FA CUP DETAILS - 22/23
A total of 732 clubs will enter the Emirates FA Cup for the 2022-23 season, which will kick-off on Saturday 6 August with the Extra Preliminary Round.
The FA have now confirmed the final list of accepted clubs for the campaign as well as the round dates, list of round exemptions and the 2022-23 prize fund.
All 20 Wessex Premier Division clubs have been entered into this season’s competition at the Extra Preliminary Round stage. They will be joined by Division One sides, Andover New Street, Folland Sports and Newport IoW - three of just eleven Step 6 clubs nationally who made the cut on a PPG model.
Key dates for the diary include the Cup Final at Wembley Stadium connected by EE being held on Saturday 3 June 2023, while the third round proper will take place across the weekend of Saturday 7 January 2023. The competition gets underway with the Extra Preliminary Round on Saturday 6th August.
The total prize fund for next season will total over £19m in payments to clubs and made to the winners and losers at all stages of the qualifying rounds, but payments will only be made to the winners from the first round proper through to the quarter-final. The winners and losers will each receive a payment in the semi-final and Final.
Replays will be mandatory in all rounds of the qualifying competition and the competition proper from the first round proper up to and including the fourth round proper.
Early round draw details are expected on Friday 8th July.
DETAILS
FA CUP DATES
Extra Preliminary Round – Saturday 6 August 2022
Preliminary Round – Saturday 20 August 2022
First Round Qualifying -Saturday 3 September 2022
Second Round Qualifying – Saturday 17 September 2022
Third Round Qualifying – Saturday 1 October 2022
Fourth Round Qualifying – Saturday 15 October 2022
First Round Proper – Saturday 5 November 2022
Second Round Proper – Saturday 26 November 2022
Third Round Proper – Saturday 7 January 2023
Fourth Round Proper – Saturday 28 January 2023
Fifth Round Proper – Wednesday 1 March 2023
Quarter Final – Saturday 18 March 2023
Semi Final – Saturday 22 April 2023
Final – Saturday 3 June 2023
FA CUP PRIZE FUND PAYMENTS
Extra Preliminary Round winners (208) = £1,125
Extra Preliminary Round losers (208) = £375
Preliminary Round winners (136) = £1,444
Preliminary Round losers (136) = £481
First Round Qualifying winners (112) = £2,250
First Round Qualifying losers (112) = £750
Second Round Qualifying winners (80) = £3,375
Second Round Qualifying losers (80) = £1,125
Third Round Qualifying winners (40) = £5,625
Third Round Qualifying losers (40) = £1,875
Fourth Round Qualifying winners (32) = £9,375
Fourth Round Qualifying losers (32) = £3,125
First Round Proper winners (40) = £36,000
Second Round Proper winners (20) = £60,000
Third Round Proper winners (32) = £100,000
Fourth Round Proper winners (16) = £120,000
Fifth Round Proper winners (8) = £225,000
Quarter Final winners (4) = £450,000
Semi Final losers (2) = £500,000
Semi Final winners (2) = £1,000,000
Final runners-up (1) = £1,000,000
Final winners (1) = £2,000,000
