The Football Association have released the round dates and prize fund details for the full 2021/22 Emirates FA Cup.
Starting in August and finishing in May, the FA Cup will feature 729 clubs battling it out to reach the Wembley final.
The big news is that replays are back for all Qualifying Rounds and up until the Fourth Round Proper after taking a season off last year due to the condensed pandemic affected calendar.
The FA Cup prize fund is equal to 2020/21 when £16million was shared between competing clubs.
Round dates for the 2021/22 FA Cup
- Extra Preliminary Round Saturday 7 August 2021
- Preliminary Round Saturday 21 August 2021
- First Round Qualifying Saturday 4 September 2021
- Second Round Qualifying Saturday 18 September 2021
- Third Round Qualifying Saturday 2 October 2021
- Fourth Round Qualifying Saturday 16 October 2021
- First Round Proper Saturday 6 November 2021
- Second Round Proper Saturday 4 December 2021
- Third Round Proper Saturday 8 January 2022
- Fourth Round Proper Saturday 5 February 2022
- Fifth Round Proper Wednesday 2 March 2022
- Quarter Final Saturday 19 March 2022
- Semi Final Saturday 16 April 2022
- Final Saturday 14 May 2022
Prize fund for the 2021/22 FA Cup
Extra Preliminary Round winners (174) £1,125
Extra Preliminary Round losers (174) £375
Preliminary Round winners (155) £1,444
Preliminary Round losers (155) £481
First Round Qualifying winners (121) £2,250
First Round Qualifying losers (121) £750
Second Round Qualifying winners (82) £3,375
Second Round Qualifying losers (82) £1,125
Third Round Qualifying winners (41) £5,625
Third Round Qualifying losers (41) £1,875
Fourth Round Qualifying winners (32) £9,375
Fourth Round Qualifying losers (32) £3,125
First Round Proper winners (40) £22,629
Second Round Proper winners (20) £34,000
Third Round Proper winners (32) £82,000
Fourth Round Proper winners (16) £90,000
Fifth Round Proper winners (8) £180,000
Quarter Final winners (4) £360,000
Semi-Final losers (2) £450,000
Semi-Final winners (2) £900,000
Final runners-up (1) £900,000
Final winners (1) £1,800,000
