| Country |
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|---|---|
| Teams | 62 |
| Defending champions | Clapham Rovers |
| Champions |
Old Carthusians (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Old Etonians |
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The 1880–81 Football Association Challenge Cup was the tenth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Sixty-two teams entered, eight more than the previous season, although four of the sixty-two never played a match.