The 1993–94 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 113th 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 539 clubs were accepted for the competition, down 22 from the previous season's 561.
The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 8) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with five rounds of preliminary (1) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams.
The 28 winning teams from Fourth round Qualifying progressed to the First round proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.
The teams that given byes to this round are Slough Town, Stafford Rangers, Bath City, Kidderminster Harriers, Altrincham, Kettering Town, Merthyr Tydfil, Witton Albion, Macclesfield Town, Southport, Farnborough Town, Sutton United, Aylesbury United, Hayes, Crawley Town, Marlow, Cheltenham Town, Accrington Stanley, Marine and V S Rugby.