# 2021–22 FA Youth Cup

The 2021–22 FA Youth Cup was the 70th edition of the FA Youth Cup.
The competition consisted of several rounds and was preceded by a qualifying competition, starting with two preliminary rounds which was followed by three qualifying rounds for non-League teams. The Football League teams entered the draw thereafter, with League One and League Two teams entered in the first round proper, and Premier League and Championship teams entered in the third round proper.
610 teams were accepted into the FA Youth Cup.

## Calendar

| Round | Matches played from | Matches | Clubs | New entries |
| Preliminary round | 30 August 2021 | 233 | 610 → 377 | 466 |
| First round qualifying | 13 September 2021 | 133 | 377 → 244 | 33 |
| Second round qualifying | 27 September 2021 | 78 | 244 → 166 | 23 |
| Third round qualifying | 11 October 2021 | 39 | 166 → 127 | |
| First round | 6 November 2021 | 42 | 127 → 85 | 45 |
| Second round | 20 November 2021 | 21 | 85 → 64 | |
| Third round | 11 December 2021 | 32 | 64 → 32 | 43 |
| Fourth round | 15 January 2022 | 16 | 32 → 16 | |
| Fifth round | 5 February 2022 | 8 | 16 → 8 | |
| Quarter-finals | 26 February 2022 | 4 | 8 → 4 | |
| Semi-finals | 4 April 2022 | 2 | 4 → 2 | |
| Final | 11 May 2022 | 1 | 2 → 1 | |

## Competition proper
### First round

The League One and League Two teams enter the first round Proper with the 39 non league winners from the qualifying rounds joining them for this round. Only Barrow AFC, Crawley Town, and Wycombe Wanderers did not participate from League One and League Two because the three did not apply. Hartlepool United vs. Bolton Wanderers was initially drawn, but Hartlepool withdrew from the tournament, granting Bolton a bye to the next round.

### Second round

42 teams play this round with all the winners from the previous round participating.

### Third round

64 teams compete in the Third round with the 43 Premier League and EFL Championship Clubs appearing this round along with the 21 winners from the previous round. Only Brentford from the EFL Championship did not participate as they did not apply for the tournament.

### Fourth round

32 teams participate in the Fourth round proper with all 32 winners from the previous round participating.

### Fifth round

16 teams participate in the Fifth round proper with all 16 winners from the previous round participating.

### Quarter-finals

8 teams participate in the Quarter-finals with all 8 winners from the previous round participating.

### Semi-finals

4 teams participate in the Semi-finals with all 4 winners from the previous round participating.

### Final

The winners of the Semi-finals play this match to determine the winner of the FA Youth Cup.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Manchester United :
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CZE | Radek Vitek |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Marc Jurado |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Sam Murray |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Louis Jackson |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Rhys Bennett |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Kobbie Mainoo |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Sam Mather 86' |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Dan Gore |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Charlie McNeill 64' |
| 10 | MF | NOR | Isak Hansen-Aarøen 64' |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Alejandro Garnacho |
| Substitutes: ||||
| 12 | DF | ENG | Logan Pye |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Tom Wooster |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Omari Forson |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Sonny Aljofree 86' |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Maximillian Oyedele 64' |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Joe Hugill 64' |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ethan Ennis |
| Coach: Travis Binnion ||||
Nottingham Forest :
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Aaron Bott |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Zach Abbott |
| 3 | MF | ENG | Kyle McAdam |
| 4 | DF | WAL | Ben Hammond |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Pharrell Johnson |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Justin Hanks 81' |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Joshua Powell |
| 8 | MF | NIR | Jamie McDonnell 90+1' |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Detlef Esapa-Osong |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Dale Taylor |
| 11 | MF | WAL | Sam Collins 73' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| 12 | GK | ENG | Alex Akers |
| 13 | MF | ENG | Ben Perry 73' |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Jack Perkins |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Jack Thompson |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Joe Gardner 81' |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Jack Nadin |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Aaron Korpal 90+1' |
| Coach: Warren Joyce ||||