2021 Women's FA Cup Final
# 2021 Women's FA Cup Final

The 2021 Women's FA Cup Final was the 51st final of the Women's FA Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 27th to be played directly under the auspices of the Football Association (FA) and was named the Vitality Women's FA Cup Final due to sponsorship reasons.

The final was contested between Arsenal and Chelsea on 5 December 2021 at Wembley Stadium in London and broadcast on BBC1. Chelsea won 3–0 in front of a crowd of 40,942 to clinch their third title.

Originally scheduled to be played in May 2021, the match was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The alternative date in December was chosen to symbolically coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the FA's infamous ruling to ban women's football from the grounds of all its affiliated clubs.

## Match

### Details

| Arsenal | Chelsea |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Manuela Zinsberger |
| RB | 16 | Noelle Maritz |
| CB | 3 | Lotte Wubben-Moy | | 87' |
| CB | 5 | Jen Beattie | | 70' |
| LB | 7 | Stephanie Catley |
| DM | 13 | Lia Wälti | | 61' |
| DM | 12 | Frida Maanum | | 80' |
| AM | 10 | Kim Little (c) |
| RW | 9 | Beth Mead | 8' | |
| LW | 15 | Katie McCabe | 66' | |
| CF | 11 | Vivianne Miedema |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 4 | Anna Patten |
| MF | 8 | Jordan Nobbs |
| FW | 14 | Nikita Parris | 80' | 80' |
| GK | 18 | Lydia Williams |
| FW | 19 | Caitlin Foord | | 70' |
| DF | 20 | Simone Boye Sørensen | | 87' |
| DF | 22 | Viktoria Schnaderbeck |
| FW | 23 | Mana Iwabuchi | | 61' |
| DF | 29 | Teyah Goldie |
| Manager: ||
| Jonas Eidevall ||
| GK | 30 | Ann-Katrin Berger |
| CB | 4 | Millie Bright |
| CB | 7 | Jess Carter |
| CB | 16 | Magdalena Eriksson |
| RM | 22 | Erin Cuthbert | 45' | |
| CM | 5 | Sophie Ingle (c) | | 90+4' |
| CM | 8 | Melanie Leupolz | | 86' |
| LM | 11 | Guro Reiten | | 87' |
| RW | 17 | Jessie Fleming |
| LW | 14 | Fran Kirby | | 74' |
| FW | 20 | Sam Kerr | | 86' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Zećira Mušović |
| DF | 3 | Aniek Nouwen | | 90+4' |
| FW | 9 | Bethany England | | 86' |
| MF | 10 | Ji So-yun | | 86' |
| MF | 21 | Niamh Charles |
| FW | 23 | Pernille Harder | | 74' |
| MF | 24 | Drew Spence | | 87' |
| DF | 25 | Jonna Andersson |
| DF | 29 | Jorja Fox |
| Manager: ||
| Emma Hayes ||
| Player of the match Sam Kerr (Chelsea) Match officials Assistant referees: Lisa Rashid (Birmingham) Mel Burgin (Manchester) Fourth official: Amy Fearn (Derbyshire) | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions in three stoppages. |
