# 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. The current holders are Shanghai Port, having beaten Shandong Taishan in 2024 for their first title.

## History

The competition started as the Chinese National Football Championship (Chinese: 全国足球锦标赛) in 1956. 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, and returned in 2011.

## 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 | |
| 1998 | 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 | |
| 1999 | 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 | |
| 2000 | 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 |
| 2001 | 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 |
| 2002 | 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 |
| 2012 | 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 |
| 2013 | 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 |
| 2014 | 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 |
| 2015 | Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty | 1–0 | 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 |
| 2016 | 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 |
| 2017 | 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 |
| 2018 | 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 |
| 2019 | 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 | Shanghai Port | 3–1 | Shandong Taishan | Wenzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Wenzhou | |
| 2025 | | – | | Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou | |

## Results by team

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) | 7 (1996, 2005, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024) |
| 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) |
| 5 | 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 | Shanghai Port | 1 (2024) | 2 (2017, 2021) |
| 10 | Beijing Renhe | 1 (2013) | 1 (2012) |
| 11 | Bayi | 1 (1990) | 0 |
| 11 | Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic | 1 (2000) | 0 |
| 11 | Qingdao Hainiu | 1 (2002) | 0 |
| 14 | Guangdong | 0 | 4 (1960, 1984, 1985, 1992) |
| 15 | Sichuan First City | 0 | 1 (2004) |
| 15 | Zhejiang | 0 | 1 (2022) |

## Awards
### Top goalscorer(s)

| Season | Top scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1995 | Tang Xiaocheng | Jinan Taishan | 6 |
| 1996 | Hu Yunfeng | Bayi | 5 |
| 1996 | Li Bing | Guangdong Winnerway | 5 |
| 1996 | Song Yuming | Jinan Taishan | 5 |
| 1997 | Andrés Olivas | Beijing Guoan | 4 |
| 1997 | Casiano Delvalle | Beijing Guoan | 4 |
| 1997 | Nan Fang | Beijing Guoan | 4 |
| 1997 | Riffi Haddaoui | Guangzhou Apollo | 4 |
| 1998 | Wang Tao | Dalian Wanda | 7 |
| 1998 | Zhang Yuning | Liaoning F.C. | 7 |
| 1999 | Mark Williams | Chongqing Huandao | 6 |
| 2000 | Milen Georgiev | Chongqing Longxin | 7 |
| 2001 | Orlando | Dalian Shide | 7 |
| 2002 | John Jairo Tréllez | Zhejiang Greentown | 4 |
| 2002 | Li Jinyu | Liaoning F.C. | 4 |
| 2002 | Marcos | Shenzhen Ping'an | 4 |
| 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 |
| 2014 | Xiao Zhi | Henan Jianye | 5 |
| 2015 | Demba Ba | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 6 |
| 2016 | Obafemi Martins | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 6 |
| 2016 | Eran Zahavi | Guangzhou R&F | 6 |
| 2016 | Alex Teixeira | Jiangsu Suning | 6 |
| 2017 | Obafemi Martins | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 6 |
| 2018 | Jonathan Viera | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | 5 |

### 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 | Tianjin Teda |
| 2012 | Lucas Barrios | Guangzhou Evergrande |
| 2013 | Darío Conca | Guangzhou Evergrande |
| 2014 | Ryan McGowan | Shandong Luneng Taishan |
| 2015 | Demba Ba | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua |
| 2016 | Roger Martínez | Jiangsu Suning |
| 2017 | Cao Yunding | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua |
| 2018 | Zhang Xizhe | Beijing Sinobo Guoan |

### Best Coach

| Season | Coach | Club |
| 2012 | Marcello Lippi | Guangzhou Evergrande |
| 2013 | Gong Lei | Guizhou Renhe |
| 2014 | Gao Hongbo | Jiangsu Sainty |
| 2015 | Dan Petrescu | Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty |
| 2016 | Luiz Felipe Scolari | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao |
| 2017 | No award | No award |
| 2018 | No award | No award |

### Fair Play Award

| Season | Club |
| 2011 | Shandong Luneng Taishan |
| 2012 | Shandong Luneng Taishan |
| 2013 | Guizhou Renhe |
| 2014 | Qingdao Hainiu |
| 2015 | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard |
| 2016 | Guangzhou R&F |
| 2017 | Shanghai Shenxin |
| 2018 | Sichuan Jiuniu |

### Dark Horse Award

| Season | Club |
| 1995 | Guangzhou Matsunichi |
| 1996 | Shanghai Pudong |
| 1997 | Shanghai Yuyuan |
| 1998 | Liaoning FC |
| 1999 | Yunnan Hongta |
| 2000 | Wuhan Hongtao K |
| 2014 | Wuhan Hongxing |
| 2015 | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard |
| 2016 | Tianjin Quanjian |
| 2017 | Shanghai Shenxin |
| 2018 | Shenyang Urban |