2008–09 FA Youth Cup


The 2008–09 FA Youth Cup was the 57th FA Youth Cup. A record 474 clubs participated in the competition. The competition started in September 2008 with the preliminary round and concluded with the final on 22 and 26 May 2009.
Arsenal knocked out holders Manchester City en route to the final, where they beat 2006 and 2007 winners Liverpool 6–2 on aggregate to lift the FA Youth Cup for the 7th time.

Calendar

Qualifying ties played in the week commencing; proper ties played by the closing date.
RoundDateFixtureClubsNew entries
Preliminary Round8 September 2008119474 → 355238
First Round Qualifying15 September 2008132355 → 223145
Second Round Qualifying6 October 200866223 → 157
Third Round Qualifying20 October 200833157 → 124
First Round11 November 200840124 → 8447
Second Round26 November 20082084 → 64
Third Round15 December 20083264 → 3244
Fourth Round20 January 20091632 → 16
Fifth Round7 March 2009816 → 8
Sixth Round16 March 200948 → 4
Semi-finalsFirst leg: 16 April 2009
Second leg: 22 April 2009		24 → 2
FinalFirst leg: 22 May 2009
Second leg: 26 May 2009		12 → 1

First round

The League One and League Two teams will enter at this round except Notts County which did not apply, along with the winners of the previous round.

Second round

The winners from the first round matches will progress to second round.

Third round

The 20 Premier League and 24 Championship teams enter at this stage, along with the winners of the second round.

Fourth round

Fifth round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Second leg

Arsenal won 6–2 on aggregate.
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