The Army FA Challenge Cup is one of the oldest standing Cup Competitions in the world having been established in 1888. The Final is played annually at the Aldershot Military Stadium. The Army FA Challenge Cup is competed for by Major Units in the Army. A Cup for to be competed for by Minor Units in the Army was introduced at a much later date and named the Minor Units Cup.
Season Winners Result Runners-up 1888-89 2nd Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 2-0 2nd Bn South Staffordshire Regiment 1889-90 2nd Bn Black Watch 3-1 2nd Bn Scots Guards 1890-91 2nd Bn Scots Guards 2-0 2nd Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1891-92 2nd Bn Scots Guards 2-1 1st Bn Scots Guards 1892-93 2nd Bn Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 0-0 1-0 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters 1893-94 2nd Bn Black Watch 7-2 Royal Artillery Gosport 1894-95 Royal Artillery Portsmouth 2-0 2nd Bn Black Watch 1895-96 1st Bn Royal Scots 3-1 2nd Bn Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1896-97 Royal Artillery Portsmouth 1-0 1st Bn Lancashire Fusiliers 1897-98 Royal Artillery Portsmouth 2-0 Gordon Highlanders 1898-99 1st Bn South Lancashire Regiment 3-0 Army Service Corps Aldershot 1899-00 no competition held 1900-01 2nd Highland Light Infantry 1-0 3rd Bn Coldstream Guards 1901-02 2nd Bn Black Watch 0-0 1-0 4th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers 1902-03 Service Bn Royal Engineers 1-1 2-0 2nd Bn North Staffordshire Regiment 1903-04 Royal Marine Artillery 1-0 Service Bn Royal Engineers 1904-05 2nd Grenadier Guards 2-1 Service Bn Royal Engineers 1905-06 Depot & District Bn Royal Engineers 1-0 1st Bn Cheshire Regiment 1906-07 Depot Bn Royal Engineers 3-0 2nd Bn Bedfordshire Regiment 1907-08 4th Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps 1-0 2nd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers 1908-09 2nd Bn Royal Irish Rifles 1-0 Royal Artillery (Shoeburyness) 1909-10 Royal Marine Light Infantry (Gosport) 2-0 1st Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers 1910-11 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters 3-1 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry 1911-12 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters 5-1 4th Bn Middlesex Regiment 1912-13 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry 1-0 1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment 1913-14 Army Service Corps (Woolwich) 1-0 1st Bn Hampshire Regiment 1914-19 no competition due to World War I 1919-20 Royal Army Medical Corps (Aldershot) 1-0 1st Bn Hampshire Regiment 1920-21 Royal Army Medical Corps (Aldershot) 1-0 4th Res. Brigade Royal Field Artillery 1921-22 1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment 3-1 2nd Bn Royal Welch Fusiliers 1922-23 Royal Army Service Corps (Training Establishment) 1-0 aet 2nd Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 1923-24 1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment 1-0 Royal Artillery (Shoeburyness) 1924-25 1st Bn Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 3-0 1st Bn Somerset Light Infantry 1925-26 2nd Bn South Staffordshire Regiment 2-1 2nd Bn Leicestershire Regiment 1926-27 2nd Bn Leicestershire Regiment 2-1 Royal Army Ordnance Corps Southern Comm (South) 1927-28 Royal Army Ordnance Corps Southern Comm (South) 2-1 1st Brigade Royal Horse Artillery 1928-29 1st Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers 3-2 1st Bn Warwickshire Regiment 1929-30 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters 3-2 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade 1930-31 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters 2-1 4th Divisional Signals (Royal Corps of Signals) 1931-32 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters 3-1 1st Bn Duke of Wellington's Regiment 1932-33 2nd Bn Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 2-2 3-2 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade 1933-34 2nd Bn King's Own Royal Regiment 3-0 2nd Bn Royal Tank Corps 1934-35 4th Bn Royal Tank Corps 6-3 2nd Bn Royal Ulster Rifles 1935-36 10th Field Brigade Royal Artillery 1-0 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 1936-37 Royal Army Service Corps Training Centre (Aldershot) 2-1 Training Bn Royal Engineers 1937-38 Royal Artillery (Shoeburyness) 4-0 1st Bn Royal Welch Fusiliers 1938-39 9th Field Regiment Royal Artillery 1-0 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry 1939-46 no competition due to World War II 1946-47 Royal Engineers (Barton Stacey) 1-0 2nd Bn Irish Guards (British Army of the Rhine) 1947-48 shared: Royal Armoured Corps Bovington 0-0 abd 121st Training Regiment RA 1948-49 Depot & Training Establishment Royal Army Medical Corps 6-0 64th Training Regiment RA 1949-50 3rd Bn Training Basic Royal Army Ordnance Corps 2-1 64th Training Regiment RA 1950-51 4th Bn Training Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 2-1 1st Bn East Yorkshire Regiment 1951-52 67th Training Regiment Royal Armoured Corps 2-1 7th Training Regiment Royal Corps of Signals 1952-53 7th Training Regiment Royal Corps of Signals 3-2 28th Bn Training Basic Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1953-54 9th Bn Training Basic Royal Army Ordnance Corps 4-3 6th CIC Army Catering Corps 1954-55 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry 1-0 Royal Army Pay Corps Training Centre 1955-56 2nd Training Regiment Royal Corps of Signals 3-2 1st Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1956-57 4th Bn Army Training Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 2-1 Royal Army Pay Corps Training Centre 1957-58 4th Bn Army Training Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 1-0 Royal Army Pay Corps Training Centre 1958-59 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers 6-2 1st Bn Royal Scots 1959-60 29th Coy Royal Army Ordnance Corps 2-1 6th Bn Training Royal Army Service Corps 1960-61 2nd Bn Training Royal Army Service Corps 4-1 6th Bn Training Royal Army Service Corps 1961-62 6th Bn Royal Army Ordnance Corps 2-1 6th Bn Training Royal Army Service Corps 1962-63 10th Royal Hussars 2-1 1st Bn Sherwood Foresters 1963-64 6th Para RAOC/REME 2-2 2-1 13th/18th Queen's Royal Irish Hussars 1964-65 School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering 6-3 1st Bn Royal Highland Fusiliers 1965-66 24th Regiment Royal Corps of Signals 4-1 13th/18th Queen's Royal Irish Hussars 1966-67 11th Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) 3-0 1st Bn King's Regiment 1967-68 1st Bn Parachute Regiment 1-0 HQ British Army of the Rhine 1968-69 1st Bn Royal Highland Fusiliers 3-0 4th Divisional Engineers 1969-70 1st Bn Royal Highland Fusiliers 4-2 32nd Engineer Regiment 1970-71 School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering 3-1 32nd Engineer Regiment 1971-72 Royal Army Pay Corps Worthy Town 2-1 36th Heavy Air Defence Regiment 1972-73 Training Centre Royal Corps of Transport 2-1 28th (BR) Signal Regiment (NORTHAG) 1973-74 School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering 4-2 28th (BR) Signal Regiment (NORTHAG) 1974-75 8th Signal Regiment 4-2 28th (BR) Signal Regiment (NORTHAG) 1975-76 School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering 2-0 22nd Signal Regiment 1976-77 28th (BR) Signal Regiment (NORTHAG) 2-0 School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering 1977-78 39th Regiment Royal Artillery 1-1 1-0 28th (BR) Signal Regiment (NORTHAG) 1978-79 1st Bn Royal Highland Fusiliers 1-0 22nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 1979-80 Training Regiment Royal Engineers 1-0 39th Regiment Royal Artillery 1980-81 28th Amphibious Regiment 2-0 School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering 1981-82 28th (BR) Signal Regiment (NORTHAG) 1-0 School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering 1982-83 School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering 1-0 28th Amphibious Regiment 1983-84 School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering 1-0 45th Field Regiment Royal Artillery 1984-85 1st Bn King's Regiment 3-2 40th Army Engineer Support Group 1985-86 School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering 3-0 28th Amphibious Regiment 1986-87 28th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG) 4-4 4-3 School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering 1987-88 School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering 4-3 28th Amphibious Regiment 1988-89 10th Royal Corps of Transport 5-0 Royal School of Signals 1989-90 28th Amphibious Regiment 7-1 School of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering 1990-91 8th Amphibious Regiment 0-0 2-1 1st & 3rd Training Regiment Royal Engineers 1991-92 28th Engineer Regiment 2-0 2nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 1992-93 28th Engineer Regiment 1-0 Training Regiment Royal Engineers 1993-94 28th Engineer Regiment 2-1 2nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 1994-95 2nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 1-0 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering 1995-96 28th Engineer Regiment 2-0 1st Bn Cheshire Regiment 1996-97 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering 3-0 1st Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1997-98 3rd Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 2-0 3rd Bn Royal School of Military Engineering 1998-99 3rd Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 2-1 1st Bn Cheshire Regiment 1999-00 28th Engineer Regiment 1-0 1st Bn Cheshire Regiment 2000-01 28th Engineer Regiment 3-3 5-4p 3rd Bn Royal School of Military Engineering 2001-02 28th Engineer Regiment 2-1 1st Bn King's Regiment 2002-03 6th Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 4-0 11th Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 2003-04 2nd Bn Royal Irish 1-0 6th Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 2004-05 6th Bn Support Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 2-2 4-2p 4th Line Support Royal Logistic Corps 2005-06 4th Line Support Royal Logistic Corps 5-5 4-3p 4th Bn Royal Irish 2006-07 3rd Bn UK Division HQ/Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 2-0 5th Bn Royal Scots 2007-08 9th Regiment Army Air Corps 3-0 3rd Royal Yorkshire Regiment 2008-09 3rd Bn UK Division HQ/Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 2-1 7th Air Assault Bn Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 2009-10 2nd Parachute Regiment 3-1 6th Bn Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 2010-11 3rd Royal Yorkshire Regiment 1-1 4-3p 9th Regiment Army Air Corps 2011-12 2nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 2-0 2nd Royal Fusiliers 2012-13 22nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 4-1 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering 2013-14 22nd Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 4-0 1st Bn Royal Yorkshire Regiment 2014-15 7th Regiment Royal Logistic Corps 4-2 30th Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 2015-16 7th Regiment Royal Logistic Corps 3-1 1st Bn Royal Yorkshire Regiment 2016-17 1st Bn Royal Yorkshire Regiment 3-2 30th Royal Corps of Signal Regiment 2017-18 1st Bn Royal Yorkshire Regiment 2-1 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering 2018-19 21st Royal Engineer Regiment 4-2 3rd Regiment Army Air Corps 2019-20 7th Regiment Royal Logistic Corps 4-0 3rd Royal School of Military Engineering 2020-21 no competition due to Covid-19 pandemic 2021-22 4th Regiment Royal Logistic Corps 3-2 1st "Mercians" (Royal Artillery) 2022-23 3rd Parachute Regiment 3-2 23rd Parachute Engineer Regiment 2023-24 1st "Mercians" (Royal Artillery) 3-0 Royal Tank Regiment 2024-25 23rd Parachute Engineer Regiment 2-0 aet 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
1920-21 RAF Cranwell 1921-22 RAF Henlow 1922-23 RAF Cranwell 1923-24 RAF Manston 1924-25 RAF Cranwell 1925-26 RAF Flowerdown 1926-27 RAF Martlesham Heath 1927-28 RAF Eastchurch 1928-29 RAF Henlow 1929-30 RAF Henlow 1930-31 RAF Martlesham Heath 1931-32 RAF Boscombe Down 1932-33 RAF Martlesham Heath 1933-34 RAF Henlow 1934-35 RAF Upper Heyford 1935-36 RAF Leuchars 1936-37 RAF Cranwell 1937-38 RAF Manston 1938-39 RAF Shawbury 1939-48 no competition due to World War II 1948-49 RAF Halton 1949-50 RAF Halton 1950-51 RAF Cosford 1951-52 RAF Saint Mawgan 1952-53 RAF Cosford 1953-54 RAF Innsworth 1954-55 RAF Kinloss 1955-56 RAF Melksham 1956-57 RAF Innsworth 1957-58 RAF Kirkham 1958-59 RAF High Wycombe 1959-60 RAF Melksham 1960-61 RAF Yatesbury 1961-62 RAF Cranwell 1962-63 RAF Yatesbury 1963-64 RAF Ballykelly 1964-65 RAF Finningley 1965-66 RAF Benson 1966-67 RAF Finningley 1967-68 RAF Scampton 1968-69 RAF Waddington 1969-70 RAF Scampton 1970-71 RAF Marham 1971-72 RAF Thorney Island 1972-73 RAF Kinloss 1973-74 RAF Lyneham 1974-75 RAF Lyneham 1975-76 RAF Henlow 1976-77 RAF Lyneham 1977-78 RAF Brize Norton 1978-79 RAF Wattisham 1979-80 RAF Brize Norton 1980-81 RAF Marham 1981-82 RAF Brize Norton 1982-83 RAF Wyton 1983-84 RAF Wyton 1984-85 RAF Abingdon 1985-86 RAF Brize Norton 1986-87 RAF Kinloss 1987-88 RAF Locking 1988-89 RAF Wyton 1989-90 RAF Brize Norton 1990-91 RAF Saint Athan 1991-92 RAF Lyneham 1992-93 RAF Coningsby 1993-94 RAF Kinloss 1994-95 RAF Waddington 1995-96 RAF Coltishall 1996-97 RAF Brüggen (Germany) 1997-98 RAF Leeming 1998-99 RAF Brüggen (Germany) 1999-00 RAF Boulmer 2000-01 RAF Leeming 2001-02 RAF Leeming 2002-03 RAF Marham 2003-04 RAF Lyneham 2004-05 RAF Lyneham 2005-06 RAF Leeming 2006-07 RAF Coningsby 2007-08 RAF Wittering 2008-09 RAF Cosford 2009-10 RAF Cosford 2010-11 RAF Wittering 2011-12 RAF Cosford 2012-13 RAF Coningsby 2013-14 RAF Benson 2014-15 RAF Waddington 2015-16 RAF Marham 3-0 RAF Cosford 2016-17 RAF Honington 2017-18 RAF Coningsby 3-2 RAF Brize Norton 2018-19 RAF Brize Norton 5-3 RAF Coningsby 2019-20 RAF Odiham 2-1 aet RAF Marham 2020-21 RAF Honington 1-0 RAF Coningsby 2021-22 RAF Cosford 3-0 RAF Marham 2022-23 RAF Boulmer 1-0 RAF Cosford 2023-24 RAF Brize Norton 3-0 RAF Leeming 2024-25 RAF Boulmer 4-3 RAF Lossiemouth
Sources: https://www.armyfa.com/cups-and-competitions, https://www.facebook.com/ArmyFootballAssociation, https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Army_Football_Association, https://www.royalairforcefa.com/cups-and-competitions/raf-challenge-cup
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