The 2022–23 Women's FA Cup was the 53rd staging of the Women's FA Cup, a knockout cup competition for women's football teams in England. Chelsea were the defending champions, having beaten Manchester City 3–2 in the 2022 final on 15 May 2022.
In March 2022, it was announced the Women's FA Cup prize fund would be increasing ahead of the 2022–23 season from around £400,000 to a combined £3 million.
The final was won by Chelsea, who beat Manchester United 1–0 at Wembley Stadium in front of a record attendance of 77,390, a world record for a women's domestic club match.
Teams A total of 438 teams were accepted into the 2022–23 Women's FA Cup, an increase of 21 from the previous year. Exemptions remained the same from the previous season: tier 5 teams are given an exemption for the first qualifying round, entering at the second round qualifying stage. The 48 teams that play in the FA Women's National League Division One (tier 4) are given exemption until third round qualifying, while teams in the Northern and Southern Premier Divisions (tier 3) will enter at the first round proper. The 12 Women's Championship teams (tier 2) are exempt until the third round proper, while the final teams to enter the competition will be the 12 Women's Super League teams (tier 1) which remain exempt until the fourth round proper.
Round Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners fromprevious round Games played Goals scored Prize money Winner Loser First round qualifying 438 174 – 72 388 £1,800 £450 Second round qualifying 352 25682 Tier 5 regional premier division teams added 86 122 712 £3,000 £750 Third round qualifying 224 17648 FA Women's National League Division One teams added 128 84 445 £4,000 £1,000 First round 136 11224 FA Women's National League Premier Division teams added 88 56 278 £6,000 £1,500 Second round 80 56 56 28 137 £8,000 £2,000 Third round 52 4012 Women's Championship teams added 28 20 75 £10,000 £2,500 Fourth round 32 3212 Women's Super League teams added 20 16 77 £15,000 £3,750 Fifth round 16 16 16 8 31 £20,000 £5,000 Quarter-final 8 8 8 4 13 £25,000 £6,250 Semi-final 4 4 4 2 6 £50,000 £12,250 Final 2 2 2 1 1 £100,000 £50,000
First round qualifying The competition started at the first round qualifying stage with 72 of the scheduled 87 games played in September 2022, made up of teams from outside the top five tiers of the women's football pyramid.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Penrith AFC (6) 6–0 Cramlington United (7) 2 Boro Rangers (7) 2–4 Cramlington Town (7) 3 Guisborough Town (6) 1–5 West Allotment (6) 4 Cullercoats (7) 0–8 Birtley Town (7) 5 Chester Le Street United (6) 0–1 Thornaby (6) 6 Boldon (7) 1–3 Hartlepool Pools Youth (6) 7 Workington Reds (6) 1–1 (3–2 p) Washington AFC (6) 8 Darlington FC (7) 6–1 Ripon City (6) 9 Hartlepool United (6) 0–3 CLS Amazons (7) 10 Stanwix (7) 2–4 Gateshead Leam Rangers (7) 11 Gateshead Rutherford (7) 3–0 Gateshead FC (6) 12 Altofts (6) 6–0 Sheffield United Community (6) 13 Morley Town (7) 7–0 Beverley Town (7) 14 Harworth Colliery (6) 0–7 York Railway Institute (6) 9515 St Joseph's Rockware of Worksop (6) 2–7 Farsley Celtic Juniors (6) 16 Market Rasen Town (7) H–W Ruston Sports (7) Ruston Sports withdrew.17 Thackley AFC (7) A–W Grimsby Town (6) 18 Poppleton (7) 1–4 Pocklington Town (7) 19 Grimsby Borough (6) 1–3 Brighouse Sports (7) 4720 Sheffield Wednesday (6) 3–2 Cleethorpes Town (7) 7021 Preston North End (6) 3–0 Atherton Laburnum Rovers (7) 22 Macclesfield Town (7) 0–5 Warrington Wolves Foundation (6) 23 Mancunian Unity (7) 8–0 Athletico Middleton (7) 27524 Pilkington (7) 1–1 (2–4 p) Sir Tom Finney FC (6) 25 Bury FC Foundation (7) 2–3 Marine (7) 26 Penwortham Town (6) 3–5 Altrincham (6) 27 West Kirby (7) A–W Bolton Wanderers (6) West Kirby withdrew.28 Bury AFC (6) 7–0 BRNESC (6) 13429 Hindley Juniors (6) 1–1 (0–3 p) Mossley AFC (7) 30 Macclesfield FC (7) A–W Wythenshawe Amateurs (6) Macclesfield FC removed subject to appeal.31 Clitheroe Wolves (7) 1–0 Nantwich Town (7) 32 Willaston (7) H–W Burnley Belvedere (7) Burnley Belvedere withdrew.33 Kettering Town (6) H–W Sleaford United (7) Sleaford United withdrew.34 Dunton & Broughton United (7) 0–5 Skegness Town (7) 35 Yaxley Phoenix (6) 2–4 Leicester City Ladies (6) 36 Allexton & New Parks (7) 3–3 (3–1 p) Long Buckby (7) 37 Bugbrooke St Michaels (7) 3–2 Rugby Borough (6) 38 Stamford AFC (7) 1–6 Asfordby Amateurs (6) 39 Kingfisher (6) 0–1 City of Stoke FC (6) 40 Bromsgrove Sporting (7) 0–1 Coventry City (6) 41 Coventry Sphinx (6) 4–3 Walsall Wood (6) 42 AFC Telford United (6) 6–0 Wyrley (6) 43 Droitwich Spa (6) 0–0 (6–5 p) Tamworth (6) 13044 Norton Canes (7) 0–14 Sedgley & Gornal United (6)
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 45 Westfields (6) 0–7 Bewdley Town (6) 7646 Leamington Lions (6) 3–1 Doveridge (7) 7747 Newcastle Town (7) 2–0 Port Vale (6) 48 Henley Athletic (7) A–W Sprowston (7) Henley Athletic withdrew.49 Brantham Athletic (7) A–W Mulbarton Wanderers (7) Brantham Athletic withdrew.50 Haverhill Rovers (6) 3–4 Stanway Rovers (7) 3751 East Bergholt United (6) 0–1 Brett Vale (7) 52 Hitchin Belles (7) 2–1 Bedmond (7) 53 Biggleswade United (6) 1–1 (2–3 p) Headstone Manor (7) 54 Southend United Community SC (7) 0–1 Hertford Town (7) 55 Frontiers (7) 1–0 AFC Dunstable (6) 56 Harpenden Town (7) H–W Leigh Ramblers (7) Leigh Ramblers withdrew.57 Hitchin Town (7) N/A Herts Vipers (7) Match not played. Hitchin Town and Herts Vipers both withdrew.58 Sevenoaks Town (7) 0–6 Barking (6) 59 Maidstone United (6) 1–5 Herne Bay (6) 60 Comets (7) 3–4 Islington Borough (7) 61 Regents Park Rangers (7) 3–3 (2–4 p) Hackney (6) 62 Hastings United (6) H–W Margate (7) Margate withdrew.63 Welling United (6) 6–0 Glebe (7) 64 Buckingham United (7) 1–6 Sport London e Benfica (6) 65 Mortimer (7) 1–8 Watford Development (6) 66 Brentford (6) 5–4 Woodley United (6) 67 Milton United (6) 8–0 Slough Town (7) 68 Eastbourne United (6) H–W Walton & Hersham (7) Walton & Hersham withdrew.69 Abbey Rangers (6) 2–2 (5–6 p) Steyning Town Community (6) 3070 Richmond Park (6) 8–0 Reigate (7) 71 Dorking Wanderers (6) 5–1 Richmond & Kew (7) 72 Guildford City (7) 0–8 Leatherhead (6) 73 Montpelier Villa (6) 2–0 Burgess Hill Town (7) 74 Shanklin (7) 1–3 AFC Stoneham (6) 7575 Badshot Lea (6) H–W Dorchester Town (7) Dorchester Town withdrew.76 AFC Portchester (7) 3–0 QK Southampton (7) 77 Rushmoor Community (6) H–W New Milton Town (6) 78 Gloucester City (7) 2–2 (2–4 p) Bishop's Cleeve (7) 110 79 Pen Mill (7) 10–0 Longwell Green (7) 80 Frome Town (6) 2–2 (6–7 p) Weston Super Mare (6) 10081 St Vallier (6) 1–1 (3–4 p) Pucklechurch Sports (6) 2782 Frampton Rangers (6) 2–2 (6–5 p) Oldland Abbotonians (6) 83 Bideford (6) 3–6 Activate (6) 84 Marine Academy Plymouth (6) 6–1 Teignmouth (7) 85 Helston Athletic (7) 16–2 Crediton United (7) 2986 Axminster Town (7) A–W Barnstaple Town (7) Axminster Town withdrew.87 Sticker (6) 9–0 Budleigh Salterton (6) 45
Second round qualifying 122 of the 128 scheduled matches were played in the second round qualifying in October 2022, including the introduction of teams from the fifth-tier regional first division football leagues.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Darlington FC (7) 2–2 (5–3 p) Blyth Town (5) 2 West Allotment (6) 0–7 South Shields (5) 3 Birtley Town (7) 0–2 Consett (7) 4 Gateshead Rutherford (7) 2–0 Carlisle United (6) 5 Wallsend BC (5) 2–0 Bishop Auckland (6) 6 Sunderland West End (5) 2–4 Penrith AFC (6) 7 Gateshead Leam Rangers (7) 1–5 Redcar Town (5) 8 CLS Amazons (7) 5–0 Cramlington Town (7) 9 Ponteland United (7) 3–0 Workington Reds (6) 10 Chester-Le-Street Town (5) 9–0 Hartlepool Pools Youth (6) 11 Thornaby (6) 1–9 Alnwick Town (5) 12 Brighouse Sports (7) 2–0 Harrogate Town (5) 13 York Railway Institute (6) 1–2 Oughtibridge War Memorial (5) 14 Farsley Celtic Juniors (6) 7–0 Bradford Park Avenue (6) 15 Retford (7) 0–4 Dronfield Town (6) 16 Ossett United (6) 4–1 Millmoor Juniors (6) 17 Rotherham United (5) 0–2 Altofts (6) 18 HBW United (7) 0–7 Wakefield (5) 19 Sheffield Wednesday (6) 0–6 Morley Town (7) 20 Chesterfield (5) 10–0 Pocklington Town (7) 21 Hull United (5) 7–0 Grimsby Town (6) 22 Market Rasen Town (7) H–W Farsley Celtic Women (7) Farsley Celtic Women withdrew.23 Ashton Town Lionesses (7) 1–5 Mossley Hill (5) 24 West Didsbury & Chorlton (5) 15–0 Sandbach United (7) 25 Wythenshawe Amateurs (6) 1–5 FC United of Manchester (5) 8726 Accrington Stanley (6) 3–0 Mossley AFC (7) 27 Northwich Vixens (6) 2–2 (6–7 p) Darwen (5) 28 Willaston (7) 1–21 Curzon Ashton (5) 29 Warrington Wolves Foundation (6) 2–2 (4–2 p) Altrincham (6) 30 Marine (7) 3–4 Bury AFC (6) 31 Bolton Wanderers (6) 4–1 Sir Tom Finney FC (6) 32 Tranmere Rovers (5) 6–1 Mancunian Unity (7) 33 Blackburn Community (5) 3–1 Chester (6) 34 Fleetwood Town Wrens (5) 12–1 Clitheroe Wolves (7) 35 Cheadle Town Stingers (5) 4–1 Blackpool (6) 36 Salford City Lionesses (5) 2–3 Crewe Alexandra (5) 37 FC St Helens (7) 0–6 Preston North End (6) 38 Sherwood (6) 1–0 Rugby Town (6) 39 Thrapston Town (6) 2–5 Arnold Eagles (5) 40 Lincoln United (5) 4–3 Anstey Nomads (5) 41 Desborough (7) 0–5 Kettering Town (6) 42 Notts County (5) 1–1 (3–4 p) Basford United (5) 43 Skegness Town (7) 5–0 Coalville Town Ravenettes (6) 44 Nottingham Trent University (6) 4–0 Allexton & New Parks (7) 45 Leicester City Ladies (6) 8–0 Borrowash Victoria (7) 46 Asfordby Amateurs (6) 13–0 Kirby Muxloe (7) 47 Mansfield Town (5) 8–1 Bugbrooke St Michaels (7) 48 Newcastle Town (7) 5–0 Droitwich Spa (6) 49 Leamington Lions (6) 0–1 Sutton Coldfield Town (5) 50 Burton Albion (5) 6–0 Bewdley Town (6) 51 Worcester City (5) 8–1 City of Stoke FC (6) 52 Walsall FC (6) 0–4 Solihull Sporting (5) 53 Kidderminster Harriers (5) 2–3 Coventry Sphinx (6) 54 Crusaders (5) 0–4 Shifnal Town (6) 55 Lye Town (5) H–W Bedworth United (7) Bedworth United withdrew.56 Shrewsbury Town (5) 8–1 Coventry City (6) 57 Sedgley & Gornal United (6) 4–2 Hereford Pegasus (7) 58 Knowle (6) 3–2 Coundon Court (5) 59 Redditch United (5) 0–4 Redditch Borough (7) 60 Lichfield City (5) 5–1 AFC Telford United (6) 61 Stanway Rovers (7) 1–5 Mulbarton Wanderers (7) 62 Fakenham Town (6) 3–2 Beccles Town (7) 63 Lawford (6) 1–4 Wroxham (5) 64 Bungay Town (7) 0–10 AFC Sudbury (5) 65 Sprowston (7) 2–2 (6–5 p) Brett Vale (7)