OPFL Cup

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Omerican Professional Soccer League Cup
CountryOmerica
Number of teams64
Current championsEver Grande (2nd title)
(OPSL 10)
Most championships
  • Malavan Romainbourg
  • Saint Anne Athletic
  • Ever Grande
(2 titles each)
TV partnersCiel Sports
Current: OPSL season 10

The Omerican Professional Soccer League Cup (French: Coupe de la Ligue omericaine de soccer professionnel), known domestically as the League Cup, is an annual knockout competition involving professional Omerican association football clubs. Organised by and named after the Omerican Professional Soccer League, participation in the competition is open to member clubs of its four divisions, which equates to those in the top four levels of the Omerican football league system.

The winners of the OPSL Cup receive a berth to the FFI Confederations Trophy unless they have qualified for the League of Victors via league finish. Ever Grande are the current titleholders, defeating Grand-Océan FC on penalties in the season 10 final.

Format

The competition is contested as a straight knockout cup tournament, with teams eliminated from the tournament after a single loss. All participating clubs enter the competition in the first round; all clubs, regardless of division, must therefore win six ties to win the tournament. In the first four rounds, each tie is played as a single leg at one of the two teams' home ground without replays, with level ties proceeding directly to a penalty shoot-out. The semifinals are played home-and-away; if a tie is level on aggregate at the end of the second leg, the away goals rule applies, with a penalty shootout held if the tie remains level (extra time is not played).

In contrast to the Federation Cup, which draws each round only after the previous has been played, the OPSL Cup uses a fixed bracket which is set by a draw before the commencement of the tournament. Within each of the four divisions, each club is drawn a "seed" number from 1 to 16, with four clubs (one from each of the four divisions) having each number. In the first round, Fourth Division clubs host Premier Division clubs with the same "seed" number, while Third Division clubs host Second Division clubs with the same number; in the second round, clubs with the same number play each other, with the club in the lower division hosting the match. From the third round on, a standard sixteen-team seeded bracket is used without reseeding.

The final match traditionally takes place at the midpoint of the league season and is the only one played at a neutral ground, selected by the Omerican Professional Soccer League administration. Since season 10, the final has been held at the titleholders' home ground; prior to this, the venue was selected so as to be approximately equidistant between the finalists' hometowns. Drawn finals proceed to extra time, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the match remains level.

Finals

Edition Winners Score Runners-up Venue
1
Sassari Trailblazers
2–0
United Philibiscostal
RS Amphitheatre
Port-des-Saints
2
Malavan Romainbourg
4–1 File:Nassau FC logo.png
Nassau FC
Stade Rue de la Victoire
Éternare, Alleos
3
Saint Anne Athletic
2–0
Malavan Romainbourg
Stephen Reading Stadium
Christiana, Mespalia
4 Season abandoned; final not contested
5
Londonderry FC
1–0
Ever Grande
Seafoam Athletic Park
Saint Anne, Seafoam Islands
6
Andreaskruis
2–1 File:Nassau FC logo.png
Nassau FC
Stade Just-Cartier
Charlescourt
7
Malavan Romainbourg
3–1 aet
AS Républicains
Stade Just-Cartier
Charlescourt
8
Ever Grande
1–0
Malavan Romainbourg
Stadium of Great Arden
Lisbon, Great Arden
9
Saint Anne Athletic
2–1
Forestia Cricket
RS Amphitheatre
Port-des-Saints
10
Ever Grande
0–0 aet
4–2 pen
File:Grand-Océan FC logo.png
Grand-Océan FC
Seafoam Athletic Park
Saint Anne, Seafoam Islands
11 To be determined Stade Rue de la Victoire
Éternare, Alleos