2019 FFA Cup

2019 FFA Cup
Country	Australia; New Zealand
Teams	736
Champions	Adelaide United (3rd title)
Runners-up	Melbourne City
Matches played	31
Goals scored	124 (4 per match)
Attendance	83,217 (2,684 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Jamie Maclaren (6 goals)
	← 2018 2021 →; 2020 →

The 2019 FFA Cup was the sixth season of the FFA Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. 32 teams contested the competition proper (from the Round of 32), including 10 of the 11 A-League teams (with Western United not competing in their inaugural season) and 21 Football Federation Australia (FFA) member federation teams determined through individual state qualifying rounds, as well as the reigning National Premier Leagues Champion (Campbelltown City from South Australia).

Round and dates[]

Round	Draw date	Match dates	Number of fixtures	Teams	New entries this round
Preliminary rounds	Various	9 February–25 June 2019	705 + 164 byes	736 → 32	725
Round of 32	26 June 2019	24 July–7 August 2019	16	32 → 16	11
Round of 16	7 August 2019	21–28 August 2019	8	16 → 8	none
Quarter-finals	28 August 2019	17–18 September 2019	4	8 → 4	none
Semi-finals	18 September 2019	1–2 October 2019	2	4 → 2	none
Final	2 October 2019	23 October 2019	1	2 → 1	none

Teams[]

A total of 32 teams participated in the 2019 FFA Cup competition proper, ten of which are from the A-League, one the 2018 National Premier Leagues Champion (Campbelltown City), and the remaining 21 teams from FFA member federations, as determined by the qualifying rounds. The two new expansion A-League clubs – Western United and Macarthur FC – were deemed ineligible for the competition this year.^[1]

A-League clubs represent the highest level in the Australian league system, whereas member federation clubs come from Level 2 and below. The current season tier of member federation clubs is shown in parentheses.

A-League clubs
Adelaide United	Brisbane Roar	Central Coast Mariners	Melbourne City
Melbourne Victory	Newcastle Jets	Perth Glory	Sydney FC
Wellington Phoenix	Western Sydney Wanderers
Member federation clubs
Tigers FC (2)	Manly United (2)	Marconi Stallions (2)	Mt Druitt Town Rangers (2)
St George FC (3)	Sydney United 58 (2)	Edgeworth FC (2)	Maitland FC (2)
Darwin Olympic (2)	Brisbane Strikers (2)	Coomera Colts (4)	Mackay & Whitsundays Magpies Crusaders United (2)
Olympic FC (2)	Adelaide Olympic (2)	Campbelltown City (2)	South Hobart (2)
Bulleen Lions (3)	Hume City (2)	Melbourne Knights (2)	Moreland Zebras (3)
Bayswater City (2)	Floreat Athena (2)

Prize fund[]

The prize fund was unchanged from the previous three years' events.^[2]

Round	No. of Clubs receive fund	Prize fund
Round of 16	8	$2,000
Quarter-finalists	4	$5,000
Semi-finalists	2	$10,000
Final runners-up	1	$25,000
Final winner	1	$50,000
Total		$131,000

Preliminary rounds[]

FFA member federations teams compete in various state-based preliminary rounds to win one of 21 places in the competition proper (Round of 32). All Australian clubs were eligible to enter the qualifying process through their respective FFA member federation, however only one team per club is permitted entry in the competition. The preliminary rounds operate within a consistent national structure whereby club entry into the competition is staggered in each state/territory, ultimately leading to round 7 with the winning clubs from that round gaining direct entry into the round of 32. The format for Queensland was restructured in 2019, whereby the Central & Northern Queensland region competes for one place, and South East Queensland competes for three places.^[3]

The first matches of the preliminary rounds began in February 2019, and the final matches of the preliminary rounds scheduled was completed in June 2019.

Federation	Associated Competition	Round of 32 Qualifiers
ACT	Federation Cup	1
NSW	Waratah Cup	5
Northern NSW	—	2
NT	Sport Minister's Cup	1
Queensland	—	4
SA	Federation Cup	1
Tasmania	Milan Lakoseljac Cup	1
Victoria	Dockerty Cup	4
WA	State Cup	2

Bracket[]

Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Adelaide Olympic	4
Floreat Athena	3	Adelaide Olympic	1
Tigers FC	0	Hume City	3
Hume City	2			Hume City	0
Sydney FC	0			Central Coast Mariners	1
Brisbane Roar	2	Brisbane Roar	2 (2)
Maitland FC	0	Central Coast Mariners (p)	2 (4)
Central Coast Mariners	2					Central Coast Mariners	1
Olympic FC	5					Adelaide United	2
Bayswater City	2	Olympic FC	2
Melbourne Knights	2	Adelaide United	3
Adelaide United	5			Adelaide United	1
Darwin Olympic	0			Newcastle Jets	0
Edgeworth FC	3	Edgeworth FC	1
Melbourne Victory	2	Newcastle Jets	5
Newcastle Jets	3							Adelaide United	4
Brisbane Strikers (p)	2 (4)							Melbourne City	0
Wellington Phoenix	2 (2)	Brisbane Strikers	1
Mt Druitt Town Rangers	2 (2)	Manly United	0
Manly United (p)	2 (4)			Brisbane Strikers	3
Bulleen Lions	1 (2)			Moreland Zebras	2
Moreland Zebras (p)	1 (3)	Moreland Zebras	4
Mackay & Whitsundays Magpies Crusaders United	2	Mackay & Whitsundays Magpies Crusaders United	0
Coomera Colts	1					Brisbane Strikers	1
South Hobart	0					Melbourne City	5
Marconi Stallions	3	Marconi Stallions	1
Campbelltown City	1	Melbourne City	2
Melbourne City	3			Melbourne City	3
St George	3			Western Sydney Wanderers	0
Sydney United 58 (a.e.t.)	5	Sydney United 58	1
Perth Glory	1	Western Sydney Wanderers	7
Western Sydney Wanderers	2

Round of 32[]

The Round of 32 draw took place on 26 June 2019,^[4] with match information confirmed on 28 June 2019.^[5]

The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round were Coomera Colts. They were the only level 4 team left in the competition.

All times listed below are at AEST

24 July 2019	Olympic FC (2)	5–2	Bayswater City (2)	Perry Park, Brisbane
19:30	Lucas 24', 45' (pen.), 56' A. Smith 35' Lofthouse 59'	Report	G. Smith 60' Griffiths 88'	Attendance: 917 Referee: Ben Abraham

24 July 2019	Adelaide Olympic (2)	4–3	Floreat Athena (2)	VALO Football Centre, Adelaide
19:30	54', 64' Simosis 61', 78' (pen.)	Report	Boi 26' Evans 43', 72'	Attendance: 1,028 Referee: Daniel Elder

24 July 2019	Darwin Olympic (2)	0–3	Edgeworth FC (2)	Darwin Football Stadium, Darwin
19:30		Report	15' 27' 72'	Attendance: 1,195 Referee: Lara Lee

24 July 2019	Bulleen Lions (3)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Moreland Zebras (3)	David Barro Stadium, Melbourne
19:30	107'	Report	94'	Attendance: 1,356 Referee: Jack Morgan
	Penalties
	Petreski Everson		Watson

24 July 2019	Mackay & Whitsundays Magpies Crusaders United (2)	2–1	Coomera Colts (4)	, Mackay
19:30	39' 75'	Report	87'	Attendance: 732 Referee: Chris Beath

24 July 2019	Mt Druitt Town Rangers (2)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Manly United (2)	, Sydney
19:30	6' 110'	Report	Pandurevic 2' 95'	Attendance: 714 Referee: Stephen Lucas
	Penalties
	Fernández		Pandurevic

31 July 2019	Campbelltown City (2)	1–3	Melbourne City (1)	, Adelaide
19:30	Fyfe 26' (pen.)	Report	Maclaren 11', 90+3' Noone 31'	Attendance: 3,078 Referee: Adam Bavcar

31 July 2019	Maitland FC (2)	0–2	Central Coast Mariners (1)	, Maitland
19:30		Report	McGlinchey 8', 11'	Attendance: 2,777 Referee: Stephen Laurie

31 July 2019	Tigers FC (2)	0–2	Hume City (2)	Deakin Stadium, Canberra
19:30		Report	Ochieng 6' 32'	Attendance: 855 Referee: Tim Danaskos

31 July 2019	South Hobart (2)	0–3	Marconi Stallions (2)	Blundstone Arena, Hobart
19:30		Report	Jesic 36' (pen.) 40' (o.g.) Tsekenis 89'	Attendance: 2,617 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

31 July 2019	St George (3)	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Sydney United 58 (2)	Ilinden Sports Centre, Sydney
19:30	63', 90+6' 78'	Report	Antelmi 18' Macdonald 50' Perkatis 90+3' 108' Ruhs 112'	Attendance: 800 Referee: Simon Hooper

7 August 2019	Melbourne Knights (2)	2–5	Adelaide United (1)	Knights Stadium, Melbourne
19:30	28' 72'	Report	Toure 12' Halloran 24', 75' N. Konstandopoulos 56' McGree 60'	Attendance: 4,087 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

7 August 2019	Brisbane Strikers (2)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Wellington Phoenix (1)	Perry Park, Brisbane
19:30	Omori 25' Pengelly 54'	Report	Devlin 58' McCowatt 71'	Attendance: 1,612 Referee: Alex King
	Penalties
	Pengelly Omori		Cacace Ball McCowatt Rufer

7 August 2019	Melbourne Victory (1)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle Jets (1)	AAMI Park, Melbourne
19:30	Nabbout 45+1', 61'	Report	Koutroumbis 74' D. Petratos 81' Langlois 113'	Attendance: 4,045 Referee: Shaun Evans

7 August 2019	Sydney FC (1)	0–2	Brisbane Roar (1)	Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
19:30		Report	Mauk 41' O'Shea 47'	Attendance: 2,350 Referee: Katie Patterson

7 August 2019	Perth Glory (1)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Western Sydney Wanderers (1)	Dorrien Gardens, Perth
20:30	Mrcela 114'	Report	Adam 109' Yeboah 117'	Attendance: 1,587 Referee: Adam Fielding

Round of 16[]

The Round of 16 draw took place on 7 August and match information was confirmed on 9 August.^[6]

The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round were Moreland Zebras. They were the only level 3 team left in the competition.

All times listed below are at AEST

21 August 2019	Edgeworth FC (2)	1–5	Newcastle Jets (1)	, Newcastle
19:30	McBreen 16'	Report	Arroyo 9' Hoolahan 38' D. Petratos 40' (pen.), 77' Fitzgerald 61'	Attendance: 4,297 Referee: Ben Abraham

21 August 2019	Marconi Stallions (2)	1–2	Melbourne City (1)	Marconi Stadium, Sydney
19:30	84'	Report	Maclaren 2' Noone 44'	Attendance: 1,947 Referee: Stephen Lucas

21 August 2019	Olympic FC (2)	2–3	Adelaide United (1)	Perry Park, Brisbane
19:30	12' Lucas 64' (pen.)	Report	Toure 9', 27' Blackwood 84' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,030 Referee: Chris Beath

21 August 2019	Moreland Zebras (3)	4–0	Mackay & Whitsundays Magpies Crusaders United (2)	CB Smith Reserve, Melbourne
19:30	18', 27' 54' 75'	Report		Attendance: 1,325 Referee: Shaun Evans

28 August 2019	Sydney United 58 (2)	1–7	Western Sydney Wanderers (1)	Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney
19:30	Antelmi 50' (pen.)	Report	Kamau 16' Georgievski 22', 82' Yeboah 37' 57' (o.g.) Russell 72' Majewski 79'	Attendance: 5,061 Referee: Kurt Ams

28 August 2019	Brisbane Strikers (2)	1–0	Manly United (2)	Perry Park, Brisbane
19:30	62'	Report		Attendance: 1,240 Referee: Adam Kersey

28 August 2019	Adelaide Olympic (2)	1–3	Hume City (2)	VALO Football Centre, Adelaide
19:00 ACST	23'	Report	32', 60', 71'	Attendance: 1,389 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

28 August 2019	Brisbane Roar (1)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Central Coast Mariners (1)	Dolphin Stadium, Brisbane
19:30	Inman 47' O'Donovan 87' (pen.)	Report	Simon 21' (pen.) Silvera 85'	Attendance: 6,235 Referee: Alex King
	Penalties
	O'Neill Gillesphey O'Donovan Aldred		Simon Stensness Đurić Melling

Quarter-finals[]

The Quarter-finals draw took place on 28 August, with match details announced the following day.^[7]

The lowest ranked club that qualified for this round were Moreland Zebras. They were the only level 3 team left in the competition.

All times listed below are at AEST

17 September 2019	Hume City (2)	0–1	Central Coast Mariners (1)	ABD Stadium, Melbourne
19:30		Report	Majok 90+2'	Attendance: 1,928 Referee: Kurt Ams

17 September 2019	Adelaide United (1)	1–0	Newcastle Jets (1)	Coopers Stadium, Adelaide
19:30	Toure 42'	Report		Attendance: 4,807 Referee: Daniel Elder

18 September 2019	Melbourne City (1)	3–0	Western Sydney Wanderers (1)	AAMI Park, Melbourne
19:30	Noone 34', 81' Maclaren 44'	Report		Attendance: 2,905 Referee: Stephen Lucas

18 September 2019	Brisbane Strikers (2)	3–2	Moreland Zebras (3)	Perry Park, Brisbane
19:30	27' 43', 57'	Report	55' 82'	Attendance: 1,915 Referee: Chris Beath

Semi-finals[]

The semi-finals draw took place on 18 September, with match details confirmed the following day.^[8]

The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round were the Brisbane Strikers. They were the only level 2 team remaining in the competition.

All times listed below are at AEST

1 October 2019	Brisbane Strikers (2)	1–5	Melbourne City (1)	Perry Park, Brisbane
19:30	Pengelly 3'	Report	Metcalfe 30' Maclaren 48', 80' Cabrera 62' Galloway 90+2'	Attendance: 3,706 Referee: Adam Kersey

2 October 2019	Central Coast Mariners (1)	1–2	Adelaide United (1)	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
19:30	Clisby 63'	Report	Blackwood 74' McGree 90'	Attendance: 5,572 Referee: Shaun Evans

Final[]

23 October 2019

19:30 AEDT

Adelaide United (1)	4–0	Melbourne City (1)
Toure 25' Halloran 49' Mileusnic 60' McGree 75'	Report

Coopers Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 14,920

Referee: Alex King

Individual honours[]

The recipient of the Michael Cockerill Medal to recognise the tournament's standout National Premier Leagues performer was Fraser Hills from Brisbane Strikers FC.^[9] Al Hassan Toure from Adelaide United won the Mark Viduka Medal for the player of the match in the final.^[10]

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jamie Maclaren	Melbourne City	6
2	Al Hassan Toure	Adelaide United	5
3	Chris Lucas	Olympic FC	4
3	Craig Noone	Melbourne City	4
5		Moreland Zebras	3
		Hume City
	Ben Halloran	Adelaide United
	Riley McGree	Adelaide United
	Dimitri Petratos	Newcastle Jets
10	12 Players	Various	2

Note: Goals scored in preliminary rounds not included.

Broadcasting rights[]

The live television rights for the competition were held by the subscription network Fox Sports. From the Round of 32 onwards all matches were broadcast online on the My Football Live app. Fox Sports also broadcast the following 10 games live:

Round	Live broadcast matches
Round of 32	Olympic FC v Bayswater City Campbelltown City v Melbourne City Melbourne Knights v Adelaide United
Round of 16	Edgeworth FC v Newcastle Jets Sydney United 58 v Western Sydney Wanderers
Quarter-finals	Hume City v Central Coast Mariners Melbourne City v Western Sydney Wanderers
Semi-finals and Final	All matches

References[]

^ "FFA Cup 2019 slot allocations confirmed". Football Federation Australia. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
^ "FFA Cup 2019 Competition Regulations" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. 1 February 2019. p. 67. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
^ "FOOTBALL QUEENSLAND TO HAVE FOUR FFA CUP SPOTS IN 2019". Football Queensland. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
^ Greco, John (26 June 2019). "Confirmed: FFA Cup 2019 Round of 32 draw revealed". FFA Cup. Football Federation Australia.
^ "FFA Cup 2019 Round of 32 Fixture Schedule Confirmed". FFA Cup. Football Federation Australia. 28 June 2019.
^ "FFA Cup 2019 Round of 16 fixtures confirmed". FFA Cup. 9 August 2019.
^ "FFA Cup 2019 Quarter Finals fixtures confirmed". FFA Cup. 29 August 2019.
^ "FFA Cup 2019 Semi Final schedule confirmed". FFA Cup. 19 September 2019.
^ https://footballqueensland.com.au/2019/10/24/brisbane-strikers-fraser-hills-awarded-michael-cockerill-medal/
^ "Adelaide United rout Melbourne City 4-0 for third FFA Cup win". 23 October 2019.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "FFA Cup 2019 slot allocations confirmed". Football Federation Australia. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[2] "FFA Cup 2019 Competition Regulations" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. 1 February 2019. p. 67. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

[3] "FOOTBALL QUEENSLAND TO HAVE FOUR FFA CUP SPOTS IN 2019". Football Queensland. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

[4] Greco, John (26 June 2019). "Confirmed: FFA Cup 2019 Round of 32 draw revealed". FFA Cup. Football Federation Australia.

[5] "FFA Cup 2019 Round of 32 Fixture Schedule Confirmed". FFA Cup. Football Federation Australia. 28 June 2019.

[6] "FFA Cup 2019 Round of 16 fixtures confirmed". FFA Cup. 9 August 2019.

[7] "FFA Cup 2019 Quarter Finals fixtures confirmed". FFA Cup. 29 August 2019.

[8] "FFA Cup 2019 Semi Final schedule confirmed". FFA Cup. 19 September 2019.

[9] ttps://footballqueensland.com.au/2019/10/24/brisbane-strikers-fraser-hills-awarded-michael-cockerill-medal/

[10] "Adelaide United rout Melbourne City 4-0 for third FFA Cup win". 23 October 2019.

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Country	Australia New Zealand
Teams	736
Champions	Adelaide United (3rd title)
Runners-up	Melbourne City
Matches played	31
Goals scored	124 (4 per match)
Attendance	83,217 (2,684 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Jamie Maclaren (6 goals)
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