| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Dates | 30 March 2019 – 7 February 2020 |
| Teams | 827 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Police SC (4th title) |
| Runner-up | Saunders SC |
← 2018 | |
The 2019–20 Sri Lanka FA Cup (orVantage FA Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 57th season of Sri Lanka FA Cup, the top-tier knockout football tournament in Sri Lanka. A total of 827 teams will participate.[1]
The tournament kicked off on 30 March 2019.[2] It was put on hold following the Easter bombings, and resumed in May.[3]
There are three stages: Preliminary Stage, District Stage, and National Stage. The Preliminary Stage was organized at league level on a knockout basis. The 64 winners from the Preliminary Stage will play in the District Stage. The 32 winners from the District Stage will join the 32 teams which play in the round of 32 last season.
The draw for the round of 64 was held on 1 October 2019.[4][5][6] Matches were played in November and December 2019.
Results on 23 November 2019: [1]
Results on 24 November 2019: [2]
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 28 November 2019.[7][8][9] Matches were played in December 2019.
| Golden Rise SC | 0−8 | Defenders FC |
| Up Country Lions SC | 2−0 | Great Star SC |
| Saunders SC | 4−1 | United SC |
| Blue Star SC | 0−0 (a.e.t.) (4−3 p) | Red Star SC |
| Super Beach SC | 1−4 | Red Rose |
| New Star SC | 1−2 | Young Star SC |
| Sarikamula | 0−2 | Blue Eagles SC |
| Solid SC | 0−2 | Java Lane SC |
| Red Robbins SC | 2−2 (a.e.t.) (3−4 p) | New Young's SC |
| Navy Sea Hawks FC | 3−0 | Imayan Central SC |
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 17 December 2019.[10] Matches were played in January 2020.
Results: [5]
| New Young's SC | 1−1 (a.e.t.) (4−5 p) | Prison SC |
| Saunders SC | 1−1 (a.e.t.) (3−0 p) | Java Lane SC |
| Singing Fish SC | 0−1 | Navy Sea Hawks FC |
| Red Sun SC | 0−1 | Blue Eagles SC |
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 8 January 2020.[11] [6] Matches will be played on 11 and 12 January 2020.
Results: [7]
| 11 January 2020 | Civil Security SC | 2−5 | Police SC | Sugathadasa Stadium |
| 16:00 SLST |
| 11 January 2020 | Blue Eagles SC | 2−1 | Renown SC | Sugathadasa Stadium |
| 18:30 SLST |
| 12 January 2020 | Navy Sea Hawks FC | 0−1 | Saunders SC | Sugathadasa Stadium |
| 16:00 SLST |
| 12 January 2020 | Prison SC | 0−1 | Blue Star SC | Sugathadasa Stadium |
| 18:30 SLST |
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 21 January 2020. Matches were played on 1 February 2020 at the Race Course International Stadium.
Results: [8]
| 1 February 2020 | Saunders SC | 5−1 | Navy Sea Hawks SC | Colombo Racecourse |
| 16:00 SLST |
| 1 February 2020 | Police SC | 0−0 (a.e.t.) (4−2 p) | Blue Star SC | Colombo Racecourse |
| 18:30 SLST |
Match will be played on 7 February 2020 at the Race Course International Stadium.
Result: [9]
| 7 February 2020 | Saunders SC | 1−1 (a.e.t.) (5−6 p) | Police SC | Colombo Racecourse |
| 19:30 SLST |
