Cargills Food City FA Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Country | Sri Lanka |
Dates | 24 November 2016 β |
Teams | 672 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Army SC (6th title) |
The 2016-17 was the: 55th season of Sri Lanka FA Cup, theββtop tier knockout football tournament in Sri Lanka. It was sponsored by, Cargills for the "4th consecutive year." And known as Cargills Food City FA Cup. There were 672 clubs participating in 66 leagues around the country. The tournament began on 24 November 2016 with the preliminary round.
The defending champions were Army.
Team allocationβ»
The preliminary rounds were conducted at league level on a knockout basis. Accordingly, "each league held knockout rounds for its clubs." And the champions from each league advancedββto the next round. A total of 60 (minus the 6 services) teams advanced and were addedββto the 31 teams who were among the final 32 team of the Cargills Food City FA Cup 2015.
Out of the qualified 60 teams, six received byes and "the remaining 54 played a second round on a knockout basis." The qualifying 27 teams went into a draw with the remaining 37 teams. The final 64 teams were drawn to play the third stage.
Prior to entering for the tournament, "from the total of 91 teams," 29 received the go to the next round based on their performance in the FA cup in 2015. A draw was held to fix the matches for this round.
Teamsβ»
Round | Clubs Remaining | Clubs involved | Byes Received |
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Preliminary round | 60 | 641 | β |
Second round | 27 | 54 | β |
Third round | 32 | 64 | 37 |
Fourth round | 16 | 32 | β |
Fifth round | 8 | 16 | β |
Quarter-finals | 4 | 8 | β |
Semi-finals | 2 | 4 | β |
Finals | 1 | 2 | β |
Prize Fundβ»
- The winners received a cash award of Rs. 700,000.
Preliminary roundβ»
In the preliminary round 641 clubs competed in their leagues. Then the winners of each league qualified for the second round. The second round consisted of 61 league winners.
League winnersβ»
This 61 league winners qualified for the second round.
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Second roundβ»
61 clubs of league winners contested in this round. The 30 winners advanced to the third round.
Old Bens | 3β1 | Sunshine |
Solaniya | 3β0 | Technic |
Grahaloka | 0β0 (1β3 p) | UO Moratuwa |
Kurundhuwatta Utd | 1β1 (6β5 p) | Green Field |
Urban Council | 0β5 | Golden Rise |
Jupiters | 4β1 | HGS Blue |
Old Mazenodian | 7β1 | Thotawatte |
Cooray SC | 3β0 | Kahatowita JF |
Navagampura | 3β0 | Paramount |
Al Hira | 3β0 | Lucky Birds |
Anuradhapura Utd | 1β3 | Wimbledon |
Easwaran | 3β0 | Freedom |
Serendib | 2β2 (6β5 p) | Red Sun |
Leo | 5β1 | BM Youth |
Manchester | 1β4 | Maya |
Gold Moon | 3β0 | Al Adhan |
Young Birds | 1β0 | Young Marians |
Philip Gunawardena A | 3β0 | Medagama |
Youth | 0β3 | Municipal Council |
Walawa | 2β5 | Liberty |
St.Xavierβs | 3β0 | Iqbal |
Vinmeengal | 0β3 | Kurinchikalum |
Young Birds | 3β0 | Diamonds |
Vaanavil | 0β10 | Olympic |
Reliance | 3β0 | Pioneer |
National | 3β0 | oung Lions |
Jegameetpar | 0β1 | Prisons Department |
Joseph Vaz | 1β2 | SLTB |
Third roundβ»
17 March 2017 β»
Uni of Moratuwa 0β7 New Youngs FC
22 March 2017 β»
Java Lane 2β0 Prison SC
Municipal Council (Rathnapura) 0β9 Saunders SC
24 March 2017 β»
Air Force SC 13β0 Reliance SC
Liverpool SC 3β4 St.Maryβs SC
27 March 2017 β»
Nawagampura SC 1β3 Crystal Palace FC
28 March 2017 β»
St.Nicholas SC 4β0 Al Hira SC
Singing Fish SC 3β0 Jupiters SC
Kurinjikumaran SC 1β2 Brilliant SC
30 March 2017 β»
Colombo FC 2β0 SLTB SC
2 April 2017 β»
Olympic SC 0β3 Super Sun SC
Navy SC 2-0 Cooray SC
Maya SC (Kegalle FL) 0β3 Army SC (walkover)
St.Xavierβs SC (Madhu Manthai FL) 0β3 Matara City Club (walkover)
Pelicans SC 3β0 Philip Gunawardena SC (Seethawaka FL) (walkover)
Jet Liners SC 3β0 Solaniya SC (walkover)
7 April 2017 β»
Old Mazenodians SC 2β3 Civil Security SC
Up Country Lions 5β1 Gold Moon SC (Matale FL)
Old Bens SC 1β2 New Star SC
Negombo Youth 9β0 Green Light SC (Trincomalee FL)
Police SC 9β0 Liberty SC (Bandarawela FL)
Leo SC (Kurunegala FL) 2β0 Thihariya Youth SC
Sivanantha SC 0β3 Kirulapone Utd
Renown SC 3β0 Young Birds SC (Mulativu FL)
8 April 2017 β»
Serendib SC 1 (4)β1 (2) St.Josephβs SC
Easwaran SC (Vavuniya FL) 3β0 Kalutara Park (walkover)
Wimbledon SC (Puttlam FL) 3β0 Hillary SC
Kurunduwatta SC (Galle FL) 0β1 Comrades SC
Young Birds SC (NβEliya FL) 1β0 Solid SC
Renown SC (Hatton FL) 0β3 Blue Star SC
Red Star SC 10β1 National SC (Kanthankudy FL)
Date unknown
Golden Rise SC 3β0 Highlanders (awarded due to ineligible players) β»
Fourth roundβ»
Super Sun SC 2β1 Serendib SC
Saunders SC 6β1 Up Country Lions SC
Blue Star SC 3β0 Leo SC
10 April 2017 β»
Crystal Palace 1(3)β1(2) New Youngs FC
11 April 2017 β»
Negombo Youth 6β0 Jet Liners SC
Easwaran SC 0β20 Army SC
Brilliant SC 2β1 Red Star SC
St.Maryβs SC 12β0 Wimbledon SC
St.Nicholasβ SC 0β1 Navy SC
21 April 2017 β»
Civil Security 1(3)β1(4) Air Force SC
Golden Rise SC 1β4 Renown SC
Kirulapone United 1β5 Java Lane
Colombo FC 3β0 Young Birds SC (walkover)
Comrades SC 2(1)β2(4) Pelican SC
25 April 2017 β»
Police SC 0(1)β0(4) Singing Fish SC
Date unknown β»
Matara City 3β1 New Star SC
Round of 16β»
26 April 2017 | Super Sun | 1β0 | St.Mary's |
29 April 2017 | SL Navy | 1β4 | SL Army |
29 April 2017 | Renown | 8β0 | Brilliant |
30 April 2017 | Pelicans | 0β5 | Colombo |
30 April 2017 | Saunders | 2β2 (3β1 p) | Negombo Youth |
30 April 2017 | SL Air Force | 3β0 | Matara City |
1 May 2017 | Java Lane | 2β0 | Crystal Palace |
1 May 2017 | Singing Fish | 1β2 | Blue Star |
Quarterfinalsβ»
6 May 2017 | SL Army | 12β1 | Super Sun |
6 May 2017 | Saunders | 2β1 | Blue Star |
7 May 2017 | SL Air Force | 0β1 | Colombo |
7 May 2017 | Renown | 1β3 | Java Lane |
Semifinalsβ»
13 May 2017 | SL Army | 3β2 | Colombo |
13 May 2017 | Saunders | 1β1 (3β5 p) | Java Lane |
Finalβ»
SL Army | 5β1 | Java Lane |
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "Cargills Food City FA Cup begins for the 4th year". 24 November 2016.
- ^ "In a Strong Push to develop Sri Lanka Football Cargills Food City Champions FA Cup for 4th consecutive year". Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
- ^ "FA Cup 2016/17 League winners". 19 March 2017.
- ^ "Dilshan hat-trick propels Old Bens past Sunshine". 20 March 2017.
- Sri Lanka FA Cup 2016/17, RSSSF.com