FA Cup 2022-23 Facts & Trivia
The 2022-23 FA Cup was won by Manchester City. Below are the facts, records and trivia from that cup run — the final, the giant-killings, the biggest wins, the hat-tricks and the shootouts.
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1. Manchester City — champions
Manchester City beat Manchester United 2-1 to win the FA Cup.
2. Ilkay Gündogan's final
Ilkay Gündogan scored 2 in the final as Manchester City won the trophy.
3. Grimsby Town's cup run
Grimsby Town, in from the 1st Round, went all the way to the Quarter-Final — a memorable run from the early rounds.
4. Riyad Mahrez's hat-trick
Riyad Mahrez scored a hat-trick for Manchester City in the Semi-Final (3-0 v Sheffield United) (5 hat-tricks were scored in all).
5. The heaviest win
The biggest win of the competition: MK Dons beat Taunton Town 6-0 in the 1st Round.
6. 7-goal thriller
Burton Albion 6-1 Chippenham Town was the highest-scoring tie of the season with 7 goals.
7. Spot-kick marathon
Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester United needed 13 penalties to settle their Semi-Final tie (6-7 on spot-kicks after 0-0).
8. Manchester City's road to glory
Manchester City beat Chelsea, Arsenal, Bristol City, Burnley, Sheffield United and Manchester United on the way to the trophy — 6 ties won.
9. Sharpest shooters
Manchester City scored the most goals of any club in the competition this season, with 19.
10. Manchester United fall short
Manchester United reached the final but finished runners-up.
11. The last four
The semi-finalists were Manchester City, Sheffield United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Manchester United.
12. By the numbers
123 ties across 144 matches produced 428 goals in the FA Cup this season.