2015 Waratah Cup

2015 Waratah Cup
Country  Australia (NSW)
Teams 5
Defending champions Blacktown City
Champions Sydney United 58
Runners-up Blacktown City
Matches played 4
Goals scored 10 (2.5 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Chris Triantis (3 goals)
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The 2015 Waratah Cup was the 13th season of Football NSW's knockout competition, and which ran from 3 June to 5 July. The Preliminary Rounds are now a part of the 2015 FFA Cup competition. [1] The 5 winners from the FFA Cup preliminary Seventh Round qualified both for the Waratah Cup and for the 2015 FFA Cup Round of 32. [2]

The winners were Sydney United 58, their 4th title (including predecessor knockout cup competitions).

Preliminary Rounds

New South Wales clubs, other than Northern NSW and A-League clubs, participated in the 2015 FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. The competition was for all Senior Men's teams of the National Premier Leagues NSW, NPL Division 2, State League Division 1, State League Division 2, as well as Association teams which applied to participate.

A total of 104 clubs entered into the competition, and the five qualifiers for the final rounds were:

Qualifiers
Balmain Tigers (4) Blacktown City (2) Rockdale City Suns (2) Sydney Olympic (2) Sydney United 58 (2)

Playoff Round

Two of the qualifiers played off to reduce the remaining teams to 4 for the Semi Finals.

Semi Finals

A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition.[2]

17 June 2015
Sydney United 58 3 – 2 Rockdale City Suns
Triantis  18', 69'
Paric  78'		 Report Ješić  24', 40'
Sydney
Referee: Stephen Lucas

17 June 2015
Sydney Olympic 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Blacktown City
H. Gaitatzis  30' Report Major  9'
Evans  95'

Grand Final

The 2015 Waratah Cup Grand Final was played on 5 July 2015 at Valentine Sports Park.[2]


5 July 2015
Sydney United 58 1 – 0 Blacktown City
Triantis  85' Report
Valentine Sports Park, Sydney
Referee: Kurt Ams

References

  1. ↑ "Saturday night final for Westfield FFA Cup in 2015". footballaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "FFA Cup - Football NSW" (PDF). footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 12 February 2015.


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