2018 FA Women's Cup final explained

2018 FA Women's Cup final
Event:2017–18 FA Women's Cup
Team1:Arsenal
Team1score:1
Team2:Chelsea
Team2score:3
Stadium:Wembley Stadium
City:London
Referee:Lindsey Robinson (Durham)
Attendance:45,423
Previous:2017
Next:2019

The 2018 FA Women's Cup final was the 48th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 25th to be played directly under the auspices of the Football Association (FA) and was named the SSE Women's FA Cup Final due to sponsorship reasons.

The final was contested between Arsenal Ladies and Chelsea Ladies on 5 May 2018 at Wembley Stadium in London. The match was broadcast on BBC1.[1] Chelsea won the match 3–1 in front of a record crowd of 45,423 to clinch their second title.[2] As their men's counterpart won the 2017–18 FA Cup, Chelsea became the third club, after Southampton and Arsenal, to win both the men's and women's FA Cup in the same season.

Match details

GK 1 Sari van Veenendaal
RB 18
CB 6 Leah Williamson
CB 16 Louise Quinn
LB 3
CM 20
AM 7 Daniëlle van de Donk
AM 10 Kim Little (c)
LW 23 Beth Mead
RW 8 Jordan Nobbs
CF 11 Vivianne Miedema
Substitutes:
GK 13 Anna Moorhouse
DF 25 Jessica Samuelsson
MF 17
FW 9
FW 15
Manager:
Joe Montemurro
GK 1 Hedvig Lindahl
CB 4 Millie Bright
CB 18 Maren Mjelde
CB 16 Magdalena Eriksson
LB 20
RB 3 Hannah Blundell
CM 10 Ji So-yun
CM 17 Katie Chapman (c)
AM 24
FW 14 Fran Kirby
FW 23
Substitutes:
GK 28 Carly Telford
DF 2
DW 5 Gilly Flaherty
MF 22
FW 9
Manager:
Emma Hayes
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Match officials

  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official: Helen Byrne (Liverpool)
width=50% valign=topMatch rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

In popular culture

Ahead of the game, Subbuteo launched an all-women game set for the first time.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: The best women's sport on TV in 2018. Radio Times. 2018-05-03. en.
  2. News: Arsenal Ladies 1–3 Chelsea Ladies. BBC. 5 May 2018. 5 May 2018. Tom Garry.
  3. Web site: First all-female Subbuteo set launched before Women’s FA Cup final. Topping. Alexandra. 2018-05-02. The Guardian. en. 2018-05-03.