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{{short description|Association football tournament in Wales}}
{{short description|Association football tournament in Wales}}
{{infobox football tournament
{{infobox football tournament
| current          = [[2024–25 Welsh Cup]]
| current          = [[2025–26 Welsh Cup]]
| image              = Cwpan Cymru - Welsh Cup.jpg
| image              = JD FAW Welsh Cup - Horizontal.png
| founded          = {{start date and age|1877|df=yes}}
| founded          = {{start date and age|1877|df=yes}}
| number of teams  = 253
| number of teams  = 253
| region            = {{flag|Wales}}
| region            = {{flag|Wales}}
| qualifier for        = [[UEFA Conference League]]
| qualifier for        = [[UEFA Conference League]]
| current champions = [[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]]<br/>(10 titles)
| current champions = [[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]]<br/>(10th title)
| most successful club = [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]<br/>(23 titles)
| most successful club = [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]<br/>(23 titles)
| website          =  
| website          =  
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From 1996 to 2011, only clubs playing in the [[Welsh football league system]] were allowed to enter the Welsh Cup. This rule excluded the six Welsh clubs who played in the [[English football league system]]: [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]], [[Colwyn Bay F.C.|Colwyn Bay]], [[Merthyr Tydfil F.C.|Merthyr Tydfil]] (replaced by [[Merthyr Town F.C. (2010)|Merthyr Town]]), [[Newport County A.F.C.|Newport County]], [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] and [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]. On 20 April 2011, the Football Association of Wales invited these six clubs to rejoin the Welsh Cup for the [[2011–12 Welsh Cup|2011–12]] season, but only Merthyr Town, Newport County and Wrexham accepted.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/9131098.County_s_Welsh_Cup_exile_over/ |title=Welsh cup exile over |work=South Wales Argus |date=9 July 2011 |access-date=9 July 2011 |archive-date=11 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811161108/http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/9131098.County_s_Welsh_Cup_exile_over/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  
From 1996 to 2011, only clubs playing in the [[Welsh football league system]] were allowed to enter the Welsh Cup. This rule excluded the six Welsh clubs who played in the [[English football league system]]: [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]], [[Colwyn Bay F.C.|Colwyn Bay]], [[Merthyr Tydfil F.C.|Merthyr Tydfil]] (replaced by [[Merthyr Town F.C. (2010)|Merthyr Town]]), [[Newport County A.F.C.|Newport County]], [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] and [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]. On 20 April 2011, the Football Association of Wales invited these six clubs to rejoin the Welsh Cup for the [[2011–12 Welsh Cup|2011–12]] season, but only Merthyr Town, Newport County and Wrexham accepted.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/9131098.County_s_Welsh_Cup_exile_over/ |title=Welsh cup exile over |work=South Wales Argus |date=9 July 2011 |access-date=9 July 2011 |archive-date=11 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811161108/http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/9131098.County_s_Welsh_Cup_exile_over/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  


In March 2012, UEFA stated that Welsh clubs playing in the [[English football league system]] could not qualify for European competitions via the Welsh Cup but they could qualify via the English league and cup competitions,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17459332 |title=Uefa give Swansea and Cardiff European assurance |publisher=BBC Sport |date=21 March 2012 |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107062951/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17459332 |url-status=live }}</ref> hence they were subsequently again excluded from the Welsh Cup.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18520092 |title=Welsh clubs excluded from Welsh cup |publisher=BBC Sport |date=20 June 2012 |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-date=13 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213065710/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18520092 |url-status=live }}</ref> Colwyn Bay joined the Welsh league system in 2019, thus becoming eligible to compete in the Welsh Cup again.<ref>{{cite news |title=FAW approves English-tier club Colwyn Bay's return to Welsh leagues |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47378508 |access-date=13 January 2025 |work=BBC Sport |date=26 February 2019}}</ref>
In March 2012, UEFA stated that Welsh clubs playing in the [[English football league system]] could not qualify for European competitions via the Welsh Cup but they could qualify via the English league and cup competitions,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17459332 |title=Uefa give Swansea and Cardiff European assurance |publisher=BBC Sport |date=21 March 2012 |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107062951/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17459332 |url-status=live }}</ref> hence they were subsequently again excluded from the Welsh Cup.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18520092 |title=Welsh clubs excluded from Welsh cup |publisher=BBC Sport |date=20 June 2012 |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-date=13 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213065710/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18520092 |url-status=live }}</ref> Colwyn Bay joined the Welsh league system in 2019, thus becoming eligible to compete in the Welsh Cup again.<ref>{{cite news |title=FAW approves English-tier club Colwyn Bay's return to Welsh leagues |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47378508 |access-date=13 January 2025 |work=BBC Sport |date=26 February 2019}}</ref>


On 13 January 2025, the [[Football Association of Wales]] announced plans to relaunch the competition to include Cardiff City, Swansea City, Newport County and Wrexham competing with an expanded 16 team [[Cymru Premier]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Welsh Cup proposal could see Wrexham in Europe |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/43394906/welsh-fa-eyes-cup-see-wrexham-european-action |access-date=13 January 2025 |work=ESPN.com |date=13 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> The following week, the [[The Football Association|English Football Association]] rejected the proposal citing competition integrity and that the proposal would allow Wales' four [[English Football League]] clubs to qualify for Europe via a Welsh domestic cup as well as seeking to qualify for European competition via the English system should they be promoted to the [[Premier League]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pritchard |first1=Dafydd |title=Prosiect Cymru: English FA rejects Welsh EFL clubs' European plan |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5yep3k34pxo |access-date=24 January 2025 |work=BBC Sport |date=24 January 2025}}</ref>
On 13 January 2025, the [[Football Association of Wales]] announced plans to relaunch the competition to include Cardiff City, Swansea City, Newport County and Wrexham competing with an expanded 16 team [[Cymru Premier]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Welsh Cup proposal could see Wrexham in Europe |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/43394906/welsh-fa-eyes-cup-see-wrexham-european-action |access-date=13 January 2025 |work=ESPN.com |date=13 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> The following week, the [[The Football Association|English Football Association]] rejected the proposal citing competition integrity and that the proposal would allow Wales' four [[English Football League]] clubs to qualify for Europe via a Welsh domestic cup as well as seeking to qualify for European competition via the English system should they be promoted to the [[Premier League]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pritchard |first1=Dafydd |title=Prosiect Cymru: English FA rejects Welsh EFL clubs' European plan |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c5yep3k34pxo |access-date=24 January 2025 |work=BBC Sport |date=24 January 2025}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 13:58, 6 October 2025

Template:Short description Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The FAW Welsh Cup (Template:Langx), currently known as the JD Welsh Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams in the Welsh football league system. It is considered the most prestigious of the cup competitions in domestic Welsh association football.

The Football Association of Wales (FAW) is the organising body of this competition, which has been run (except during the two World Wars and the COVID-19 pandemic) every year since its inception in 1877–78.[1]

In the early years of organised football in Wales, football was very much the sport of north Wales rather than the rugby union playing south – the FAW was founded in Wrexham in 1876, and Wrexham remained the site of the FAW's head office until 1986; it was not until 1912 that a southern team, Cardiff City, won the Welsh Cup for the first time.

The winning team qualifies to play in the following season's UEFA Conference League (previously teams qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, which was discontinued in 1999, and until 2021, qualified for the UEFA Europa League).

Participants

Until 1995, Welsh clubs playing in the Welsh or English leagues were invited to play in the Welsh Cup. On occasion some English clubs, mostly teams from border areas (for example, Chester City, Crewe Alexandra, Tranmere Rovers, Hereford United and Shrewsbury Town), were also invited to participate. However, in the event of an English club winning the Welsh Cup, they were not allowed to progress to the European Cup Winners' Cup. Instead, the best placed Welsh club in the Welsh Cup competition would take the European place.

From 1996 to 2011, only clubs playing in the Welsh football league system were allowed to enter the Welsh Cup. This rule excluded the six Welsh clubs who played in the English football league system: Swansea City, Colwyn Bay, Merthyr Tydfil (replaced by Merthyr Town), Newport County, Cardiff City and Wrexham. On 20 April 2011, the Football Association of Wales invited these six clubs to rejoin the Welsh Cup for the 2011–12 season, but only Merthyr Town, Newport County and Wrexham accepted.[2]

In March 2012, UEFA stated that Welsh clubs playing in the English football league system could not qualify for European competitions via the Welsh Cup but they could qualify via the English league and cup competitions,[3] hence they were subsequently again excluded from the Welsh Cup.[4] Colwyn Bay joined the Welsh league system in 2019, thus becoming eligible to compete in the Welsh Cup again.[5]

On 13 January 2025, the Football Association of Wales announced plans to relaunch the competition to include Cardiff City, Swansea City, Newport County and Wrexham competing with an expanded 16 team Cymru Premier.[6] The following week, the English Football Association rejected the proposal citing competition integrity and that the proposal would allow Wales' four English Football League clubs to qualify for Europe via a Welsh domestic cup as well as seeking to qualify for European competition via the English system should they be promoted to the Premier League.[7]

History

Between the 1961–62 and 1984–85 seasons, the final was played as a two-leg match, originally on a points basis rather than aggregate score. In the 1985–86 season, it reverted back to a one game format (though a replay was required in the first two seasons), then changed to have a single game decided by extra time and penalties as necessary.[1]

With six wins, Shrewsbury Town hold the record for the most times an English team has won the Cup, a record that will remain unbroken because English teams have not been allowed to compete in the cup since 1995. The last English winner of the Welsh Cup was Hereford United in 1990.

Results

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Performance

Performance by club

Club Winners Runners-up Final appearances Last final
WrexhamTemplate:Refn 23 22 45 1995
Cardiff CityTemplate:Refn 22 10 32 1995
Swansea CityTemplate:RefnTemplate:Refn 10 8 18 1991
The New SaintsTemplate:Refn 10 4 14 2025
Bangor City 8 10 18 2013
Cefn Druids 8 6 14 2012
Shrewsbury Town Template:Flagicon 6 3 9 1985
Barry Town 6 1 7 2003
Chirk A.A.A. 5 1 6 1894
RhylTemplate:Refn 4 4 8 2006
Chester CityTemplate:Refn Template:Flagicon 3 10 13 1970
Merthyr TydfilTemplate:Refn 3 2 5 1987
Wellington TownTemplate:Refn Template:Flagicon 3 – 3 1940
Connah's Quay Nomads 2 3 5 2025
Oswestry UnitedTemplate:Refn Template:Flagicon 2 – 2 1901
Crewe Alexandra Template:Flagicon 2 – 2 1937
NewtownTemplate:Refn 1 3 4 2015
Hereford United Template:Flagicon 1 3 4 1990
Aberystwyth Town 1 3 4 2018
Connah's Quay & ShottonTemplate:Refn 1 2 3 1929
Newport CountyTemplate:Refn 1 2 3 1987
Carmarthen Town 1 2 3 2007
Llanelli 1 2 3 2011
Newtown White StarsTemplate:RefnTemplate:Refn 1 1 2 1881
OswestryTemplate:Refn Template:Flagicon 1 1 2 1885
Tranmere Rovers Template:Flagicon 1 1 2 1935
Lovell's AthleticTemplate:Refn 1 1 2 1959
Bala Town 1 1 2 2023
Ebbw ValeTemplate:Refn 1 – 1 1926
Bristol City Template:Flagicon 1 – 1 1934
South Liverpool Template:Flagicon 1 – 1 1939
Flint Town United 1 – 1 1954
Borough UnitedTemplate:Refn 1 – 1 1963
Inter Cardiff 1 – 1 1999
Prestatyn Town 1 – 1 2013
Aberdare AthleticTemplate:Refn – 4 4 1923
Pontypridd – 3 3 1921
Cwmbran Town – 3 3 2002
Westminster RoversTemplate:Refn – 2 2 1892
Whitchurch Template:FlagiconTemplate:Refn – 2 2 1906
Northwich Victoria Template:Flagicon – 2 2 1910
Kidderminster Harriers Template:Flagicon – 2 2 1989
Ruthin – 1 1 1880
DavenhamTemplate:Refn Template:Flagicon – 1 1 1887
Aberaman – 1 1 1903
Ton Pentre – 1 1 1922
Merthyr TownTemplate:Refn – 1 1 1924
Flint Town – 1 1 1925
Stourbridge Template:Flagicon – 1 1 1974
Hednesford Town Template:Flagicon – 1 1 1992
Afan Lido – 1 1 2007
Port Talbot Town – 1 1 2010
Penybont – 1 1 2022

Notes


See also

References

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External links

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