2016–17 Sri Lanka FA Cup

Football tournament season
2016–17 Sri Lanka FA Cup
Cargills Food City FA Cup
Tournament details
Country Sri Lanka
Dates24 November 2016 –
Teams672
Final positions
ChampionsArmy SC (6th title)

The 2016-17 was the 55th season of Sri Lanka FA Cup, the top 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.[1] There were 672 clubs participating in 66 leagues around the country.[2] The tournament began on 24 November 2016 with the preliminary round.

The defending champions were Army.

Team allocation

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 advanced to the next round. A total of 60 (minus the 6 services) teams advanced and were added to 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.

Teams

Round Clubs Remaining Clubs involved Byes Received
Preliminary round 60 641 —
Second round 27 54 —
Third round 32 64 37
Fourth round 16 32 —
Fifth round 8 16 —
Quarter-finals 4 8 —
Semi-finals 2 4 —
Finals 1 2 —

Prize Fund

  • The winners received a cash award of Rs. 700,000.

Preliminary round

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 winners

This 61 league winners qualified for the second round.[3]

  • Udayasooriyan SC (Akkaraipattu)
  • Urban Council SC (Ambalangoda)
  • Olympic SC (Ampara)
  • Anuradhapura United (Anuradhapura)
  • Al Adhan SC (Badulla)
  • Liberty SC (Bandarawela)
  • Sivanantha SC (Batticaloa)
  • Golden Rise SC (Beruwala)
  • Kirindhiwela Paramount SC (Biyagama)
  • Freedom SC (Chilaw)
  • Cooray SC (City)
  • Old Bens SC (Colombo)
  • Thotawatte SC (Dehiwala)
  • Solaniya SC (Deniyaya)
  • Sun Shine SC (Divulapitiya)
  • Walawa SC (Embilipitiya)
  • Kurundhuwatta United (Galle)
  • Kahatowita JF SC (Gampaha)
  • Red Sun SC (Gampola)
  • Technic SC (Hambanthota)
  • Renown SC Hatton (Hatton)
  • St.Mary’s SC (Jaffna)
  • Vaanavil SC (Kalkuda)
  • Green Field SC (Kalutara)
  • Manchester SC (Kandy)
  • Youth SC (Kataragama)
  • National SC (Kathankudi)
  • Maya SC (Kegalle)
  • Prison SC (Kelaniya)
  • Jegameetpar SC (Kilinochchi)
  • Pioneer SC (Kinniya)
  • Iqbal SC (Kuchchaveli)
  • Young Spirit SC (Kurunegala)
  • St.Xavier’s SC (Madhumanthai)
  • United SC Joseph Vaz (Mannar)
  • Gold Moon SC (Matale)
  • Grahaloka SC (Matara)
  • Serandib SC (Mawanella)
  • Medagama SC (Monaragala)
  • Young Birds SC (Mullativu)
  • Reliance SC (Mutur)
  • Young Marians SC (Nawalapitiya)
  • Jupiters SC (Negombo)
  • SLTB SC (NSSA)
  • Young Birds SC (NuwaraEliya)
  • Young Lions SC (Oddamavadi)
  • Navagampura SC (Play Grounds)
  • Vinmeengal SC (Point Pedro)
  • BM Youth SC (Polgahawela)
  • Lucky Birds SC (Polonnaruwa)
  • Wimbledon SC (Puttalam)
  • Municipal Council SC (Rathnapura)
  • Philip Gunawardena A SC (Seethawaka)
  • UO Moratuwa (SL Universities)
  • HGS Blue SC (Sri J’Pura)
  • Each/Green Light SC (Trincomalee)
  • Diamonds SC (Vadamarachchi)
  • Kurinchikkulam SC (Valikamam)
  • Easwaran SC (Vavuniya)
  • Old Mazenodians SC (Wattala)
  • Al Hira SC (Wennapuwa)

Second round

61 clubs of league winners contested in this round. The 30 winners advanced to the third round.[4]

Old Bens v Sunshine
Old Bens 3–1Sunshine
Solaniya v Technic
Solaniya 3–0Technic
Grahaloka v UO Moratuwa
Grahaloka0–0
(1–3 p)		 UO Moratuwa
Kurundhuwatta Utd v Green Field
Kurundhuwatta Utd 1–1
(6–5 p)		Green Field
Urban Council v Golden Rise
Urban Council0–5 Golden Rise
Jupiters v HGS Blue
Jupiters 4–1HGS Blue
Old Mazenodian v Thotawatte
Old Mazenodian 7–1Thotawatte
Cooray SC v Kahatowita JF
Cooray SC 3–0Kahatowita JF
Navagampura v Paramount
Navagampura 3–0Paramount
Al Hira v Lucky Birds
Al Hira 3–0Lucky Birds
Anuradhapura Utd v Wimbledon
Anuradhapura Utd1–3 Wimbledon
Easwaran v Freedom
Easwaran 3–0Freedom
Serendib v Red Sun
Serendib 2–2
(6–5 p)		Red Sun
Leo v BM Youth
Leo 5–1BM Youth
Manchester v Maya
Manchester1–4 Maya
Gold Moon v Al Adhan
Gold Moon 3–0Al Adhan
Young Birds v Young Marians
Young Birds 1–0Young Marians
Philip Gunawardena A v Medagama
Philip Gunawardena A 3–0Medagama
Youth v Municipal Council
Youth0–3 Municipal Council
Walawa v Liberty
Walawa2–5 Liberty
St.Xavier’s v Iqbal
St.Xavier’s 3–0Iqbal
Vinmeengal v Kurinchikalum
Vinmeengal0–3 Kurinchikalum
Young Birds v Diamonds
Young Birds 3–0Diamonds
Vaanavil v Olympic
Vaanavil0–10 Olympic
Reliance v Pioneer
Reliance 3–0Pioneer
National v oung Lions
National 3–0oung Lions
Jegameetpar v Prisons Department
Jegameetpar0–1 Prisons Department
Joseph Vaz v SLTB
Joseph Vaz1–2 SLTB

Third round

17 March 2017 [1]

Uni of Moratuwa 0–7 New Youngs FC

22 March 2017 [2]

Java Lane 2–0 Prison SC

Municipal Council (Rathnapura) 0–9 Saunders SC

24 March 2017 [3]

Air Force SC 13–0 Reliance SC

Liverpool SC 3–4 St.Mary’s SC

27 March 2017 [4]

Nawagampura SC 1—3 Crystal Palace FC

28 March 2017 [5]

St.Nicholas SC 4–0 Al Hira SC

Singing Fish SC 3–0 Jupiters SC

Kurinjikumaran SC 1–2 Brilliant SC

30 March 2017 [6]

Colombo FC 2–0 SLTB SC

2 April 2017 [7]

Olympic SC 0–3 Super Sun SC

Navy SC 2-0 Cooray SC

Maya SC (Kegalle FL) 0–3 Army SC (walkover)

St.Xavier’s SC (Madhu Manthai FL) 0–3 Matara City Club (walkover)

Pelicans SC 3–0 Philip Gunawardena SC (Seethawaka FL) (walkover)

Jet Liners SC 3–0 Solaniya SC (walkover)

7 April 2017 [8]

Old Mazenodians SC 2–3 Civil Security SC

Up Country Lions 5–1 Gold Moon SC (Matale FL)

Old Bens SC 1–2 New Star SC

Negombo Youth 9–0 Green Light SC (Trincomalee FL)

Police SC 9–0 Liberty SC (Bandarawela FL)

Leo SC (Kurunegala FL) 2–0 Thihariya Youth SC

Sivanantha SC 0–3 Kirulapone Utd

Renown SC 3–0 Young Birds SC (Mulativu FL)

8 April 2017 [9]

Serendib SC 1 (4)–1 (2) St.Joseph’s SC

Easwaran SC (Vavuniya FL) 3–0 Kalutara Park (walkover)

Wimbledon SC (Puttlam FL) 3–0 Hillary SC

Kurunduwatta SC (Galle FL) 0–1 Comrades SC

Young Birds SC (N’Eliya FL) 1–0 Solid SC

Renown SC (Hatton FL) 0–3 Blue Star SC

Red Star SC 10–1 National SC (Kanthankudy FL)

Date unknown

Golden Rise SC 3–0 Highlanders (awarded due to ineligible players) [10]

Fourth round

9 April 2017 [11] [12] [13]

Super Sun SC 2–1 Serendib SC

Saunders SC 6–1 Up Country Lions SC

Blue Star SC 3–0 Leo SC

10 April 2017 [14]

Crystal Palace 1(3)–1(2) New Youngs FC

11 April 2017 [15]

Negombo Youth 6–0 Jet Liners SC

Easwaran SC 0–20 Army SC

12 April 2017 [16] [17]

Brilliant SC 2–1 Red Star SC

St.Mary’s SC 12–0 Wimbledon SC

St.Nicholas’ SC 0–1 Navy SC

21 April 2017 [18]

Civil Security 1(3)–1(4) Air Force SC

24 April 2017 [19] [20] [21]

Golden Rise SC 1–4 Renown SC

Kirulapone United 1–5 Java Lane

Colombo FC 3–0 Young Birds SC (walkover)

Comrades SC 2(1)–2(4) Pelican SC

25 April 2017 [22]

Police SC 0(1)–0(4) Singing Fish SC

Date unknown [23]

Matara City 3–1 New Star SC

Round of 16

Super Sun v St.Mary's
26 April 2017 Super Sun 1–0St.Mary's
SL Navy v SL Army
29 April 2017 SL Navy1–4 SL Army
Renown v Brilliant
29 April 2017 Renown 8–0Brilliant
Pelicans v Colombo
30 April 2017 Pelicans0–5 Colombo
Saunders v Negombo Youth
30 April 2017 Saunders 2–2
(3–1 p)		Negombo Youth
SL Air Force v Matara City
30 April 2017 SL Air Force 3–0Matara City
Java Lane v Crystal Palace
1 May 2017 Java Lane 2–0Crystal Palace
Singing Fish v Blue Star
1 May 2017 Singing Fish1–2 Blue Star

Quarterfinals

SL Army v Super Sun
6 May 2017 SL Army 12–1Super Sun
Saunders v Blue Star
6 May 2017 Saunders 2–1Blue Star
SL Air Force v Colombo
7 May 2017 SL Air Force0–1 Colombo
Renown v Java Lane
7 May 2017 Renown1–3 Java Lane

Semifinals

SL Army v Colombo
13 May 2017 SL Army 3–2Colombo
Saunders v Java Lane
13 May 2017 Saunders1–1
(3–5 p)		 Java Lane

Final

SL Army5–1Java Lane

References

  1. ^ "Cargills Food City FA Cup begins for the 4th year". 24 November 2016.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "FA Cup 2016/17 League winners". 19 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Dilshan hat-trick propels Old Bens past Sunshine". 20 March 2017.
  • Sri Lanka FA Cup 2016/17, RSSSF.com

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