2025/26 Women’s FA Cup dates confirmed | OneFootball

The dates for the 2025/26 Adobe Women’s FA Cup competition have been confirmed.

Manchester City and the rest of the Barclays Women’s Super League teams will enter the tournament at the fourth round stage with those matches to be played on the weekend on Sunday 18 January 2026.

Following Round Four, the fifth will be played on Sunday 22 February before the quarter-finals are held on Sunday 5 April.

After the last-eight stage, the semi-finals will be played on Sunday 10 May which will determine who will feature in the final at Wembley on Sunday 31 May.

Andrée Jeglertz’s side are aiming to win the major honour for the fourth time in our illustrious history across the upcoming term with our last success arriving in 2019/20 where we beat Everton 3-1.

Please note, all dates are subject to change and ticket information for the entire 2025/26 campaign will be published across the season.

All the dates for the 2025/26 Adobe Women’s FA Cup are as follows:

Preliminary round: Sunday 24 August 2025

First round qualifying: Sunday 7 September 2025

Second round qualifying: Sunday 21 September 2025

Third round qualifying: Sunday 5 October 2025

First round proper: Sunday 26 October 2025

Second round proper: Sunday 23 November 2025

Third round proper: Sunday 14 December 2025

Fourth round proper: Sunday 18 January 2026 (City enter the competition)

Fifth round proper: Sunday 22 February 2026

Quarter-final: Sunday 5 April 2026

Semi-final: Sunday 10 May 2026

Final: Sunday 31 May 2026