NSL Cup

National Soccer League Cup
Founded	1977
Abolished	1997
Region	Australia
Most successful club(s)	Adelaide City (3)^[1]

The NSL Cup was an Australian soccer competition organised by the Australian Soccer Federation between 1977 and 1997.

History

The NSL Cup was organised to run in conjunction with the teams participating in the National Soccer League (NSL) between 1977 and 1997. It was the second nationwide club tournament held in Australia, the first being the Australia Cup during the 1960s.^[2] It was held initially in 1977 immediately after the end of the NSL's regular home and away season, as there was no final series. The 1978 edition expanded to include teams from various state leagues in Australia, including Annerley (Queensland), West Woden Juventus (ACT), Essendon Croatia (Victoria), Sydney Croatia (NSW) and Ascot (WA).^[3]

For the 1993-94 season the Cup was played in the preseason, before being played as a mid-season break for the 1995-96 season and then returning to the preseason for the 1996-97 season.^[4] The 1996-97 Cup was the final cup to be playing during the NSL years and saw a brand new club, Collingwood Warriors, defeat Marconi in the final.^[5] A replacement national knock-out cup was not instigated until the FFA Cup in 2014.^[3]

Upsets

State League side Sydney Croatia upset NSL club Marconi in the first round of the 1978 Cup. Other upsets over the years where state league teams defeated NSL teams, including Parramatta Melita Eagles defeating Marconi in 1979, Mt Gravatt defeating Brisbane City in 1980, and Croydon City defeating South Melbourne in 1986.^[3]

Past tournaments/winners

Season	Cup Final Date	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location	Cup Final Attendance
1977	9 October 1977	Brisbane City (1)	1–1 (5–3 Penalties)	Marconi Fairfield	Perry Park, Brisbane (1)	9,000
1978	8 October 1978	Brisbane City (2)	2–1	Adelaide City	Perry Park, Brisbane (2)	6,964
1979	30 September 1979	Adelaide City (1)	3–1	St. George	Olympic Sports Field, Adelaide (1)	9,554
1980	5 October 1980 15 October 1980	Marconi Fairfield (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) 3–0 (Replay)	Heidelberg United	Olympic Park, Melbourne (1) Marconi Stadium, Sydney (1)	7,000 5,000
1981	20 September 1981	Brisbane Lions (1)	3–1	West Adelaide Hellas	Canberra Stadium, Canberra (1)	8,132
1982	12 September 1982	APIA Leichhardt (1)	2–1	Heidelberg United	Olympic Park, Melbourne (2)	7,000
1983	6 November 1983 13 November 1983	Sydney Olympic (1)	1–0 1–0	Heidelberg United	St. George Stadium, Sydney (1) Olympic Park, Melbourne (3)	9,420 6,000
1984	13 September 1984	Newcastle Rosebud United (1)	1–0	Melbourne Croatia	Olympic Park, Melbourne (4)	5,000
1985	11 August 1985	Sydney Olympic (2)	2–1	Preston	St. George Stadium, Sydney (2)	10,187
1986	17 September 1986	Sydney City Hakoah (1)	3–2 (a.e.t.)	West Adelaide Hellas	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide (1)	5,200
1987	14 October 1987 18 October 1987	Sydney Croatia (1)	1–0 1–0	South Melbourne	St. George Stadium, Sydney (3) Olympic Park, Melbourne (5)	5,845 6,000
1988	14 August 1988	APIA Leichhardt (2)	0–0 (5–3 Penalties)	Brunswick Juventus	Marconi Stadium, Sydney (2)	5,200
1989	20 August 1989	Adelaide City (2)	2–0	Sydney Olympic	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide (2)	10,000
1989–90	25 April 1990	South Melbourne (1)	4–1	Sydney Olympic	Olympic Park, Melbourne (6)	7,000
1990–91	7 April 1991	Parramatta Eagles (1)	1–0	Preston Macedonia	Marconi Stadium, Sydney (3)	8,749
1991–92	7 April 1992	Adelaide City (3)	2–1	Marconi Fairfield	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide (3)	6,500
1992–93	18 April 1993	Heidelberg United (1)	2–0	Parramatta Eagles	Marconi Stadium, Sydney (4)	4,596
1993–94	17 October 1993	Parramatta Eagles (2)	2–0	Sydney United	Marconi Stadium, Sydney (5)	5,156
1994–95	16 October 1994	Melbourne Knights (1)	6–0	Heidelberg United	Olympic Park, Melbourne (7)	6,000
1995–96	27 January 1996	South Melbourne (2)	3–1	Newcastle Breakers	Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne (1)	5,000
1996–97	6 October 1996	Collingwood Warriors (1)	1–0	Marconi-Fairfield	Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne (2)	2,327

The numbers in brackets indicate the number of cups won by a team, or the number of Cup Finals held in a city.

Performances

NSL Cup winners by teams
Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Adelaide City	3	1	1979, 1989, 1991–92	1978
Sydney Olympic	2	2	1983, 1985	1989, 1989–90
South Melbourne	2	1	1989–90, 1995–96	1987
APIA Leichhardt	2	0	1982, 1988
Brisbane City	2	0	1977, 1978
Parramatta Eagles	2	0	1990–91, 1993–94
Heidelberg United	1	4	1992–93	1980, 1982, 1983, 1994–95
Melbourne Croatia/Knights	1	1	1994–95	1984
Sydney Croatia/United	1	1	1987	1993–94
Brisbane Lions	1	0	1981
Collingwood Warriors	1	0	1996–97
Newcastle Rosebud	1	0	1984
Sydney City Hakoah	1	0	1986
Marconi Fairfield	0	3		1977, 1991–92, 1996–97
Preston Macedonia	0	2		1985, 1990–91
West Adelaide Hellas	0	2		1981, 1986
Brunswick Juventus	0	1		1988
Newcastle Breakers	0	1		1995–96
St. George	0	1		1979

References

↑ "Past League and Cup Champions". OzFootball. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
↑ "Australia - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
1 2 3 "FFA Cup a new old tradition". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
↑ "The Australian National Soccer League". www.ozfootball.net. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
↑ "The amazing story of Aussie Cup finals: 1960-2015". Westfield FFA Cup. Retrieved 2015-12-03.

Soccer in Australia

Football Federation Australia

National teams	Men's Men's U-23 Men's U-20 Men's U-17 Men's Beach Men's Paralympic Women's Women's U-20 Women's U-17

Current competitions	A-League Youth League W-League National Premier Leagues FFA Cup FFA State Institute Challenge Kanga Cup

Defunct competitions	National Soccer League NSL Cup National Youth League (1984–2004) Women's National Soccer League Australia Cup

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National Soccer League

List of NSL champions List of NSL players

Seasons	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

Teams	APIA Leichhardt Adelaide City Adelaide United Blacktown City Brisbane City SC Brisbane Lions SC Brisbane Strikers Brunswick Juventus Canberra City SC Canberra Cosmos Canterbury-Marrickville Carlton S.C. Collingwood Warriors Eastern Pride Football Kingz Footscray JUST Green Gully Cavaliers Heidelberg United Inter Monaro Marconi Stallions Melbourne Knights Mooroolbark SC Newcastle Breakers Newcastle Jets Newcastle KB United Newcastle Rosebud United Northern Spirit Parramatta Eagles Parramatta Power Penrith City SC Perth Glory Preston Lions FC South Melbourne St George Saints Sunshine George Cross Sydney City Sydney Olympic Sydney United FC West Adelaide Western Suburbs SC Wollongong Macedonia Wollongong Wolves

Cups	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97

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