2026 FA Cup final

The 2026 FA Cup final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on 16 May 2026 between Chelsea and Manchester City to determine the winners of the 2025–26 FA Cup. It was the 145th final of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup. Chelsea played in their 17th FA Cup final and the first since 2022, when they lost for a record third consecutive time. They were seeking a ninth Cup title. Manchester City played in their 15th FA Cup final overall and the fourth consecutively, the first ever team to do so. They were seeking an eighth Cup title. The clubs' most recent meeting in a title-deciding match was the 2021 UEFA Champions League final, which Chelsea won 1–0. The two sides have never before met in an FA Cup final, but have clashed in other domestic title-deciding matches, most recently in the 2019 EFL Cup final and the 2018 FA Community Shield, both of which City won. They met twice in the season's Premier League, a 1–1 draw in Manchester followed by City's 3–0 win in London. Manchester City won 1–0 in the match, through a goal from Antoine Semenyo, achieving their 8th FA Cup title.