Crystal Palace won the first major trophy in their history at Wembley, beating Manchester City 1-0 in the 144th FA Cup Final with an Eberechi Eze goal.
Crystal Palace beat Manchester City 1-0 in the 144th FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in Wembley on Saturday 17 May 2025. City were playing their third consecutive final.
The FA Cup was inaugurated in 1872 and is the oldest football competition in the world. Its final moved to Cardiff from 2001 to 2006 while Wembley was rebuilt, and returned in 2007 to open the new ground.
Every round is drawn at random, with no seeding and no second leg. The bracket that ends at Wembley in May begins far down the pyramid.
Palace came to the final in their 120th year, after losing finals in 1990 and 2016, and had never won a major trophy. City were chasing an eighth FA Cup.
Palace scored with their first attack, when Eberechi Eze met a low cross from Daniel Muñoz first time. Dean Henderson saved a first-half penalty from Omar Marmoush, and Palace held on before a crowd of 84,163.
Muñoz was named player of the match. The win gave Palace the first major trophy in their history and carried the club into European competition for the first time.