Korean FA Cup

Football tournament
The Korean FA Cup is a national football cup knockout competition of South Korea, held annually by the Korea Football Association ( KFA ). Before the FA Cup, two predecessors All Joseon Football Tournament ( 1921–1940 ) and korean National Football Championship ( 1946–2000 ) existed, [ 1 ] but the FA Cup did not succeed their records. The winner qualifies to the adjacent season ‘s AFC Champions League group stage .

history [edit ]

The All Joseon Football Tournament was founded by the Joseon Sports Council in 1921, during japanese rule in Korea. Youth, student and adult football clubs from respective provinces participated. After 1934, it became a part of the korean National Sports Festival, which was the backing for diverse sports games and matched Koreans against other sports championships operated by japanese who lived in Korea. The Joseon Sports Council was disbanded in 1937, due to the japanese politics ‘s oppression, and the Joseon Football Association ( presently KFA ) succeeded it after 1938, but was cancelled after 1940 for the lapp cause during World War II. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

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After the liberation of Korea, the KFA founded the National Football Championship and the President ‘s Cup, entered by many semi-professional clubs and amateur clubs from all over South Korea. They opened in spring and late fall each. The National Football Championship declined after the establish of the K League, because professional clubs and celebrated players did n’t take depart in it. There were several efforts to make professional clubs join the tournament, [ 4 ] and it became thus successful that many top-rank clubs joined the championship, renamed “ FA Cup ”, during 1988 and 1989 season. [ 5 ] however, it soon returned to a semi-professional tournament in 1990, because of discord between the KFA and master clubhouse. The current FA Cup separated from the National Championship in 1996, and two competitions merged again since 2001. The President ‘s Cup was besides abolished in 2010 .

format [edit ]

The Korean FA Cup took identify after the end of the even K League season, and was normally completed over a short period. Games were played in a single-elimination format, with extra time and penalties if required. K League sides were seeded in the 1st round of the tournament proper, but all matches were played at neutral venues, such as Gimcheon and Namhae .
To elevate the condition of the tournament, matches were spread throughout the year. The 2006 edition, for exercise, started in early March, with rounds besides held in April, July, August and November. The final was played in December. As in former years, the rival was contested in a uncoiled hard format.

Winners [edit ]

Finals [edit ]

Titles by club [edit ]

As of 8 November 2020

Clubs shown in italics no longer exist.

Player awards [edit ]

Most valuable player [edit ]

top goalscorer [edit ]

Goals from round of 32 to final are counted.
If three or more players finished with the same number of goals as the top scorers, the award was not presented.