2021 Women's FA Cup final

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

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
  • Kirby 3'
  • Kerr 57', 77'
Attendance: 40,942
Referee: Helen Conley (Durham)[3]
Arsenal
Chelsea
GK 1 Manuela Zinsberger
RB 16 Noelle Maritz
CB 3 Lotte Wubben-Moy  87'
CB 5 Jen Beattie  70'
LB 7 Stephanie Catley
DM 13 Lia Wälti  61'
DM 12 Frida Maanum  80'
AM 10 Kim Little (c)
RW 9 Beth Mead  8'
LW 15 Katie McCabe  66'
CF 11 Vivianne Miedema
Substitutes:
DF 4 Anna Patten
MF 8 Jordan Nobbs
FW 14 Nikita Parris  80'  80'
GK 18 Lydia Williams
FW 19 Caitlin Foord  70'
DF 20 Simone Boye Sørensen  87'
DF 22 Viktoria Schnaderbeck
FW 23 Mana Iwabuchi  61'
DF 29 Teyah Goldie
Manager:
Jonas Eidevall
GK 30 Ann-Katrin Berger
CB 4 Millie Bright
CB 7 Jess Carter
CB 16 Magdalena Eriksson
RM 22 Erin Cuthbert  45'
CM 5 Sophie Ingle (c)  90+4'
CM 8 Melanie Leupolz  86'
LM 11 Guro Reiten  87'
RW 17 Jessie Fleming
LW 14 Fran Kirby  74'
FW 20 Sam Kerr  86'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Zećira Mušović
DF 3 Aniek Nouwen  90+4'
FW 9 Bethany England  86'
MF 10 Ji So-yun  86'
MF 21 Niamh Charles
FW 23 Pernille Harder  74'
MF 24 Drew Spence  87'
DF 25 Jonna Andersson
DF 29 Jorja Fox
Manager:
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.
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