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. The national cup has had many different names over the years. Emir Cup (1952–59 & 1978–2002), Federation Cup (1960–77) and King's Cup (2003–present).

Previous winners

Previous winners are: *1952 : Muharraq Club *1953 : Muharraq Club *1954 : Muharraq Club ''unknown winner between 1955 and 1957'' *1958 : Muharraq Club *1959 : Muharraq Club *1960 : Al Nusoor Manama 1–0 Muharraq Club *1961 : Muharraq Club 4–1 Al Nusoor *1962 : Muharraq Club 7–1 Al Nahda *1963 : Muharraq Club 2–0 Bahrain Riffa *1964 : Muharraq Club 4–2 Al Nusoor Manama *1965 : ''no cup'' *1966 : Muharraq Club 5–0 Taj *1967 : Muharraq Club 1–0 Al Arabi *1968 : Al Nusoor Manama 2–1 Bahrain Riffa *1969 : Al Arabi 4–0 Al Tursana *1970 : Bahrain Club 5–2 Al Nusoor Manama *1971 : Bahrain Club 4–2 Al Arabi *1972 : Muharraq Club 2–0 Bahrain Club *1973 : Bahrain Riffa 2–2 (8 – 7) Bahrain Club *1974 : Muharraq Club 3–2 Al Nusoor Manama *1975 : Muharraq Club 5–1 Bahrain Club *1976 : Al Hala 1–0 Bahrain Club *1977 : Al Nusoor Manama 1–0 Muharraq Club *1978 : Muharraq Club 1–0 Al Wahda *1979 : Muharraq Club 1–0 Al Ahly Manama *1980 : Al Hala 0–0 (4 – 2) East Riffa Club *1981 : Al Hala 2–2 (5 – 4) Bahrain Club *1982 : Al Ahly Manama 2–0 Bahrain Riffa *1983 : Muharraq Club 2–0 Bahrain Riffa *1984 : Muharraq Club 2–0 Bahrain Club *1985 : Bahrain Riffa 1–1 (4 – 1) Bahrain Club *1986 : Bahrain Riffa 1–0 East Riffa Club *1987 : Al Ahly Manama 1–0 Al Wahda *1988 : Al Wahda 1–0 Al Ahly Manama *1989 : Muharraq Club 1–0 East Riffa Club *1990 : Muharraq Club *1991 : Al Ahly Manama *1992 : Al Wahda *1993 : Muharraq Club *1994 : Al Wahda *1995 : Muharraq Club *1996 : Muharraq Club (4 – 3) Bahrain Club *1997 : Muharraq Club 2–1 East Riffa Club *1998 : Bahrain Riffa 2–1

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*1999 : East Riffa Club 1–0 Al Hala *2000 : East Riffa Club 3–1 Qadisiya *2001 : Al Ahly Manama 1–0 Essa Town *2002 : Muharraq Club 0–0 (4 – 2) Al Ahly Manama *2003 : Al Ahly Manama 2–1 Muharraq Club *2004 : Al-Shabab 2–1 Busaiteen *2005 : Muharraq Club 1–0 (a.p.) Al-Shabab *2006 : Al-Najma 1–0 Al Ahly Manama *2007 : Al-Najma 2–0 Al Hala *2008 : Muharraq Club 2–0 Al-Najma *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

: Muharraq Club 1–1 (9–8 pens)

Riffa SC Al-Riffa Sports Club () is a Bahraini professional football club based in Riffa, that competes in the Bahraini Premier League, the top flight of Bahraini football. History The club was founded in 1953 as West Riffa Sports Club. In 2001, the cl ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

4–0 Busaiteen Club *

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

: Muharraq Club 3–0 Busaiteen Club *

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

: Muharraq Club 3–1

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

: Muharraq Club 2–2 (aet) (4–3 pens)

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

: East Riffa SCC 2–1 (aet) Busaiteen Club *

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

: Al-Hidd 2–0 Busaiteen Club * 2015–16 : Muharraq SC 3–1

* 2016–17 : Manama SC 2–1 Muharraq SC * 2017–18 : Al-Najma SC 1–1 (aet) (5–4 pens) Muharraq SC * 2018–19 :

2–1 (aet)

Hidd SCC Al-Hidd Sports and Cultural Club () is a Bahraini football (soccer), football club based in Al Hidd, Muharraq Island. They currently compete in the Bahraini Premier League, the top division of Bahraini football league. Hidd SCC also operates a f ...

* 2019–20 : Muharraq SC 1–0

* 2020–21 :

2–0 Al-Ahli SC * 2021–22 : Al-Khaldiya SC 0–0 (aet) (4–3 pens) East Riffa SCC * 2022–23 : Al-Hala SC 0–0 (aet) (6–5 pens) Al-Ahli SC * 2023–24 : Al-Ahli SC 1–1 (aet) (4–2 pens) Muharraq SC * 2024–25 : Al-Khaldiya SC 3-2 Sitra Club

Top–performing clubs

References

External links

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{{National football Cups (AFC region) Football cup competitions in Bahrain National association football cups Recurring sporting events established in 1952