The 2025 FA Community Shield was the 103rd FA Community Shield, an annual association football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. It was played at Wembley Stadium in London on 10 August 2025, and featured the 2024–25 Premier League winners Liverpool and the 2024–25 FA Cup winners Crystal Palace.
Crystal Palace beat Liverpool 3–2 on penalties after a 2–2 draw on normal time, winning their first Community Shield title.
Manchester City were the holders, having won the 2024 edition, but they did not qualify for this match, being defeated in the FA Cup final and having finished third in the league.
Background
Liverpool and Crystal Palace qualified for the 2025 FA Community Shield as the winners of the 2024–25 Premier League and the 2024–25 FA Cup, respectively. It was the 67th meeting between the two sides, and the first appearance for Crystal Palace in a Community Shield match, after they earned their first ever major trophy in winning the FA Cup. Liverpool have previously appeared in 24 Community Shield matches, winning 16 titles (sharing five of which), and appearing most recently in the 2022 edition, where they beat Manchester City 3–1 at the King Power Stadium.
Match
Summary Liverpool took an early lead in the 4th minute when Hugo Ekitike scored with a low shot into the right corner. Crystal Palace equalised in the 17th minute through a Jean-Philippe Mateta penalty into the right of the net, awarded after a foul in the box by Virgil van Dijk on Ismaïla Sarr. Jeremie Frimpong restored Liverpool's advantage in the 21st minute with a cross-shot from the right that looped into the net after hitting the far post. Crystal Palace levelled again in the 77th minute when Ismaïla Sarr converted from the right, in-off the post, after an incisive through-ball.
With the score tied 2–2 at full time, the match went to a penalty shoot-out. Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson saved from Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey Elliott, after Mohamed Salah had missed the target with a shot over the bar. Justin Devenny converted the winning penalty to the right of the net as Crystal Palace triumphed 3–2 in the shoot-out, securing their first-ever Community Shield title in their inaugural appearance in the fixture.
Details
GK 1 Dean HendersonCB 26 Chris RichardsCB 5 Maxence LacroixCB 6 Marc Guéhi (c) RM 2 Daniel MuñozCM 20 Adam Wharton CM 18 Daichi Kamada LM 3 Tyrick Mitchell RW 7 Ismaïla SarrLW 10 Eberechi EzeCF 14 Jean-Philippe MatetaSubstitutes:GK 44 Walter BenítezDF 17 Nathaniel ClyneDF 24 Borna Sosa DF 59 Rio CardinesMF 8 Jefferson Lerma MF 19 Will Hughes MF 55 Justin Devenny FW 21 Romain EsseFW 22 Odsonne ÉdouardManager: Oliver Glasner GK 1 AlissonRB 30 Jeremie FrimpongCB 5 Ibrahima Konaté CB 4 Virgil van Dijk (c)LB 6 Milos Kerkez CM 17 Curtis Jones CM 8 Dominik SzoboszlaiRW 11 Mohamed Salah AM 7 Florian Wirtz LW 18 Cody GakpoCF 22 Hugo Ekitike Substitutes:GK 25 Giorgi MamardashviliDF 26 Andy Robertson MF 3 Wataru Endō MF 10 Alexis Mac Allister MF 19 Harvey Elliott MF 42 Trey NyoniFW 14 Federico ChiesaFW 50 Ben DoakFW 73 Rio NgumohaManager: Arne Slot
Man of the Match: Ismaïla Sarr (Crystal Palace)
Assistant referees: James Mainwaring (Lancashire) Wade Smith (Manchester) Fourth official: Tony Harrington (Durham) Reserve assistant referee: Akil Howson (Leicestershire and Rutland) Video assistant referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire) Assistant video assistant referee: Nick Hopton (Derbyshire)Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores level Nine named substitutes, of which six may be used
References
External links The FA Community Shield at The Football Association