Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield

Hong Kong Senior Shield
Founded	1895 (as Hong Kong Football Cup); 1896 (as Hong Kong Challenge Shield)
Region	Hong Kong
Number of teams	9
Current champions	Eastern; (12th title)
Most successful club(s)	South China; (31 titles)
	2024–25 Hong Kong Senior Shield

The Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield (Chinese: 香港高級組銀牌), known commonly as the Senior Shield, is the football knockout inter-club competition held in Hong Kong and the fourth oldest football tournament in Asia. Traditionally, only teams that play in the Hong Kong Premier League take part in the competition. However, sometimes teams in the lower divisions, usually the champions of the Junior Shield, are invited in order to increase the number of participating teams.

The current Senior Shield holders are Eastern.

History

Hong Kong Football Cup was a knockout cup competition which was established in 1895.^[1] It had been renamed to Hong Kong Challenge Shield due to the changes of the trophy. It had been divided in Senior Shield and Junior Shield since 1922–23 season. The knockout format has been used except in 1982–83 and 1996–97 seasons.^[2] In 1982–83, group matches format was used. In 1996-1997, a double knock-out system were used.^[3] 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). In 2011–12 and 2012–13 season, the competition was transformed to a two-legged home-and-away ties format.

Lee Kin Wo is the player who has won the most number of Senior Shield. He won it for 10 times between 1987 and 2005. (Eastern: 1987, 1993, 1994; South China: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003; Sun Hei: 2005). Ho Ying Fan and Wu Kwok Hung have won the competition for 9 times.

There are 3 teams after World War II which won Senior Shield immediately after their promotions to First Division League. They are Rangers (1966), Jardine (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 and had to relegate to the Second Division next season while Happy Valley was the league Champion.

Trivia

In 1981–82, Eastern invited English football legend Bobby Moore to play in the final. The 40-year-old famous player played for 12 minutes only in the match, which Eastern beat Rangers by 4–0.

Finals

Key

(R)	Replay
(1)	First leg
(2)	Second leg
*	Match went to extra time
^	Match went to extra time with golden goal
†	Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time

Results

Edition	Season	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Attendance
1	1895–96	Kowloon	3–0	HMS Centurion	Happy Valley
2	1896–97	HMS Centurion	2–1	Kowloon	Happy Valley	2,000–3,000
3	1897–98	G Coy., King's Own Regiment	3–0	25th Coy. S.D., R.A.
4	1898–99	HKFC	1–0	38th Coy. S.D., R.A.
5	1899–1900	Royal Welch Fus.Co. G	3–1	Royal Welch Fus.Co. H
6	1900–01	R.G.A.	6–0	Royal Welch Fus.Co. H
7	1901–02	Royal Welch Fus.	3–2	HMS Glory
8	1902–03	HMS Glory	2–1	Argonauts	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	~5,000
9	1903–04	HMS Albion	3–0	HMS Cressy
10	1904–05	Royal West Kent Regt.	2–0	HMS Glory		~4,000
11	1905–06	HMS Diadem	2–0	HKFC
12	1906–07	R.G.A.	3–2	HKFC
13	1907–08	HKFC	2–1	HMS Bedford
14	1908–09	HMS Bedford	4–3	Buffs
15	1909–10	Buffs	4–1	Naval Yard
16	1910–11	Naval Yard	2–0	K.O.Y.L.I.
17	1911–12	K.O.Y.L.I.	5–0	Naval Yard
18	1912–13	Royal Engineers	5–0	D.C.L.I.
19	1913–14	R.G.A.	13–1	HMS Hampshire		~5,000
20	1914–15	Royal Engineers	2–0	HKFC
21	1915–16	HKFC	1–0	Royal Engineers
22	1918–19	HKFC	1–0	South China
23	1919–20	Police	3–1	St. Joseph's
24	1920–21	HMS Titania	4–2	R.G.A.
25	1921–22	HKFC	2–0	R.G.A.
26	1922–23	Kowloon	2–1	The King's Liverpool Regiment
27	1923–24	East Surrey Regiment	3–1	Kowloon
28	1924–25	Kowloon	4–2	Police	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium
29	1925–26	Kowloon	3–2	East Surrey Regiment
30	1926–27	The King's Own Borderers	2–0	Kowloon
31	1927–28	Kowloon	2–1	Police
32	1928–29	South China	5–0	Kowloon
33	1929–30	Somerset Light Infantry	2–1	Royal Navy
34	1930–31	South China	6–1	South Wales Borderers	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium
35	1931–32	South Wales Borderers	3–2	HKFC
36	1932–33	South China	3–1	South Wales Borderers
37	1933–34	South Wales Borderers	3–0	South China
38	1934–35	South China B	2–1	Police
39	1935–36	South China A	2–1	Police	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium
40	1936–37	South China	2–0	Wiltshire Regiment	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium
41	1937–38	South China A	3–0	South China B
42	1938–39	South China	5–3	Police
43	1939–40	Eastern	3–2	South China A
44	1940–41	South China	2–0	Royal Navy
45	1945–46	Royal Navy B	3–3	No. 1 Commando	Causeway Bay
45	1945–46 (R)	Royal Navy B	4–3	No. 1 Commando
46	1946–47	Sing Tao	4–1	South China
47	1947–48	Sing Tao	1–0	Eastern	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium
48	1948–49	South China A	5–3	Kitchee
49	1949–50	Kitchee	1–0	St. Joseph's
50	1950–51	KMB	2–1	South China
51	1951–52	Sing Tao	1–0	Kitchee
52	1952–53	Eastern	2–1	South China
53	1953–54	Kitchee	3–2	KMB
54	1954–55	South China	6–1	Army
55	1955–56	Eastern	2–1	Kitchee	Government Stadium	24,500
56	1956–57	South China	6–2	KMB
57	1957–58	South China	3–0	KMB
58	1958–59	South China	4–2	Tung Wah
59	1959–60	Kitchee	5–3	Tung Wah
60	1960–61	South China	4–0	Tung Wah
61	1961–62	South China	3–0	Police
62	1962–63	Kwong Wah	2–1	South China
63	1963–64	Kitchee	1–0	KMB
64	1964–65	South China	4–2	Yuen Long
65	1965–66	Rangers	1–0	Police
66	1966–67	Sing Tao	2–0	Happy Valley	Government Stadium	27,000
67	1967–68	Yuen Long	2–0	Tung Sing		14,051
68	1968–69	Jardine	4–2	Police		12,787
69	1969–70	Sing Tao	1–1	Fire Services		27,238
69	1969–70 (R)	Sing Tao	2–0	Fire Services		6,335
70	1970–71	Rangers	3–2	South China		25,061
71	1971–72	South China	2–1	Eastern		28,286
72	1972–73	Seiko	2–1	Tung Sing		28,330
73	1973–74	Seiko	3–1	South China		28,351
74	1974–75	Rangers	2–0	Urban Services		6,261
75	1975–76	Seiko	2–0	Rangers		28,258
76	1976–77	Seiko	2–1	South China		28,137
77	1977–78	Happy Valley	3–2	Seiko		28,079
78	1978–79	Seiko	4–2	South China		28,104
79	1979–80	Seiko	3–1	Bulova		13,067
80	1980–81	Seiko	4–2	Sea Bee		28,210
81	1981–82	Eastern	4–0	Rangers		24,155
82	1982–83	Happy Valley	3–2	Seiko		8,954
83	1983–84	Bulova	0–0	Happy Valley		10,859
83	1983–84 (R)	Bulova	2–0	Happy Valley		6,469
84	1984–85	Seiko	1–0	Happy Valley		17,480
85	1985–86	South China	3–0	Sea Bee		27,859
86	1986–87	Eastern	2–0	Tsuen Wan		4,971
87	1987–88	South China	5–2	Happy Valley		15,215
88	1988–89	South China	2–0	Tsuen Wan		10,256
89	1989–90	Happy Valley	2–1	South China		25,330
90	1990–91	South China	1–0	Lai Sun		21,915
91	1991–92	Sing Tao	1–1	Instant-Dict		14,024
91	1991–92 (R)	Sing Tao	2–1	Instant-Dict		7,675
92	1992–93	Eastern	4–0	South China
93	1993–94	Eastern	6–5	Instant-Dict
94	1994–95	Rangers	†2–2 †	Happy Valley
95	1995–96	South China	2–1	Sun Hei
96	1996–97 (1)	South China	3–1	Instant-Dict
96	1996–97 (2)	South China	1–0	Instant-Dict
97	1997–98	Happy Valley	1–0	Sing Tao
98	1998–99	South China	2–0	Sing Tao
99	1999–2000	South China	4–3	Happy Valley
100	2000–01	Orient & Yee Hope Union	1–0	Instant-Dict	Hong Kong Stadium	5,784
101	2001–02	South China	3–2	Sun Hei	Mong Kok Stadium	1,734
102	2002–03	South China	^2–1 ^	Happy Valley		3,666
103	2003–04	Happy Valley	3–0	Sun Hei		1,977
104	2004–05	Sun Hei	4–2	Happy Valley	Hong Kong Stadium	1,493
105	2005–06	Kitchee	3–0	Happy Valley	Mong Kok Stadium	2,217
106	2006–07	South China	2–1	Sun Hei	Hong Kong Stadium	4,980
107	2007–08	Eastern	3–1	Kitchee		2,493
108	2008–09	Pegasus	3–0	Sun Hei		2,828
109	2009–10	South China	4–2	Kitchee	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground	2,760
110	2010–11	Citizen	†3–3 †	South China	Hong Kong Stadium	4,694
111	2011–12	Sun Hei	†1–1 †	South China		6,234
112	2012–13	Tai Po	†2–2 †	Citizen		3,294
113	2013–14	South China	2–1	Pegasus		6,820
114	2014–15	Eastern	3–2	Kitchee		6,133
115	2015–16	Eastern	2–0	Southern		4,558
116	2016–17	Kitchee	2–1	Eastern		6,216
117	2017–18	Yuen Long	3–0	Eastern		3,711
118	2018–19	Kitchee	3–2	Tai Po		3,399
119	2019–20	Eastern	2–0	Lee Man	Mong Kok Stadium	0^[1]
	2020–21	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
	2021–22	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
120	2022–23	Kitchee	†1–1 †	Eastern	Hong Kong Stadium	7,192
121	2023–24	Kitchee	2–1	Eastern	Mong Kok Stadium	4,570
122	2024–25	Eastern	1–0	Lee Man	Mong Kok Stadium	4,495

Notes

^
Match was played behind closed doors due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong.^[4]

Results by team

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence in Hong Kong football league system.

Club	Wins	Last Final Won	Runners-up	Last Final Lost
South China	31	2013–14	16	2011–12
Eastern	12	2024–25	6	2023–24
Kitchee	9	2023–24	6	2014–15
Seiko	8	1984–85	2	1982–83
Sing Tao	6	1991–92	2	1998–99
Happy Valley	5	2003–04	10	2005–06
HKFC	5	1921–22	4	1931–32
Kowloon	5	1927–28	4	1928–29
Rangers	4	1994–95	2	1981–82
R.G.A.	3	1913–14	1	1921–22
Sun Hei	2	2011–12	5	2008–09
Royal Welch Fus.	2	1901–02	2	1900–01
South Wales Borderers	2	1933–34	2	1932–33
Royal Engineers	2	1914–15	1	1915–16
Yuen Long	2	2017–18	1	1964–65
Police	1	1919–20	8	1968–69
KMB	1	1950–51	4	1963–64
HMS Glory	1	1902–03	2	1904–05
Naval Yard	1	1910–11	2	1911–12
Royal Navy	1	1945–46	2	1940–41
HMS Centurion	1	1896–97	1	1895–96
HMS Bedford	1	1908–09	1	1907–08
Buffs	1	1909–10	1	1908–09
K.O.Y.L.I.	1	1911–12	1	1910–11
East Surrey Regiment	1	1923–24	1	1925–26
Bulova	1	1983–84	1	1979–80
Citizen	1	2010–11	1	2012–13
Pegasus	1	2008–09	1	2013–14
Tai Po	1	2012–13	1	2018–19
G Coy., King's Own Regiment	1	1897–98	–	–
HMS Albion	1	1903–04	–	–
Royal West Kent Regt.	1	1904–05	–	–
HMS Diadem	1	1905–06	–	–
HMS Titania	1	1920–21	–	–
The King's Own Borderers	1	1926–27	–	–
Somerset Light Infantry	1	1929–30	–	–
Kwong Wah	1	1962–63	–	–
Jardine	1	1968–69	–	–
Yee Hope	1	2000–01	–	–
Instant-Dict	–	–	4	2000–01
Tung Wah	–	–	3	1960–61
St. Joseph's	–	–	2	1949–50
Tung Sing	–	–	2	1972–73
Sea Bee	–	–	2	1985–86
Tsuen Wan	–	–	2	1988–89
Lee Man	–	–	2	2024–25
25th Coy. S.D., R.A.	–	–	1	1897–98
38th Coy. S.D., R.A.	–	–	1	1898–99
Argonauts	–	–	1	1902–03
HMS Cressy	–	–	1	1903–04
D.C.L.I.	–	–	1	1912–13
HMS Hampshire	–	–	1	1913–14
The King's Liverpool Regiment	–	–	1	1922–23
Wiltshire Regiment	–	–	1	1936–37
No. 1 Commando	–	–	1	1945–46
Army	–	–	1	1954–55
Fire Services	–	–	1	1969–70
Urban Services	–	–	1	1974–75
Lai Sun	–	–	1	1990–91
Southern	–	–	1	2015–16

References

^ "高級組銀牌賽回顧(三)".
^ "高級組銀牌賽回顧(二)".
^ "高級組銀牌賽回顧(一)".
^ Chan, Kin-wa. "No showers for players with Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground to host domestic games again behind closed doors". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

External links

HKFA website
Hong Kong Football Archived 2020-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
RSSSF.com Hong Kong - List of Senior Shield Finalists

[cnote_1] 
Match was played behind closed doors due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Hong Kong.^[4]

[1] "高級組銀牌賽回顧(三)".

[2] "高級組銀牌賽回顧(二)".

[3] "高級組銀牌賽回顧(一)".

[4] Chan, Kin-wa. "No showers for players with Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground to host domestic games again behind closed doors". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

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