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| Teams | 84 | ||
| Defending champions | Old Etonians | ||
| Champions | Blackburn Olympic | ||
| Runners-up | Old Etonians | ||
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The Football Association Challenge Cup 1882–83 was the twelfth staging of the FA Cup, England's oldest football tournament. Eighty-four teams entered, eleven more than the previous season, although five of the eighty-four never played a match.