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Emirates FA Cup
EMIRATES FA CUP
Arsenal will enter the competition in January 2025 in the Third Round Proper. Following the draw on Monday 2 December, Arsenal are set to play Manchester United at home on the weekend of 11 January.
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FA CUP FORMAT
The Emirates FA Cup competition is open to any eligible club in the English football league system - a total of 92 professional clubs in the Premier League, English Football League and several hundred "non-league" teams.
The first six rounds are the Qualifying Competition, from which 32 teams progress to the first round of the Competition Proper, meeting the first of the 48 professional teams from Leagues One and Two. The last entrants are the Premier League and Championship clubs, into the draw for the Third Round Proper.
The competition follows a knockout format.
FA CUP ROUND DATES
Extra Preliminary Round - Saturday 3 August 2024
Preliminary Round - Saturday 17 August 2024
First Round Qualifying - Saturday 31 August 2024
Second Round Qualifying - Saturday 14 September 2024
Third Round Qualifying - Saturday 28 September 2024
Fourth Round Qualifying - Saturday 12 October 2024
First Round Proper - Saturday 2 November 2024
Second Round Proper - Saturday 30 November 2024
Third Round Proper - Saturday 11 January 2025
Fourth Round Proper - Saturday 8 February 2025
Fifth Round Proper - Saturday 1 March 2025
Quarter Final - Saturday 29 March 2025
Semi Final - Saturday 26 April 2025
Final - Saturday 17 May 2025
MOST SUCCESSFUL CLUB IN FA CUP HISTORY
Arsenal are the most successful club in the history of the FA Cup, winning a total of 14 FA Cup competitions, in the following years:
| 2020 | 1998 |
| 2017 | 1993 |
| 2015 | 1979 |
| 2014 | 1971 |
| 2005 | 1950 |
| 2003 | 1936 |
| 2002 | 1930 |