Who Wins 2015 English FA Cup?

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The Football Association Challenge Cup, known worldwide as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout cup competition in English football; it is the oldest association football competition in the world.^[1] The FA Cup is organised by and named after the Football Association. A concurrent women's tournament is also held, known as the FA Women's Cup.
The FA Cup was first held in 1871–72. Entry is open to all teams who compete in the Premier League, the Football League and in Steps 1 to 5 of the FA National League System, as well as selected teams in Step 6.^[2] This means that clubs of all standards compete, from the largest clubs in England and Wales down to amateur village teams. The tournament has become known for the possibility for "minnows" from the lower divisions to become "giant-killers" by eliminating top clubs from the tournament and even theoretically winning the Cup, although lower division teams rarely progress beyond the early stages. The qualification rounds and a system of byes mean that the very smallest and very biggest teams almost never meet.

Arsenal are the current holders, having beaten Hull City 3–2 after extra time in the 2014 final. Their 11th FA Cup title, this brought Arsenal level with Manchester United for the greatest number of title victories in the history of the competition.

The record for most wins of the tournament by a club is 11, held jointly by Arsenal and Manchester United.

Three clubs have won consecutive FA Cups on more than one occasion: Wanderers (1872, 1873 and 1876, 1877, 1878), Blackburn Rovers (1884, 1885, 1886 and 1890, 1891), and Tottenham Hotspur (1961, 1962 and 1981, 1982).

Seven clubs have won the FA Cup as part of a League and Cup double, namely Preston North End (1889), Aston Villa (1897), Tottenham Hotspur (1961), Arsenal (1971, 1998, 2002), Liverpool (1986), Manchester United (1994, 1996, 1999) and Chelsea (2010).

The FA Cup winners list since the English competition was formed in 1872.

2012 Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool
2011 Manchester City 1-0 Stoke City
2010 Chelsea 1-0 Portsmouth
2009 Chelsea 2-1 Everton
2008 Portsmouth 1-0 Cardiff City
2007 Chelsea 1-0 Manchester United
2006 Liverpool 3-3 West Ham United
2005 Arsenal 0-0 Manchester United
2004 Manchester United 3-0 Millwall
2003 Arsenal 1-0 Southampton
2002 Arsenal 2-0 Chelsea
2001 Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal
2000 Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa
1999 Manchester United 2-0 Newcastle United
1998 Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle United
1997 Chelsea 2-0 Middlesbrough
1996 Manchester United 1-0 Liverpool
1995 Everton 1-0 Manchester United
1994 Chelsea 4-0 Manchester United
1993 Arsenal 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday
1992 Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland
1991 Tottenham 2-1 Nottingham Forest
1990 Manchester United 1-0 Crystal Palace
1989 Liverpool 3-2 Everton
1988 Wimbledon 1-0 Liverpool
1987 Coventry City 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur
1986 Liverpool 3-1 Everton
1985 Manchester United 1-0 Everton
1984 Everton 2-0 Watford
1983 Manchester United 4-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
1982 Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Queens Park Rangers
1981 Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Manchester City
1980 West Ham United 1-0 Arsenal
1979 Arsenal 3-2 Manchester United
1978 Ipswich Town 1-0 Arsenal
1977 Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool
1976 Southampton 1-0 Manchester United
1975 West Ham United 2-0 Fulham
1974 Liverpool 3-0 Newcastle United
1973 Sunderland 1-0 Leeds United
1972 Leeds United 1-0 Arsenal
1971 Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool
1970 Chelsea 2-1 Leeds United
1969 Manchester City 1-0 Leicester City
1968 West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Everton
1967 Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Chelsea
1966 Everton 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday
1965 Liverpool 2-1 Leeds United
1964 West Ham United 3-2 Preston North End
1963 Manchester United 3-1 Leicester City
1962 Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Burnley
1961 Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Leicester City
1960 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
1959 Nottingham Forest 2-1 Luton Town
1958 Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Manchester United
1957 Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester United
1956 Manchester City 3-1 Birmingham City
1955 Newcastle United 3-1 Manchester City
1954 West Bromwich Albion 3-2 Preston North End
1953 Blackpool 4-3 Bolton Wanderers
1952 Newcastle United 1-0 Arsenal
1951 Newcastle United 2-0 Blackpool
1950 Arsenal 2-0 Liverpool
1949 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Leicester City
1948 Manchester United 4-2 Blackpool
1947 Charlton Athletic 1-0 Burnley
1946 Derby County 4-1 Charlton Athetic
1939 Portsmouth 4-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
1938 Preston North End 1-0 Huddersfield Town
1937 Sunderland 3-1 Preston North End
1936 Arsenal 1-0 Sheffield United
1935 Sheffield Wednesday 4-2 West Bromwich Albion
1934 Manchester City 2-1 Portsmouth
1933 Everton 3-0 Manchester City
1932 Newcastle United 2-1 Arsenal
1931 West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Birmingham
1930 Arsenal 2-0 Huddersfield
1929 Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Portsmouth
1928 Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Huddersfield Town
1927 Cardiff City 1-0 Arsenal
1926 Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Manchester City
1925 Sheffield United 1-0 Cardiff City
1924 Newcastle United 2-0 Aston Villa
1923 Bolton Wanderers 2-0 West Ham United
1922 Huddersfield Town 1-0 Preston North End
1921 Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
1920 Aston Villa 1-0 Huddersfield Town
1915 Sheffield United 3-0 Chelsea
1914 Burnley 1-0 Liverpool
1913 Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland
1912 Barnsley 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
1910 Newcastle United 2-0 Barnsley
1909 Manchester United 1-0 Bristol City
1908 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-1 Newcastle United
1907 The Wednesday 2-1 Everton
1906 Everton 1-0 Newcastle United
1905 Aston Villa 2-0 Newcastle United
1904 Manchester City 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
1903 Bury 6-0 Derby County
1902 Sheffield United 2-1 Southampton
1901 Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Sheffield United
1900 Bury 4-0 Southampton
1899 Sheffield United 4-1 Derby County
1898 Nottingham Forest 3-1 Derby County
1897 Aston Villa 3-2 Everton
1896 The Wednesday 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
1895 Aston Villa 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
1894 Notts County 4-1 Bolton Wanderers
1893 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Everton
1892 West Bromwich Albion 3-0 Aston Villa
1891 Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Notts County
1890 Blackburn Rovers 6-1 The Wednesday
1889 Preston North End 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
1888 West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Preston North End
1887 Aston Villa 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
1886 Blackburn Rovers 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
1885 Blackburn Rovers 2-0 Queen’s Park
1884 Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Queen’s Park
1883 Blackburn Olympic 2-1 Old Etonians
1882 Old Etonians 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
1881 Old Carthusians 3–0 Old Etonians
1880 Clapham Rovers 1–0 Oxford University
1879 Old Etonians 1–0 Clapham Rovers
1878 Wanderers 3–1 Royal Engineers
1877 Wanderers 2–1 Oxford University
1876 Wanderers 3–0 Old Etonians
1875 Royal Engineers 2–0 Old Etonians
1874 Oxford University 2–0 Royal Engineers
1873 Wanderers 2–0 Oxford University
1872 Wanderers 1–0 Royal Engineers

Cups Won

11 Manchester United
10 Arsenal
8 Tottenham Hotspur
7 Liverpool
Chelsea
Aston Villa
6 Newcastle United
Blackburn Rovers
5 Everton
West Bromwich Albion
Manchester City
Wanderers

       4

 Wolverhamptpn Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers
Sheffield United
         3

Sheffield Wednesday
West Ham United
      2

Preston North End
Old Etonians
Portsmouth
Sunderland
Nottingham Forest
Bury

      1
Huddersfield Town
Southampton
1 Leeds United
1 Derby County
1 Royal Engineers
1 Oxford University
1 Blackpool
1 Cardiff City
1 Burnley
1 Charlton Athletic
1 Barnsley
1 Notts County
1 Clapham Rovers
1 Wimbledon
1 Coventry City
1 Ipswich Town
1 Bradford City
1 Blackburn Olympic
1 Old Carthusians

Ashley Cole has won a record seven FA Cup Finals

In 1993, Arsenal became the first side to win both the FA Cup and the League Cup in the same season when they beat Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 in both finals. Liverpool (in 2001) and Chelsea (in 2007) have since repeated this feat. In 2012, Chelsea accomplished a different cup double consisting of the FA Cup and the 2012 Champions League. In 1998–99, Manchester United added the 1999 Champions League title to their league and cup double to complete a unique Treble. Two years later, in 2000–01, Liverpool won the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup to complete a cup treble.

Portsmouth have the curious accolade of holding the FA Cup for the longest unbroken period of time; having won the Cup in 1939, the next final was not contested until 1946, due to the outbreak of the Second World War.

The FA Cup has only been won by a non-English team once. Cardiff City achieved this in 1927 when they beat Arsenal in the final at Wembley. They had previously made it to the final only to lose to Sheffield United in 1925 and lost another final to Portsmouth in 2008. Cardiff City is also the only team to win the national cups of two different countries in the same season, having also won the Welsh Cup in 1927. The Scottish team Queen's Park reached and lost the final in both 1884 and 1885.

Ashley Cole holds the record for most FA Cup winner's medals, with seven: three for Arsenal (2002, 2003 and 2005) and four for Chelsea (2007, 2009, 2010 and 2012).^[35]

Winners from outside the top division[edit]

Since the foundation of the Football League, Tottenham Hotspur in 1901 have been the only non-league winners of the FA Cup. They were then playing in the Southern League and were elected to the Football League only in 1908. At that time the Football League consisted of two 18-team divisions.

In the history of the FA Cup, only eight teams who were playing outside the top level of English football have gone on to win the competition, the most recent being West Ham United, who beat Arsenal in 1980. With the exception of Tottenham in 1901, these clubs were all playing in the old Second Division. No other Third Division or lower side has won the trophy or even reached the final since the Football League was founded.

One of the most notable upsets in the final occurred when Sunderland beat Leeds United 1–0 in 1973. That season, Leeds finished third in the First Division, while Sunderland were in the Second Division.^[36] Three years later, Second Division Southampton also won the Cup, when they beat First Division Manchester United by the same 1–0 scoreline. The other Second Division winners of the FA Cup are Notts County in 1894; Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1908; Barnsley in 1912; and West Bromwich Albion in 1931. West Bromwich Albion are the only team to have won the FA Cup and promotion from the Second Division in the same season.

The FA Cup final has never been contested by two teams from outside the top division. Uniquely, in 2007–08 three of the four semi-finalists (Barnsley, Cardiff City and West Bromwich Albion), were from outside the top division, although the single Premier League team remaining, Portsmouth, went on to win the competition that year.^[37]

Ashley Cole has won a record seven

FA Cup Finals