| Country | England | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 54 | ||
| Defending champions | Old Etonians | ||
| Champions | Clapham Rovers | ||
| Runners-up | Oxford University | ||
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The Football Association Challenge Cup 1879–80 was the ninth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Fifty-four teams entered, eleven more than the previous season, although five of the fifty-four never played a match.