FA Women's National League Cup | |
Year: | 2022–23 |
Country: | England Wales |
Dates: | 25 September 2022 – 23 April 2023 |
Num Teams: | 72 |
Defending Champions: | Southampton |
Champions: | Nottingham Forest |
Count: | 1 |
Matches: | 70 |
Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
Updated: | 31 August 2023 |
The 2022–23 FA Women's National League Cup was the 31st running of the competition, which began in 1991. It is the major league cup competition run by the FA Women's National League, and is run alongside their secondary league cup competition, the National League Plate.
All 72 Premier League clubs entered at the Determining round, with the winners continuing in the competition and the losers going into the National League Plate tournament.
Southampton were the defending champions, but were unable to defend their title following promotion to the Championship.[1]
The final was played at the Pirelli Stadium on 23 April 2023 between Nottingham Forest and Watford. Nottingham Forest claimed their first title following a 3–2 win after extra time.[2]
All results listed are published by The Football Association.[3] Games are listed by round in chronological order, and then in alphabetical order of the home team where matches were played simultaneously.
The division each team play in is indicated in brackets after their name: (S)=Southern Division; (N)=Northern Division; (SW1)=South West Division One; (SE1)=South East Division One; (M1)=Midlands Division One; (N1)=Northern Division One.
With 36 teams progressing from the determining round, four need to be eliminated to allow a single-elimination knockout tournament to take place. Twenty eight of the winners from the determining round were given byes to the first round, with eight teams being drawn against each other in preliminary round ties.