2010–11 FA Cup

2010-11 FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	759
Defending champions	Chelsea
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 FA Cup is the 130th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. A total of 806 clubs applied to enter of which 759 were accepted,^[1] a slight drop compared to the 762 clubs accepted into the 2009-10 FA Cup.

The competition will commence on 14 August 2010 with the Extra Preliminary Round and will conclude on 14 May 2011 with the Final, held at Wembley Stadium.^[2] The defending champions will be Chelsea, who retained their title in the 2010 final against Portsmouth. The tournament winners will qualify for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
Extra Preliminary Round	759	402	none	402	Levels 9 and 10 in football league pyramid
Preliminary Round	558	332	201	131	Northern Premier League Division One North Northern Premier League Division One South Southern Football League Division One Central Southern Football League Division One South & West Isthmian League Division One North Isthmian League Division One South
First Round Qualifying	392	232	166	66	Northern Premier League Premier Division Southern Football League Premier Division Isthmian League Premier Division
Second Round Qualifying	276	160	116	44	Conference North Conference South
Third Round Qualifying	196	80	80	none	none
Fourth Round Qualifying	156	64	40	24	Conference National
The Proper First Round	124	80	32	48	Football League One Football League Two
The Proper Second Round	84	40	40	none	none
The Proper Third Round	64	64	20	44	Premier League Football League Championship
The Proper Fourth Round	32	32	32	none	none
align="center"\| 16	16	16	none	none
The Proper Sixth Round	8	8	8	none	none
Semi-Finals	4	4	4	none	none
Final	2	2	2	none	none

Calendar

The calendar for the 2010–11 FA Cup, as announced by The Football Association:^[2]

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs	New entries this round	Player of the Round
Extra Preliminary Round	14 August 2010	201	759 → 558	402: 358th–759th	n/a
Preliminary Round	28 August 2010	166	558 → 392	131: 227th–357th	n/a
First Round Qualifying	11 September 2010	116	392 → 276	66: 161st–226th
Second Round Qualifying	25 September 2010	80	276 → 196	44: 117th–160th
Third Round Qualifying	9 October 2010	40	196 → 156	none
Fourth Round Qualifying	23 October 2010	32	156 → 124	24: 93rd–116th
First Round Proper	6 November 2010	40	124 → 84	48: 45th–92nd
Second Round Proper	27 November 2010	20	84 → 64	none
Third Round Proper	8 January 2011	32	64 → 32	44: 1st–44th
Fourth Round Proper	29 January 2011	16	32 → 16	none
Fifth Round Proper	19 February 2011	8	16 → 8	none
Sixth Round Proper	12 March 2011	4	8 → 4	none
Semi-Finals	16–17 April 2011	2	4 → 2	none
Final	14 May 2011	1	2 → 1	none

Qualifying Rounds

All of the teams that will enter the competition, but are not members of the Premier League or The Football League, have to compete in the qualifying rounds.

References

^ 2010 FA Cup Qualifying round draws, thefa.com accessed 8 July 2010
^ ^a ^b FA Cup Round Dates Accessed 28-06-10

External links

The FA Cup at thefa.com

[1] 2010 FA Cup Qualifying round draws, thefa.com accessed 8 July 2010

[facuprounddates-2] FA Cup Round Dates Accessed 28-06-10

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League cups	England Finland '10 '11 France Hungary Iceland '10 '11 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '10 '11 Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Belarus Belgium Bulgaria England France Germany Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup