2018 Women's FA Cup final

2018 FA Women's Cup final
Event2017–18 FA Women's Cup
Arsenal Chelsea
1 3
Date5 May 2018 (2018-05-05)
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeLindsey Robinson (Durham)
Attendance45,423
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The 2018 FA Women's Cup final was the 48th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 25th to be played directly under the auspices of the Football Association (FA) and was named the SSE Women's FA Cup Final due to sponsorship reasons.

The final was contested between Arsenal Ladies and Chelsea Ladies on 5 May 2018 at Wembley Stadium in London. The match was broadcast on BBC1. Chelsea won the match 3–1 in front of a record crowd of 45,423 to clinch their second title. As their men's counterpart won the 2017–18 FA Cup, Chelsea became the third club, after Southampton and Arsenal, to win both the men's and women's FA Cup in the same season.

Match details

Arsenal1–3Chelsea Ladies
Miedema 73'
Attendance: 45,423
Arsenal
Chelsea
GK 1 Sari van Veenendaal
RB 18 Lisa Evans  84'
CB 6 Leah Williamson
CB 16 Louise Quinn
LB 3 Emma Mitchell  84'
CM 20 Dominique Janssen  42'  63'
AM 7 Daniëlle van de Donk
AM 10 Kim Little (c)
LW 23 Beth Mead
RW 8 Jordan Nobbs
CF 11 Vivianne Miedema
Substitutes:
GK 13 Anna Moorhouse
DF 25 Jessica Samuelsson
MF 17 Heather O'Reilly  63'
FW 9 Danielle Carter  84'
FW 15 Katie McCabe  84'
Manager:
Joe Montemurro
GK 1 Hedvig Lindahl
CB 4 Millie Bright
CB 18 Maren Mjelde
CB 16 Magdalena Eriksson
LB 20 Jonna Andersson  70'
RB 3 Hannah Blundell
CM 10 Ji So-yun
CM 17 Katie Chapman (c)
AM 24 Drew Spence  74'
FW 14 Fran Kirby
FW 23 Ramona Bachmann  85'
Substitutes:
GK 28 Carly Telford
DF 2 Maria Thorisdottir  70'
DW 5 Gilly Flaherty
MF 22 Erin Cuthbert  74'
FW 9 Eniola Aluko  85'
Manager:
Emma Hayes

Player of the match

Match officials

  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official: Helen Byrne (Liverpool)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Ahead of the game, Subbuteo launched an all-women game set for the first time.

References

  1. ^ "The best women's sport on TV in 2018". Radio Times. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. ^ Tom Garry (5 May 2018). "Arsenal Ladies 1–3 Chelsea Ladies". BBC. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. ^ Topping, Alexandra (2 May 2018). "First all-female Subbuteo set launched before Women's FA Cup final". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2018.