Sussex Senior Challenge Cup

Sussex Senior Challenge Cup

Organising body	Sussex County Football Association
Founded	1882; 142 years ago (1882)
Region	Sussex
Number of teams	50 (2016–17 season)
Current champions	Horsham (8th title)
Most successful club(s)	Worthing (22 titles)

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The Sussex Senior Cup is an annual association football knockout cup competition for men's football clubs in the English county of Sussex; the winning team is presented with the Sussex Senior Challenge Cup, the county senior cup of the Sussex FA. For sponsorship purposes the trophy is also known as the Sussex Transport Senior Challenge Cup, after a new sponsorship deal was agreed in 2023.^[1]

First played for in the 1882–83 season, shortly after the founding of the Sussex County Football Association in September 1882, the first club to hold the cup was Brighton Rangers. Other winning teams in the cup's early history were Burgess Hill, Lancing College and Eastbourne.

The team with most title wins in the competition's history is Worthing, but Sussex's sole Premier League team, Brighton & Hove Albion, has been the most successful in recent years. Bognor Regis Town won the competition a record five times in succession between 1980 and 1984.

The winning club also qualifies to play in the Sussex FA Community Shield match, traditionally the opening match each season in Sussex football. Horsham is the current holder of the Sussex Senior Challenge Cup, having beaten Hastings United 3-0 in the 2024 final.