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2022–23 FA Trophy Football Association Trophy Tournament details Country England Wales Dates Qualifying rounds: 10 September 2022 – 8 October 2022Competition Proper: 29 October 2022 – 21 May 2023Teams Qualifying rounds: 247Competition Proper: 72+ (72 from Qualifying) Total Teams: 319Defending champions Bromley Final positions Champions FC Halifax Town (2nd title) Runners-up Gateshead
The2022–23 FA Trophy (known for sponsorship reasons as theIsuzu FA Trophy) was the 54th season of theFA Trophy , an annualfootball competition for teams at levels 5–8 of theEnglish football league system .
Applications to enter the 54th edition of the FA Trophy opened on 25 February 2022 and closed 1 April 2022.[ 1]
Competition is open to the 320 clubs playing in Steps 1–4 of theNational League System , equivalent to tiers 5–8 of the overallEnglish football league system . All butGuernsey F.C. (8) appeared on the list of clubs accepted on 1 July 2022.[ 2] This resulted in an odd number of teams remaining in the first round qualifying, so a bye was allocated to Leek Town.[ 3]
The calendar was announced byThe Football Association on 1 July 2022.[ 4] The competition consists of three qualifying rounds and eight proper rounds.[ 5] Teams enter at different stages depending on their position in theEnglish pyramid .[ 5] 8th tier teams enter into the first qualifying round and must win 11 matches to become champions.[ 5] 7th tier teams enter into the third qualifying round and must win 9 matches to become champions.[ 5] 6th tier teams enter into the second round proper and must win 7 matches to become champions.[ 5] 5th tier teams enter into the third round proper and must win 6 matches to become champions.[ 5]
All rounds are single-matchknockout format, with the winner decided by penalties if the match was drawn after 90 minutes, apart from the Final where the winner was decided by extra-time and penalties if the match is drawn.[ 5] This is the same format as the2020–21 and2021–22 season which broke from previous seasons that used replays and two-legged semi-finals.[ a]
Round Main Date Number of Fixtures Clubs Remaining New Entries This Round Losing Club Winning Club First round qualifying 13 September 2022 80(incl. 1 bye) 319 → 240 159(incl. 1 bye)
£400 £1,500 Second round qualifying 24 September 2022 40 240 → 200 none £575 £2,250 Third round qualifying 8 October 2022 64 200 → 136 88 £625 £2,450 First round proper 29 October 2022 32 136 → 104 none £775 £3,000 Second round proper 19 November 2022 40 104 → 64 48 £1,000 £3,750 Third round proper 17 December 2022 32 64 → 32 24 £1,250 £4,500 Fourth round proper 14 January 2023 16 32 → 16 none £1,500 £5,250 Fifth round proper 11 February 2023 8 16 → 8 £1,750 £6,000 Quarter-finals 11 March 2023 4 8 → 4 £2,000 £7,500 Semi-finals 1 April 2023 2 4 → 2 £5,000 £15,000 Final 21 May 2023 1 2 → 1 £30,000 £60,000
First round qualifying [ edit ] The draw for the first qualifying round was made on 8 July 2022.[ 3]
159 teams, all from Level 8 of theEnglish football league system , were drawn into 79 fixtures, with the leftover team,Leek Town , receiving a bye.[ 3] [ 5] Ties were originally scheduled for 9–11 September, but were postponed to 12–14 September as a mark of respect following thedeath of Queen Elizabeth II .[ 8] [ 9]
Tie Score 44 4–1 131
45 A–A 119
Match Abandoned at 0–1 due to serious injury.[ 67] Tie rescheduled for Tuesday 20 September.[ 68] 46 1–4 93
47 1–2 85
48 2–2(2–3p ) 185
50 3–3(5–4p ) 158
51 0–0(6–7p ) 83
53 0–3 97
55 1–2 97
56 3–1 242
57 3–2 63
58 1–1(4–2p ) 25
59 0–3 119
60 1–0 116
61 0–1 78
62 0–0(7–8p ) 131
63 1–0 216
64 0–1 84
65 0–3 117
68 1–1(5–4p ) 83
69 0–1 107
70 1–1(7–6p ) 110
71 2–3 67
72 3–5 190
73 5–0 115
74 4–1 143
75 0–4 130
76 0–0(2–4p ) 60
77 2–0 68
78 2–3 134
79 1–2 68
80 Bye
Wednesday 14 September 2022 6 1–1(4–2p ) 180
11 0–0(2–4p ) 202
21 4–1 130
49 1–2 88
54 1–2 101
66 0–3 107
67 0–2 122
Tuesday 20 September 2022 45 1–1(6–7p ) 71
Second round qualifying [ edit ] The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 8 July 2022, and saw the 79 winners from the first qualifying round joined by Leek Town who had received a bye.[ 69] All teams were from Level 8 of theEnglish football league system .[ 5]
Tie Score Friday 23 September 2022 1 3–1 340
Saturday 24 September 2022 2 1–3 457
3 0–3 360
4 1–0 269
5 1–4 420
6 3–1 655
7 1–2 355
8 1–1 (2–4 p) 351
9 0–0 (3–0 p) 73
10 4–4 (2–4 p) 118
11 0–0 (2–4 p) 428
12 0–1 162
13 2–1 248
14 1–1 (4–3 p) 196
15 2–0 531
16 1–1 (4–5 p) 241
17 5–3 105
18 0–1 518
19 3–2 196
21 2–0 122
Tie Score 23 1–1 (3–4 p) 174
24 5–1 271
25 2–4 82
26 2–2 (5–3 p) 146
27 2–0 247
28 2–1 251
29 4–1 214
30 4–0 342
31 3–0 92
32 2–1 131
33 1–0 162
34 3–2 139
35 2–1 231
36 2–2 (5–4 p) 158
37 0–3 154
38 1–0 197
39 1–2 156
40 2–2 (4–5 p) 256
Sunday 25 September 2022 20 2–3 47
22 4–1 178
Third round qualifying [ edit ] The draw for the third qualifying round was made on 26 September 2022, and saw 88 clubs from tier 7 joining the 40 winners from the second qualifying round.[ 70]
Tie Score Saturday 8 October 2022 1 0–2 303 2 1–1(4–3p ) 879 3 1–2 248 4 0–0(1–3p ) 184
5 6–1 933
6 2–3 475 7 2–1 616 8 3–1 412
9 2–3 237 10 0–1 1,073 11 1–2 311
12 2–2(1–4p ) 606 13 0–3 201
14 1–2 231
15 1–0 159 16 3–1 308 17 1–2 242 18 4–1 485 19 1–3 177 20 2–0 337
21 0–1 222 22 0–3 357
23 1–2 285
24 1–1(4–2p ) 402
25 0–4 401 26 0–3 605 27 3–0 489
28 1–1(3–0p ) 303 29 1–1(5–3p ) 209 30 0–3 315 31 3–4 421 32 2–2(4–3p ) 314
Tie Score 33 2–2(3–1p ) 305 34 1–0 205 35 2–1 242 36 0–0(4–5p ) 188 37 1–0 203
38 1–0 156 39 1–2 275
40 3–1 201 41 0–0(4–2p ) 212
42 4–3 530
43 2–0 491
44 2–2(3–1p ) 101 45 0–0(4–5p ) 166 46 0–1 138 47 1–0 550 48 2–2(1–3p ) 59
49 1–2 429
50 0–4 414 51 0–2 161 52 1–1(4–3p ) 482
53 2–2(2–4p ) 151 54 1–0 432 55 1–4 359 56 2–0 285 57 0–1 307 59 0–2 282 60 3–1 140
61 3–0 279
62 2–0 161 63 3–3(5–3p ) 117 64 2–0 276
Sunday 9 October 2022 58 1–0 133
The draw for the first round was made on 10 October containing the 64 winners from the previous round.[ 71]
Tie Score Saturday 29 October 2022 1 0–2 805
2 3–2 626
3 1–0 566
4 2–1 504
5 3–2 222
6 3–1 577
7 0–2 241
8 1–2 229
9 4–2 504
10 5–0 169
11 1–3 219
12 0–2 375
13 1–2 281
14 0–2 334
15 0–1 130
16 4–2 103
Tie Score 17 2–2(1–3p ) 262
18 0–4 805
19 0–1 304
20 1–3 377
21 2–1 235
22 0–1 338
23 2–0 248
24 4–2 575
25 2–0 662
26 3–1 500
28 2–1 202
29 3–1 304
30 1–2 400
31 0–5 264
32 2–0 138
Sunday 30 October 2022 27 3–2 216
Second round proper [ edit ] The draw for the second round was made on 31 October 2022, with eighty teams making an appearance including 32 winners from the previous round and 48 teams newly entering from Level 6.[ 72]
Tie Score Saturday 19 November 2022 1 1–2 377 2 1–0 748 3 2–1 1,475 4 3–2 632 5 1–3 829 6 0–1 560 7 1–0 1,144 8 4–2 640 9 4–1 931 10 2–1 675
11 1–2 637 12 1–2 322 13 1–1(3–2p ) 944 14 6–0 702 15 3–0 474
16 1–0 387
17 2–0 565
18 2–1 435 19 1–0 247 20 4–3 254
Tie Score 21 1–1(4–5p ) 981 22 WO 446 23 1–2 1,028 24 3–2 186 25 2–1 661 26 0–1 580 27 1–2 254
28 1–1(4–5p ) 132 29 1–1(4–2p ) 176 30 1–2 708 31 0–1 829 32 4–2 1,048
33 1–1(2–4p ) 207 34 3–2 511
35 2–4 151
36 2–2(2–4p ) 875
37 0–3 512 38 4–0 331 39 1–3 612
40 2–4 669
64 teams made an appearance including 40 winners from the previous round and 24 newly entering teams from Level 5.
Tie Score Saturday 17 December 2022 8 2–1 769 17 0–0(1–4p ) 962 19 1–1(3–5p ) 519 28 1–1(1–4p ) 448 32 1–2 452 Tuesday 20 December 2022 1 1–3 1,005
2 5–0 1,172
3 1–0 705
4 2-1 260
5 1–3 2,107
7 1–1(2–4p ) 328
9 5–1 253
10 2–2(5–4p ) 201
11 2–0 486
12 2–1 2,040
13 0–0(3–2p ) 1,752
Tie Score 14 0–1 682
15 2–0 1,434
16 0–2 778
18 2–0 639
20 2–2(4–5p ) 231
21 4–3 473
22 5–1 463
23 0–1 299
24 3–2 768
25 3–0 606
29 2–3 340
30 1–0 336
31 2–2(5–4p ) 551
Wednesday 21 December 2022 6 3–1 5,080 27 1–2 211 Wednesday 4 January 2023 26 2–1 548
Fourth round proper [ edit ] The draw was made on 19 December 2022 containing the 32 winners from the previous round. There were six remaining teams from the seventh tier, the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition.[ 74]
Tie Score Friday 13 January 2023 7 2–2(4–3p ) 2,526
Saturday 14 January 2023 1 3–1 2,228
Match played at Oldham Athletic. 2 3–2 957
4 1–0 467
6 0–2 857
8 0–2 749
10 2–1 2,741
11 4–1 804
Tie Score 13 1–0 907
14 2–1 524
15 1–1(5–4p ) 2,345
16 7–1 342
Sunday 15 January 2023 3 2–2(5–6p ) 2,405
Tuesday 17 January 2023 9 4–2 1,411
Tuesday 31 January 2023 5 2–2(5–6p ) 293
12 3–2 592
The draw was made on 16 January 2023, containing the 16 winners from the previous round.Bracknell Town of the seventh tier are the lowest-ranked team left in the competition.
Tie Score Saturday 11 February 2023 1 2–3 566
2 0–0(4–5p ) 752
3 0–2 2,780
4 0–4 963
5 1–2 1,459
6 1–0 1,507
7 0–1 840
8 1–3 518
The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 13 February 2023.[ 75] Eight winners from the previous round made an appearance.Farsley Celtic of the sixth tier was the lowest-ranked club remaining.
Tie Score Saturday 11 March 2023 1 0–0(4–2p ) 1,119 2 2–2(3–4p ) 2,120 3 1–2 3,867 4 0–2 2,108
The draw for the semi-finals was made on 13 March 2023.[ 76] Four winners from the previous round made an appearance.
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