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FA Cup

National League Championship Series

The Football Association Challenge Cup, known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout competition in domestic English football and the oldest national football competition in the world. It was first played in the 1871-72 season and is organised by the Football Association. Clubs down to level 9 of the English league system may enter, and a record 763 clubs took part in 2011-12. The tournament runs through 12 drawn rounds, then the semi-finals and the final, with byes that let higher ranked clubs enter later. Arsenal are the most successful club with fourteen titles, and winners earn a place in the UEFA Europa League and the FA Community Shield. Giant-killing runs by small clubs draw much of the attention.

Facts
Frequency
Frequency (category)
Annual 1
Classification
Scope
National 1
Founding Year
1871 1
Connections

Competitors Include

Alexandre Lacazette, Athletes
Source Alexandre Lacazette (Wikipedia)
Alfred Lyttelton, Athletes
Source Alfred Lyttelton (Wikipedia)
Bacary Sagna, Athletes
Source Bacary Sagna (Wikipedia)
Laurent Koscielny, Athletes
Source Laurent Koscielny (Wikipedia)
Manuel Almunia, Athletes
Source Manuel Almunia (source article)
Thiago Alcântara, Athletes
Source Thiago Alcântara (Wikipedia)

Features

Association Football, Sports
Source FA Cup (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. FA Cup (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph of the English Wikipedia article
    First played during the 1871
  • Lead paragraph of the English Wikipedia article [frequency-category]
    is an annual knockout football competition in domestic English football
  • Lead paragraph of the English Wikipedia article [scope]
    it is the oldest national football competition in the world
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Bacary Sagna (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Bacary Sagna, Lead paragraph [competed-in 3]
Quote, Competitors Include: Bacary Sagna, Lead paragraph [competed-in 3]
shortly after winning the FA Cup
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Laurent Koscielny (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Laurent Koscielny, Lead paragraph [competed-in 3]
Quote, Competitors Include: Laurent Koscielny, Lead paragraph [competed-in 3]
winning another FA Cup and the FA Community Shield twice
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Thiago Alcântara (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Thiago Alcântara, Lead paragraph [competed-in 2]
Quote, Competitors Include: Thiago Alcântara, Lead paragraph [competed-in 2]
won the FA Cup in 2022
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Alexandre Lacazette (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Alexandre Lacazette, Lead paragraph 2 [competed-in]
Quote, Competitors Include: Alexandre Lacazette, Lead paragraph 2 [competed-in]
won the FA Cup in 2020
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Manuel Almunia (source article)
Competitors Include: Manuel Almunia, Lead [competed-in]
Quote, Competitors Include: Manuel Almunia, Lead [competed-in]
going on to play 175 official matches and winning the 2005 FA Cup
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Alfred Lyttelton (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Alfred Lyttelton, Football section
Quote, Competitors Include: Alfred Lyttelton, Football section
he turned out for Etonians in the FA Cup final of 1876
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