2016 FA Women's Cup final
Event2015–16 FA Women's Cup
Arsenal Chelsea
1 0
Date14 May 2016 (2016-05-14)
VenueWembley Stadium, London
Player of the MatchDanielle Carter
RefereeSarah Garratt (Birmingham)
Attendance32,912[1]

The 2016 FA Women's Cup final was the 46th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 23rd to be played directly under the auspices of the Football Association (FA) and was named the SSE Women's FA Cup Final for sponsorship reasons. The final was contested between Arsenal Ladies and Chelsea Ladies on 14 May 2016 at Wembley Stadium in London. The match was the second FA Women's Cup Final to be held at Wembley.

Chelsea, managed by Emma Hayes, went into the match as defending champions, having won the 2015 FA Cup, while Arsenal, managed by Pedro Martínez Losa, had won the competition on thirteen previous occasions. But Chelsea were favourites to lift the trophy as Arsenal had enjoyed only moderate success since their victory at the 2014 Cup Final, and had been beaten by Chelsea in a match earlier in the 2016 season of the Women's Super League.[1][2][3] Arsenal won the match 1–0, with a first-half goal from Danielle Carter scored in the eighteenth minute, and securing the team their fourteenth FA Cup victory. Carter was also named Player of the Match.[1][2] The match was attended by a crowd of 32,912, an increase on the 30,710 who attended the 2015 final.[1]

The match was refereed by Sarah Garratt of the Birmingham Football Association, whose appointment was announced by the Football Association on 5 May. The match saw Garratt taking charge of her first FA Cup Final.[4]

Match details

Arsenal1–0Chelsea
Carter 18' Report
Attendance: 32,912
GK13Netherlands Sari van Veenendaal
DF2England Alex Scott (c)
DF5England Casey Stoney
DF22Germany Josephine Henning
DF3England Emma Mitchell
MF8England Jordan Nobbs
MF 4 England Fara Williams downward-facing red arrow 74'
MF6Spain Vicky Losada
MF9England Danielle Carter
FW 10 England Kelly Smith downward-facing red arrow 74'
FW 24 Nigeria Asisat Oshoala Yellow card 82' downward-facing red arrow 89'
Substitutes:
DF 20 Netherlands Dominique Janssen upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 21 Netherlands Daniëlle van de Donk upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 14 England Leah Williamson upward-facing green arrow 89'
GK1Republic of Ireland Emma Byrne
FW7Spain Natalia Pablos
Manager:
Spain Pedro Martínez Losa
GK1Sweden Hedvig Lindahl
DF3England Hannah Blundell
DF 4 England Millie Bright downward-facing red arrow 79'
DF5England Gilly Flaherty
DF16England Ana Borges
MF 24 England Drew Spence downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF17England Katie Chapman (c)
MF7England Gemma Davison
MF10South Korea Ji So-yun
FW 8 England Karen Carney downward-facing red arrow 55'
FW14England Fran Kirby
Substitutes:
FW15England Bethany EnglandYellow card 84'upward-facing green arrow 79'
DF 6 Republic of Ireland Niamh Fahey upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 9 England Eniola Aluko upward-facing green arrow 55'
GK12Jamaica Rebecca Spencer
DF11England Claire Rafferty
Manager:
England Emma Hayes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Phillips, Owen (14 May 2016). "Women's FA Cup final: Arsenal Ladies 1-0 Chelsea Ladies". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 Stafford, James (14 May 2016). "Dan Carter secures Women's FA Cup as Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 at Wembley". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Muro, Giuseppe (13 May 2016). "Women's FA Cup Final: Arsenal's Casey Stoney fires warning at favourites Chelsea". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Lavery, Glenn (5 May 2016). "Referee Sarah Garratt relishing SSE Women's FA Cup Final call". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  5. ↑ REFEREE GARRATT RELISHING SSE WOMEN'S FA CUP FINAL CALL
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