Yanjing Beer 2019 Chinese FA Cup (
Chinese: 燕京啤酒2019中国足球协会杯) was the 21st edition of the
Chinese FA Cup
The Chinese FA Cup (, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. The current holders are Shanghai Port, having beaten Shandong Taishan in 2024 for their first title.
H ...
. The cup title sponsor was
Yanjing Beer
Beijing Yanjing Brewery () is a brewing company founded in 1980 in Beijing, China. Yanjing Beer was designated as the official beer served at state banquets in the Great Hall of the People in February 1995.
The company produced 57.1 million hect ...
. For the first time, entrants were not
seeded and there were separate draws for each round.
Schedule
The schedule was as follows.
Qualifying round
Qualifying rounds included two phases: Chinese Football Association Member Association FA Cup and Regional Finals. Teams will compete in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 27 available places in the first round, joining another five amateur clubs (
Guangzhou Haoxin,
Nanjing Shaye,
Ningbo Yinbo,
Shanghai Jiading Boji and
Hubei Chufeng United) who advanced to the first round directly.
Teams qualified for the Regional Finals
Regional Finals
;North China
;East China
;South China
;Northwest China
;Southwest China
First round
The draw for the first round was originally scheduled on 18 February 2019.
However, it was postponed to 25 February 2019 after the finally list of
2019 China League Two
The 2019 Chinese Football Association Division Two League season is the 30th season since its establishment in 1989. The league was expanded to 32 teams, with 16 teams in North Group and 16 teams in South Group.
Team changes
To League Two
T ...
participants was decided. Due to the withdrawal of
Shenzhen Xinqiao
Shenzhen Xinqiao Football Club () is a professional Chinese football club based in Shenzhen, Guangdong.
History
Shenzhen Xinqiao qualified and gained a license for 2019 China League Two
The 2019 Chinese Football Association Division Two Le ...
and
Yunnan Flying Tigers as well the promotion of
Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic, which directly qualified to the third round, their opponents,
Kunshan F.C.,
Lhasa Urban Construction Investment and Qingdao Elite United received byes and advanced to the second round.
Second round
The draw for the second round took place on 12 March 2019.
Third round
The draw for the third round took place on 3 April 2019.
Fourth round
The draw for the fourth round took place on 21 April 2019.
Fifth round
The draw for the fifth round took place on 2 May 2019.
Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 31 May 2019.
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals took place on 24 July 2019.
Finals
1st leg
2nd leg
Awards
; Dark Horse Award
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Shanghai Shenxin
*
Taizhou Yuanda
*
Shanghai Jiading Boji
Most Valuable Player of The round
Notes
References
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2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
2019 in Chinese football
2019 Asian domestic association football cups