Hong Kong FA Cup

Hong Kong FA Cup
Founded	1974; 50 years ago
Region	Hong Kong
Number of teams	11 (2023–24)
International cup(s)	AFC Champions League Two
Current champions	Eastern (6th title)
Most successful club(s)	South China; (10 titles)
Television broadcasters	TVB
Website	hkfa.com/fa-cup
	2023–24 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 45th edition of the event. 14 different 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 events. 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 First Division, Second Division and Third Division were allowed to enter the competition before through qualifying from the preliminary round. However, due to the huge difference in playing level between the Premier League and the lower levels below it, the cup has been limited to top-flight teams since the 2016–17 season.^[1] The teams in the lower divisions are now competing in the FA Cup Junior Division.

The current FA Cup holders are Eastern.

Competition name due to sponsorship

Season	Name
1987–88	Goldlion Holdings FA Cup
1988–89 to 1990–91	Rank Xerox Hong Kong FA Cup
1991–92 to 1992–93	Regal Films FA Cup
1993–94	Esso FA Cup
1994–95 to 1995–96	San Miguel FA Cup
1996–97 to 1998–99	None
1999–2000	Smart-soccer.com FA Cup
2000–01 to 2002–03	None
2003–04	Dongguan Century City FA Cup
2004–05	Xiangxue Pharmaceutical FA Cup
2005–06 to 2007–08	LANWA International FA Cup
2008–09	Sheffield United FA Cup
2009–10 to 2015–16	None
2016–17	CODEX FA Cup
2017–18 to now	None

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

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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 ^	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	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	Tai Po	Hong Kong Stadium	5,925
2008–09	Tai Po	4–2	Pegasus	Hong Kong Stadium	4,042
2009–10	Pegasus	2–1	Citizen	Hong Kong Stadium	3,115
2010–11	South China	2–1	Tai Po	Hong Kong Stadium	3,829
2011–12	Kitchee	†3–3 †	Pegasus	Hong Kong Stadium	1,990
2012–13	Kitchee	1–0	Pegasus	Hong Kong Stadium	2,963
2013–14	Eastern	1–0	Kitchee	Hong Kong Stadium	4,383
2014–15	Kitchee	2–0	Eastern	Mong Kok Stadium	4,348
2015–16	Pegasus	†1–1 †	Yuen Long	Hong Kong Stadium	4,190
2016–17	Kitchee	2–1	South China	Mong Kok Stadium	5,038
2017–18	Kitchee	2–1	Tai Po	Hong Kong Stadium	3,044
2018–19	Kitchee	2–0	Southern	Hong Kong Stadium	3,655
2019–20	Eastern	2–0	R&F	Hong Kong Stadium	0^[1]
2020–21	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
2021–22	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
2022–23	Kitchee	7–1	Rangers	Mong Kok Stadium	3,083
2023–24	Eastern	3–2	Sham Shui Po	Mong Kok Stadium	3,437

Notes

^
Match was played behind closed doors due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong.^[3]

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	5	2016–17
Kitchee	7	2022–23	2	2013–14
Eastern	6	2023–24	2	2014–15
Seiko	6	1985–86	1	1978–79
Double Flower	4	2000–01	2	1998–99
Sun Hei	3	2005–06	2	2001–02
Happy Valley	2	2003–04	5	2006–07
Pegasus	2	2015–16	3	2012–13
Rangers	2	1994–95	4	2022–23
Bulova	2	1982–83	1	1979–80
Tai Po	1	2008–09	3	2017–18
Ernest Borel	1	1991–92	1	1992–93
Citizen	1	2007–08	1	2009–10
Yuen Long	1	1978–79	1	2015–16
Sea Bee	–	–	2	1981–82
Tsuen Wan	–	–	2	1988–89
Lai Sun	–	–	2	1990–91
Tung Sing	–	–	1	1976–77
Blake Garden	–	–	1	1977–78
Zindabad	–	–	1	1983–84
Harps	–	–	1	1984–85
Sing Tao	–	–	1	1996–97
Yee Hope	–	–	1	1999–00
Southern	–	–	1	2018–19
R&F	–	–	1	2019–20
Sham Shui Po	–	–	1	2023–24