2018 Women's FA Cup final

2018 FA Women's Cup final
Event2017–18 FA Women's Cup
Arsenal Chelsea
1 3
Date5 May 2018 (2018-05-05)
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeLindsey Robinson (Durham)
Attendance45,423
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The 2018 FA Women's 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 Ladies and Chelsea Ladies on 5 May 2018 at Wembley Stadium in London. The match was broadcast on BBC1.[1] Chelsea won the match 3–1 in front of a record crowd of 45,423 to clinch their second title.[2] 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

Arsenal1–3Chelsea Ladies
Miedema 73'
Attendance: 45,423
Arsenal
Chelsea
GK 1 Netherlands Sari van Veenendaal
RB 18 Scotland Lisa Evans downward-facing red arrow 84'
CB 6 England Leah Williamson
CB 16 Republic of Ireland Louise Quinn
LB 3 Scotland Emma Mitchell downward-facing red arrow 84'
CM 20 Netherlands Dominique Janssen Yellow card 42' downward-facing red arrow 63'
AM 7 Netherlands Daniëlle van de Donk
AM 10 Scotland Kim Little (c)
LW 23 England Beth Mead
RW 8 England Jordan Nobbs
CF 11 Netherlands Vivianne Miedema
Substitutes:
GK 13 England Anna Moorhouse
DF 25 Sweden Jessica Samuelsson
MF 17 United States Heather O'Reilly upward-facing green arrow 63'
FW 9 England Danielle Carter upward-facing green arrow 84'
FW 15 Republic of Ireland Katie McCabe upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Australia Joe Montemurro
GK 1 Sweden Hedvig Lindahl
CB 4 England Millie Bright
CB 18 Norway Maren Mjelde
CB 16 Sweden Magdalena Eriksson
LB 20 Sweden Jonna Andersson downward-facing red arrow 70'
RB 3 England Hannah Blundell
CM 10 South Korea Ji So-yun
CM 17 England Katie Chapman (c)
AM 24 England Drew Spence downward-facing red arrow 74'
FW 14 England Fran Kirby
FW 23 Switzerland Ramona Bachmann downward-facing red arrow 85'
Substitutes:
GK 28 England Carly Telford
DF 2 Norway Maria Thorisdottir upward-facing green arrow 70'
DW 5 England Gilly Flaherty
MF 22 Scotland Erin Cuthbert upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW 9 England Eniola Aluko upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
England Emma Hayes

Player of the match

Match officials

  • Assistant referees:
  • 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.

Ahead of the game, Subbuteo launched an all-women game set for the first time.[3]

References

  1. ^ "The best women's sport on TV in 2018". Radio Times. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. ^ Tom Garry (5 May 2018). "Arsenal Ladies 1–3 Chelsea Ladies". BBC. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. ^ Topping, Alexandra (2 May 2018). "First all-female Subbuteo set launched before Women's FA Cup final". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2018.