Football tournament season
The 2016–17 FA Youth Cup was the 65th edition of the FA Youth Cup . The defending champions were Chelsea and they retained the trophy for the fourth year in a row after a 6–2 aggregate victory over Manchester City in the final.[ 1]
Round Matches played from Preliminary round 30 August 2016 First round qualifying 14 September 2016 Second round qualifying 3 October 2016 Third round qualifying 17 October 2016 First round 27 October 2016 Second round 14 November 2016 Third round 22 November 2016 Fourth round 6 January 2017 Fifth round 25 January 2017 Quarter-finals 15 February 2017 Semi-finals (two legs) 10 March/18 March 2017 Final (two legs) 18 April/26 April 2017
First round qualifying [ edit ] Second round qualifying [ edit ] Third round qualifying [ edit ] Chelsea won 9–2 on Aggregate.
Manchester City won 9–2 on Aggregate.
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10 Combined Counties League (Premier , One ) East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only ) Eastern Counties League (Premier , One ) Essex Senior League (level 9 only ) Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West ) Midland League (Premier , One ) Northern Counties East League (Premier , One ) Northern League (One , Two ) North West Counties League (Premier , One ) Southern Combination League (Premier , One ) Southern Counties East League (Premier , One ) South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only ) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One ) United Counties League (Premier , One ) Wessex League (Premier , One ) Western League (Premier , One ) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only )
Cup competitions
Youth competitions