2023–24 FA Cup qualifying rounds

2023–24 FA Cup qualifying rounds
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales
Teams640

The 2023–24 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 143rd edition of the FA Cup, the world's oldest association football single knockout competition, organised by The Football Association, the governing body for the sport in England. 640 teams in the 5th to 10th tier of English football competed across six rounds for 32 spots in the First round proper.

Eligibility

Places for the FA Cup were capped at 732 to match the number of clubs in the top 9 tiers of English football, meaning 640 places were available in the qualifying competition.[1] Clubs from the 10th tier were accepted only where there was a shortage of teams due to higher ranked teams not applying or being ineligible for entry. This left seven places, which were awarded to the applicants from the 10th tier that had finished 2022–23 with the highest points per game, but that had not been promoted.[1]

Calendar

Round Main date Leagues entering this round New entries this round Winners from the previous round Number of fixtures Prize fund
Losing club Winning club
Extra preliminary round 5 August 2023 Level 8 (95 lowest ranked clubs)
Level 9
Level 10 (highest ranked clubs)		 416 None 208 £375 £1,125
Preliminary round 19 August 2023 Level 8 64 208 136 £481 £1,444
First qualifying round 2 September 2023 Level 7 88 136 112 £750 £2,250
Second qualifying round 16 September 2023 National League North
National League South		 48 112 80 £1,125 £3,375
Third qualifying round 30 September 2023 None 0 80 40 £1,875 £5,625
Fourth qualifying round 14 October 2023 National League 24 40 32 £3,125 £9,375

Extra preliminary round

The draw for the extra preliminary round was made on 7 July 2023.[2] The seven clubs allowed entry from the 10th tier (Stockport Town, Hartpury University, Brislington, Wells City, Wendron United, Liskeard Athletic and Okehampton Argyle) were the lowest ranked teams to enter.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d (10) represents teams allocated to divisions at the 10th tier of English football (otherwise known as Step 6 of the National League System). (9) represents the 9th tier (Step 5 NLS). (8) represents the 8th tier (Step 4 NLS).

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was made on 7 July 2023, following the draw for the extra preliminary round.[2] Okehampton Argyle were the sole team from Level 10 to progress to this stage.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d (10) represents teams allocated to divisions at the 10th tier of English football (otherwise known as Step 6 of the National League System). (9) represents the 9th tier (Step 5 NLS). (8) represents the 8th tier (Step 4 NLS).

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was made on 21 August 2023.[4] Okehampton Argyle of the South West Peninsula League were the sole team from Level 10 to progress to this stage.

Upsets

Giantkiller (tier) Opponent (tier)
Upset of two leagues above
Knaphill (level 9) 1–0 at home vs Hanwell Town (level 7)[5]
AFC Stoneham (level 9) 5–4 at home vs Basingstoke Town (level 7)[6]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d (10) represents teams allocated to divisions at the 10th tier of English football (otherwise known as Step 6 of the National League System). (9) represents the 9th tier (Step 5 NLS). (8) represents the 8th tier (Step 4 NLS). (7) represents the 7th tier (Step 3 NLS).

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 4 September 2023.[7] 14 clubs (Tadcaster Albion, Lincoln United, Worcester City, Steyning Town, Knaphill, Eastbourne United, Farnham Town, Reading City, Highworth Town, Emley, AFC Stoneham, Redhill, Bishop Auckland and Albion Sports) from Level 9 progressed to this round.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d (9) represents teams allocated to divisions at the 9th tier of English football (otherwise known as Step 5 of the National League System). (8) represents the 8th tier (Step 4 NLS). (7) represents the 7th tier (Step 3 NLS). (6) represents the 6th tier (Step 2 NLS).

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was made on 18 September 2023.[8] Emley was the sole team from Level 9 to progress to this stage.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d (9) represents teams allocated to divisions at the 9th tier of English football (otherwise known as Step 5 of the National League System). (8) represents the 8th tier (Step 4 NLS). (7) represents the 7th tier (Step 3 NLS). (6) represents the 6th tier (Step 2 NLS).

Fourth qualifying round

The draw for the fourth qualifying round was made on 2 October 2023.[9] This round included five teams, Biggleswade Town, Leek Town, Ramsgate, Cray Valley Paper Mills and Sheppey United, from Level 8, the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition. The latter three sides in Ramsgate, Cray Valley Paper Mills and Sheppey United also became the lowest ranked sides this season to reach the first round proper, all three of which played in the Isthmian League South East Division.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d (8) represents teams allocated to divisions at the 8th tier of English football (otherwise known as Step 4 of the National League System). (7) represents the 7th tier (Step 3 NLS). (6) represents the 6th tier (Step 2 NLS). (5) represents the 5th tier (Step 1 NLS).

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIND OUT WHICH CLUBS ARE INVOLVED IN THE EMIRATES FA CUP, YOUTH CUP, TROPHY AND VASE". The FA. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "FIRST DRAWS MADE FOR THE EMIRATES FA CUP, FA YOUTH CUP AND ISUZU FA TROPHY AND VASE". www.thefa.com. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Holyport FA Cup win declared 'null and void' after error". footballinberkshire.co.uk. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  4. ^ "THE DRAW FOR THE FIRST ROUND QUALIFYING OF THE EMIRATES FA CUP HAS BEEN MADE". www.thefa.com. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Match Report: Knaphill v Hanwell Town on Saturday, 2nd Sept 2023 - The Southern League". southern-football-league.co.uk.
  6. ^ "Basingstoke crash out of FA Cup in 'embarrassing' 5-4 defeat to Stoneham". Basingstoke Gazette. September 6, 2023.
  7. ^ "THE EMIRATES FA CUP SECOND ROUND QUALIFYING DRAW HAS BEEN MADE". www.thefa.com. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  8. ^ "THE EMIRATES FA CUP THIRD ROUND QUALIFYING DRAW HAS BEEN MADE". www.thefa.com. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  9. ^ "The Emirates FA Cup fourth round qualifying draw has been made". The Football Association. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.