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Manchester United, Arsenal and Football Clubs with the Most FA Cup Titles
Manchester United and Arsenal Have 21 FA Cups Between Them
Manchester City and Wigan are set for the 2013 FA Cup Final, which will take place about a month from now – on May 11 at Wembley Stadium in London.
It will be City’s 10th Final appearance. The Blues have won five.
Wigan Athletic is making its first appearance ever. The Latics have been around since 1932.
The FA Cup, or Football Association Challenge Cup, is, according to the official site (thefa.com), “the oldest and most famous domestic cup competition in the world.”
The first was at the end of the 1871-1872 season. Including 2012-13, there have been 132 Cups – every year but between 1915-16 and 1918-19 and 1939-40 and 1944-45 due to the two World Wars.
The Football Association is the oldest of its kind in the world and governs the sport of football in England, pro and amateur.
Every English pro team (for those not too familiar with the sport: every time you hear “Manchester,” “Arsenal,” “Chelsea,” etc) is part of the Football Association “league.”
The FA Cup annually pits hundreds of English football clubs in an elimination tournament, somewhat similar to the NCAA Tournament. There are 14 rounds, including many qualifiers for regional teams.
Not all clubs have to go through qualifiers or every round. For example, Premier League clubs join in the Third Round after many clubs have already been knocked out.
All ties are replayed until there is a winner.
For more about The Football Association and the FA Cup, check out the FA’s home page and history page.
Anyway, on to today’s list – FA clubs that have won multiple FA Cups, led by the Manchester United Red Devils with 11. Rival Arsenal, the Gunners, are one behind.
Follow @VinGetz| FOOTBALL CLUB | FA CUP TITLES | YEARS | |
| 1. | Manchester United | 11 | 1908-09, 1947-48, 1962-63, 1976-77, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1989-90, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2003-04 |
| 2. | Arsenal | 10 | 1929-30, 1935-36, 1949-50, 1970-71, 1978-79, 1992-93, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05 |
| 3. | Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | 1900-01, 1920-21, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1966-67, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1990-91 |
| 4. | Liverpool | 7 | 1964-65, 1973-74, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1991-92, 2000-01, 2005-06 |
| 4. | Chelsea | 7 | 1969-70, 1996-97, 1999-00, 2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12 |
| 4. | Aston Villa | 7 | 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57 |
| 7. | Newcastle United | 6 | 1909-10, 1923-24, 1931-32, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1954-55 |
| 7. | Blackburn Rovers | 6 | 1883-84, 1884-85, 1885-86, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1927-28 |
| 9. | Everton | 5 | 1905-06, 1932-33, 1965-66, 1983-84, 1994-95 |
| 9. | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 1887-88, 1891-92, 1930-31, 1953-54, 1967-68 |
| 9. | Manchester City | 5 | 1903-04, 1933-34, 1955-56, 1968-69, 2010-11 |
| 9. | Wanderers | 5 | 1871-72, 1872-73, 1875-76, 1876-77, 1877-78 |
| 13. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 | 1892-93, 1907-08, 1948-49, 1959-60 |
| 13. | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 1922-23, 1925-26, 1928-29, 1957-58 |
| 13. | Sheffield United | 4 | 1898-99, 1901-02, 1914-15, 1924-25 |
| 16. | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 1895-96, 1906-07, 1934-35 |
| 16. | West Ham United | 3 | 1963-64, 1974-75, 1979-80 |
| 18. | Preston North End | 2 | 1888-89, 1937-38 |
| 18. | Old Etonians | 2 | 1878-79, 1881-82 |
| 18. | Portsmouth | 2 | 1938-39, 2007-08 |
| 18. | Sunderland | 2 | 1936-37, 1972-73 |
| 18. | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1897-98, 1958-59 |
| 18. | Bury | 2 | 1899-00, 1902-03 |
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Clubs with the Most English Football League Championships
Manchester United, 2011 Champions of the Premier League (wallpaperball.com)
Manchester United has the most English Football League titles of all time, but there not as far ahead as you may think. Liverpool is behind by just one. The wildly-popular Arsenal rounds out the top three.
The league, and its multiple incarnations, goes back to 1888, when Preston North End won the first.
The latest version of the English Football League, the Premier League, began in 1992. The Premier League is at the top of the English Football System (a pyramid of leagues with teams vying to be promoted into that top tier).
There are 20 teams in the Premier League. Only four have won a Premier League Championship, led again by the reigning champion Manchester United Red Devils with 12, followed by Chelsea (3), Arsenal (2) and Blackburn Rovers (1).
| 1. | Manchester United | 19 |
| 2. | Liverpool | 18 |
| 3. | Arsenal | 13 |
| 4. | Everton | 9 |
| 5. | Aston Villa | 7 |
| 6. | Sunderland | 6 |
| 7. | Chelsea | 4 |
| 7. | Newcastle United | 4 |
| 7. | Sheffield Wednesday | 4 |
| 10. | Leeds United | 3 |
| 10. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 |
| 10. | Huddersfield Town | 3 |
| 10. | Blackburn Rovers | 3 |
| 14. | Preston North End | 2 |
| 14. | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 |
| 14. | Derby County | 2 |
| 14. | Manchester City | 2 |
| 14. | Burnley | 2 |
| 14. | Portsmouth | 2 |
| 20. | Sheffield United | 1 |
| 20. | West Bromwich Albion | 1 |
| 20. | Ipswich Town | 1 |
| 20. | Nottingham Forest | 1 |
