List of oldest football competitions

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This is a list of the oldest documented football competitions, played at school, club, national and international levels. The first list contains competitions that have been played continuously. The second is a list of competitions that are now defunct.

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Current competitions

Association football

YearCompetitionTypeFirst Trophy, YearsOriginal codeLocationNotes & references
1871 FA Cup club trophyFA Cup
Original FA Cup trophy 1871–1895
Second FA Cup trophy 1895–1910
Current FA cup Trophy 1911–		 Association football England Oldest association football competition in the world.
1874 Scottish Cup club trophyScottish Cup 1874–Association football Scotland Oldest association football trophy in the world.
1876 Birmingham Senior Cup county cup1876–Association Football West Midlands, EnglandOldest regional trophy in the world.
1876 Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup county cup1876–Association Football South Yorkshire, EnglandAlso includes some clubs from Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and West Yorkshire.
1877 Welsh Cup club trophyWelsh Cup, 1877–Association football Wales
1877 Shropshire Senior Cup County cupShropshire Premier County Cup, 1877-Association football Shropshire, England
1878 Berks & Bucks Senior Cup county cup1879–Association Football Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, England
1880 Lancashire Senior Cup county cup1880–Association Football Lancashire, England Also includes teams from Greater Manchester and Merseyside
1880 Cheshire Senior Cup county cup1880–Association football Cheshire, England Also includes teams from Greater Manchester and Merseyside, many from the historical boundaries of Cheshire.
1881 Irish Cup club trophy1881–Association football Ireland (1881–1921)
Northern Ireland (1921–)		Originally created as the national club trophy for all of Ireland, it now serves as the national club trophy for Northern Ireland after the Republic of Ireland was created in 1921.
1882Oxford University Cuppers intercollegiate trophyAssociation football Oxford, England University claims is its the 2nd oldest [association] football competition (after the FA Cup), [1] but also documents 1882/3 as the first season. [2]
1882Cambridge University Cuppers intercollegiate trophyAssociation football Cambridge, England
1884Lincolnshire FA County Senior Trophycounty cup1884–Association FootballLincolnshire, England
1886 Scottish Junior Cup club trophy
(non-league)		Scottish Junior Cup 1886–Association football Scotland
1887 Aberdeenshire Cup regional cup1888 Association football Aberdeenshire, Scotland Claims to be second oldest association football tournament in the world. [3]
1888 Medaille Fodbold Konkurrence regional cupApril 29th, 1888Pre-associationDenmarkOldest football league outside of Great Britain and Ireland.
1888 English Football League club leagueAssociation footballEnglandOldest association football league. The Premier League was later created and is now the top-flight English league.
1888 Durand Cup club trophyDurand Cup, 1888–Association football India Oldest football tournament in Asia.
1889 Northern Football League club leagueAssociation footballNorth East England Second-oldest association football league in the world.
1889 Trades Cup regional cupAssociation football Kolkata, India
1890 Border Cup regional cupAssociation

football

Scottish Borders

Scotland

Originally played for by senior clubs, has been contested by Border Amateur Football Association clubs since 1960.
1891 Argentine Primera División club league Copa Campeonato (1896)Association football Argentina Oldest top division association football league in the world and oldest league outside Great Britain.
1892 Brown Shield interprovincial tournamentBrown Shield, 1892Association football New Zealand Originally the country's premier football trophy, now only contested sporadically. [4]
1893 IFA Shield club trophyIFA ShieldAssociation football Kolkata, India
1894 Bedfordshire Senior Cup county cup1894–Association Football Bedfordshire, England
1895 Belgian First Division A club leagueNational Championships 1895–Association football Belgium Oldest association football league in continental Europe.
1896 Hong Kong Shield club trophyAssociation football Hong Kong
1897Montagu Cupregional cup (amateur)1897–Association football Mexborough, EnglandOldest football cup regularly played at its original venue.
1898 Serie A club leagueNational Championships 1898–Association football Italy
1898 Calcutta Football League club leagueAssociation football Kolkata, India Oldest association football league in Asia.
1898 Swiss Super League club league1898–1929 Serie A
1931–1944 Nationalliga/Ligue Nationale/Lega Nazionale
1944–2003 Nationalliga A/Ligue Nationale A/Lega Nazionale A
2003– Super League		Association football Switzerland Longest continuously running top-flight national league [5]
1899 KNVB Cup club trophy1899–Association football Netherlands
1900 Uruguayan Primera División club league1900–Association football Uruguay
1901 Ontario Cup club trophy1901–Association football Canada Oldest association football competition in North America.
1901 Nemzeti Bajnokság club leagueAssociation football Hungary
1902 Copa del Rey club trophy 1902 Copa de la Coronación, 1903–Association football Spain
1902 Norwegian Football Cup club trophyAssociation football Norway First played as an invitational tournament consisting of 5 teams and arranged by Kristiania Idrætsforening. First time as a national tournament 1963
1902 (3 May) Campeonato Paulista club leagueAssociation football São Paulo state, Brazil
1902 Mumbai Football League club leagueAssociation football Mumbai, India
1903 Primera División de la Asociación de Football de Santiago club leagueAssociation football Santiago, Chile
1905 (9 April) Campeonato Baiano club leagueAssociation football Bahia, Brazil
1906 (3 May) Campeonato Carioca club leagueAssociation football Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1906 (8 July) Paraguayan Primera División club leagueAssociation football Paraguay
1907 Federation Cup club trophyAssociation football South Australia, Australia Second oldest knockout competition in Australia.
1908 Milne Cup annual challenge match1908–Association football Shetland and Orkney (Scotland)Oldest football competition between two islands.
1908 Hong Kong First Division League club leagueAssociation football Hong Kong
1908 Nadkarni Cup regional cupNadkarni CupAssociation football Mumbai, India
1908 (19 October) Football at the Summer Olympics International tournament1908–Association footballvariousOldest nations association football competition in the world.
1909 (6 December) Liga I club leagueAssociation football Romania
1911 Belgian Cup club trophy1911–Association football Belgium
1912 Peruvian Primera División club leagueAssociation football Peru League (under the denomination of Escudo Dewar) was exclusively played by teams from Lima. However, older, less-important tournaments were previously held in Callao.
1912 Úrvalsdeild club leagueAssociation football Iceland
1913 Challenge Trophy club trophy (today amateur)Connaught Cup 1913–1925; Challenge Trophy 1926–1954; Challenge Trophy & Carling Cup 1954–1961; Challenge Trophy 1962-Association football Canada Strictly amateur since 1962.
1914 Collingwood Cup university trophy1914–Association football Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland
1914 Manning Cup schools fixtureManning Cup, 1914–Association football Jamaica annual contest among Secondary High Schools in the Kingston, St. Andrew and St. Catherine parishes of Jamaica.
1914 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup club trophyNational Challenge Cup (1914); Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (1999–)Association football United States Oldest association football competition in the United States of America.
1916 Copa América International tournamentSouth American Football Championship (1916–1967)
Copa América (1975–)		Association footballSouth AmericaOldest non-European association football competition in the world.
1917 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament high school tournamentAssociation football Japan
1921 Kentish Cup international (services)Association football Europe Inter-Services. Oldest international military association football tournament. [6]
1921 FAI Cup club trophy1921–Association football Republic of Ireland
1921 Egypt Cup club trophy1921–Association football Egypt Oldest association football competition in Africa.
1921 Malaysia Cup club trophy1921– southern champ, Singapore FA and the northern champ, Selangor FAAssociation football Malaysia Oldest football competition in the ASEAN
1921 Emperor's Cup club trophyAssociation footballJapan
1923Totty Cupprimary school tournamentpost-1947 for primary schoolsAssociation footballEngland
1925 Swiss Cup club trophyAssociation football Switzerland
1925 Polish Cup club trophy1925; 1951–Association football Poland

Australian rules football

Year (Date)CompetitionTypeFirst Trophy,

Years

Original codeLocationNotes & references
1858 (7 August) Melbourne Grammar School-Scotch College Cordner-Eggleston Cup, 1989–schools fixtureCordner-Eggleston Cupexperimental rules Melbourne, Australia
1877 (30 April) South Australian Football Association club leagueThomas Seymour Hill Premiership TrophyAustralian rules football Adelaide, South Australia Oldest Australian rules football league and earliest governing body, The most influential Footballing Body in South Australia.
1877 (17 May) Victorian Football Association club league Victorian rules Melbourne, AustraliaMost influential early governing body for Australian rules football in Victoria.
1879 (12 June) Tasmanian Football League club leagueVictorian rules Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Some discontinuity, most recently dormant between 2001 and 2008.
1881 (10 June) Bendigo Football League club leagueVictorian rules Bendigo, Australia Includes the Castlemaine football club, second oldest football club in Australia.
1883Black Diamond Football Leagueclub leagueBlack Diamond Challenge Cup, 1888–Australian rules football Newcastle, New South Wales, AustraliaTrophy donated to the league by Newcastle's Richmond Tobacco Co., claims to be the longest running football trophy in Australia. [7] [8]
1885 West Australian Football League club leagueAustralian rules football Perth, Western Australia sustained
1888 Broken Hill Football League club leagueAustralian rules football Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
1893 Ballarat Football Association club leagueAustralian rules football Ballarat, Victoria
1896 Goldfields Football League club leagueAustralian rules football Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
1896 Victorian Football League/Australian Football League club leagueFlag 1895-; AFL Premiership Cup, 1959–Australian rules football Victoria, Australia (national since 1990)Now the game's premier competition and highest governing body.
1903 Sydney AFL club leagueAustralian rules football Sydney, Australia
1904 AFL Queensland State League club leagueAustralian rules football Brisbane, Australia

Rugby

Year (Date)CompetitionTypeFirst Trophy,

Years

Original codeLocationNotes & references
1858 (11 December) Edinburgh Academy vs Merchiston Castle School schools fixture Rugby football Edinburgh, Scotland [9]
1872 The Varsity Match University fixtureBowring BowlRugby football England The Varsity Match is an annual rugby union fixture played between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England.
1874 United Hospitals Challenge Cup club trophyUnited Hospitals Challenge Cup – 1874–Rugby football Surrey, England Oldest rugby football competition in the world.
1875 Bromsgrove–KES schools fixtureSiviter-Smith Cup, 1935–Rugby football Bromsgrove/Birmingham, EnglandLater trophy donated by Paul Siviter-Smith, a Birmingham businessman, who had sons at both schools. [10] [11]
1876 (17 March) Ulster Schools Cup cup tournamentSchools Cup 1876–Rugby football Ravenhill, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1878 Army Navy Match Inter-Services CompetitionThe Babcock TrophyRugby football England
1879 (10 March) Calcutta Cup international challengeRugby football England/Scotland Competed for by the England and Scotland international rugby teams annually.
1883 Home Nations Championship international tournamentRugby football Home Nations It is an annual international Rugby union competition between Home nations. It is also the oldest international sport tournament ever competed between Home Nations. But now, It became the Six Nations Championship with the addition of France and Italy.
1883 Auckland Premier club leagueRugby football Auckland, New Zealand The winner of the competition has been awarded the Gallaher Shield since 1922.
1889 Currie Cup provincial tournament Currie Cup, 1889–Rugby football South Africa Oldest provincial rugby union competition in the world, and oldest national rugby union competition in the southern hemisphere.
1901 New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union club league Rugby union Sydney, Australia
1904 Ranfurly Shield provincial challenge Ranfurly Shield, 1902Rugby union New Zealand First won by Auckland in 1902, and first challenged for in 1904.

Rugby league

Year (Date)CompetitionTypeFirst Trophy,

Years

Original codeLocationNotes & references
1895 Rugby Football League/Super League club leagueRugby Football League Championship 1895– Rugby league England
1896 Challenge Cup club leagueRugby league Europe
1908 NSWRL/National Rugby League club leagueRugby league Sydney, Australia
1908 Queensland Rugby League club leagueRugby league Brisbane, Australia
1908 The Ashes international challengeRugby league Australia & Great Britain
1910 New Zealand Rugby League club leagueRugby League Shield 1910–Rugby league Auckland, New Zealand
1910 Newcastle Rugby League club leagueRugby league Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
1911 Illawarra Rugby League club leagueRugby league Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia

Other

Year (Date)CompetitionTypeFirst Trophy,

Years

Original codeCurrent CodeLocationNotes & references
1875 (13 November) The Game Interscholastic match1875modified Rugby union American football United States
1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship inter-county cup1928 Gaelic football Gaelic football
1893 (Boxing Day/ Christmas Day (1893–98))Scarborough Fisherman v Fireman football matchCupThe Silver Cup, 1901Experimental RulesExperimental RulesScarborough, EnglandOrganised as a charity football match to raise money for the Evelyn and Maud that sank. Still played annually today to raise money for the Fisherman and Fireman fund.
1898 Yates Cup college leagueCanadian footballCanadian football Ontario, Canada The Ontario University Athletics football trophy and oldest football trophy in North America.
1902 (1 or 2 January) Rose Bowl Game bowl game American football American football Pasadena, California, United States
1909 Grey Cup Originally national club trophy; now national league"Rugby football" (early form of Canadian football) Canadian football Canada Now the championship trophy of the Canadian Football League.

Defunct competitions

YearsDateCompetitionTypeFirst trophy awarded, yearsOriginal codeLocationNotes
1851 only25 January 93rd Regiment v. Edinburgh University FC one-off matchMedallion, 1851 onlyunknown Edinburgh Medallion was given by the losing side (Edinburgh) to the winning side (93rd Regiment). [12] [13]
1860 – c. 1968House Football Cupintramural competitionHouse Football Cup, 1860 – c. 1968 Eton field game Eton College [14] [15] [16]
1861–1876December Caledonian Challenge Cup club trophyCaledonian Challenge Cup, 1861–1864Melbourne Rules Melbourne, Australia [17]
1867 only Youdan Cup club trophyYoudan Cup, 1867Sheffield rules Sheffield, England
1868 only Cromwell Cup club trophyCromwell Cup, 1868Sheffield rules Sheffield, England
1880–1890 Queensland Football Association club league1880Victorian rules Brisbane, Queensland
1880-1893 New South Wales Football Association club league1880Victorian rules Sydney, New South Wales
1882–?Northern Football Associationclub league ?Victorian rules Launceston, Tasmania
1884–1984 British Home Championship international tournamentBritish International Championship trophy, 1936–1984 [18] Association football Home Nations (UK)oldest international association football tournament in the world, and held until the 1983–84 season
1888–1956 Netherlands Football League Championship club league ?Association footballReplaced with Eredivisie for the 1956–1957 season
1890–2013 Scottish Football League club league ?Association football Scotland
1890–2001 Rovers Cup club trophyRovers CupAssociation football Mumbai, India Third oldest football tournament in Asia (opened only for British army teams until 1911); organized by the WIFA from 1911 to 2001. [19]
1894 only Taça D. Carlos I club trophyAssociation football Portugal The first football cup played on the Iberian Peninsula. [20]
1897–1911 Challenge Cup club trophyAssociation football Austria-Hungary
1900–1903 Copa Macaya club trophyAssociation football Catalonia Replaced with Catalan championship for the 1903–1904 season [21]
1900–1904 Tagblatt Pokal club trophyAssociation football Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary
1900–1907 Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz club trophyAssociation football Europe Replaced with Coupe Jean Dupuich for the 1907–1908 season [22]
1914–1950 Dutch East Indies Championship club leagueAssociation football Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia)

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