The Aberdeenshire Cup is a football tournament for all senior clubs in Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. The Aberdeen Football Club itself holds the record on cups won, having won it 39 times. Aberdeen often don't take part in the competition, to avoid fixture congestion. The Aberdeenshire cup is currently sponsored by the Evening Express

Evening Express (Scotland)

The Evening Express is a daily local newspaper serving the city of Aberdeen in Scotland. It was first published in November 1879.It was a tabloid during the 1930s to the 1950s until it resumed a broadsheet in November 1958, six days a week. By September 1989, The Saturday edition returned to a...

and Deveronvale are the current holders after beating Kieth 5-4 at Christie park, Huntly

Origin

The competition was first held in 1887 and was organised by the Aberdeenshire FA, which formed the same year. The first members were Aberdeen, Orion, Caledonian, Aberdeen Athletic, Aberdeen Rovers,Aberdeen Rangers, Bon Accord, Black Diamond, Turrif Our Boys, Albert, Rosebery, Britannia, Granite City, Aberdeen City Wanderers and Balmoral.
Dr Maitland Moir, honorary president, presented the Aberdeenshire FA with a cup which ultimately became the property of Aberdeen FC after their third win in 1890. After this the AFA bought a new trophy.

2009 Aberdeenshire cup

In 2009 Nine highland league sides competed for the Aberdeenshire cup with newly elected highland league sides Formartine United and Turriff United competing for the first time. While junior side Banks o' Dee who competed the season before did not compete in 2009.

First Round>

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Keith	3-2	Turriff United

Second Round>

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Buckie Thistle	3-2	Formartine United
Cove Rangers	5-3	Inverurie Loco Works
Deveronvale	0-3	Keith
Huntly	2-0	Fraserburgh

Semi Final>

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Huntly	0-1	Cove Rangers
Keith	0-3	Buckie Thistle

Final (Played at the Haughs, Turriff)>

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Buckie Thistle	2-0	Cove Rangers

List Of Winners

Club	Wins	Last win
Aberdeen Aberdeen F.C. Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...	39	2005
Peterhead Peterhead F.C. Peterhead F.C. are a football club based in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They currently play in the Scottish Football League Third Division, following promotion in the 2004–05 season.Their home ground is Balmoor in Peterhead, with a capacity of 4,000...	20	1999
Buckie Thistle Buckie Thistle F.C. Buckie Thistle are a senior football club based in the town of Buckie, Banffshire, who currently play in Scotland's Highland Football League. Founded in 1889, they are also known as The Jags and play their football at Victoria Park, in Buckie....	12	2010
Deveronvale Deveronvale F.C. Deveronvale F.C. are senior football club currently playing the Highland Football League in Scotland. They were founded in 1938 and play their football at the Princess Royal Park in the town of Banff, , Scotland. The club was formed in 1938 when Deveron Valley and Banff Rovers joined together...	9	2012
Keith Keith F.C. Keith F.C. are a senior football club who currently play in the Highland League in Scotland.They were founded in 1910 and play at Kynoch Park which is at the east end of the town..Keith are the football team of Keith in Banffshire, north-east Scotland...	7	2009
Fraserburgh Fraserburgh F.C. Fraserburgh Football Club are a senior football club based in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. They currently play in the Highland Football League in Scotland. Being a Non-League team in Scottish Football, Fraserburgh are eligible to enter the Scottish Cup at the first round stage.-History:The club were...	7	1997
Huntly Huntly F.C. Huntly F.C. are a senior football club currently playing in the Highland League in Scotland.They were founded in 1928 and play their football at Christie Park, Huntly....	6	2000
Victoria United Victoria United Victoria United is a Canadian soccer team based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1904, the team plays in Pacific Coast Soccer League , a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, which features teams from western Canada and the Pacific Northwest...	6	1903
Orion Orion F.C. Orion Football Club were a Scottish football team who played in the city of Aberdeen between 1885 and 1903.They were one of the three clubs who merged on the 14th of April 1903 to form the current Aberdeen F.C.; the other two being Aberdeen and Victoria United.Orion won two Northern League...	5	1901
Cove Rangers Cove Rangers F.C. Cove Rangers are a senior Scottish football club currently playing in the Press & Journal Highland Football League. They are based in Cove Bay, a suburb of Aberdeen and play their football at Allan Park.The current managers are Kevin Tindal and Colin Milne....	2	2011
Aberdeen University	1	1921