2023–24 Women's FA Cup

The 2023–24 Women's FA Cup was the 54th staging of the Women's FA Cup, a knockout cup competition for women's football teams in England. Chelsea were the defending champions, having beaten Manchester United 1–0 in the 2023 final on 14 May 2023.^[2]

2023–24 Women's FA Cup

Wembley Stadium hosted the final on 12 May 2024
Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Dates	12 November 2023 – 12 May 2024
Teams	456
Defending champions	Chelsea
Final positions
Champions	Manchester United (1st title)
Runner-up	Tottenham Hotspur
Tournament statistics
Matches played	427
Goals scored	2,266 (5.31 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Natasha Leach (Arnold Eagles) 15 goals[1]
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Manchester United won their first major trophy by beating Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 in the final.

Teams

A total of 456 teams were accepted into the 2023–24 Women's FA Cup, an increase of 18 from the previous year.^[3] Exemptions remained the same from the previous season: 90 tier 5 teams are given an exemption for the first qualifying round, entering at the second round qualifying stage. The 48 teams that play in the FA Women's National League Division One (tier 4) are given exemption until third round qualifying, while teams in the Northern and Southern Premier Divisions (tier 3) will enter at the first round proper. The 12 Women's Championship teams (tier 2) are exempt until the third round proper, while the final teams to enter the competition will be the 12 Women's Super League teams (tier 1) which remain exempt until the fourth round proper.^[4]

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	Games played	Goals scored	Prize money[5][6]
						Winner	Loser
First round qualifying	456	208	–	96	577	£1,800	£450
Second round qualifying	352	256[a]	104	122	659	£3,000	£750
Third round qualifying	224	176[b]	128	88	450	£4,000	£1,000
First round	136	112[c]	88	56	286	£6,000	£1,500
Second round	80	56	56	28	129	£8,000	£2,000
Third round	52	40[d]	28	20	95	£35,000	£9,000
Fourth round	32	32[e]	20	16	66	£54,000	£13,000
Fifth round	16	16	16	8	30	£80,000	£20,000
Quarter-final	8	8	8	4	9	£90,000	£22,500
Semi-final	4	4	4	2	6	£160,000	£40,000
Final	2	2	2	1	4	£430,000	£108,000

1. 90 Tier 5 regional premier division teams added
2. 48 FA Women's National League Division One teams added
3. 24 FA Women's National League Premier Division teams added
4. 12 Women's Championship teams added
5. 12 Women's Super League teams added

First round qualifying

The competition started at the first round qualifying stage with games originally scheduled to be played on 10 September 2023, and made up of teams from outside the top five tiers of the women's football pyramid.^[7]

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Guisborough Town (7) 5–2 Chester-Le-Street United (6) 2 Prudhoe Town (7) 1–3 Bishop Auckland (6) 95 3 CLS Amazons (7) 2–3 Ripon City (6) 4 Bedlington Belles (7) 3–5 Darlington (7) 5 Cramlington United (7) 0–5 Hebburn Town (7) 78 6 Gateshead Rutherford (7) 0–1 Thornaby (6) 7 Carlisle United (6) 1–3 Hartlepool Pools Youth (6) 8 Horden CW (7) 3–1 West Allotment (7) 9 Northallerton Town (7) A–W Washington (6) Northallerton Town withdrew. 10 Gateshead Leam Rangers (7) 1–1 (0-3 p) Birtley Town (7) 11 Poppleton (7) 0–14 Leeds Modernians (7) 12 Morley Town (7) 4–2 Beverley Town (7) 13 Handsworth (6) 9–0 Grimsby Borough (6) 114 14 Silsden (7) 2–3 Dronfield Town (6) 15 Cleethorpes Town (7) 2–0 Harworth Colliery (6) 165 16 Kiveton Park (7) 3–0 Sheffield Wednesday (7) 17 Brunsmeer Athletic (7) 5–3 Gainsborough Trinity (6) 18 Retford (6) 6–0 Market Rasen Town (7) 80 19 Lower Hopton (6) 1–2 York Railway Institute (6) 20 Altofts (6) 3–3 (3-4 p) Farsley Celtic Juniors (6) 21 Oughtibridge War Memorial (6) 5–1 Bradford Park Avenue (6) 22 Preston North End (6) 3–1 Altrincham (6) 23 FC St Helens (6) 6–2 Litherland REMYCA (6) 24 Rochdale (7) 2–1 MSB Woolton (7) 25 Mancunian Unity (6) 6–5 Mossley Hill (6) 26 Sir Tom Finney (7) 1–21 Poulton Victoria (6) 27 Bolton Wanderers (6) 3–1 Macclesfield (7) 28 Nantwich Town (7) 1–1 (3-4 p) Chester (6) 29 Clitheroe Wolves (7) 3–3 (4-5 p) Pilkington (7) 30 Penwortham Town (6) 0–9 Wigan Athletic (7) 31 Radcliffe (6) 3–1 Atherton LR (7) 32 Ruston Sports (7) 0–7 Kettering Town (6) 33 Peterborough Sports (7) A–W Thrapston Town (6) Peterborough Sports withdrew. 34 Loughborough Foxes Vixens (6) 1–3 Yaxley Phoenix (6) 64 35 Sherwood (6) 2–0 Moulton (7) 36 Wyberton Wildcats (7) 4–2 Newark Town (6) 37 Coalville Town (7) 6–8 Leicester City Ladies (6) 38 Nottingham Trent University (6) 4–1 HBW United (7) 31 39 Rugby Town (6) 0–1 Skegness Town (6) 40 Kettering (7) 1–5 Long Buckby (7) 41 Sleaford United (6) 0–32 Arnold Eagles (6) 42 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (7) 11–1 Sleaford Town Rangers (7) 194 43 Whitchurch Alport (7) 4–3 Borrowash Victoria (7) 44 AFC Telford United (6) 2–0 Bewdley Town (6) 45 Droitwich Spa (6) 2–5 Leamington Lions (6) 147 46 Port Vale (6) 2–1 Coventry City (6) 47 Bromsgrove Sporting (7) 1–1 (3-1 p) Sedgley & Gornal United (6) 48 Wyrley (7) A–W Hednesford Town (7) Wyrley withdrew. 49 Nuneaton Borough (6) 3–1 Pride Park (7) 203 50 Hereford Pegasus (6) 4–3 Redditch United (6) 51 Histon (7) 1–6 Lawford (6) 52 Newmarket Town (6) 6–1 St Ives Town (6) 53 Fakenham Town (6) H–W Brett Vale (7) Brett Vale withdrew.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 54 Thetford Town (7) 11–0 Cambridge Rangers (7) 55 East Bergholt United (6) A–W Mulbarton Wanderers (7) East Bergholt United withdrew. 56 Fulbourn Bluebirds (7) 1–3 Dussindale & Helesdon (7) 57 Long Stratton (7) 2–3 Brantham Athletic (7) 58 Holland (7) 0–5 Southend United Community SC (7) 59 Hertford Town (7) 2–0 Stotfold (6) 60 Wormley Rovers (6) 1–1 (2-4 p) Frontiers (7) 61 Harpenden Town (6) 3–2 Stanway Pegasus (7) 62 Clapton Community (6) 14–0 St Margaretsbury (6) 208 63 Hitchin Belles (6) 2–2 (4-5 p) Hackney (6) 64 Grays Athletic (6) 2–1 Chelmsford City (7) 65 Leyton Orient (7) 4–2 Cheshunt (6) 358 66 Colney Heath (6) 1–3 Wootton Blue Cross Lionesses (6) 67 Bexhill United (6) 3–3 (5-3 p) Comets (7) 68 Camden Town (7) 3–2 Hastings United (6) 69 Croydon (7) 2–2 (5-4 p) Hammersmith (7) 70 Glebe (7) 0–5 Bromleians (7) 71 Bromley (6) 8–1 Sevenoaks Town (7) 72 Herne Bay (6) 3–3 (3-2 p) XL Football (7) 73 Margate (7) 6–0 Maidstone United (7) 74 Headstone Manor (7) 1–0 Tilehurst Panthers (7) 80 75 Mortimer (7) A–W Long Crendon (6) Mortimer withdrew. 76 New Bradwell St Peter (6) 3–0 Milton United (6) 80 77 Caversham United (6) 1–3 Camden & Islington United (6) 78 Brentford (6) 4–0 Ruislip Rangers (7) 234 79 Watford Ladies Development (6) 3–0 Penn & Tylers Green (7) 80 Haddenham (7) 2–5 Slough Town (7) 81 Newport Pagnell Town (7) 4–0 Brackley Town (7) 82 Ashmount Leigh (6) 4–2 Newhaven (6) 83 Woking (7) 2–3 Leatherhead (7) 84 Pagham (7) 0–4 Steyning Town Community (6) 50 85 Eastbourne United (6) H–W Hounslow (6) Hounslow withdrew. 86 Richmond & Kew (7) 3–2 Abbey Rangers (7) 87 Basingstoke Town (7) 2–4 Weymouth (6) 88 Fleet Town (7) 2–8 Shanklin (7) 107 89 Bemerton Heath Harlequins (7) 0–4 AFC Portchester (7) 90 Shaftesbury (6) 3–2 Havant & Waterlooville (7) 91 United Services Portsmouth (7) 3–3 (5-3 p) Poole Town (6) 23 92 Gloucester City (7) 2–1 Cirencester Town (7) 142 93 Ilminster Town (6) 10–0 Bishops Cleeve (7) 94 Downend Flyers (6) 5–3 FC Chippenham (7) 95 Tuffley Rovers (7) 0–9 St Vallier (6) 37 96 SGS Olveston United (6) 6–1 Frome Town (6) 35 97 Mangotsfield United (6) 0–5 Yeovil Town (6) 98 Longwell Green (7) 0–14 Royal Wootton Bassett Town (6) 99 Middlezoy Rovers (6) 1–4 Paulton Rovers (6) 100 Saltash Borough (7) 3–2 Westexe Park Rangers (7) 101 Seaton Town (7) 1–7 Bideford (6) 102 Bodmin (7) 2–2 (2-4 p) Saltash United (7) 95 103 RNAS Culdrose (7) 0–7 Sticker (6) 35 104 Teignmouth (7) H–W Signal Box Frankfort (7) Signal Box Frankfort withdrew.

Second round qualifying

The 128 matches of the second round qualifying were originally scheduled to be played on 1 October 2023. This round included the introduction of teams from the fifth-tier regional first division football leagues.^[8]

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Wallsend BC (5) 5–1 Bishop Auckland (6) 2 Hartlepool Pools Youth (6) 1–0 Consett (6) 168 3 Guisborough Town (7) 4–0 Horden CW (7) 4 Workington Reds (6) 4–5 Penrith (6) 150 5 Spennymoor Town (5) 1–0 Ponteland United (6) 6 Darlington (7) 1–4 Sunderland West End (5) 7 Thornaby (6) 1–2 Gateshead (6) 89 8 Washington (6) 0–1 Birtley Town (7) 9 South Shields (5) 1–2 Alnwick Town (5) 242 10 Redcar Town (5) 8–0 Hebburn Town (7) 70 11 Ripon City (6) 2–9 Hartlepool United (5) 12 Harrogate Town (5) 2–1 Morley Town (7) 13 Brunsmeer Athletic (7) 5–0 Sheffield United Community (6) 14 Leeds Modernians (7) 9–2 Retford (6) 15 Brigg Town CIC (7) 1–3 Oughtibridge War Memorial (6) 112 16 Barnsley (5) 1–3 Ossett United (6) 17 Dronfield Town (6) 0–2 Rotherham United (5) 18 Kiveton Park (7) 1–3 St Joseph's Rockware of Worksop (6) 273 19 York Railway Institute (6) 2–1 Farsley Celtic Juniors (6) 20 Hull United (5) 4–1 Bradford City (5) 21 Wakefield (5) 12–0 Cleethorpes Town (7) 22 Handsworth (6) 1–2 Chesterfield (5) 23 Colne (7) H–W Merseyrail (5) Merseyrail withdrew. 24 Fleetwood Town Wrens (5) 4–8 Wythenshawe (6) 25 Marine (7) 1–7 Wigan Athletic (7) 101 26 Bury (5) 3–2 Radcliffe (6) 528 27 Crewe Alexandra (5) 2–0 Preston North End (6) 126 28 Rochdale (7) 0–9 Darwen (5) 29 Ashton Town Lionesses (7) 1–3 Blackpool Girls & Ladies (5) 75 30 Pilkington (7) 0–9 Tranmere Rovers (5) 31 FC St Helens (6) 1–3 Mancunian Unity (6) 32 Poulton Victoria (6) 2–0 Blackburn Community (5) 33 Salford City Lionesses (5) 1–2 Bolton Wanderers (6) 34 Warrington Wolves Foundation (6) 1–4 Chester (6) 35 West Didsbury & Chorlton (5) 2–1 Hindley Juniors (6) 122 36 Cheadle Town Stingers (5) 2–0 Curzon Ashton (5) 65 37 Arnold Eagles (6) 2–1 Skegness Town (6) 38 Long Buckby (7) 0–6 Basford United (5) 39 Grimsby Town (5) 0–8 Lincoln City (5) 40 Yaxley Phoenix (6) 0–11 Thrapston Town (6) 41 Sherwood (6) 0–0 (2-4 p) Beaumont Park (6) 42 Bugbrooke St Michaels (7) 4–1 Allexton & New Parks (7) 55 43 Kirby Muxloe (7) 0–5 Wyberton Wildcats (7) 44 Leicester City Ladies (6) 2–5 Anstey Nomads (5) 60 45 Dunton & Broughton United (5) 0–0 (6-5 p) Ilkeston Town (5) 46 Mansfield Town (5) 1–1 (3-2 p) Kettering Town (6) 47 Nottingham Trent University (6) 6–2 Long Eaton United (5) 40 48 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (7) 2–2 (3-2 p) Cardea (6) 85 49 Shifnal Town (5) 2–4 Shrewsbury Town (5) 50 Hednesford Town (7) 0–1 Leamington Lions (6) 51 Nuneaton Borough (6) 1–3 Crusaders (5) 52 Kidderminster Harriers (5) 3–0 Burton Albion (5) 53 Lye Town (5) 6–1 Hereford Pegasus (6) 55 54 Kingfisher (6) 0–1 Inkberrow (7) 132 55 Long Itchington (6) H–W Ross Juniors (7) Ross Juniors withdrew. 56 Knowle (5) 3–3 (3-4 p) Lichfield City (5) 70 57 Port Vale (6) 3–2 Redditch Borough (6) 58 Solihull Sporting (5) 4–0 Whitchurch Alport (7) 59 Coundon Court (5) 6–0 Bromsgrove Sporting (7) 60 AFC Telford United (6) 0–5 Coventry Sphinx (5) 61 Walsall Wood (6) 1–4 Worcester City (5) 62 Needham Market (5) 6–0 Woodbridge Town (7) 63 Newmarket Town (6) 1–7 Wroxham (5) 64 Brantham Athletic (7) H–W Sprowston (7) Sprowston withdrew.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 65 Mulbarton Wanderers (7) 3–3 (5-6 p) Dussindale & Helesdon (7) 66 Bungay Town (7) 0–4 Lawford (6) 55 67 King's Lynn Town (5) 2–5 Fakenham Town (6) 68 Thetford Town (7) 4–1 Aylsham (7) 69 Biggleswade United (6) 0–2 Leyton Orient (7) 100 70 Wootton Blue Cross Lionesses (6) 2–5 Stevenage (5) 71 Royston Town (5) 2–1 St Albans City (5) 234 72 Frontiers (7) 4–6 Hertford Town (7) 73 Harpenden Town (6) 6–2 Toby (7) 74 Islington Borough (7) 5–3 Stanway Rovers (7) 75 Wodson Park (6) 3–2 Clapton Community (6) 55 76 Hackney (6) 2–9 Real Bedford (5) 77 Bowers & Pitsea (5) 5–0 AFC Dunstable (5) 78 Enfield Town (5) 8–2 Southend United Community SC (6) 60 79 Grays Athletic (6) 1–4 Luton Town (5) 80 Langford (6) 4–2 Hutton (6) 81 Ashford United (5) 0–2 Dartford (5) 82 Bromley (6) 6–0 Welling United (6) 83 Camden Town (7) 0–0 (3-4 p) Sittingbourne (7) 84 84 Aylesford (5) 5–1 Croydon (7) 85 Haringey Borough (5) 8–0 Bexhill United (6) 86 Margate (7) 7–1 Bromleians (7) 87 Regents Park Rangers (7) 0–11 Millwall Lionesses (5) 88 Herne Bay (6) 1–5 Ebbsfleet United (5) 89 Barking (5) 0–6 Dulwich Hamlet (5) 150 90 Ascot United (5) 0–1 Wycombe Wanderers (5) 74 91 Headstone Manor (7) 2–0 Camden & Islington United (6) 92 Sport London e Benfica (6) 4–2 Newport Pagnell Town (6) 93 New Bradwell St Peter (6) 0–1 Denham United (6) 94 Brentford (6) H–W Abingdon Town (5) Abingdon Town withdrew. 95 Buckingham United (6) 0–8 Woodley United (5) 96 Slough Town (7) 0–9 Oxford City (5) 97 Long Crendon (6) 2–6 Watford Ladies Development (6) 98 Saltdean United (5) 1–0 Dorking Wanderers (5) 99 Leatherhead (7) 2–4 Sutton United (5) 100 AFC Whyteleafe (6) 4–3 Badshot Lea (5) 101 Richmond & Kew (7) 3–0 Richmond Park (6) 102 Crawley (5) 1 –1 (1-2 p) Ashmount Leigh (6) 103 Fulham (5) 16–0 Steyning Town Community (6) 104 Eastbourne United (6) 0–2 Montpelier Villa (6) 105 Warminster Town (5) 0–8 Bournemouth Sports (5) 106 Shanklin (7) 2–6 Winchester City Flyers (5) 107 AFC Stoneham (6) 8–0 Rushmoor Community (6) 108 United Services Portsmouth (7) 8–0 Longham (7) 52 109 Sherborne Town (5) 4–0 Weymouth (6) 110 Eastleigh In The Community (5) 0–1 AFC Portchester (7) 150 111 Shaftesbury (6) 1–1 (1-4 p) QK Southampton (7) 112 Ilminster Town (6) H–W Larkhall Athletic (5) Larkhall Athletic withdrew. 113 AEK Boco (6) 8–0 Dursley Town (7) 114 Pen Mill (6) A–W Forest Green Rovers (5) Pen Mill withdrew. 115 Stockwood Wanderers (6) 2–7 Royal Wootton Bassett Town (6) 116 Downend Flyers (6) 4–4 (5-4 p) St Vallier (6) 117 Yeovil Town (6) 0–3 Pucklechurch Sports (5) 118 Bristol Rovers (5) 7–1 SGS Olveston United (6) 119 Gloucester City (7) 2–0 Bath City (6) 120 Bitton (6) 3–1 Paulton Rovers (6) 121 Frampton Rangers (5) 3–2 Weston Super Mare (6) 122 Bishops Lydeard (5) 2–2 (3-4 p) AFC St Austell (5) 123 Bideford (6) 0–11 Marine Academy Plymouth (5) 124 Helston Athletic (6) 8–0 Crediton United (7) 125 Teignmouth (7) 3–1 Bude Town (7) 126 Plympton (7) 2–2 (5-4 p) Saltash Borough (7) 75 127 Liskeard Athletic (5) 2–1 Saltash United (7) 128 Sticker (6) 12–0 St Agnes (7)

Third round qualifying

The 88 matches of third round qualifying were played on 22 October 2023. This round included the introduction of 48 teams from the fourth-tier FA Women's National League Division One.^[9]

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Birtley Town (7) 3–3 (3-4 p) Leeds Modernians (7) 2 Penrith (6) 3–5 Mancunian Unity (6) 3 Bury (5) 1–1 (2-4 p) Norton & Stockton Ancients (4) 4 Guisborough Town (7) 1–6 Stockport County (4) 5 Gateshead (6) 3–1 Hartlepool United (5) 6 Middlesbrough (4) 0–0 (2-4 p) Hull City (4) 7 Poulton Victoria (6) 0–3 Chorley (4) 8 Colne (7) 0–7 Alnwick Town (5) 170 9 Sunderland West End (5) 1–2 Darwen (5) 10 Spennymoor Town (5) 2–1 Wakefield (5) 11 Tranmere Rovers (5) 1–1 (2-4 p) Chester-Le-Street Town (4) 200 12 Blackpool Girls & Ladies (5) 2–2 (4-3 p) Ossett United (6) 13 York City (4) 3–0 Hull United (5) 177 14 Durham Cestria (4) 8–0 Bolton Wanderers (6) 15 West Didsbury & Chorlton (5) 5–1 Redcar Town (5) 16 FC United of Manchester (4) 2–2 (5-4 p) Cheadle Town Stingers (5) 119 17 Hartlepool Pools Youth (6) 1–4 York Railway Institute (6) 18 Harrogate Town (5) 0–5 Wigan Athletic (7) 19 Leeds United (4) 7–1 Chester (6) 269 20 Wythenshawe (6) 2–3 Barnsley Women's (4) 21 Wallsend BC (5) 1–5 Crewe Alexandra (5) 22 Basford United (5) 1–1 (2-4 p) Wyberton Wildcats (7) 23 Rotherham United (5) 3–2 Long Itchington (6) 142 24 Crusaders (5) 0–9 Sutton Coldfield Town (4) 25 Oughtibridge War Memorial (6) 0–4 Boldmere St Michaels (4) 26 Arnold Eagles (6) 1–1 (3-4 p) Beaumont Park (6) 145 27 Notts County (4) 0–2 Loughborough Lightning (4) 78 28 Lichfield City (5) 3–4 Lincoln City (4) 29 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (7) 0–4 Lincoln United (5) 30 St Joseph's Rockware of Worksop (6) 0–3 Lye Town (5) 31 Chesterfield (5) 3–1 Nottingham Trent University (6) 32 Inkberrow (7) 0–8 Leafield Athletic (4) 33 Worcester City (5) 5–1 Anstey Nomads (5) 269 34 Doncaster Rovers Belles (4) 4–0 Mansfield Town (5) 157 35 Solihull Moors (4) 4–0 Port Vale (6) 80 36 Coundon Court (5) 2–0 Thrapston Town (6) 37 Northampton Town (4) 7–5 Coventry Sphinx (5) 38 Brunsmeer Athletic (7) 2–3 Dunton & Broughton United (5) 102 39 Bugbrooke St Michaels (7) 2–2 (2-4 p) Leamington Lions (6) 65 40 Leek Town (4) 10–0 Solihull Sporting (5) 53 41 Shrewsbury Town (5) 2–2 (3-4 p) Sheffield (4) 250 42 Sporting Khalsa (4) 7–1 Kidderminster Harriers (5) 43 Enfield Town (5) 4–0 Bowers & Pitsea (5) 44 Cambridge United (4) 4–2 AFC Sudbury (4) 76

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 45 Haringey Borough (5) 5–0 Langford (6) 140 46 Real Bedford (5) 4–0 Stevenage (5) 47 London Seaward (4) 1–3 Norwich City (4) 48 Leyton Orient (7) 1–5 Wroxham (5) 290 49 Cambridge City (4) 2–10 Peterborough United (4) 50 Dussindale & Helesdon (7) 2–1 Islington Borough (7) 51 Wodson Park (6) 1–2 Luton Town (5) 50 52 Harpenden Town (6) 8–0 Brantham Athletic (7) 53 Needham Market (5) 1–1 (3-0 p) Royston Town (5) 54 Thetford Town (7) 2–1 Lawford (6) 55 Fakenham Town (6) 1–2 Hertford Town (7) 56 Worthing (4) 2–3 AFC Wimbledon (4) 57 Montpelier Villa (6) 1–2 Denham United (6) 58 Headstone Manor (7) 0–6 Dulwich Hamlet (5) 59 Millwall Lionesses (5) 13–0 Margate (7) 100 60 Actonians (4) 1–1 (3-4 p) Fulham (5) 100 61 Ebbsfleet United (5) 5–0 Oxford City (5) 62 Sutton United (5) 3–3 (4-3 p) Sport London e Benfica (6) 63 Ashford Town (Middx) (4) 6–0 AFC Whyteleafe (6) 35 64 Chesham United (4) 4–0 Sittingbourne (7) 85 65 Woodley United (5) 1–1 (3-1 p) Aylesford (5) 66 Ashmount Leigh (6) 0–6 Saltdean United (5) 67 Selsey (4) 0–8 Bromley (6) 68 Richmond & Kew (7) 1–3 Maidenhead United (4) 69 Watford Ladies Development (6) 1–2 Brentford (6) 70 Haywards Heath Town (4) 3–0 Queens Park Rangers (4) 71 Dartford (5) 8–1 Wycombe Wanderers (5) 72 Bitton (6) 0–5 Southampton Women's (4) 73 Plympton (7) 1–5 Bristol Rovers (5) 85 74 Royal Wootton Bassett Town (6) 0–1 AFC Stoneham (6) 75 Abingdon United (4) 10–1 QK Southampton (7) 76 Bridgwater United (4) 3–0 Forest Green Rovers (5) 77 Downend Flyers (6) 1–4 Sherborne Town (5) 78 Keynsham Town (4) 1–0 Bournemouth Sports (5) 50 79 Exeter City (4) 7–0 Torquay United (4) 80 Liskeard Athletic (5) 1–3 Swindon Town (4) 81 AEK Boco (6) 1–3 Helston Athletic (6) 82 AFC Bournemouth (4) 13–2 AFC St Austell (5) 83 Sticker (6) 3–2 Frampton Rangers (5) 84 Portishead Town (4) 9–1 United Services Portsmouth (7) 85 AFC Portchester (7) 2–0 Pucklechurch Sports (5) 86 Moneyfields (4) 4–0 Gloucester City (7) 87 Ilminster Town (6) 2–1 Winchester City Flyers (5) 153 88 Teignmouth (7) 1–7 Marine Academy Plymouth (5)

First round proper

The 56 matches of first round were played on 12 November 2023. The first round included the introduction of the 24 teams from the third-tier FA Women's National League Premier Division.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Blackpool Girls & Ladies (5) 0–1 Spennymoor Town (5) 2 Hull City (4) 3–1 Halifax (3) 295 3 Wigan Athletic (7) 0–4 Chorley (4) 4 Norton & Stockton Ancients (4) 0–1 Chester-Le-Street Town (4) 5 AFC Fylde (3) 0–1 Durham Cestria (4) 6 York Railway Institute (6) 0–3 Stockport County (4) 7 York City (4) 0–2 FC United of Manchester (4) 230 8 Burnley (3) 2–1 Huddersfield Town (3) 145 9 Mancunian Unity (6) 2–9 Newcastle United (3) 10 Gateshead (6) 1–2 Alnwick Town (5) 120 11 West Didsbury & Chorlton (5) 2–6 Leeds United (4) 12 Barnsley Women's (4) 0–3 Liverpool Feds (3) 163 13 Leeds Modernians (7) 2–4 Darwen (5) 374 14 Coundon Court (5) 3–0 Leamington Lions (6) 15 West Bromwich Albion (3) 8–2 Lye Town (5) 150 16 Boldmere St Michaels (4) 13–0 Wyberton Wildcats (7) 60 17 Beaumont Park (6) 0–4 Leafield Athletic (4) 18 Lincoln City (4) 1–5 Derby County (3) 19 Nottingham Forest (3) 7–0 Sheffield (4) 20 Leek Town (4) 1–4 Solihull Moors (4) 86 21 Sporting Khalsa (4) 3–0 Crewe Alexandra (5) 22 Wolverhampton Wanderers (3) 8–0 Stourbridge (3) 23 Rotherham United (5) 0–5 Worcester City (5) 24 Sutton Coldfield Town (4) 8–0 Chesterfield (5) 94 25 Doncaster Rovers Belles (4) 0–2 Rugby Borough (3) 26 Stoke City (3) 6–0 Dunton & Broughton United (5) 27 Lincoln United (5) 1–2 Loughborough Lightning (4) 106 28 Dussindale & Hellesdon (7) 3–4 Needham Market (5) 90

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 29 Norwich City (4) 1–0 Hashtag United (3) 30 Harpenden Town (6) 0–3 Luton Town (5) 31 Wroxham (5) 1–2 Peterborough United (4) 32 Thetford Town (7) 2–4 Enfield Town (5) 33 Real Bedford (5) 0–5 Billericay Town (3) 34 Northampton Town (4) 0–6 Ipswich Town (3) 35 Hertford Town (7) 1–3 Haringey Borough (5) 36 Cambridge United (4) 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons (3) 37 Dartford (5) 3–1 Abingdon United (4) 38 Sutton United (5) 3–4 Maidenhead United (4) 39 Woodley United (5) 0–4 Oxford United (3) 40 Saltdean United (5) 1–1 (7–8 p) AFC Wimbledon (4) 41 Bromley (6) 3–2 AFC Portchester (7) 42 Moneyfields (4) 6–3 Ashford Town (Middx) (4) 43 Denham United (6) 2–3 Millwall Lionesses (5) 44 Chesham United (4) 2–3 Ebbsfleet United (5) 65 45 Southampton Women's (4) 4–3 (aet) Brentford (6) 46 Haywards Heath Town (4) 2–4 Chatham Town (3) 47 Dulwich Hamlet (5) 2–0 London Bees (3) 600 48 Fulham (5) 1–9 Portsmouth (3) 49 Sticker (6) 0–4 AFC Stoneham (6) 50 AFC Bournemouth (4) 5–0 Bridgwater United (4) 51 Bristol Rovers (5) 3–1 Portishead Town (4) 52 Swindon Town (4) 6–0 Sherborne Town (5) 53 Marine Academy Plymouth (5) 3–3 (7–8 p) Keynsham Town (4) 54 Cardiff City Ladies (3) 0–3 Cheltenham Town Ladies (3) 55 Helston Athletic (6) 0–8 Exeter City (4) 56 Plymouth Argyle (3) 13–0 Ilminster Town (6) 2,060

Second round proper

Matches in the second round proper were played on 26 November 2023.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Liverpool Feds (3) 0–1 Durham Cestria (4) 125 2 Chorley (4) 0–5 Newcastle United (3) 3 FC United of Manchester (4) 2–3 Hull City (4) 4 Stoke City (3) 1–0 Stockport County (4) 98 5 Burnley (3) 9–1 Alnwick Town (5) 6 Chester-Le-Street Town (4) 3–2 Spennymoor Town (5) 242 7 Darwen (5) 1–1 (4-3 p) Leeds United (4) 8 Leafield Athletic (4) 1–2 Coundon Court (5) 9 Norwich City (4) 1–2 Boldmere St Michaels (4) 333 10 Rugby Borough (3) 7–1 Solihull Moors (4) 11 Worcester City (5) 0–3 Milton Keynes Dons (3) 12 West Bromwich Albion (4) 3–0 (aet) Needham Market (5) 100 13 Nottingham Forest (3) 3–2 Sporting Khalsa (4) 14 Derby County (3) 4–1 Loughborough Lightning (4)

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 15 Wolverhampton Wanderers (3) 7–0 Peterborough United (4) 338 16 Ipswich Town (3) 8–0 Sutton Coldfield Town (4) 17 Ebbsfleet United (5) 0–7 Portsmouth (3) 18 Oxford United (3) 2–0 Dartford (5) 19 Haringey Borough (5) 1–3 Moneyfields (4) 120 20 Enfield Town (5) 3–5 Luton Town (5) 160 21 Billericay Town (3) 2–1 Dulwich Hamlet (5) 298 22 Chatham Town (3) 5–4 AFC Wimbledon (4) 240 23 Millwall Lionesses (5) 2–0 Bromley (6) 24 Southampton Women's (4) 3–0 Maidenhead United (4) 60 25 Bristol Rovers (5) 1–2 Keynsham Town (4) 26 Swindon Town (4) 1–2 AFC Bournemouth (4) 27 Cheltenham Town (3) 3–2 Exeter City (4) 322 28 Plymouth Argyle (3) 4–2 AFC Stoneham (6) 112

Third round proper

Matches were played in the third round proper on 10 December 2023. The third round included the introduction of the 12 teams from the second-tier Women's Championship.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Rugby Borough (3) 2–3 (aet) Sheffield United (2) 2 Newcastle United (3) 5–0 Stoke City (3) 654 3 Coundon Court (5) 0–11 Burnley (3) 4 Chester-Le-Street Town (4) 1–5 Derby County (3) 62 5 Sunderland (2) 7–0 Durham Cestria (4) 339 6 Milton Keynes Dons (3) 0–2 Birmingham City (2) 7 Darwen (5) 0–4 Blackburn Rovers (2) 1,137 8 Nottingham Forest (3) 3–1 Boldmere St Michaels (4) 9 West Bromwich Albion (4) 0–5 Durham (2) 10 Hull City (4) 1–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers (3)

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 11 Crystal Palace (2) 6–0 Chatham Town (3) 12 Southampton Women's (4) 1–6 Watford (2) 102 13 London City Lionesses (2) 6–0 Billericay Town (3) 14 Cheltenham Town (3) 0–4 Reading (2) 291 15 Luton Town (5) 1–0 Keynsham Town (4) 16 Portsmouth (3) 1–2 Southampton (2) 1,848 17 Plymouth Argyle (3) 2–2 (5-3 p) Oxford United (3) 123 18 Ipswich Town (3) 3–0 Lewes (2) 19 Moneyfields (4) 1–0 Millwall Lionesses (5) 20 AFC Bournemouth (4) 0–6 Charlton Athletic (2) 1,675

Fourth round proper

16 matches were played in the fourth round proper on 13 and 14 January 2024. The draw took place on 12 December 2023.^[10] This round included the introduction of 12 teams from the first-tier Women's Super League, and was the final round to introduce new teams.

Aston Villa (1) v Everton (1)

13 January 2024	Aston Villa (1)	0–3	Everton (1)	Walsall
12:30		Report	Olesen 58' Snoeijs 80', 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,394 Referee: Amy Fearns

Manchester United (1) v Newcastle United (3)

14 January 2024	Manchester United (1)	5–0	Newcastle United (3)	Leigh
12:00	Toone 28' Parris 36', 55' Williams 71' Malard 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 4,731 Referee: Megan Wilson

Durham (2) v Manchester City (1)

14 January 2024	Durham (2)	0–4	Manchester City (1)	Durham
12:30		Report	Coombs 7' Roord 38', 69' Fowler 87'	Stadium: Maiden Castle Attendance: 2,381 Referee: Elizabeth Simms

Sunderland (2) v Southampton (2)

14 January 2024	Sunderland (2)	0–2	Southampton (2)	Hetton-le-Hole
13:00		Report	Wilkinson 54', 87'	Stadium: Eppleton CW Attendance: 300 Referee: Levi Gray

Chelsea (1) v West Ham United (1)

14 January 2024	Chelsea (1)	3–1 (a.e.t.)	West Ham United (1)	Kingston upon Thames
13:00	Fishel 69' Cuthbert 100' Beever-Jones 105+1'	Report	Asseyi 20'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,824 Referee: Emily Heaslip

Crystal Palace (2) v Blackburn Rovers (2)

14 January 2024	Crystal Palace (2)	3–1	Blackburn Rovers (2)	Sutton
13:00	Nolan 75' Hughes 78' Sharpe 87'	Report	Hornby 57'	Stadium: VBS Community Stadium Attendance: 252 Referee: Aaron Ford

Arsenal (1) v Watford (2)

14 January 2024	Arsenal (1)	5–1	Watford (2)	Borehamwood
13:00	Russo 6' Wälti 12' Blackstenius 68' Ilestedt 88' Maanum 90'	Report	Agyemang 79'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 3,739 Referee: Adewunmi Soneye

Luton Town (5) v Brighton & Hove Albion (1)

14 January 2024	Luton Town (5)	0–6	Brighton & Hove Albion (1)	Barton-le-Clay
13:00		Report	Sarri 34' Losada 39' Pinto 48', 72' Terland 55' Bremer 88'	Stadium: Sharpenhoe Road Attendance: 1,235 Referee: Ruby Sykes

Plymouth Argyle (3) v Nottingham Forest (3)

14 January 2024	Plymouth Argyle (3)	1–6	Nottingham Forest (3)	Plymouth
13:00	Berrow 90'	Report	Worsey 16', 45+2' Manders 49' Domingo 58' Moncaster 75' Greengrass 79'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 1,844 Referee: Joanne Horwood

Ipswich Town (3) v Charlton Athletic (2)

14 January 2024	Ipswich Town (3)	1–4	Charlton Athletic (2)	Felixstowe
13:00	Peskett 9'	Report	Johnson 37', 41' Godfrey 45+3' (pen.) N'Dow 74'	Stadium: The Goldstar Ground Attendance: 770 Referee: Callum Parke

Bristol City (1) v Liverpool (1)

14 January 2024	Bristol City (1)	0–1	Liverpool (1)	Ashton Gate
13:00		Report	Bonner 85'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 2,563 Referee: Lisa Benn

Burnley (3) v Birmingham City (2)

14 January 2024	Burnley (3)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Birmingham City (2)	Leyland
14:00	Ravening 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Smith 21' Walker 104' Moore 120+4'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 181 Referee: Danielle Whitworth

Tottenham Hotspur (1) v Sheffield United (2)

14 January 2024	Tottenham Hotspur (1)	3–2	Sheffield United (2)	Leyton
14:00	England 69', 81' Ayane 90+6'	Report	Haywood 14' Sigsworth 51'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 894 Referee: Laura van Lier

Reading (2) v Wolverhampton Wanderers (3)

14 January 2024	Reading (2)	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3)	Aldershot
14:00	Perry 35'	Report	Merrick 73' Toussaint 88'	Stadium: Aldershot EBB Stadium Attendance: 154 Referee: Aimee Keir

Derby County (3) v Leicester City (1)

14 January 2024	Derby County (3)	0–4	Leicester City (1)	Mickleover
15:00		Report	Petermann 29' Cayman 58' Rose 70' Steggles 76' (o.g.)	Stadium: Don Amott Arena Attendance: 911 Referee: Phoebe Cross

London City Lionesses (2) v Moneyfields (4)

14 January 2024	London City Lionesses (2)	4–0	Moneyfields (4)	Dartford
15:00	Littlejohn 45+2' Neville 55' Boye-Hlorkah 60' Carter 69'	Report		Stadium: Princes Park Attendance: 2,381 Referee: Ella Broad

Fifth round proper

Eight matches were played in the fifth round proper on 10 and 11 February 2024, made up of the 16 winning teams from the fourth round proper. The draw took place on 15 January 2024.^[11]

Leicester City (1) v Birmingham City (2)

10 February 2024	Leicester City (1)	6–2	Birmingham City (2)	Burton upon Trent
12:00	Cayman 19' O'Brien 23', 42' Takarada 59' Rose 66' Whelan 82'	Report	Goodwin 2' (o.g.) Smith 41'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 609 Referee: Megan Wilson

Tottenham Hotspur (1) v Charlton Athletic (2)

10 February 2024	Tottenham Hotspur (1)	1–0	Charlton Athletic (2)	Leyton
17:15	Graham 76'	Report		Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 974 Referee: Lisa Benn

Arsenal (1) v Manchester City (1)

11 February 2024	Arsenal (1)	0–1	Manchester City (1)	Borehamwood
12:30		Report	Aleixandri 74'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 3,496 Referee: Stacey Pearson

Wolverhampton Wanderers (3) v Brighton & Hove Albion (1)

11 February 2024	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3)	1–4	Brighton & Hove Albion (1)	Telford
13:00	Merrick 67' (pen.)	Report	Robinson 42' Kullberg 88', 90+2', 90+6'	Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 1,812 Referee: Phoebe Cross

London City Lionesses (2) v Liverpool (1)

11 February 2024	London City Lionesses (2)	0–2	Liverpool (1)	Dartford
14:00		Report	Haug 6' Lawley 67'	Stadium: Princes Park Attendance: 1,131 Referee: Chloe-Ann Small

Southampton (2) v Manchester United (1)

11 February 2024	Southampton (2)	1–3	Manchester United (1)	Eastleigh
14:00	Lloyd-Smith 65'	Report	Toone 8' Williams 74', 82'	Stadium: Silverlake Stadium Attendance: 4,554 Referee: Jade Wardle

Chelsea (1) v Crystal Palace (2)

11 February 2024	Chelsea (1)	1–0	Crystal Palace (2)	Kingston upon Thames
14:00	Ramírez 81'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,992 Referee: Ella Broad

Nottingham Forest (3) v Everton (1)

11 February 2024	Nottingham Forest (3)	1–7	Everton (1)	Long Eaton
16:00	Greengrass 47'	Report	Kühl 23' Piemonte 33' Vanhaevermaet 52' Batty 73' (o.g.) Bissell 84' Duggan 88' (pen.) Bennison 90+4'	Stadium: Grange Park Attendance: 1,130 Referee: Elizabeth Simms

Quarter-finals

Four matches were played in the quarter-finals on 9 and 10 March 2024, made up of the eight winning teams from the fifth round proper.

Liverpool (1) v Leicester City (1)

9 March 2024	Liverpool (1)	0–2	Leicester City (1)	Birkenhead
12:00		Report	Rantala 15', 63'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1,342 Referee: Melissa Burgin

Brighton & Hove Albion (1) v Manchester United (1)

9 March 2024	Brighton & Hove Albion (1)	0–4	Manchester United (1)	Crawley
17:15		Report	Turner 8' Parris 17' García 45+1' Naalsund 59'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,701 Referee: Lisa Benn

Everton (1) v Chelsea (1)

10 March 2024	Everton (1)	0–1	Chelsea (1)	Liverpool
13:00		Report	Macário 66'	Stadium: Walton Hall Park Attendance: 1,212 Referee: Abigail Byrne

Tottenham Hotspur (1) v Manchester City (1)

10 March 2024	Tottenham Hotspur (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Manchester City (1)	Leyton
15:00	England 90+6'	Report	Fowler 6'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 1,314 [12] Referee: Kirsty Dowle
	Penalties
	England Ayane Nildén Wang James-Turner		Greenwood Kelly Hasegawa Angeldal Fowler

Semi-finals

Two matches will be played in the semi-finals on 14 April 2024, made up of the four winning teams from the quarter-finals.

Tottenham Hotspur (1) v Leicester City (1)

14 April 2024	Tottenham Hotspur (1)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Leicester City (1)	Tottenham
12:00	Naz 83' Thomas 118'	Report	Rantala 12'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 18,078 Referee: Emily Heaslip

Manchester United (1) v Chelsea (1)

14 April 2024	Manchester United (1)	2–1	Chelsea (1)	Leigh
14:35	García 1' Williams 23'	Report	James 45+4'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 6,876 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

Final

Main article: 2024 Women's FA Cup final

The final was played at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 12 May 2024 at 14:30.^[13]

Manchester United	4–0	Tottenham Hotspur
Toone 45+3' Williams 54' García 57', 74'	Report

12 May 2024

14:30 BST

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 76,082

Referee: Abigail Byrne (Cambridgeshire)

Television rights

Round	Date	Teams	Kick-off	Channels
				Digital	TV
Fourth round	14 January	Durham v Manchester City	12:30pm	BBC iPlayer	BBC Red Button
Fifth round	11 February	Arsenal v Manchester City	12:30pm	BBC iPlayer	BBC Two
Quarter-finals	10 March	Chelsea v Everton	1:00pm	BBC iPlayer	BBC Red Button
Semi-finals[14]	14 April	Manchester United v Chelsea	12:00pm	BBC iPlayer	BBC One
		Tottenham Hotspur v Leicester City	2:35pm	BBC iPlayer	BBC Two
Final	12 May	Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur	2:30pm	BBC iPlayer	BBC One