Chinese FA Cup

The Chinese FA Cup (Chinese: 中国足协杯, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. Its current holders are Shandong Luneng Taishan, having beaten Jiangsu Suning in 2020 for a record sixth time.

Chinese FA Cup
Founded1956 (1956)
(as Chinese National Football Championship)
1995 (1995)
(current format)
RegionChina
Domestic cup(s)Chinese FA Super Cup
International cup(s)AFC Champions League
Current championsShandong Luneng Taishan (6th title)
Most successful club(s)Shandong Luneng Taishan
(6 titles)
Websitecfacup.com
2020 Chinese FA Cup

History

It was started as Chinese National Football Championship (Chinese: 全国足球锦标赛) in 1956.[1] The tournament was reorganized after the Culture Revolution and used name Chinese FA Cup for the first time in 1984. It was scrapped for the 6th National Games of China in 1987. It was reorganized again as Chinese National Cup Winners' Cup (Chinese: 全国足球优胜者杯赛) between 1990 and 1992 as the qualification of Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

Its current format started in the 1995 season after professional football league was established in China. It was temporary scrapped in 2007 for Chinese Football Association 2008 Summer Olympic strategy,[2] and made its return when the 2011 Chinese FA Cup was announced after a long hiatus. Amateur teams were first introduced in the 2012 Chinese FA Cup according to the new slogan Game For All.

Cup results

Non-professional club period
Season Winners Score Runners-up
1956 Shanghai 3–0 Tianjin
1960 Tianjin 1–0 Guangdong
1984 Liaoning 5–0 Guangdong
1985 Beijing 4–1 Guangdong
1986 Liaoning 1–0 Beijing
1990 Bayi 1–1
(3–0 p)		 Dalian
1991 Shanghai 1–0 Guangzhou Baiyun
1992 Dalian 1–1
(4–2 p)		 Guangdong

Professional club period
Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue Attendance
1995 Jinan Taishan 2–0 Shanghai Shenhua Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing 20,000
1996 Beijing Guoan 4–1 Jinan Taishan Jiangjun Workers Stadium, Beijing 60,000
1997 Beijing Guoan 2–1 Shanghai Shenhua Workers Stadium, Beijing 60,000
1998 Shanghai Shenhua 2–1 Liaoning Jinzhou Stadium, Dalian
Shanghai Shenhua 2–1 Liaoning Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai
Shanghai Shenhua won 4–2 on aggregate.
1999 Shandong Luneng Taishan 1–1 Dalian Wanda Shide Jinzhou Stadium, Dalian
Shandong Luneng Taishan 3–2 Dalian Wanda Shide Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan
Shandong Luneng Taishan won 4–3 on aggregate.
2000 Chongqing Longxin 0–1 Beijing Guoan Workers Stadium, Beijing
Chongqing Longxin 4–1 Beijing Guoan Datianwan Stadium, Chongqing
Chongqing Longxin won 4–2 on aggregate.
2001 Dalian Shide 1–0 Beijing Guoan Workers Stadium, Beijing 8,000
Dalian Shide 2–1 Beijing Guoan Dalian People's Stadium, Dalian 25,000
Dalian Shide won 3–1 on aggregate.
2002 Qingdao Hademen 1–3 Liaoning Wulihe Stadium, Shenyang 31,000
Qingdao Hademen 2–0 Liaoning Yizhong Stadium, Qingdao 30,000
Qingdao Hademen won 3–3 on away goals.
2003 Beijing Guoan 3–0 Dalian Shide Wulihe Stadium, Shenyang
2004 Shandong Luneng Taishan 2–1 Sichuan Guancheng Helong Stadium, Changsha 20,000
2005 Dalian Shide 1–0 Shandong Luneng Taishan TEDA Football Stadium, Tianjin
2006 Shandong Luneng Taishan 2–0 Dalian Shide Helong Stadium, Changsha
2011 Tianjin TEDA 2–1 Shandong Luneng Taishan Hefei Olympic Sports Center, Hefei 19,813
2012 Guangzhou Evergrande 1–1 Guizhou Renhe Guiyang Olympic Sports Center, Guiyang 45,210
Guangzhou Evergrande 4–2 Guizhou Renhe Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 39,989
Guangzhou Evergrande won 5–3 on aggregate.
2013 Guizhou Renhe 2–0 Guangzhou Evergrande Guiyang Olympic Sports Center, Guiyang 47,893
Guizhou Renhe 1–2 Guangzhou Evergrande Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 46,898
Guizhou Renhe won 3–2 on aggregate.
2014 Shandong Luneng Taishan 4–2 Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty Luneng Stadium, Jinan 31,427
Shandong Luneng Taishan 1–2 Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, Nanjing 51,262
Shandong Luneng Taishan won 5–4 on aggregate.
2015 Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty 0–0 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, Nanjing 53,166
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty 1–0(aet) Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai 25,332
Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty won 1–0 on aggregate.
2016 Guangzhou Evergrande 1–1 Jiangsu Suning Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 48,562
Guangzhou Evergrande 2–2 Jiangsu Suning Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, Nanjing 58,331
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won 3–3 on away goals.
2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 1–0 Shanghai SIPG Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai 24,319
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 2–3 Shanghai SIPG Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai 39,552
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua won 3–3 on away goals.
2018 Beijing Sinobo Guoan 1–1 Shandong Luneng Taishan Workers Stadium, Beijing 48,856
Beijing Sinobo Guoan 2–2 Shandong Luneng Taishan Luneng Stadium, Jinan 45,666
Beijing Sinobo Guoan won 3–3 on away goals.
2019 Shandong Luneng Taishan 1–0 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Jinan 44,177
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 3–0 Shandong Luneng Taishan Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua won 3–1 on aggregate.
2020 Shandong Luneng Taishan 2–0 Jiangsu Suning Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou
aet Won after extra time

Results by team
Club Winners Runners-up
1Shandong Luneng Taishan6 (1995, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2014, 2020)5 (1996, 2005, 2011, 2018, 2019)
2Beijing Sinobo Guoan5 (1985, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2018)3 (1986, 2000, 2001)
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua5 (1956, 1991, 1998, 2017, 2019)3 (1995, 1997, 2015)
4Dalian Shide3 (1992, 2001, 2005)4 (1990, 1999, 2003, 2006)
5Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao2 (2012, 2016)2 (1991, 2013)
Liaoning2 (1984, 1986)2 (1998, 2002)
7Tianjin TEDA2 (1960, 2011)1 (1956)
8Jiangsu Suning1 (2015)3 (2014, 2016, 2020)
9Guizhou Renhe1 (2013)1 (2012)
10Bayi1 (1990)0
Chongqing Lifan1 (2000)0
Qingdao Jonoon1 (2002)0
13Guangdong04 (1960, 1984, 1985, 1992)
14Sichuan Guancheng01 (2004)
Shanghai SIPG01 (2017)

Awards

Top goalscorer(s)
Season Top scorer Club Goals
1995 Tang Xiaocheng Jinan Taishan 6
1996 Hu Yunfeng Bayi 5
Li Bing Guangdong Hongyuan
Song Yuming Jinan Taishan
1997 Andrés Olivas Beijing Guoan 4
Casiano Delvalle
Nan Fang
Riffi Haddaoui Guangzhou Apollo
1998 Wang Tao Dalian Wanda 7
Zhang Yuning Liaoning F.C.
1999 Mark Williams Chongqing Huandao 6
2000 Milen Georgiev Chongqing Longxin 7
2001 Orlando Dalian Shide 7
2002 John Jairo Tréllez Zhejiang Greentown 4
Li Jinyu Liaoning F.C.
Marcos Shenzhen Ping'an
2003 Serhiy Nahornyak Shandong Luneng Taishan 5
2004 Daniel Nannskog Sichuan Guancheng 9
2005 Zou Jie Dalian Shide 7
2006 Han Peng Shandong Luneng Taishan 5
2011 Muriqui Guangzhou Evergrande 4
2012 Rafa Jordà Guizhou Renhe 6
2013 Peter Utaka Beijing Guoan 4[3]
2014 Xiao Zhi Henan Jianye 5[4]
2015 Demba Ba Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 6
2016 Obafemi Martins Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 6
Eran Zahavi Guangzhou R&F
Alex Teixeira Jiangsu Suning
2017 Obafemi Martins Shanghai Greenland Shenhua 6[5]
2018 Jonathan Viera Beijing Sinobo Guoan 5[6]

Most Valuable Player
Season Player Club
1995 Fan Zhiyi Shanghai Shenhua
1996 Su Maozhen Jinan Taishan
1997 Shen Si Shanghai Shenhua
1998 Hao Haidong Dalian Wanda
1999 Su Maozhen Shandong Luneng Taishan
2000 Wang Tao Beijing Guoan
2011 Yu Dabao[7] Tianjin Teda
2012 Lucas Barrios[8] Guangzhou Evergrande
2013 Darío Conca[9] Guangzhou Evergrande
2014 Ryan McGowan[10] Shandong Luneng Taishan
2015 Demba Ba[11] Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
2016 Roger Martínez[12] Jiangsu Suning
2017 Cao Yunding[5] Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
2018 Zhang Xizhe[6] Beijing Sinobo Guoan

Best Coach
Season Coach Club
2012 Marcello Lippi[8] Guangzhou Evergrande
2013 Gong Lei[9] Guizhou Renhe
2014 Gao Hongbo[10] Jiangsu Sainty
2015 Dan Petrescu[11] Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty
2016 Luiz Felipe Scolari[12] Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
2017 No award
2018

Fair Play Award
Season Club
2011 Shandong Luneng Taishan[7]
2012 Shandong Luneng Taishan[8]
2013 Guizhou Renhe[9]
2014 Qingdao Hainiu[10]
2015 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard[11]
2016 Guangzhou R&F[12]
2017 Shanghai Shenxin[5]
2018 Sichuan Jiuniu[6]

Dark Horse Award
Season Club
1995 Guangzhou Matsunichi[13]
1996 Shanghai Pudong[13]
1997 Shanghai Yuyuan[13]
1998 Liaoning FC[13]
1999 Yunnan Hongta[14]
2000 Wuhan Hongtao K[15]
2014 Wuhan Hongxing[10]
2015 Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard[11]
2016 Tianjin Quanjian[12]
2017 Shanghai Shenxin[5]
2018 Shenyang Urban[6]

Sponsors
Sponsorships
Season Sponsor Annual Value Official League Name
1995-2000 PHILIPS PHILIPS China FA Cup
2001 Mexin Doors ￥10 million Mexin Doors China FA Cup
2002 Fujifilm ￥7 million Fujifilm China FA Cup
2003 Blue Ribbon Beer ￥8 million Blue Ribbon Beer China FA Cup
2004 ￥4.5 million Blue Ribbon Beer China FA Cup
2005-2006 no sponsor
2011 Toshiba ￥10 million Toshiba CFA Cup
2012 ￥10 million Toshiba CFA Cup
2013 ￥10 million Toshiba CFA Cup
2014 Yanjing Beer ￥20 million Yanjing Beer CFA Cup
2015 ￥20 million Yanjing Beer CFA Cup
2016 ￥20 million Yanjing Beer CFA Cup
2017 ￥20 million Yanjing Beer CFA Cup
2018 ￥20 million Yanjing Beer CFA Cup

See also

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