- First round
- First Round Replays
- Second round
- Second Round Replay
- Third round
- Third Round Replays
- Fourth round
- Fifth round
- Semi finals
- Final
- References
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| num_teams = 84
| defending champions = Old Etonians
| champions = Blackburn Olympic
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| runner-up = Old Etonians
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| prevseason = 1881–82
| nextseason = 1883–84
}}The 1882–83 Football Association Challenge Cup was the twelfth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Eighty-four teams entered, eleven more than the previous season, although five of the eighty-four never played a match. First round| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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| Darwen | 4–1 | Blackburn Park Road | 21 October 1882 | | Reading | Bye | | Barnes | 2–4 | Brentwood | 28 October 1882 | | Royal Engineers | 3–1 | Woodford Bridge | 21 October 1882 | | Maidenhead | 0–2 | Old Westminsters | 4 November 1882 | | Clapham Rovers | 3–0 | Ireland|1783}} | 4 November 1882 | | Upton Park | Bye | | Windsor Home Park | 3–0 | Acton | 4 November 1882 | | Old Etonians | 1–1 | Old Foresters | 4 November 1882 | | Swifts | 4–1 | Highbury Union | 4 November 1882 | | Rochester | 2–0 | Hotspur | 4 November 1882 | | Wales|1807}} | 1–1 | Oswestry | 4 November 1882 | | Notts County | 6–1 | Sheffield | 4 November 1882 | | Nottingham Forest | Walkover | Brigg Brittania | | West End | 1–3 | Hendon | 4 November 1882 | | Blackburn Rovers | 11–1 | Blackpool St John's | 23 October 1882 | | Hanover United | 1–0 | Mosquitos | 4 November 1882 | | Aston Villa | 4–1 | Walsall Swifts | 21 October 1882 | | Old Carthusians | 6–0 | Pilgrims | 21 October 1882 | | Sheffield Wednesday | 12–2 | Spilsby | 4 November 1882 | | Blackburn Olympic | 6–3 | Accrington | 4 November 1882 | | Reading Minster | Walkover | Remnants | | Dreadnought | 1–2 Match void | South Reading | 21 October 1882 | | Mitchell St George's | 4–1 | Calthorpe | 28 October 1882 | | Small Heath Alliance | 3–3 | Stafford Road | 11 November 1882 | | Sheffield Heeley | Bye | | Bolton Wanderers | 6–1 | Bootle | 4 November 1882 | | Lockwood Brothers | 4–3 | Macclesfield Town | 4 November 1882 | | Darwen Ramblers | 5–2 | South Shore | 14 October 1882 | | Chatham | Bye | | Grimsby Town | Walkover | Scotland}} | | Walsall Town | 4–1 | Staveley | 21 October 1882 | | Northwich Victoria | 3–2 | Astley Bridge | 28 October 1882 | | Etonian Ramblers | 6–2 | Romford | 21 October 1882 | | Hornchurch | 0–2 | Marlow | 28 October 1882 | | Church | 5–0 | Clitheroe | 2 September 1882 | | Chesterfield Spital | 1–7 | Wednesbury Old Athletic | 4 November 1882 | | Bolton Olympic | 4–7 | Eagley | 4 November 1882 | | Aston Unity | Bye | | Irwell Springs | 2–5 | Lower Darwen | 28 October 1882 | | Halliwell | 3–2 | Great Lever | 21 October 1882 | | Phoenix Bessemer | Walkover | Grantham | | United Hospital | 3–0 | London Olympic | 4 November 1882 | | Haslingden | Bye | | Liverpool Ramblers | 1–1 | Southport Central | 21 October 1882 |
First Round Replays| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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| Old Etonians | 3–1 | Old Foresters | 18 November 1882 | | Oswestry | 0–2 | Wales|1807}} | 18 November 1882 | | Dreadnought | 1–2 | South Reading | 4 November 1882 | | Stafford Road | 6–2 | Small Heath Alliance | 18 November 1882 | | Southport Central | 0–4 | Liverpool Ramblers | 4 November 1882 |
Second round| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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| Darwen | 1–0 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 December 1882 | | Royal Engineers | 8–0 | Reading | 29 November 1882 | | Marlow | Walkover | Reading Minster | | Clapham Rovers | 7–1 | Hanover United | 2 December 1882 | | Windsor Home Park | 3–1 | United Hospital | 30 November 1882 | | Old Etonians | 2–1 | Brentwood | 2 December 1882 | | Swifts | 2–2 | Upton Park | 30 November 1882 | | Rochester | Bye | | Wales|1807}} | 5–0 | Northwich Victoria | 9 December 1882 | | Notts County | Bye | | Hendon | 2–1 | Chatham | 2 December 1882 | | Nottingham Forest | 7–2 | Sheffield Heeley | 2 December 1882 | | Eagley | 3–1 | Halliwell | 2 December 1882 | | Aston Villa | 4–1 | Wednesbury Old Athletic | 18 November 1882 | | Old Carthusians | 7–0 | Etonian Ramblers | 2 December 1882 | | Sheffield Wednesday | 6–0 | Lockwood Brothers | 2 December 1882 | | Blackburn Olympic | 8–1 | Lower Darwen | 9 December 1882 | | Bolton Wanderers | 3–0 | Liverpool Ramblers | 2 December 1882 | | Darwen Ramblers | 3–2 | Haslingden | 2 December 1882 | | Grimsby Town | 1–9 | Phoenix Bessemer | 25 November 1882 | | Walsall Town | 4–1 | Stafford Road | 2 December 1882 | | Church | Bye | | Aston Unity | 3–1 | Mitchell St George's | 2 December 1882 | | South Reading | Bye | | Old Westminsters | Bye |
Second Round Replay| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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| Swifts | 3–2 | Upton Park | 2 December 1882 |
Third round| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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| Royal Engineers | Bye | | Marlow | Bye | | Clapham Rovers | 3–0 | Windsor Home Park | 6 January 1883 | | Old Etonians | 7–0 | Rochester | 16 December 1882 | | Swifts | Bye | | Wales|1807}} | 0–0 | Bolton Wanderers | 6 January 1883 | | Notts County | 4–1 | Phoenix Bessemer | 27 December 1882 | | Hendon | 11–1 | South Reading | 6 January 1883 | | Nottingham Forest | 2–2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 6 January 1883 | | Eagley | Bye | | Aston Villa | 3–1 | Aston Unity | 6 January 1883 | | Old Carthusians | 3–2 | Old Westminsters | 16 December 1882 | | Blackburn Olympic | 8–0 | Darwen Ramblers | 16 December 1882 | | Walsall Town | Bye | | Church | 2–2 | Darwen | 6 January 1883 |
Third Round Replays| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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| Bolton Wanderers | 1–1 | Wales|1807}} | 22 January 1883 | | Wales|1807}} | 1–0 | Bolton Wanderers | 29 January 1883 | | Sheffield Wednesday | 3–2 | Nottingham Forest | 13 January 1883 | | Darwen | 0–2 | Church | 20 January 1883 |
Fourth round| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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| Marlow | 0–3 | Hendon | 3 February 1883 | | Clapham Rovers | Bye | | Old Etonians | 2–0 | Swifts | 24 January 1883 | | Wales|1807}} | 2–1 | Eagley | 10 February 1883 | | Aston Villa | 2–1 | Walsall Town | 27 January 1883 | | Old Carthusians | 6–2 | Royal Engineers | 25 January 1883 | | Sheffield Wednesday | 1–4 | Notts County | 12 February 1883 | | Blackburn Olympic | 2–0 | Church | 3 February 1883 |
Fifth round| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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| Notts County | 4–3 | Aston Villa | 3 March 1883 | | Hendon | 2–4 | Old Etonians | 3 March 1883 | | Old Carthusians | 5–3 | Clapham Rovers | 20 February 1883 | | Blackburn Olympic | 4–1 | Wales|1807}} | 24 February 1883 |
Semi finals| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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| Old Etonians | 2–1 | Notts County | 17 March 1883 | | Blackburn Olympic | 4–0 | Old Carthusians | 17 March 1883 |
Final{{Main|1883 FA Cup Final}}| Home Club | Score | Away Club | Date |
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| Blackburn Olympic | 2–1 | Old Etonians | 31 March 1883 |
References{{FA Cup Seasons}}{{1882–83 in English football}}{{1882–83 in European football}}{{Portal bar|Association football}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Fa Cup 1882-83}} 3 : FA Cup seasons|1882–83 in English football|1882–83 domestic association football cups |