The 2023 Women's FA Cup final was the 53rd final of the Women's FA Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 29th to be played directly under the auspices of The Football Association (FA) and was named the Vitality Women's FA Cup Final due to sponsorship reasons.
The final was contested between Manchester United and Chelsea, on 14 May 2023 at Wembley Stadium in London.
Chelsea were the defending champions of the last two editions, and won their third consecutive cup on a 68th-minute Sam Kerr goal assisted by a Pernille Harder cross. The attendance of 77,390 broke the previous cup's record of 49,094, and also set a new world record for attendance to a match in a domestic women's competition, topping the 60,739 attendance to Atlético Madrid against Barcelona in the Primera División on 19 March 2019.
VAR was not only used for the first time in the final but also the first time that it was used in an English women's competitions league or cup.
Match
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GK 30 Ann-Katrin BergerRB 15 Ève Périsset CB 18 Maren MjeldeCB 16 Magdalena Eriksson (c) LB 21 Niamh Charles RM 8 Melanie Leupolz CM 17 Jessie Fleming LM 22 Erin Cuthbert RW 10 Lauren James CF 20 Sam Kerr LW 11 Guro Reiten Substitutes:GK 1 Zećira MušovićCM 5 Sophie Ingle DF 7 Jess Carter MF 13 Kateřina SvitkováMF 19 Johanna Rytting KanerydRW 23 Pernille Harder DF 26 Kadeisha Buchanan LW 27 Alsu AbdullinaMF 28 Jelena ČankovićManager: Emma Hayes GK 27 Mary EarpsRB 2 Ona BatlleCB 15 Maya Le TissierCB 21 Millie TurnerLB 6 Hannah Blundell RM 10 Katie Zelem (c)LM 12 Hayley Ladd RW 22 Nikita Parris CAM 7 Ella Toone CF 23 Alessia RussoLW 11 Leah GaltonSubstitutes:DF 5 Aoife Mannion MF 8 Vilde Bøe RisaFW 9 Martha Thomas DF 14 Jayde RiviereMF 16 Lisa NaalsundFW 17 Lucía García FW 28 Rachel Williams DF 29 Estelle CascarinoGK 32 Sophie BaggaleyManager: Marc Skinner
Player of the match Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
Assistant referees: Georgia Ball (Derbyshire) Chloe-Ann Small (Hampshire) Fourth official: Abigail Byrne (Cambridgeshire) Reserve assistant referee: Sophie Dennington (Berks & Bucks) Video assistant referee: Michael Salisbury (Lancashire) Assistant video assistant referee: Sian Massey-Ellis (Birmingham)Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions in three normal-time stoppages and/or a fourth stoppage in extra-time
Statistics +OverallStatisticChelseaManchester UnitedGoals scored10Total shots814Shots on target45Ball possession48%52%Corner kicks02Fouls committed910Yellow cards40Red cards00
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