Winners and finalists FA Cup




1 winners , finalists

1.1 consecutive winners
1.2 winning managers
1.3 doubles/trebles
1.4 outside england
1.5 outside top division





winners , finalists


consecutive winners

four clubs have won consecutive fa cups on more 1 occasion: wanderers (1872, 1873 , 1876, 1877, 1878), blackburn rovers (1884, 1885, 1886 , 1890, 1891), tottenham hotspur (1961, 1962 , 1981, 1982) , arsenal (2002, 2003 , 2014, 2015).


winning managers

the record winner s medals manager held arsène wenger, has won 7 titles arsenal (1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014, 2015, 2017).


doubles/trebles

seven clubs have won fa cup part of league , cup double, namely preston north end (1889), aston villa (1897), tottenham hotspur (1961), arsenal (1971, 1998, 2002), liverpool (1986), manchester united (1994, 1996, 1999) , chelsea (2010). in 1993, arsenal became first side win both fa cup , league cup in same season when beat sheffield wednesday 2–1 in both finals. liverpool (in 2001) , chelsea (in 2007) have since repeated feat. in 2012, chelsea accomplished different cup double consisting of fa cup , 2012 champions league. in 1998–99, manchester united added 1999 champions league title league , cup double complete unique treble. 2 years later, in 2000–01, liverpool won fa cup, league cup , uefa cup complete cup treble. english treble has never been achieved.


outside england

the fa cup has been won non-english team once. cardiff city achieved in 1927 when beat arsenal in final @ wembley. had made final lose sheffield united in 1925 , lost final portsmouth in 2008. cardiff city team win national cups of 2 different countries in same season, having won welsh cup in 1927. scottish team queen s park reached , lost final in both 1884 , 1885.


outside top division

since creation of football league in 1888, final has never been contested 2 teams outside top division, , there have been 8 winners not in top flight: notts county (1894); tottenham hotspur (1901); wolverhampton wanderers (1908); barnsley (1912); west bromwich albion (1931); sunderland (1973), southampton (1976) , west ham united (1980). exception of tottenham, these clubs playing in second tier (the old second division) – tottenham playing in southern league , elected football league in 1908, meaning non-league winners of fa cup since league s creation. other tottenham s victory, 24 finalists have come outside english football s top tier, record of 7 wins , 17 runners-up: , none @ third tier or lower, southampton (1902, in southern league) being last finalist outside top 2 tiers.


sunderland s win in 1973 considered major upset, having beaten leeds united finished third in top flight season., west ham s victory on arsenal in 1980 gunners in third successive fa cup final , cup holders previous year having finished 4th in first division, whereas west ham had ended season 7th in division 2. marked last time (as of 2017-18) team outside top division. uniquely, in 2008 3 of 4 semi-finalists (barnsley, cardiff city , west bromwich) outside top division, although eventual winner last remaining top-flight team, portsmouth. west bromwich (1931) team have won fa cup , earned promotion top flight in same season; whereas wigan athletic (2013) team have won cup , been relegated top flight in same season.








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