Hong Kong FA Cup

Hong Kong FA Cup

Citizen AA players celebrate after win of Hong Kong Cup
Founded	1974
Region	Hong Kong
Number of teams	10
Current champions	South China
Most successful club	South China (10 times)
2012 Hong Kong FA Cup

Hong Kong FA Cup (Chinese: 香港足總盃) is a knockout cup competition in Hong Kong football, run by and named after The Hong Kong Football Association. The first edition of the competition was held in 1975, before then the cup was known as the Golden Jubilee Cup. The current season is the 33rd edition of the event. Until now, 11 teams have won the cup with 10-time champions South China being the most successful.

In the first three years, the semi-finals and the finals were two-legged event. If the aggregate result was drawn, there would be extra time after the second leg. Drawn ties after extra time would be settled by a replay. However, this practice was abandoned in 1977. Since 1978, all matches have become one-legged, draws are settled by extra time and penalty shootouts.

Moreover, teams from the Second Division and Third Division was allowed to enter the competition before. However, due to the huge difference in playing level between the First Division and the inferior levels below it, the cup has been limited to top flight teams since 1981.

The current HKFA Cup holders are South China who beat Wofoo Tai Po by a 2-1 win after extra time in the 2011 final played on 29 May 2011 at the Hong Kong Stadium.

Competition name due to sponsorship

No.	Season	Name
29	2002–03	No sponsorship for the name
30	2003–04	Dongguan Century City FA Cup
31	2004–05	Xiangxue Pharmaceutical FA Cup
32	2005–06	LANWA International FA Cup
33	2006–07	LANWA International FA Cup
34	2007–08	LANWA International FA Cup
35	2008–09	Sheffield United FA Cup

Finals

Key

*	Match went to extra time
^	Match went to extra time with golden goal
†	Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time

Results

Season	Winner	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Attendance
1974–75 (1)	Seiko	0–1	Rangers	Government Stadium	23,916
1974–75 (2)	Seiko	5–1	Rangers	Government Stadium	27,383
1975–76 (1)	Seiko	2–1	South China	Government Stadium	21,322
1975–76 (2)	Seiko	1–0	South China	Government Stadium	24,296
1976–77 (1)	Rangers	3–1	Tung Sing	Government Stadium	4,360
1976–77 (2)	Rangers	0–1	Tung Sing	Government Stadium	1,992
1977–78	Seiko	2–1	Blake Garden	Government Stadium	4,780
1978–79	Yuen Long	†2–2 †	Seiko	Government Stadium	16,626
1979–80	Seiko	3–2	Bulova	Government Stadium	19,642
1980–81	Seiko	2–0	Sea Bee	Government Stadium	18,816
1981–82	Bulova	4–1	Sea Bee	Government Stadium	7,857
1982–83	Bulova	3–0	Rangers
1983–84	Eastern	2–1	Zindabad
1984–85	South China	2–2	Harps
1984–85 (R)	South China	3–1	Harps
1985–86	Seiko	2–1	South China
1986–87	South China	4–1	Happy Valley
1987–88	South China	2–0	Tsuen Wan
1988–89	Lai Sun Double Flower	2–0	Tsuen Wan	Government Stadium	3,227
1989–90	South China	1–0	Lai Sun
1990–91	South China	2–1	Lai Sun
1991–92	Ernest Borel	1–0	Instant-Dict
1992–93	Eastern	1–0	Ernest Borel
1993–94	Eastern	4–1	Happy Valley
1994–95	Rangers	3–0	Eastern
1995–96	South China	4–1	Golden
1996–97	Instant-Dict	^2–1 ^	Sing Tao
1997–98	Instant-Dict	3–1	South China
1998–99	South China	^1–0 ^	Instant-Dict	Hong Kong Stadium	6,430
1999–00	Happy Valley	7–2	Orient & Yee Hope Union	Hong Kong Stadium	4,581
2000–01	Instant-Dict	2–0	South China	Hong Kong Stadium	5,023
2001–02	South China	1–0	Sun Hei	Hong Kong Stadium	3,359
2002–03	Sun Hei	^2–1 ^	Buler Rangers	Mong Kok Stadium	1,522
2003–04	Happy Valley	3–1	Kitchee	Hong Kong Stadium	2,478
2004–05	Sun Hei	*2–1 *	Happy Valley	Hong Kong Stadium	1,931
2005–06	Xiangxue Sun Hei	1–0	Happy Valley	Mong Kok Stadium	2,101
2006–07	South China	3–1	Happy Valley	Hong Kong Stadium	6,427
2007–08	Citizen	2–0	Wofoo Tai Po	Hong Kong Stadium	5,925
2008–09	NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po	4–2	TSW Pegasus	Hong Kong Stadium	4,042
2009–10	TSW Pegasus	2–1	Citizen	Hong Kong Stadium	3,115
2010–11	South China	*2–1 *	NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po	Hong Kong Stadium	3,829

Results by team

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.

Team	Wins	Last final won	Runners-up	Last final lost
South China	10	2010–11	4	2000–01
Seiko	6	1985–86	1	1978–79
Double Flower	4	2000–01	2	1998–99
Convoy Sun Hei	3	2005–06	2	2001–02
Eastern	3	1993–94	1	1994–95
Happy Valley	2	2003–04	5	2006–07
Rangers	2	1994–95	3	2002–03
Bulova	2	1982–83	1	1979–80
Ernest Borel	1	1991–92	1	1992–93
Citizen	1	2007–08	1	2009–10
NT Realty Wofoo Tai Po	1	2008–09	2	2010–11
TSW Pegasus	1	2009–10	1	2008–09
Yuen Long	1	1978–79	0
Sea Bee	0		2	1981–82
Tsuen Wan	0		2	1988–89
Lai Sun	0		2	1990–91
Tung Sing	0		1	1976–77
Blake Garden	0		1	1977–78
Zindabad	0		1	1983–84
Harps	0		1	1984–85
Sing Tao	0		1	1996–97
Orient & Yee Hope Union	0		1	1999–00
Kitchee	0		1	2003–04

See also

• The Hong Kong Football Association
• Hong Kong First Division League

External links

• FA Cup, The Hong Kong Football Association website.
• Hong Kong Football
• RSSSF.com Hongkong - List of FA Cup Winners