HKFA League Cup

Updated on Dec 13, 2024

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Founded 2000 Number of teams 9 Most successful club(s) Kitchee(5 times)		Region Hong Kong Current champions Kitchee (5th title)

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.

References

HKFA League Cup Wikipedia

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