2018–19 FA Cup

2018–19 FA Cup
	Football Association Challenge Cup
Country	England; Wales; Guernsey
Dates	TBA
Teams	736 (overall); 644 (qualifying competition); 124 (main competition)
Defending champions	Chelsea
	← 2017–18 2019-20 →

The 2018–19 FA Cup (also known as the FA Challenge Cup) is the 138th edition of the oldest recognised football tournament in the world. It is sponsored by Emirates, and known as The Emirates FA Cup for sponsorship purposes. It started with the Extra Preliminary Round on 11 August 2018, and will conclude with the final on 18 May 2019. The winner will qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Premier League side Chelsea are the defending champions.

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
First Round Proper	124	80	32	48	EFL League One EFL League Two
Second Round Proper	84	40	40	none	none
Third Round Proper	64	64	20	44	Premier League EFL Championship
Fourth Round Proper	32	32	32	none	none
Fifth Round Proper	16	16	16	none	none
Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none	none
Semi-finals	4	4	4	none	none
Final	2	2	2	none	none

Round and draw dates

The schedule follows^[1]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First match date
Qualifying rounds	Extra Preliminary Round	6 July 2018	10 August 2018
	Preliminary Round	6 July 2018	24 August 2018
	First Round Qualifying	28 August 2018	8 September 2018
	Second Round Qualifying	10 September 2018	22 September 2018
	Third Round Qualifying	24 September 2018	6 October 2018
	Fourth Round Qualifying	8 October 2018	20 October 2018
Main tournament	First Round Proper	??	10 November 2018
	Second Round Proper	??	1 December 2018
	Third Round Proper	??	5 January 2019
	Fourth Round Proper	??	26 January 2019
	Fifth Round Proper	??	16 February 2019
	Quarter-finals	??	16 March 2019
	Semi-finals	??	6 April 2019
	Final	??	18 May 2019

Qualifying rounds

All of the competing teams that are not members of either the Premier League or English Football League will compete in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 32 available places in the First Round Proper. The qualifying competition begins with the Extra Preliminary Round on 11 August 2018.^[1] The final (fourth) qualifying round will be played over the weekend of 20 October 2018.^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Emirates FA cup round dates 2018-19". The Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

External links

The official FA Cup website

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[CupSchedule-1] 1 2 3 "Emirates FA cup round dates 2018-19". The Football Association. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

FA Cup
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History Trophy List of finals Third-fourth place matches Semi-finals Final referees Winning managers Non-English clubs Scottish clubs Non-League clubs in the 5th Round

2018–19 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '18 '19 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '18 '19 Faroe Islands '18 '19 Finland '18 '19 France Georgia '18 '19 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '18 '19 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '18 '19 Kosovo Latvia '18 '19 Lithuania '18 '19 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova '18 '19 Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '18 '19 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '18 '19 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '18 '19 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '18 '19 Finland France Georgia '18 '19 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '18 '19 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '18 '19 Kosovo Latvia '18 '19 Liechtenstein Lithuania '18 '19 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '18 '19 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '18 '19 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Estonia France Iceland '18 '19 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '18 '19 Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Lithuania '18 '19 Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '18 '19 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '18 '19 Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Spain Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round Champions Path Main Path group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase
International competitions	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup UEFA Euro 2020 qualification 2018–19 UEFA Nations League League A League B League C League D Finals 2019 Euro Under-21 qualification 2019 Euro Under-19 qualification 2019 Euro Under-17 qualification

Football Association Challenge Cup
Country	England Wales Guernsey
Dates	TBA
Teams	736 (overall) 644 (qualifying competition) 124 (main competition)
Defending champions	Chelsea
← 2017–18 2019-20 →