2009–10 FA Women's Cup 2009–10 FA Women's Cup The 2009–10 FA Women's Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 13 September 2009 and 3 May 2010. It was the 39th season of the FA Women's Cup and was won by Everton, who defeated Arsenal in the final. The tournament consisted of a preliminary round, four qualifying rounds and eight rounds of competition proper. The competition began on 13 September 2009 when the 24 lowest-ranked teams in the tournament took part in the preliminary round, however only eleven games were played due to the withdrawal of Stokesley, allowing Forest Hall
2011–12 FA Cup 3–1. Muamba attended the final to congratulate Chelsea. The winners of the competition would have earned a place in the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. However, since Chelsea went on to win the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, they qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League as the title holders. The FA Cup berth for European qualification was not exercised as runners-up Liverpool had already won that season's League Cup and Tottenham Hotspur, the fourth-place finishers in the Premier League, lost their Champions League spot at the expense of sixth-placed Chelsea, as no association is allowed more than