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 Shanghai Shenhua, having beaten Shandong Taishan in 2023 for their sixth title.

Chinese FA Cup
Founded1956; 68 years ago (1956)
(as Chinese National Football Championship)
1995; 29 years ago (1995)
(current format)
RegionChina
Domestic cup(s)Chinese FA Super Cup
International cup(s)AFC Champions League Elite
Current championsShanghai Shenhua
(6th title)
Most successful club(s)Shandong Taishan
(8 titles)
Websitecfacup.com
2024 Chinese FA Cup

History

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

The current format of the FA Cup began in the 1995 season following the establishment of the professional football league in China. The cup was temporary scrapped in 2007 due to the Chinese Football Association's strategy for the 2008 Summer Olympics,[2] and returned in 2011.

Cup results

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Non-professional club period

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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

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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 First City 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 7,829
2021 Shandong Taishan 1–0 Shanghai Port Fenghuangshan Football Stadium, Chengdu 0
2022 Shandong Taishan 2–1 Zhejiang Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou 21,079
2023 Shanghai Shenhua 1–0 Shandong Taishan Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou 31,467
2024 Wenzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Wenzhou
2025 Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou
aet Won after extra time

Results by team

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Italics indicates years in the non-professional period.

Rank Club Winners Runners-up
1 Shandong Taishan 8 (1995, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022) 6 (1996, 2005, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2023)
2 Shanghai Shenhua 6 (1956, 1991, 1998, 2017, 2019, 2023) 3 (1995, 1997, 2015)
3 Beijing Guoan 5 (1985, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2018) 3 (1986, 2000, 2001)
4 Dalian Shide 3 (1992, 2001, 2005) 4 (1990, 1999, 2003, 2006)
5 Liaoning 2 (1984, 1986) 2 (1998, 2002)
Guangzhou 2 (2012, 2016) 2 (1991, 2013)
7 Tianjin Jinmen Tiger 2 (1960, 2011) 1 (1956)
8 Jiangsu 1 (2015) 3 (2014, 2016, 2020)
9 Beijing Renhe 1 (2013) 1 (2012)
10 Bayi 1 (1990) 0
Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic 1 (2000) 0
Qingdao Hainiu 1 (2002) 0
13 Guangdong 0 4 (1960, 1984, 1985, 1992)
14 Shanghai Port 0 2 (2017, 2021)
15 Sichuan First City 0 1 (2004)
Zhejiang 0 1 (2022)

Awards

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Top goalscorer(s)

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Season Top scorer Club Goals
1995   Tang Xiaocheng Jinan Taishan 6
1996   Hu Yunfeng Bayi 5
  Li Bing Guangdong Winnerway
  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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Sponsorships
Season Sponsor Annual value Official 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
2011–2013 Toshiba ¥10 million Toshiba CFA Cup
2014–2022 Yanjing Beer ¥20 million Yanjing Beer CFA Cup

See also

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References

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