1990/91 National Soccer League Cup Results
Researched by John Punshon and Written by Greg Stock

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Round 1 | Round 2 | Semi Finals | Final

Source: Daily Newspapers, Aussie Soccer Magazine and Australian Soccer Weekly

Cup competition comprising 14 competing National Soccer League clubs on a knockout basis.

Round One

Parramatta Melita Eagles and Preston Makedonia - Byes

Wednesday November 21 1990
Hindmarsh Stadium, Hindmarsh, Adelaide
Referee: Mike Ingham
Attendance: 1,729
Adelaide City
Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Tony Vidmar, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Sergio Melta (Ross Aloisi 61), Robert Csobath, Ernie Tapai, Aurelio Vidmar, Joe Mullen (Charlie Villani 46), Steve Maxwell
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions Nil
Goals: Melta 18 pen, Mullen 38
2-0 St. George
John Filan, Blago Milicevic, Scott Baillie, Dominic Longo, Adam Ciantar, Manny Spanoudakis (Elias Augerinos 56), Craig Moffitt, Osvaldo El Ali (Shaun Freestone), Theo Kotsias, Tony Krslovic, Vince Colagiuri
Coach: Frank Arok
Cautions: Nil

Wednesday November 21 1990
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Attendance: 1,750
APIA Leichhardt
Sam Butera, Matthew Dihm, Milan Blagojevic, Darren Stewart, Graham Jennings, Gerry Gomez, Brad Maloney (Maurice Reyes 75), Klaus Okon, John McQuarrie, Paul McFadden, Tony Lemezina (David Batten 73)
Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Caution: Okon
Goals: Lemezina 35, McFadden 59

2-1 Sydney Olympic
Clint Gosling, David Barrett, Tony Spyridakos, Nick Plataniotis, Robbie Hooker, Gary Phillips, Robert Ironside (Craig Sharpley), George Sorras, Scott Ollerenshaw, Jason Bennett, Steve Refenes (Lou YTriantafyllou)
Coach: Mick Hickman
Cautions: Triantafyllou, Sorras, Bennett, Plataniotis
Goal: Ironside 4


Wednesday November 21 1990
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: John Santa Isabel
Attendance: 5,569 (double-header)
Heidelberg United
Jeff Olver, Gary Brattan, Nick Ousalkas, Stuart Cannell, Chris Iliopoulos (Peter Bordignon 75), John Kanesoulis, Phil Stubbins, Archie McGeachy (Jim Tsakiris 69), Angie Goutzioulis, Stuart Stevenson, Terry Rizopoulos
Coach: Len McKendry
Cautions: NOliver, Brattan, Goutzioulis, Ousalkas, Kanesoulis
0-2 South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, David Healy, Mehmet Durakovic, Steve Blair, Ange Postecoglou, Steve Tasios, Mike Petersen, Paul Wade, Kimon Taliadoros, Paul Trimboli, Peter Tsolakis
Coach: Ferenc Puskas
Caution: Wade
Goals: Tasios 12, Petersen 28 pen

Wednesday November 21 1990
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Attendance: 5,569 (double-header)
Melbourne Croatia
David Miller, Andrew Marth, George Hannah, Theo Selemidis, Paul Donnelly, Mark Silic, Anthony Grbac, Hussein Skenderovic (Richard Milanovic 76), Mark Talajic, Francis Awaritefe, Ivan Kelic
Coach: Ante Grgic
Caution: Awaritefe
0-1 Sunshine George Cross
Frank Talia, George Alevizos (Jason Koliba 76), John Waddell, Chris Ketsakidis, Alan Roodhouse, Damian Mori, Craig Foster, Troy Cranney, Paul Foster, Derek Hunter, Mitch Cattermole (Andy Humble 73)
Coach: Ernie Merrick
Cautions: Nil
Goal: C.Foster 68

Wednesday November 21 1990
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Peter Spiers
Attendance: 1,443
Marconi
Bob Catlin, Paul Okon, Robert Wheatley, Mark Jones, John Paul De Marigny, Tom McCulloch, Peter Katholos, John Markovski, Zlatko Nastevski (Steve Corica 72), David Seal, David Lowe
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Nastevski 58

1-0 Sydney Croatia
Zeljko Kalac, Paul Carter, Ned Zelic, Velimir Kupresak, Tony Popovic, Robert Runje, Ivan Petkovic (Robert Stanton 46), John Gibson, Pedro Ricoy, Zeljko Jurin (Clayton Koch 75), Manis Lamond
Coach: Tony Vrzina
Caution: Runje

Wednesday November 21 1990
Brandon Park, Fairy Meadow, Wollongong
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: 1,429
Wollongong City
George Bouhoutsos, David Green, Charlie Yankos, Jock Morlando, Claudio Cellini (Jeff Allport 71), Richard Lloyd, Zivko Hristovski, Ibro Cahut, Jason Oldridge, Mladen Kuc (Declan McEvoy 31), Paul Farmer
Coach: David Ratcliffe
Cautions: Yankos, Cahut, Farmer
Goal: Oldridge 56
1-0 Wollongong Makedonia
Warwick Young, Adam Sandy, Jason Dunn, Lupco Dimov, Darren Wilson, Martin Bourke, Tom Pontidas (Darren Galway 73), Paul Kay, Zlatko Markovski (Joe Coelho), Brent Thornthwaite, Grant Bard
Coach: John Fleming
Cautions: Bourke, Dimov; Red Card: Wilson 82
Round Two

Wednesday December 5 1990
St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney
Referee: Alex Spiroski
Attendance: 525
APIA Leichhardt
Brett Hughes (Peter Murray 33), Mark Brown, Milan Blagojevic, Darren Stewart, Graham Jennings, Gerry Gomez, Klaus Okon (Brad Maloney 61), John McQuarrie, Alex Bundalo, Paul McFadden, Tony Lemezina
Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Cautions: Jennings, Lemezina
Goals: Bundalo 18 pen, Maloney 74, Lemezina 90
3-2 Wollongong City
George Bouhoutsos, Jeff Allport, Charlie Yankos, Mike Hollifield, Declan McEvoy, Richard Lloyd (Matt Horsley 70), Zivko Hristovski, Ibro Cahut, Frank Bate (Danny Petkovic 64), Paul Farmer, Pat Brodnik
Coach: David Ratcliffe
Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Cahut 74
Goals: Cahut 15, Blagojevic 33 Own Goal

Wednesday December 5 1990
Melita Stadium, South Granville, Sydney
Referee: Peter Spiers
Attendance: 830
Parramatta Melita Eagles
Steve Mautone, Scott O'Donnell, Andrew Callanan, Alfredo Barrios, Washington Gonzalez, Geoff Gunning, Anthony Parison (Jason Falzon 73), Hugo Gimenez, Lenny Vial, Gus Cerro, Greg Brown
Coach: Roberto Vieri
Cautions: Nil
Goals: Gunning 47, Brown 69

2-1 Adelaide City
Dennis Martinello, Paul Shillabeer, Alex Tobin, Milan Ivanovic, Tony Vidmar, Robert Csoboth, Aurelio Vidmar, Steve Maxwell, John Crhistopoulos, Joe Barbaro (Chris White 79), Carlo Talladira (Michael Brooks 75)
Coach: Zoran Matic
Cautions: A.Vidmar, Shillabeer
Goal: A.Vidmar 14 pen


Wednesday December 5 1990
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: John Santa Isabel
Attendance: 2,913
South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, David Healy, Mehmet Durakovic, Steve Blair, Ange Postecoglou, Danny Wright, Mike Petersen, Paul Wade, Paul Trimboli, Con Boutsianis (Paul Fernandes 81), Kimon Taliadoros (Mike Michalakopoulos 38)
Coach: Ferenc Puskas
Cautions: Postecoglou, Petersen
Goals: Michalakopoulos 56, Healy 69
2-0 Sunshine George Cross
Sean Keogh, Damian Mori, Luciano Fabrizio, John Waddell, Alan Roodhouse (Troy Cranney 76), David Clarkson, Craig Foster, Lorenz Kindtner, Fausto De Amicis, Andy Humble (Derek Hunter 69), Gary Hasler
Coach: Ernie Merrick
Cautions: Nil

Wednesday December 12 1990
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: John McConnell
Attendance: Not Recorded
Marconi
Mark Schwarzer, Mark Jones, John Paul De Marigny, Steve Calderan, Paul Okon, Ian gray, Zlatko Nastevski (Steve Corica 71), David Seal, John Markovski, David Lowe, Peter Katholos
Coach: Berti Mariani
Cautions: Seal, Calderan

0-1 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Ian Roodhouse, George Jolevski, Steve Jackson, Shaun Parton, George Petrov, Zoran Tasevski, Andrew Zinni, Kris Trajanovski (Joe Markovac 70), Oscar Crino, Robert Markovac
Coach: John Gardiner
Caution: R.Markovac
Goals: R.Markovac 42


Semi-Finals

Wednesday February 13 1991
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Attendance: 4,500 (double-header)
After Extra Time
Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Ian Roodhouse, George Jolevski, Steve Jackson, Shaun Parton, George Petrov, Andrew Zinni (Robert Momirovski 46), Kris Trajanovski, Warren Spink, Zoran Tasevski, Joe Markovac
Coach: John Gardiner
Caution: Petrov
Goals: Spink 66, Trajanovski 115
2-1 APIA Leichhardt
Brett Hughes, Milan Blagojevic, Richard Miranda, Darren Stewart, Mark Brown, Shane Clinch (Gerry Gomez 110), John McQuarrie, Paul McFadden, Rod Brown (Klaus Okon 85), Alex Bundalo, Brad Maloney
Coach: Manfred Schaefer
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Clinch 45

Wednesday February 13 1991
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: Tom McRoe
Attendance: 4,500 (double-header)
South Melbourne
Bruce MacLaren, David Healy (Paul Fernandes 36), Ange Postecoglou, Mehmet Durakovic, Steve Blair, Paul Wade, Mike Michalakopoulos, Steve Tasios, Kimon Taliadoros (Danny Wright 90), Con Boutsianis, Peter Tsolakis
Coach: Ferenc Puskas
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Boutsianis 83


1-3 Parramatta Melita Eagles
Alex McPherson, Jason Falzon, Scott O'Donnell, Alan Hunter, Andrew Callanan, Gus Cerro (Carig Mason 85), Jarek Nowicki, Hugo Gimenez, Marshall Soper (David Rezo 80), Aytek Genc, Greg Brown
Coach: Raul Blanco
Caution: Soper
Goals: Nowicki 44, Genc 47, Brown 52


1990/91 National Soccer League Cup Final

Sunday April 7 1991
Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney
Referee: Tom McRoe
Attendance: 6,749
Parramatta Melita Eagles
Alex McPherson, Andrew Callanan, Alan Hunter (Alfredo Barrios 46), Washington Gonzalez, Scott O'Donnell, Lenny Vial (Jarek Nowicki 73), Hugo Gimenez, Gus Cerro, Aytek Genc, Marshall Soper, Greg Brown
Coach: Raul Blanco
Cautions: Nil
Goal: Brown 89

1-0 Preston Makedonia
Phil Traianedes, Shaun Parton, Ian Roodhouse, Steve Jackson, George Jolevski, Oscar Crino (Robert Spasevski 58), George Petrov, Zoran Tasevski, Joe Markovac, Kris Trajanovski, Warren Spink
Coach: John Gardiner
Cautions: Crino, Roodhouse, Markovac, Tasevski, Spink, Jackson

Last updated: 10 January 2022.