Английская Википедия:2020–21 FA Cup

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The 2020–21 FA Cup 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.

Teams

The FA Cup is a knockout competition with 124 teams taking part all trying to reach the Final at Wembley in May 2021. The competition consisted of the 92 teams from the Football League system (20 teams from the Premier League and the 72 in total from the EFL Championship, EFL League One and EFL League Two) plus the 32 surviving teams out of 644 teams from the National League System (levels 5–10 of the English football league system) that started the competition in 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 follow the latest national and local government guidelines regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs remaining	New entries this round	Winner prize money	Loser prize moneyШаблон:Efn	Divisions entering this round
First round proper	Saturday 7 November 2020	40	124 → 84	48	£16,972	£5,657	24 EFL League One teams 24 EFL League Two teams
Second round proper	Saturday 28 November 2020	20	84 → 64	None	£25,500	£8,500	None
Third round proper	Saturday 9 January 2021	32	64 → 32	44	£61,500	£20,500	20 Premier League teams 24 EFL Championship teams
Fourth round proper	Saturday 23 January 2021	16	32 → 16	None	£90,000	None	None
Fifth round proper	Wednesday 10 February 2021	8	16 → 8	None	£180,000	None	None
Quarter-finals	Saturday 20 March 2021	4	8 → 4	None	£360,000	None	None
Semi-finals	Saturday 17 April 2021	2	4 → 2	None	£900,000	£450,000	None
Final	Saturday 15 May 2021	1	2 → 1	None	£1,800,000	£900,000	None

Delay and scheduling

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, the previous season's competition was delayed, with the final played roughly three months late, on 1 August 2020. In a normal year, the FA Cup would start in early August, but with the previous season finishing late, the start of the 2020–21 FA Cup was also delayed to 31 August 2020.

Contrary to initial speculation that the 2020–21 FA Cup would be reduced in size, on 25 July 2020, the FA confirmed that lower league teams would be able to compete in the competition, with 737 teams accepted (out of 889 entrants), actually representing an increase of two teams on the previous season. Following the liquidation of Macclesfield Town, 736 teams ultimately entered the competition.

All eligible teams at step 5 of the National League System (and above) were accepted into the competition, with the remaining places given to clubs at step 6. In previous seasons step 6 clubs have been given access to the extra preliminary round based on their league position, but due to the cancellation of these leagues in 2019–20, the places for these teams was allocated by a random draw instead.

Round and draw dates

Planned dates for the early qualifying rounds were released to clubs in the National League System in late July, and confirmed by the FA on 3 August 2020. With replays removed from all rounds, some qualifying rounds were scheduled for Tuesdays rather than the usual Saturday.

Phase	Round	Draw date	First match date	Шаблон:Abbr
Qualifying rounds	Extra preliminary round	18 August 2020	31 August 2020
	Preliminary round		12 September 2020
	First round qualifying	14 September 2020	22 September 2020
	Second round qualifying	25 September 2020	3 October 2020
	Third round qualifying	5 October 2020	13 October 2020
	Fourth round qualifying	15 October 2020	24 October 2020
Main tournament	First round proper	26 October 2020	6 November 2020
	Second round proper	9 November 2020	28 November 2020
	Third round proper	30 November 2020	9 January 2021
	Fourth round proper	11 January 2021	23 January 2021
	Fifth round proper		9 February 2021
	Quarter-finals	11 February 2021	20 March 2021
	Semi-finals	21 March 2021	17 April 2021
	Final		15 May 2021

Rules changes

To fit into a truncated schedule for the 2020–21 season, replays were removed entirely from the competition. The prize fund was reduced, with figures returning to those last used in the 2017–18 FA Cup. While restrictions on fans attending games in person were in place, the usual prize money awarded to the winners for each round was split 75% to 25% with the losers.

Qualifying rounds

Шаблон:Main Teams that were not members of either the Premier League or English Football League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 32 available places in the first round proper. The qualifying competition began with the extra preliminary round on 31 August 2020.

First round proper

The draw for the first round proper was held on 26 October 2020. The 31 winners from the fourth qualifying round joined the clubs from League One and League Two and bye recipients Chorley in 40 ties played over the weekend of 7 November. This round included one team from level 9, Skelmersdale United, the lowest ranked team left in the competition. Chesterfield were originally drawn to play at Rochdale in this round. However, due to Chesterfield fielding an ineligible player during their fourth qualifying-round match against Stockport County, the match was replayed and ultimately won by Stockport County.

Second round proper

The draw for the second round proper was held on 9 November 2020. The 40 winners from the first round proper competed in 20 ties played over the weekend of 28 November. This round included two teams from level 8, Canvey Island and Marine, the lowest ranked teams left in the competition.

Third round proper

The draw for the third round proper was held on 30 November 2020. The 20 winners from the second round proper joined the clubs from the Premier League and EFL Championship in 32 ties played over the weekend of 9 January 2021. This round included one team from level 8, Marine, the lowest ranked team left in the competition. Marine were drawn against Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, representing the biggest league position gap between two teams in the competition's history.

Fourth round proper

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.

Fifth round proper

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).

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). Bournemouth were the only non-top flight team to play in this round.

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was held on 21 March 2021, at half-time of the match between Leicester City and Manchester United. The four winners from the quarter-finals played in two ties at Wembley Stadium on 17 and 18 April 2021.

The round featured four teams from the Premier League (level 1).

Final

Шаблон:Main 2021 FA Cup Final

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Шаблон:Flagicon Tammy Abraham	Chelsea	4
	Шаблон:Flagicon Kelechi Iheanacho	Leicester City
	Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Madine	Blackpool
	Шаблон:Flagicon Alfie May	Cheltenham Town
	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Nichols	Crawley Town
6	Шаблон:Flagicon Connor Hall	Chorley	3
	Шаблон:Flagicon Joshua King	Bournemouth
	Шаблон:Flagicon Jon Mellish	Carlisle United
	Шаблон:Flagicon Ashley Nadesan	Crawley Town
	Шаблон:Flagicon Richarlison	Everton
	Шаблон:Flagicon Mohamed Salah	Liverpool
	Шаблон:Flagicon Dominic Samuel	Gillingham
	Шаблон:Flagicon Youri Tielemans	Leicester City
	Шаблон:Flagicon Carlos Vinícius	Tottenham Hotspur
	Шаблон:Flagicon Benjamin Whiteman	Doncaster Rovers

Television rights

Round	BT Sport	BBC	FA Player (digital)
First round proper	Harrogate Town v Skelmersdale United Eastbourne Borough v Blackpool Oxford City v Northampton Town	FC United of Manchester v Doncaster Rovers Colchester United v Marine (digital) Banbury United v Canvey Island (digital) Havant & Waterlooville v Cray Valley Paper Mills (digital) Wigan Athletic v Chorley (digital) Torquay United v Crawley Town (digital) Hayes & Yeading United v Carlisle United (digital) Eastleigh v Milton Keynes Dons (digital)	None
	Tonbridge Angels v Bradford City (digital) Ipswich Town v Portsmouth (digital) Maldon & Tiptree v Morecambe (digital) Hampton & Richmond Borough v Oldham Athletic (digital)
Second round proper	Peterborough United v Chorley Marine v Havant & Waterlooville Canvey Island v Boreham Wood	Tranmere Rovers v Brackley Town Cheltenham Town v Crewe Alexandra (digital) Bradford City v Oldham Athletic (digital) Stevenage v Hull City (digital) AFC Wimbledon v Crawley Town (digital) Stockport County v Yeovil Town (digital) Mansfield Town v Dagenham & Redbridge (digital) Carlisle United v Doncaster Rovers (digital) Barnet v Milton Keynes Dons (digital)	None
	Morecambe v Solihull Moors (digital) Portsmouth v King's Lynn Town (digital) Shrewsbury Town v Oxford City (digital) Bristol Rovers v Darlington (digital)
Third round proper	Aston Villa v Liverpool Chorley v Derby County Manchester United v Watford Newport County v Brighton & Hove Albion Stockport County v West Ham United Southampton v Shrewsbury Town Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crystal Palace (Extra) Everton v Rotherham United (Extra) Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City (Extra) Boreham Wood v Millwall (Extra) Luton Town v Reading (Extra) Norwich City v Coventry City (Extra) Bournemouth v Oldham Athletic (Extra) Bristol Rovers v Sheffield United (Extra) Exeter City v Sheffield Wednesday (Extra) Blackpool v West Bromwich Albion (Extra)	Arsenal v Newcastle United Crawley Town v Leeds United Marine v Tottenham Hotspur Stevenage v Swansea City (digital) Stoke City v Leicester City (digital) Queens Park Rangers v Fulham (digital) Manchester City v Birmingham City (digital) Chelsea v Morecambe (digital)	Blackburn Rovers v Doncaster Rovers Wycombe Wanderers v Preston North End Burnley v Milton Keynes Dons Huddersfield Town v Plymouth Argyle Brentford v Middlesbrough Barnsley v Tranmere Rovers Bristol City v Portsmouth Cheltenham Town v Mansfield Town
Fourth round proper	Chorley v Wolverhampton Wanderers Southampton v Arsenal Brentford v Leicester City Everton v Sheffield Wednesday Wycombe Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur Brighton & Hove Albion v Blackpool (Extra) Swansea City v Nottingham Forest (Extra) Barnsley v Norwich City (Extra) Millwall v Bristol City (Extra) Fulham v Burnley (Extra) Bournemouth v Crawley Town (Extra)	Cheltenham Town v Manchester City Chelsea v Luton Town Manchester United v Liverpool Swansea City v Nottingham Forest (BBC One Wales) Sheffield United v Plymouth Argyle (digital) West Ham United v Doncaster Rovers (digital)	None
Fifth round proper	Burnley v Bournemouth Swansea City v Manchester City Leicester City v Brighton & Hove Albion Everton v Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers v Southampton	Manchester United v West Ham United Barnsley v Chelsea Sheffield United v Bristol City (digital)	None
Quarter-finals	Bournemouth v Southampton Everton v Manchester City	Chelsea v Sheffield United Leicester City v Manchester United	None
Semi-finals	Chelsea v Manchester City	Southampton vs Leicester City	None

A number of games per round also aired on BT Sport and BBC digital platforms, BT Sport Extra, and the FA Player. For the first time, all matches in the Third and fourth rounds Proper were aired live in the UK.

Prize fund

Round	Fate	Number of teams	Amount
Extra preliminary round	Losers	184	£375
	Winners	184	£1,125
Preliminary round	Losers	160	£481
	Winners	160	£1,444
First round qualifying	Losers	117	£750
	Winners	117	£2,250
Second round qualifying	Losers	80	£1,125
	Winners	80	£3,375
Third round qualifying	Losers	40	£1,875
	Winners	40	£5,625
Fourth round qualifying	Losers	32	£3,125
	Winners	32	£9,375
First round proper	Losers	40	£5,657
	Winners	40	£16,972
Second round proper	Losers	20	£8,500
	Winners	20	£25,500
Third round proper	Losers	32	£20,500
	Winners	32	£61,500
Fourth round proper	Losers	16	£22,500
	Winners	16	£67,500
Fifth round proper	Losers	8	£45,000
	Winners	8	£135,000
Quarter-finals	Losers	4	£180,000
	Winners	4	£360,000
Semi-finals	Losers	2	£450,000
	Winners	2	£900,000
Final	Runners-up	1	£900,000
	Winners	1	£1,800,000
Sources: The FA