The FA Cup is one of English football's oldest and most iconic cup competitions. The FA Cup was born in 1871, with teams from the top of the game right down to step nine of the football pyramid taking part annually. Renowned for the giant killings that happen, creating the "magic of the FA Cup," there are usually over seven hundred teams that enter the tournament.
Arsenal remains the competition's most successful team, having lifted the FA Cup fourteen times. Manchester City are the current champions, and FA Cup odds suggest they’re the team to beat once again. The winner of the FA Cup is automatically entered into the Europa League the following season and will also take part in the Community Shield against the Premier League champions.
As with all football competitions, and especially one as prestigious as the FA Cup, there are multiple betting markets to explore.
FA Cup Odds to win the whole thing are regularly sought out by punters, and these odds to win the FA Cup outright are available before and during the tournament. When betting in on this market, you’re betting on the team that will lift the trophy, so before or at the very start of the competition, there are a load of teams involved, reducing along the way, with the odds being updated too. Manchester City won the FA Cup in 2022/23 and are favourites to win it again in 2024/25.
The FA Cup is famed for giant killings and shock results. Every season, they happen, especially when lower league teams face those from levels above. It’s one of the reasons why match betting is so popular, especially as punters often look to back the teams that aren’t expected to win. FA Cup odds often reflect that there’s a chance for a giant-killing or two to happen, keeping the magic of the competition alive.
While betting on the eventual winner of the FA Cup remains the most popular outright market, placing a wager on a club to make it to the final is also right up there, and it's a market that most sports betting operators offer. To Win FA Cup odds means to back the winner, whereas, to make the final market means that the punter just needs to back a team to get there, but they don't necessarily have to lift the trophy.
| Season | Winner | Score | Runner Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | Crystal Palace | 1-0 | Manchester City |
| 2023/24 | Manchester United | 2-1 | Manchester City |
| 2022/23 | Manchester City | 2-1 | Manchester United |
| 2021/22 | Liverpool | 0-0 (6-5 pens) | Chelsea |
| 2020/21 | Leicester | 1-0 | Chelsea |
| 2019/20 | Arsenal | 2-1 | Chelsea |
| 2018/19 | Manchester City | 6-0 | Watford |
| 2017/18 | Chelsea | 1-0 | Manchester United |
| 2016/17 | Arsenal | 2-1 | Chelsea |
| 2015/16 | Manchester United | 2-1 | Crystal Palace |
| 2014/15 | Arsenal | 4-0 | Aston Villa |
| 2013/14 | Arsenal | 3-2 | Hull |
| 2012/13 | Wigan | 1-0 | Manchester City |
| 2011/12 | Chelsea | 2-1 | Liverpool |
| 2010/11 | Manchester City | 1-0 | Stoke |
| 2009/10 | Chelsea | 1-0 | Portsmouth |
| 2008/09 | Chelsea | 2-1 | Everton |
| 2007/08 | Portsmouth | 1-0 | Cardiff |
| 2006/07 | Chelsea | 1-0 | Manchester United |
| 2005/06 | Liverpool | 3-1 (pens) | West Ham |
| 2004/05 | Arsenal | 5-4 (pens) | Manchester United |
| 2003/04 | Manchester United | 3-0 | Millwall |
| 2002/03 | Arsenal | 1-0 | Southampton |
| 2001/02 | Arsenal | 2-0 | Chelsea |
| 2000/01 | Liverpool | 2-1 | Arsenal |
| 1999/00 | Chelsea | 1-0 | Aston Villa |
| 1998/99 | Manchester United | 2-0 | Newcastle |
| 1997/98 | Arsenal | 2-0 | Newcastle |
| 1996/97 | Chelsea | 2-0 | Middlesbrough |
| 1995/96 | Manchester United | 1-0 | Liverpool |
| 1994/95 | Everton | 1-0 | Manchester United |
| 1993/94 | Manchester United | 4-0 | Chelsea |
| 1992/93 | Arsenal | 2-1 | Sheffield Wednesday |
FA Cup winners betting, at any stage of the competition, will always have the Premier League’s big hitters installed as favourites, regardless of how well teams from other divisions are performing in the tournament and who they’ve knocked out so far.
All the Premier League teams are in with a chance until they play each other.
BetVictor is the place to be for Football Betting, odds FA Cup final related, or otherwise. Domestic football sees Premier League Winner Odds, Championship odds, League One odds and also SPL betting markets available. You will also find international tournaments catered to, with World Cup Winner Odds on the site.