# Army Football Association

The Army Football Association (Army FA) is a county football association affiliated to The Football Association of England, for the administration of football within the British Army in the United Kingdom, Cyprus and Germany. The Army FA is based at Clayton Barracks in Aldershot, Hampshire. As well as organising inter-corps leagues and cups, the Army FA also organises representative games against the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and civilian teams, with home games being played at the Aldershot Military Stadium.

## Army FA Cup

The Army FA Challenge Cup is the foremost football cup competition for teams affiliated to the Army FA.
The competition is held annually, with four exceptions, 1888–1900, 1914–19 (World War I), 1939–45 (World War II) and 2020–21 (COVID-19 pandemic).
The current holders are 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment who beat 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment in the 2023 final.

### Finals

| Season | Winner | Result | Runner-up | Notes |
| 1888–89 | 2nd Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | 2–0 | 2nd Bn South Staffordshire Regiment | |
| 1889–90 | 2nd Bn Black Watch | 3–1 | 2nd Bn Scots Guards | |
| 1890–91 | 2nd Bn Scots Guards | 2–0 | 2nd Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | |
| 1891–92 | 2nd Bn Scots Guards | 2–1 | 1st Bn Scots Guards | |
| 1892–93 | 2nd Bn Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment | 1–0 | 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters | |
| 1893–94 | 2nd Bn Black Watch | 7–2 | Royal Artillery Gosport | |
| 1894–95 | Royal Artillery Portsmouth | 2–0 | 2nd Bn Black Watch | |
| 1895–96 | 1st Bn Royal Scots | 3–1 | 2nd Bn Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment | |
| 1896–97 | Royal Artillery Portsmouth | 1–0 | 1st Bn Lancashire Fusiliers | |
| 1897–98 | Royal Artillery Portsmouth | 1–0 | Gordon Highlanders | |
| 1898–99 | 1st Bn South Lancashire Regiment | 3–0 | Army Service Corps Aldershot | |
| 1899–00 | No competition held. | No competition held. | No competition held. | No competition held. |
| 1900–01 | 2nd Highland Light Infantry | 1–0 | 3rd Bn Coldstream Guards | |
| 1901–02 | 2nd Bn Black Watch | 1–0 | 4th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers | |
| 1902–03 | Service Bn Royal Engineers | 2–0 | 2nd Bn North Staffordshire Regiment | |
| 1903–04 | Royal Marine Artillery | 1–0 | Service Bn Royal Engineers | |
| 1904–05 | 2nd Grenadier Guards | 2–1 | Service Bn Royal Engineers | |
| 1905–06 | Depot & District Bn Royal Engineers | 1–0 | 1st Bn Cheshire Regiment | |
| 1906–07 | Depot Bn Royal Engineers | 3–0 | 2nd Bn Bedfordshire Regiment | |
| 1907–08 | 4th Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps | 1–0 | 2nd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers | |
| 1908–09 | 2nd Bn Royal Irish Rifles | 1–0 | Royal Artillery Shoeburyness | |
| 1909–10 | Royal Marine Light Infantry Gosport | 2–0 | 1st Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers | |
| 1910–11 | 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters | 3–1 | 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry | |
| 1911–12 | 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters | 5–1 | 4th Bn Middlesex Regiment | |
| 1912–13 | 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry | 1–0 | 1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment | |
| 1913–14 | Army Service Corps Woolwich | 1–0 | 1st Bn Hampshire Regiment | |
| 1914–19 | No competition held due to World War I. | No competition held due to World War I. | No competition held due to World War I. | No competition held due to World War I. |
| 1919–20 | Royal Army Medical Corps Aldershot | 1–0 | 1st Bn Hampshire Regiment | |
| 1920–21 | Royal Army Medical Corps Aldershot | 1–0 | 4th Res. Brigade Royal Field Artillery | |
| 1921–22 | 1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment | 3–1 | 2nd Bn Royal Welch Fusiliers | |
| 1922–23 | Royal Army Service Corps (Training Establishment) | 1–0 | 2nd Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders | |
| 1923–24 | 1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment | 1–0 | Royal Artillery Shoeburyness | |
| 1924–25 | 1st Bn Queen's Royal Regiment West Surrey | 3–0 | 1st Bn Somerset Light Infantry | |
| 1925–26 | 2nd Bn South Staffordshire Regiment | 2–1 | 2nd Bn Leicestershire Regiment | |
| 1926–27 | 2nd Bn Leicestershire Regiment | 2–1 | Royal Army Ordnance Corps Southern Comm | |
| 1927–28 | Royal Army Ordnance Corps Southern Comm | 2–1 | 1st Brigade Royal Horse Artillery | |
| 1928–29 | 1st Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers | 3–2 | 1st Bn Warwickshire Regiment | |
| 1929–30 | 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters | 3–2 | 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade | |
| 1930–31 | 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters | 2–1 | 4th Divisional Signals Royal Corps of Signals | |
| 1931–32 | 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters | 3–1 | 1st Bn Duke of Wellington's Regiment | |
| 1932–33 | 2nd Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders | 3–2 | 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade | |
| 1933–34 | 2nd Bn King's Own Royal Regiment | 3–0 | 2nd Bn Royal Tank Corps | |
| 1934–35 | 4th Bn Royal Tank Corps | 6–3 | 2nd Bn Royal Ulster Rifles | |
| 1935–36 | 10th Field Brigade Royal Artillery | 1–0 | 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards | |
| 1936–37 | Royal Army Service Corps Training Centre Aldershot | 2–1 | Training Bn Royal Engineers | |
| 1937–38 | Royal Artillery Shoeburyness | 4–0 | 1st Bn Royal Welch Fusiliers | |
| 1938–39 | 9th Field Regiment Royal Artillery | 1–0 | 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry | |
| 1939–46 | No competition held due to World War II. | No competition held due to World War II. | No competition held due to World War II. | No competition held due to World War II. |
| 1946–47 | Royal Engineers Barton Stacey | 1–0 | 2nd Bn Irish Guards British Army of the Rhine | |
| 1947–48 | Royal Armoured Corps Bovington 121st Training Regiment RA | – | | |
| 1948–49 | Depot & Training Establishment Royal Army Medical Corps | 6–0 | 64th Training Regiment RA | |
| 1949–50 | 3rd Bn Training Basic Royal Army Ordnance Corps | 2–1 | 64th Training Regiment RA | |
| 1950–51 | 4th Bn Training Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers | 2–1 | 1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment | |
| 1951–52 | 67th Training Regiment Royal Armoured Corps | 2–1 | 7th Training Regiment Royal Corps of Signals | |
| 1952–53 | 7th Training Regiment Royal Corps of Signals | 3–2 | 28th Bn Training Basic Royal Army Ordnance Corps | |
| 1953–54 | 9th Bn Training Basic Royal Army Ordnance Corps | 4–3 | 6th CIC Army Catering Corps | |
| 1954–55 | 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry | 1–0 | Training Centre Royal Army Pay Corps | |
| 1955–56 | 2nd Training Regiment Royal Corps of Signals | 3–2 | 1st Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | |
| 1956–57 | 4th Bn Army Training Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers | 2–1 | Training Centre Royal Army Pay Corps | |
| 1957–58 | 4th Bn Army Training Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers | 1–0 | Training Centre Royal Army Pay Corps | |
| 1958–59 | 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers | 6–2 | 1st Bn Royal Scots | |
| 1959–60 | 29th Coy Royal Army Ordnance Corps | 2–1 | 6th Bn Training Royal Army Service Corps | |
| 1960–61 | 2nd Bn Training Royal Army Service Corps | 4–1 | 6th Bn Training Royal Army Service Corps | |
| 1961–62 | 6th Bn Royal Army Ordnance Corps | 2–1 | 6th Bn Training Royal Army Service Corps | |
| 1962–63 | 10th Royal Hussars | 2–1 | 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters | |
| 1963–64 | 6th Para RAOC/REME | 2–1 | 13th/18th Queen's Royal Irish Hussars | |
| 1964–65 | School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering | 6–3 | 1st Bn Royal Highland Fusiliers | |
| 1965–66 | 24th Regiment Royal Corps of Signals | 4–1 | 13th/18th Queen's Royal Irish Hussars | |
| 1966–67 | 11th Hussars Prince of Wales's Own | 3–0 | 1st Bn King's Regiment | |
| 1967–68 | 1st Bn Parachute Regiment | 1–0 | HQ British Army of the Rhine | |
| 1968–69 | 1st Bn Royal Highland Fusiliers | 3–0 | 4th Divisional Engineers | |
| 1969–70 | 1st Bn Royal Highland Fusiliers | 4–2 | 32nd Engineer Regiment | |
| 1970–71 | School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering | 3–1 | 32nd Engineer Regiment | |
| 1971–72 | Royal Army Pay Corps Worthy Town | 2–1 | 36th Heavy Air Defence Regiment | |
| 1972–73 | Training Centre Royal Corps of Transport | 2–1 | 28th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG) | |
| 1973–74 | School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering | 4–2 | 28th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG) | |
| 1974–75 | 8th Signal Regiment | 4–2 | 28th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG) | |
| 1975–76 | School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering | 2–0 | 22nd Signal Regiment | |
| 1976–77 | 28th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG) | 2–0 | School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering | |
| 1977–78 | 39th Regiment Royal Artillery | 1–0 | 28th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG) | |
| 1978–79 | 1st Bn Royal Highland Fusiliers | 1–0 | 22nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment | |
| 1979–80 | Training Regiment Royal Engineers | 1–0 | 39th Regiment Royal Artillery | |
| 1980–81 | 28th Amphibious Regiment | 2–0 | School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering | |
| 1981–82 | 28th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG) | 1–0 | School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering | |
| 1982–83 | School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering | 1–0 | 28th Amphibious Regiment | |
| 1983–84 | School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering | 1–0 | 45th Field Regiment Royal Artillery | |
| 1984–85 | 1st Bn King's Regiment | 3–2 | 40th Army Engineer Support Group | |
| 1985–86 | School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering | 3–0 | 28th Amphibious Regiment | |
| 1986–87 | 28th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG) | 4–3 | School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering | |
| 1987–88 | School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering | 4–3 | 28th Amphibious Regiment | |
| 1988–89 | 10th Royal Corps of Transport | 5–0 | Royal School of Signals | |
| 1989–90 | 28th Amphibious Regiment | 7–1 | School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering | |
| 1990–91 | 8th Amphibious Regiment | 2–1 | 1st & 3rd Training Regiment Royal Engineers | |
| 1991–92 | 28th Engineer Regiment | 2–0 | 2nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment | |
| 1992–93 | 28th Engineer Regiment | 1–0 | Training Regiment Royal Engineers | |
| 1993–94 | 28th Engineer Regiment | 2–1 | 2nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment | |
| 1994–95 | 2nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment | 1–0 | 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering | |
| 1995–96 | 28th Engineer Regiment | 2–0 | 1st Bn Cheshire Regiment | |
| 1996–97 | 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering | 3–0 | 1st Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders | |
| 1997–98 | 3rd Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 2–0 | 3rd Bn Royal School of Military Engineering | |
| 1998–99 | 3rd Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 2–1 | 1st Bn Cheshire Regiment | |
| 1999–00 | 28th Engineer Regiment | 1–0 | 1st Bn Cheshire Regiment | |
| 2000–01 | 28th Engineer Regiment | 3–3 | 3rd Bn Royal School of Military Engineering | |
| 2001–02 | 28th Engineer Regiment | 2–1 | 1st Bn King's Regiment | |
| 2002–03 | 6th Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 4–0 | 11th Royal Corps of Signal Regiment | |
| 2003–04 | 2nd Bn Royal Irish | 1–0 | 6th Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | |
| 2004–05 | 6th Bn Support Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 2–2 | 4th Line Support Royal Logistic Corps | |
| 2005–06 | 4th Line Support Royal Logistic Corps | 5–5 | 4th Bn Royal Irish | |
| 2006–07 | 3rd Bn UK Division HQ/Royal Corps of Signal Regiment | 2–0 | 5th Bn Royal Scots | |
| 2007–08 | 9th Regiment Army Air Corps | 3–0 | 3rd Royal Yorkshire Regiment | |
| 2008–09 | 3rd Bn UK Division HQ/Royal Corps of Signal Regiment | 3–0 | 7th Air Assault Bn Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers | |
| 2009–10 | 2nd Parachute Regiment | 3–1 | 6th Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | |
| 2010–11 | 3rd Royal Yorkshire Regiment | 1–1 | 9th Regiment Army Air Corps | |
| 2011–12 | 2nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment | 2–0 | 2nd Royal Fusiliers | |
| 2012–13 | 22nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment | 4–1 | 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering | |
| 2013–14 | 22nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment | 4–0 | 1st Bn Royal Yorkshire Regiment | |
| 2014–15 | 7th Regiment Royal Logistic Corps | 4–2 | 30th Royal Corps of Signal Regiment | |
| 2015–16 | 7th Regiment Royal Logistic Corps | 3–1 | 1st Bn Royal Yorkshire Regiment | |
| 2016–17 | 1st Bn Royal Yorkshire Regiment | 3–2 | 30th Royal Corps of Signal Regiment | |
| 2017–18 | 1st Bn Royal Yorkshire Regiment | 2–1 | 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering | |
| 2018–19 | 21st Royal Engineer Regiment | 4–2 | 3rd Regiment Army Air Corps | |
| 2019–20 | 7th Regiment Royal Logistic Corps | 4–0 | 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering | |
| 2020–21 | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic. | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic. | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic. | No competition due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2021–22 | 4th Regiment Royal Logistic Corps | 3–2 | 1st Merican | |
| 2022–23 | 3rd Para Regiment | 3–2 | 23rd Para Regiment | |