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2025 Women's FA Cup final

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2025 Women's FA Cup final
The match took place at Wembley Stadium
Event2024–25 Women's FA Cup
Date18 May 2025 (2025-05-18)
VenueWembley Stadium, London
Player of the MatchErin Cuthbert (Chelsea)[1]
RefereeStacey Fullicks (Northamptonshire)[2]
Attendance74,412
2024
2026

The 2025 Women's FA Cup final was the 55th final of the Women's FA Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 31st to be played directly under the auspices of The Football Association and was named the Adobe Women's FA Cup final due to sponsorship reasons.

Chelsea faced title holders Manchester United in the final.[3] This was United's third successive final, and a rematch of the 2023 final which Chelsea won 1–0.[4] Chelsea won the match 3–0, winning their sixth FA Cup title and completing the domestic treble.[5]

Match

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Details

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Chelsea3–0Manchester United
Report
Attendance: 74,412
Referee: Stacey Fullicks (Northamptonshire)
Chelsea
Manchester United
GK 24 England Hannah Hampton
CB 14 Sweden Nathalie Björn
CB 4 England Millie Bright (c)
CB 16 United States Naomi Girma
RWB 22 England Lucy Bronze downward-facing red arrow 90+4'
LWB 21 England Niamh Charles
RM 33 England Aggie Beever-Jones downward-facing red arrow 75'
CM 30 England Keira Walsh
CM 8 Scotland Erin Cuthbert Yellow card 56' downward-facing red arrow 90+4'
LM 17 France Sandy Baltimore Yellow card 90' downward-facing red arrow 90+4'
CF 7 Colombia Mayra Ramírez downward-facing red arrow 62'
Substitutes:
GK 38 Jamaica Rebecca Spencer
DF 12 Canada Ashley Lawrence
MF 6 Germany Sjoeke Nüsken upward-facing green arrow 90+4'
MF 11 Norway Guro Reiten upward-facing green arrow 90+4'
MF 18 Netherlands Wieke Kaptein upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 19 Sweden Johanna Rytting Kaneryd upward-facing green arrow 90+4'
MF 27 France Oriane Jean-François
FW 9 United States Catarina Macario upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 23 Japan Maika Hamano
Manager:
France Sonia Bompastor
GK 91 United States Phallon Tullis-Joyce
RB 5 Republic of Ireland Aoife Mannion downward-facing red arrow 70'
CB 4 England Maya Le Tissier (c)
CB 21 England Millie Turner downward-facing red arrow 46'
LB 3 England Gabby George Yellow card 72' downward-facing red arrow 76'
CM 20 Japan Hinata Miyazawa downward-facing red arrow 81'
CM 17 Netherlands Dominique Janssen
RW 15 Norway Celin Bizet downward-facing red arrow 81'
AM 8 England Grace Clinton Yellow card 53'
LW 11 England Leah Galton Yellow card 50'
CF 19 Norway Elisabeth Terland
Substitutes:
GK 1 England Kayla Rendell
GK 39 Wales Safia Middleton-Patel
DF 2 Sweden Anna Sandberg upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF 7 England Ella Toone upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 13 Canada Simi Awujo
MF 16 Norway Lisa Naalsund upward-facing green arrow 81'
MF 48 Wales Mared Griffiths
FW 9 France Melvine Malard upward-facing green arrow 70'
FW 28 England Rachel Williams upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
England Marc Skinner

Player of the Match:
Erin Cuthbert (Chelsea)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Isabel Chaplin (Suffolk)
Ceri Williams (Derbyshire)
Fourth official:[2]
Megan Wilson (Sheffield & Hallamshire)
Fourth official:[2]
Anastasiya Voloshchuk (London)
Video assistant referee:[2]
Peter Bankes (Liverpool)
Assistant video assistant referee:[2]
Eddie Smart (Birmingham)

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, with a sixth allowed in extra time[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cuthbert praises 'winner' Bompastor after Chelsea complete treble". BBC Sport. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "The match officials for all of our 2025 FA competition finals have been appointed". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 29 April 2025. Archived from the original on 3 May 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  3. ^ Sanders, Emma (13 April 2025). "Man City 0–2 Man Utd: Holders Manchester United set up FA Cup final against Chelsea". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 24 April 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Sam Kerr secures Chelsea third successive Vitality Women's FA Cup win". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 14 May 2023. Archived from the original on 17 February 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  5. ^ Marsh, Charlotte (18 May 2025). "Chelsea Women 3–0 Man Utd Women: Blues clinch unbeaten domestic treble with Women's FA Cup final win as Sandy Baltimore scores twice". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  6. ^ Each team will be given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.
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