Waratah Cup

Waratah Cup
Founded	1991
Region	New South Wales
Number of teams	131 (in 2016)
Current champions	Sydney United 58
Most successful club(s)	Sydney United 58 (6 titles) Hakoah (6 titles)
Website	The Waratah Cup
2016 Waratah Cup

The Waratah Cup is a knockout cup competition in New South Wales, run by the governing body of football in NSW, Football NSW. Teams competing in the Waratah Cup come from the NPL NSW, NPL NSW 2, NSW State League Division One, NSW State League Division Two and numerous other semi professional & amateur association clubs within New South Wales. The Cup is held during the NPL NSW and state league seasons. Since 2014 preliminary rounds of the Waratah Cup have been used to determine the NSW entrants to the national FFA Cup. ^[1]

History

The Waratah Cup commenced in 1991 teams featuring clubs from the top 4 tiers of football in New South Wales, as well as teams from non-league associations.^[2]

Sydney United 58 and Hakoah have won the cup the most times with six wins. Sydney Crescent Star are the only non-league team to win the competition in 2004.

Current cup competitions 2014-onwards

Since 2014 the Waratah Cup has become part of the qualifying competition for the FFA Cup. In 2014, seven teams qualified for the Round of 32. ^[3] ^[4]

For 2015, the preliminary rounds of the 2015 FFA Cup replaced the early rounds of the competition; the 5 NSW qualifiers to the Round of 32 then competed for the 2015 Waratah Cup. ^[5]

For 2016, Blacktown City qualified to the Round of 32 as reigning champions of the 2015 National Premier Leagues, in addition to 5 qualifiers through the preliminary rounds.^[6]

Competition and Year	Winner	Score	Runners-Up	FFA Cup Qualification	Qualifiers
2014 Waratah Cup	Blacktown City (4th title)	6–2	Manly United	2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds	Blacktown City Hakoah Sydney City East Manly United Parramatta FC	South Coast Wolves Sydney Olympic Sydney United 58
2015 Waratah Cup	Sydney United 58 (5th title)	1–0	Blacktown City	2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds	Balmain Tigers Blacktown City Rockdale City Suns	Sydney Olympic Sydney United 58
2016 Waratah Cup	Sydney United 58 (6th title)	1–0	Manly United	2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds	Blacktown City Bonnyrigg White Eagles Manly United	Marconi Stallions Sydney United 58 Wollongong Wolves

Previous Waratah Cup competitions since Federation

Competition	Year	Winners	Score	Runners-Up
Federation Cup	1957	Canterbury-Marrickville	7–2	Gladesville-Ryde
Federation Cup	1958	Canterbury-Marrickville (2)	3–2	Sydney Prague
Ascot (Craven) Cup	1959	Hakoah	2–0	Sydney Prague (2)
Ascot (Craven) Cup	1960	Bankstown	1–0	Canterbury-Marrickville
Ascot (Craven) Cup	1961	Hakoah (2)	2–0	Canterbury-Marrickville (2)
Federation Cup	1962	APIA Leichhardt	5–1	Canterbury-Marrickville (3)
Federation Cup	1963	Hakoah Eastern Suburbs (3)	2–1	South Coast United
Federation Cup	1964	St. George Budapest	4–3	South Coast United (2)
Federation Cup	1965	Hakoah Eastern Suburbs (4)	3–1	Pan-Hellenic
Federation Cup	1966	APIA Leichhardt (2)	3–2	St. George Budapest
1967–1970 No competition held
Federation Cup	1971	Hakoah Eastern Suburbs (5)	3–2	South Sydney-Croatia
Federation Cup	1972	St. George Budapest (2)	3–2	Marconi-Fairfield
1973 No competition held
Federation Cup	1974	South Sydney-Croatia	1–0	St. George Budpest (2)
Federation Cup	1975	APIA Leichhardt (3)	2–0	Western Suburbs
Federation Cup	1976	Hakoah Eastern Suburbs (6)	3–1	South Sydney-Croatia (2)
1977–1989 No competition held
Federation Cup	1990	Canberra Croatia	3–0	Sydney Macedonia
Waratah Cup	1991	Blacktown City	2–1	Avala
Waratah Cup	1992	Avala	4–1	Canberra Metro
Waratah Cup	1993	Blacktown City (2)	–	unknown
Waratah Cup	1994	Bankstown City (2)	2–1	Sydney Olympic (2)
Waratah Cup	1995	Sydney United (2)	2–1	Canterbury-Marrickville (4)
Waratah Cup	1996	Sydney United (3)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Parramatta Eagles
Waratah Cup	1997	Wollongong Wolves	2–0	Bankstown City (2)
1998–2003 No competition held
Statewide Cup	2004	Sydney Crescent Star	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bonnyrigg White Eagles (2)
Statewide Cup	2005	Sydney United (4)	3–1	Belconnen Blue Devils
Statewide Cup	2006	Blacktown City (3)	2–1	APIA Leichhardt
Statewide Cup	2007	Wollongong Wolves (2)	3–2	Manly United
Statewide Cup	2008	Bankstown City (2)	3–1	Sydney Olympic (3)
Statewide Cup	2009	Sutherland Sharks	2–1	Manly United (2)
Waratah Cup	2010	Marconi Stallions	0–0 7–6 (pen.)	Spirit FC
Waratah Cup	2011	Manly United	4–0	Mounties Wanderers
Waratah Cup	2012	Sutherland Sharks (2)	4–1	APIA Leichhardt (2)
Waratah Cup	2013	APIA Leichhardt (4)	3–0	Sutherland Sharks

Note : Sydney United first win in 1974 as South Sydney-Croatia.

Source: www.socceraust.co.uk

Honours since Federation

All-time honour board
This list includes all Waratah Cup champions and runners-up since the inaugural New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs in 1957.

Club	Champions	Years	Runners-Up	Years
Sydney United 58 FC	6	1974, 1995, 1996, 2005, 2015, 2016	2	1971, 1976
Hakoah Sydney City East FC	6	1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1976	0
APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC	4	1962, 1966, 1975, 2013	2	2006, 2012
Blacktown City FC	4	1991, 1993, 2006, 2014	1	2015
Bankstown City FC	3	1960, 1994, 2008	2	1990, 1997
Bankstown Berries FC	2	1957, 1958	4	1960, 1961, 1962, 1995
St George FC	2	1964, 1972	2	1966, 1974
Sutherland Sharks FC	2	2009, 2012	1	2013
Wollongong Wolves FC	2	1997, 2007	0
Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC	1	1992	2	1991, 2004
Canberra FC	1	1990	1	1992
Manly United FC	1	2011	4	2007, 2009, 2014, 2016
Marconi Stallions FC	1	2010	1	1972
Sydney Crescent Stars	1	2004	0
Gladesville-Ryde	0		1	1957
Sydney Prague	0		2	1958, 1959
South Coast United	0		2	1963, 1964
Sydney Olympic FC	0		3	1965, 1994, 2008
Western Suburbs SC	0		1	1975
Parramatta FC	0		1	1996
Belconnen Blue Devils	0		1	2005
Spirit FC	0		1	2010
Mounties Wanderers FC	0		1	2011

Source: www.socceraust.co.uk

Updated up to and including Waratah Cup 2015

Earlier NSW State Cups pre-Federation

Competition	Year	Winner
State Cup	1926	Wallsend
	1927 to 1930	not known
State Cup	1931	West Wallsend
State Cup	1932	Wallsend
State Cup	1933	Wallsend
	1934 to 1936	not known
State Cup	1937	Wallsend
	1938 to 1941	not known
State Cup	1942	Wallsend
	1943	not known
State League Cup	1944	Wallsend
State Cup	1945	West Wallsend
	1946 to 1949	not known
State League Cup	1950	Wallsend
State Cup	1951	Granville
State League Cup	1952	Wallsend
State League Cup	1953	Auburn
State League Cup	1954	Corrimal Rangers
State League Cup	1955	Leichhardt Annandale
State League Cup	1956	Leichhardt Annandale

References : ^[7]

References

↑ "NSW WARATAH CUP". Football NSW. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
↑ (2009-12-17). "Waratah Cup ready for kick off in 2010". Soccernsw.com.au. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
↑ "NSW WARATAH CUP". Football NSW. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
↑ "2014 Waratah Cup Match Schedule And Results" (PDF). Football NSW. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
↑ "FFA Cup - Football NSW" (PDF). footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
↑ "Westfield FFA Cup 2016 Preliminary Draw Announced". footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
↑ "SoccerAust : NSW Past Seasons Tables and Results". Retrieved 2 May 2015.

External links

Waratah Cup website

FFA Cup

State Cups: Federation Cup Waratah Cup Finals Series Sports Minister's Cup Canale Cup Federation Cup Milan Lakoseljac Cup Dockerty Cup State Cup

Seasons	2014 2015 2016

Preliminary Rounds	2014 2015 2016

Finals	2014 2015 2016

Mark Viduka Medal History List of finals Appearances

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NPL	APIA Leichhardt Tigers Blacktown City Blacktown Spartans Bonnyrigg White Eagles Hakoah Sydney City East Manly United Parramatta FC Rockdale City Suns Sutherland Sharks Sydney Olympic Sydney United 58 Wollongong Wolves

NPL 2	Bankstown Berries Bankstown City Central Coast Mariners Academy Fraser Park Macarthur Rams Marconi Stallions Mounties Wanderers Mt Druitt Town Rangers Northern Tigers North Shore Mariners Spirit FC St George Sydney FC Youth Western Sydney Wanderers Youth

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Regional Leagues & Associations	Bankstown District Amateur Soccer Association Blacktown & District Soccer Football Association Canterbury District Soccer Football Association Central Coast Football Eastern Suburbs Football Association Gladesville Hornsby Football Association Granville & District Soccer Football Association Football South Coast Northern Suburbs Football Association Macarthur District Soccer Football Association Manly Warringah Football Association Nepean Football Association North West Sydney Women’s Football Southern Districts Soccer Football Association St. George Football Association Sutherland Shire Football Association Southern Branch Sydney Amateur Football League Football Riverina Western NSW Football

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