2018 Women's FA Cup final

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.

2018 FA Women's Cup final

Event	2017–18 FA Women's Cup
Arsenal Chelsea 1 3
Date	5 May 2018 (2018-05-05)
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Lindsey Robinson (Durham)
Attendance	45,423
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The final was contested between Arsenal and Chelsea 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

Arsenal	1–3	Chelsea
Miedema 73'	Report	Bachmann 48', 60' Kirby 76'

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05)

17:30 BST

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 45,423

Referee: Lindsey Robinson (Durham)

Arsenal

Chelsea

GK 1 Sari van Veenendaal RB 18 Lisa Evans  84' CB 6 Leah Williamson CB 16 Louise Quinn LB 3 Emma Mitchell  84' CM 20 Dominique Janssen  42'  63' AM 7 Daniëlle van de Donk AM 10 Kim Little (c) LW 23 Beth Mead RW 8 Jordan Nobbs CF 11 Vivianne Miedema Substitutes: GK 13 Anna Moorhouse DF 25 Jessica Samuelsson MF 17 Heather O'Reilly  63' FW 9 Danielle Carter  84' FW 15 Katie McCabe  84' Manager: Joe Montemurro

GK 1 Hedvig Lindahl CB 4 Millie Bright CB 18 Maren Mjelde CB 16 Magdalena Eriksson LB 20 Jonna Andersson  70' RB 3 Hannah Blundell CM 10 Ji So-yun CM 17 Katie Chapman (c) AM 24 Drew Spence  74' FW 14 Fran Kirby FW 23 Ramona Bachmann  85' Substitutes: GK 28 Carly Telford DF 2 Maria Thorisdottir  70' DW 5 Gilly Flaherty MF 22 Erin Cuthbert  74' FW 9 Eniola Aluko  85' Manager: Emma Hayes

Player of the match Ramona Bachmann (Chelsea) Match officials Assistant referees: Stacey Pearson (Somerset) Kirsty Dowle (Kent) 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.

In popular culture

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