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The FAW Welsh Cup (), currently known as the JD Welsh Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams in the Welsh football league system. It is considered the most prestigious of the cup competitions in domestic Welsh association football.
The Football Association of Wales (FAW) is the organising body of this competition, which has been run (except during the two World Wars and the COVID-19 pandemic) every year since its inception in 1877–78.
In the early years of organised football in Wales, football was very much the sport of north Wales rather than the rugby union playing south – the FAW was founded in Wrexham in 1876, and Wrexham remained the site of the FAW's head office until 1986; it was not until 1912 that a southern team, Cardiff City, won the Welsh Cup for the first time.
The winning team qualifies to play in the following season's UEFA Conference League (previously teams qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, which was discontinued in 1999, and until 2021, qualified for the UEFA Europa League).
From 1996 to 2011, only clubs playing in the Welsh football league system were allowed to enter the Welsh Cup. This rule excluded the six Welsh clubs who played in the English football league system: Swansea City, Colwyn Bay, Merthyr Tydfil (replaced by Merthyr Town), Newport County, Cardiff City and Wrexham. On 20 April 2011, the Football Association of Wales invited these six clubs to rejoin the Welsh Cup for the 2011–12 season, but only Merthyr Town, Newport County and Wrexham accepted.
In March 2012, UEFA stated that Welsh clubs playing in the English football league system could not qualify for European competitions via the Welsh Cup but they could qualify via the English league and cup competitions, hence they were subsequently again excluded from the Welsh Cup. Colwyn Bay joined the Welsh league system in 2019, thus becoming eligible to compete in the Welsh Cup again.
On 13 January 2025, the Football Association of Wales announced plans to relaunch the competition to include Cardiff City, Swansea City, Newport County and Wrexham competing with an expanded 16 team Cymru Premier. The following week, the English Football Association rejected the proposal citing competition integrity and that the proposal would allow Wales' four English Football League clubs to qualify for Europe via a Welsh domestic cup as well as seeking to qualify for European competition via the English system should they be promoted to the Premier League.
With six wins, Shrewsbury Town hold the record for the most times an English team has won the Cup, a record that will remain unbroken because English teams have not been allowed to compete in the cup since 1995. The last English winner of the Welsh Cup was Hereford United in 1990.
| Wrexham | 23 | 22 | 45 | 1995 |
| Cardiff City | 22 | 10 | 32 | 1995 |
| Swansea City | 10 | 8 | 18 | 1991 |
| The New Saints | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2025 |
| Bangor City | 8 | 10 | 18 | 2013 |
| Cefn Druids | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2012 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1985 |
| Barry Town | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2003 |
| Chirk A.A.A. | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1894 |
| Rhyl | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2006 |
| Chester City | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1970 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1987 |
| Wellington Town | 3 | – | 3 | 1940 |
| Connah's Quay Nomads | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2025 |
| Oswestry United | 2 | – | 2 | 1901 |
| Crewe Alexandra | 2 | – | 2 | 1937 |
| Newtown | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2015 |
| Hereford United | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1990 |
| Aberystwyth Town | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2018 |
| Connah's Quay & Shotton | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1929 |
| Newport County | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1987 |
| Carmarthen Town | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2007 |
| Llanelli | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2011 |
| Newtown White Stars | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1881 |
| Oswestry | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1885 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1935 |
| Lovell's Athletic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1959 |
| Bala Town | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ebbw Vale | 1 | – | 1 | 1926 |
| Bristol City | 1 | – | 1 | 1934 |
| South Liverpool | 1 | – | 1 | 1939 |
| Flint Town United | 1 | – | 1 | 1954 |
| Borough United | 1 | – | 1 | 1963 |
| Inter Cardiff | 1 | – | 1 | 1999 |
| Prestatyn Town | 1 | – | 1 | 2013 |
| Aberdare Athletic | – | 4 | 4 | 1923 |
| Pontypridd | – | 3 | 3 | 1921 |
| Cwmbran Town | – | 3 | 3 | 2002 |
| Westminster Rovers | – | 2 | 2 | 1892 |
| Whitchurch | – | 2 | 2 | 1906 |
| Northwich Victoria | – | 2 | 2 | 1910 |
| Kidderminster Harriers | – | 2 | 2 | 1989 |
| Ruthin | – | 1 | 1 | 1880 |
| Davenham | – | 1 | 1 | 1887 |
| Aberaman | – | 1 | 1 | 1903 |
| Ton Pentre | – | 1 | 1 | 1922 |
| Merthyr Town | – | 1 | 1 | 1924 |
| Flint Town | – | 1 | 1 | 1925 |
| Stourbridge | – | 1 | 1 | 1974 |
| Hednesford Town | – | 1 | 1 | 1992 |
| Afan Lido | – | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Port Talbot Town | – | 1 | 1 | 2010 |
| Penybont | – | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
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