Challenger's Cup

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IFCF Challenger's Cup
IFCF logo.png
Region Worldwide
Number of teams 134 (entrants in IFCC 2)
Current champions Unknown club logo.svg Arlington City (ZWZ) (1st title)
Most championships AC Izotz Zubia logo.png AC Izotz Zubia (AUD)
Unknown club logo.svg Malabon SC (AFT)
Unknown club logo.svg Arlington City (ZWZ) (1 title each)

The Challenger's Cup is an international football club competition organized by the IFCF involving the three highest-placed teams from each association which did not qualify for the Champions' League. Teams which are eliminated from the Champions' League prior to its knockout phase also enter the Challenger's Cup at the subsequent round.

The competition is the successor to the UICA Globe Cup. The inaugural Challenger's Cup, in the season that would have seen the 72nd Globe Cup, saw Malabon SC become the first Fleftic club to win a major international club title as they beat Port Sebastian 1-0 at Macquarie Docklands in Latrobe.

After a qualifying phase, 48 teams contest the group stage. Divided into groups of four, they play a home-and-away round robin with the top two teams of each group advancing to the first knockout round of 32 teams, where they are joined by teams finishing third in the group stage of the Champions' League. The final is a single match played at a venue selected each season at the start of the tournament.

Challenger's Cup finals

Edition Winners Score Runners-up Venue
1 Unknown club logo.svg
Malabon SC (AFT)
1–0 Port Sebastian logo.png
Port Sebastian (SCT)
Macquarie Docklands
Latrobe, Kelssek
2 AC Izotz Zubia logo.png
AC Izotz Zubia (AUD)
2–1 Shamrock Cathair logo.png
Shamrock Cathair (AUD)
Estadio Zachary Fortin
Metropolis, Valladares
3 Unknown club logo.svg
Arlington City (ZWZ)
3–0 Kionao locals logo.png
Kionao Locals (TUR)
Franz-Gorz-Stadion
Stelburg, Siovanija and Teusland

Records and statistics

Clubs

  IFCF only UICA included
Club Champion Runner-up Champion Runner-up Third place
Unknown club logo.svg Ulsa (EUR) 0 0 4 0 0
Unknown club logo.svg Mapabore Juventud (AGU) 0 0 2 1 0
Unknown club logo.svg Albrecht FC (CAM) 0 0 2 0 2
Soldarian FC logo.png Soldarian FC (VAL) 0 0 2 0 2
Unknown club logo.svg Cafundó do Juta (CAF) 0 0 2 0 1
Mar Sara FC logo.png Mar Sara FC (VAL) 0 0 2 0 1
Liria Prizren logo.png Liria Prizren (MYT) 0 0 2 0 0
Sabrefell Athletic logo.png Sabrefell Athletic (NPH) 0 0 2 0 0
Sokojiwa Dosi CK logo.svg Sokojiwa Dosi CK (COM) 0 0 2 0 0
Sonoma Center Panthers logo.svg Sonoma Center Panthers (COM) 0 0 2 0 0
Turoki Tide logo.png Turoki Tide (VIL) 0 0 2 0 0

Associations

  IFCF only UICA included
Association Champion Runner-up Champion Runner-up Third place
Flag of Valanora.jpg Valanora (VAL) 0 0 7 7 5
Flag of Capitalizt SLANI.svg Capitalizt SLANI (COM) 0 0 7 7 2
Flag of Cafundéu.svg Cafundéu (CAF) 0 0 4 3 6
Eura flag.png Eura (EUR) 0 0 4 2 0
Flag of Candelaria And Marquez.svg Candelaria And Marquez (CAM) 0 0 4 1 3
Flag of Nephara new.png Nephara (NPH) 0 0 4 1 0
Flag of Jasĭyun.svg Jasĭyun (JSY) 0 0 3 3 4
Valladares Flag.png Valladares (VLD) 0 0 3 3 0
Flag of Aguazul.svg Aguazul (AGU) 0 0 3 2 1
Flag of the LAPFL Federation.png LAPFL Federation (LLF) 0 0 3 2 1
22x20px Virçais (VRC) 0 0 2 2 1
Krytenia flag.png Krytenia (KRY) 0 0 2 1 0
Newgelderland.png New Gelderland (NGD) 0 0 2 0 0