Hong Kong League Cup

HKFA League Cup
Founded2000
Region Hong Kong
Teams10
Current championsLee Man (1st title)
Most championshipsKitchee
(5 times)
2026–27 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. The cup had been abolished several times before being relaunched in a new format for the 2025–26 season.

The winners of the competition receive HK$80,000 in prize money, while the runners-up receive HK$40,000.[1]

Format

Past Format

  • All teams in the Hong Kong First Division League (until 2013–14 season) or Hong Kong Premier League (until 2015–16 season) are divided into 2 groups (Group A & B) in the first stage. Each team plays against all other teams in the group once. The top two teams in each group qualify for the semi-finals.
  • In the semi-finals, the first team in Group A plays against the second team in Group B while the first team in Group B plays against the second team in Group A.
  • The winners of the semi-finals enter the final, which is usually held in Hong Kong Stadium or Mong Kok Stadium.

Current Format

  • Except final applies single knockout, other rounds apply double elimination, meaning teams will get a redemption opportunity after one defeat and will be eliminated after two defeats.
  • Except in the Final where a draw after normal time will lead to 30-minute extra time and a draw after extra time will lead to penalty shootout, for all other Matches a penalty shootout will follow right after a draw in normal time.

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

Edition Season Winner Score Runners-up Venue Attendance
1 2000–01 Happy Valley 2–1 ^ Sun Hei Mong Kok Stadium 3,078
2 2001–02 South China 3–0 Rangers Hong Kong Stadium 3,282
3 2002–03 Sun Hei 2–2 † Happy Valley 1,093
4 2003–04 Sun Hei 4–2 Happy Valley 3,284
5 2004–05 Sun Hei 1–0 Happy Valley 2,468
6 2005–06 Kitchee 4–3 Happy Valley Mong Kok Stadium 1,680
7 2006–07 Kitchee 2–1 Happy Valley 1,355
8 2007–08 South China 4–2 Kitchee 4,630
9 2008–09 Sun Hei 2–2 † Pegasus 2,684
10 2010–11 South China 2–1 Pegasus Yuen Long Stadium 3,623
11 2011–12 Kitchee 2–1 Pegasus Mong Kok Stadium 3,957
12 2014–15 Kitchee 4–0 South China 5,082
13 2015–16 Kitchee 3–0 South China 4,616
14 2025–26 Lee Man 2–1 Kitchee 3,770
15 2026–27

Results by team

Team Winners Runners-up Seasons won Seasons runner-up
Kitchee 5 2 2005–06, 2006–07, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16 2007–08, 2025–26
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
Lee Man 1 — 2025–26 —
Pegasus — 3 — 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12
Rangers — 1 — 2001–02

See also

References

  1. ↑ "足總公布今屆港超聯各項賽事獎金：". 香港本地足球專區 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Facebook. Retrieved 13 November 2025.


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