Turnamen Sepak bola Seluruh Korea dibetuk oleh Dewan Olahraga Korea pada 1921, pada saat masa penjajahan Jepang di Korea. Klub-klub sepak bola pemuda, pelajar, dan dewasa dari berbagai provinsi berpartisipasi. Setelah 1934, menjadi bagian dari Festival Olahraga Nasional Korea, which was the championship for various sports games and matched Koreans against other sports championships operated by Japanese who lived in Korea. The Korea Sports Council was disbanded in 1937, due to the Japanese government's oppression. The KFA succeeded it after 1938, but was cancelled after 1940 for the same reason during Perang Dunia II.[1][2]
It declined after the founding of the The Korean Professional Football League (K-League) in 1983, because professional clubs and famous players didn’t take part in it. There were several efforts to make professional clubs join the tournament,[3] and it became so successful that many top-rank clubs joined in and the KFA renamed it FA Cup for the 1988 and 1989 seasons.[4][5] However, it soon returned to an amateur tournament, because of discord between the KFA and professional football clubs. KFA's FA Cup separated from the National Football Championship in 1996. The two competitions merged again in 2000.
Format
1996-2005
Piala FA Korea terjadi setelah akhir musim K-League reguler, dan biasanya selesai dalam waktu yang singkat. Pertandingan dimainkan dalam format eliminasi tunggal, dengan waktu tambahan dan penalti jika diperlukan. Sisi K-League diunggulkan di putaran pertama turnamen, tetapi semua pertandingan dimainkan di tempat netral, seperti Gimcheon dan Namhae
2006-
Untuk meningkatkan status turnamen, pertandingan disebar sepanjang tahun. Edisi 2006, misalnya, dimulai pada awal Maret, dengan putaran juga diadakan pada bulan April, Juli, Agustus dan November. Final dimainkan pada bulan Desember.
Seperti tahun-tahun sebelumnya, kompetisi ini diperebutkan dalam format KO lurus.
