2021 Women's FA Cup final
{{short description|English football cup final}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox football match
| title = 2021 Women's FA Cup final
| image = 2021 Women's FA Cup Final Programme Cover.jpeg
| caption = The match programme cover
| event = 2020–21 Women's FA Cup
| team1 = Arsenal
| team1score = 0
| team2 = Chelsea
| team2score = 3
| details =
| date = {{Start date|2021|12|5|df=y}}
| stadium = Wembley Stadium
| city = London
| woman_player1 = Sam Kerr{{cite news |last1=Radnedge |first1=Christian |title=Sam Kerr leads Chelsea to FA Cup final win over Arsenal at Wembley |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/sam-kerr-leads-chelsea-to-fa-cup-final-win-over-arsenal-at-wembley-20211206-p59f11.html |access-date=8 January 2022 |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=6 December 2021}}
| referee = Helen Conley (Durham)
| attendance = 40,942
| previous = 2020
| next = 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.{{cite news |last1=Gillen |first1=Nancy |title=Women's FA Cup Final: Marking the 100th anniversary of the ban on women's football |url=https://www.givemesport.com/1797273-womens-fa-cup-final-marking-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-ban-on-womens-football |access-date=8 January 2022 |publisher=GiveMeSport |date=5 December 2021}}
Match details
|date={{start date|2021|12|5|df=y}}
|time=15:00 GMT
|score=0–3
|report= https://womenscompetitions.thefa.com/Article/chelsea-win-vitality-womens-fa-cup-final-20211205
|team1=Arsenal
|team2=Chelsea
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Wembley Stadium, London
|attendance=40,942
|referee=Helen Conley (Durham){{cite news |last1=Stoddart |first1=Craig |title=Helen Conley is chosen for Cup final |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/19723801.helen-conley-chosen-cup-final/ |access-date=8 January 2022 |publisher=The Northern Echo |date=17 November 2021}}
}}
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | {{flagicon|AUT}} Manuela Zinsberger | ||
| RB | 16 | {{flagicon|SWI}} Noelle Maritz | ||
| CB | 3 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Lotte Wubben-Moy | {{suboff|87}} | |
| CB | 5 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Jen Beattie | {{suboff|70}} | |
| LB | 7 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Stephanie Catley | ||
| DM | 13 | {{flagicon|SWI}} Lia Wälti | {{suboff|61}} | |
| DM | 12 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Frida Maanum | {{suboff|80}} | |
| AM | 10 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Kim Little (c) | ||
| RW | 9 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Beth Mead | {{yel|8}} | |
| LW | 15 | {{flagicon|IRL}} Katie McCabe | {{yel|66}} | |
| CF | 11 | {{flagicon|NED}} Vivianne Miedema | ||
| colspan=4|Substitutes: | ||||
| DF | 4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Anna Patten | ||
| MF | 8 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Jordan Nobbs | ||
| FW | 14 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Nikita Parris | {{yel|80}} | {{subon|80}} |
| GK | 18 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Lydia Williams | ||
| FW | 19 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Caitlin Foord | {{subon|70}} | |
| DF | 20 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Simone Boye Sørensen | {{subon|87}} | |
| DF | 22 | {{flagicon|AUT}} Viktoria Schnaderbeck | ||
| FW | 23 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Mana Iwabuchi | {{subon|61}} | |
| DF | 29 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Teyah Goldie | ||
| colspan=4|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Jonas Eidevall |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 30 | {{flagicon|GER}} Ann-Katrin Berger | ||
| CB | 4 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Millie Bright | ||
| CB | 7 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Jess Carter | ||
| CB | 16 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Magdalena Eriksson | ||
| RM | 22 | {{flagicon|SCO}} Erin Cuthbert | {{yel|45}} | |
| CM | 5 | {{flagicon|WAL}} Sophie Ingle (c) | {{suboff|90+4}} | |
| CM | 8 | {{flagicon|GER}} Melanie Leupolz | {{suboff|86}} | |
| LM | 11 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Guro Reiten | {{suboff|87}} | |
| RW | 17 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Jessie Fleming | ||
| LW | 14 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Fran Kirby | {{suboff|74}} | |
| FW | 20 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Sam Kerr | {{suboff|86}} | |
| colspan=4|Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 1 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Zećira Mušović | ||
| DF | 3 | {{flagicon|NED}} Aniek Nouwen | {{subon|90+4}} | |
| FW | 9 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Bethany England | {{subon|86}} | |
| MF | 10 | {{flagicon|KOR}} Ji So-yun | {{subon|86}} | |
| MF | 21 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Niamh Charles | ||
| FW | 23 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Pernille Harder | {{subon|74}} | |
| MF | 24 | {{flagicon|JAM}} Drew Spence | {{subon|87}} | |
| DF | 25 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Jonna Andersson | ||
| DF | 29 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Jorja Fox | ||
| colspan=4|Manager: | ||||
| colspan="4"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Emma Hayes |
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|width=50% valign=top| Player of the match
|width=50% valign=top| Match rules
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.thefa.com/competitions/womens/the-sse-womens-fa-cup}}
- [http://womensfacup.co.uk/history/index.php?od=99&mn=10607 Report] at WomensFACup.co.uk
{{FA Women's Cup}}
{{2020–21 in English women's football}}
{{Arsenal W.F.C. matches}}
{{Chelsea L.F.C. matches}}
Category:Women's FA Cup finals