FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is the main "knockout" cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association. The other two top honours that an English club can win are the League Championship and the European Cup. Winning the FA Cup and the League Championship is known as a double. Manchester United is the only team to win all three, known as the treble.

Related Topics:
English - Football - The Football Association - League Championship - European Cup - Manchester United

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The FA Cup is the oldest football competition in the world. As such its prestige as the sport's premier domestic cup competition is without par around the world. As it involves clubs of all standards playing against each other, there is great scope for "giant-killers" from the lower divisions to eliminate top clubs from the tournament. A record 660 teams have entered the FA Cup in 2004-2005 compared to the League Cup, a lower prestige English football knockout tournament, where only the 92 members of The Football League (who organise the competition) and FA Premier League can compete.

Related Topics:
Competition - League Cup - The Football League - FA Premier League

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The name "FA Cup" usually refers to the English men's tournament. The equivalent competition for women's teams is the FA Women's Cup. The women's cup has a much lower public profile than the men's, in common with all women's football in England. Many nations also have similar competitions, inspired by this legendary tournament.

Related Topics:
FA Women's Cup - Women's football

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