1966 Australia Cup

1966 Australia Cup
Tournament details
CountryAustralia
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsAPIA Leichhardt (1st title)
Runners-upHakoah Eastern Suburbs
Tournament statistics
Matches played15

The 1966 Australia Cup was the fifth season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia.[1] Sixteen clubs from around Australia qualified to enter the competition.[2]

Teams

Qualifying clubs
Australian Capital Territory ACTCroatia Deakin
New South Wales NNSWNewcastle AustralAdamstown Rosebud
New South Wales NSWAPIA LeichhardtHakoah Eastern SuburbsSt George BudapestSouth Coast United
Queensland QLDLatrobe-Western Suburbs
South Australia SAWest Adelaide HellasAdelaide Juventus
Tasmania TASOlympia
Victoria (state) VICSouth Melbourne HellasPort Melbourne SlaviaMelbourne HungariaMelbourne Hakoah
Western Australia WAPerth Azzurri

Bracket

Round OneQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
        
APIA Leichhardt4
Newcastle Austral0
APIA Leichhardt2
St George Budapest1
St George Budapest3
Croatia Deakin1
APIA Leichhardt3
Melbourne Hungaria0
West Adelaide Hellas0
Melbourne Hungaria1
Melbourne Hungaria4
Perth Azzurri1
Perth Azzurri (p)1 (4)
Port Melbourne Slavia1 (3)
APIA Leichhardt2
Sydney Hakoah0
South Melbourne Hellas4
Adelaide Juventus1
South Melbourne Hellas2
Melbourne Hakoah1
Melbourne Hakoah6
Olympia2
South Melbourne Hellas
Sydney Hakoahawd.
Sydney Hakoah6
Latrobe-Western Suburbs2
Sydney Hakoah4
South Coast United0
South Coast United3
Adamstown Rosebud2

Round 1

Sydney Hakoah6–2Latrobe-Western Suburbs
Attendance: 1,200[2]
St George Budapest3–1Croatia Deakin
Attendance: 4,500 (double header)[2]
APIA Leichhardt4–0Newcastle Austral
Attendance: 4,500 (double header)[2]
South Coast United3–2Adamstown Rosebud
Speers Point, Newcastle
Attendance: 3,000[2]
South Melbourne Hellas4–1Adelaide Juventus
Attendance: 8,850[2]
Perth Azzurri1–1 (a.e.t.)Port Melbourne Slavia
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 4,000[2]
West Adelaide Hellas0–1Melbourne Hungaria
Attendance: 6,000[2]
Melbourne Hakoah6–2Olympia
Attendance: 2,300[2]

Quarter-finals

Melbourne Hungaria4–1Perth Azzurri
Attendance: 3,126[2]
Sydney Hakoah4–0South Coast United
Attendance: 4,563 (double header)[2]
APIA Leichhardt2–1St George Budapest
Attendance: 4,563 (double header)[2]
South Melbourne Hellas2–1Melbourne Hakoah
Attendance: 8,221[2]

Semi-finals

APIA Leichhardt3–0Melbourne Hungaria
Attendance: 4,521[2]
South Melbourne Hellas1–3Sydney Hakoah
Attendance: 11,500[2]

The game was abandoned after 71 minutes due to a pitch invasion, and subsequently awarded to Sydney Hakoah.[2]

Final

APIA Leichhardt2–0Sydney Hakoah
Ricardo Campana 32'
Bill Kerklaan 61'		Report
Attendance: 10,200[2]
Referee: Dave Maitland

References

  1. ^ Australia and its Cups: Then and Now. Roy Hay, The Leopold Method, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 2014, pp. 4–20. 25 November 2014. ISBN 9781921134470. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Andrew Robinson (18 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1966 – Results".
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