2018 FA Women's Cup Final
# 2018 FA Women's Cup Final

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. Chelsea won the match 3–1 in front of a record crowd of 45,423 to clinch their second title.

## Match

### Details

| Arsenal | Chelsea |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Sari van Veenendaal |
| RB | 18 | Lisa Evans | | 84' |
| CB | 6 | Leah Williamson |
| CB | 16 | Louise Quinn |
| LB | 3 | Emma Mitchell | | 84' |
| CM | 20 | Dominique Janssen | 42' | 63' |
| 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 | Heather O'Reilly | | 63' |
| FW | 9 | Danielle Carter | | 84' |
| FW | 15 | Katie McCabe | | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Joe Montemurro ||
| GK | 1 | Hedvig Lindahl |
| CB | 4 | Millie Bright |
| CB | 18 | Maren Mjelde |
| CB | 16 | Magdalena Eriksson |
| LB | 20 | Jonna Andersson | 70' |
| RB | 3 | Hannah Blundell |
| CM | 10 | Ji So-yun |
| CM | 17 | Katie Chapman (c) |
| AM | 24 | Drew Spence | 74' |
| FW | 14 | Fran Kirby |
| FW | 23 | Ramona Bachmann | 85' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 28 | Carly Telford |
| DF | 2 | Maria Thorisdottir | 70' |
| DW | 5 | Gilly Flaherty |
| MF | 22 | Erin Cuthbert | 74' |
| FW | 9 | Eniola Aluko | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Emma Hayes ||
| Player of the match Ramona Bachmann (Chelsea) Match officials Assistant referees: Stacey Pearson (Somerset) Kirsty Dowle (Kent) Fourth official: Helen Byrne (Liverpool) | Match 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.

