Hong Kong Senior Shield
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Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield is the oldest football knockout
Single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...

 inter-club competition in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

. Usually only the teams in First Division
Hong Kong First Division League
Hong Kong First Division League is the top division football league in Hong Kong which was established in 1908, the oldest in Asia. It does not affiliate to any football leagues in the People's Republic of China.-Competition format:...

 would enter into the competition. However, sometimes teams in lower divisions (usually the champion of Junior Shield) are invited to increase the number of participating teams.

History

Hong Kong Challenge Shield
Hong Kong Challenge Shield
Hong Kong Challenge Shield is one of the oldest football competitions in Asia, established in 1896. It had been divided in Senior Challenge Shield and Junior Challenge Shield since 1922–23 season.-Champions:...

 was a one-leg knockout cup competition which was established in 1896. The knockout format has been used except in 1982–1983 and 1996–1997 seasons. In 1982-1983, 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
Lee Kin Wo
Lee Kin Wo is one of the most famous footballers in Hong Kong and his most usual position is right wing. He is voted as the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year for 3 times. His long hair is also a trademark for football fans....

 is the player who has won the most number of Senior Shield. He won it for 10 times between 1987 and 2005. (Eastern
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...

: 1987, 1993, 1994; South China: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003; Sun Hei: 2005). Ho Ying Fan and Wu Kwok Hung
Wu Kwok Hung
Wu Kwok Hung is a famous football player in Hong Kong. He played in Hong Kong First Division League teams including Tung Sing, South China and Seiko....

 have won the competition for 9 times.

There are 3 teams after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 which won Senior Shield immediately after their promotions to First Division League
Hong Kong First Division League
Hong Kong First Division League is the top division football league in Hong Kong which was established in 1908, the oldest in Asia. It does not affiliate to any football leagues in the People's Republic of China.-Competition format:...

. They are Rangers (1966), Jardines (1969) and Seiko (1973).

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

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
Hong Kong First Division League
Hong Kong First Division League is the top division football league in Hong Kong which was established in 1908, the oldest in Asia. It does not affiliate to any football leagues in the People's Republic of China.-Competition format:...

 and had to relegate
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

 to the Second Division
Hong Kong Second Division League
Hong Kong Second Division League is the second level of football league in Hong Kong, founded in 1909. The top two teams are promoted to the Hong Kong First Division League.-Competition format:...

 next season while Happy Valley was the league Champion.

Trivia

In 1981-1982, Eastern
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...

 has invited English football legend Bobby Moore
Bobby Moore
Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE was an English footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years and was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup...

 to play in the final. The 40-year-old famous player played for 12 minutes only in the match, which Eastern
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...

 won Rangers by 4-0.

Key

(R) Replay
(1) First leg
(2) Second leg
* Match went to extra time
^ Match went to extra time with golden goal
Golden goal
The golden goal is a method used in association football, field hockey, ice hockey and korfball to decide the winner of games in elimination matches which end in a draw after the end of regulation time. It is a type of sudden death. Golden goal rules allow the team that scores the first goal during...

Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time

Results

Season Winner Score Runners-up Venue Attendance
1895–96
1895–96 Hongkong Football Cup
1895–96 Hongkong Football Cup was the 1895–96 season of the predecessor of Hong Kong Challenge Shield, Hongkong Football Cup.The holder of the cup this season was Kowloon Football Club.-Final:-References:...

Kowloon 3–0 HMS Centurion
HMS Centurion (1892)
HMS Centurion was a predreadnought second-class battleship of the Royal Navy. She was part of the three-ship Centurion class, designed for long-range patrolling of the United Kingdom's far-flung empire.-Technical characteristics:...

Happy Valley
Happy Valley, Hong Kong
Happy Valley is a mostly residential suburb of Hong Kong, located in the northern part of Hong Kong Island. Administratively, it is part of Wan Chai District....

1896–97
1896–97 Hongkong Challenge Shield
1896–97 Hong Kong Challenge Shield is the inaugural season of Hong Kong Challenge Shield, the now existing oldest football tournament in Asia.-First round:The draw of first round was made on 4 December 1896.-Second round:...

HMS Centurion
HMS Centurion (1892)
HMS Centurion was a predreadnought second-class battleship of the Royal Navy. She was part of the three-ship Centurion class, designed for long-range patrolling of the United Kingdom's far-flung empire.-Technical characteristics:...

2–1 Kowloon Happy Valley
Happy Valley, Hong Kong
Happy Valley is a mostly residential suburb of Hong Kong, located in the northern part of Hong Kong Island. Administratively, it is part of Wan Chai District....

2,000–3,000
1897–98 "G" Coy., King's Own Regiment 3–0 25th Coy. S.D., R.A.
1898–99 Hongkong FC
Hong Kong FC
The Soccer Section of Hong Kong Football Club has few teams. The First Team is competitng in Hong Kong Second Division League.-History:...

1–0 38th Coy. S.D., R.A.
1899–1900 Royal Welch Fus.
1900–01 R.G.A.
1901–02 Royal Welch Fus.
1902–03 HMS Glory
1903–04 HMS Albion
1904–05 Royal West Kent Regt.
1905–06 HMS Diadem
1906–07 R.G.A.
1907–08 Hongkong FC
Hong Kong FC
The Soccer Section of Hong Kong Football Club has few teams. The First Team is competitng in Hong Kong Second Division League.-History:...

1908–09 HMS Bedford
1909–10 Buffs
1910–11 Naval Yard
1911–12 K.O.Y.L.I.
1912–13 Royal Engineers
1913–14 R.G.A.
1914–15 Royal Engineers Hongkong FC
Hong Kong FC
The Soccer Section of Hong Kong Football Club has few teams. The First Team is competitng in Hong Kong Second Division League.-History:...

1915–16 Hongkong FC
Hong Kong FC
The Soccer Section of Hong Kong Football Club has few teams. The First Team is competitng in Hong Kong Second Division League.-History:...

1918–19 Hongkong FC
Hong Kong FC
The Soccer Section of Hong Kong Football Club has few teams. The First Team is competitng in Hong Kong Second Division League.-History:...

1–0 South China
1919–20 Police St. Joseph's
1920–21 HMS Titania
1921–22 Hongkong FC
Hong Kong FC
The Soccer Section of Hong Kong Football Club has few teams. The First Team is competitng in Hong Kong Second Division League.-History:...

2–0
1922–23 Kowloon 2–1 The King's Liverpool Regiment
1923–24 East Surrey Regiment 3–1 Kowloon
1924–25 Kowloon
1925–26 Kowloon 3–2 East Surrey Regiment
1926–27 The King's Own Borderers 2–0 Kowloon
1927–28 Kowloon 2–1 Police
1928–29 South China 5–0 Kowloon
1929–30 Sumerset 2–1 Royal Navy
1930–31 South China
1931–32 South Wales Borderers 3–2 Hong Kong FC
Hong Kong FC
The Soccer Section of Hong Kong Football Club has few teams. The First Team is competitng in Hong Kong Second Division League.-History:...

1932–33 South China South Wales Borderers
1933–34 South Wales Borderers 3–0 South China
1934–35 South China B 2–1 Police
1935–36 South China A 2–1 Police
1936–37 South China
1937–38 South China A 3–0 South China B
1938–39 South China 5–3 Police
1939–40 Eastern
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...

3–2 South China A
1940–41 South China 2–0 Royal Navy
1945–46
1945–46 Hong Kong Challenge Shield
1945–46 Hong Kong Challenge Shield was the 1st edition of Hong Kong Challenge Shield after World War II.-Second round :...

Royal Navy B  *3–3 * No.1 Commandos Causeway Bay
1945–46
1945–46 Hong Kong Challenge Shield
1945–46 Hong Kong Challenge Shield was the 1st edition of Hong Kong Challenge Shield after World War II.-Second round :...

 (R)
Royal Navy B  *4–3 * No.1 Commandos Causeway Bay
1946–47
1946–47 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield
1946–47 Hong Kong Challenge Shield was the 2nd edition of Hong Kong Challenge Shield after World War II.-Final:...

Sing Tao 4–1 South China Causeway Bay
1947–48 Sing Tao Eastern
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...

1948–49 South China A Kitchee
1949–50 Kitchee St. Joseph's
1950–51 KMB 2–1 South China
1951–52 Sing Tao 1–0 Kitchee
1952–53 Eastern
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...

2–1 South China
1953–54 Kitchee 3–2 KMB
1954–55 South China 6–1 Army
1955–56
1955–56 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield
1955–56 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield was the 11th edition of Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield after World War II.-Final:...

Eastern
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...

2–1 Kitchee Government Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...

24,500
1956–57 South China 6–2 KMB
1957–58 South China 3–0 KMB
1958–59 South China 4–2 Tung Wah
1959–60 Kitchee 5–3 Tung Wah
1960–61 South China 4–0 Tung Wah
1961–62 South China 3–0 Police
1962–63 Kwong Wah 2–1 South China
1963–64 Kitchee 1–0 KMB
1964–65 South China 4–2 Yuen Long
1965–66 Rangers 1–0 Police
1966–67 Sing Tao Happy Valley
1967–68 Yuen Long 2–0 Tung Sing
1968–69 Jardines
Jardines (football)
Jardines is a Hong Kong football club which is now only an associate member of HKFA which does not take part in any division of the league...

4–2 Police
1969–70 Sing Tao 2–0 Fire Services
1970–71 Rangers 3–2 South China
1971–72 South China 2–1 Eastern
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...

1972–73 Seiko
Seiko SA
Seiko Sports Association were one of the most famous and successful football teams in Hong Kong history. The team quit the Hong Kong First Division League after the 1985–86 season.-History:...

2–1 Tung Sing
1973–74 Seiko
Seiko SA
Seiko Sports Association were one of the most famous and successful football teams in Hong Kong history. The team quit the Hong Kong First Division League after the 1985–86 season.-History:...

3–1 South China Government Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...

1974–75 Rangers 2–0 Urban Services
1975–76 Seiko
Seiko SA
Seiko Sports Association were one of the most famous and successful football teams in Hong Kong history. The team quit the Hong Kong First Division League after the 1985–86 season.-History:...

2–0 Rangers Government Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...

28,258
1976–77 Seiko
Seiko SA
Seiko Sports Association were one of the most famous and successful football teams in Hong Kong history. The team quit the Hong Kong First Division League after the 1985–86 season.-History:...

2–1 South China Government Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...

28,137
1977–78 Happy Valley Seiko
Seiko SA
Seiko Sports Association were one of the most famous and successful football teams in Hong Kong history. The team quit the Hong Kong First Division League after the 1985–86 season.-History:...

1978–79 Seiko
Seiko SA
Seiko Sports Association were one of the most famous and successful football teams in Hong Kong history. The team quit the Hong Kong First Division League after the 1985–86 season.-History:...

South China
1979–80 Seiko
Seiko SA
Seiko Sports Association were one of the most famous and successful football teams in Hong Kong history. The team quit the Hong Kong First Division League after the 1985–86 season.-History:...

Bulova
1980–81 Seiko
Seiko SA
Seiko Sports Association were one of the most famous and successful football teams in Hong Kong history. The team quit the Hong Kong First Division League after the 1985–86 season.-History:...

Sea Bee
1981–82 Eastern
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...

Rangers
1982–83 Happy Valley 3–2 Seiko
Seiko SA
Seiko Sports Association were one of the most famous and successful football teams in Hong Kong history. The team quit the Hong Kong First Division League after the 1985–86 season.-History:...

1983–84 Bulova 0–0 Happy Valley
1983–84 (R) Bulova 2–0 Happy Valley
1984–85 Seiko
Seiko SA
Seiko Sports Association were one of the most famous and successful football teams in Hong Kong history. The team quit the Hong Kong First Division League after the 1985–86 season.-History:...

1–0 Happy Valley
1985–86 South China 3–0 Sea Bee
1986–87 Eastern
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...

2–0 Tsuen Wan
1987–88 South China 5–2 Happy Valley
1988–89 South China 2–0 Tsuen Wan
1989–90 Happy Valley 2–1 South China
1990–91
1990–91 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield
-Final:...

South China 1–0 Lai Sun
Lai Sun
Lai Sun is a football team which played in Hong Kong First Division League from 1988 to 1991. In 1988, the team borrowed the HKFA membership from Double Flower and entered the league by the name of Lai Sun Double Flower. In the following season, it bought in the HKFA membership from Po Chai Pills...

Government Stadium 21,915
1991–92 Sing Tao 1–1 Instant-Dict
1991–92 (R) Sing Tao 2–1 Instant-Dict
1992–93 Eastern
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...

4–0 South China
1993–94 Eastern
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...

6–5 Instant-Dict
1994–95 Rangers  †2–2 † Happy Valley
1995–96 South China 2–1 Golden
1996–97 (1) South China 3–1 Instant-Dict
1996–97 (2) South China 1–0 Instant-Dict
1997–98 Happy Valley 1–0 Sing Tao
1998–99 South China 2–0 Sing Tao
1999–2000 South China 4–3 Happy Valley
2000–01 Orient & Yee Hope Union
Yee Hope
Yee Hope Football Club is a now defunct Hong Kong football club which played in the Hong Kong First Division League between 1997 and 2001. In 1999–00 and 2000–01, the team played in the name Orient & Yee Hope Union due to sponsorship reason....

1–0 Instant-Dict
2001–02 South China 3–2 Sun Hei
2002–03 South China  *2–1 * Happy Valley Mong Kok Stadium
Mong Kok Stadium
Mong Kok Stadium is a stadium on Flower Market Road, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. With capacity of 8,500, the venue hosts Hong Kong First Division League matches, a football league in Hong Kong...

2003–04 Happy Valley 3–0 Sun Hei Mong Kok Stadium
Mong Kok Stadium
Mong Kok Stadium is a stadium on Flower Market Road, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. With capacity of 8,500, the venue hosts Hong Kong First Division League matches, a football league in Hong Kong...

1,977
2004–05 Sun Hei 4–2 Happy Valley Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...

1,493
2005–06 Kitchee 3–0 Happy Valley Mong Kok Stadium
Mong Kok Stadium
Mong Kok Stadium is a stadium on Flower Market Road, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. With capacity of 8,500, the venue hosts Hong Kong First Division League matches, a football league in Hong Kong...

2,217
2006–07 South China 2–1 Xiangxue Sun Hei Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...

4,980
2007–08 Eastern
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...

3–1 Kitchee Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...

2,493
2008–09 TSW Pegasus 3–0 Convoy Sun Hei Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...

2,828
2009–10
2009–10 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield
Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield 2009–10, officially named as Canbo Senior Shield due to the competition's sponsorship by Guangdong Canbo Electrical, was the 108th season of one of the Asian oldest football knockout competition, Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield...

South China 4–2 Kitchee Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground is a multi-purpose stadium in Hong Kong. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It occupies about 43,000 meter square and its construction costed over $230 million...

2,760
2010–11
2010–11 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield
2010–11 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield, officially named as HKFA Canbo Senior Shield due to the competition's sponsorship by Guangdong Canbo Electrical, is the 109th season of one of the Asian oldest football knockout competition, Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield...

Citizen  †3–3 † South China Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium
Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the old Government Stadium it reincarnated as Hong Kong Stadium in 1994...

4,694

Results by team

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence in Hong Kong football league system.
Club Wins Last final won
South China 30 2009–10
Seiko
Seiko SA
Seiko Sports Association were one of the most famous and successful football teams in Hong Kong history. The team quit the Hong Kong First Division League after the 1985–86 season.-History:...

8 1984–85
Eastern
Eastern AA
Eastern Athletic Association is a football club and now plays in Hong Kong Third Division "A" League. It was a very successful team especially in the 1990s and was given the name 'Eastern Dynasty'. Eastern had originally competed in Second Division League during 2006/07 season and demoted to Third...

8 2007–08
Sing Tao 6 1991–92
HKFC
Hong Kong FC
The Soccer Section of Hong Kong Football Club has few teams. The First Team is competitng in Hong Kong Second Division League.-History:...

5 1921–22
Kowloon 5 1927–28
Happy Valley 5 2003–04
Kitchee 5 2005–06
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
"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
HMS Centurion (1892)
HMS Centurion was a predreadnought second-class battleship of the Royal Navy. She was part of the three-ship Centurion class, designed for long-range patrolling of the United Kingdom's far-flung empire.-Technical characteristics:...

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
Yuen Long 1 1967–68
Jardines
Jardines (football)
Jardines is a Hong Kong football club which is now only an associate member of HKFA which does not take part in any division of the league...

1 1968–69
Bulova 1 1983–84
Yee Hope 1 2000–01
Sun Hei 1 2004–05
TSW Pegasus 1 2008–09
Citizen 1 2010–11

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