2015–16 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds

The 2015–16 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds will open the 135th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 736 clubs were accepted for the competition, the same as the previous season.

The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 10) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition will start with six rounds of preliminary (2) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. The 32 winning teams from Fourth Round Qualifying progress to the First Round Proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 enter the competition.

Calendar
The calendar for the 2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by The Football Association.

Extra Preliminary Round
Extra Preliminary Round fixtures are due to be played on 15 August 2015, with replays taking place no later than 20 August 2015. A total of 368 teams, from Level 9 and Level 10 of English football, enter at this stage of the competition. The round includes 92 teams from Level 10 of English football, being the lowest ranked clubs to compete in the tournament. The draw was as follows:

† – After extra time

Preliminary Round
Preliminary Round fixtures are due to be played on 29 August 2015, with replays no later than 4 September. A total of 320 teams will take part in this stage of the competition, including the 184 winners from the Extra Preliminary Round and 136 entering at this stage from the six leagues at Level 8 of English football. The draw was as follows:

† – After extra time

Competition proper
Winners from Fourth Round Qualifying advance to First Round Proper, where teams from League One (Level 3) and League Two (Level 4) of English football, operating in The Football League, first enter the competition. See 2015–16 FA Cup for a report of First Round Proper onwards.