | 2-0 |
| 1872 | Wanderers | Royal Engineers | 1-0 |
FA Cup History Highlights
The FA Cup winners list includes several notable moments that have defined the competition’s legacy:
- First Winner (1872): Wanderers defeated Royal Engineers 1-0 in the inaugural final
- First “Giant Killing” (1883): Blackburn Olympic became the first working-class team to win, defeating Old Etonians
- Record Final Victory: Bury’s 6-0 win over Derby County in 1903
- Most Consecutive Wins: Wanderers (1876-1878) and Blackburn Rovers (1884-1886) with three straight titles
- First Non-English Winner: Cardiff City in 1927, defeating Arsenal 1-0
- “Matthews Final” (1953): Blackpool’s legendary 4-3 comeback against Bolton, named for Stanley Matthews’ performance
- Greatest Upset: Wimbledon’s shock 1-0 win over Liverpool in 1988
- Record Final Attendance: 126,047 spectators at the 1923 “White Horse Final” between Bolton and West Ham
FA Cup Final Venues
While most fans associate the FA Cup final with Wembley Stadium, the complete FA Cup winners list spans multiple iconic venues:
- The Oval (1872-1892): Cricket ground that hosted the earliest finals
- Crystal Palace (1895-1914): Hosted 20 finals before WWI
- Stamford Bridge (1920-1922): Chelsea’s ground briefly served as the final venue
- Original Wembley (1923-2000): The famous “Empire Stadium” hosted most 20th century finals
- Millennium Stadium (2001-2006): Temporary home during Wembley’s reconstruction
- New Wembley (2007-present): Current home of the FA Cup final
FAQs
Which team has won the most FA Cup titles?
Arsenal has won 14 FA Cup titles. Manchester United is next with 13 titles after they won in 2024.
What is the biggest upset in FA Cup history?
There have been many shocks, but Wimbledon beating Liverpool 1-0 in 1988 is seen as the greatest upset. The “Crazy Gang” beat the top team of that time.
Has any non-league team ever won the FA Cup?
No non-league team has won since the Football League began in 1888. The closest was Tottenham in 1901, who won while in the Southern League.
How many teams play in the FA Cup each year?
Over 700 teams enter the FA Cup each year. It’s one of the biggest knockout contests in world football. Lower-league teams start in early rounds. Premier League teams join in the Third Round.
Has the FA Cup final ever ended in penalties?
Yes. The first FA Cup final decided by penalties was in 2022 when Liverpool beat Chelsea 6-5 after a 0-0 draw. Before this, tied finals were replayed.
