2025 FA Community Shield

2025 FA Community Shield

The match took place at Wembley Stadium
Crystal Palace Liverpool 2 2
Crystal Palace won 3–2 on penalties
Date	10 August 2025
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Ismaïla Sarr (Crystal Palace)[1]
Referee	Chris Kavanagh (Manchester)[2]
Attendance	82,645
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The 2025 FA Community Shield was the 103rd FA Community Shield, an annual association football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. It was played at Wembley Stadium in London on 10 August 2025, and featured the 2024–25 Premier League winners Liverpool and the 2024–25 FA Cup winners Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace beat Liverpool 3–2 on penalties after a 2–2 draw inside regular time, winning their first Community Shield title.

Liverpool and Crystal Palace qualified for the 2025 FA Community Shield as the winners of the 2024–25 Premier League and the 2024–25 FA Cup, respectively. It was the 67th meeting between the two sides, and the first appearance for Crystal Palace in a Community Shield match, after they earned their first ever major trophy in winning the FA Cup.^[3][4] Liverpool have previously appeared in 24 Community Shield matches, winning 16 titles (sharing five of which), and appearing most recently in the 2022 edition, where they beat Manchester City 3–1 at the King Power Stadium.^[5]

Liverpool took an early lead in the 4th minute when Hugo Ekitike scored with a low shot into the right corner. Crystal Palace equalised in the 17th minute through a Jean-Philippe Mateta penalty, awarded after a foul in the box by Virgil van Dijk. Jeremie Frimpong restored Liverpool's advantage in the 21st minute with a cross-shot from the right that looped into the net, but Crystal Palace levelled again in the 77th minute when Ismaïla Sarr converted from the right, in-off the post, after an incisive through-ball.^[6]

With the score tied 2–2 at full time, the match went to a penalty shoot-out. Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson saved from Alexis Mac Allister and Harvey Elliott, after Mohamed Salah had missed the target with a shot over the bar. Justin Devenny converted the winning penalty as Crystal Palace triumphed 3–2 in the shoot-out, securing their first-ever Community Shield title in their inaugural appearance in the fixture.^[7]

Crystal Palace

Liverpool

GK 1 Dean Henderson CB 26 Chris Richards CB 5 Maxence Lacroix CB 6 Marc Guéhi (c)  90+4' RM 2 Daniel Muñoz CM 20 Adam Wharton  85' CM 18 Daichi Kamada  29' LM 3 Tyrick Mitchell  79' RW 7 Ismaïla Sarr LW 10 Eberechi Eze CF 14 Jean-Philippe Mateta Substitutes: GK 44 Walter Benítez DF 17 Nathaniel Clyne DF 24 Borna Sosa  79' DF 59 Rio Cardines MF 8 Jefferson Lerma  85' MF 19 Will Hughes  29' MF 55 Justin Devenny  90+4' FW 21 Romain Esse FW 22 Odsonne Édouard Manager: Oliver Glasner

GK 1 Alisson RB 30 Jeremie Frimpong CB 5 Ibrahima Konaté  43' CB 4 Virgil van Dijk (c) LB 6 Milos Kerkez  84' CM 17 Curtis Jones  71' CM 8 Dominik Szoboszlai RW 11 Mohamed Salah  87' AM 7 Florian Wirtz  44'  84' LW 18 Cody Gakpo CF 22 Hugo Ekitike  71' Substitutes: GK 25 Giorgi Mamardashvili DF 26 Andy Robertson  84' MF 3 Wataru Endō  71' MF 10 Alexis Mac Allister  71' MF 19 Harvey Elliott  84' MF 42 Trey Nyoni FW 14 Federico Chiesa FW 50 Ben Doak FW 73 Rio Ngumoha Manager: Arne Slot

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