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The 2021 Women's FA Cup final was the 51st final of the Women's FA Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 27th to be played directly under the auspices of the Football Association (FA) and was named the Vitality Women's FA Cup Final due to sponsorship reasons.

The final was contested between Arsenal and Chelsea on 5 December 2021 at Wembley Stadium in London and broadcast on BBC1. Chelsea won 3–0 in front of a crowd of 40,942 to clinch their third title.

Originally scheduled to be played in May 2021, the match was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The alternative date in December was chosen to symbolically coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the FA's infamous ruling to ban women's football from the grounds of all its affiliated clubs.

Match details

5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)15:00 GMT

Arsenal	0–3	Chelsea
	Report	Kirby 3' Kerr 57', 77'

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 40,942Referee: Helen Conley (Durham)

Arsenal

Chelsea


GK	1	Manuela Zinsberger
RB	16	Noelle Maritz
CB	3	Lotte Wubben-Moy		87'
CB	5	Jen Beattie		70'
LB	7	Stephanie Catley
DM	13	Lia Wälti		61'
DM	12	Frida Maanum		80'
AM	10	Kim Little (c)
RW	9	Beth Mead	8'
LW	15	Katie McCabe	66'
CF	11	Vivianne Miedema
Substitutes:
DF	4	Anna Patten
MF	8	Jordan Nobbs
FW	14	Nikita Parris	80'	80'
GK	18	Lydia Williams
FW	19	Caitlin Foord		70'
DF	20	Simone Boye Sørensen		87'
DF	22	Viktoria Schnaderbeck
FW	23	Mana Iwabuchi		61'
DF	29	Teyah Goldie
Manager:
Jonas Eidevall


GK	30	Ann-Katrin Berger
CB	4	Millie Bright
CB	7	Jess Carter
CB	16	Magdalena Eriksson
RM	22	Erin Cuthbert	45'
CM	5	Sophie Ingle (c)		90+4'
CM	8	Melanie Leupolz		86'
LM	11	Guro Reiten		87'
RW	17	Jessie Fleming
LW	14	Fran Kirby		74'
FW	20	Sam Kerr		86'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Zećira Mušović
DF	3	Aniek Nouwen		90+4'
FW	9	Bethany England		86'
MF	10	Ji So-yun		86'
MF	21	Niamh Charles
FW	23	Pernille Harder		74'
MF	24	Drew Spence		87'
DF	25	Jonna Andersson
DF	29	Jorja Fox
Manager:
Emma Hayes

Player of the match

Sam Kerr (Chelsea)

Match officials

Assistant referees:
- Lisa Rashid (Birmingham)
- Mel Burgin (Manchester)
Fourth official: Amy Fearn (Derbyshire)

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Nine named substitutes.
Maximum of five substitutions in three stoppages.

References

Radnedge, Christian (6 December 2021). "Sam Kerr leads Chelsea to FA Cup final win over Arsenal at Wembley". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
Gillen, Nancy (5 December 2021). "Women's FA Cup Final: Marking the 100th anniversary of the ban on women's football". GiveMeSport. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ Stoddart, Craig (17 November 2021). "Helen Conley is chosen for Cup final". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

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Official website
Report at WomensFACup.co.uk

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