Date | R | Home v Away | - |
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01/05 14:00 | 9 | Nottm Forest Women v Burnley Women | View |
01/11 12:30 | 10 | Brighton & Hove Albion Women v Durham Women | View |
01/11 17:15 | 10 | Man Utd Women v West Brom Women | View |
01/12 12:00 | 10 | Fulham Women v London City Lionesses Women | View |
01/12 12:00 | 10 | Crystal Palace Women v Sheff Utd Women | View |
01/12 12:30 | 10 | Arsenal Women v Bristol City Women | View |
01/12 13:00 | 10 | Leicester Women v Stoke Women | View |
01/12 13:00 | 10 | Exeter Women v Sunderland Women | View |
01/12 13:00 | 10 | Everton Women v Tottenham Women | View |
01/12 13:00 | 10 | Man City Women v Ipswich Town Women | View |
01/12 13:00 | 10 | Blackburn Women v Portsmouth Women | View |
01/12 14:00 | 10 | London Bees Women v Rugby Borough Women | View |
01/12 14:00 | 10 | Cheltenham Town Women v Wolverhampton Women | View |
01/12 14:00 | 10 | West Ham Women v Liverpool Women | View |
01/12 15:00 | 10 | Chelsea Women v Charlton Women | View |
01/12 17:45 | 10 | Aston Villa Women v Bristol Rovers Women | View |
The Women's FA Challenge Cup is the top annual cup tournament for women's clubs in English football. Founded in 1970, it has been named the WFA Cup, FA Women's Cup, and now Women's FA Cup (currently known as the Adobe Women's FA Cup for sponsorship reasons).
Designed as an equivalent to the FA Cup in men's football, the competition began in 1970–71 as the Mitre Challenge Trophy, organised by the Women's Football Association (WFA). There were 71 entrants, including teams from Scotland and Wales.
The WFA ran the competition for the first 23 editions, during which time Southampton won the cup eight times. The Football Association (FA) began administering English women's football in mid-1993.
Arsenal holds the record for most titles overall, having won fourteen times. The current cup holders are Manchester United, who defeated Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 in the 2024 final to win their first FA Cup title.
Previous national cup competitions included the English Ladies Football Association Challenge Cup in 1922, won by Stoke Ladies.
The first women's Mitre Challenge Trophy matches were played in 1970, and the first final was held on 9 May 1971 at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. The WFA was initially named the Ladies Football Association of Great Britain, and Scottish clubs were successful in reaching the first three finals of this tournament (albeit as runners-up). Two of these clubs were runners-up in England while also winning the Scottish Women's Cup in the same season, Stewarton Thistle in 1971 and Westthorn United in 1973.
Southampton Women's F.C. won eight of the first 11 WFA Cup competitions.
Doncaster Belles reached nearly every final between 1982–83 and 1993–94, and won the trophy six times.