The 2018 Women's FA 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 and Chelsea 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. 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 VeenendaalRB 18 Lisa Evans CB 6 Leah WilliamsonCB 16 Louise QuinnLB 3 Emma Mitchell CM 20 Dominique Janssen AM 7 Daniëlle van de DonkAM 10 Kim Little (c)LW 23 Beth MeadRW 8 Jordan NobbsCF 11 Vivianne MiedemaSubstitutes:GK 13 Anna MoorhouseDF 25 Jessica SamuelssonMF 17 Heather O'Reilly FW 9 Danielle Carter FW 15 Katie McCabe Manager: Joe Montemurro GK 1 Hedvig LindahlCB 4 Millie BrightCB 18 Maren MjeldeCB 16 Magdalena ErikssonLB 20 Jonna Andersson RB 3 Hannah BlundellCM 10 Ji So-yunCM 17 Katie Chapman (c)AM 24 Drew Spence FW 14 Fran KirbyFW 23 Ramona Bachmann Substitutes:GK 28 Carly TelfordDF 2 Maria Thorisdottir DW 5 Gilly FlahertyMF 22 Erin Cuthbert FW 9 Eniola Aluko Manager: Emma Hayes
Player of the match Ramona Bachmann (Chelsea)
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.
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