The Numbers: Crystal Palace are FA Cup Winners!

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18 May 2025

No, it wasn't a dream, yesterday really did happen – Crystal Palace have lifted the FA Cup for the first time in our illustrious history.

Your new holders wrote themselves into South London folklore after lifting a first ever major trophy when Ebere Eze's wonderful finish proved to be enough to see Manchester City in a dramatic final.

It will take a long time for this to sink in. But while we start to digest it, here are the key numbers from a historic day at Wembley Stadium.

164

Years between the club being founded and lifting the FA Cup for the very first time.

540

Minimum of minutes by Chris Richards on this season’s FA Cup run – the only Palace player to play every minute of every tie.

150

Jean-Philippe Mateta made his 150th appearance for Palace – what a day to knock off the milestone. Fantastique!

Third

Time lucky! Palace won the FA Cup for the first time in our third attempt – following defeats in the 1990 and 2016 finals.

1921

The year the last time Palace have beaten Manchester City in an FA Cup tie – at least before Saturday!

28

Wins as Crystal Palace manager for Oliver Glasner – we think it’s safe to say this is the most important so far.

1

1 goal conceded across our entire FA Cup run – a remarkable defensive effort from every player in red and blue. Five clean sheets out of six, three coming against Premier League opposition.

1st

Oliver Glasner became the first ever Austrian to manage in the FA Cup final – lifting the trophy at his very first attempt.

8

After seven consecutive games against them without a win, Palace have finally beaten the Citizens for the first time since a 2-0 Premier League win in October 2021.

4373

Days between Joel Ward helping Palace win promotion in the 2013 Championship play-off final – and lifting the FA Cup today with the Eagles.

Two

FA Cup winners’ medals on the shelf for Eddie Nketiah! Our forward also won the trophy with Arsenal back in 2020.

21.7%

21.7% is the total possession Palace had over the 100 minutes, or so, of play. It's an old football classic, but you don’t score by keeping the ball!

2010

By brilliantly saving Omar Marmoush’s penalty Dean Henderson became the first goalkeeper to save a spot-kick in normal time of an FA Cup Final since Petr Cech in the 2010 contest between Chelsea and Portsmouth.

Frank Lampard also missed a penalty in that final, but it was off-target rather than saved by the goalkeeper.

Three

Ebere Eze scored for the third consecutive game at Wembley. The first in this sequence was his maiden international goal for England in March, before he netting in both the FA Cup semi-final and final.

Overall, he now has 39 in total for the Eagles.

Five

What's more, Eze is also the first Crystal Palace player to score in five consecutive games since Darren Ambrose's six in a row in November 2009.

What an end to the 2024/25 season he has enjoyed.

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