How many round are there in the fa cup

Heard of the FA Cup, but not exactly sure what it is? It has a storied history and is met each year with excitement from clubs big and small across the entirety of England.

The first-ever winners were Wanderers FC, who dissolved in The most successful club in FA Cup tournament history is Arsenal, who have won 14 championships overall and are the current reigning title holders having won in the edition of the tournament. The most recent sponsor that preceded them was Budweiser who held the sponsor title from until The FA Cup is a knockout tournament that is open to any club from the Premier League all the way down to the 10th level of English football.

The first six rounds of the competition are qualifying rounds where eligible lower teams battle it out to be one of the 32 to advance to the First Round Proper, where they face off against teams from League One and League Two.

Clubs from the Premier League and Championship enter in the Third Round Proper and finish out the competition from there. There are no seeds like many other tournaments, so each round matchups are selected at random by way of a draw. The draw for the fourth round took place on Monday January Thirty-two teams featured in the draw, with 16 ties to be played. Twenty Premier League teams and 24 Championship teams entered the competition at this point, joining the 20 winners from the second round.

A total of 32 fixtures were played in the third round, including eighth-tier Merseyside club Marine taking on Premier League high-fliers Tottenham. Southampton's clash with Shrewsbury Town was postponed after a number of positive Covid tests among the League One outfit's players and staff.

The first round proper of FA Cup kicked off on November 6, with games also being played on November 7, 8 and 9. A total of 48 clubs from League One and League Two enter at this phase of the competition as they join the 31 winners of the previous round along with the bye recipients - on this occasion, Chorley Town.

Those clubs joined the 32 winners from the qualifying stages of the competition, which got underway at the end of August and concluded on November 4. Matches: Fixtures - Results - Goals and highlights. Draw date: Friday, 3 July Match day: Saturday, 15 August Number of matches: Who enters: Entrants into the qualifying competition must play within the top 10 tiers of English football and must have competed in either the FA Trophy or FA Vase last season, and be entered into one of those competitions this year.

In total, of the clubs competing in the 14 divisions at the ninth tier of English football met the criteria, and they were joined by 92 successful applicants from the 17 divisions in the 10th tier of the English pyramid. See also:. Match day: Saturday, 29 August Who enters: The clubs playing in the eighth tier of English football entered the FA Cup at this stage.

Their clubs joined the winners from the previous round. Lowest-placed remaining clubs: 30 clubs from the tenth tier of English football made it through to this stage. Macarana to FA Cup preliminary round. Draw date: Monday, 24 August Match day: Saturday, 12 September Lowest-placed remaining clubs: 11 clubs from the tenth tier of English football made it through two rounds to this stage.

From Angola to Ilkeston via war-torn Ukraine - Stories from this round. Draw date: Monday, 14 September Match day: Saturday, 26 September They compete in the sixth tier of English football and joined the winners from the previous round.

Lowest-placed remaining clubs: Three clubs from the tenth tier of English football made it through three rounds to this stage. Stories from this round - Keeper scores overhead kick. Draw date: Monday, 28 September Match day: Saturday, 10 October