HKFA League Cup

HKFA League Cup
Founded	2000
Region	Hong Kong
Number of teams	9
Current champions	Kitchee (5th title)
Most successful club(s)	Kitchee (5 times)
2015–16 Hong Kong League Cup

Hong Kong Football Association League Cup (Chinese: 香港足球總會聯賽盃) is an annual football competition contested by clubs in the top-tier Hong Kong domestic football league (currently Hong Kong Premier League). The cup was relaunched for the 2014–15 season after being discontinued in the 2012–13 season.

Format

All teams in Hong Kong First Division League (until 2013–2014 season) / Hong Kong Premier League (starting from 2014–2015 season) are divided in the 2 groups (Group A & B) in first round stage. Each team plays against all other teams in the group once. The top two teams in each group qualify into the semi-finals.
In the semi-finals, the first team in Group A plays against second team in Group B while the first team in Group B plays against second team in Group A.
The winner of the semi-finals enter the final, which is usually held in Hong Kong Stadium.

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
2000–01	Happy Valley	^2–1 ^	Sun Hei	Mong Kok Stadium	3,078
2001–02	South China	3–0	Buler Rangers	Hong Kong Stadium	3,282
2002–03	Sun Hei	†2–2 †	Happy Valley	Hong Kong Stadium	1,093
2003–04	Sun Hei	4–2	Happy Valley	Hong Kong Stadium	3,284
2004–05	Sun Hei	1–0	Happy Valley	Hong Kong Stadium	2,468
2005–06	Kitchee	4–3	Happy Valley	Mong Kok Stadium	1,680
2006–07	Kitchee	2–1	Happy Valley	Mong Kok Stadium	1,355
2007–08	South China	4–2	Kitchee	Mong Kok Stadium	4,630
2008–09	Convoy Sun Hei	†2–2 †	TSW Pegasus	Mong Kok Stadium	2,684
2010–11	South China	2–1	TSW Pegasus	Yuen Long Stadium	3,623
2011–12	Kitchee	2–1	TSW Pegasus	Mong Kok Stadium	3,957
2014–15	Kitchee	4–0	South China	Mong Kok Stadium	5,082
2015–16	Kitchee	3–0	South China	Mong Kok Stadium	4,616

Results by team

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Seasons won	Seasons runner-up
Kitchee	5	1	2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16	2007–08
Sun Hei	4	1	2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09	2000–01
South China	3	2	2000–01, 2007–08, 2010–11	2014–15, 2015–16
Happy Valley	1	5	2000–01	2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
Sun Pegasus	—	3	—	2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12
Rangers	—	1	—	2001–02

References

External links

Hong Kong League Cup seasons

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2010–11 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16

Football in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Football Association

National teams

League system

Men	Premier League First Division Second Division Third Division

Women	Women League

Domestic cups

Interport competitions

Others

Defunct competitions

Viceroy Cup

Hong Kong League XI
Foreign players
List of clubs
List of venues
List of competitions

National football league cups around the world (FIFA)

Active	England Finland France Gibraltar Hong Kong Iceland India Israel Japan Latvia Malaysia Northern Ireland Philippines Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Singapore South Africa Thailand Trinidad and Tobago United Arab Emirates Wales

Defunct	Belgium China Denmark Germany Greece Hungary Japan (JSL) Korea Republic Poland Russia Spain Switzerland Tunisia Turkey Ukraine USSR

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