2025 FA Cup final

The 2025 FA Cup final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on 17 May 2025 between Crystal Palace and Manchester City that determined the winners of the 2024–25 FA Cup. It was the 144th final of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup. Crystal Palace won the match 1–0 after a first-half goal from winger Eberechi Eze and a penalty save by goalkeeper Dean Henderson, resulting in the club winning their first-ever major trophy, excluding defunct competitions (having previously won the 1990–91 Full Members' Cup). As winners, they earned the right to play against Liverpool, the winners of the 2024–25 Premier League, in the 2025 FA Community Shield. They would have earned a spot in the league phase of the 2025–26 UEFA Europa League which is given to the FA Cup winners, but lost the right due to a successful appeal by Olympique Lyonnais, who had an equivalent major qualification win but also shared an owner with Palace, which brought UEFA's multi-club ownership rules into play, allowing an owner only one entry in a tournament; Olympique had a higher domestic league position in the same season, and was thus granted the entry. Nevertheless, Palace were instead given a berth to play in the play-off round of the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League. It also meant that Crystal Palace qualified for a major European competition for the first time in club history This decision was appealed by Crystal Palace but was unsuccessful. For Manchester City, this was their third consecutive FA Cup final, and second defeat in a row, becoming the tenth team to lose consecutive finals.