NB: teams in bold face are record cup winners for their country;
teams in italics share the record number of cup wins in their country.
39 Linfield Northern Ireland
37 FC Vaduz Liechtenstein
35 Al-Ahly Egypt
34 Celtic Scotland
32 Rangers Scotland
31 Selangor Malaysia
27 SL Benfica Portugal [1]
Muharraq Bahrain
26 FK Austria (Wien) Austria
HB Faroe Islands
25 Levski Sofia Bulgaria [3]
24 FC Barcelona Spain
Shamrock Rovers Ireland
Singapore Malaysia
Sparta Praha CSSR/CSFR/CR [4]
23 Athletic de Bilbao Spain
Olympiakos Greece
Wrexham Wales
22 Cardiff City Wales [2]
Crvena zvezda Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro
Maccabi Tel-Aviv Israel
21 Steaua Bucuresti Romania [5]
Zamalek Egypt
20 Ferencváros Hungary
Glentoran Northern Ireland
Saunders SC Sri Lanka [13]
19 APOEL Nicosia Cyprus
Sliema Wanderers Malta
Sporting CP Portugal [1]
18 CSKA Sofia Bulgaria [3]
Dinamo Kyiv Soviet Union/Ukraine [14]
Etoile Filante Burkina Faso
Floriana Malta
Grasshopper Club Switzerland
Al-Merreikh Sudan
Wallidan Gambia
17 Ajax Netherlands
Djoliba AC Mali
FC Porto Portugal [1]
Real Madrid Spain
16 Dinamo Zagreb Yugoslavia/Croatia [7]
Al-Faisaly Jordan
Panathinaikos Greece
Stade Malien Mali
15 Al-Arabi Kuwait
ASEC Abidjan Ivory Coast
Partizani Tiranë Albania
SK Rapid (Wien) Austria/Germany [11]
Red Boys Luxembourg
14 FC Bayern München (West) Germany
Galatasaray Turkey
Malmö FF Sweden
Al-Zawra Iraq
13 AEK Greece
Africa Sports Ivory Coast
Al-Ahli Saudi Arabia [17]
Dinamo Tiranë Albania
Hapoel Tel-Aviv Israel
Legia Warszawa Poland
Rapid Bucuresti Romania
Slavia Praha CSSR/CSFR/CR [4]
Spartak Moskva Soviet Union/Russia
SK Tirana Albania
12 Club Franciscain Martinique
ASC Diaraf Senegal [6]
Dinamo Bucuresti Romania
Distillery Northern Ireland
Fire Brigade SC Mauritius
Hajduk Split Yugoslavia/Croatia [7]
Haka (Valkeakoski) Finland
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia [17]
Jeunesse d'Esch Luxembourg
Kaizer Chiefs South Africa [18]
MTK Hungary
Mohun Bagan India
Odd Grenland Norway
Omonia Nicosia Cyprus
Al-Qadisiya Kuwait
Al-Sadd Qatar
Vital'O Burundi
11 Al-Ansar Lebanon
FC Balzers Liechtenstein
Canon Yaoundé Cameroon
Club Africain Tunisia
Costa do Sol Mozambique
DC Motema Pembe Congo-Kinshasa
Espérance ST Tunisia
Feyenoord Netherlands
Frederikstad FK Norway
Harlem Bombers Dominica
Manchester United England
Mekelakeya Ethiopia [includes Army, Mechal]
SS Saint-Louisienne Reunion
Scholars Cayman Islands
Valletta Malta
10 Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus
Arsenal England
Club Brugge Belgium
Dinamo Tbilisi Soviet Union/Ukraine [19]
Express Uganda
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia [17]
KR Iceland
Libertas San Marino
Mufulira Wanderers Zambia
New Radiant Maldives
North Village Bermuda
Olympique Marseille France
Parrizan (Beograd) Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro
Queen's Park Scotland
Shelbourne (Northern) Ireland [16]
FC Sion Switzerland [20]
Swansea City Wales
Union Luxembourg Luxembourg
NB: running series in italics.
11 FC Vaduz Liechtenstein 1998-08*
7 Djoliba AC Mali 1973-79
Pakhtakor Toshkent Uzbekistan 2001-07*
SKA-PVO Bishkek Kyrgyzstan 1997-03
FC Vaduz Liechtenstein 1956-62
6 Avatiu FC Cook Islands 1992-97
Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia 1992-97
Libertas San Marino 1937-61 [only 6 cups played]
AS Magenta New Caledonia 2000-05
Muharraq Bahrain 1961-67 (65: no cup)
CE Principat Andorra 1994-99
Rapid Bucuresti Romania 1937-42
Shamrock Rovers Ireland 1964-69
FC Vaduz Liechtenstein 1966-71
5 Assaut Martinique 1964-68
Cardiff City Wales 1967-71
Club Franciscain Martinique 2001-05
Dinamo Tiranë Albania 1950-54
Górnik Zabrze Poland 1968-72
Hajduk Split Yugoslavia 1972-77 [7] (75: no cup)
CS Hammam-Lif Tunisia 1946-50
HB Faroe Islands 1968-73 (70: no cup)
HB Faroe Islands 1978-82
KR Iceland 1960-64
Olympiakos Greece 1957-61 [8]
North Village Bermuda 2002-06
Reipas Lahti Finland 1972-76
Santa Coloma Andorra 2003-07*
Santos Brazil 1961-65
Shamrock Rovers Ireland 1929-33
JS Vallée du Tir Nouméa New Caledonia 1964-68
Vital'O Burundi 1993-97
4 Al-Ahly Egypt 1981-85 (82: no cup)
ASEC Abidjan Ivory Coast 1967-70
Athletic Bilbao Spain 1930-33
FC Balzers Liechtenstein 1981-84
SL Benfica Portugal 1949-53 (50: no cup)
Canon Yaoundé Cameroon 1975-78
CAPS United Zimbabwe 1980-83
Club Africain Tunisia 1967-70
AS Douanes Senegal 2002-05
CP Ela Nguema Eq. Guinea 1980-83
Fire Brigade SC Mauritius 1980-83
Al-Foutoua Syria 1988-91
Galatasaray Turkey 1963-66
Glentoran N. Ireland 1985-88
Grasshopper Club Switzerland 1940-43
FC Kalamu Zaire 1986-89
SoFK Lyn (Oslo) Norway 1908-11
Nakivubo Villa Uganda 1986-89
Odd SK (Skien) Norway 1903-06
Olympiakos Greece 1951-54
Omonia Nicosia Cyprus 1980-83
Real Bamako Mali 1966-69
Real Madrid Spain 1905-08
Real Republicans Ghana 1962-65
JS Ténéré Niger 1997-00
Wallidan Gambia 2001-04
Zamalek Egypt 1957-60
9 FC Vaduz v FC Triesen Liechtenstein 1946-54 (TTTVTTVVV)
5 Selangor v Singapore Malaysia 1935-39 (llplp)
Steaua Bucuresti v Dinamo Bucuresti Romania 1986-90 (DSSSD) [5]
Al-Merreikh v Al-Hilal Sudan 2002-07 (HHMMM) (03: no cup)
4 Selangor v Singapore Malaysia 1927-30 (l--p) [15]
Red Boys v Spora Luxembourg Luxembourg 1929-32 (RRRS)
Olympiakos v PAOK Saloniki Greece 1971-74 (OPOP)
Selangor v Singapore Malaysia 1978-81 (llpl)
Dinamo Tbilisi v Dinamo Batumi Georgia 1995-98 (TTTB)
Internazionale v Roma Italy 2005-08 (IIRR)
The Singapore Women's Challenge Cup had Tampines Rovers SC and Home United FC
playing each other in the final in 4 successive years (2001-2004); all four
were drawn and settled by a penalty shoot-out (Home United winning it in 2001
and 2002 and Tampines Rovers in 2003 and 2004).
3 SOFK Lyn (Oslo) b Odd SK (Skien) Norway 1908-10
Red Boys b Spora Luxembourg Luxembourg 1929-31
FC Triesen b FC Vaduz Liechtenstein 1946-48
FC Vaduz b FC Triesen Liechtenstein 1952-54
FC Vaduz b FC Schaan Liechtenstein 1960-62
Partizan Tiranë b Vllaznia Shkodër Albania 1966-70 (67,69: no cups)
FC Vaduz b FC Triesen Liechtenstein 1967-69
Steaua Bucuresti b Dinamo Bucuresti Romania 1969-71
Stade Malien b. Djoliba AC Mali 1984-86
Krama Yudha T. Berlian b Pelita Jaya Indonesia 1987-89
Kuala Lumpur b Kedah Malaysia 1987-89
Steaua Bucuresti b Dinamo Bucuresti Romania 1987-89
Al-Faisaly b Al-Ramtha Jordan 1993-95
Dinamo Tbilisi b Dinamo Batumi Georgia 1995-97
SKA-PVO Bishkek b Jashtyk AA Kara-Su Kyrgyzstan 2001-03
Al-Faisaly b Al-Hussein Jordan 2001-04 (03 no cup)
Santa Coloma b Sant Juliŕ Andorra 2003-05
Dordoy-D. Naryn b Jashtyk AA Kara-Su Kyrgyzstan 2004-06
New Radiant b Valencia Maldives 2005-07
Al-Merreikh b Al-Hilal Sudan 2005-07
All 3 Dinamo Tbilisi v Dinamo Batumi finals ended 1-0, the one in 1996
after extra time.
All 3 SKA-PVO v Jashtyk finals likewise ended 1-0.
All 3 New Radiant v Valencia finals ended 2-0.
The Namibian Christmas Cup (MTC Kersfeesbekertoernooi), which is
played as a league cup tournament (all 16 top level clubs enter)
has seen 4 editions from 2001 to 2004; all four featured Black
Africa and Civics in the final, and all four finals were won by
Black Africa.
21 Singapore Malaysia 1921-41
17 FC Vaduz Liechtenstein 1946-62
13 FC Vaduz Liechtenstein 1995-07
11 Al-Arabi Kuwait 1962-72
Cardiff City Wales 1967-77
10 Skonto Riga Latvia 1995-04
9 FC Triesen Liechtenstein 1946-54
Djoliba AC Mali 1973-81
Crvena zvezda Serbia-Mont. 1999-07
8 Sliema Wanderers Malta 1935-46 (41-44: no cups)
Olympiakos Greece 1956-63 [8]
Rangers Scotland 1976-83
Wallidan Gambia 1998-05
7 Druids Wales 1880-86
Singapore Malaysia 1950-56
Celtic Scotland 1969-75 [9]
Steaua Bucuresti Romania 1984-90
Croatia Zagreb Croatia 1992-98
SKA-PVO Bishkek Kyrgyzstan 1997-03
An undesirable record is held by Jashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Su, who lost five
consecutive finals in Kyrgyzstan from 2001 to 2006, the first five all
by 0-1 (the sixth by 0-4); the first three against SKA-PVO Bishkek and
the last three against Dordoy-Dinamo Naryn. Prior to their 'feat', this
sad record was shared by USM Alger, who appeared in five consecutive
Algerian cup finals from 1969 to 1973 and lost all of them, and Al-Ramtha,
who did the same in Jordan from 1993 to 1997.
23 Selangor v Singapore Malaysia (Se11-Si10) [15]
15 Celtic v Rangers Scotland (C 7 - R 7) [10]
Levski Sofia v CSKA Sofia Bulgaria (L 8 - C 7) [3]
Linfield v Glentoran Northern Ireland (L 8 - G 7)
FC Vaduz v FC Triesen Liechtenstein (V 9 - T 6)
14 Floriana v Sliema Wanderers Malta (F 8 - S 6)
13 Al-Ahly v Zamalek Egypt (A 7 - Z 4) [21]
FC Vaduz v FC Balzers Liechtenstein (V10 - B 3)
11 Olympiakos v Panathinaikos Greece (O 5 - P 5) [8]
10 Benfica v FC Porto Portugal (B 9 - P 1) [1]
Benfica v Sporting CP Portugal (B 7 - S 3) [1]
Al-Qadisiya v Al-Arabi Kuwait (Q 6 - A 4)
Slavia Praha v Sparta Praha Czechoslovakia (Sl 5-Sp 4) [4]
Stade Malien v Djoliba AC Mali (S 6 - D 4)
Steaua Bucuresti v Dinamo Bucuresti Romania (S 6 - D 4) [5]
FC Vaduz v USV Eschen/Mauren Liechtenstein (V 8 - E 2)
9 Austria Wien v Rapid Wien Austria (A 5 - R 4)
Cardiff City v Wrexham Wales (C 5 - W 4)
Crvena zvezda v Partizan Beograd Yugoslavia (C 5 - P 4)
Hajduk Split v Dynamo Zagreb Yugoslavia/Croatia(H 5 - D 4) [7]
FC Vaduz v FC Schaan Liechtenstein (V 8 - S 1)
8 Athletic Bilbao v Real Madrid Spain (A 6 - M 2)
Dinamo Tiranë v Partizani Tiranë Albania (D 6 - P 2)
Maccabi Tel Aviv v Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel (M 5 - H 3)
Olympiakos v PAOK Saloniki Greece (O 5 - P 3)
Singapore v Penang Malaysia (S 5 - P 3) [15]
Sliema Wanderers v Hibernians Malta (S 5 - H 3)
7 Djoliba AC vs AS Real Bamako Mali (D 4 - R 3)
Floriana v Valletta Malta (F 4 - V 3)
Grasshopper Club v Servette FC Switzerland (G 4 - S 3)
Red Boys v Spora Luxembourg Luxembourg (R 5 - S 2)
15 goals
Slavia Praha v SS Plincner 13-2 Bohemia and Moravia, 1941 [12]
14 goals
Amateure Wien v Slovan Wien 8-6 Austria, 1924 [aet] [11]
Bohemia Praha v Sparta Praha 8-6 Bohemia and Moravia, 1942 [12]
13 goals
Betar Tel Aviv v Maccabi Haifa 12-1 Israel, 1942
12 goals
Ferencváros v Újpest 11-1 Hungary, 1933
VB v HB 7-5 Faroe Islands, 1974
11 goals
Linfield v Bohemians 10-1 Ireland, 1895
CFR Bucuresti v Ripensia 6-5 Romania, 1935
Willem II v Groene Ster 9-2 Netherlands, 1944
10 goals
Slavia Praha v CAFC Vinohrady 10-0 Czechoslovakia, 1926 [12]
Lausanne-Sports v Nordstern 10-0 Switzerland, 1935
Grasshopper v Lausanne-Sports 10-0 Switzerland, 1937
AS Real Bamako v Africa Sports 8-2 Mali, 1969
Stade Malien vs Kayésienne 10-0 Mali, 1970
Austria Wien v Rapid Wien 6-4 Austria, 1986 [aet]
Dinamo Bucuresti v Steaua 6-4 Romania, 1990
The 1940 Romanian final went to three replays:
Rapid Bucuresti 2-2, 4-4, 2-2, 2-1 Venus Bucuresti
The first match was played on April 30, 1940, the last on November 8 - requiring
more than half a year to determine the winners. Iuliu Baratky of Rapid scored
in all four matches (twice in the third).
Roma beat all Italian European Cup winners of 1989/90 during their 1990/91 campaign to win the Coppa Italia: QF: Roma 1-1 2-0 Juventus (UEFA Cup) SF: Milan (CC) 0-0 0-1 Roma F: Roma 3-1 1-1 Sampdoria (CWC) [Milan also won the Intercontinental Cup and the Super Cup in both 1989/90 and 1990/91, so Roma eliminated all European holders of international cups.] Amateur club Eintracht Trier beat both German winners of European silverware in 1996/97 during their campaign in the 1997/98 DFB-Pokal: 1: Eintracht Trier 1-0 Schalke 04 (UEFA Cup) 2: Eintracht Trier 2-1 Borussia Dortmund (CC) FC Sion won all ten Swiss Cup Finals they played: in 1965, 1974, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2006. Leeds United and Cardiff City met in the third round of the FA Cup in three consecutive seasons: 1955/56, 1956/57, and 1957/58. Not only did Cardiff on each of these occasions eliminate Leeds in Leeds - they also did it by the identical 2-1 scoreline on all three occasions!
[1] This includes both the "Campeonato de Portugal" from 1921/22 to 1937/38
and its successor tournament "Taça de Portugal" which was held since
1938/39 season.
[2] This does not include the English Cup won by Cardiff City in 1926/27.
[3] The totals for Levski and CSKA contain the Soviet Army cups won up
to and including 1982; Levski won 13 of those (and 3 after 1981), CSKA
9 (and 4 after 1981). Of the 15 finals between the two teams, 7 were
for the Soviet Army Cup (up to 1982), Levski winning 4, CSKA 3; the 1982
final for the Cup of Bulgaria (won by Levski) is not included as the
tournament was still secondary to the Soviet Army Cup that year.
The 1985 final between the two teams (CSKA winning 2-1) was first
declared void but later returned to CSKA. Levski's total includes the
1942 Tzar's Cup but not the 1982 Cup of Bulgaria (secondary to the
Soviet Army Cup); CSKA's total does not included the 4-team Cup of
Bulgaria 1981 (secondary to the Soviet Army Cup).
[4] Totals include Stredoceský pohár, Ceský pohár 1939-45, Czechoslovak
cups 1946-93, Czech cups since 1994. Sparta has won the Stredoceský
pohár 9 times, Ceský pohár 2 times during the war, 8 Czechoslovak
cups and 5 Czech cups. Slavia won the Stredoceský pohár 8 times, Ceský
pohár 2 times during the war, 3 Czech cups. Of the 10 finals between the
two, 7 were for the Stredoceský pohár, 2 for the Ceský pohár.
The two teams were also to meet in the 1937 final for the Stredoceský
pohár, which was never played (but included as one of the ten
finals to be played between the two). Finally, Sparta and Slavia also met
each other 3 times in the Czech cup final when it served as a semifinal for
the Czechoslovak cup; of those, Sparta won 2, Slavia 1.
[5] The 1988 final was stopped at 1-1 just before the end, after Steaua
had left the field as protest to having a goal disallowed. The match
was later awarded 2-1 to Steaua, but after the revolution of 1989
Steaua gave the cup to Dinamo. However, according to the official
records of the FRF, the cup is Steaua's, so it is included in their
total.
[6] Total for ASC Diaraf includes that of Foyer France.
[7] Dinamo Zagreb and Hajduk Split now are in the Croatian league after Yugoslavia
broke up. Hajduk won 9 Yugoslav and 3 Croatian cups, Dinamo 7 Yugoslav and 9
Croatian ones (including the one won in 1941 by Gradjanski).
They played each other 4 times in the Yugoslav cup final (each winning 2) and
5 times in the Croatian cup final (3 won by Hajduk, 2 by Dinamo).
[8] The 1962 final between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos was abandoned.
The 1964 semifinal between the same teams also was abandoned, leaving
AEK as only finalists and interrupting the run of Olympiakos between
1956 and 1966 as Cup finalists, as well as their run of seven
consecutive wins between 1957 and 1965 (the 1964 Cup for AEK is not
always listed). (Details on Olympiakos' run.)
[9] Celtic appeared in 14 consecutive finals of the Scottish League
Cup between 1965 and 1978.
[10] The 1909 Cup was withheld after riots following the draw between
Celtic and Rangers in the replay.
Celtic and Rangers met each other another 12 times in the
final of the Scottish League Cup, Rangers winning 8, Celtic 4.
[11] Amateure are now known as Austria Wien. Rapid's total includes
their German Cup win in 1938 as well as 14 Austrian Cup wins.
[12] All finals for the Stredoceský pohár.
[13] Includes the Ceylon FA Cup (until 1987) and the Bristol Cup (since
1987).
[14] Dinamo Kyiv won 9 Soviet Cups and 9 Ukrainian Cups.
[15] Two cups (1928 and 1929) were shared.
[16] Shelbourne won 3 Irish Cups before the split between Northern Ireland
and the Republic, and 7 Cups in Ireland.
[17] This includes the Kings Cup competition from 1956/57 until 1989/90
and the Crown Prince Cup since 1990/91; Al-Ahli won 10 Kings Cups and 3
Crown Prince Cups in the relevant periods, Al-Hilal 6 Kings Cup and 6
Crown Prince Cups and Al-Ittihad also 6 Kings Cups and 4 Crown Prince
Cups; in addition Al-Ittihad won 3 Crown Prince Cups prior to 1990
(when it was a secondary cup tournament), Al-Ahli 2 and Al-Hilal 1.
[18] South African records include the NPSL 1971-1984 and the NSL/PSL
since the 1985 season.
[19] Dinamo Tbilisi won 2 Soviet Cups and 8 Georgian Cups.
[20] FC Sion played 10 Swiss cup finals (up to and including 2006) and
won them all!
[21] Two cups (1943 and 1958) were shared between Al-Ahly and Zamalek.
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