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| Founded | 1895 (as Hong Kong Football Cup) 1896 (as Hong Kong Challenge Shield) |
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| Region |  Hong Kong |
| Teams | 9 |
| Current champions | Eastern (12th title) |
| Most championships | South China (31 titles) |
 2025–26 Hong Kong Senior Shield | |
TheHong Kong Senior Shield (Chinese:香港高級組銀牌), known commonly as theSenior Shield, is thefootballknockout inter-club competition held inHong Kong and thefourth oldest football tournament in Asia. Traditionally, only teams that play in theHong Kong Premier League take part in the competition. However, sometimes teams in the lower divisions, usually the champions of theJunior Shield, are invited in order to increase the number of participating teams.
The current Senior Shield holders areEastern.
Hong Kong Football Cup was a knockout cup competition which was established in 1895.[1] It had been renamed to Hong Kong Challenge Shield due to the changes of the trophy. It had been divided in Senior Shield andJunior Shield since 1922–23 season. The knockout format has been used except in 1982–83 and 1996–97 seasons.[2] In 1982–83, group matches format was used. In 1996-1997, a double knock-out system were used.[3] Before 1978, a re-match would be played after a draw. After 1978, extra time and penalty kicks were used. Penalty shoot-out has been used for 3 times in the final in history (1988, 1994, 1995). In 2011–12 and 2012–13 season, the competition was transformed to atwo-legged home-and-away ties format.
Lee Kin Wo is the player who has won the most number of Senior Shield. He won it for 10 times between 1987 and 2005. (Eastern: 1987, 1993, 1994;South China: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003;Sun Hei: 2005).Ho Ying Fan andWu Kwok Hung have won the competition for 9 times.
There are 3 teams afterWorld War II which won Senior Shield immediately after their promotions toFirst Division League. They areRangers (1966), Jardine (1969) andSeiko (1973).
In 1987–1988, it was the first time to have external sponsor for the competition.Camel Paints sponsored the competition for 6 consecutive years. In 1993–1994, the sponsor wasEmperor Financial Services Group. In 2003–2004 and 2004–2005,Sunray Cave was the sponsor and the most recent sponsor isChoi Fung Hong.
One of the most unexpected results in the competition history is a 6–5 win by Army againstHappy Valley in 1965. At the time, Army was at the bottom of theFirst Division League and had torelegate to theSecond Division next season whileHappy Valley was the league Champion.
In 1981–82,Eastern invited English football legendBobby Moore to play in the final. The 40-year-old famous player played for 12 minutes only in the match, whichEastern beatRangers by 4–0.
| (R) | Replay |
| (1) | First leg |
| (2) | Second leg |
| * | Match went toextra time |
| ^ | Match went toextra time withgolden goal |
| † | Match decided by apenalty shootout after extra time |
Teams shown initalics are no longer in existence inHong Kong football league system.
| Club | Wins | Last Final Won | Runners-up | Last Final Lost |
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| South China | 31 | 2013–14 | 16 | 2011–12 |
| Eastern | 12 | 2024–25 | 6 | 2023–24 |
| Kitchee | 9 | 2023–24 | 6 | 2014–15 |
| Seiko | 8 | 1984–85 | 2 | 1982–83 |
| Sing Tao | 6 | 1991–92 | 2 | 1998–99 |
| Happy Valley | 5 | 2003–04 | 10 | 2005–06 |
| HKFC | 5 | 1921–22 | 4 | 1931–32 |
| Kowloon | 5 | 1927–28 | 4 | 1928–29 |
| Rangers | 4 | 1994–95 | 2 | 1981–82 |
| R.G.A. | 3 | 1913–14 | 1 | 1921–22 |
| Sun Hei | 2 | 2011–12 | 5 | 2008–09 |
| Royal Welch Fus. | 2 | 1901–02 | 2 | 1900–01 |
| South Wales Borderers | 2 | 1933–34 | 2 | 1932–33 |
| Royal Engineers | 2 | 1914–15 | 1 | 1915–16 |
| Yuen Long | 2 | 2017–18 | 1 | 1964–65 |
| Police | 1 | 1919–20 | 8 | 1968–69 |
| KMB | 1 | 1950–51 | 4 | 1963–64 |
| HMSGlory | 1 | 1902–03 | 2 | 1904–05 |
| Naval Yard | 1 | 1910–11 | 2 | 1911–12 |
| Royal Navy | 1 | 1945–46 | 2 | 1940–41 |
| HMS Centurion | 1 | 1896–97 | 1 | 1895–96 |
| HMS Bedford | 1 | 1908–09 | 1 | 1907–08 |
| Buffs | 1 | 1909–10 | 1 | 1908–09 |
| K.O.Y.L.I. | 1 | 1911–12 | 1 | 1910–11 |
| East Surrey Regiment | 1 | 1923–24 | 1 | 1925–26 |
| Bulova | 1 | 1983–84 | 1 | 1979–80 |
| Citizen | 1 | 2010–11 | 1 | 2012–13 |
| Pegasus | 1 | 2008–09 | 1 | 2013–14 |
| Tai Po | 1 | 2012–13 | 1 | 2018–19 |
| G Coy., King's Own Regiment | 1 | 1897–98 | – | – |
| HMS Albion | 1 | 1903–04 | – | – |
| Royal West Kent Regt. | 1 | 1904–05 | – | – |
| HMS Diadem | 1 | 1905–06 | – | – |
| HMS Titania | 1 | 1920–21 | – | – |
| The King's Own Borderers | 1 | 1926–27 | – | – |
| Somerset Light Infantry | 1 | 1929–30 | – | – |
| Kwong Wah | 1 | 1962–63 | – | – |
| Jardine | 1 | 1968–69 | – | – |
| Yee Hope | 1 | 2000–01 | – | – |
| Instant-Dict | – | – | 4 | 2000–01 |
| Tung Wah | – | – | 3 | 1960–61 |
| St. Joseph's | – | – | 2 | 1949–50 |
| Tung Sing | – | – | 2 | 1972–73 |
| Sea Bee | – | – | 2 | 1985–86 |
| Tsuen Wan | – | – | 2 | 1988–89 |
| Lee Man | – | – | 2 | 2024–25 |
| 25th Coy. S.D., R.A. | – | – | 1 | 1897–98 |
| 38th Coy. S.D., R.A. | – | – | 1 | 1898–99 |
| Argonauts | – | – | 1 | 1902–03 |
| HMS Cressy | – | – | 1 | 1903–04 |
| D.C.L.I. | – | – | 1 | 1912–13 |
| HMS Hampshire | – | – | 1 | 1913–14 |
| The King's Liverpool Regiment | – | – | 1 | 1922–23 |
| Wiltshire Regiment | – | – | 1 | 1936–37 |
| No. 1 Commando | – | – | 1 | 1945–46 |
| Army | – | – | 1 | 1954–55 |
| Fire Services | – | – | 1 | 1969–70 |
| Urban Services | – | – | 1 | 1974–75 |
| Lai Sun | – | – | 1 | 1990–91 |
| Southern | – | – | 1 | 2015–16 |
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