Английская Википедия:2015–16 FA Cup

The 2015–16 FA Cup (also known as the FA Challenge Cup) was the 135th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in the world. It was sponsored by Emirates, and known as The Emirates FA Cup for sponsorship purposes.^[1] It began with the extra preliminary round on 15 August 2015, and concluded with the final on 21 May 2016.^[2] The FA Cup winner qualifies for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Premier League side Arsenal were the two-time defending champions after they beat Aston Villa 4–0 in the previous final on 30 May 2015,^[3] but were eliminated by Watford in the sixth round.

The winners were Manchester United, who defeated Crystal Palace 2–1 in the final after extra time.^[4]

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
First round proper	124	80	32	48	EFL League One EFL League Two
Second round proper	84	40	40	none	none
Third round proper	64	64	20	44	Premier League EFL Championship
Fourth round proper	32	32	32	none	none
Fifth round proper	16	16	16	none	none
Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none	none
Semi-finals	4	4	4	none	none
Final	2	2	2	none	none

Prize fund

Round	No. of Clubs receive fund	Prize fund per club^[5]
Extra preliminary round winners	184	£1,500
Preliminary round winners	160	£1,925
First round qualifying winners	116	£3,000
Second round qualifying winners	80	£4,500
Third round qualifying winners	40	£7,500
Fourth round qualifying winners	32	£12,500
First round proper winners	40	£18,000
Second round proper winners	20	£27,000
Third round proper winners	32	£67,500
Fourth round proper winners	16	£90,000
Fifth round proper winners	8	£180,000
Sixth round proper winners	4	£360,000
Semi-Final losers	2	£450,000
Semi-Final winners	2	£900,000
Final runners-up	1	£900,000
Final winner	1	£1,800,000
Total		£15,132,000

Round and draw dates

The schedule are as follows.^[2]^[6]

Phase	Round	Draw date	Match date
Qualifying rounds	Extra preliminary round	3 July 2015^[7]	15 August 2015
	Preliminary round	3 July 2015^[7]	29 August 2015
	First round qualifying	24 August 2015^[8]	12 September 2015
	Second round qualifying	14 September 2015^[9]	26 September 2015
	Third round qualifying	28 September 2015^[10]	10 October 2015
	Fourth round qualifying	12 October 2015^[11]	24 October 2015
Main tournament	First round proper	26 October 2015, 19:00 GMT^[12]	7 November 2015
	Second round proper	9 November 2015, 19:00 GMT^[13]	5 December 2015
	Third round proper	7 December 2015, 19:00 GMT^[14]	9 January 2016
	Fourth round proper	11 January 2016, 19:15 GMT^[15]	30 January 2016
	Fifth round proper	31 January 2016, 18:15 GMT^[16]	20 February 2016
	Sixth round proper	21 February 2016, 18:15 GMT^[17]	12 March 2016
	Semi-finals	14 March 2016	23 and 24 April 2016
	Final	14 March 2016	21 May 2016

Qualifying rounds

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The qualifying competition began with the extra preliminary round on 15 August 2015.^[2] All of the competing teams that were not members of either the Premier League or the Football League had to compete in the qualifying rounds to win a place in the first round proper. The final (fourth) qualifying round began on the weekend of 24 October.^[2]

First round proper

The first round draw took place on 26 October at 7pm at the club house of the FA Charter Standard Community Club Thackley Juniors F.C. based in Thackley in West Yorkshire, and was broadcast live on BBC Two and BBC Radio 5 Live.^[18] The first round proper were played on the weekend of 7 November.^[2] 32 teams from the qualifying competition joined the 48 teams from League One and League Two to compete in this round. The round included two teams from Level 8 still in the competition, Northwich Victoria and Didcot Town, which were the lowest-ranked teams in this round; Northwich Victoria advanced to become the lowest-ranked team in the second round.

Second round proper

The second round draw took place on 9 November at Civil Service, based in Chiswick, London, and was broadcast live on BBC Two.

Third round proper

A total of 64 teams played in this round: 44 teams from Premier League and Football League Championship which entered in this round, and the 20 winners of the previous round. The draw was held on 7 December 2015.^[19]

Fourth round proper

The draw for the fourth round proper was held on 11 January 2016.^[20] The fourth round proper was played across the weekend of 30 January 2016.^[2]

Fifth round proper

The draw for the fifth round proper was held on 31 January 2016.^[21] The fifth round proper was played across the weekend of 20 February 2016.^[2]

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Sixth round proper

The draw for the sixth round proper was held on 21 February 2016.^[22] The sixth round proper was played across the weekend of 12 March 2016.^[2] This marked the final year where the sixth round would go into a replay if teams were tied.

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Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 14 March 2016.^[23] The semi-finals were played on 23 and 24 April 2016.^[2]

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Final

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The final took place on 21 May 2016 at Wembley Stadium.^[2]

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Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[24]
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Matěj Vydra	Reading	6
2	Шаблон:Flagicon Macauley Bonne	Colchester United	4
	Шаблон:Flagicon Kelechi Iheanacho	Manchester City
	Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Marshall	Blackburn Rovers
	Шаблон:Flagicon Conor Washington	Peterborough United

Broadcasting rights

The domestic broadcasting rights for the competition were held by the BBC and subscription channel BT Sport. The BBC held the rights since 2014–15, while BT Sport since 2013–14. The FA Cup Final was required to be broadcast live on UK terrestrial television under the Ofcom code of protected sporting events.^[25]

The following matches were broadcast live on UK television:

Round	BT Sport	BBC
First round proper^[26]^[27]	Didcot Town v Exeter City F.C. United of Manchester v Chesterfield Bradford City v Aldershot Town (Replay) Maidenhead United v Port Vale (Replay)	Salford City v Notts County
Second round proper^[28]^[29]	Rochdale v Bury Grimsby Town v Shrewsbury Town Hartlepool United v Salford City (Replay) Whitehawk v Dagenham & Redbridge (Replay)	Salford City v Hartlepool United
Third round proper^[30]^[31]	Wycombe Wanderers v Aston Villa Manchester United v Sheffield United Chelsea v Scunthorpe United Bristol City v West Bromwich Albion (Replay) Liverpool v Exeter City (Replay)	Exeter City v Liverpool Oxford United v Swansea City (BBC Wales) Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur (Replay)
Fourth round proper^[32]^[33]	Colchester United v Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool v West Ham United Carlisle United v Everton West Ham United v Liverpool (Replay)	Derby County v Manchester United Milton Keynes Dons v Chelsea Peterborough United v West Bromwich Albion (Replay)
Fifth round proper^[34]^[35]	Arsenal v Hull City Blackburn Rovers v West Ham United Shrewsbury Town v Manchester United Hull City v Arsenal (Replay)	AFC Bournemouth v Everton Chelsea v Manchester City
Sixth round proper^[36]^[37]	Arsenal v Watford Manchester United v West Ham United	Reading v Crystal Palace Everton v Chelsea West Ham United v Manchester United (Replay)
Semi-finals^[38]	Crystal Palace v Watford	Everton v Manchester United
Final	Crystal Palace v Manchester United

Welsh language channel S4C broadcast the third-round match between Cardiff City and Shrewsbury Town,^[39] and also broadcast the rescheduled third-round match between Newport County and Blackburn Rovers.

Notes

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