The 2022–23 Hong Kong FA Cup was the 48th edition of the Hong Kong FA Cup. 10 teams entered this edition. The competition is only open to clubs who participate in the 2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League, with lower division sides entering the Junior Division, a separate competition. The winners of this year's FA Cup qualified for the 2023–24 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off.

Since the previous edition of the FA Cup was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, Eastern, the champions of the 2019–20 Hong Kong FA Cup remain the defending champions of the competition, but were eliminated in the semi-finals.

Kitchee became the champions for the seventh time after beating Rangers in the final.

As the 2022–23 Hong Kong Premier League title holders, Kitchee has qualified for the 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage as league winners. The 2023–24 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off position went to the third-placed HKPL team Rangers.

Calendar Phase Round Draw Date Date Matches ClubsKnockout phaseFirst round20 August 2022 HKFA 20 August 2022 2 – 8 October 2022 2 10 → 8 Quarter-finals 3 December 2022 – 7 January 2023 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 29 April 2023 – 1 May 2023 2 4 → 2 Final 13 May 2023 1 2 → 1

Bracket

Bold = winner * = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

Fixtures and results Times are in Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Final

GK 11 Leung Hing KitCB 4 Kim Min-kyuCB 6 Park Jong-bumCM 10 Lam Ka Wai (c) RB 12 Lo Kwan YeeCM 16 Lam Hin Ting LB 19 Yiu Ho Ming CF 21 Nassam Ibrahim RM 44 Yumemi KandaCB 55 Jean-Jacques Kilama CF 90 JuninhoSubstitutes:GK 1 Lo Siu KeiDF 2 Yeung Hok ManCF 7 Lau Chi Lok CF 9 Lam Hok HeiCM 14 Yu Joy Yin DF 17 Loong Tsz HinMF 18 Yeung Dik LunDF 23 Tse Wai Chun MF 25 Ma Man ChingMF 29 Lui Cheuk KanDF 33 Fernando Lopes DF 94 Marco Wegener Co-head coaches: Chiu Chung Man Wong Chin Hung Lai Ka Fai Poon Man Chun GK 86 Paulo CésarRW 2 Law Tsz Chun DM 4 Charlie ScottCB 5 Hélio (c)LW 8 Igor Sartori CM 10 Cleiton RB 15 Roberto CM 17 MikaelCB 18 Oliver GerbigLB 77 FernandoCF 99 Poon Pui Hin Substitutes:GK 1 Wang ZhenpengRB 11 Bekzhan Sagynbayev DM 19 Huang YangAM 20 Sohgo IchikawaRB 22 Clement Benhaddouche LB 23 Jordon BrownCM 24 Ngan Cheuk Pan CB 26 Andy Russell AM 28 Cheng Chin Lung RW 30 Chang Kwong YinCF 33 Kim Shin-wookCF 88 Alex AkandeHead Coach: Chu Chi Kwong Player of the Match: Cleiton (Kitchee)

Assistant Referees: Chow Chun Kit Lam Nai Kei Fourth Official: Tam Ping WunMatch rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time

Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Cleiton Kitchee42 Mahama Awal Southern33 Shu Sasaki Southern2 Stefan Pereira Southern Juninho Rangers Mikael Kitchee Poon Pui Hin Kitchee Charlie Scott Kitchee

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