2021 Women's FA Cup final

English football cup final

Football match
2021 Women's FA Cup final
The match programme cover
Event2020–21 Women's FA Cup
Arsenal Chelsea
0 3
Date5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)
VenueWembley Stadium, London
Player of the MatchSam Kerr[1]
RefereeHelen Conley (Durham)
Attendance40,942
2020
2022

The 2021 Women's FA Cup final was the 51st final of the Women's FA Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 27th 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.

The final was contested between Arsenal and Chelsea on 5 December 2021 at Wembley Stadium in London and broadcast on BBC1. Chelsea won 3–0 in front of a crowd of 40,942 to clinch their third title.

Originally scheduled to be played in May 2021, the match was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The alternative date in December was chosen to symbolically coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the FA's infamous ruling to ban women's football from the grounds of all its affiliated clubs.[2]

Match details

Arsenal0–3Chelsea
Report
Attendance: 40,942
Referee: Helen Conley (Durham)[3]
Arsenal
Chelsea
GK 1 Austria Manuela Zinsberger
RB 16 Switzerland Noelle Maritz
CB 3 England Lotte Wubben-Moy downward-facing red arrow 87'
CB 5 Scotland Jen Beattie downward-facing red arrow 70'
LB 7 Australia Stephanie Catley
DM 13 Switzerland Lia Wälti downward-facing red arrow 61'
DM 12 Norway Frida Maanum downward-facing red arrow 80'
AM 10 Scotland Kim Little (c)
RW 9 England Beth Mead Yellow card 8'
LW 15 Republic of Ireland Katie McCabe Yellow card 66'
CF 11 Netherlands Vivianne Miedema
Substitutes:
DF 4 England Anna Patten
MF 8 England Jordan Nobbs
FW 14 England Nikita Parris Yellow card 80' upward-facing green arrow 80'
GK 18 Australia Lydia Williams
FW 19 Australia Caitlin Foord upward-facing green arrow 70'
DF 20 Denmark Simone Boye Sørensen upward-facing green arrow 87'
DF 22 Austria Viktoria Schnaderbeck
FW 23 Japan Mana Iwabuchi upward-facing green arrow 61'
DF 29 England Teyah Goldie
Manager:
Sweden Jonas Eidevall
GK 30 Germany Ann-Katrin Berger
CB 4 England Millie Bright
CB 7 England Jess Carter
CB 16 Sweden Magdalena Eriksson
RM 22 Scotland Erin Cuthbert Yellow card 45'
CM 5 Wales Sophie Ingle (c) downward-facing red arrow 90+4'
CM 8 Germany Melanie Leupolz downward-facing red arrow 86'
LM 11 Norway Guro Reiten downward-facing red arrow 87'
RW 17 Canada Jessie Fleming
LW 14 England Fran Kirby downward-facing red arrow 74'
FW 20 Australia Sam Kerr downward-facing red arrow 86'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Sweden Zećira Mušović
DF 3 Netherlands Aniek Nouwen upward-facing green arrow 90+4'
FW 9 England Bethany England upward-facing green arrow 86'
MF 10 South Korea Ji So-yun upward-facing green arrow 86'
MF 21 England Niamh Charles
FW 23 Denmark Pernille Harder upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 24 Jamaica Drew Spence upward-facing green arrow 87'
DF 25 Sweden Jonna Andersson
DF 29 England Jorja Fox
Manager:
England Emma Hayes

Player of the match

Match officials[3]

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 stoppages.

References

  1. ^ Radnedge, Christian (6 December 2021). "Sam Kerr leads Chelsea to FA Cup final win over Arsenal at Wembley". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ^ Gillen, Nancy (5 December 2021). "Women's FA Cup Final: Marking the 100th anniversary of the ban on women's football". GiveMeSport. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Stoddart, Craig (17 November 2021). "Helen Conley is chosen for Cup final". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

External links

  • Official website
  • Report at WomensFACup.co.uk
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