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The 2022–23 FA Trophy (known for sponsorship reasons as the Isuzu FA Trophy) was the 54th season of the FA Trophy, an annual football competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system.
| Football Association Trophy | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Country | England Wales |
| Dates | Qualifying rounds: 10 September 2022 – 8 October 2022 Competition Proper: 29 October 2022 – 21 May 2023 |
| Teams | Qualifying rounds: 247 Competition Proper: 72 + (72 from Qualifying) Total Teams: 319 |
| Defending champions | Bromley |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | FC Halifax Town (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | Gateshead |
Applications to enter the 54th edition of the FA Trophy opened on 25 February 2022 and closed 1 April 2022.[1]
Competition is open to the 320 clubs playing in Steps 1–4 of the National League System, equivalent to tiers 5–8 of the overall English football league system. All but Guernsey F.C. (8) appeared on the list of clubs accepted on 1 July 2022.[2] This resulted in an odd number of teams remaining in the first round qualifying, so a bye was allocated to Leek Town.[3]
The calendar was announced by The Football Association on 1 July 2022.[4] The competition consists of three qualifying rounds and eight proper rounds.[5] Teams enter at different stages depending on their position in the English pyramid.[5] 8th tier teams enter into the first qualifying round and must win 11 matches to become champions.[5] 7th tier teams enter into the third qualifying round and must win 9 matches to become champions.[5] 6th tier teams enter into the second round proper and must win 7 matches to become champions.[5] 5th tier teams enter into the third round proper and must win 6 matches to become champions.[5]
All rounds are single-match knockout format, with the winner decided by penalties if the match was drawn after 90 minutes, apart from the Final where the winner was decided by extra-time and penalties if the match is drawn.[5] This is the same format as the 2020–21 and 2021–22 season which broke from previous seasons that used replays and two-legged semi-finals.[a]
| Round | Main Date | Number of Fixtures | Clubs Remaining | New Entries This Round | Losing Club | Winning Club |
| First round qualifying | 13 September 2022 | 80 (incl. 1 bye) | 319 → 240 | 159
(incl. 1 bye) |
£400 | £1,500 |
| Second round qualifying | 24 September 2022 | 40 | 240 → 200 | none | £575 | £2,250 |
| Third round qualifying | 8 October 2022 | 64 | 200 → 136 | 88 | £625 | £2,450 |
| First round proper | 29 October 2022 | 32 | 136 → 104 | none | £775 | £3,000 |
| Second round proper | 19 November 2022 | 40 | 104 → 64 | 48 | £1,000 | £3,750 |
| Third round proper | 17 December 2022 | 32 | 64 → 32 | 24 | £1,250 | £4,500 |
| Fourth round proper | 14 January 2023 | 16 | 32 → 16 | none | £1,500 | £5,250 |
| Fifth round proper | 11 February 2023 | 8 | 16 → 8 | £1,750 | £6,000 | |
| Quarter-finals | 11 March 2023 | 4 | 8 → 4 | £2,000 | £7,500 | |
| Semi-finals | 1 April 2023 | 2 | 4 → 2 | £5,000 | £15,000 | |
| Final | 21 May 2023 | 1 | 2 → 1 | £30,000 | £60,000 |
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The draw for the first qualifying round was made on 8 July 2022.[3]
159 teams, all from Level 8 of the English football league system, were drawn into 79 fixtures, with the leftover team, Leek Town, receiving a bye.[3][5] Ties were originally scheduled for 9–11 September, but were postponed to 12–14 September as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.[8] [9]
The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 8 July 2022, and saw the 79 winners from the first qualifying round joined by Leek Town who had received a bye.[69] All teams were from Level 8 of the English football league system.[5]
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The draw for the third qualifying round was made on 26 September 2022, and saw 88 clubs from tier 7 joining the 40 winners from the second qualifying round.[70]
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The draw for the first round was made on 10 October containing the 64 winners from the previous round.[71]
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The draw for the second round was made on 31 October 2022, with eighty teams making an appearance including 32 winners from the previous round and 48 teams newly entering from Level 6.[72]
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64 teams made an appearance including 40 winners from the previous round and 24 newly entering teams from Level 5.
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The draw was made on 19 December 2022 containing the 32 winners from the previous round. There were six remaining teams from the seventh tier, the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition.[74]
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The draw was made on 16 January 2023, containing the 16 winners from the previous round. Bracknell Town of the seventh tier are the lowest-ranked team left in the competition.
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The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 13 February 2023.[75] Eight winners from the previous round made an appearance. Farsley Celtic of the sixth tier was the lowest-ranked club remaining.
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The draw for the semi-finals was made on 13 March 2023.[76] Four winners from the previous round made an appearance.
Attendance: 2,897
| Altrincham | 1–1 | FC Halifax Town |
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Attendance: 4,771
| FC Halifax Town | 1–0 | Gateshead |
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- The 2019–20 season was scheduled to play two-legged semi-finals but due to their delay by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom were shifted to a single match.[6] All other previous editions played to the same format of replays and two-legged semi-finals.[7]
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