Furthermore, remarkable records, such as a fifth division team reaching a Cup Final, a second division team winning it two years in succession, or finals between two lower level teams are presented in a separate section on remarkable records.
Liechtenstein has no league of its own, and until recently Welsh Cup Finals were played between the top Welsh sides competing in the English league structure (as well as a few neighbouring English clubs). They are discussed separately.
Finally, an analysis of the performance of lower division clubs in the European Cup Winners' Cup is provided, as well as info on lower division teams in African, Asian, South American and North American Cups.
Notes: 1. lower division cup winners are indicated in bold face; 2. losing finalists from below the second division in italics; 3. if the Cup Winners also won the championship (thereby possibly enabling the lower division team to qualify for the Cup Winners' Cup), this is indicated by "ch."; 4. likewise, promotion (pr.) and relegation (rel.) are indicated; 5. if the level of the club is followed by a *, this indicates that the actual level is not known, but that the level indicated is the highest at which the club may have been active during the relevant season; 6. the indication (-) signifies that the club did not play in the national league pyramid.
1975/76 17 Nëntori Tiranë (1) 3-1 1-0 Skënderbeu Korçë (2, pr.) 2016/17 KF Tirana (1, rel.) 3-1 Skënderbeu Korçë (1) [aet]
1966/67 ES Sétif (1) 1-0 JSM Skikda (2, prom.)
1968/69 CR Belcourt (1, ch.) 1-1 5-3 USM Alger (2, prom.)
1971/72 HAMR Annaba (1) 2-0 USM Alger (1, rel.) [aet]
1972/73 MC Alger (1) 4-2 USM Alger (2) [aet]
1973/74 USM Maison-Carrée (2) 1-0 WA Tlemcen (1, rel.)
1979/80 ES Sétif (1) 1-0 USK Alger (1, rel.)
1980/81 USK Alger (2, pr.) 2-1 ASM Oran (1)
1981/82 DNC Alger (1, rel.) 2-1 MA Hussein-Dey (1)
1983/84 MP Oran (1) 2-1 JHD Alger (2)
1984/85 MP Oran (1) 2-0 CRE Constantine (3*)
1987/88 USK Alger (1) 0-0 CM Belcourt (1, rel.) [aet, 6-5 pen]
1988-90 ES Sétif (2, pr.) 1-0 MB Batna (2)
1991/92 JS Kabylie (1) 1-0 ASO Chlef (2)
1994/95 CR Belouizdad (1) 2-1 OM Médéa (2)
1995/96 MC Oran (1) 1-0 USM Blida (1, rel.) [aet]
1999/00 CR Béni-Thour (2) 2-1 WA Tlemcen (1)
2000/01 USM Alger (1) 1-0 CR Méchria (2)
2004/05 ASO Chlef (1) 1-0 USM Sétif (3) [aet]
2007/08 JSM Béjaďa (1) 1-1 WA Tlemcen (1, rel.) [aet, 3-1 pen]
2009/10 ES Sétif (1) 3-0 CA Batna (1, rel.)
2018/19 CR Belouizdad (1) 2-0 JSM Béjaďa (2)
Note: ES Sétif started the 1988-90 cup competition as a second level club but
were promoted at the end of the 1988/89 league season and thus a first
level club by the time of the final.
2012 Taputimu Youth (2) 1-0 Lion Heart A (1)
2021/22 Atlčtic Club d'Escaldes (1) 4-1 UE Extremenya (2)
2001 Deportivo Sonangol (1) 3-2 Sporting Clube de Cabinda (2, pr.) 2009 Primeiro de Agosto (1) 2-1 Sagrada Esperança (2, pr.) 2015 FC Bravos do Maquis (1, rel.) 1-0 Sagrada Esperança (1)
2005/06 Freemansville (2, pr.) 1-1 Bassa (1) [2-1 pen]
1909 Alumni (1, ch.) 5-1 Newell's Old Boys (-) [Competencia Jockey Club]
1911 Newell's Old Boys (-) 3-2 Porteńo (1) [Honor MCBA]
1912 Racing Club (1) 3-0 Newell's Old Boys (-) [Honor MCBA]
1913 Racing Club (1, ch.) 3-1 Newell's Old Boys (-) [Ibarguren]
1913 Rosario Central (-) 3-2 Argentino de Quilmes (1, rel.) [Competencia Eliminación]
1914 River Plate (1) 4-0 Newell's Old Boys (-) [Competencia Jockey Club]
1914 Racing Club (1, ch.) 1-0 Rosario Central (-) [Ibarguren]
1915 Racing Club (1, ch.) 2-1 Tiro Federal (-) [Honor MCBA]
1915 Rosario Central (-) 0-0 Racing Club (1, ch.) [Ibarguren]
replay Rosario Central (-) 3-1 Racing Club (1, ch.) [Ibarguren]
1916 Rosario Central (-) 2-1 Independiente A (1) [Competencia Jockey Club]
1916 Rosario Central (-) 1-0 Independiente A (1) [Honor MCBA]
1916 Racing Club (1, ch.) 6-0 Rosario Central (-) [Ibarguren]
1917 Racing Club (1, ch.) 3-2 Rosario Central (-) [Ibarguren]
1918 Racing Club (1, ch.) 4-0 Newell's Old Boys (-) [Ibarguren]
1919 Boca Juniors (1, ch.) 1-0 Rosario Central (-) [aet, Competencia Jockey Club]
1919 Boca Juniors (1, ch.) 1-0 Rosario Central (-) [Ibarguren]
1920 Rosario Central (-) 2-0 Sportivo Almagro (1) [Competencia Asociación Amateurs]
1920 Tiro Federal (-) 4-0 Boca Juniors (1, ch.) [Ibarguren]
1921 Newell's Old Boys (-) 3-0 Huracán BA (1, ch.) [Ibarguren]
1922 Huracán BA (1, ch.) 1-1 Newell's Old Boys (-) [Ibarguren]
replay Huracán BA (1, ch.) 1-0 Newell's Old Boys (-) [Ibarguren]
1923 Boca Juniors (1, ch.) 1-0 Rosario Central (-) [Ibarguren]
1924 Boca Juniors (1, ch.) 3-2 Belgrano R (-) [Ibarguren]
1925 Huracán BA (1, ch.) 2-1 Tiro Federal (-) [Ibarguren]
1931 Sportivo Balcarce (2) 1-1 Almagro (1) [Competencia Jockey Club]
replay Sportivo Balcarce (2) 4-1 Almagro (1) [Competencia Jockey Club]
1937 River Plate (1, ch.) 5-0 Rosario Central (-) [Ibarguren]
1938 Independiente A (1, ch.) 5-3 Rosario Central (-, pr.) [Ibarguren]
1939 Independiente A (1, ch.) 5-0 Central Córdoba R (-) [Ibarguren]
1943 San Lorenzo de Almagro (1) 8-3 General Paz Juniors (-) [República]
1944 San Martín T (-) 3-1 Newell's Old Boys (1) [República]
1977 Independiente A (1) 1-1 2-2 Talleres C (-) [Nacional]
1980 Rosario Central (1) 5-1 0-2 Racing C (-) [Nacional]
2013/14 Huracán BA (2) 0-0 Rosario Central (1) [5-4 pen, Argentina]
2022 Patronato (1, rel.) 1-0 Talleres C (1)
Notes: 1. The cup Ibarguren (1913-1938) was played by the National and Rosario
champions. Rosario was the strongest regional league excluded from the
national league.
2. Nacional championships 1977 and 1980 were included because they had a
cup format.
2004/05 Sportboys (1) 3-1 Sporting (2) 2018/19 Dakota (1) 4-0 Independiente Porto Caravel (2, pr.)
2022 Macarthur FC (1) 2-0 Sydney United 58 (2)
1937/38 WAC Schwarz-Rot (2) 1-0 Wiener Sport-Club (1)
1947/48 Austria Wien (1) 2-0 Sturm Graz (-)
1948/49 Austria Wien (1) 5-2 Vorwärts Steyr (2, pr.)
1976/77 Austria Wien (1) 1-0 3-0 Wiener Sport-Club (2, pr.)
1978/79 Wacker Innsbruck (1, rel.) 1-0 1-1 Admira/Wacker (1)
1987/88 Kremser SC (2) 2-0 1-3 FC Tirol (1) [Krems on away goal]
1990/91 SV Stockerau (2) 2-1 Rapid Wien (1)
1993/94 Austria Wien (1) 4-0 FC Linz (2, pr.)
1996/97 Sturm Graz (1) 3-1 First Vienna FC (2)
2000/01 FC Kärnten (2, pr.) 2-1 FC Tirol (1, ch.) [aet]
2008/09 Austria Wien (1) 3-1 Admira (2) [aet]
2010/11 SV Ried (1) 2-0 Austria Lustenau (2)
2012/13 FC Pasching (3) 1-0 Austria Wien (1, ch.)
2013/14 RB Salzburg (1, ch.) 4-2 SKN Sankt Pölten (2)
2019/20 RB Salzburg (1) 5-0 Austria Lustenau (2)
Note: until 1948, the Austrian first division was restricted to Vienna only.
Sturm Graz played in the Landesliga Steiermark in 1947/48, which was
one of several regional leagues at the second level from which no
promotion was possible.
2002/03 Paradise (1, ch.) 1-0 Weymouth Wales (2) [asdet] 2006 Pride of Gall Hill (1) 1-0 Paradise (1, rel.) [aet] 2007 Brittons Hill (1) 5-1 Eden Stars (1, rel.) 2011 Weymouth Wales (1) 1-0 Cosmos (2) 2013 Rendezvous (3) 6-1 Brittons Hill (1)
2010/11 FK Homel (2, pr.) 2-0 Nyoman Hrodna (1)
Note: FK Homel started the 2010/11 cup competition as a second level club but
were promoted at the end of the 2010 league season and thus a first level
club by the time of the final.
1926/27 Cercle Brugge (1) 2-1 Tubantia Borgerhout (3) 1955/56 RC Tournai (2) 2-1 CS Verviers (2, pr.) 1969/70 FC Brugge (1) 6-1 Daring CB (2) 1973/74 Waregem (1) 4-1 Tongeren (2) 2000/01 Westerlo (1) 1-0 Lommel (2, pr.) 2018/19 KV Mechelen (2, pr.) 2-1 AA Gent (1) -
1997 Energie Sport (1) 0-0 E. Forces Armées (1, rel.) [9-8 pen] 2002 JS Pobč (2, pr.) 0-0 1-1 Mogas '90 (1) [3-2 pen] 2008/09 ASPAC (1) 1-0 Dadjč FC (2)
1989/90 Somerset Trojans (2) 2-0 Dandy Town (1) 2002/03 North Village (1, ch.) 5-1 Prospect (2) 2004/05 North Village (1) 2-0 Hamilton Parish (2) 2006/07 Devonshire Colts (2, pr.) 2-0 Boulevard Blazers (1) [aet] 2015/16 Dandy Town (1) 3-1 Flanagan's Onions (1, rel.) 2017/18 Robin Hood (1) 1-0 Southampton Rangers (2)
1997 PG Notwane (1) 2-0 Mokgosi Young Fighters (2, pr.) 1998 Botswana Defence Force XI (1) 1-0 Jwaneng Comets (2, pr.) 2000 Mogoditshane Fighters (1,ch.) 1-1 Gaborone United (1, rel.) [aet, 5-4 pen] 2002/03 Mogoditshane Fighters (1) 1-0 Township Rollers (2) 2010/11 Extension Gunners (1) 3-1 Motlakase (1, rel.)
1989 Gręmio FBPA (1) 0-0 2-1 Sport Recife (1, rel.) 1991 Criciúma EC (2) 1-1 0-0 Gręmio FBPA (1, rel.) 1994 Gręmio FBPA (1) 0-0 1-0 Ceará SC (2) 1999 EC Juventude (1, rel.) 2-1 0-0 Botafogo FR (1) 2002 SC Corinthians (1) 2-1 1-1 Brasiliense FC (3, pr.) 2004 EC Santo André (2) 2-2 2-0 CR Flamengo (1) 2005 Paulista FC (2) 2-0 0-0 Fluminense FC (1) 2008 Sport Recife (1) 1-3 2-0 SC Corinthians (2, pr.) 2012 SE Palmeiras (1, rel.) 2-0 1-1 Coritiba FC (1)
Soviet Army Cup
1960 CDNA Sofia (1) 4-3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (2) [aet]
1981/82 Lokomotiv Sofia (1) 2-1 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (2) [aet]
NB: after 1982 the Soviet Army Cup continued for 8 more seasons but as
a tournament secondary to the Cup of Bulgaria (first held 1981 but
then a secondary cup tournament); the remaining 8 finals featured
several lower division teams:
1982/83 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (2, pr.) 3-1 Chirpan (2)
1983/84 Levski Sofia (1, ch.) 4-0 Dorostol Silistra (2)
1987/88 Levski Sofia (1) 2-0 Cherno more Varna (2, pr.)
1988/89 CSKA Sofia (1, ch.) 6-1 Maritsa-Istok Radnevo (3)
Cup of Bulgaria
1988/89 CFKA Sredets Sofia (1) 3-0 Chernomorets Burgas (2)
2009/10 Beroe Stara Zagora (1) 1-0 Chernomorets Pomorie (2)
2015/16 CSKA Sofia (3, pr.) 1-0 Montana (1)
2021/22 AS Douanes (1) 1-0 US Comoé (2)
2017/18 Vital'ô (1) 3-1 Delta Star (1, rel.)
1982 Dragon de Yaoundé (1, rel.) 1-1 Dihep Nkam de Yabassi (1) [aet, 4-1 pen] 1992 Olympique Mvolyé (2) 1-0 Diamant Yaoundé (1, rel.) 1994 Olympique Mvolyé (2) 2-1 Tonnerre Yaoundé (1) 1997 Union Douala (1) 2-1 Port Douala (2, pr.) 2000 Kumbo Strikers (1) 1-0 Unisport Bafang (2, pr.) 2005 Impôts FC de Yaoundé (2, pr.) 1-0 Unisport Bafang (1, rel.) 2009/10 Fovu de Baham (1, rel.) 2-1 Les Astres de Douala (1) 2018 Eding Sport de Lekié (1) 1-0 Lion Blessé de Fotouni (2) 2019 Stade Renard de Melong (1) 3-2 AS FAP de Yaoundé (2) 2024 Colombe Sportive (1) 1-0 Aigle Royal de la Menoua (1, rel.)
2008/09 Bodden Town (2, pr.) 3-1 Elite (1, ch.) 2010/11 George Town (1) 5-0 Cayman Athletic (2, pr.) 2012/13 Bodden Town (1, ch.) 3-2 Roma United (2) 2013/14 Elite (1) 1-0 Roma United (2, pr.)
1959 Santiago Wanderers (1) 5-1 Deportes La Serena (1, rel.) 1960 Deportes La Serena (2) 4-1 Santiago Wanderers (1) 1962 Luis Cruz Martínez (2) 2-1 Universidad Católica (1) 2008/09 Universidad de Concepción (1) 2-1 Deportes Ovalle (3) 2009 Unión San Felipe (2, pr.) 3-0 Municipal Iquique (1, rel.) 2010 Municipal Iquique (2, pr.) 1-1 Deportes Concepción (2) [4-3 pen] 2011 Universidad Católica 0-1 1-0 Magallanes (2) [4-2 pen] 2017 Santiago Wanderers (1, rel.) 3-1 Universidad de Chile (1) 2022 Magallanes (2, pr.) 2-2 Union Espańola (1) [7-6 pen] - 2023 Colo Colo (1) 3-1 Magallanes (1, rel.)
1998 Shanghai Shenhua (1) 2-1 2-1 Liaoning Tianlun (2, pr.)
2009 Independiente Santa Fe (1) 1-2 2-1 Deportivo Pasto (1, rel.) [5-4 pen] 2010 Deportivo Cali (1) 1-0 2-0 CD Itagüí (2, pr.)
2008/09 AJS de Mutsamudu (1) 1-0 Gombessa Sport de Mutsamudu (1, rel.) 2011 Etoile Polaire (1) 1-1 Barakani (2) [Etoile on pen] 2013 Enfants des Comores (1) 2-0 Nouvel Espoir de Djando (2) 2018 Miracle de Maoueni (2*) 3-3 Ngazi de Mirontsi (1) [4-3 pen] 2019 Yakélé Sport de Mutsamudu (2) 1-1 Elan Club de Mitsoudjé (1) [4-3 pen] 2021 Olympique de Missiri (1,rel.) 3-1 FC Ouani (1, rel.)
1983 Etoile du Congo (1, ch.) bt Seaco (2*) 1984 AS Cheminots (1) bt Ucosport (2*)
2012 CS Don Bosco (2, pr.) 4-0 AS Veti Club de Matadi (2)
2013 FC MK Etanchéité (2, pr.) 1-0 AS Vutuka de Kikwit (2)
2015 FC Saint-Eloi Lupopo (1) 1-0 Katumbi Football Académie (2)
2016 FC Renaissance (2, pr.) 2-0 CS Don Bosco (1)
2017 AS Maniema Union (2, pr.) 1-1 FC St-Eloi Lupopo (1) [4-1 pen]
2018 AS Nyuki (2) 2-1 Jeunesse Sportive de Kinshasa (2)
2024 AS Vita Club (Kinshasa) (1) 1-0 Céleste FC (Mbandaka) (1, rel.)
Note: most top teams usually do not enter the cup competition; until 2011 the national league
was contested by the best teams from the respective provincial leagues in the previous
season, so a number of finals featured teams which had not qualified for the league
championship but theoretically could have done so. Both Renaissance (2016) and Maniema
Union (2017) owed their promotion to their cup win.
2002/03 Hajduk Split (1) 1-0 4-0 Uljanik Pula (2) 2022/23 Hajduk Split (1) 2-0 Sibenik (1, rel.)
2000/01 Apollon Limassol (1) 1-0 Nea Salamina Famagusta (1, rel.) 2021/22 Omonia Nikosia (1) 0-0 Ethnikos Achnas (1, rel.) [aet, 5-4 pen]
1960/61 Dukla Praha (1, ch.) 3-0 Dynamo Zilina (2, pr.) 1962/63 Slovan Bratislava (1) 0-0 Slavia Praha (1, rel.) replay Slovan Bratislava (1) 9-0 Slavia Praha (1, rel.) 1965/66 Dukla Praha (1, ch.) 2-1 4-0 Tatran Presov (1, rel.) 1968/69 Dukla Praha (1) 1-1 1-0 VCHZ Pardubice (1, rel.) 1970/71 Spartak Trnava (1, ch.) 2-1 5-1 Skoda Plzen (1, rel.) 1974/75 Spartak Trnava (1) 3-1 1-0 Sparta Praha (1, rel.) 1975/76 Sparta Praha (2, pr.) 3-2 2-1 Slovan Bratislava (1) 1992/93 1.FC Kosice (2, pr.) 5-1 Sparta Praha (1)
1939/40 ASO Olomouc (2) 3-1 2-1 SK Projestov (1) 1996/97 Slavia Praha (1) 1-0 Dukla Praha (2, pr.) [aet] 1999/00 Slovan Liberec (1) 2-1 Baník Ratiskovice (2) 2008/09 FK Teplice (1) 1-0 1.FC Slovácko (2) 2016/17 FC Fastav Zlín (1) 1-0 SFC Opava (2)
1954/55 AGF (1, ch.) 4-0 Chang Aalborg (3) 1959/60 AGF (1, ch.) 2-0 Frem Saxkřbing (2) 1962/63 B 1913 (1) 2-1 Křge BK (1, rel.) 1963/64 Esbjerg fB (1) 2-1 KFUM Odense (2) 1966/67 Randers Freja (2) 1-0 AaB (1) 1967/68 Randers Freja (2) 3-1 Vejle BK (1) 1969/70 AaB (1) 2-1 Lyngby BK (3) 1971/72 Vejle BK (1, ch.) 2-0 Fremad Amager (2) 1973/74 Vanlřse BK (2, pr.) 5-2 OB (2) 1976/77 Vejle BK (1) 2-1 B 1909 (1, rel.) 1978/79 B 1903 (1) 1-0 Křge BK (2, pr.) 1980/81 Vejle BK (1) 2-1 BK Frem (2) 1982/83 OB (1) 3-0 B 1901 (2) 1983/84 Lyngby BK (1) 2-1 KB (1, rel.) 1993/94 Brřndby IF (1) 0-0 Nćstved (1, rel.) [aet, 3-1 pen] 1994/95 KB (1) 5-0 AB (2) 1996/97 FC Křbenhavn (1) 2-0 Ikast fS (2, pr.) 2005/06 Randers FC (2, pr.) 1-0 Esbjerg fB (1) 2017/18 Brřndby IF (1) 3-1 Silkeborg IF (1, rel.) 2022/23 FC Křbenhavn (1, ch.) 1-0 AaB (1, rel.) League Cup 1972/73 B 1909 (1, rel.) 3-2 Nćstved IF (1) [asdet] 1973/74 Randers Freja (1) 2-1 Esbjerg fB (2) 1980 B 1903 (1) 1-0 Herfřlge BK (2, pr.) 1981 AB (2) 0-0 Kastrup BK (1, rel.) [4-2 shootout] 1982 Brřnshřj BK (2, pr.) 3-0 Hvidovre IF (1) 1983 Jyderup BK (3) 2-1 Křge BK (1) 1985 Ikast fS (1) 7-0 B 1901 (3) 1986 B 1903 (1) 3-0 Randers Freja (1, rel.)
1949/50 EHW Thale (2, pr.) 4-0 KWU Erfurt (1)
1952 VP Dresden (1) 3-0 SC Einheit Pankow (1, rel.)
1953/54 Vorwärts Berlin (2, pr.) 2-1 Motor Zwickau (1)
1954/55 Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt (1) 3-2 Empor Rostock (2) [aet]
1956 Chemie Halle (2, pr.) 2-1 Vorwärts Berlin (1)
1957 Lokomotive Leipzig (1) 2-1 Empor Rostock (2, pr.) [aet]
1962/63 Motor Zwickau (1) 3-0 Chemie Zeitz (2)
1969/70 Vorwärts Berlin (1) 4-2 Lokomotive Leipzig (2, pr.)
1986/87 Lokomotive Leipzig (1) 4-1 Hansa Rostock (2, pr.)
1989/90 Dynamo Dresden (1, ch.) 2-1 PSV Schwerin (2)
1990/91 Hansa Rostock (1, ch.) 1-0 Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt (1, rel.)
Note: due to the unification of the East and West German football leagues
in 1991, Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt were relegated from the first East
German to the third all-German level. They would not have been
relegated at all had the two leagues not been unified.
See also Germany.
2016 AS Ponta Leste (1) 1-0 Assalam FC (2) 2017 Atlético Ultramar (2, pr.) 7-4 Carsae FC (1) 2018 Atlético Ultramar (1) 3-2 Assalam FC (2, pr.)
2003/04 Mokawloon al-Arab (2) 2-1 Al-Ahly (1)
2005/06 Atlético Balboa (1, rel.) 2-0 Nacional 1906 (2, pr.)
1889/90 Blackburn Rovers (1) 6-1 The Wednesday (-)
1893/94 Notts County (2) 4-1 Bolton Wanderers (1)
1899/00 Bury (1) 4-0 Southampton (-)
1900/01 Tottenham Hotspur (-) 2-2 Sheffield United (1)
replay Tottenham Hotspur (-) 3-1 Sheffield United (1)
1901/02 Sheffield United (1) 1-1 Southampton (-)
replay Sheffield United (1) 2-1 Southampton (-)
1903/04 Manchester City (1) 1-0 Bolton Wanderers (2)
1907/08 Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) 3-1 Newcastle United (1)
1909/10 Newcastle United (1) 1-1 Barnsley (2)
replay Newcastle United (1) 2-0 Barnsley (2)
1911/12 Barnsley (2) 0-0 West Bromwich Albion (1)
replay Barnsley (2) 1-0 West Bromwich Albion (1)
1919/20 Aston Villa (1) 1-0 Huddersfield Town (2, pr.)
1920/21 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)
1922/23 Bolton Wanderers (1) 2-0 West Ham United (2, pr.)
1925/26 Bolton Wanderers (1) 1-0 Manchester City (1, rel.)
1930/31 West Bromwich Albion (2, pr.) 2-1 Birmingham City (1)
1935/36 Arsenal (1) 1-0 Sheffield United (2)
1946/47 Charlton Athletic (1) 1-0 Burnley (2, pr.)
1948/49 Wolverhampton Wanderers (1) 3-1 Leicester City (2)
1963/64 West Ham United (1) 3-2 Preston North End (2)
1968/69 Manchester City (1) 1-0 Leicester City (1, rel.)
1972/73 Sunderland (2) 1-0 Leeds United (1)
1974/75 West Ham United (1) 2-0 Fulham (2)
1975/76 Southampton (2) 1-0 Manchester United (1)
1979/80 West Ham United (2) 1-0 Arsenal (1)
1981/82 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1-1 Queen's Park Rangers (2)
replay Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1-0 Queen's Park Rangers (2)
1982/83 Manchester United (1) 2-2 Brighton and Hove Albion (1, rel.)
replay Manchester United (1) 4-0 Brighton and Hove Albion (1, rel.)
1991/92 Liverpool (1) 2-0 Sunderland (2)
1996/97 Chelsea (1) 2-0 Middlesbrough (1, rel.)
2003/04 Manchester United (1) 3-0 Millwall (2)
2007/08 Portsmouth (1) 1-0 Cardiff City (2)
2009/10 Chelsea (1) 1-0 Portsmouth (1, rel.)
2012/13 Wigan Athletic (1, rel.) 1-0 Manchester City (1)
Note: in 1889/90, there was only one division in the national league;
The Wednesday can be considered to have been a second level club.
Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur played in the Southern League
at the time of their finals from 1900 to 1902; this can be considered
a third level league below the two national league divisions.
League Cup
1960/61 Aston Villa (1) 0-2 3-0 Rotherham United (2) [aet]
1961/62 Norwich City (2) 3-0 1-0 Rochdale (4)
1966/67 Queen's Park Rangers (3, pr.) 3-2 West Bromwich Albion (1)
1968/69 Swindon Town (3, pr.) 3-1 Arsenal (1)
1970/71 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 2-0 Aston Villa (3)
1974/75 Aston Villa (2, pr.) 2-0 Norwich City (2, pr.)
1980/81 Liverpool (1) 1-1 West Ham United (2, pr.) [aet]
replay Liverpool (1) 2-1 West Ham United (2, pr.)
1984/85 Norwich City (1, rel.) 1-0 Sunderland (1, rel.)
1989/90 Nottingham Forest (1) 1-0 Oldham Athletic (2)
1990/91 Sheffield Wednesday (2, pr.) 1-0 Manchester United (1)
1994/95 Liverpool (1) 2-1 Bolton Wanderers (2, pr.)
1996/97 Leicester City (1) 1-1 Middlesbrough (1, rel.) [aet]
replay Leicester City (1) 1-0 Middlesbrough (1, rel.) [aet]
1997/98 Chelsea (1) 2-0 Middlesbrough (2, pr.) [aet]
1999/00 Leicester City (1) 2-0 Tranmere Rovers (2)
2000/01 Liverpool (1) 1-1 Birmingham City (2) [aet, 5-4 pen]
2010/11 Birmingham City (1, rel.) 2-1 Arsenal (1)
2011/12 Liverpool (1) 2-2 Cardiff City (2) [aet, 3-2 pen]
2012/13 Swansea City (1) 5-0 Bradford City (4, pr.)
2012 The Panther (1, rel.) 1-0 Academia Deportiva Mesi Nkulu (1) 2017 Deportivo Niefang (2, pr.) 1-0 Atlético Semu (1) 2023 Cano Sport Academy (1) 2-0 Academia Deportiva EDSA (2, pr.) Note: The Panthers were demoted as punishment
2013/14 FC Levadia Tallinn (1, ch.) 4-0 FC Santos Tartu (4)
Note: FC Santos Tartu started the 2013/14 cup competition as a fourth level club
but were promoted at the end of the 2013 league season and thus a third
level club by the time of the final.
1980 TB (1, ch.) 2-1 NSÍ (2) 1983 GÍ (1, ch.) 5-1 Royn (2) 1987 HB (1) 2-2 ÍF (2, pr.) replay HB (1) 3-0 ÍF (2, pr.) 1988 HB (1, ch.) 1-0 NSÍ (1, rel.)
1955 Haka (1) 5-1 HPS (2, pr.) 1956 PPojat (2) 2-1 TKT (2) 1957 Drott Pietarsaari (2) 2-1 KPT (2) [aet] 1958 KTP (1, rel.) 4-1 KIF (2) 1960 Haka (1, ch.) 3-1 RU '38 (1, rel.) [aet] 1961 KTP (2) 5-2 PPojat (1, rel.) 1962 HPS (1) 5-0 RoPS (3, pr.) 1964 Reipas (1) 1-0 LaPa (3, pr.) 1965 Ĺbo IFK (1, rel.) 1-0 TPS (2, pr.) 1969 Haka (1) 2-0 Tapion Honka (2) 1971 MP (1) 4-1 Sport Vaasa (2) 1972 Reipas (1) 2-0 VPS (1, rel.) 1973 Reipas (1) 1-0 SePS (2) 1976 Reipas (1) 2-0 Ilves (2) 1977 Haka (1, ch.) 3-1 SePS (2) 1981 HJK (1, ch.) 4-0 Kuusysi (2, pr.) 1987 Kuusysi (1) 5-4 OTP (2, pr.) 1997 Haka (2, pr.) 2-1 TPS (1) [aet] 1999 Jokerit Helsinki (1) 2-1 Jaro Pietarsaari (2) 2000 HJK (1) 1-0 KTP (1, rel.) 2004 MyPa-47 (1) 2-1 FC Hämeenlinna (1, rel.) 2006 HJK (1) 1-0 KPV (2)
1935/36 RC Paris (1, ch.) 1-0 FCO Charleville (2)
1947/48 Lille OSC (1) 3-2 RC Lens (2)
1950/51 RC Strasbourg (1) 3-0 US Valenciennes-Anzin (2)
1955/56 Sedan (1) 3-1 Troyes (1, rel.)
1958/59 Le Havre AC (2, pr.) 2-2 FC Sochaux (1)
replay Le Havre AC (2, pr.) 3-0 FC Sochaux (1)
1961/62 AS Saint-Etienne (1, rel.) 1-0 Nancy (1)
1978/79 FC Nantes (1) 4-1 AJ Auxerre (2) [aet]
1979/80 AS Monaco (1) 3-1 US Orléans (2)
1987/88 FC Metz (1) 1-1 FC Sochaux (2, pr.) [aet, 5-4 pen]
1989/90 Montpellier HSC (1) 2-1 RC Paris (1, rel.) [aet]
1995/96 AJ Auxerre (1, ch.) 2-1 Nîmes Olympique (3)
1996/97 OGC Nice (1, rel.) 1-1 En Avant Guingamp (1) [aet, 4-3 pen]
1998/99 FC Nantes (1) 1-0 CS Sedan (2)
1999/00 FC Nantes (1) 2-1 Calais RUFC (4)
2000/01 RC Strasbourg (1, rel.) 0-0 Amiens SCF (3, pr.) [aet, 5-4 pen]
2001/02 FC Lorient (1, rel.) 1-0 SC Bastia (1)
2003/04 Paris Saint-Germain FC (1) 1-0 La Berrichonne Châteauroux (2)
2004/05 AJ Auxerre (1) 2-1 CS Sedan (2)
2008/09 En Avant Guingamp (2) 2-1 Stade Rennais (1)
2011/12 Olympique Lyonnais (1) 1-0 US Quevillaise (3)
2014/15 Paris Saint-Germain FC (1,ch) 1-0 AJ Auxerre (2)
2017/18 Paris Saint-Germain FC (1,ch) 2-0 Vendée Les Herbiers (3, rel.)
Coupe Charles Drago
1952/53 FC Sochaux (1) 3-3 Toulouse FC (2, pr.) [aet, Sochaux on coin toss]
1954/55 AS Saint-Etienne (1) 6-3 UA Sedan-Torcy (2, pr.)
1955/56 Nîmes Olympique (1) 3-1 Lille OSC (1, rel.)
1959/60 RC Lens (1) 3-2 SC Toulon (1, rel.)
1960/61 AS Monaco (1, ch.) 2-1 RC Strasbourg (2, pr.)
1961/62 RCFC Besançon (2) 1-0 Le Havre AC (1, rel.)
1962/63 FC Sochaux (2) 5-2 UA Sedan-Torcy (1)
1963/64 FC Sochaux (2, pr.) 4-0 US Forbach (2)
Coupe de la Ligue
1964/65 FC Nantes (1, ch.) 4-1 SC Toulon (1, rel.)
1985/86 FC Metz (1) 2-1 AS Cannes (2) [aet]
1990/91 Stade de Reims (2) 0-0 Chamois Niortais (2) [aet, 4-3 pen]
NB: competition restricted to clubs from Division 2
1991/92 Montpellier HSC (1) 3-1 SCO Angers (2)
1999/00 FC Gueugnon (2) 1-0 Paris Saint-Germain FC (1)
2001/02 FC Girondins de Bordeaux (1) 3-0 FC Lorient (1, rel.)
2004/05 RC Strasbourg (1) 2-1 SM Caen (1, rel.)
2007/08 Paris Saint-Germain FC (1) 2-1 RC Lens (1, rel.)
2008/09 FC Girondins de Bordeaux (1) 4-0 Vannes OC (2)
2013/14 SC Le Geldar (1) 7-1 ASC Remire (2) 2023/24 AS Etoile Matoury (1, ch.) 4-2 Cosma Foot (2) [aet]
2014/15 CF Mounana (1) 2-1 AFJ Libreville (2)
1991/92 Wallidan (1, ch.) bt Peak Marwich (2) 1999 Wallidan (1) 1-1 Mass Sosseh (1, rel.) [aet] replay Wallidan (1) 1-1 Mass Sosseh (1, rel.) [aet, 4-3 pen] 2008/09 Young Africans (2) 0-0 Gamtel (1) [3-1 pen] 2009/10 Gamtel (1) 3-0 Hawks (1, rel.) 2011/12 Gamtel (1) 3-0 Interior (2, pr.) 2012/13 Gamtel (1) 1-1 Seaview (1, rel.) [3-1 pen] 2019 Real Banjul (1) 1-0 Red Hawks (2) 2024 Medina United (2) 0-0 TMT (1) [3-2 pen]
2010/11 FK Gagra (2, pr.) 1-0 Torpedo Kutaisi (1) [aet] 2016 Torpedo Kutaisi (1) 2-1 Merani Martvili (2) 2018 Torpedo Kutaisi (1) 2-2 FK Gagra (2) [aet, 4-2 pen] 2020 FK Gagra (2) 0-0 Samgurali Tskhaltubo (2, pr.) [aet, 5-3 pen] 2022 Torpedo Kutaisi (1) 2-0 Lokomotivi-2 Tbilisi (4, pr.)
1991/92 Hannover 96 (2) 0-0 Borussia M'gladbach (1) [aet, 4-3 pen]
1992/93 Bayer Leverkusen (1) 1-0 Hertha BSC Amateure (3)
1993/94 Werder Bremen (1) 3-1 Rot-Weiß Essen (2, rel.)
1994/95 Borussia Mönchengladbach (1) 3-0 VfL Wolfsburg (2)
1995/96 1.FC Kaiserslautern (1, rel.) 1-0 Karlsruher SC (1)
1996/97 VfB Stuttgart (1) 2-0 Energie Cottbus (3, pr.)
2000/01 FC Schalke 04 (1) 2-0 1.FC Union Berlin (3, pr.)
2003/04 Werder Bremen (1, ch.) 3-2 Alemannia Aachen (2)
2010/11 FC Schalke 04 (1) 5-0 MSV Duisburg (2)
2023/24 Bayer Leverkusen (1, ch.) 1-0 1.FC Kaiserslautern (2)
Note: see also East and West Germany.
1959 Cornerstones (Kumasi) (1) bt Great Ashantis (Kumasi) (2*) 1968 Mysterious Dwarfs (1) bt Mighty Eagles (Ho) (1, rel.) 1984 Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) (1) 1-0 Goldfields (Obuasi) (2*) 1991/92 Voradep (Ho) (1, rel.) 2-2 Neoplan Stars (Kumasi) (1) [3-2 pen] 2010/11 Nania FC (Legon) (2) 1-0 Asante Kotoko (Kumasi) [aet] 2015/16 Bechem United (1) 2-1 Okwahu United (2) 2022/23 Dreams (1) 2-0 King Faisal (1, rel.) 2023/24 Nsoatreman FC (1) 1-1 Bofoakwa Tano (1, rel.) [5-4 pen]
2007/08 Lincoln (1, ch.) 3-0 PWC Laguna (2)
2004/05 Olympiakos (1, ch.) 3-0 Aris Thessaloniki (1, rel.)
2007 Fontenoy United (1) 1-1 St. John's Sports (2) [3-1 pen] 2023 Paradise (1, ch.) 3-2 Shamrock (2)
2004/05 Rapid Club (2, pr.) 3-1 Fumerolles (2)
2005/06 Amical Club (2, pr.) 3-2 Solidarité Scolaire (1) [aet]
2006/07 La Gauloise (1) 2-0 AS Dragon (2, pr.)
2007/08 CS Moulien (1) 1-0 US Baie-Mahault (2, pr.)
2008/09 Racing Club (1, rel.) 1-0 Amical Club (1) [aet]
2010/11 Red Star (1, rel.) 1-0 Racing Club (2, pr.)
2012/13 CS Moulien (1) 2-0 Solidarité Port-Louis (3)
2014/15 Etoile (1) 2-0 Cactus (3)
2015/16 USC de Bananier (2, pr.) 1-1 USR (1, ch.) [5-4 pen]
2018/19 US Baie-Mahault (1) 4-1 CS Saint-François (2)
2021/22 Amical Club (1, rel.) 1-1 Solidarité Scolaire (1, ch.) [4-2 pen]
Note: the 2008/09 final was played in December 2009, when Racing's relegation
had already become effective and they played at the second level.
2003 Etoile de Guinée (1) bt Atlético Etoile de Coléah (2) 2008 Satellite FC (1) 1-1 Séquence de Dixinn (3, pr.) [5-4 pen] 2010 Séquence de Dixinn (2, pr.) 0-0 Satellite FC (1, rel.) [3-1 pen] 2011 Séquence de Dixinn (1, rel.) 3-1 Ashanti GB de Siguiri (1) 2012 Séquence de Dixinn (2, pr.) 1-1 Ashanti GB de Siguiri (1) [3-1 pen] 2014 Horoya AC (1) 3-0 Club Olympique de Coyah (2)
2013 Estrela de Cantanhez FC (3) 1-1 Tigres de Săo Domingos (3) [3-1 pen] 2014 FC Canchungo (2) 3-1 Estrela Negra de Bissau (1) 2019 Sporting Guiné-Bissau (1) 5-4 FC Sonaco (2, pr.) [aet] 2022/23 FC Canchungo (1, ch.) 1-1 FC Cupelum (2) [aet, 4-3 pen]
2017 Marathón (1) 3-0 Gimnástico (2)
1925/26 Kispest (1) 1-1 BEAC (1, rel.) replay Kispest (1) 3-2 BEAC (1, rel.) 1927/28 FTC (1, ch.) 5-1 Attila Miskolc (1, rel.) 1933/34 Soroksári AC (2, pr.) 2-2 BSZKRT (2*) replay Soroksári AC (2, pr.) 1-1 BSZKRT (2*) replay Soroksári AC (2, pr.) 2-0 BSZKRT (2*) 1964/65 Vasas ETO Györ (1) 4-0 Diósgyöri VTK (2, pr.) 1973/74 FTC (1) 3-1 Komlói Bányász (2) 1983/84 Siófoki Bányász (2) 2-1 Raba ETO Györ (1) 1992/93 FTC (1) 1-1 1-1 Haladás (2, pr.) [3-1 pen] 1998/99 Debreceni VSC (1) 2-1 FC Tatabánya (2, pr.) 2003/04 FTC (1, ch.) 3-1 Honvéd (2, pr.) 2011/12 Debreceni VSC (1, ch.) 3-3 MTK (2, pr.) [8-7 pen] 2022/23 Zalaegerszegi TE (1( 2-0 Budafoki MTE (2)
1967 KR (1) 3-0 Víkingur (2) 1968 ÍBV (1) 2-1 KR-b (-) 1971 Víkingur (2, pr.) 1-0 UBK (1) 1972 ÍBV (1) 2-0 FH (2) 1983 ÍA (1, ch.) 2-1 ÍBV (1, rel.) 1987 Fram (1) 5-0 Víðir (1, rel.) 1992 Valur (1) 5-2 KA (1, rel.) 1994 KR (1) 2-0 Grindavík (2, pr.) 1995 KR (1) 2-1 Fram (1, rel.) 2001 Fylkir (1) 2-2 KA (2, pr.) [5-4 pen] 2004 Keflavík (1) 3-0 KA (1, rel.) 2007 FH (1) 2-1 Fjölnir (2, pr.) [aet] 2011 KR (1) 2-0 Þor (1, rel.)
2009/10 Perspolis (1) 1-0 3-1 Gostaresh Foolad (Tabriz) (2) 2011/12 Esteghlal (1) 0-0 Shahin (Bushair) (1, rel.) [4-1 pen] 2013/14 TraktorSazi (1) 1-0 Mes (Kerman) (1, rel.) 2017/18 Esteghlal (1) 1-0 Khooneh be Khooneh (Babol) (2) 2018/19 Perspolis (1) 1-0 Damash Gilanian (Rasht) (3)
1921/22 Saint James' Gate (1, ch.) 1-1 Shamrock Rovers (-, pr.) replay Saint James' Gate (1, ch.) 1-0 Shamrock Rovers (-, pr.) 1922/23 Alton United (-) 1-0 Shelbourne (1) 1923/24 Athlone Town (1) 1-0 Fordsons FC (-) 1926/27 Drumcondra (-) 1-1 Brideville (1) replay Drumcondra (-) 1-0 Brideville (1) 1927/28 Bohemians (1) 2-1 Drumcondra (-) 1989/90 Bray Wanderers (2) 3-0 Saint Francis (-) 1993/94 Sligo Rovers (2, pr.) 1-0 Derry City (1) 1998/99 Bray Wanderers (1, rel.) 0-0 Finn Harps (1) replay Bray Wanderers (1, rel.) 2-2 Finn Harps (1) 2nd rep Bray Wanderers (1, rel.) 2-1 Finn Harps (1) 2001/02 Dundalk (1, rel.) 2-1 Bohemians (1) 2007 Cork City (1) 1-0 Longford Town (1, rel.) 2009 Sporting Fingal (2, pr.) 2-1 Sligo Rovers (1) 2011 Sligo Rovers (1) 1-1 Shelbourne (2, pr.) [4-1 pen] League Cup 1984/85 Waterford United (1) 2-1 Finn Harps (1, rel.) 1990/91 Derry City (1) 2-0 Limerick City (1, rel.) 1996/97 Galway United (2) 3-1 1-1 Cork City (1) 1999/00 Derry City (1) 3-1 2-1 Athlone Town (2) 2001/02 Limerick FC (2) 2-1 0-1 Derry City (1) [3-2 pen] 2008 Derry City (1) 6-1 Wexford Youths (2) 2009 Bohemians (1) 3-1 Waterford United (2) 2010 Sligo Rovers (1) 1-0 Monaghan United (2) 2011 Derry City (1) 1-0 Cork City (2, pr.) 2016 Saint Patrick's Athletic (1) 4-1 Limerick FC (2, pr.) 2018 Derry City (1) 3-1 Cobh Ramblers (2)
1977/78 Maccabi Netanya (1) 2-1 Bnei-Yehuda Tel-Aviv (2, pr.) 1989/90 Hapoel Kfar-Saba (1) 1-0 Shimshon Tel-Aviv (1, rel.) [aet] 2002/03 Hapoel Ramat-Gan (2) 1-1 Hapoel Beer-Sheva (1) [aet, 5-4 pen] 2003/04 Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin (1) 4-1 Hapoel Haifa (2, pr.) 2004/05 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (1) 2-2 Maccabi Herzliya (2) [aet, 5-3 pen] 2006/07 Hapoel Tel-Aviv (1) 1-1 Hapoel Ashkelon (2, rel.) [aet, 5-4 pen] 2012/13 Hapoel Ramat-Gan (1, rel.) 1-1 Ironi Kiriat-Shmona (1) [aet, 4-2 pen] 2013/14 Ironi Kiriat-Shmona (1) 1-0 Maccabi Netanya (2, pr.) [aet] 2019/20 Hapoel Beer-Sheva (1) 2-0 Maccabi Petah-Tikva (2, pr.)
1960/61 Fiorentina (1) 2-0 Lazio (1, rel.) 1961/62 Napoli (2, pr.) 2-1 Spal (1) 1965/66 Fiorentina (1) 2-1 Catanzaro (2) 1966/67 Milan (1) 1-0 Padova (2) 1973/74 Bologna (1) 0-0 Palermo (2) [5-4 pen] 1978/79 Juventus (1) 2-1 Palermo (2) 1986/87 Napoli (1, ch.) 3-0 1-0 Atalanta (1, rel.) 1993/94 Sampdoria (1) 0-0 6-1 Ancona (2)
1982 Africa Sports (1, ch.) 1-0 Entente Sportive Senou (3) 2006 Issia Wazi FC (1) 1-0 Société Omnisports de l'Armée (2, pr.) 2015 Africa Sports (1) 1-0 CO Boauflé (2) 2018 ASEC Mimosas (1, ch.) 1-1 Stade d'Abidjan (1, rel.) [5-3 pen] Coupe de la Ligue 2014 Soc. Omn. de l'Armée (1) 0-0 Sabé de Bouna (2, rel.) [6-5 pen] 2015 Stella d'Adjamé (1, rel.) 1-1 Séwé Sport (1) [4-3 pen] 2016 FC Moossou (1) 2-1 Cosmos FC (2)
1996/97 Naggo Head (2*) 1-0 Hazard United (1) 1998/99 Tivoli Gardens (1, ch.) 2-0 Violet Kickers (2) 1999/00 Hazard United (2, pr.) 1-0 Wadadah (1) 2001/02 Harbour View (1) 2-1 Rivoli United (2, pr.)
1980 Mitsubishi Motors (1) 1-0 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals (2) 1981 Nippon Kokan (2, pr.) 2-0 Yomiuri (1) 1982 Yamaha Motors (2, pr.) 1-0 Fujita Industries (1) [aet] 1994 Bellmare Hiratsuka (1) 2-0 Cerezo Osaka (2, pr.) 2001 Shimizu S-Pulse 3-2 Cerezo Osaka (1, rel.) [asdet] 2007 Kashima Antlers (1) 1-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (1, rel.) 2011 FC Tokyo (2, pr.) 4-2 Kyoto Sanga (2) 2012 Kashiwa Reysol (1) 1-0 Gamba Osaka (1, rel.) 2014 Gamba Osaka (1, ch.) 3-1 Montedio Yamagata (2, pr.) 2021 Urawa Red Diamonds (1) 2-1 Oita Trinita (1, rel.) 2022 Ventforet Kofu (2) 1-1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (1) [aet, 5-4 pen] League Cup 1980 Nippon Kokan (2) 3-1 Hitachi (1) 1981 Toshiba (2) 4-4 Mitsubishi Motors (1) [aet; trophy shared] 1984 Yanmar Diesel (1) 3-0 Toshiba (2) 1987 Nippon Kokan (1) 3-1 Sumitomo Metals (2, pr.) 1988 Nissan (1) 3-0 Toshiba (2)
2022 Ordabasi Shimkent (1) 5-4 Aqjayiq Oral (1, rel.) [aet]
1998 Mathare United (2, pr.) 2-1 Eldoret KCC (1)
2007 Sofapaka (2) 2-0 Homegrown (1, rel.)
2008 Gor Mahia (1) 2-0 Posta Rangers (3, pr.)
2009 AFC Leopards (1) 4-1 Congo United (3, pr.)
2010 Sofapaka (1) 2-0 West Kenya Sugar (3)
2014 Sofapaka (1) 2-1 Posta Rangers (2)
2015 Bandari (1) 4-2 Nakumatt (2)
NB: Gor Mahia were the only top level club entering the 2008 cup;
AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia were the only two top level clubs
entering the 2009 cup.
2002/03 KEK-u (2, pr.) 3-1 Prishtina KF (1) [aet] 2006/07 Liria (1, rel.) 0-0 Flamurtari (1) [aet, 3-0 pen] 2017/18 Prishtina KF (1) 1-1 Vëllaznimi (1, rel.) [aet, 5-4 pen] 2020/21 Llapi (1) 1-1 Dukagjini (2, pr.) [aet, 4-3 pen]
2002 Al-Kuwait SC (1) 1-0 Jahra (2)
2015 Abdish-Ata Kant (1) 4-2 Nashe Pivo Kant (2)
2020 Young Elephant (1) 2-1 Muang Hat United (2)
2009/10 FK Jelgava (2, pr.) 1-1 Jurmala-VV (1) [aet, 6-5 pen]
Note: FK Jelgava started the cup tournament 2009 as a second level
club; however, by the time of the final (spring 2010), they had
meanwhile be promoted to the top level.
2005/06 Al-Ansar (1, ch.) 3-1 Al-Hikma (2, pr.)
2002 Mighty Blue Angels (2) bt Mark Professionals (1) 2012 Barrack Y. Controllers II (2) 1-0 Watanga FC (1) 2013/14 FC Fassell (2, pr.) 1-0 NPA Anchors (1) 2015 Barrack Y. Controllers II (2) 0-0 MC Breweries (1, rel.) [aet, 3-2 pen] 2016 MC Breweries (2, pr.) awd Mighty Barrolle (2, pr.) [awarded 2-0] 2017 LISCR (1, ch.) 3-0 ELWA United (1, rel.) 2021/22 LISCR (1) 2-2 Tony FC (2) [aet, 4-2 pen]
2008/09 Suduva Marijampole (1) 1-0 Tauras Taurage (2, pr.)
2019 Suduva Marijampole (1) 4-0 Banga Gargzdai (2, pr.)
2023 TransINVEST Galine (2, pr.) 2-1 FA Siauliai (1)
Note: Tauras Taurage started the cup tournament 2008 as a second level
club; however, by the time of the final (spring 2009), they had
meanwhile be promoted to the top level.
1921/22 Racing Luxembourg (2, pr.) 2-0 Jeunesse d'Esch (1) 1935/36 Red Boys (1) 2-0 Stade Dudelange (2, pr.) 1945/46 Jeunesse d'Esch (2, pr.) 3-1 Progress Niedercorn (1) 1948/49 Stade Dudelange (1) 1-0 Racing Rodange (1, rel.) 1950/51 Tétange (1) 1-1 CS Grevenmacher (2) replay Tétange (1) 2-0 CS Grevenmacher (2) 1951/52 Red Boys (1) 1-0 Red Star Merl (2, pr.) 1952/53 Red Boys (1) 2-1 CS Grevenmacher (2, pr.) 1957/58 Red Boys (1) 3-1 US Dudelange (1, rel.) 1960/61 Alliance Dudelange (2, pr.) 3-1 Union Luxembourg (1) 1968/69 Union Luxembourg (1) 5-2 Alliance Dudelange (2) 1970/71 Jeunesse Hautcharage (3, pr.) 4-1 Jeunesse d'Esch (1) [aet] 1981/82 Red Boys (1) 2-1 US Rumelange (2, pr.) 1989/90 Swift Hesperange (1) 3-3 AS Differdange (2) replay Swift Hesperange (1) 7-1 AS Differdange (2) 1991/92 Avenir (1) 1-0 CS Pétange (2) 2000/01 Etzella Ettelbrück (1) 5-3 FC Wiltz (1, rel.) 2002/03 CS Grevenmacher (1, ch.) 1-0 Etzella Ettelbrück (2, pr.) 2004/05 CS Pétange (1) 5-0 CEBRA (3, pr.) 2007/08 CS Grevenmacher (1) 4-1 Victoria Rosport (1, rel.) 2022/23 FC Differdange 03 (1) 4-2 Marisca Mersch (2, pr.)
2012/13 Teteks (Tetovo) (1, rel.) 1-1 Shkëndija (Tetovo) (1) [aet, 6-5 pen] 2017/18 Shkëndija (Tetovo) (1, ch.) 3-0 Pelister (Bitola) (1, rel.)
2001 US Transfoot Toamasina (2) 1-0 AS Fortior Toamasina (1)
2002 AS Fortior Toamasina (1) 3-0 US Transfoot Toamasina (2)
2003 Léopards de Transfoot (2) 1-0 Stade Olympique de l'Emyrne (1)
2021 CFF Andoharanofotsy (2, pr.) 3-1 CS-DFC (1)
Note: CFF Andoharanofotsy were promoted in 2021 as reward for winning the cup;
they had not qualified for promotion at the second level.
2022 Nyasa Big Bullets (1, ch.) 3-1 Nyasa Big Bullets Reserves (2) 2024 Blue Eagles (2) 0-0 Nyasa Big Bullets (1) [3-2 pen]
2003 Selangor MPPJ (2) 3-0 Sabah (1) 2005 Selangor (2, pr.) 3-0 Perlis (1, ch.) 2012 Kelantan (1, ch.) 3-2 ATM (2, pr.) [aet] 2015 Selangor (1) 2-0 Kedah (2, pr.) Piala FA 1993 Kuala Lumpur (1) 2-1 Sabah (2, pr.) 1998 Johor (2) 1-0 Sabah (1) 2003 Negeri Sembilan (2) 2-1 Perlis (1) [asdet] 2004 Perak (1) 3-0 Terengganu (2) 2005 Selangor (2, pr.) 4-2 Perak (1) 2012 Kelantan (1, ch.) 1-0 Sime Darby FC (2) 2014 Pahang (1) 2-1 Felda United FC (2, pr.) 2016 Darul Ta'zim FC (1, ch.) 2-1 PKNS FC (2, pr.)
2011/12 US Bougouni (2) 2-1 Onze Créateurs de Niaréla (1) 2021 Stade Malien (1) 3-2 Binga FC (2)
1945/46 Sliema Wanderers (1) 2-1 Hamrun Liberty (2) 1980/81 Floriana (1) 2-1 Senglea Athletic (2, pr.) 1989/90 Sliema Wanderers (1) 1-0 Birkirkara United (2, pr.)
2005/06 CS Case-Pilote (1) 1-0 Gri-Gri (2, pr.) 2009/10 CS Case-Pilote (1) 2-1 RC Lorrain (2, pr.) 2016/17 Samaritaine (2, pr.) 2-1 Good Luck (1)
2000 ASC Air Mauritanie (1) 4-0 ASC Gendrim (2, pr.) 2005 ASC Entente FC Sebkha (1) 2-1 JA ASC SOCOGIM (1, rel.) [aet] 2005/06 NASR Sebhka (1) 1-0 FC Trarza Rosso (2, pr.) 2010 FC Tevragh Zeďna (1) 3-0 FC Feu Mini (2)
2004/05 ASPL 2000 (1, ch.) 2-0 PAS Mates (2, pr.) 2017/18 Pamplemousses (1, ch.) 2-1 GRSE Wanderers (2)
2005/06 Etincelles d'Hamjago (1) 3-1 Bandrélé Foot (3) 2006 UCS Sada (1) 2-0 FCO Tsingoni (2, pr.) 2007 Etincelles d'Hamjago (1,rel.) 1-0 FCO Tsingoni (1) 2008 FC Labattoir (2, pr.) 2-0 FC Passamainty (3) 2010 US Ouangani (1) 4-0 Diables Noirs de Combani (3, pr.) 2013 Miracle du Sud (1) 0-0 Jumeaux de Mzouazia (2, pr.) [5-4 pen] 2015 Olympique de Miréréni (4,pr.) 0-0 FC Labattoir (3, pr.) [5-4 pen] 2016 UCS Sada (2) 3-0 ASJ Handréma (1) 2018 FC Labattoir (2) 2-1 Foudre 2000 (1)
1991/92 Monterrey (1) 4-2 Cobras Ciudad Juárez (1, rel.) 2012 Ap Dorados de Sinaloa (2) 2-2 Correcaminos UAT (2) [5-4 pen] 2014 Cl Tigres (1) 3-0 Alebrijes (2) 2016 Cl Veracruz (1) 4-1 Necaxa (2, pr.) 2019 Cl América (1) 1-0 FC JUárez (2, pr.)
2012/13 FC Tiraspol (1) 2-2 FC Veris Draganesti (2, pr.) [4-2 pen]
2011/12 Celik Niksic (2, pr.) 2-1 Rudar Plevlja (1) 2017/18 Mladost Podgorica (1) 2-0 Igalo (2) 2018/19 Buducnost Podgorica (1) 4-0 Lovcen Cetinje (1, rel.)
1958/59 FAR Rabat (2, pr.) 1-0 MC Oujda (1)
1965/66 COD Meknčs (1, rel.) 2-0 MAS Fčs (1)
1975/76 FUS Rabat (1) 1-0 Kenitra AC (2, pr.)
1977/78 WAC Casablanca (1, ch.) 3-0 RS Kénitra (2*)
1982/83 CLAS Casablanca (2*) 1-1 Raja Casablanca (1) [aet, 5-4 pen]
1986/87 KAC Marrakesh (1) 3-0 RS Berkane (1, rel.)
1994/95 FUS Rabat (1, rel.) 2-0 OC Khouribga (1)
1999/00 Majd Casablanca (3) 1-1 RS Settat (1) [aet, 8-7 pen]
2006/07 FAR Rabat (1) 1-1 Rachad Bernoussi (2) [aet, 5-4 pen]
2008/09 FAR Rabat (1) 1-1 FUS Rabat (2, pr.) [aet, 5-4 pen]
2010/11 MAS Fčs (1) 1-0 COD Meknčs (2, pr.)
2015/16 MAS Fčs (1, rel.) 2-1 OC Safi (1) [aet]
2017/18 RS Berkane (1) 2-2 WAF Fčs (2) [aet, 3-2 pen]
2018/19 TAS Casablanca (3, pr.) 2-1 HUS Agadir (1) -
NB: 1999/2000 final played on Nov 2, 2002! In 2001 Majd had been promoted
to the second level where they still played at the time of the final.
1983 Costa do Sol (2, pr.) 1-0 Textáfrica (Chimoio) (1) 2002 Costa do Sol (1) 2-0 Académica (Maputo) (2)
2012/13 African Stars (1) 2-0 Mighty Gunners (1, rel.) 2013/14 African Stars (1) 0-0 Citizens (2, pr.) [aet, 3-2 pen]
1899/00 Velocitas (Breda) (2, pr.) 3-1 Ajax (Leiden) (1)
1904/05 VOC (2) 3-0 HBS 2 (2) [aet] [+]
1905/06 Concordia (2) 3-2 Volharding (2) [+]
1906/07 VOC (2) 4-3 Voorwaarts (2) [aet] [+]
1907/08 HBS 2 (2) 3-1 VOC 2 (3) [+]
1908/09 Quick (Den Haag) 2 (-) 2-0 VOC (2) [+]
1909/10 Quick (Den Haag) 2 (-) 2-0 HVV 2 (-) [+]
1916/17 Ajax (2, pr.) 5-0 VSV (3, pr.)
1917/18 RCH (3) 2-1 VVA (2)
1919/20 CVV (3) 2-1 VUC (2)
1920/21 Schoten (3) 2-1 RFC (2)
1924/25 ZFC (1) 5-1 Xerxes (2)
1925/26 LONGA (2) 5-2 De Spartaan (1)
1927/28 RCH (1) 2-0 PEC (2)
1934/35 Feijenoord (1) 5-2 Helmond (2)
1936/37 Eindhoven (1) 1-0 De Spartaan (2)
1943/44 Willem II (1) 9-2 Groene Ster (2)
1947/48 Wageningen (1) 0-0 DWV (2) [aet, 2-1 pen]
1957/58 Sparta (1) 4-3 Volendam (2)
1961/62 Sparta (1) 1-0 DHC (2)
1962/63 Willem II (1, rel.) 3-0 ADO (1)
1976/77 FC Twente (1) 3-0 PEC Zwolle (2) [aet]
1982/83 Ajax (1, ch.) 3-1 3-1 NEC (1, rel.)
1984/85 FC Utrecht (1) 1-0 Helmond Sport (2)
1985/86 Ajax (1) 3-0 RBC (2)
1990/91 Feyenoord (1) 1-0 BVV Den Bosch (2)
1992/93 Ajax (1) 6-2 SC Heerenveen (2, pr.)
1993/94 Feyenoord (1) 2-1 NEC (2, pr.)
[+] Teams from the Eerste Klasse West (the strongest regional first class)
excluded from the competition.
Note: Velocitas were promoted in 1900 as reward for winning the cup; as members
of the southern second class, they had not been eligible for promotion;
only in 1956/57 a national first division was installed; before, there
existed up to 6 regional "first classes", the winners of which played for
the championship; during six seasons (1904/05 until 1909/10) clubs from
the first class west were excluded from the cup competition; the last
three such cups were won by reserve sides of such clubs; until 1920/21
often many first class teams did not compete in the cup.
2003 University-Mt. Wellington (-) 3-1 Melville United (2)
Note: University-Mount Wellington were replaced by East Auckland (which
additionally represented Fencibles United, Eastern Suburbs and
Ellerslie) in the league competition but entered as independent
entity in the Chatham Cup.
2015 AS de la SONIDEP (2, pr.) 1-0 US Gendarmerie Nationale (1)
1984 Leventis United (3) 1-0 Abiola Babes (1) 1995 Shooting Stars (1, ch.) 2-0 Katsina United (3, pr.) 1996 Julius Berger (1) 1-0 Katsina United (2, pr.) [asdet] 1998 Wikki Tourists (2, pr.) 0-0 Plateau United (Jos) (1) [3-2 pen] 2000 Niger Tornadoes (2) 1-0 Enugu Rangers (1) 2001 Dolphin FC (Pt. Harcourt) (2) 2-0 El Kanemi Warriors (1) 2002 Julius Berger (1) 3-0 Yobe Desert Stars (1, rel.) 2003 Lobi Stars (1) 2-0 Port Harcourt Sharks (1, rel.) 2007 Dolphin FC (Pt.H.) (1, rel.) 1-1 Enugu Rangers (1) [3-2 pen] 2021 Bayelsa United (2) 2-2 Nasarawa United (1) [4-3 pen] 2024 El-Kanemi Warriors (2, pr.) 2-0 Abia Warriors (1)
1971/72 Lefke (2, pr.) 4-0 Baf Ülkü Yurdu (1) 1984/85 Gönyeli (1) 1-2 2-0 Dogan Türk Birligi (1, rel.) 1988/89 Yenicami (2, pr.) 0-0 3-2 Dogan Türk Birligi (1) 1993/94 Yalova (1) 1-0 Gaziveren (2*) 1994/95 Gönyeli (1, ch.) 6-0 Girne Halk Evi (2*) 2002/03 Yenicami (1) 2-1 Magusa Türk Gücü (2, pr.) 2005/06 Çetinkaya (1) 4-0 Ozanköy (2) 2007/08 Gönyeli (1, ch.) 5-1 Esentepe (2)
1891/92 Linfield (1, ch.) 7-0 Black Watch (-) 1894/95 Linfield (1, ch.) 10-1 Bohemians (-) 1896/97 Cliftonville (1) 3-1 Sherwood Foresters (-) 1897/98 Linfield (1, ch.) 2-0 Saint Columb's Celtic (-) 1899/00 Cliftonville (1) 2-1 Bohemians (-) 1900/01 Cliftonville (1) 1-0 Freebooters (-) 1923/24 Queen's Island (1, ch.) 1-0 Willowfield (-) 1927/28 Willowfield (-) 1-0 Larne (1) 1954/55 Dundela (-) 2-2 Glenavon (1) replay Dundela (-) 0-0 Glenavon (1) replay Dundela (-) 1-0 Glenavon (1) 1975/76 Carrick Rangers (-) 2-1 Linfield (1) 1994/95 Linfield (1) 3-1 Carrick Rangers (1, rel.) 2018/19 Crusaders (1) 3-0 Ballinamallard United (2) League Cup 2008/09 Portadown (2, pr.) 1-0 Newry City (1) 2015/16 Cliftonville (1) 3-0 Ards (2) 2023/24 Linfield (1) 3-1 Portadown (2, pr.)
1962 Gjřvik Lyn (2, pr.) 2-0 Vard (2)
1964 Rosenborg BK (2) 2-1 Sarpsborg (1)
1968 SFK Lyn (1, ch.) 3-0 Mjřndalen (2)
1970 Strřmsgodset IF (1, ch.) 4-2 SFK Lyn (2, pr.)
1975 Bodř/Glimt (2) 2-0 Vard (2, pr.)
1976 SK Brann (1) 2-1 Sogndal IF (3, pr.)
1979 Viking FK (1, ch.) 2-1 Haugar (2)
1982 SK Brann (2, pr.) 3-2 Molde FK (1, rel.)
1984 Frederikstad FK (1, rel.) 3-3 Viking FK (1)
replay Frederikstad FK (1, rel.) 3-2 Viking FK (1)
1991 Strřmsgodset IF (1, rel.) 3-2 Rosenborg BK (1)
1993 Bodř/Glimt (1) 2-0 Strřmsgodset IF (2)
1994 Molde FK (2, pr.) 3-2 SFK Lyn (2)
1997 Vĺlerenga (2, pr.) 4-2 Strřmsgodset IF (1)
2007 Lillestrřm SK (1) 2-0 Haugesund (2)
2010 Strřmsgodset IF (1) 2-0 Follo FK (2, rel.)
2012 IL Hřdd (2) 1-1 Tromsř IL (1) [aet, 4-2 pen]
2016 Rosenborg BK (1, ch.) 4-0 Kongsvinger IL (2)
2022 SK Brann (2, pr.) 2-0 Lillestrřm SK (1)
NB: the 2022 edition was finished in spring 2023 due to the World Cup in Qatar,
and by the time of the final Brann had been promoted to the top level.
1997/98 Seeb (1) 1-0 Sedab (3) 2008/09 Suwaiq (2, pr.) 1-0 Al-Nahda (1) 2010/11 Al-Arouba (1) 1-1 Fanja (2, pr.) [aet, 5-3 pen] 2011/12 Dhofar (1) 1-0 Al-Ittihad (2) 2018/19 Sur (1, rel.) 2-1 Fanja (2, pr.) [aet] 2019/20 Dhofar (1) 0-0 Al-Arouba (1, rel.) [aet, 5-4 pen]
2011 José Gálvez (2, pr.) 1-1 6-2 Sport Áncash (2)
1951/52 Kolejarz Warszawa (1, rel.) 1-0 CWKS Warszawa (1) 1964/65 Górnik Zabrze (1, ch.) 4-0 Czarni Zagan (3) 1966/67 Wisla Kraków (1) 2-0 Raków Czestochowa (3) 1974/75 Stal Rzeszów (2, pr.) 0-0 ROW II Rybnik (3) [aet, 3-2 pen] 1976/77 Zaglebie Sosnowiec (1) 1-0 Polonia Bytom (2, pr.) 1977/78 Zaglebie Sosnowiec (1) 2-0 Piast Gliwice (2) 1980/81 Legia Warszawa (1) 1-0 Pogon Szczecin (2, pr.) 1982/83 Lechia Gdansk (3, pr.) 2-1 Piast Gliwice (2) 1991/92 Miedz Legnica (2) 1-1 Górnik Zabrze (1) [aet, 4-3 pen] 1992/93 GKS Katowice (1) 1-1 Ruch II Chorzów (5*) [aet, 5-4 pen] 1995/96 Ruch Chorzów (2, pr.) 1-0 GKS Belchatów (1) 1997/98 Amica Wronki (1) 5-3 Aluminium Konin (2) [aet] 1998/99 Amica Wronki (1) 1-0 GKS Belchatów (1, rel.) 2009/10 Jagiellonia Bialystok (1) 1-0 Pogon Szczecin (2) 2020/21 Raków Czestochowa (1) 2-1 Arka Gdynia (2)
1942/43 Benfica (1) 5-1 Vitória FC Setúbal (2, pr.) 1943/44 Benfica (1) 8-0 Estoril Praia (2, pr.) 1956/57 Benfica (1, ch.) 3-1 Sporting Covilhã (1, rel.) 1961/62 Benfica (1) 3-0 Vitória FC Setúbal (2, pr.) 1989/90 Estrela Amadora (1) 1-1 Farense (2, pr.) [aet] replay Estrela Amadora (1) 2-0 Farense (2, pr.) 1998/99 Beira-Mar (1, rel.) 1-0 Campomaiorense (1) 2001/02 Sporting (1, ch.) 1-0 Leixőes SC (3) 2009/10 Porto (1) 2-1 Chaves (2, rel.) 2021/22 Porto (1, ch.) 3-1 Tondela (1, rel.)
1957 Bourbon Club (1) 3-2 SS Franco (2) 1966 SS Patriote (1) 2-1 Bourbon Club (2, pr.) 1969 SS Saint-Louisienne (1, ch.) 5-1 US Saint Joseph (2) 1970 SS Saint-Louisienne (1, ch.) 1-1 CS Saint-Denis (2) replay SS Saint-Louisienne (1, ch.) 4-0 CS Saint-Denis (2) 1975 CS Saint-Denis (1) 3-0 SS Juniors Dionysiens (2) 1979 CS Saint-Denis (1) 1-0 Rivičre Sport (2) 1980 JS Saint-Pierroise (1) 1-0 AS Poussins (2) 1988 CS Saint-Denis (1) 3-1 SS Gauloise (2, pr.)
1937/38 Rapid Bucuresti (1) 3-2 CAMT (2) 1948/49 CSCA Bucuresti (1) 2-1 CSU Cluj (1, rel.) 1951 CCA Bucuresti (1, ch.) 3-1 Flacara Medias (2) [aet] 1952 CCA Bucuresti (1, ch.) 2-0 Flacara Ploiesti (1, rel.) 1954 Metalul Resita (2) 2-0 Dinamo Bucuresti (1) 1955 CCA Bucuresti (1) 6-3 Progresul Oradea (2, pr.) [aet] 1955/56 Progresul Oradea (1) 2-0 Energia Metalul Cîmpia Turzii (2) 1958/59 Dinamo Bucuresti (1) 4-0 CSM Baia Mare (2) 1960/61 Ariesul Turda (2) 2-1 Rapid Bucuresti (1) 1962/63 Petrolul Ploiesti (1) 6-1 Siderurgistul Galati (2, pr.) 1966/67 Steaua Bucuresti (1) 6-0 Foresta Falticeni (3) 1972/73 Chimia Rîmnicu Vîlcea (2) 1-1 Constructorul Galati (3, pr.) [aet] replay Chimia Rîmnicu Vîlcea (2) 3-0 Constructorul Galati (3, pr.) 1974/75 Rapid Bucuresti (2, pr.) 2-1 Universitatea Craiova (1) [aet] 1975/76 Steaua Bucuresti (1, ch.) 1-0 CSU Galati (2) 1981/82 Dinamo Bucuresti (1, ch.) 3-2 FC Baia Mare (2) 1982/83 Universitatea Craiova (1) 2-1 Politehnica Timisoara (1, rel.) 2000/01 Dinamo Bucuresti (1) 4-2 Rocar Bucuresti (1, rel.) 2014/15 Steaua Bucuresti (1, ch.) 3-0 Universitatea Cluj (1, rel.) 2017/18 Universitatea Craiova (1) 2-0 FC Hermannstadt (2, pr.) 2023/24 Corvinul Hunedoara (2) 2-2 Otelul Galati (1) [aet, 3-2 pen]
2003/04 Terek Groznyi (2) 1-0 Krylya Sovetov Samara (1)
2004/05 CSKA Moskva (1) 1-0 FK Khimki (2)
2009/10 Zenit Sankt-Peterburg (1) 1-0 Sibir Novosibirsk (2, pr.)
2010/11 CSKA Moskva (1) 2-1 Alania Vladikavkaz (1, rel.)
2017/18 FK Tosno (1, rel.) 2-1 Avangard Kursk (2)
2019/20 Zenit Sankt-Peterburg (1,ch.) 1-0 FK Khimki (2, pr.)
2020/21 Lokomotiv Moskva (1) 3-1 Krylya Sovetov Samara (2, pr.)
2023/24 Zenit Sankt-Peterburg (1,ch.) 2-1 Baltika Kaliningrad (1, rel.)
Note: Sibir were promoted from the second level at the end of the 2009
league season, so were a top level club when playing the final
but started the cup competition one level below.
Alania started the 2010/11 cup competition at the top level but
were relegated at the end of the 2010 league seaon and thus were
a second level club when playing the final.
1999 Moaula (2) bt Moataa (1, ch.)
1986/87 Libertas (1) 0-0 Tre Penne (1, rel.) [aet, 5-3 pen] 1989/90 Domagnano (1) 2-0 Juvenes (2) 1993/94 Faetano (1, ch.) 3-1 Folgore (1, rel.)
2019 FC Porto Real (1) 3-2 UD Santa Margarida (3) [aet] 2023 FC Porto Real (1) 6-0 UD Amadora (2, rel.)
1891/92 Celtic (1) 1-0 5-1 Queen's Park (-)
1892/93 Queen's Park (-) 2-1 Celtic (1)
1894/95 Saint Bernard's (1) 2-1 Renton (2)
1896/97 Rangers (1) 5-1 Dumbarton (2)
1897/98 Rangers (1) 2-0 Kilmarnock (2)
1899/00 Celtic (1) 4-3 Queen's Park (-)
1926/27 Celtic (1) 3-1 East Fife (2)
1937/38 East Fife (2) 1-1 Kilmarnock (1) [aet]
replay East Fife (2) 4-2 Kilmarnock (1) [aet]
1994/95 Celtic (1) 1-0 Airdrieonians (2)
1996/97 Kilmarnock (1) 1-0 Falkirk (2)
2005/06 Heart of Midlothian (1) 1-1 Gretna (3, pr.) [aet, 4-2 pen]
2006/07 Celtic (1, ch.) 1-0 Dunfermline Athletic (1, rel.)
2007/08 Rangers (1) 3-2 Queen of the South (2)
2009/10 Dundee United (1) 3-0 Ross County (2)
2014/15 Inverness Caledonian Th. (1) 2-1 Falkirk (2)
2015/16 Hibernian (2) 3-2 Rangers (2, pr.)
2019/20 Celtic (1, ch.) 3-3 Heart of Midlothian (1, rel.) [aet, 4-3 pen]
2022/23 Celtic (1, ch.) 3-1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (2)
Note: the first match between Celtic and Queen's Park in 1891/92 was declared
void after mutual protest.
League Cup
1947/48 East Fife (2, pr.) 0-0 Falkirk (1)
replay East Fife (2, pr.) 4-1 Falkirk (1)
1948/49 Rangers (1, ch.) 2-0 Raith Rovers (2, pr.)
1949/50 East Fife (1) 3-0 Dunfermline Athletic (2)
1952/53 Dundee (1) 2-0 Kilmarnock (2)
1963/64 Rangers (1, ch.) 5-0 Morton (2, pr.)
1980/81 Dundee United (1) 3-0 Dundee (2, pr.)
1991/92 Hibernian (1) 2-0 Dunfermline Athletic (1, rel.)
1994/95 Raith Rovers (2, pr.) 2-2 Celtic (1) [aet, 6-5 pen]
1995/96 Aberdeen (1) 2-0 Dundee (2)
2001/02 Rangers (1) 4-0 Ayr United (2)
1963 US Rail (1) 3-2 Olympique de Ngor (2*) 1964 US Ouakam (3) 1-1 Olympique Thičs (1, ch.) replay US Ouakam (3) 2-1 Olympique Thičs (1, ch.) 1977 Saltigues de Rufisque (2) 1-0 Dial Diop (1*) 1986 AS Douanes (2) 1-0 Jeanne d'Arc (1) 1998 ASC Yeggo (3*) 1-0 US Gorée (1) [aet] 2000 Port Autonome (1, ch.) 4-0 AS Saloum (2) 2002/03 AS Douanes (1) 1-0 ASC Thičs (2) 2005/06 US Ouakam (1) 1-0 ASC Médiour de Rufisque (2) 2006/07 ASC Lingučre (2, pr.) 1-0 AS Douanes (1) [aet] 2009 ASC Diaraf (1) 1-0 AS Cambérčne (3) 2010 ASC Touré Kounda (2, pr.) 0-0 US Gorée (1) [aet, 5-4 pen] 2012 ASC HLM (2) 0-0 Renaissance de Dakar (2) [aet, 4-3 pen] 2015 Génération Foot (3, pr.) 4-3 Casa Sports (1) [aet] 2018 Génération Foot (1) 2-0 Renaissance de Dakar (2) 2022 Casa Sports (1, ch.) 3-0 Etoile Lusitana (3) 2023/24 Mbour Petite Côte (3) 1-0 Académie Les Férus de Foot (5) Coupe de la Ligue 2015 AS Douanes (1, ch.) 3-1 Dakar Sacré-Cur (2) 2016 Diambars (1) 3-2 Dakar Sacré-Cur (2) [aet] 2019 Diambars (2, pr.) 2-1 Génération Foot (1, ch.)
2007/08 Partizan Beograd (1, ch.) 3-0 FK Zemun (2, rel.) 2008/09 Partizan Beograd (1, ch.) 3-0 Sevojno (2) 2011/12 Crvena zvezda Beograd (1) 2-0 Borac Cacak (1, rel.)
2003/04 Crvena zvezda B. (1, ch.) 1-0 Buducnost Banatski Dvor (1, rel.) Note: the same territory remained known as Yugoslavia until 2002.
1963 Tan Tock Seng Hospital (1) 7-1 Junior AA (2) 1974 Int'l Contract Spec. (3, pr.) 1-1 Armed Forces (1) [4-3 pen]
2001/02 Koba Senec (2) 1-1 Matador Púchov (1) [aet, 4-2 pen] 2003/04 Artmedia Petrzalka (1) 2-0 Steel Trans Licartovce (2) 2006/07 FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce (2,pr.) 4-0 FC Senec (1) 2016/17 Slovan Bratislava (1) 3-0 MFK Skalica (2)
2001/02 HIT Nova Gorica (1) 4-0 2-1 Aluminij Kidricevo (2)
2003/04 Maribor (1) 4-0 3-4 Dravograd (1, rel.)
2019/20 Mura Murska Sobota (1) 2-0 Nafta Lendava (2)
2023/24 Rogaska (1, rel.) 1-1 Gorica (2) [aet, 6-5 pen]
Note: Rogaska were denied a top level license for the 2024/25 season; they
had finished above the relegation zone in the league itself.
2012 Banaadir SC (1) 3-1 Badbaado (1, rel.)
NFL 1964 Durban City (1) 4-1 Jewish Guild (2) 1973 Highlands Park (1) 1-0 Florida Albion (2) NSL 1995 Cape Town Spurs (1, ch.) 3-2 Pretoria City (2, pr.) 2004/05 SuperSport United (1) 1-0 Wits University (1, rel.) 2007/08 Mamelodi Sundowns (1) 1-0 Mpumalanga Black Aces (2) 2008/09 Moroka Swallows (1) 1-0 Pretoria University (2) 2010/11 Orlando Pirates (1, ch.) 3-1 Black Leopards (2, pr.) 2018/19 TS Galaxy (2) 1-0 Kaizer Chiefs (1)
2005 Chonbuk Hyundai Motors (1) 1-0 Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (2) 2019 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (1) 0-0 4-0 Daejeon Korail (3) 2021 Jeonnam Dragons (2) 0-1 4-3 Daegu FC (1)
2023/24 Jamus FC (Juba) (2) 1-1 El-Merreikh FC (Bentiu) (1) [4-2 pen]
1951 CDSA Moskva (1, ch.) 2-1 MVO Kalinin (2, pr.) 1954 Dinamo Kiev (1) 2-1 Spartak Yerevan (2) 1962 Shakhtyor Donetsk (1) 2-0 Znamya Truda Orekhovo Zuyevo (2) 1969 Karpaty Lvov (2) 2-1 SKA Rostov na Donu (1) 1981 SKA Rostov na Donu (1, rel.) 1-0 Spartak Moskva (1) 1990 Dinamo Kiev (1) 6-1 Lokomotiv Moskva (2, pr.)
1930/31 Athletic Bilbao (1, ch.) 3-1 Betis (2)
1934/35 Sevilla (1) 3-0 Sabadell (2)
1979/80 Real Madrid (1, ch.) 6-1 Castilla (2)
1999/00 Espanyol (1) 2-1 Atlético de Madrid (1, rel.)
2002/03 Mallorca (1) 3-0 Recreativo (1, rel.)
Note: Castilla were the farm team of Real Madrid (they are now called Real
Madrid B) and therefore could not earn promotion (in spite of finishing
on a promotion spot in 1979/80).
1985 Saunders SC (1, ch.) 0-0 bt Colombo Municipality SC (2*)
2008 Police SC (1) 1-1 Nandamithra SC (4) [6-5 pen]
2010 Navy SC (4) 2-1 Nandamithra SC (3, pr.)
2017 Army SC (1) 5-1 Java Lane SC (1, rel.)
Note: 1985 competition refers to the Colombo Football League; there was no
national competition at the time.
Navy SC played 4th level in 2009/10 after having had to withdraw from
the top level in the previous season due to fighting commitments.
2007/08 Transvaal (1) 0-0 Notch (2) [Transvaal on pen] 2009/10 Excelsior (2, pr.) 2-0 Takdier Boys (2) 2010/11 Notch (2, pr.) 4-2 WBC (1) 2012/13 WBC (1) 1-1 Takdier Boys (2, pr.) [4-3 pen] 2014/15 Nishan 42 (2, pr.) 1-0 Inter Moengotapoe (1) 2016/17 Inter Moengotapoe (1, ch.) 3-3 Papatam (2, pr.) [4-3 pen] 2018/19 Inter Moengotapoe (1, ch.) 1-1 Flora (2) [4-2 pen]
2001 Eleven Men in Flight (2) 1-1 Mbabane Swallows (1) [4-3 pen] 2004/05 Hub Sundowns (1, rel.) 2-0 Malanti Chiefs (2, pr.) 2007/08 Malanti Chiefs (2, pr.) 2-1 Royal Leopards (1) 2010/11 Royal Leopards (1) 4-3 Mhlambanyatsi Rovers (1, rel.) [aet] 2014/15 Moneni Pirates (1, rel.) 2-0 Manzini Wanderers (1) 2016/17 Young Buffaloes (1) 2-0 Matsapha United (2, pr.)
1941 Helsingborgs IF (1, ch.) 3-1 IK Sleipner (1, rel.)
1946 Malmö FF (1) 3-0 Ĺtvidabergs FF (2)
1948 Rĺĺ IF (3, pr.) 6-0 BK Kenty (3)
1949 AIK (1) 1-0 Landskrona BoIS (1, rel.)
1969 Ĺtvidabergs FF (1) 2-0 Sandvikens IF (2)
1983/84 Malmö FF (1) 1-0 Landskrona BoIS (2, rel.)
1986/87 Kalmar FF (2) 2-0 GAIS (2, pr.)
1987/88 IFK Norrköping (1) 3-1 Örebro SK (2, pr.)
1989/90 Djurgĺrdens IF (1) 3-0 BK Häcken (2)
1992/93 Degerfors IF (1) 3-0 Landskrona BoIS (2)
2003 Elfsborg IF (1) 1-0 Assyriska Föreningen (2)
2005 Djurgĺrdens IF (1, ch.) 2-0 Ĺtvidabergs FF (2)
2010 Helsingborgs IF (1) 1-0 Hammarby IF (2)
2018/19 BK Häcken (1) 3-0 AFC Eskilstuna (2, pr.)
Note: in 1948 the top level clubs did not enter because of the Olympic Games;
when the 2018/19 tournament started, AFC Eskilstuna played at the second
level; they obtained promotion at the end of the 2018 league season, so
they were a top level club by the time of the final.
1912/13 FC Basel (1) 5-0 FC Weissenbühl Bern (2) 1921/22 Concordia Basel (2) 1-0 Etoile La Chaux-de-Fonds (1) 1941/42 Grasshopper Club (1, ch.) 0-0 FC Basel (2, pr.) replay Grasshopper Club (1, ch.) 2-1 FC Basel (2, pr.) 1944/45 BSC Young Boys (1) 2-0 FC Sankt Gallen (1, rel.) 1948/49 Servette FC (1) 3-0 Grasshopper Club (1, rel.) 1949/50 Lausanne-Sports (1) 1-1 Cantonal Neuchâtel (2, pr.) replay Lausanne-Sports (1) 4-0 Cantonal Neuchâtel (2, pr.) 1954/55 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds (1, ch.) 3-1 FC Thun (1, rel.) 1961/62 Lausanne-Sports (1) 4-0 AC Bellinzona (2) 1967/68 FC Lugano (1) 2-1 FC Winterthur (2, pr.) 1987/88 Grasshopper Club (1) 2-0 FC Schaffhausen (2) 1991/92 FC Luzern (1, rel.) 3-1 FC Lugano (1) 1993/94 Grasshopper Club (1) 4-0 FC Schaffhausen (2) 2000/01 Servette FC (1) 3-0 Yverdon-Sports (1, rel.) 2003/04 FC Wil (1, rel.) 3-2 Grasshopper Club (1) 2004/05 FC Zürich (1) 3-1 FC Luzern (2) 2005/06 FC Sion (2, pr.) 1-1 BSC Young Boys (1) [aet, 5-3 pen] 2007/08 FC Basel (1, ch.) 4-1 AC Bellinzona (2, pr.) 2009/10 FC Basel (1, ch.) 6-0 FC Lausanne-Sport (2) 2015/16 FC Zürich (1, rel.) 1-0 FC Lugano (1) Note: in 1912/13 the Anglo Cup final is listed, in 1921/22 that of the Och Cup.
1984/85 Al-Ittihad (1) 1-0 Al-Foutoua (2) 1990/91 Al-Foutoua (1) 1-0 Al-Yaqza (1, rel.)
2007/08 AS Tefana (1) 3-1 2-0 AS Central Sport (1, rel.) 2023/24 AS Dragon (1) 4-1 AS Tiare Hinano (2, Mooréa)
2020 Ravshan Kulob (2, pr.) 1-0 Khatlon Bokhtar (1) 2022 Istiklol Dushanbe (1, ch.) 2-2 Kuktosh Rudaki (2, pr.) [aet, 5-4 pen]
1997 Tanzania Stars (4) bt unknown 1998 Tanzania Stars (3*) 2-0 SC Simba (1)
League Cup 2012 Buriram United (1) 4-1 Ratchaburi (2, pr.) 2018 Chiangrai United (1) 1-0 Bangkok Glass (1, rel.)
1989 Entente II de Lomé (1) 1-0 Aiglons de Lomé (1, rel.) 2003/04 AS Douanes de Lomé (1) 2-1 Foadan de Dapaong (2*)
1978 Falcons (2) 2006 WASA (2) 3-3 North East Stars (1) [aet, 4-2 pen]
1946/47 CS Hammam-Lif (5, pr.) 2-1 Espérance Sportive (1) 1947/48 CS Hammam-Lif (4, pr.) 2-0 Patrie FC Bizertin (1) 1948/49 CS Hammam-Lif (3, pr.) 1-0 CA Bizertin (1, ch.) 1949/50 CS Hammam-Lif (2, pr.) 1-0 Etoile Sportive du Sahel (1, ch.) 1963/64 Espérance Sportive (1) 1-0 CS Hammam-Lif (2, pr.) 2022 CS Sfaxien (1) 2-0 AS La Marsa (3)
1980/81 Ankaragücü (2) 0-0 2-1 Boluspor (1)
1982/83 Fenerbahçe (1, ch.) 2-0 2-1 Mersin Idmanyurdu (1, rel.)
2006/07 Besiktas (1) 1-0 Kayseri Erciyesspor (1, rel.)
2018/19 Galatasaray (1, ch.) 3-1 Akhisarspor (1, rel.)
Note: Ankaragücü were promoted in 1981 as reward for winning the cup;
they had not qualified for promotion in the second division.
1981 Coffee (1, rel.) 1-1 UCB (1) [aet, 5-4 pen] 1991 Express (1) 4-1 Nile Breweries (2, pr.) 2016 Vipers (1) 3-1 Ondurapaka (2, pr.) 2017 KCCA (1, ch.) 2-0 Paidha Black Angels (2) 2019 Proline (2, pr.) 1-1 Bright Stars (1) 2023 Vipers (1, ch.) 1-0 Police (2)
2018/19 Shakhtar Donets'k (1, ch.) 4-0 Inhulets' Petrove (2)
1983/84 Ajman (2*) 1-0 Al-Nasr (1, rel.) 1995/96 Al-Ahly (1, rel) 4-1 Al-Wahda (1) 2009/10 Emirates (1, rel.) 3-1 Al-Shabab (1)
1999 Rochester Rhinos (-) 2-0 Columbus Crew (1)
2008 DC United (1) 2-1 Charleston Battery (-)
2022 Orlando City (1) 3-0 Sacramento Republic (-)
Note: Rochester Rhinos played in the A-League, a second level league from
which no promotion to Major League Soccer is possible;
Charleston Battery and Sacramento Republic played in the USL First
Division, a second level league from which no promotion to Major
League Soccer is possible.
2022 Defensor Sporting (1) 1-0 La Luz (2, pr.)
2023/24 Defensor Sporting (1) 2-2 Torque (1, rel.) [4-2 pen]
Note: by the time of the 2023/24 final, the 2024 league season had started
and Torque were playing at the second level.
2016 Zulia FC (1) 0-0 2-0 Estudiantes de Caracas (1, rel.)
1998 Cong An (TP Ho Chi Minh) (1) 2-0 Hai Quan (Than Po Ho Chi Minh) (1, rel.) 2001/02 Song Lam Nghe An (Vinh) (1) 1-0 Thua Thien (Hue) (1, rel.) 2004 Binh Dinh (Qui Nhon) (1) 2-0 The Cong (Ha Noi) (1, rel.) 2008 Ha Noi ACB (1, rel.) 1-0 Binh Duong (1, ch.)
1993/94 Barry Town (2, pr.) 2-1 Cardiff City (-)
1994/95 Wrexham (-) 2-1 Cardiff City (-)
2006/07 Carmarthen Town (1) 3-2 Afan Lido (2)
2011/12 The New Saints (1, ch.) 2-0 Cefn Druids (2)
Note: Cardiff City and Wrexham did (and do) not play in the Welsh league
structure. For more info on Welsh finals before the installation
of a national league, cf. the section on Liechtenstein and Wales.
League Cup
2015/16 The New Saints (1) 2-0 Denbigh Town (2)
2018/19 Cardiff Met. University (1) 2-0 Cambrian & Clydach Vale (2)
2019/20 Connah's Quay Nomads (1) 3-0 STM Sports (2)
1958/59 Schwarz-Weiß Essen (2, pr.) 5-2 Borussia Neunkirchen (1)
1964/65 Borussia Dortmund (1) 2-0 Alemannia Aachen (2)
1967/68 1.FC Köln (1) 4-1 VfL Bochum (2) [aet]
1969/70 Offenbacher FC Kickers (2,pr) 2-1 1.FC Köln (1)
1982/83 1.FC Köln (1) 1-0 Fortuna Köln (2)
1986/87 Hamburger SV (1) 3-1 Stuttgarter Kickers (2)
Note: in 1958/59, clubs played in several regional leagues. The top level
consisted of 4 Oberligen and the Stadtliga Berlin. Schwarz-Weiß
Essen did not play in any of those, but in the 2. Liga West, at the
second level - by the time of the final (December 1959), they had
meanwhile been promoted to the Oberliga, however;
the 1969/70 cup tournament was concluded at the start of the 1970/71
season because of the preparation for the 1970 World Cup; by the time
of the final, Offenbacher Kickers had already started to play in the
1. Bundesliga but they had started the tournament while playing in the
second level Regionalliga Süd.
See also Germany.
2001/02 Al-Sha'ab Ibb (1) 4-0 Al-Tadamun Shabwa (2*) 2007 Al-Tilal Aden (1, rel.) 1-0 Al-Hilal Hudayda (1) 2012 Al-Ahli Taizz (1, rel.) 1-0 Taliya Taizz (1) 2014 Al-Saqr Taizz (1, ch.) 5-1 Al-Shabab al-Mansoor (2)
1946/47 Partizan Beograd (1, ch.) 2-0 Nasa krila Zemun (2)
1960/61 Vardar Skopje (1) 2-1 Varteks Varazdin (2)
1961/62 OFK Beograd (1) 4-1 Spartak Subotica (2)
1964/65 Dinamo Zagreb (1) 2-1 Buducnost Titograd (2)
1967/68 Crvena zvezda Beograd (1) 7-0 FK Bor (2, pr.)
1973/74 Hajduk Split (1, ch.) 1-0 Borac Banja Luka (1, rel.)
1977/78 NK Rijeka (1) 1-0 Trepca Kosovska Mitrovica (1, rel.) [aet]
1987/88 Borac Banja Luka (2) 1-0 Crvena zvezda Beograd (1)
1994/95 Crvena zvezda B. (1, ch.) 4-0 0-0 FK Obilic (2)
1999/00 Crvena zvezda B. (1, ch.) 4-0 Napredak Krusevac (2, pr.)
Note: competitions 1994/95 and 1999/00 covered 'remaining Yugoslavia',
i.e. Serbia and Montenegro.
Mosi Cup 1991 Nkana Red Devils (1) bt Forest Rangers (2) 1995 Mufulira Wanderers (1, ch.) 1-0 Rumlex (2, pr.) 2004 Lusaka Celtic (1, rel.) 2-1 Kabwe Warriors (1) Barclays Cup 2007 ZESCO United (1, ch.) 0-0 Chambishi (2, pr.) 2018 Nkana (1) 3-0 Young Green Buffaloes (2)
1970 Wankie (2) 6-2 Salisbury Callies (1)
1991 Wankie (1) 3-1 Cranborne Bullets (2*)
1995 Chapungu (1) 4-1 Eiffel Flats (1, rel.)
2002 Masvingo United (1, rel.) 2-2 Railstars (1, rel.) [4-3 pen]
2017 Harare City (1) 3-1 How Mine (1, withdrew)
Note: in 2017 Harare City were relegated two weeks after winning the cup final
but were reprieved after losing finalists How Mine, who had finished in
mid-table, withdrew before the start of the 2018 season.
In the following, the Dutch Cup competitions between 1904/05 and 1909/10, in which the teams from the strongest first level league could not compete, are excluded.
The following European clubs won domestic cups playing at the third or equivalent level:
1900/01 Tottenham Hotspur England 1917/18 RCH Netherlands 1919/20 CVV Netherlands 1920/21 Schoten Netherlands 1948 Rĺĺ IF Sweden 1970/71 Jeunesse Hautcharage Luxembourg 1982/83 Lechia Gdansk Poland 2012/13 FC Pasching Austria 2015/16 CSKA Sofia Bulgaria Tanzania Stars won the domestic cup in 1997 and 1998; in 1997 they were a fourth division team. During the colonial era, CS Hammam-Lif won the Tunisian cup in five successive seasons between 1946/47 and 1950/51; as they only reached the top level in 1950, they won their first four cups while active in lower divisions.
A European record is held by Randers Freja of Denmark: they won their domestic cup as a second division team in two consecutive years:
1966/67 Denmark Randers Freja (2) 1-0 AaB (1) 1967/68 Denmark Randers Freja (2) 3-1 Vejle BK (1) They finally earned promotion to the first division in 1969.They again won their domestic cup as a second division side in 2006, but then combined this with promotion.
The only other teams known to have won their domestic cup twice as a second division team are Cameroon's Olympic de Mvolyé, who did it in 1992 and 1994, but were not promoted until the 1996 season, and Barrack Young Controllers II, a reserve side, who did so twice (2012 and 2015) in Liberia.
All clubs to reach the final on more than one occasion as a lower level team [bold faced years indicate win]:
5 times: CS Hammam-Lif Tunisia 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1964 [played at fifth level in 1947, at fourth in 1948 and at third in 1949] 3 times: FK Gagra Georgia 2011, 2018, 2020 [twice played Torpedo Kutaisi in the final] Hansa Rostock East Germany 1955, 1957, 1987 [includes Empor Rostock; twice played Lokomotive Leipzig in the final] FC Labattoir Mayotte 2008, 2015, 2018 [played at third level in 2015 and at second in 2008 and 2018] Queen's Park Scotland 1892, 1893, 1900 [played Celtic on each occasion] Randers FC Denmark 1967, 1968, 2006 [includes Randers Freja] FC Séquence de Dixinn Guinea 2008, 2010, 2012 [played Satellite FC in both 2008 and 2010; by the time of the 2010 final, Séquence had been promoted to and Satellite relegated from the top level; in 2011 Séquence played the final after having been relegated from the top level; in both 2011 and 2012 they played Ashanti GB de Siguiri in the final] Southampton England 1900, 1902, 1976 USM Alger Algeria 1969, 1973, 1981 [includes USK Alger; also played two finals in seasons they were relegated (1972, 1980)] 2 times: Alemannia Aachen (W.) Germany 1965, 2004 Alliance Dudelange Luxembourg 1961, 1969 [played Union Luxembourg on both occasions] Ĺtvidabergs FF Sweden 1946, 2005 Austria Lustenau Austria 2011, 2020 FC Baia Mare Romania 1959, 1982 [played Dinamo Bucuresti on both occasions] Barnsley England 1910, 1912 Bohemians (N.) Ireland 1895, 1900 Brann Norway 1982, 2022 Drumcondra Ireland 1927, 1928 East Fife Scotland 1927, 1938 Grevenmacher Luxembourg 1951, 1953 Jaro Pietarsaari Finland 1957, 1999 [includes Drott] FK Khimki Russia 2005, 2020 Landskrona BoIS Sweden 1984, 1993 SFK Lyn Norway 1970, 1994 Magallanes Chile 2011, 2022 Nandamithra SC Sri Lanka 2008, 2010 Olympic de Mvolyé Cameroon 1992, 1994 Palermo Italy 1974, 1979 PEC Zwolle Netherlands 1928, 1977 [includes PEC] Piast Gliwice Poland 1978, 1983 Pogon Szczecin Poland 1981, 2010 FC Schaffhausen Switzerland 1988, 1994 [played Grasshopper Club on both occasions] SePS Finland 1973, 1977 Sunderland England 1973, 1992 Tanzania Stars Tanzania 1997, 1998 Vard Norway 1962, 1975 [played lower level opposition on both occasions] Vitória FC Setúbal Portugal 1943, 1962 [played Benfica on both occasions] West Ham United England 1923, 1980 Wolverhampton Wanderers England 1908, 1921
The teams to face a lower division team in the Cup Final 3 or more times [years in italics indicate loss]:
6 times: Austria Wien Austria 1948, 1949, 1977, 1994, 2009, 2013 Celtic Scotland 1892, 1893, 1900, 1927, 1995, 2023 4 times: Crvena zvezda Beograd Yug./Serbia 1968, 1988, 1995, 2000 Linfield N.Ireland 1892, 1895, 1898, 1976 Rangers Scotland 1897, 1898, 2008, 2016 Steaua Bucuresti Romania 1951, 1955, 1967, 1976 Torpedo Kutaisi Georgia 2011, 2016, 2018, 2022 3 times: FC Basel Switzerland 1913, 2008, 2010 Benfica Portugal 1943, 1944, 1962 CR Belouizdad Algeria 1969, 1995, 2019 Dinamo Bucuresti Romania 1954, 1959, 1982 Ferencvárosi TC Hungary 1974, 1993, 2004 Feyenoord Netherlands 1935, 1991, 1994 Grasshopper Club Switzerland 1942, 1988, 1994 Haka Finland 1955, 1969, 1977 Inter Moengotapoe Surinam 2015, 2017, 2019 1.FC Köln W.Germany 1968, 1970, 1983 FC Nantes France 1979, 1999, 2000 Partizan Beograd Yug./Serbia 1947, 2008, 2009 Reipas Finland 1964, 1973, 1976 Strřmsgodset IF Norway 1970, 1997, 2010 Vejle BK Denmark 1968, 1972, 1981
The following finals did not feature any first division teams:
1916/17 Netherlands Ajax (2, pr.) 5-0 VSV (3, pr.) 1917/18 Netherlands RCH (3) 2-1 VVA (2) 1919/20 Netherlands CVV (3) 2-1 VUC (2) 1920/21 Netherlands Schoten (3) 2-1 RFC (2) 1933/34 Hungary Soroksari AC (2, pr.) 2-2 1-1 2-0 BSZKRT (2*) 1948 Sweden Rĺĺ IF (3, pr.) 6-0 BK Kenty (3) 1955/56 Belgium RC Tournai (2) 2-1 CS Verviers (2, pr.) 1956 Finland PPojat (2) 2-1 TKT (2) 1957 Finland Drott Pietarsaari (2) 2-1 KPT (2) 1962 Norway Gjřvik Lyn (2, pr.) 2-0 Vard (2) 1972/73 Romania Chimia Rîmnicu Vîlcea (2) 1-1 3-0 Constructorul Galati (3, pr.) 1973/74 Denmark Vanlřse BK (2, pr.) 5-2 OB (2) 1974/75 Poland Stal Rzeszow (2, pr.) 0-0 ROW II Rybnik (3) 1975 Norway Bodř/Glimt (2) 2-0 Vard (2, pr.) 1982/83 Poland Lechia Gdansk (3, pr.) 2-1 Piast Gliwice (2) 1986/87 Sweden Kalmar FF (2) 2-0 GAIS (2, pr.) 1989/90 Ireland Bray Wanderers (2) 3-0 Saint Francis (-) 1992 Cameroon Olympique Mvolyé (2) 1-0 Diamant Yaoundé (2) 1994 Norway Molde FK (2, pr.) 3-2 SFK Lyn (2) 2004/05 Guadeloupe Rapid Club (2, pr.) 3-1 Fumerolles (2) 2008 Mayotte FC Labattoir (2, pr.) 2-0 FC Passamainty (3) 2009/10 Sri Lanka Navy SC (4) 2-1 Nandamithra SC (3, pr.) 2009/10 Surinam Excelsior (2, pr.) 2-0 Takdier Boys (2) 2010 Chile Municipal Iquique (2,pr.) 1-1 Deportes Concepción (2) [4-3 pen] 2011 Japan FC Tokyo (2, pr.) 4-2 Kyoto Sanga (2) 2011 Peru José Gálvez (2, pr.) 1-1 6-2 Sport Áncash (2) 2012 Congo-Kins. CS Don Bosco (2, pr.) 4-0 AS Veti Club de Matadi (2) 2012 Senegal ASC HLM (2) 0-0 Renaissance de Dakar (2) [aet, 4-3 pen] 2012 Ap Mexico Dorados de Sinaloa (2) 2-2 Correcaminos UAT (2) [5-4 pen] 2013 G. Bissau Estrela de Cantanhez (3) 1-1 Tigres de Săo Domingos (3) [3-1 pen] 2015 Mayotte Olymp. Miréréni (4,pr.) 0-0 FC Labattoir (3, pr.) [5-4 pen] 2015/16 Scotland Hibernian (2) 3-2 Rangers (2, pr.) 2016 Liberia MC Breweries (2, pr.) awd Mighty Barrolle (2, pr.) [awarded 2-0] 2020 Georgia FK Gagra (2) 0-0 Samgurali Tskhaltubo (2) [aet, 5-3 pen] 2023/24 Senegal Mbour Petite Côte (3) 1-0 Académie Les Férus de Foot (5)
The Netherlands saw 4 such finals (excluding the 6 finals between 1904/05 and 1909/10). Norway had 3 (Vard featuring in two, losing both), Finland, Mayotte, Poland and Sweden had 2 each.
The Swedish Cup final in 1948 was the only European final without teams from either the first or the second level, but it should be noted that no first level clubs entered the tournament that season; in Asia that record was emulated by the Sri Lanka final in 2010 and in Africa by the Guinea Bissau final of 2013 and that of Mayotte 2015.
The 1991 Copa do Brasil had only one first division team (Gręmio FBPA) among the semifinalists, and even they were relegated to the second level after the season. None of the three second division teams (winners Criciúma EC and losing semifinalists Coritiba FC and Clube do Remo) reached promotion, so all four 1991 semifinalists played in the second division in 1992. Thanks to a rather liberal promotion system that season (twelve teams going up), all four managed to earn promotion to the 1993 first level.
The 2012 Coupe du Sénégal did not feature any top level clubs among its semifinalists: three were from the second level (winners HLM, losing finalists Renaissance de Dakar and losing semifinalists Port Autonome) and one from the fourth (losing semifinalists Walidane de Thičs).
The lowest level club ever to reach a domestic cup final were Ruch II Chorzów (the reserve team of Ruch Chorzów), who did that in 1992/93 in Poland, only losing to first division GKS Katowice after extra time and a penalty shootout. When they reached the final in 1992/93, they played at the fifth or sixth level in the Polish league structure.
Their road into that final: Regional competition 4 Sep 1991 home v Wawel Wirek 3-0 8 Oct 1991 away v Siemianowiczanka 3-0 1 Apr 1992 away v GKS II Katowice 4-3 14 Apr 1992 home v MK Katowice 4-1 District competition 19 May 1992 away v Odra II Wodzislaw 0-4 26 May 1992 home v Rozbark Bytom 2-1 9 Jun 1992 v GKS Tychy 2-1 (in Siemianowice) Central competition First Round 1 Aug 1992 home v BKS Stal Bielsko-Biala 1-0 Second Round (2nd level start) 12 Aug 1992 home v Polonia Bytom 2-1 Third Round 26 Aug 1992 home v Rakow Czestochowa 1-1 (aet, 4-2 pen) 1/16 finals (1st level start) 21 Oct 1992 home v Olimpia Poznan 1-0 1/8 finals 11 Nov 1992 home v Miedz Legnica 2-1 (aet) 1/4 finals (2 legs) 10 Mar 1993 home v Stomil/Wisloka Debica 1-0 24 Mar 1993 away v Stomil/Wisloka Debica 2-0 1/2 finals (2 legs) 7 Apr 1993 away v Slask Wroclaw 1-1 23 Apr 1993 home v Slask Wroclaw 4-1 Final 23 Jun 1993 v GKS Katowice 1-1 (aet, 4-5 pen) [in Chorzów (Stadion Slaski, not Ruch stadium)]
All Liechtenstein clubs (currently 7) play in the Swiss league pyramid. None has ever played at the first Swiss level, apart from FC Vaduz who played for one season (2008/09) in the Swiss Super League.
Wales did not have an own league until 1992; only from the 1995/96 season onwards, Welsh clubs competing in the English league pyramid have been excluded from the Welsh Cup (and therefore have no way into the European club cups through that route anymore).
While all Welsh Cup finalists must be considered belonging to the top level of Welsh clubs (as far as the finalists were Welsh in the first place; nearby English clubs like Chester City, Crewe Alexandra, Hereford United, Kidderminster Harriers, and Shrewsbury Town repeatedly played the Welsh Cup final), a peculiar record is held by Merthyr Tydfil, who won the 1986/87 edition while playing in the Southern League Midland Division, corresponding to the 7th level in the English pyramid.
Other trivia on the Cup Winners' Cup (separate file)
Apart from Welsh and Liechtenstein clubs, the only clubs ever to play in the Cup Winners' Cup while competing at the third domestic level were:
1991/92 Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt (Germany) [lost 1st round] 1996/97 Olympique Nîmes (France) [reached 2nd round]
Both were losing cup finalists and qualified because their opponents also won the championship.
In addition, the following clubs qualified for the CWC while playing at the 3rd level, but had been promoted to the 2nd domestic level when they started playing in the CWC:
1971/72 Jeunesse Hautcharage (Luxembourg) [lost 1st round] 1983/84 Lechia Gdansk (Poland) [lost 1st round]
Both qualified by winning their domestic cup final.
The lowest level club ever to play in the CWC was Merthyr Tydfil, who played in the 1987/88 edition as a 7th level team (in the English pyramid), losing by the odd goal in five to Atalanta (themselves a second division club in Italy).
Bangor City played in 1985/86 as an English 6th level team, and reached the 2nd round (after beating Norway's Frederikstad FK on away goals), in which they lost to Atlético de Madrid.
In 1962/63 Bangor City played in the (English) Cheshire League (outside of a structured league pyramid), and lost to Napoli only after a playoff.
In 1963/64 Borough United played in the Welsh Alliance League (the top league for the northern part of Wales), and eliminated Maltese club Sliema Wanderers before being eliminated by Slovan Bratislava in the 2nd round.
The only clubs to compete on more than one occasion in the CWC while at the 2nd domestic level:
Borac Banja Luka (Yugoslavia) [1975/76 (2nd round) and 1988/89 (1st round)] Randers Freja (Denmark) [1967/68 (1st round) and 1968/69 (quarterf.)]
This obviously excludes Welsh and Liechtenstein clubs. Among those:
Cardiff City 14 times (11 2nd level, 2 3rd level, 1 4th level) Wrexham 8 times ( 2 2nd level, 3 3rd level, 3 4th level) Swansea Town/City 5 times ( 2 2nd level, 3 3rd level; also 2 1st level) FC Vaduz 5 times FC Balzers 2 times Bangor City 2 times ( out of league structure).
Norway has been represented by a second level team in the CWC on no fewer than six occasions:
1965/66 Rosenborg BK [2nd round] 1969/70 Mjřndalen [1st round] 1976/77 Bodř/Glimt [1st round] 1980/81 Haugar [2nd round] 1985/86 Frederikstad FK [1st round] 1992/93 Strřmsgodset IF [preliminary round]
In addition, 5 more Norwegian clubs played in the CWC after winning both Cup and promotion from the second division in the previous season:
1963/64 Gjřvik Lyn [1st round] 1971/72 SFK Lyn [1st round] 1983/84 SK Brann [1st round] 1995/96 Molde FK [1st round] 1998/99 Vĺlerenga IF [quarterf.]
In 2013/14 IL Hřdd became the first Norwegian second level club to enter the UEFA Cup and in 2014/15 they were followed by Tromsř IL, thus increasing the total number of Norwegian second level clubs to play in Europe to eight.
Other countries to have been represented in the CWC by a lower level team more than once (excepting Liechtenstein (8 times) and Wales (33) again):
Austria 3 times (Wacker Innsbruck 79/80; Krems 88/89; Stockerau 91/92) Denmark 3 times (Randers Freja 67/68, 68/69; Fremad Amager 72/73) England 3 times (Sunderland 73/74; Southampton 76/77; West Ham United 80/81) France 3 times (Saint Etienne 62/63; Nîmes 96/97; Nice 97/98) Romania 3 times (Chimia R.V. 73/74; CSU Galati 76/77; Baia Mare 82/83) Yugoslavia 3 times (Borac 74/75, 88/89; Obilic 95/96) Czechoslovakia 2 times (Tatran Presov 66/67, Skoda Plzen 71/72) East Germany 2 times (PSV Schwerin 90/91; Stahl Eisenhüttenstadt 91/92) Germany 2 times (Hannover 96 92/93; 1.FC Kaiserslautern 96/97) Netherlands 2 times (Willem II 63/64; NEC 83/84) Poland 2 times (Lechia Gdansk 83/84; Miedz Legnica 92/93) Soviet Union 2 times (Karpaty Lvov 70/71; SKA Rostov/Don 81/82)
Both Czechoslovak clubs were eliminated by Bayern München in the 1st round.
Sporting CP of Lisbon played against lower level opposition in the CWC on no fewer than five occasions; in two seasons they encountered two such teams:
1964/65 lost v Cardiff City (2) 1973/74 won v Cardiff City (2) 1973/74 won v Sunderland (2) 1987/88 won v Kalmar FF (2) 1987/88 lost v Atalanta (2)
Anderlecht encountered lower level opposition on three occasions:
1975/76 won v Borac Banja Luka (2) 1975/76 won v Wrexham (3) 1976/77 won v Southampton (2)
The best Cup Winners' Cup runs by lower division sides (opponents in italics also did not play at the top level):
Semifinalists: 1967/68 Cardiff City (Wales; England 2nd level) 1st round Shamrock Rovers (Ireland) 1-1 away, 2-0 home (3-1 agg) 2nd round NAC (Netherlands) 1-1 away, 4-1 home (5-2 agg) quarterf. Torpedo Moskva (Soviet Union) 1-0 home, 0-1 away, 1-0 playoff semifinal Hamburger SV (West Germany) 1-1 away, 2-3 home (3-4 agg) 1987/88 Atalanta (Italy, 2nd level) 1st round Merthyr Tydfil (Wales) 1-2 away, 2-0 home (3-2 agg) 2nd round OFI (Greece) 0-1 away, 2-0 home (2-1 agg) quarterf. Sporting CP (Portugal) 2-0 home, 1-1 away (3-1 agg) semifinal KV Mechelen (Belgium) 1-2 away, 1-2 home (2-4 agg) Quarterfinalists: 1964/65 Cardiff City (Wales; England 2nd level) 1st round Esbjerg fB (Denmark) 0-0 away, 1-0 home (1-0 agg) 2nd round Sporting CP (Portugal) 2-1 away, 0-0 home (2-1 agg) quarterf. Real Zaragoza (Spain) 2-2 away, 0-1 home (2-3 agg) 1968/69 Randers Freja (Denmark, 2nd level) 1st round Shamrock Rovers (Ireland) 1-0 home, 2-1 away (3-1 agg) 2nd round Sliema Wanderers (Malta) 6-0 home, 2-0 away (8-0 agg) quarterf. 1.FC Köln (West Germany) 1-2 away, 0-3 home (1-5 agg) 1970/71 Cardiff City (Wales; England 2nd level) 1st round Pezoporikos (Cyprus) 8-0 home, 0-0 away (8-0 agg) 2nd round FC Nantes (France) 5-1 home, 2-1 away (7-2 agg) quarterf. Real Madrid (Spain) 1-0 home, 0-2 away (1-2 agg) 1975/76 Wrexham (Wales; England 3rd level) 1st round Djurgĺrdens IF (Sweden) 2-1 home, 1-1 away (3-2 agg) 2nd round Stal Rzeszow (Poland) 2-0 home, 1-1 away (3-1 agg) quarterf. Anderlecht (Belgium) 0-1 away, 1-1 home (1-2 agg) 1976/77 Southampton (England, 2nd level) 1st round Olympique Marseille (France) 4-0 home, 1-2 away (5-2 agg) 2nd round Carrick Rangers (N.Ireland) 5-2 away, 4-1 home (9-3 agg) quarterf. Anderlecht (Belgium) 0-2 away, 2-1 home (2-3 agg) 1980/81 Newport County (Wales; England 3rd level) 1st round Crusaders (N.Ireland) 4-0 home, 0-0 away (4-0 agg) 2nd round Haugar (Norway) 0-0 away, 6-0 home (6-0 agg) quarterf. Carl Zeiss Jena (East Germany) 2-2 away, 0-1 home (2-3 agg) 1980/81 West Ham United (England, 2nd level) 1st round Castilla (Spain) 1-3 away, 5-1 home (6-4 agg) 2nd round Politehnica Timisoara (Romania) 4-0 home, 0-1 away (4-1 agg) quarterf. Dinamo Tbilisi (Soviet Union) 1-4 home, 1-0 away (2-4 agg)
Other trivia on the Cup Winners' Cup (separate file)
The first second level teams to compete in the UEFA Cup were FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt and Hallescher FC, who had both qualified in the former East German league structure in 1990/91, but upon the start of the 1991/92 UEFA Cup had been integrated into the (West) German 2nd level. Hallescher FC lost in the first round to Torpedo Moskva, but Rot-Weiß Erfurt eliminated Dutch team FC Groningen before losing to later winners Ajax, also from the Netherlands.
In 1994/95 Olympique de Marseille played in the UEFA Cup while a second level club, but this was an aberration following their forced relegation at the end of the 1993/94 season (in which they had finished second in France) due to the bribery scandal surrounding their match versus Valenciennes in 1992/93. They reached the second round, beating Olympiakos Piraeus but losing to FC Sion.
With the demise of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1999/2000, it is now possible for lower division teams to enter the UEFA Cup in a regular way. The first teams to do so were Bray Wanderers and Beira Mar, who (respectively) won the Irish and Portuguese Cup in 1999 while being relegated from the first division. In addition, FC Vaduz of Liechtenstein (at the 3rd Swiss level) entered the UEFA Cup.
Since then, FC Vaduz qualified each season for the UEFA Cup up to and including the 2007/08 edition without gaining promotion to the top flight in Switzerland (twice failing in promotion/relegation playoffs). They have never yet gone beyond the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Cup, though they came close to the first round proper in 2002/03, losing to Livingston from Scotland on a solitary away goal, and with a potential tie-winning goal disallowed for being scored seconds after the final whistle, and again in 2006/07, losing on an away goal to FC Basel from the Swiss top flight. After a one-season stint (2008/09) in the Swiss top level, they returned in the second Swiss division without interrupting their series of UEFA Cup (now Europa League) entrances until 2012; in that year, USV Eschen/Mauren, at the third Swiss league level, won the Liechtenstein cup and qualified for the 2012/13 Europa League (qualifying stage).
Ipswich Town were the first lower level team to enter the UEFA Cup on a Fair Play entry in 2002/03, and became the first lower level team to survive two ties in one UEFA Cup season. In their third tie they bowed out against Slovan Liberec after a penalty shoot-out.
In 2004/05 a record number of eight lower level clubs entered the UEFA Cup: Buducnost Banatski Dvor, Östers IF Växjö, FC Vaduz, FC Wil (all eliminated in the second qualifying round), La Berrichonne Châteauroux, Millwall, Terek Groznyi (all eliminated in the first round) and Alemannia Aachen, who set a new record for lower level clubs in the UEFA Cup by qualifying to the group stage (equivalent to the former second round), progressing from there and falling to AZ in the third round.
The 2007/08 UEFA Cup saw the first ever tie between two lower level clubs when BK Häcken met and defeated Dunfermline Athletic in the second qualifying round. The second such tie occurred in the second qualifying round in 2009/10 when FK Sevojno from the Serbian second division eliminated FBK Kaunas, who had qualified as 2008 league runners-up in Lithuania but had been demoted to the third level ahead of the 2009 season. The third occurrence was in the 2014/15 first qualifying round (for the Europa League) between FC Santos Tartu (playing at the third level but losing cup finalists to champions Levadia Tallinn) and Tromsř IL, relegated from the Norwegian top flight in 2013 but qualified on a Fair Play spot.
In 2010/11 Lausanne-Sport set a new record for lower level clubs in the UEFA Cup by surviving three rounds in the rechristened Europa League; that qualified them for the group stage (which Alemannia Aachen had done before, but the Germans had only been required to enter one knock-out round prior to the group stage) where they were eliminated by CSKA Moskva and Sparta Praha.
In 2013/14 European debutants Estoril Praia became the first club to face
lower level opposition in successive rounds: they eliminated Hapoel Ramat-Gan
in their first tie (third qualifying round) and FC Pasching in their second
ever European fixture (first round). They thus emulated the corresponding
Cup Winners' Cup feats of compatriots Sporting (1973/74) and of Anderlecht (1975/76).
In the same season, Maribor became the first club to twice face second level
opponents in the Europa League group stage: Birmingham City in 2011/12 and
Wigan Athletic in 2013/14.
Apart from FC Vaduz (at the third Swiss level in 1999/00 and 2000/01 while entering the UEFA Cup) and USV Eschen/Mauren (at the fourth Swiss level 2012/13 while entering the UEFA Cup), the only four clubs ever to play in the UEFA Cup while competing at the third domestic level were:
2002/03 Leixőes SC (Portugal) [lost 1st round] 2009/10 FBK Kaunas (Lithuania) [lost 2nd qual. round] 2013/14 FC Pasching (Austria) [lost 1st round] 2014/15 FC Santos Tartu (Estonia) [lost 1st qual. round]In 2008/09, FK Zemun (Serbia) would have joined this select group (they lost the Serbian cup final against champions Partizan while being relegated to the third level in 2007/08) but were refused a license to enter the UEFA Cup.
The only clubs to compete on more than one occasion in the UEFA Cup while at the 2nd domestic (or lower) level are FC Vaduz and Hapoel Ramat-Gan:
FC Vaduz 16 times [1999/00-2007/08, 2009/10-2011/12, 2013/14, 2017/18-2019/20] Hapoel Ramat-Gan 2 times [2003/04, 2013/14]FC Vaduz also entered in 2008/09 and 2014/15, but during those seasons they played at the top Swiss level. In 2012/13 USV Eschen/Mauren entered as Liechtenstein cup winners while at the fourth Swiss level.
Countries to have been represented in the UEFA Cup by a lower level team more than once (excepting Liechtenstein (17 times, 16 by Vaduz and once by Eschen/Mauren)):
France 6 times (Marseille 94/95; Gueugnon 00/01; Strasbourg 01/02;
Lorient 02/03; Châteauroux 04/05; Guingamp 09/10)
Germany 4 times (RW Erfurt 91/92; Hallescher FC 91/92; Union Berlin 01/02;
Alemannia Aachen 04/05)
England 4 times (Ipswich Town 02/03; Millwall 04/05; Birmingham City 11/12;
Wigan Athletic 13/14)
Switzerland 4 times (Lugano 02/03; Wil 04/05; Lausanne-Sport 10/11;
Zürich 16/17)
Scotland 4 times (Gretna 06/07; Dunfermline 07/08; Queen of the South 08/09;
Hibernian 16/17)
Ireland 3 times (Bray Wanderers 99/00; Dundalk 02/03; UCD 15/16)
Sweden 3 times (Östers IF 04/05; Åtvidabergs FF 06/07; BK Häcken 07/08)
Austria 2 times (Pasching 13/14; Sankt Pölten 14/15)
Israel 2 times (Hapoel Ramat-Gan 03/04, 13/14)
Norway 2 times (Hřdd 13/14; Tromsř 14/15)
Portugal 2 times (Beira-Mar 99/00; Leixões 02/03)
Serbia 2 times (Buducnost Banatski Dvor 04/05; Sevojno 09/10)
The Swiss total obviously excludes participations by Liechtenstein clubs;
in three seasons (2002/03, 2004/05 and 2010/11) the Swiss second level
had two clubs competing in the UEFA Cup!
The best UEFA Cup runs by lower division sides:
Third Round: 2004/05 Alemannia Aachen (Germany, 2nd level) 1st round FH (Hafnarfjörđur) (Iceland) 5-1 away, 0-0 home (5-1 agg) grp H rd 1 Lille OSC (France) 1-0 home grp H rd 2 Sevilla FC (Spain) 0-2 away grp H rd 4 Zenit Sankt Peterburg (Russia) 2-2 home grp H rd 5 AEK (Athinai) (Greece) 2-0 away 3rd round AZ (Alkmaar) (Netherlands) 0-0 home, 1-2 away (1-2 agg) NB: 3rd round corresponded to 1/16 finals Second Round: 1991/92 Rot-Weiß Erfurt (Germany, 2nd level) 1st round FC Groningen (Netherlands) 1-0 away, 1-0 home (2-0 agg) 2nd round Ajax (Netherlands) 1-2 home, 0-3 away (1-5 agg) NB: 2nd round corresponded to 1/16 finals 1994/95 Olympique Marseille (France, 2nd level) 1st round Olympiakos (Pireus) (Greece) 2-1 away, 3-0 home (5-1 agg) 2nd round FC Sion (Switzerland) 0-2 away, 3-1 home (3-3 agg, away goal) NB: 2nd round corresponded to 1/16 finals 2001/02 1.FC Union Berlin (Germany, 2nd level) 1st round Haka (Valkeakoski) (Finland) 1-1 away, 3-0 home (4-1 agg) 2nd round Litex Lovech (Bulgaria) 0-2 home, 0-0 away (0-2 agg) NB: 2nd round corresponded to 1/24 finals 2002/03 Ipswich Town (England, 2nd level) qual. rd. Avenir Beggen (Luxembourg) 1-0 away, 8-1 home (9-1 agg) 1st round Sartid Smederevo (Serbia/Mont.) 1-1 home, 1-0 away (2-1 agg) 2nd round Sloven Liberec (Czech Rep.) 1-0 home, 0-1 away (1-1 agg, 2-4 pen) NB: 2nd round corresponded to 1/24 finals 2010/11 Lausanne-Sport (Switzerland, 2nd level) qual.rd. 2 Borac (Banja Luka) (Bosnia-Herz.) 1-0 home, 1-1 away (2-1 agg) qual.rd. 3 Randers (Denmark) 3-2 away, 1-1 home (4-3 agg) 1st round Lokomotiv Moskva (Russia) 1-1 home, 1-1 away (2-2 agg, 4-3 pen) grp F rd 1 CSKA Moskva (Russia) 0-3 home grp F rd 2 Palermo (Italy) 0-1 away grp F rd 3 Sparta Praha (Czech Rep.) 3-3 away grp F rd 4 Sparta Praha (Czech Rep.) 1-3 home grp F rd 5 CSKA Moskva (Russia) 1-5 away grp F rd 6 Palermo (Italy) 0-1 home NB: group stage corresponded to 1/32 finals 2011/12 Birmingham City (England, 2nd level) 1st round Nacional (Funchal) (Portugal) 0-0 away, 3-0 home (3-0 agg) grp H rd 1 SC Braga (Portugal) 1-3 home grp H rd 2 Maribor (Slovenia) 2-1 away grp H rd 3 Club Brugge (Belgium) 2-1 away grp H rd 4 Club Brugge (Belgium) 2-2 home grp H rd 5 SC Braga (Portugal) 0-1 away grp H rd 6 Maribor (Slovenia) 1-0 home NB: group stage corresponded to 1/32 finals 2013/14 Wigan Athletic (England, 2nd level) - bye to group stage grp D rd 1 SV Zulte-Waregem (Belgium) 0-0 away grp D rd 2 Maribor (Slovenia) 3-1 home grp D rd 3 Kuban Krasnodar (Russia) 1-1 home grp D rd 4 Kuban Krasnodar (Russia) 0-1 away grp D rd 5 SV Zulte-Waregem (Belgium) 1-2 home grp D rd 6 Maribor (Slovenia) 1-2 away 2016/17 FC Zürich (Switzerland, 2nd level) - bye to group stage grp L rd 1 Villarreal CF (Spain) 1-2 away grp L rd 2 Osmanlispor (Turkey) 2-1 home grp L rd 3 Steaua Bucuresti (Romania) 1-1 away grp L rd 4 Steaua Bucuresti (Romania) 0-0 home grp L rd 5 Villarreal CF (Spain) 1-1 home grp L rd 6 Osmanlispor (Turkey) 0-2 away
Other trivia on the UEFA Cup (separate file)
While Randers Freja and Borac Banja Luka are the only teams (outside of Wales and Liechtenstein) to have twice entered the Cup Winners' Cup while at the second level domestically, and Hapoel Ramat-Gan is the only club to have done so twice in the UEFA Cup, Bray Wanderers are the only club to have entered both the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup once while playing at the 2nd level domestically. Sadly, they did not reach the first round proper on either occasion:
Bray Wanderers (Ireland) [1990/91 (CWC prel. rd.) and
1999/00 (UEFA Cup qual. rd.)]
At least twelve clubs reached the quarterfinals of African club cups tournaments while playing in the second division domestically. One even won the Champions' Cup! In the 1996 Cup Winners' Cup, three second division clubs qualified for the quarterfinals! Algeria was represented by second division teams in all the quarterfinals of all three competitions as well as in the Champions League group stage.
African Champions' Cup 1988 EP Sétif (Algeria, relegated to 2nd level after 2nd round) 1st round Stade Malien (Mali) 1-1 away, 4-0 home (5-1 agg) 2nd round Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia) 1-2 away, 2-0 home (3-2 agg) quarterf. FC 105 (Libreville) (Gabon) 1-3 away, 3-0 home (4-3 agg) semifinal Al-Ahly (Cairo) (Egypt) 2-0 home, 0-2 away (2-2 agg, 4-2 pen) final Iwuanyanwu (Owerri) (Nigeria) 0-1 away, 4-0 home (4-1 agg) 1999 Shooting Stars (Nigeria, relegated to 2nd level after 2nd round) 1st round AS Kaloum Stars (Guinea) 0-3 away, 6-0 home (6-3 agg) 2nd round DC Motema Pembe (Congo-Kinsh.) 2-0 home, awd away (DCMP disqualified) CL round 1 Al-Ahly (Egypt) 2-3 home CL round 2 Hearts of Oak (Ghana) 0-3 away CL round 3 Raja Casablanca (Morocco) 0-1 away CL round 4 Raja Casablanca (Morocco) 1-0 home CL round 5 Al-Ahly (Egypt) 1-4 away CL round 6 Hearts of Oak (Ghana) 2-2 home 2015 MC El Eulma (Algeria, relegated to 2nd level after 2nd round) prel. rd. Saint George (Ethiopia) 1-0 home, 1-2 away (2-2 agg, away goal) 1st round Asante Kotoko (Ghana) 0-0 home, 2-1 away (2-1 agg) 2nd round CS Sfaxien (Tunisia) 1-0 home, 0-1 away (1-1 agg, 7-6 pen) CL round 1 Al-Merreikh (Sudan) 0-2 away CL round 2 ES Sétif (Algeria) 0-1 home CL round 3 USM Alger (Algeria) 1-2 away CL round 4 USM Alger (Algeria) 0-1 home CL round 5 Al-Merreikh (Sudan) 2-3 home CL round 6 ES Sétif (Algeria) 2-2 away African Cup Winners' Cup 1983 DNC Alger (Algeria, 2nd level) 1st round Trarza Rosso (Mauritania) 0-0 away, 8-1 home (8-1 agg) 2nd round Stade Malien (Mali) 2-0 home, 1-2 away (3-2 agg) quarterf. ASEC (Abidjan) (Ivory Coast) 1-2 home, 0-1 away (1-3 agg) 1985 Leventis United (Nigeria, 2nd level; qualified as 3rd level team 1984) 1st round Old Edwardians (Sierra Leone) 0-0 away, 4-1 home (4-1 agg) 2nd round Horoya AC (Conakry) (Guinea) 0-0 home, 1-1 away (1-1 agg, away goal) quarterf. Jeanne d'Arc (Senegal) 1-0 away, 1-0 home (2-0 agg) semifinal AFC Leopards (Kenya) 2-0 home, 0-1 away (2-1 agg) final Al-Ahly (Cairo) (Egypt) 0-2 away, 1-0 home (1-2 agg) 1986 Foadan Dapaong (Togo, 2nd level) 1st round SC Gagnoa (Ivory Coast) 3-0 home, 1-2 away (4-2 agg) 2nd round Mighty Barolle (Liberia) 2-3 away, 2-0 home (4-3 agg) quarterf. AS Sogara (Gabon) 1-3 away, 1-2 home (2-5 agg) 1996 Pretoria City (South Aftica, 2nd level) 1st round SS Saint-Louisienne (Réunion) 5-1 home, 3-0 away (8-1 agg) 2nd round Notwane (Botswana) 2-1 home, 3-0 away (5-1 agg) quarterf. CR Belouizdad (Algeria) Pretoria City withdrew 1996 Katsina United (Nigeria, 2nd level; qualified as 3rd level team 1995) 1st round Etoile du Congo (Congo-Brazz.) 3-2 away, 1-2 home (4-4 agg, away goals) 2nd round Mbilinga FC (Gabon) 0-3 away, 3-0 home (3-3 agg, 3-2 pen) quarterf. AC Sodigraf (Zaire) 0-2 away, 0-0 home (0-2 agg) 1996 FUS Rabat (Morocco, 2nd level) 1st round Mogas 90 (Benin) 5-0 home, 0-1 away (5-1 agg) 2nd round Stade Abidjan (Ivory Coast) 1-1 away, 2-0 home (3-1 agg) quarterf. Mokawloon (Egypt) 0-0 home, 0-1 away (0-1 agg) 2001 Niger Tornadoes (Nigeria, 2nd level) 1st round Vita Club Mokanda (Congo-Brazz.) 0-1 away, 1-0 home (1-1 agg, 5-4 pen) 2nd round CR Béni-Thour (Algeria) 0-1 away, 2-0 home (2-1 agg) quarterf. Inter (Luanda) (Angola) 1-0 home, 0-4 away (1-4 agg) CAF Cup 1997 USM Aïn Beida (Algeria, relegated to 2nd level after 2nd round) 1st round Stade Malien (Mali) 1-0 home, 1-1 away (2-1 agg) 2nd round Asante Kotoko (Ghana) 1-1 away, 3-1 home (4-2 agg) quarterf. Petro Atlético (Angola) 0-2 away, 1-3 home (1-5 agg) 1998 RS Settat (Morocco, relegated to 2nd level after 2nd round) 1st round USFAS (Mali) 2-2 away, 0-0 home (2-2 agg, away goals) 2nd round Horoya (Guinea) 1-1 away, 3-1 home (4-2 agg) quarterf. Jeanne d'Arc (Senegal) 0-2 away, 0-0 home (0-2 agg) In addition, Tanzania Stars entered the CWC in 1998 as a fourth division team, but were eliminated in the first round.
Tokyo Verdy 1969 won the 2004/05 Emperor's Cup in Japan on New Year's Day 2005, when a top flight J-League team. However, during the 2005 season, they were relegated to the second level J2 league. They nevertheless entered the 2006 AFC Champions League along 2005 champions Gamba Osaka by virtue of their cup win of 14 months ago. Their adventure in Asia's prime competition as a second level team was restricted to two matches, as two of their three group opponents (Arema from Malang, Indonesia, and Tobacco Monopoly from Bangkok, Thailand) were disqualified for late registration before the start of the competition.
The 2009 AFC Cup saw two lower level teams entering the competition: Suwaiq, who won the 2008 Sultan Qaboos Cup in Oman while in the second division 2008/09, and Ha Noi ACB, who won the 2008 cup in Vietnam shortly after being relegated from the top flight that season. In 2013, Al-Ahli (Taizz), winners of the 2012 President Cup while relegated from the top level, played in the group stage of the AFC Cup.
Al-Faysali won the 2020/21 Crown Prince Cup in Saudi Arabia, thus qualifying for the 2022 AFC Champions League, but suffered relegation at the end of the 2021/22 season, meaning that while they played the group stage of the Champions League as a top level side, winning their group as hosts, they entered the knock-out stage, postponed to February 2023, as a second tier side. Nevertheless, the group stage featured a second level side as well, Jeonnam Dragons, who won the 2021 Korean FA Cup while playing in the K League 2. They finished third in their group with a fifty percent record but did not progress.
AFC Champions League
2006 Tokyo Verdy 1969 (2nd level)
group F Ulsan H'dai Horang-i (South Korea) 0-2 home, 0-1 away
2022 Al-Faysali (2nd level)
1/8 final Foolad Khuzestan (Iran) 0-1 (in Doha, Qatar)
2022 Jeonnam Dragons (2nd level) (all matches in Pathum Thani)
group G United City FC (Philippines) 1-0 neut, 2-0 neut
BG Pathum United (Thailand) 0-2 away, 0-0 away
Melbourne City (Australia) 1-2 neut, 1-1 neut
AFC Cup
2009 Suwaiq (2nd level)
group B Safa (Lebanon) 0-1 home, 0-1 away
Al-Hilal (Hudayda) (Yemen) 3-1 home, 0-2 away
Al-Zawra'a (Iraq) 0-1 home, 0-2 away
2009 Ha Noi ACB (2nd level)
group G Kedah (Malaysia) 3-1 home, 0-7 away
Eastern (Hongkong) 3-0 home, 0-3 away
Chonburi FC (Thailand) 0-2 home, 0-6 away
2013 Al-Ahli (Taizz) (2nd level)
qual.rd. Al-Wahda (Damascus) (Syria) 5-3 (in Zarqa, Jordan)
group B Arbil (Iraq) 0-4 home, 0-4 away
Fanja (Oman) 0-2 home, 1-3 away
Al-Ansar (Lebanon) 0-2 home, 1-5 away
In Brazil, the national cup is used to determine some of its participants to the South American club cups; three second level teams obtained access to the Copa Libertadores that way. Additionally, regional cup tournaments were used to select clubs for the Copa Conmebol, now discontinued; in total six more Brazilian clubs played in the Copa Conmebol without playing at the first level domestically. CSA, a third level team from Brazil reached the Copa Conmebol 1999 final after beating São Raimundo, who played at the same level.
Juventude represented Brazil in the Copa Libertadores 2000 as Cup winners, having been relegated from the first level in 1999 (however, due to the Brazilian federation being unable to organize a championship in 2000, a substitute league under the name of Copa João Havelange was played, in which Juventude played in the highest module).
In 2005, EC Santo André represented Brazil in the Copa Libertadores as a second level team, following their win of the domestic cup 2004, and Paulista FC followed their example in the following season.
In Bolivia, 2010 Apertura champions Jorge Wilstermann were relegated at the end of the Clausura that year and thus entered the Copa Libertadores 2011 as a second level side.
Chile used a cup tournament between 1st and 2nd level teams to determine the participants in the new Copa Sudamericana; in 2003, a team from the second level, Provincial Osorno, reached the first round of the tournament, where they were eliminated by compatriots Universidad Católica after a penalty shoot-out.
By the time Goiás EC played the 2010 Copa Sudamericana final against Independiente, which they lost on penalties, they had been relegated to the 2nd level in Brazil. Likewise, 2013 finalists Ponte Preta had been relegated to the 2nd level in Brazil by the time they lost the final against Lanús. However, both had started the continental competition as a first level team at the domestic level, unlike Estudiantes de Caracas, who were relegated at the end of the 2016 season in which they had qualified for the 2017 Copa Sudamericana as runners-up of the domestic cup competition, and Santiago Wanderers, who were relegated at the end of the 2017 season after qualifying for the 2018 Copa Libertadores as domestic cup winners. In addition, also Independiente (Campo Grande) from Paraguay were relegated from the top flight in 2018 (as 11th team out of 12 over a three-season average) in spite of qualifying for the 2019 Copa Sudamericana (as sixth best team of the 2018 season).
Copa Libertadores
1992 Criciúma (2nd level)
1st round São Paulo (Brazil) 3-0 home, 0-4 away
Bolívar (Bolivia) 1-1 away, 2-1 home
San José (Bolivia) 2-1 away, 5-0 home
qualified for 2nd round as group winners
2nd round Sporting Cristal (Peru) 2-1 away, 3-2 home (5-3 agg)
quarterf. São Paulo (Brazil) 0-1 away, 1-1 home (1-2 agg)
2000 Juventude (2nd level (relegation never became effective))
1st round El Nacional (Ecuador) 1-0 home, 0-2 away
The Strongest (Bolivia) 1-5 away, 4-0 home
Palmeiras (Brazil) 0-3 away, 2-2 home
2005 Santo André (2nd level)
1st round Deportivo Táchira (Venezuela) 0-1 away, 6-0 home
Cerro Porteńo (Paraguay) 2-2 home, 0-1 away
Palmeiras (Brazil) 1-1 away, 2-1 home
2006 Paulista (2nd level)
1st round El Nacional (Ecuador) 1-1 away, 0-0 home
Libertad (Paraguay) 0-0 home, 0-1 away
River Plate (Argentina) 1-4 away, 2-1 home
2011 Jorge Wilstermann (2nd level)
1st round Jaguares (Mexico) 0-2 away, 2-1 home
Emelec (Ecuador) 0-1 away, 0-0 home
Internacional (Brazil) 1-4 home, 0-3 away
2018 Santiago Wanderers (Valparaíso) (2nd level)
qual.rd. 2 Melgar FBC (Peru) 1-1 home, 1-0 away (2-1 agg)
qual.rd. 3 Independiente Santa Fe (Colombia) 1-2 home, 0-3 away (1-5 agg)
Copa Conmebol
1992 Gręmio (2nd level)
1st round Bragantino (Brazil) 2-2 away, 1-1 home (7-6 pen)
quarterf. El Nacional (Ecuador) 1-0 home, 1-4 away (2-4 agg)
1995 Ceará (2nd level)
1st round Corinthians (Brazil) 1-1 home, 2-2 away (6-7 pen)
1997 Rio Branco (-)
1st round Dep. Tolima (Colombia) 1-2 away, 1-0 home (1-3 pen)
NB: there were 3 levels in the Brazilian national championship, and Rio
Branco did not play at any of them in 1997, but only in the Acre State
League (which they won that season, as well as the Copa Norte which
earned them entry into the Copa Conmebol).
1998 Sampaio Corręa (2nd level)
1st round América-RN (Brazil) 0-0 away, 3-1 home (3-1 agg)
quarterf. Dep. Quindío (Colombia) 1-0 away, 1-0 home (2-0 agg)
semifinal Santos (Brazil) 0-0 away, 1-5 home (1-5 agg)
1999 Vila Nova (Goias) (2nd level)
1st round CSA (Brazil) 0-2 away, 2-0 home (3-4 pen)
1999 CSA (3rd level)
1st round Vila Nova (Goias) (Brazil) 2-0 home, 0-2 away (4-3 pen)
quarterf. Estudiantes de Mérida (Venezuela) 0-0 away, 3-1 home (3-1 agg)
semifinal São Raimundo (Brazil) 0-1 away, 2-1 home (5-4 pen)
final Talleres (Argentina) 4-2 home, 0-3 away (4-5 agg)
1999 São Raimundo (3rd level)
1st round Atlético Huila (Colombia) 2-1 away, 2-1 home (4-2 agg)
quarterf. Sport Boys (Peru) 1-1 away, 4-0 home (5-1 agg)
semifinal CSA (Brazil) 1-0 home, 1-2 away (4-5 pen)
Copa Sudamericana
2003 Provincial Osorno (2nd level)
1st round Universidad Católica (Chile) 1-0 away, 1-2 home (3-5 pen)
2013 Sport Recife (2nd level)
1st round Náutico (Brazil) 2-0 home, 0-2 away (3-1 pen)
2nd round Libertad (Paraguay) 0-2 away, 1-2 home (1-4 agg)
2015 Brasília FC (-)
1st round bye
2nd round Goiás (Brazil) 0-0 home, 2-0 away (2-0 agg)
3rd round Atlético Paranaense (Brazil) 0-1 away, 0-0 home (0-1 agg)
NB: there were 4 levels in the Brazilian national championship, and Brasília
did not play at any of them in 2015, but only in the Brasília State
League (in which they finished runners-up in both 2014 and 2015; they
entered the Copa Sudamericana thanks to winning the 2014 Copa Verde,
which was later revoked after an appeal by losing finalists Paysandú,
who were declared winners instead).
2016 Cuiabá EC (3rd level)
1st round bye
2nd round Chapecoense (Brazil) 1-0 home, 1-3 away (2-3 agg)
2017 Estudiantes SC (Caracas) (2nd level)
1st round Sol de América (Paraguay) 2-3 home, 1-7 away (3-10 agg)
2019 Independiente (Campo Grande) (2nd level)
1st round La Equidad (Colombia) 0-0 home, 0-0 away (3-4 pen)
Two lower level teams entered the preliminary round for the inaugural CONCACAF Champions League 2008/09: the Puerto Rico Islanders and Montréal Impact, both playing in the second level United Soccer Leagues First Division. The USL comprises clubs from the United States (predominantly), Canada, Bermuda and Puerto Rico. Montréal Impact had qualified as Canadian representatives, Puerto Rico Islanders as Puerto Rico representatives. As Montréal Impact eliminated Real Estelí and Puerto Rico Islanders defeated Alajuelense in the preliminary round, two nominal second division sides reached the group stage. Both managed to finish second in their groups behind Mexican teams and qualified for the quarterfinals, in which Puerto Rico Ilanders eliminated Marathón to enter the semifinals, while Montréal Impact lost by the odd goal in nine to Santos Laguna - with Santos' last two goals coming deep into injury time. The Islanders lost their semifinal against Cruz Azul on penalties. In the 2007/08 Champions Cup, Puerto Rico Islanders had already made the semifinals of the Caribbean qualifying stage (whose winners made the 8-team tournament proper). In the 2009/10 tournament, Puerto Rico Islanders again managed to qualify for the group stage after eliminating Canadian MLS side Toronto FC; there was however no repetition of the heroics in the previous season as they were eliminated in the group stage with a round of matches to spare. In the 2010/11 tournament, the Islanders made it to the group stage for the third successive season after winning the Caribbean qualifying section and eliminating Los Angeles Galaxy, but failed to progress to the quarterfinals after losing their final group match 0-3 away to Olimpia.
CONCACAF Champions League
2008/09 Montreal Impact (2nd level)
prel. rd. Real Estelí (Nicaragua) 1-0 home, 0-0 away
group C Joe Public (Trinidad and Tobago) 2-0 home, 4-1 away
Atlante (Mexico) 0-0 home, 1-2 away
Olimpia (Honduras) 2-1 away, 1-1 home
quarterf. Santos Laguna (Mexico) 2-0 home, 2-5 away
2008/09 Puerto Rico Islanders (2nd level)
prel. rd. Alajuelense (Costa Rica) 1-1 away, 2-1 home
group D Tauro (Panama) 2-1 home, 2-2 away
Santos Laguna (Mexico) 3-1 home, 0-3 away
Municipal (Guatemala) 2-2 away, 0-1 home
quarterf. Marathón (Honduras) 2-1 away, 1-0 home (3-1 agg)
semifinal Cruz Azul (Mexico) 2-0 home, 1-3 away (2-4 pen)
2009/10 Puerto Rico Islanders (2nd level)
prel. rd. Toronto FC (Canada) 1-0 away, 0-0 home
group C Columbus Crew (USA) 0-2 away, 1-1 home
Saprissa (Costa Rica) 1-3 away, 1-1 home
Cruz Azul (Mexico) 3-3 home, 0-2 away
2010/11 Puerto Rico Islanders (2nd level)
prel. rd. Los Angeles Galaxy (USA) 4-1 away, 1-2 home
group D Olimpia (Honduras) 1-1 home, 0-3 away
Deportivo FAS (El Salvador) 4-1 home, 0-0 away
Toluca (Mexico) 0-3 away, 3-2 home
With thanks to Lars Aarhus, Lars Arellars, Dale Arnett, José Batalha, Josef Bobrowsky, Jean-Michel Cazal, Russell Gerrard, Miron Goihman, Osvaldo José Gorgazzi, John Hickey, Óskar Jónsson, Jacques Lallemand, Douglas Martínez, Bob McPherson, Pawel Mogielnicki, Willem Andries Oosterhof, Frédéric Pauron, Heikki Pietarinen, Ricardo Pontes, Mike Raney, Paulo Rocha, Alfonso Rodríguez de Trio, Hans Schöggl, Erdinç Sivritepe and Mario Xuereb for additional information.
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