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The 2011–12 FA Cup (also known as the 2011–12 FA Cup with Budweiser)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Budweiser to sponsor The FA Cup )〕 was the 131st season of the world's oldest football knock-out competition. The closing date for applications was 1 April 2011, and saw 825 clubs apply to enter.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FA Competition Application - Season 2011-12 )〕 On 8 July 2011, the FA announced that 763 clubs had been accepted, which remains, as of 2013-14, the record number of entrants.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The FA Cup with Budweiser – Season 2011–2012 – List of 763 clubs accepted )〕 The final was played on 5 May 2012 at Wembley Stadium. Chelsea won their 4th title in 6 years, and seventh overall, with a 2-1 victory over Liverpool. This is the first season that the tournament is sponsored by Budweiser. The defending champions, Manchester City, were defeated 3–2 by their rivals Manchester United in the Third Round. The competition was overshadowed by the collapse of Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba during their Sixth Round match with Tottenham Hotspur. Muamba went into cardiac arrest on the pitch and, following failed attempts to resuscitate him, was taken to the London Chest Hospital, where he went on to recover despite his heart stopping for over 75 minutes. The match was subsequently abandoned. On 27 March the match was replayed, with Tottenham winning 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.〔(2012/13 Access list ) Bert Kassies' Site〕 However, since Chelsea went on to win the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, they qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League as title holder. 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 four entrants in the competition and so were compensated by UEFA with a place in the Europa League group stage. ==Teams== ;Notes 1 Only one team from level 11 competed this year: Friar Lane & Epworth who withdrew from the Extra Preliminary Round. The following Northern Premier League teams are ineligible as they did not compete in FA competitions in 2010–11: 2 Farsley 3 Ilkeston 4 Chester 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2011–12 FA Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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