2023 Women's FA Cup final

The 2023 Women's FA Cup final was the 53rd final of the Women's FA Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 29th to be played directly under the auspices of The Football Association (FA) and was named the Vitality Women's FA Cup Final due to sponsorship reasons.

2023 Women's FA Cup Final
Event2022–23 Women's FA Cup
Date14 May 2023 (2023-05-14)
VenueWembley Stadium, London
Player of the MatchSam Kerr (Chelsea)[1]
RefereeEmily Heaslip (Suffolk)[2]
Attendance77,390
2022
2024

The final was contested between Manchester United and Chelsea, on 14 May 2023 at Wembley Stadium in London.[3][4][5]

Chelsea were the defending champions of the last two editions,[6] and won their third consecutive cup on a 68th-minute Sam Kerr goal assisted by a Pernille Harder cross.[7] The attendance of 77,390 broke the previous cup's record of 49,094, and also set a new world record for attendance to a match in a domestic women's competition, topping the 60,739 attendance to Atlético Madrid against Barcelona in the Primera División on 19 March 2019.[8]

VAR was not only used for the first time in the final but also the first time that it was used in an English women's competitions league or cup.

Match edit

Details edit

Chelsea1–0Manchester United
Kerr   68' FA report
BBC report
Attendance: 77,390
Referee: Emily Heaslip
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chelsea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Manchester United
GK 30   Ann-Katrin Berger
RB 15   Ève Périsset
CB 18   Maren Mjelde
CB 16   Magdalena Eriksson (c)
LB 21   Niamh Charles   56'   72'
RM 8   Melanie Leupolz   57'
CM 17   Jessie Fleming   57'
LM 22   Erin Cuthbert
RW 10   Lauren James   80'   88'
CF 20   Sam Kerr   68'
LW 11   Guro Reiten   53'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Zećira Mušović
CM 5   Sophie Ingle   87'   57'
DF 7   Jess Carter   72'
MF 13   Kateřina Svitková
MF 19   Johanna Rytting Kaneryd
RW 23   Pernille Harder   57'
DF 26   Kadeisha Buchanan   88'
LW 27   Alsu Abdullina
MF 28   Jelena Čanković
Manager:
  Emma Hayes
GK 27   Mary Earps
RB 2   Ona Batlle
CB 15   Maya Le Tissier
CB 21   Millie Turner
LB 6   Hannah Blundell   79'
RM 10   Katie Zelem (c)
LM 12   Hayley Ladd   90+1'
RW 22   Nikita Parris   61'
CAM 7   Ella Toone   79'
CF 23   Alessia Russo
LW 11   Leah Galton
Substitutes:
DF 5   Aoife Mannion   79'
MF 8   Vilde Bøe Risa
FW 9   Martha Thomas   90+1'
DF 14   Jayde Riviere
MF 16   Lisa Naalsund
FW 17   Lucía García   79'
FW 28   Rachel Williams   61'
DF 29   Estelle Cascarino
GK 32   Sophie Baggaley
Manager:
  Marc Skinner

Player of the match

Match officials[2]

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Nine named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions in three normal-time stoppages and/or a fourth stoppage in extra-time

Statistics edit