<P> As of 2018, 137 FA Cup Finals have been played . The latest final was held on 19 May 2018 at Wembley Stadium and was contested between Manchester United and Chelsea, with Chelsea winning 1--0 . </P> <P> The first FA Cup Final was held at Kennington Oval on 16 March 1872 and was contested between Wanderers and Royal Engineers, with Wanderers winning 1--0 . </P> <P> After the 1873 final was held at Lillie Bridge, the event was held at the Oval until 1892 . The 1893 and 1894 finals were respectively held at Fallowfield Stadium in Manchester and Goodison Park in Liverpool, before the event returned to London in 1895, being held at Crystal Palace until the outbreak of World War I. After the war, the event was held at Stamford Bridge, before Wembley Stadium opened in 1923 . The first final at Wembley, in which Bolton Wanderers beat West Ham United 2--0, had an official attendance of 126,047, although the actual figure is believed to be as much as 300,000 . </P> <P> Wembley continued to host the final until 2000, when it closed for redevelopment . The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff hosted the final between 2001 and 2006, before the new Wembley Stadium opened in 2007 . </P>

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