The
2008 FA Cup Final was a
football match held at
Wembley Stadium on 17 May 2008 and was the final match of the
2007–08 FA Cup competition. The match was the 127th
FA Cup Final, and the second to be held at the new Wembley Stadium since its redevelopment. The match was contested by
Portsmouth and
Cardiff City, with Portsmouth winning 1–0. This was the first time that the two sides have ever met in the competition, as both teams were aiming to win the FA Cup for the second time, Cardiff having won it in
1927 and Portsmouth in
1939. Had Cardiff won, they would have been the first club from outside the top division of English football to have won the competition since
West Ham United in
1980.