The 2024 FA Cup final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on 25 May 2024 to determine the winners of the 2023–24 FA Cup, Manchester United. It was the 143rd final of English football's primary cup competition in the Football Association Challenge Cup.

The final was contested between holders Manchester City and local rivals Manchester United. The match was a repeat of the previous final, which City won 2–1. It was the second time the two sides have met in the final, and was the first to feature the same teams in consecutive seasons since 1885.

Manchester United won the match for their 13th FA Cup title, avenging their defeat by the same scoreline in the previous season. As winners, Manchester United qualified for the league phase of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League. They also qualified for the 2024 FA Community Shield, where they faced City as the league champions. As their women's team won the 2024 Women's FA Cup final, Manchester United became the fifth club, and the first since City in 2019, to win both the men's and women's FA Cup in the same season.

Manchester City entered the tournament in the third round, as a Premier League team. They began with a 5–0 home victory over Huddersfield Town at the Etihad Stadium with two goals for City from Phil Foden, one from Julián Álvarez, an own goal from Ben Jackson and Jérémy Doku. They then defeated Tottenham Hotspur away in the fourth round in a 1–0 victory with a sole goal for City from Nathan Aké. In the fifth round, they beat Luton Town 6–2 away at Kenilworth Road with five goals from Erling Haaland and one from Mateo Kovačić and two goals for Luton from Jordan Clark.

In the quarter-final match, Manchester City hosted Newcastle United at the Etihad Stadium where they came out 2–0 winners in the end which put them through to the semi-finals with two goals for City from Bernardo Silva. In the semi-final match, held at the neutral venue of Wembley Stadium, Manchester City defeated Chelsea in a 1–0 victory to qualify for a second consecutive FA Cup final with the sole goal for City from Silva. This was the third time that City played in consecutive FA Cup finals, having previously done so in the 1933 and 1934 as well as 1955 and 1956 finals.

As a Premier League team, Manchester United also entered the tournament in the third round. They began their campaign with a 2–0 away win over League One side Wigan Athletic with goals from Diogo Dalot and a penalty from Bruno Fernandes. before recording a 4–2 away win over League Two side Newport County at Rodney Parade. Fernandes scored the opener, before Kobbie Mainoo scored his first goal for United. Newport then managed to bring the tie level with goals from Bryn Morris and Will Evans, but goals from Antony and Rasmus Højlund secured United's passage to the next round. In the fifth round, United travelled to the City Ground and defeated Nottingham Forest 1–0, with Casemiro heading a late winner.

In the quarter-finals, United faced rivals Liverpool at, Old Trafford, the first and only time they were drawn at their home ground. Scott McTominay gave United the lead within 10 minutes, before Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah scored within minutes to Liverpool a 2–1 lead going into half-time. United looked like they were going out of the FA Cup at the hands of their rivals at home for the first time in over 100 years, but Antony scored a late-equaliser to send the match to extra time. Before the interval, Harvey Elliott give Liverpool the lead again, but Marcus Rashford made it 3–3. In the final minutes of extra time, Amad Diallo scored the winning goal . Amad was given a yellow second card and sent off for taking his shirt off in celebration, having picked up a yellow card earlier in the match.

In the semi-final match, also held at Wembley, United faced Coventry City, who were the last side not from the top-flight still in the competition. Scott McTominay, Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes gave United a comfortable 3–0 lead, which they squandered, with goals from Ellis Simms, Callum O'Hare, and a stoppage-time penalty from Haji Wright which sent the match into extra time. In the final minute of extra time, Victor Torp looked to have completed a miraculous comeback and sent Coventry to the final, but the goal was ruled out by VAR in a moment of controversy. In the penalty shootout, United defeated Coventry 4–2, with Højlund scoring the winning penalty to set up a Manchester derby final for a second successive season. This was the sixth time that United had played in two successive FA Cup finals and the first time since 2004 and 2005.