2021 Women's FA Cup Final

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.

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 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
GK1 Manuela Zinsberger
RB16 Noelle Maritz
CB3 Lotte Wubben-Moy 87'
CB5 Jen Beattie 70'
LB7 Stephanie Catley
DM13 Lia Wälti 61'
DM12 Frida Maanum 80'
AM10 Kim Little (c)
RW9 Beth Mead 8'
LW15 Katie McCabe 66'
CF11 Vivianne Miedema
Substitutes:
DF4 Anna Patten
MF8 Jordan Nobbs
FW14 Nikita Parris 80' 80'
GK18 Lydia Williams
FW19 Caitlin Foord 70'
DF20 Simone Boye Sørensen 87'
DF22 Viktoria Schnaderbeck
FW23 Mana Iwabuchi 61'
DF29 Teyah Goldie
Manager:
Jonas Eidevall
GK30 Ann-Katrin Berger
CB4 Millie Bright
CB7 Jess Carter
CB16 Magdalena Eriksson
RM22 Erin Cuthbert 45'
CM5 Sophie Ingle (c) 90+4'
CM8 Melanie Leupolz 86'
LM11 Guro Reiten 87'
RW17 Jessie Fleming
LW14 Fran Kirby 74'
FW23 Sam Kerr 86'
Substitutes:
GK1 Zećira Mušović
DF3 Aniek Nouwen 90+4'
FW9 Bethany England 86'
MF10 Ji So-yun 86'
MF21 Niamh Charles
FW23 Pernille Harder 74'
MF24 Drew Spence 87'
DF25 Jonna Andersson
DF29 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. Stoddart, Craig (17 November 2021). "Helen Conley is chosen for Cup final". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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