2013–14 FA Cup
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 England Guernsey Wales
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| Teams | 737 | ||
| Defending champions | Wigan Athletic | ||
| Champions | Arsenal (11th title) | ||
| Runners-up | Hull City | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) |
Britt Assombalonga Sam Clucas Joe Garner (5 goals each) |
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The 2013–14 FA Cup was the 133rd season of the FA Cup, the main domestic cup competition in English football, and the oldest football knock-out competition in the world. It was sponsored by Budweiser for a third consecutive season. 737 clubs from England and Wales entered the competition, beginning with the Extra Preliminary Round on 16 August. For the first time ever in the history of the FA Cup, a team from Guernsey entered the competition, Guernsey F.C., who made it to the Second Round Qualifying.
The defending champions were Championship side Wigan Athletic, who beat Manchester City 1–0 with an injury time winner by Ben Watson in the 2013 Final. Wigan were the first team to win the FA Cup and to be relegated in the same season. It was also the first time that they had won the FA Cup in their history. They entered the competition in the Third Round Proper alongside all the Premier League and Championship teams, advancing all the way to the semi-finals and an eventual loss in a penalty shootout to Arsenal, the eventual cup winners.
On 17 May 2014, Arsenal F.C. won the final at Wembley Stadium, defeating Hull City 3–2 after an extra time winner from Aaron Ramsey. This was the 11th win in the FA Cup for the Gunners making it a tied record together with Manchester United.
As the winners of the FA Cup, Arsenal were entitled to play in the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage. However, Arsenal had already qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League after finishing fourth in the 2013–14 Premier League so therefore Hull City took the Europa League place as the FA Cup runners-up. Since Hull City did not win the Cup, they did not qualify for the group stage (as the Cup winner would do). Instead they qualified for the third qualifying round and the other English teams already qualified for Europa League, Everton and Tottenham Hotspur, moved up one round to the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage and 2014-15 UEFA Europa League play-off round respectively.
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