The Challenge Shield was first presented in September 1896. Note that the Hongkong FA only recognises trophy winners since its own reconstruction in 1945.
It is the first major knock-out tournament in the Hongkong football season.
Season Winners Runners-Up
1895/96 Kowloon FC 3-0 HMS 'Centurion'
1896/97 HMS 'Centurion' 2-1 Kowloon FC
1897/98 G.Co. 1st Battalion King's Own Rifles 3-0 25th Coy. S.D., R.A.
1898/99 Hong Kong FC 1-0 38th Coy. S.D., R.A.
1899/00 Royal Welch Fusiliers, G.Co. 3-1 Royal Welch Fusiliers, H.Co.
1900/01 Royal Garrison Artillery 6-0 Royal Welch Fusiliers, H.Co.
1901/02 Royal Welch Fusiliers 3-2 HMS 'Glory'
1902/03 HMS 'Glory' 2-1 Argonauts
1903/04 HMS 'Albion' 3-0 HMS 'Cressy'
1904/05 The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Rgt.) 2-0 HMS 'Glory'
1905/06 HMS 'Diadem' 2-0 Hong Kong FC
1906/07 Royal Garrison Artillery 3-2 Hong Kong FC
1907/08 Hong Kong FC 2-1 HMS 'Bedford'
1908/09 HMS 'Bedford' 4-3 The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
1909/10 The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4-1 Naval Dockyards
1910/11 Navy Dockyards 2-0 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1911/12 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 5-0 Naval Dockyards
1912/13 Royal Engineers 5-0 D.C.L.I.
1913/14 Royal Garrison Artillery 13-1 HMS 'Hampshire'
1914/15 Royal Engineers 2-0 Hong Kong FC
1915/16 Hong Kong FC 1-0 Royal Engineers
1916/17 not played
1917/18 not played
1918/19 Hong Kong FC 1-0 South China
1919/20 Police 3-1 Saint Joseph's
1920/21 HMS 'Titania' 4-2 Royal Garrison Artillery
1921/22 Hong Kong FC 2-0 Royal Garrison Artillery
1922/23 Kowloon FC 2-1 The King's Liverpool Regiment
1923/24 East Surrey Regiment 3-1 Kowloon FC
1924/25 Kowloon FC 4-2 Police
1925/26 Kowloon FC 3-2 East Surrey Regiment
1926/27 King's Own Scottish Borderers 2-0 Kowloon FC
1927/28 Kowloon FC 2-1 Police
1928/29 South China 5-0 Kowloon FC
1929/30 Somerset Light Infantry 2-1 Royal Navy
1930/31 South China 6-1 South Wales Borderers
1931/32 South Welsh Borderers 3-2 Hong Kong FC
1932/33 South China 3-1 South Welsh Borderers
1933/34 South Welsh Borderers 3-0 South China
1934/35 South China 'B' 2-1 Police
1935/36 South China 2-1 Police
1936/37 South China 5-3 Police
1937/38 South China 3-0 South China 'B'
1938/39 South China 5-3 Police
1939/40 Eastern 3-2 South China
1940/41 South China 2-0 Royal Navy
1941-45 no competition
Number of Titles (44; runners-up finishes between square brackets)
9 [ 4] South China [includes B team (1 win, 1 lost final)]
5 [ 4] Hong Kong FC
5 [ 4] Kowloon FC
3 [ 2] Royal Garrison Artillery
2 [ 2] Royal Welch Fusiliers [includes all companies]
2 [ 2] South Welsh Borderers
2 [ 1] Royal Engineers
1 [ 6] Police
1 [ 2] HMS 'Glory'
1 [ 2] Naval Dockyards
1 ] 1] East Surrey Regiment
1 [ 1] HMS 'Bedford'
1 [ 1] HMS 'Centurion'
1 [ 1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1 [ 1] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
1 Eastern
1 G.Co. 1st Battalion King's Own Rifles
1 HMS 'Albion'
1 HMS 'Diadem'
1 HMS 'Titania'
1 King's Own Scottish Borderers
1 Somerset Light Infantry
1 The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
[ 2] Royal Navy
[ 1] 25th Coy. S.D., R.A.
[ 1] 38th Coy. S.D., R.A.
[ 1] Argonauts
[ 1] D.C.L.I.
[ 1] HMS 'Cressy'
[ 1] HMS 'Hampshire'
[ 1] Saint Joseph's
[ 1] The King's Liverpool Regiment
Season Winners Runners-Up
1945/46 Royal Navy 'B' 3-3 4-3 1 Commandos [both matches aet]
1946/47 Sing Tao 4-1 South China
1947/48 Sing Tao 1-0 Eastern
1948/49 South China 5-3 Kitchee
1949/50 Kitchee 1-0 Saint Joseph's
1950/51 Kowloon Motor Bus Co. 2-1 South China
1951/52 Sing Tao 1-0 Kitchee
1952/53 Eastern 2-1 South China
1953/54 Kitchee 3-2 Kowloon Motor Bus Co.
1954/55 South China 6-1 Army
1955/56 Eastern 2-1 Kitchee
1956/57 South China 6-2 Kowloon Motor Bus Co.
1957/58 South China 3-0 Kowloon Motor Bus Co.
1958/59 South China 4-2 Tung Wah
1959/60 Kitchee 5-3 Tung Wah
1960/61 South China 4-0 Tung Wah
1961/62 South China 3-0 Police
1962/63 Kwong Wah 2-1 South China
1963/64 Kitchee 1-0 Kowloon Motor Bus Co.
1964/65 South China 4-2 Yuen Long
1965/66 Rangers 1-0 Police
1966/67 Sing Tao 2-0 Happy Valley
1967/68 Yuen Long 2-0 Tung Sing
1968/69 Jardines 4-2 Police
1969/70 Sing Tao 2-0 Fire Services
1970/71 Rangers 3-2 South China
1971/72 South China 2-1 Eastern
1972/73 Seiko 2-1 Tung Sing
1973/74 Seiko 3-1 South China
1974/75 Rangers 2-0 Urban Services
1975/76 Seiko 2-0 Rangers
1976/77 Seiko 2-1 South China
1977/78 Happy Valley 3-2 Seiko
1978/79 Seiko 4-2 South China
1979/80 Seiko 3-1 Bulova
1980/81 Seiko 4-2 Sea Bee
1981/82 Eastern 4-0 Rangers
1982/83 Happy Valley 3-2 Seiko
1983/84 Bulova 0-0 2-0 Happy Valley
1984/85 Seiko 1-0 Happy Valley
1985/86 South China 3-0 Sea Bee
1986/87 Eastern 2-0 Tsuen Wan
1987/88 South China 5-2 Happy Valley
1988/89 South China 2-0 Tsuen Wan
1989/90 Happy Valley 2-1 South China
1990/91 South China 1-0 Lai Sun
1991/92 Sing Tao 1-1 2-1 Instant-Dict
1992/93 Eastern 4-0 South China
1993/94 Eastern 6-5 Instant-Dict
1994/95 Rangers 2-2 Happy Valley [3-2 pen]
1995/96 South China 2-1 Golden
1996/97 South China 3-1 1-0 Instant-Dict
1997/98 Happy Valley 1-0 Sing Tao
1998/99 South China 2-0 Sing Tao
1999/00 South China 4-3 Happy Valley
2000/01 O. & YH Union 1-0 Instant-Dict
2001/02 South China 3-2 Sun Hei
2002/03 South China 2-1 Happy Valley [aet]
2003/04 Happy Valley 3-0 Sun Hei
2004/05 Sun Hei 4-2 Happy Valley
2005/06 Kitchee 3-0 Happy Valley
2006/07 South China 2-1 Xiangxue Sun Hei
2007/08 Eastern 3-1 Kitchee
2008/09 TSW Pegasus 3-0 Convoy Sun Hei
2009/10 South China 4-2 Kitchee
2010/11 Citizen 3-3 South China [4-2 pen]
2011/12 Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei 1-1 South China [5-3 pen]
2012/13 Wofoo Tai Po 2-2 Citizen [5-3 pen]
2013/14 South China 2-1 Sun Pegasus
2014/15 Eastern 3-2 Kitchee
2015/16 Eastern 2-0 Southern
2016/17 Kitchee 2-1 Eastern
2017/18 Yuen Long 3-0 Eastern
2018/19 Kitchee 3-2 Wofoo Tai Po
2019/20 Eastern Long Lions 2-0 Lee Man Warriors
2020/21 not held
2021/22 not held
2022/23 Kitchee 1-1 Eastern [4-2 pen]
2023/24 Kitchee 2-1 Eastern [aet]
Number of Titles (77; runners-up finishes between square brackets)
22 [12] South China [does not include pre-WW II record (9 wins, 4 lost finals)]
10 [ 6] Eastern [does not include pre-WW II record (1 win)] [includes Eastern Long Lions]
9 [ 6] Kitchee
8 [ 2] Seiko
6 [ 2] Sing Tao
5 [ 9] Happy Valley
4 [ 2] Rangers
2 [ 4] Sun Hei [includes Xiangxue/Convoy/Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei]
2 [ 1] Yuen Long
1 [ 4] Kowloon Motor Bus Co.
1 [ 1] Bulova
1 [ 1] Citizen
1 [ 1] Sun Pegasus [includes TSW Pegasus; now HK Pegasus]
1 [ 1] Wofoo Tai Po
1 [ -] Jardines
1 [ -] Kwong Wah
1 [ -] Orient & Yee Hope Union
1 [ -] Royal Navy 'B' [does not include pre-WW II record (2 wins by first team)]
- [ 4] Instant-Dict
- [ 3] Police [does not include pre-WW II record (1 win, 6 lost finals)]
- [ 3] Tung Wah
- [ 2] Sea Bee
- [ 2] Tsuen Wan
- [ 2] Tung Sing
- [ 1] Army
- [ 1] Fire Services
- [ 1] Golden [later renamed Sun Hei]
- [ 1] Lai Sun
- [ 1] Lee Man Warriors
- [ 1] 1 Commandos
- [ 1] Saint Joseph's [does not include pre-WW II record (1 lost final)]
- [ 1] Southern
- [ 1] Urban Services
Number of League-and-Shield Doubles (39)
20 South China [1931, 1933, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1949, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959,
1961, 1962, 1972, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2010]
5 Seiko [1973, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985]
4 Eastern [1956, 1993, 1994, 2016]
4 Kitchee [1950, 1964, 2017, 2023]
1 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1912] [also won double in Singapore 1913!]
1 Kowloon FC [1926]
1 Rangers [1971]
1 Sing Tao [1947]
1 South Welsh Borderers [1934]
1 Sun Hei [2005]
NB: does not include the 1934/35 season in which South China were league champions and their
reserve side won the Shield, nor the 1937/38 season in which South China won the Shield
and their reserve side the league.
Number of League-Cup-and-Shield Trebles (10)
3 South China [1988, 1991, 2007]
2 Eastern [1993, 1994]
2 Kitchee [2017, 2023]
2 Seiko [1980, 1981]
1 Sun Hei [2005]
Sources: [Kni 91], [MB 85], [MB 86], [Oli 95], Zhongguo Zuqiu Yundongshi (Chinese Football History), Hong Kong Football, wikipedia
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