2017–18 FA Youth Cup

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2017–18 FA Youth Cup
Football Association Youth Cup
Country  England
 Wales
Teams 507 (overall)
Champions Chelsea
Runners-up Arsenal
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 FA Youth Cup was the 66th edition of the FA Youth Cup. The defending champions were Chelsea and they retained the trophy for the fifth year in a row after a 7–1 aggregate victory over Arsenal in the final.[1][2][3]

Calendar

Round Matches played from
Preliminary round 4 September 2017
First round qualifying 18 September 2017
Second round qualifying 2 October 2017
Third round qualifying 16 October 2017
First round 4 November 2017
Second round 18 November 2017
Third round 16 December 2017
Fourth round 20 January 2018
Fifth round 10 February 2018
Quarter-finals 3 March 2018
Semi-finals (two legs) 24 March/7 April 2018
Final (two legs) 27 April/30 April 2018

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

272 teams took part in the Preliminary round. The lowest level teams competing were from level 11 of the English football league system.[4] The draws were regionalized on a North/South basis.

First round qualifying

260 teams took part in the first qualifying round, with 136 teams having progressed from the previous round. The lowest level teams competing were from level 11 of the English football league system. The draws were regionalized on a North/South basis.

Second round qualifying

152 teams took part in the second qualifying round, with 65 teams having progressed from the previous round.

Third round qualifying

76 teams took part in the third qualifying round, with 38 teams having progressed from the previous round.

First round

84 teams took part in the first round, with 19 teams having progressed from the previous round.

† Despite winning the match, Shrewsbury Town were subsequently disqualified after it was found that they had fielded an ineligible player. Evesham United were therefore permitted to advance to the next round instead.[11]

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Fifth round

  • Tie awarded to Colchester United - Reading removed after fielding an ‘under-age’ player inadvertently.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Blackpool 2–7 Arsenal 2–2 0-5
Birmingham City 0–7 Chelsea 0–3 0–4

First leg

20 March 2018
19:45
Blackpool 2-2 Arsenal
Sumner Goal 43'
Jacobson Goal 74'		 Report John-Jules Goal 31'
Amaechi Goal 64'
Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 894
Referee: Tim Robinson

4 April 2018
19:45
Birmingham 0-3 Chelsea
Tariq Uwakwe Goal 15'
Hudson-Odoi Goal 35'
Brown Goal 76'

Second leg

10 April 2018
19:45
Chelsea 4-0 Birmingham City
Hudson-Odoi Goal 31', 41'
Brown Goal 38'
Uwakwe Goal 63'

16 April 2018
19:45
Arsenal 5-0 Blackpool
Balogun Goal 18'
Ballard Goal 20'
Burton Goal 23'
Smith-Rowe Goal 34' (pen.)
Smith Goal 90'		 Report
Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 2,083[16]
Referee: Craig Hicks

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chelsea 7–1 Arsenal 3–1 4–0

First leg

27 April 2018
19:45
Chelsea 3–1 Arsenal
Redan Goal 67', 86'
Guehi Goal 78'		 Report Amaechi Goal 36'
Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 4,878
Referee: Tim Robinson

Second leg

30 April 2018
19:45
Arsenal 0–4 Chelsea
Report Gilmour Goal 10'
Hudson-Odoi Goal 55', 76'
Anjorin Goal 67'
Emirates Stadium
Attendance: 3,877
Referee: Tim Robinson

See also

References

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External links

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