Liverpool advanced to their first final 10 years and will face to returning finalists Chelsea, marking the second cup final between Liverpool and Chelsea this season.
The final will be played on May 14 at Wembley Stadium in London. It falls on the weekend before the end of the Premier League season.
Fans are always eager to see a Cinderella run in this competition, but it won’t be happening this season. The last time a club from outside the top division won the competition was West Ham (1979-80), and the last time a team from a lower division made the final was Cardiff City in 2007-08.
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In case of a draw after 90 minutes, extra time and penalty kicks will be used to determine a winner the rest of the way. With the match calendar congested by league postponements due to COVID-19, traditional FA Cup replays (rematches) in the 3rd and 4th rounds were scrapped this season by the English Football Association.
The complete schedule, results and highlights for the entire 2021-22 competition follows below.
FA Cup Final (May 14, 2022)
Liverpool are in their first FA Cup final in 10 years, while Chelsea return to the scene of their 2021 loss to Leicester City.
FA Cup Semifinals (April 16-17, 2022)
The semifinals were an all-Premier League affair. The foursome included the top three teams in the Premier League table, with Crystal Palace the lone outsider.
The semifinals were both staged at Wembley Stadium.
FA Cup Quarterfinals (March 19-20, 2022)
This is the breakdown of teams participating in the Quarterfinal Round of the FA Cup:
Premier League (first tier): 6 clubs Championship (second tier): 2 clubs
Home teams are listed first. Lower-division teams are noted in parentheses: CH = Championship (second tier).
FA Cup 5th Round / Round of 16 (March 1-7, 2022)
This is the breakdown of teams participating in the Fifth Round of the FA Cup (Round of 16):
Premier League (first tier): 9 clubs Championship (second tier): 6 clubs National League (fifth tier): 1 club
Home teams are listed first. Lower-division teams are noted in parentheses: CH = Championship (second tier); NL = National League (fifth tier).
FA Cup 4th Round (Feb. 4-7, 2022)
This was the breakdown of teams that participated in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup:
Premier League (first tier): 14 clubs Championship (second tier): 12 clubs League One (third tier): 3 clubs League Two (fourth tier): 1 club (Hartlepool United) National League (fifth tier): 1 club (Boreham Wood) National League North (sixth tier): 1 club (Kidderminster)
Home teams are listed first. Lower-division teams are noted in parentheses: CH = Championship (second tier); L1 = League One (third tier); L2 = League Two (fourth tier); NL = National League (fifth tier), NLNS = National League North/South (sixth tier).
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FA Cup 3rd Round (Jan. 7-10, 2022)
A total of 64 teams were in action in the FA Cup Third Round, with most of them hailing from the top two divisions of English football:
English Premier League (first tier): 20 clubs English Championship (second tier): 24 clubs League One (third tier): 8 clubs League Two (fourth tier): 8 clubs National League (fifth tier): 3 clubs (Boreham Wood, Chesterfield, Yeovil Town) National League North/South (sixth tier): 1 club (Kidderminster Harriers)
Lower-division teams are noted in parentheses in the schedule below: CH = Championship (second tier); L1 = League One (third tier); L2 = League Two (fourth tier); NL = National League (fifth tier), NLNS = National League North/South (sixth tier).
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FA Cup 2nd Round (Dec. 3-15, 2021)
Forty teams were in action in the FA Cup Second Round, with eight upsets across the 20 matches. Only one matchup required a replay.
Five League Two teams (fourth tier) beat opponents playing one level above them in League One (third tier), while Kidderminster Harriers (sixth tier) were the lowest-ranked team to advance to the third round.
League One (third tier): 14 clubs League Two (fourth tier): 17 clubs National League (fifth tier): 5 clubs National League North/South (sixth tier): 3 clubs (Gateshead, Kidderminster, St. Albans) Non League Premier (seventh tier): 1 club (Buxton)
FA Cup 1st Round (Nov. 5-30, 2021)
Eighty teams were in action in the FA Cup First Round, with every team from League One and League Two joining 32 qualifiers that emerged from the lower tiers of English football. Only 31 of the 48 League One and League Two clubs survived this round.
League One (third tier): 24 clubs League Two (fourth tier): 24 clubs National League (fifth tier): 16 clubs National League North/South (sixth tier): 7 clubs Non League Premier (seventh tier): 8 clubs Non League Division One (eighth tier): 1 club (AFC Sudbury)
