Hong Kong FA Cup

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Hong Kong FA Cup
Current season or competition: Hong Kong FA Cup 2007-08
Sport	Football
Founded	1974
No. of teams	10
Country(ies)	Hong Kong
Most recent champion(s)	Citizen

Hong Kong FA Cup (traditional 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 33th edition of the event. Until now, 11 teams have won the cup with 9-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 after the extra time would be settled by a replay. However, this practice was abandoned in 1977. Since 1978, all the matches have become one-legged, drawn is 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. ^[1]

The current HKFA Cup holders are Citizen who beat Wofoo Tai Po by a 2-0 win in the 2008 final played on 18 May 2008 at the Hong Kong Stadium. The match was part of the fund raising activities for the 2008 Sichuan earthquake happened on 12 May^[2].

1 Competition name due to sponsorship
2 Champions
- 2.1 FA Cup Finalists
- 2.2 Teams ranked by number of titles
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] 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

[edit] Champions

[edit] FA Cup Finalists

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No.	Season	Winner	Scorers	Score	Runner–up	Scorers
1	1974–75	Seiko			Rangers
2	1975–76	Seiko			South China
3	1976–77	Rangers			Tung Sing
4	1977–78	Seiko			Blake Garden
5	1978–79	Yuen Long		6-4 after pen	Seiko
6	1979–80	Seiko			Bulova
7	1980–81	Seiko			Sea Bee
8	1981–82	Bulova			Sea Bee
9	1982–83	Bulova		3-0	Rangers
10	1983–84	Eastern		2-1	Zindabad
11	1984–85	South China		2-2; 3-1 (replayed)	Harps
12	1985–86	Seiko		2-1	South China
13	1986–87	South China		4-1	Happy Valley
14	1987–88	South China		2-0	Tsuen Wan
15	1988–89	Lai Sun Double Flower		2-0	Tsuen Wan
16	1989–90	South China		1-0	Lai Sun
17	1990–91	South China		2-1	Lai Sun
18	1991–92	Ernest Borel		1-0	Instant-Dict
19	1992–93	Eastern		1-0	Ernest Borel
20	1993–94	Eastern		4-1	Happy Valley
21	1994–95	Rangers		3-0	Eastern
22	1995–96	South China		4-1	Golden
23	1996–97	Instant-Dict		2-1 (golden goal)	Sing Tao
24	1997–98	Instant-Dict		3-1	South China
25	1998–99	South China		1-0 (golden goal)	Instant-Dict
26	1999–00	Happy Valley		7-2	Orient & Yee Hope Union
27	2000–01	Instant-Dict		2-1	South China
28	2001–02	South China		1-0	Sun Hei
29	2002–03	Sun Hei	Cornelius (45, 101)	2–1 golden goal	Buler Rangers	Lo Kwan Yee (28)
30	2003–04	Happy Valley	Gerard (24, 54) Jancula (36)	3–1	Kitchee	Liu Quankun (53)
31	2004–05	Sun Hei	Akosah (61) André (119)	2–1 a.e.t.	Happy Valley	Cordeiro (40 o.g.)
32	2005–06	Xiangxue Sun Hei	André (72)	1–0	Happy Valley	–
33	2006–07	South China	Detinho (22 pen) Chan Chi Hong (27) Cheng Siu Wai (85)	3–1	Happy Valley	Poon Yiu Cheuk (48 pen)
34	2007–08	Citizen	Chen Zhizhao (14) Joel (84 o.g.)	2–0	Wofoo Tai Po	–

[edit] Teams ranked by number of titles

Rank	Team	Winning Times	Runners-up Times	Last Winning Season
1	South China	9	4	2006-07
2	Seiko	6	1	1985-86
3	Lai Sun D' Flower / Instant-Dict	4	2	2000-01
3	Golden / Sun Hei / Xiangxue Sun Hei	3	2	2005-06
5	Eastern	3	1	1993-94
6	Happy Valley	2	5	2003-04
7	Rangers / Buler Rangers	2	3	1994-95
8	Bulova	2	1	1982-83
9	Ernest Borel	1	1	1991-92
10	Yuen Long	1	0	1978-79
10	Citizen	1	0	2007-08 (Current Holder)

[edit] References

^ 足總盃回顧(一), The Hong Kong Football Association website, 2007-04-16
^ HKFA Website, Lanwa International FA CUP Final & Donation for the earthquake victims
^ Hongkong - List of FA Cup Winners, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Hong Kong FA Cup seasons

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1974–75 | 1975–76 | 1976–77 | 1977–78 | 1978–79 | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | 1985–86 | 1986–87 | 1987–88 | 1988–89 | 1989–90 | 1990–91 | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 | 1994–95 | 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–00 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | 2003–04 | 2004–05 | 2005–06 | 2006–07 | 2007–08

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