Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield

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Hong Kong Senior Shield
Founded1895 (as Hongkong Football Cup)
1896 (as Hongkong Challenge Shield)
Region Hong Kong
Number of teams10
Current championsEastern
(11th title)
Most successful club(s)South China
(31 titles)
2019–20 Hong Kong Senior Shield

The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (Chinese: 香港高級組銀牌), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the oldest football knockout inter-club competition in Asia. Traditionally, only the teams in the Hong Kong Premier League are entered into the competition. However, on occasion teams in lower divisions, usually the champions of the Junior Shield, are invited in order to increase the number of participating teams.

The current Senior Shield holders are Eastern.

History[]

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Hongkong Football Cup was a knockout cup competition which was established in 1895. It had been renamed to Hongkong Challenge Shield due to the changes of the trophy. It had been divided in Senior Shield and Junior Shield since 1922–23 season. The knockout format has been used except in 1982–83 and 1996–97 seasons. In 1982–83, group matches format was used. In 1996-1997, a double knock-out system were used. Before 1978, a re-match would be played after a draw. After 1978, extra time and penalty kicks were used. Penalty shoot-out has been used for 3 times in the final in history (1988, 1994, 1995). But starting from 2011, Hong Kong Challenge Shield is a two-legged home-and-away ties competition.

Lee Kin Wo is the player who has won the most number of Senior Shield. He won it for 10 times between 1987 and 2005. (Eastern: 1987, 1993, 1994; South China: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003; Sun Hei: 2005). Ho Ying Fan and Wu Kwok Hung have won the competition for 9 times.

There are 3 teams after World War II which won Senior Shield immediately after their promotions to First Division League. They are Rangers (1966), Jardine (1969) and Seiko (1973).

In 1987–1988, it was the first time to have external sponsor for the competition. sponsored the competition for 6 consecutive years. In 1993–1994, the sponsor was Emperor Financial Services Group. In 2003–2004 and 2004–2005, was the sponsor and the most recent sponsor is .

One of the most unexpected results in the competition history is a 6:5 win by Army against Happy Valley in 1965. At the time, Army was at the bottom of the First Division League and had to relegate to the Second Division next season while Happy Valley was the league Champion.

Trivia[]

In 1981–82, Eastern invited English football legend Bobby Moore to play in the final. The 40-year-old famous player played for 12 minutes only in the match, which Eastern beat Rangers by 4–0.

Finals[]

Key[]

(R) Replay
(1) First leg
(2) Second leg
* 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
1895–96 3–0 HMS Centurion Happy Valley
1896–97 HMS Centurion 2–1 Happy Valley 2,000–3,000
"G" Coy., King's Own Regiment 3–0 25th Coy. S.D., R.A.
HKFC 1–0 38th Coy. S.D., R.A.
Royal Welch Fus.Co. G 3–1 Royal Welch Fus.Co. H
R.G.A. 6–0 Royal Welch Fus.Co. H
Royal Welch Fus. 3–2 HMS Glory
HMS Glory 2–1 Argonauts ~5,000
HMS Albion 3–0 HMS Cressy
Royal West Kent Regt. 2–0 HMS Glory ~4,000
HMS Diadem 2–0 HKFC
R.G.A. 3–2 HKFC
HKFC 2–1 HMS Bedford
HMS Bedford 4–3 Buffs
Buffs 4–1 Naval Yard
Naval Yard 2–0 K.O.Y.L.I.
K.O.Y.L.I. 5–0 Naval Yard
Royal Engineers 5–0 D.C.L.I.
R.G.A. 13–1 HMS Hampshire
Royal Engineers 2–0 HKFC
HKFC 1–0 Royal Engineers
HKFC 1–0 South China
Police 3–1
HMS Titania 4–2 R.G.A.
HKFC 2–0 R.G.A.
2–1 The King's Liverpool Regiment
East Surrey Regiment 3–1
4–2 Police
3–2 East Surrey Regiment
The King's Own Borderers 2–0
2–1 Police
South China 5–0
Somerset Light Infantry 2–1 Royal Navy
South China 6–1 South Wales Borderers
South Wales Borderers 3–2 Hong Kong FC (football)
South China 3–1 South Wales Borderers
South Wales Borderers 3–0 South China
South China B 2–1 Police
South China A 2–1 Police
South China 2–0 Wiltshire Regiment
South China A 3–0 South China B
South China 5–3 Police
Eastern 3–2 South China A
South China 2–0 Royal Navy
1945–46 Royal Navy B  *3–3 * No. 1 Commando Causeway Bay
1945–46 (R) Royal Navy B  *4–3 * No. 1 Commando Causeway Bay
1946–47 Sing Tao 4–1 South China Causeway Bay
Sing Tao 1–0 Eastern
South China A 5–3 Kitchee
Kitchee 1–0 St. Joseph's
KMB 2–1 South China
Sing Tao 1–0 Kitchee
Eastern 2–1 South China
Kitchee 3–2 KMB
South China 6–1 Army
1955–56 Eastern 2–1 Kitchee Government Stadium 24,500
South China 6–2 KMB
South China 3–0 KMB
South China 4–2 Tung Wah
Kitchee 5–3 Tung Wah
South China 4–0 Tung Wah
South China 3–0 Police
Kwong Wah 2–1 South China
Kitchee 1–0 KMB
South China 4–2 Yuen Long
Rangers 1–0 Police
Sing Tao 2–0 Happy Valley
Yuen Long 2–0 Tung Sing
Jardine 4–2 Police
Sing Tao 2–0 Fire Services
Rangers 3–2 South China
South China 2–1 Eastern
Seiko 2–1 Tung Sing
Seiko 3–1 South China Government Stadium
Rangers 2–0 Urban Services
Seiko 2–0 Rangers Government Stadium 28,258
Seiko 2–1 South China Government Stadium 28,137
Happy Valley 3–2 Seiko
Seiko 4–2 South China
Seiko 3–1 Bulova
Seiko 4–2 Sea Bee
Eastern 4–0 Rangers
Happy Valley 3–2 Seiko
Bulova 0–0 Happy Valley
 (R) Bulova 2–0 Happy Valley
Seiko 1–0 Happy Valley
South China 3–0 Sea Bee
Eastern 2–0 Tsuen Wan
South China 5–2 Happy Valley
South China 2–0 Tsuen Wan
Happy Valley 2–1 South China
1990–91 South China 1–0 Lai Sun Government Stadium 21,915
Sing Tao 1–1 Instant-Dict
 (R) Sing Tao 2–1 Instant-Dict
Eastern 4–0 South China
Eastern 6–5 Instant-Dict
Rangers  †2–2 † Happy Valley
South China 2–1 Golden
 (1) South China 3–1 Instant-Dict
 (2) South China 1–0 Instant-Dict
Happy Valley 1–0 Sing Tao
South China 2–0 Sing Tao
South China 4–3 Happy Valley
Orient & Yee Hope Union 1–0 Instant-Dict
South China 3–2 Sun Hei
South China  ^2–1 ^ Happy Valley Mong Kok Stadium
Happy Valley 3–0 Sun Hei Mong Kok Stadium 1,977
2004–05 Sun Hei 4–2 Happy Valley Hong Kong Stadium 1,493
2005–06 Kitchee 3–0 Happy Valley Mong Kok Stadium 2,217
2006–07 South China 2–1 Sun Hei Hong Kong Stadium 4,980
2007–08 Eastern 3–1 Kitchee Hong Kong Stadium 2,493
2008–09 Pegasus 3–0 Sun Hei Hong Kong Stadium 2,828
2009–10 South China 4–2 Kitchee Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground 2,760
2010–11 Citizen  †3–3 † South China Hong Kong Stadium 4,694
2011–12 Sun Hei  †1–1 † South China Hong Kong Stadium 6,234
2012–13 Tai Po  †2–2 † Citizen Hong Kong Stadium 3,294
2013–14 South China 2–1 Pegasus Hong Kong Stadium 6,820
2014–15 Eastern 3–2 Kitchee Hong Kong Stadium 6,133
2015–16 Eastern 2–0 Southern Hong Kong Stadium 4,558
2016–17 Kitchee 2–1 Eastern Hong Kong Stadium 6,216
2017–18 Yuen Long 3–0 Eastern Hong Kong Stadium 3,711
2018–19 Kitchee 3–2 Tai Po Hong Kong Stadium 3,399
2019–20 Eastern 2–0 Lee Man Mong Kok Stadium 0[1]

Notes[]

  1. ^
    Match was played behind closed doors due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong.[4]

Results by team[]

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence in Hong Kong football league system.

Club Winners Last Final Won
South China 31 2013–14
Eastern 11 2019–20
Seiko 8 1984–85
Kitchee 7 2018–19
Sing Tao 6 1991–92
Happy Valley 5 2003–04
HKFC 5 1921–22
5 1927–28
Rangers 4 1994–95
R.G.A. 3 1913–14
Royal Welch Fus. 2 1901–02
Royal Engineers 2 1914–15
South Wales Borderers 2 1933–34
Sun Hei 2 2011–12
Yuen Long 2 2017–18
"G" Coy., King's Own Regiment 1 1897–98
HMS Glory 1 1902–03
HMS Albion 1 1903–04
Royal West Kent Regt. 1 1904–05
HMS Diadem 1 1905–06
HMS Bedford 1 1908–09
HMS Centurion 1 1896–97
Buffs 1 1909–10
Naval Yard 1 1910–11
K.O.Y.L.I. 1 1911–12
HMS Titania 1 1920–21
East Surrey Regiment 1 1923–24
The King's Own Borderers 1 1926–27
Summerset 1 1929–30
Royal Navy 1 1945–46
KMB 1 1950–51
Kwong Wah 1 1962–63
Jardine 1 1968–69
Bulova 1 1983–84
Yee Hope 1 2000–01
Pegasus 1 2008–09
Citizen 1 2010–11
Tai Po 1 2012–13

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 高級組銀牌賽回顧(一)
  2. ^ 高級組銀牌賽回顧(二)
  3. ^ 高級組銀牌賽回顧(三)
  4. ^ Chan, Kin-wa. "No showers for players with Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground to host domestic games again behind closed doors". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

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