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.

Past Winners of the FA Cup

For the full results from all FA Cup finals, see FA Cup Final

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Manchester United have won the cup the most times - eleven in all. Two clubs have won the cup on three consecutive occasions - Wanderers (1876-8) and Blackburn Rovers (1884-6).

Related Topics:
Manchester United - Wanderers - Blackburn Rovers

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Leicester City hold the unfortunate record of having appeared in four FA Cup finals without ever winning the cup.

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The top 10 clubs by number of wins (and when they last won and lost a final):

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Clubs with 4 or less wins:

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• 4 wins: Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, Sheffield United, Wolverhampton Wanderers
• 3 wins: Chelsea, Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United
• 2 wins: Bury, Nottingham Forest, Old Etonians, Preston North End, Sunderland
• 1 win: Barnsley, Blackburn Olympic, Blackpool, Bradford City, Burnley, Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic, Clapham Rovers, Coventry City, Derby County, Huddersfield Town, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Notts County, Old Carthusians, Oxford University, Portsmouth, Royal Engineers, Southampton, Wimbledon

Six clubs have won the FA Cup as part of a League and Cup double, these are Preston North End (1889), Aston Villa (1897), Spurs (1961), Arsenal (1971, 1998, 2002), Liverpool (1986) and Manchester United (1994, 1996, 1999). Arsenal and Manchester United share the record of three doubles. Arsenal are the only club to win doubles in distinct decades, and have in fact won in three different decades.

Related Topics:
League and Cup double - Preston North End - Aston Villa - Spurs - Arsenal - Liverpool - Manchester United

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In 1999, Manchester United added the Champions League crown to its double, an accomplishment known as The Treble.

Related Topics:
1999 - Champions League

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In 2001, Liverpool did not win the league, but won the League Cup and UEFA Cup to complete a different treble. This less prestigious set of results has been called, by opposition fans, the Tin Pot Treble. They also won the FA Charity Shield and the European Super Cup.

Related Topics:
2001 - League Cup - UEFA Cup - FA Charity Shield - European Super Cup

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Aston Villa have scored the most goals in FA Cup history, having scored some 788 goals between 1879 and 2005.

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