The 2016âÂÂ17 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. There were 672 clubs participating in 66 leagues around the country. The tournament began on 24 November 2016 with the preliminary round.
The defending champions were Army.
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.
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.
This 61 league winners qualified for the second round.
61 clubs of league winners contested in this round. The 30 winners advanced to the third round.
17 March 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/new-youngs-too-strong-for-minnows-moratuwa-uni/
Uni of Moratuwa 0âÂÂ7 New Youngs FC
22 March 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/java-lane-hard-fought-win-prison/
Java Lane 2âÂÂ0 Prison SC
Municipal Council (Rathnapura) 0âÂÂ9 Saunders SC
24 March 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/kavindu-scores-seven-as-air-force-slaughter-reliance/
Air Force SC 13âÂÂ0 Reliance SC
Liverpool SC 3âÂÂ4 St.MaryâÂÂs SC
27 March 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/crystal-palace-makes-hard-work-of-nawagampura/
Nawagampura SC 1âÂÂ3 Crystal Palace FC
28 March 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/st-nicholas-singing-fish-brilliant-move-into-4th-round/
St.Nicholas SC 4âÂÂ0 Al Hira SC
Singing Fish SC 3âÂÂ0 Jupiters SC
Kurinjikumaran SC 1âÂÂ2 Brilliant SC
30 March 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/colombo-fc-survive-the-sltb-test/
Colombo FC 2âÂÂ0 SLTB SC
2 April 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/shafraz-masterclass-sees-super-sun-past-olympic-navy-cooray/
Olympic SC 0âÂÂ3 Super Sun SC
Navy SC 2-0 Cooray SC
Maya SC (Kegalle FL) 0âÂÂ3 Army SC (walkover)
St.XavierâÂÂs SC (Madhu Manthai FL) 0âÂÂ3 Matara City Club (walkover)
Pelicans SC 3âÂÂ0 Philip Gunawardena SC (Seethawaka FL) (walkover)
Jet Liners SC 3âÂÂ0 Solaniya SC (walkover)
7 April 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/late-goal-breaks-old-mazenodian-hearts/
Old Mazenodians SC 2âÂÂ3 Civil Security SC
Up Country Lions 5âÂÂ1 Gold Moon SC (Matale FL)
Old Bens SC 1âÂÂ2 New Star SC
Negombo Youth 9âÂÂ0 Green Light SC (Trincomalee FL)
Police SC 9âÂÂ0 Liberty SC (Bandarawela FL)
Leo SC (Kurunegala FL) 2âÂÂ0 Thihariya Youth SC
Sivanantha SC 0âÂÂ3 Kirulapone Utd
Renown SC 3âÂÂ0 Young Birds SC (Mulativu FL)
8 April 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/serendib-knockout-st-josephs-on-penalties-fa-cup-2016-17/
Serendib SC 1 (4)âÂÂ1 (2) St.JosephâÂÂs SC
Easwaran SC (Vavuniya FL) 3âÂÂ0 Kalutara Park (walkover)
Wimbledon SC (Puttlam FL) 3âÂÂ0 Hillary SC
Kurunduwatta SC (Galle FL) 0âÂÂ1 Comrades SC
Young Birds SC (NâÂÂEliya FL) 1âÂÂ0 Solid SC
Renown SC (Hatton FL) 0âÂÂ3 Blue Star SC
Red Star SC 10âÂÂ1 National SC (Kanthankudy FL)
Date unknown
Golden Rise SC 3âÂÂ0 Highlanders (awarded due to ineligible players) http://www.thepapare.com/2nd-half-renown-progress-amidst-crowd-trouble/
9 April 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/super-sun-overcomes-serandib-scare/ http://www.thepapare.com/saunders-demolish-upcountry-lions/ http://www.thepapare.com/blue-star-huff-n-puff-refereeing-takes-the-spotlight/
Super Sun SC 2âÂÂ1 Serendib SC
Saunders SC 6âÂÂ1 Up Country Lions SC
Blue Star SC 3âÂÂ0 Leo SC
10 April 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/crystal-palace-overcomes-rain-and-penalties-to-defeat-new-youngs/
Crystal Palace 1(3)âÂÂ1(2) New Youngs FC
11 April 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/negombo-youth-army-maul-jet-liners-easwaran/
Negombo Youth 6âÂÂ0 Jet Liners SC
Easwaran SC 0âÂÂ20 Army SC
12 April 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/brilliant-punish-wasteful-red-star/ http://www.thepapare.com/st-marys-navy-progress-to-last-16/
Brilliant SC 2âÂÂ1 Red Star SC
St.MaryâÂÂs SC 12âÂÂ0 Wimbledon SC
St.Nicholasâ SC 0âÂÂ1 Navy SC
21 April 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/air-force-prevails-in-penalties-to-progress/
Civil Security 1(3)âÂÂ1(4) Air Force SC
24 April 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/2nd-half-renown-progress-amidst-crowd-trouble/ http://www.thepapare.com/java-lane-trounce-kirulapone-utd-in-a-heated-affair/ https://www.ceylontoday.lk/print20170401CT20170630.php?id=19726
Golden Rise SC 1âÂÂ4 Renown SC
Kirulapone United 1âÂÂ5 Java Lane
Colombo FC 3âÂÂ0 Young Birds SC (walkover)
Comrades SC 2(1)âÂÂ2(4) Pelican SC
25 April 2017 http://www.thepapare.com/singing-fish-robs-fa-cup-last-16-spot-from-police/
Police SC 0(1)âÂÂ0(4) Singing Fish SC
Date unknown http://www.thepapare.com/crucial-fa-cup-pre-quarter-final-clashes/
Matara City 3âÂÂ1 New Star SC