2016–17 Sri Lanka FA Cup

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2016–17 Sri Lanka FA Cup
Cargills Food City FA Cup
CountryFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Dates24 November 2016 –
Teams672
Champions Army SC (6th title)
2018–19 →

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.

Contents

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

RoundClubs RemainingClubs involvedByes Received
Preliminary round60641—
Second round2754—
Third round326437
Fourth round1632—
Fifth round816—
Quarter-finals48—
Semi-finals24—
Finals12—

Prize Fund

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]

Second round

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

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

Third round

17 March 2017

Uni of Moratuwa 0–7 New Youngs FC

22 March 2017

Java Lane 2–0 Prison SC

Municipal Council (Rathnapura) 0–9 Saunders SC

24 March 2017

Air Force SC 13–0 Reliance SC

Liverpool SC 3–4 St.Mary’s SC

27 March 2017

Nawagampura SC 1—3 Crystal Palace FC

28 March 2017

St.Nicholas SC 4–0 Al Hira SC

Singing Fish SC 3–0 Jupiters SC

Kurinjikumaran SC 1–2 Brilliant SC

30 March 2017

Colombo FC 2–0 SLTB SC

2 April 2017

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

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

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)

Fourth round

9 April 2017

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

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

11 April 2017

Negombo Youth 6–0 Jet Liners SC

Easwaran SC 0–20 Army SC

12 April 2017

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

Civil Security 1(3)–1(4) Air Force SC

24 April 2017

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

Police SC 0(1)–0(4) Singing Fish SC

Date unknown

Matara City 3–1 New Star SC

Round of 16

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

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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

Final

SL Army5–1Java Lane

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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.
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