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2013 FA Cup Final
Event2012–13 FA Cup
Date11 May 2013
VenueWembley Stadium, London
Player of the MatchCallum McManaman (Wigan Athletic)
RefereeAndre Marriner (West Midlands)
Attendance86,254
WeatherRain
10 °C (50 °F)
2012
2014

The 2013 FA Cup Final was the 132nd final of the FA Cup, the world's oldest football cup competition. The match, contested by Manchester City and Wigan Athletic, took place on 11 May 2013 at Wembley Stadium in London, and kicked off at 5:15 p.m. It was Wigan's first FA Cup final and Manchester City's 10th. Wigan pulled off a shock victory against favourites City, winning in circumstances reminiscent of the 1988 FA Cup Final when Wimbledon overcame Liverpool. Ben Watson's stoppage-time headed goal produced the "greatest FA Cup Final upset for a quarter of a century". In the United Kingdom, the match was televised by ITV and ESPN.

The competition winners were awarded a place in the group stage of the 2013–14 Europa League competition. Because Manchester City and their semi-final opponent Chelsea had already qualified for the following season's Champions League by virtue of the clubs' league positions, Wigan gained a Europa League place by winning their semi-final match. Wigan owner Dave Whelan led out the Wigan team before kick off along with manager Roberto Martínez. The only goal of the game came a few minutes after City's Pablo Zabaleta had been sent off for a second yellow card, becoming the third player to be sent off in an FA Cup final. The cup was jointly lifted by playing captain Emmerson Boyce and club captain Gary Caldwell.

On 20 May Wigan had an open-top bus tour of the town to celebrate the FA Cup victory. Manchester City sacked manager Roberto Mancini two days later amid rumours of the manager's fate pre-match while Wigan failed to avoid relegation from the Premier League, becoming the first team to win the Cup and succumb to relegation in the same season.

Details[]

11 May 2013
17:15 BST
Manchester City 0–1 Wigan Athletic Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 86,254
Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)
Report Watson Goal 90+1'
GK 1 Flag of England Joe Hart
RB 5 Flag of Argentina Pablo Zabaleta Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 60', 84'
CB 4 Flag of Belgium Vincent Kompany
CB 33 Flag of Serbia Matija Nastasić Booked in the 75th minute 75'
LB 22 Flag of France Gaël Clichy
RM 21 Flag of Spain David Silva
CM 42 Flag of Ivory Coast Yaya Touré
CM 18 Flag of England Gareth Barry Booked in the 87th minute 87' Substituted off in the 90+2th minute 90+2'
LM 8 Flag of France Samir Nasri Substituted off in the 54th minute 54'
CF 16 Flag of Argentina Sergio Agüero
CF 32 Flag of Argentina Carlos Tévez Substituted off in the 69th minute 69'
Substitutes:
GK 30 Flag of Romania Costel Pantilimon
DF 6 Flag of England Joleon Lescott
DF 13 Flag of Serbia Aleksandar Kolarov
MF 7 Flag of England James Milner Substituted on in the 54th minute 54'
MF 14 Flag of Spain Javi García
MF 17 Flag of England Jack Rodwell Substituted on in the 69th minute 69'
FW 10 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko Substituted on in the 90+2th minute 90+2'
Manager:
Flag of Italy Roberto Mancini
Man City vs Wigan 2013-05-11.svg
GK 1 Flag of Spain Joel Robles Booked in the 90+3th minute 90+3'
RB 17 Flag of Barbados Emmerson Boyce
CB 33 Flag of Austria Paul Scharner
CB 3 Flag of Paraguay Antolín Alcaraz
LB 18 Flag of Honduras Roger Espinoza
RM 4 Flag of Republic of Ireland James McCarthy
CM 16 Flag of Scotland James McArthur
LM 14 Flag of Spain Jordi Gómez Substituted off in the 81st minute 81'
RF 15 Flag of England Callum McManaman
CF 2 Flag of Ivory Coast Arouna Koné
LF 10 Flag of Scotland Shaun Maloney
Substitutes:
GK 26 Flag of Oman Ali Al-Habsi
DF 5 Flag of Scotland Gary Caldwell
DF 25 Flag of Spain Román Golobart
MF 8 Flag of England Ben Watson Substituted on in the 81st minute 81'
MF 20 Flag of Scotland Fraser Fyvie
FW 9 Flag of Argentina Franco Di Santo
FW 11 Flag of Chile Ángelo Henríquez
Manager:
Flag of Spain Roberto Martínez

Man of the match

Match officials

  • Assistant referees:
    • Stephen Child (London)
    • Simon Long (Cornwall)
  • Fourth official: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
  • Reserve official: Gary Beswick (Durham)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics[]

Manchester City Wigan Athletic
Total shots 15 15
Shots on target 12 7
Ball possession 52% 48%
Corner kicks 5 3
Fouls committed 11 5
Offsides 4 2
Yellow cards 3 1
Red cards 1 0

Source: BBC Sport

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