2023 Women's FA Cup final

{{Infobox football match

| title = 2023 Women's FA Cup Final

| image =

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| event = 2022–23 Women's FA Cup

| team1 = Chelsea

| team1score = 1

| team2 = Manchester United

| team2score = 0

| details =

| date = {{Start date|2023|5|14|df=y}}

| stadium = Wembley Stadium

| city = London

| woman_player1 = Sam Kerr (Chelsea){{Cite news |title=Women's FA Cup final: Sam Kerr seals title for Chelsea against Manchester United|language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65564608 |date=14 May 2023 |access-date=14 May 2023 |first=Emma |last=Sanders}}

| referee = Emily Heaslip (Suffolk){{Cite press release |title=We can now reveal who will be taking charge of the Vitality Women's FA Cup Final|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2023/may/03/emily-heaslip-to-referee-vitality-womens-fa-cup-final-2023-20230205 |date=3 May 2023 |access-date=14 May 2023 |publisher=The Football Association |language=en}}

| attendance = 77,390

| previous = 2022

| next = 2024

}}

The 2023 Women's FA Cup final was the 53rd final of the Women's FA Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 29th 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 Manchester United and Chelsea, on 14 May 2023 at Wembley Stadium in London.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2023/apr/15/man-utd-brighton-vitality-fa-cup-semi-final-20230415|title=Manchester United edge past Brighton to reach Vitality Women's FA Cup final|publisher=The Football Association|access-date=14 May 2023|date=15 April 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65289747|title=Manchester United reach historic first Women's FA Cup final - but have 'not won anything' yet|work=BBC Sport|access-date=14 May 2023|date=15 April 2023|first=Emma|last=Smith}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65277169|title=Aston Villa 0–1 Chelsea: Holders reach Women's FA Cup final with narrow win|work=BBC Sport|access-date=14 May 2023|date=16 April 2023|first=Emma|last=Sanders}}

Chelsea were the defending champions of the last two editions,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefa.com/news/2023/apr/16/aston-villa-chelsea-vitality-womens-fa-cup-20230416|title=Kerr's header guides Chelsea into Vitality Women's FA Cup Final|publisher=The Football Association|access-date=14 May 2023|date=16 April 2023}} and won their third consecutive cup on a 68th-minute Sam Kerr goal assisted by a Pernille Harder cross.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefa.com/news/2023/may/14/vitality-womens-fa-cup-chelsea-manchester-united-report-20230514|title=Sam Kerr secures Chelsea third successive Vitality Women's FA Cup win|publisher=The Football Association|date=14 May 2023|access-date=14 May 2023}} The attendance of 77,390 broke the previous cup's record of 49,094, and also set a new world record for attendance to a match in a domestic women's competition, topping the 60,739 attendance to Atlético Madrid against Barcelona in the Primera División on 19 March 2019.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65448989 |title=FA Cup final caps record-breaking year for women's football |date=14 May 2023 |work=BBC Sport |first=Emily |last=Salley|access-date=14 May 2023}}

VAR was not only used for the first time in the final but also the first time that it was used in an English women's competitions league or cup.

Match

= Details =

{{Football box

| date = 14 May 2023

| time = 14:30 BST

| team1 = Chelsea

| team2 = Manchester United

| score = 1–0

| report = [https://www.thefa.com/news/2023/may/14/vitality-womens-fa-cup-chelsea-manchester-united-report-20230514 FA report]
[https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/65450255 BBC report]

| goals1 = Kerr {{goal|68}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Wembley Stadium, London

| attendance = 77,390

| referee = Emily Heaslip

}}

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GK	30	{{flagicon\|GER}} Ann-Katrin Berger
RB	15	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Ève Périsset
CB	18	{{flagicon\|NOR}} Maren Mjelde
CB	16	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Magdalena Eriksson (c)
LB	21	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Niamh Charles	{{yel\|56}}	{{suboff\|72}}
RM	8	{{flagicon\|GER}} Melanie Leupolz		{{suboff\|57}}
CM	17	{{flagicon\|CAN}} Jessie Fleming		{{suboff\|57}}
LM	22	{{flagicon\|SCO}} Erin Cuthbert
RW	10	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Lauren James	{{yel\|80}}	{{suboff\|88}}
CF	20	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Sam Kerr	{{goal\|68}}
LW	11	{{flagicon\|NOR}} Guro Reiten	{{yel\|53}}
colspan=4\|Substitutes:
GK	1	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Zećira Mušović
CM	5	{{flagicon\|WAL}} Sophie Ingle	{{yel\|87}}	{{subon\|57}}
DF	7	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Jess Carter		{{subon\|72}}
MF	13	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Kateřina Svitková
MF	19	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Johanna Rytting Kaneryd
RW	23	{{flagicon\|DEN}} Pernille Harder		{{subon\|57}}
DF	26	{{flagicon\|CAN}} Kadeisha Buchanan		{{subon\|88}}
LW	27	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Alsu Abdullina
MF	28	{{flagicon\|SRB}} Jelena Čanković
colspan=4\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Emma Hayes

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GK	27	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Mary Earps
RB	2	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Ona Batlle
CB	15	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Maya Le Tissier
CB	21	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Millie Turner
LB	6	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Hannah Blundell	{{suboff\|79}}
RM	10	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Katie Zelem (c)
LM	12	{{flagicon\|WAL}} Hayley Ladd	{{suboff\|90+1}}
RW	22	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Nikita Parris	{{suboff\|61}}
CAM	7	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Ella Toone	{{suboff\|79}}
CF	23	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Alessia Russo
LW	11	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Leah Galton
colspan=4\|Substitutes:
DF	5	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Aoife Mannion	{{subon\|79}}
MF	8	{{flagicon\|NOR}} Vilde Bøe Risa
FW	9	{{flagicon\|SCO}} Martha Thomas	{{subon\|90+1}}
DF	14	{{flagicon\|CAN}} Jayde Riviere
MF	16	{{flagicon\|NOR}} Lisa Naalsund
FW	17	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Lucía García	{{subon\|79}}
FW	28	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Rachel Williams	{{subon\|61}}
DF	29	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Estelle Cascarino
GK	32	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Sophie Baggaley
colspan=4\|Manager:
colspan="4"\|{{flagicon\|ENG}} Marc Skinner

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Player of the match

Sam Kerr (Chelsea)

Match officials

Referee: Emily Heaslip (Suffolk)
Assistant referees:
Georgia Ball (Derbyshire)
Chloe-Ann Small (Hampshire)
Fourth official: Abigail Byrne (Cambridgeshire)
Reserve assistant: Sophie Dennington (Berks & Bucks)
Video assistant referee (VAR): Michael Salisbury (Lancashire)
VAR assistant: Sian Massey-Ellis (Birmingham)

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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 normal-time stoppages and/or a fourth stoppage in extra-time

=Statistics=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+Overall{{cite web \|title=Women's FA Cup final: Watch reaction as Chelsea beat Man Utd to defend trophy \|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/65450255 \|website=BBC Sport \|access-date=15 May 2023 \|date=14 May 2023}}
scope="col" style="width:100px"\|Statistic !scope="col" style="width:70px"\|Chelsea !scope="col" style="width:70px"\|Manchester United
scope=row\|Goals scored \|1\|\|0
scope=row\|Total shots \|8\|\|14
scope=row\|Shots on target \|4\|\|5
scope=row\|Ball possession \|48%\|\|52%
scope=row\|Corner kicks \|0\|\|2
scope=row\|Fouls committed \|9\|\|10
scope=row\|Yellow cards \|4\|\|0
scope=row\|Red cards \|0\|\|0

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|+Overall{{cite web |title=Women's FA Cup final: Watch reaction as Chelsea beat Man Utd to defend trophy |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/live/football/65450255 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=15 May 2023 |date=14 May 2023}}

scope="col" style="width:100px"|Statistic

!scope="col" style="width:70px"|Chelsea

!scope="col" style="width:70px"|Manchester United

scope=row|Goals scored

|1||0

scope=row|Total shots

|8||14

scope=row|Shots on target

|4||5

scope=row|Ball possession

|48%||52%

scope=row|Corner kicks