written by Thomas Esamie
| National Soccer League Cup Results | |||||||||||
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| SA = South Australian Select XI WA = West Adelaide AC = Adelaide City CW = Collingwood Warriors |
SM = South Melbourne GF = Gippsland Falcons CC = Canberra Cosmos MK = Melbourne Knights |
WC = Wollongong City MF = Marconi-Fairfield NN = Northern NSW Select XI NB = Newcastle Breakers |
UO = UTS Olympic SU = Sydney United BL = Brisbane Lions BS = Brisbane Strikers | ||||||||
| Round of 16 | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Cup Final | ||||||||
| AC | 0-0 | WA | |||||||||
| WA | 0-1 | AC | |||||||||
| CW | 0-0 | AC | |||||||||
| SA | 1-0 | CW | |||||||||
| CW | 2-0 | SA | |||||||||
| SM | 1-3 | CW | |||||||||
| SM | 1-2 | GF | |||||||||
| GF | 0-3 | SM | |||||||||
| SM | 1-0 | MK | |||||||||
| CC | 1-2 | MK | |||||||||
| MK | 2-1 | CC | |||||||||
| CW | 1-0 | MF | |||||||||
| WC | 0-1 | MF | |||||||||
| MF | 3-1 | WC | |||||||||
| MF | 3-1 | NB | |||||||||
| NN | 1-7 | NB | |||||||||
| NB | 5-1 | NN | |||||||||
| MF | 5-0 | BS | |||||||||
| BS | 0-1 | BL | |||||||||
| BL | 0-2 | BS | |||||||||
| UO | 1-3 | BS | |||||||||
| SU | 0-1 | UO | |||||||||
| UO | 1-0 | SU | |||||||||
Round of 16 match - 1st leg (15/09/1996) Hindmarsh Stadium, Referee : B Panella, Crowd : ?? | ||||
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| Adelaide City Breadon, Armour, Yates, Brooks, Graiano, Pirone (Mennillo 69), Brazzale, Gibson, Vershoor, Salapasidis, Saraceno |
0 | - | 0 | West Adelaide Wildy, Thorp, Slager, Alagich, Castro, Milosevic (Cutillo 15), Ndongo-Keller, Kokkinoplitis, Tsekinis, Day, Antoniou |
Round of 16 match - 2nd leg (18/09/1996) Hindmarsh Stadium, Referee : ??, Crowd : ?? | ||||
| West Adelaide |
0 | - | 1 | Adelaide City Goals : John Gibson 37 |
Round of 16 match - 1st leg (15/09/1996) Hindmarsh Stadium, Referee : W Dade, Crowd : ?? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Australian Reds Bauer, Pitrowski, Simmons, Higgins, Dobson (Balbaro), Miller (Rodriguez), Karadic, Berghetto, Maxwell, Artone (Scalzi), Misailidis Goals : Maxwell 17 |
1 | - | 0 | Collingwood Warriors Anastasiadis, Jolevski, Talladira, Taliadoros, Cattalano, Cerracchio, Spasevski (Tsoumerakas), Mehecchella, Sonsini, V Babic, Diorio |
Round of 16 match - 2nd leg (18/09/1996) Hindmarsh Stadium, Referee : ??, Crowd : ?? (match decided in sudden death extra time) | ||||
| Collingwood Warriors Goals : Vladimir Babic 18, Kimon Taliadoros 91 |
2 | - | 0 | South Australian Reds |
Round of 16 match - 1st leg (06/09/1996) Lakeside Stadium, Referee : G Connelly, Crowd : ?? | ||||
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| South Melbourne M Petkovic, Petersen, Kumanovic, Blatsis, Polak, Panopoulos, Damianos (Clarkson 46), Efstathiou (Anthopoulos 19), Trimboli, Coveny (Curcija 62), Spink Goals : Warren Spink 22 |
1 | - | 2 | Gippsland Falcons Kourtis, Stergiopoulos, Mangos, Douglas, Foy (Geri 52), Palambas, Krncevic, Duric, Villani, Hastie, Bell Goals : Krncevic 20, Carlo Villani 34 |
Round of 16 match - 2nd leg (13/09/1996) Falcons Park, Referee : ??, Crowd : ?? | ||||
| Gippsland Falcons |
0 | - | 3 | South Melbourne Goals : ??? |
Round of 16 match - 1st leg (07/09/1996) Bruce Stadium, Referee : C Diomis, Crowd : ?? | ||||
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| Canberra Cosmos Milosevic, Wilson, Watson, Rogic, Garcia (Baxter 78), Kelly, Armstrong, Lemezina, Buljan, Koch, Milin Goal : Lachlan Armstrong 61 |
1 | - | 2 | Melbourne Knights Knezevic, DeAmicis, Nastevski (J Markovski 21), D Cervinski, Z Markovski, Marth, Kovacevic (Lapsansky 21), Simunic, T Pondeljak, Kutlesovski, Vojtek Goals : Tom Pondeljak 65, John Markovski 85 |
Round of 16 match - 2nd leg (13/09/1996) Knights Park, Referee : G Connolly, Crowd : ?? | ||||
| Melbourne Knights Knezevic, DeAmicis, Nastevski, D Cervinski, Z Markovski, Lapsansky (Bacak 81), Silic (Deak 60), Simunic, T Pondeljak, Kutlesovski (J Markovski 71), Vojtek Goals : Tom Pondeljak 57, John Markovski 72pk |
2 | - | 1 | Canberra Cosmos Milosevic, Watson, Rogic, Garcia, Kelly, Armstrong, Koch, Wilson, Milin, Grella, Angelovski (Buljan 55) Goal : Norman Kelly 90pk |
Round of 16 match - 1st leg (04/09/1996) Balls Paddock, Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : ?? | ||||
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| Wollongong City Hughes, Lloyd, Karlamis, Petratos, Bourke, Horsley, Sevin (Haniotis 68), Naumovski (Deda), Perinich (Joseski 55), Dimoski, Connoly |
0 | - | 1 | Marconi-Fairfield Catlin, Souris, DeMarigny, Stanton, Bingley, Ravanello, Harper (S Babic 62), Foster, Awaritefe, Maloney (Zoric 73), Renaud (Holst 83) Goal : Andrew Ravanello |
Round of 16 match - 2nd leg (13/09/1996) Marconi Stadium, Referee : ??, Crowd : ?? | ||||
| Marconi-Fairfield |
3 | - | 1 | Wollongong City |
Round of 16 match - 1st leg (12/09/1996) Jack McLaughlin Reserve, Referee : G Leverton, Crowd : ?? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern NSW Lions Oberhauser, Hudson Tredennick, Cresswall, Maier, Jonas, Naumou, Howard, Lane, Tressider (Bailey 61), Gordon (Richards 75) Goal : Tredinnick 56 |
1 | - | 7 | Newcastle Breakers Baker, Pryce, Sprod, Ironside, Lowe, Halpin, Wilson (McGuire 75), Austin, James (Eldridge 61), Bennett (Heath 57), Mc Manus Goals : Bennett 3, 70, Robert Ironside 56, Glenn Sprod 75, Eldridge 81, Heath 83, 89 |
Round of 16 match - 2nd leg (18/09/1996) Breakers Stadium, Referee : M Breeze, Crowd : ?? | ||||
| Newcastle Breakers Goals : Shane Pryce 12, Troy Halpin 44, Robert Ironside 69, David Lowe 73, Liam McGuire 85 |
5 | - | 1 | Northern NSW Lions Goal : Wayne Bailey 18 |
Round of 16 match - 1st leg (08/09/1996) Perry Park, Referee : D Crawford, Crowd : ?? | ||||
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| Brisbane Strikers Bolton, Hunter, Phillips, Farina (Tollenaere 70), Brown, Wright, T Cranney, S Cranney, Brayshaw (Wehrman 76), Gwynne (Bell 58), Battistin |
0 | - | 1 | Brisbane Lions Farrow, Lonsdale, Hunter, Lombardo, Starr, Mengotti (Matula 77), Allen (Brown 66), Meacock (Cahut 73), Huth, Dellarocca, Tuck Goal : Allen 18 |
Round of 16 match - 2nd leg (15/09/1996) Richlands Stadium, Referee : M Shield, Crowd : ?? (match decided in sudden death extra time) | ||||
| Brisbane Lions Farrow, Lonsdale, Lombardo, Starr, Cahut (Pudja 72), Mengotti (Matula 87), Allen, Meacock, Huth, Dellarocca (Brown 98), Tuck |
0 | - | 2 | Brisbane Strikers Bolton, Hunter, Phillips, Wehrman (Hews 78), Brown (Bell 110), Wright, T Cranney, Brayshaw (Tollenaere 55), Knipe, Gwynne, Battistin Goals : Rod Brown 27, Alan Hunter 111 |
Round of 16 match - 1st leg (06/09/1996) Edensor Park, Referee : B Hugo, Crowd : ?? | ||||
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| Sydney United Blazincic, D Culina, Bilokapic, Kupresak, Rudan (J Culina 78), Vrkic, Moric, Enes (Markovac 62), C Gibson, Zdrilic, Milicic |
0 | - | 1 | UTS Olympic Bouhoutsos, Barrett, Ciantar, Zelic, Tsekenis, Refenes (Ardone 46), Patikas (Augerinos 68), Meredith, Tome, Baillie (Rastall 83), Sorras Goal : Norman Tome 77 |
Round of 16 match - 2nd leg (10/09/1996) Edensor Park, Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : ?? | ||||
| UTS Olympic Bouhoutsos, Barrett, Ciantar, Zelic, Tsekenis, Tome (Ardone 75), Meredith (Bove 80), Baillie, Sorras Emerton, Gonzalez (Augerinos 46) Goal : Norman Tome 65 |
1 | - | 0 | Sydney United Persoh, J Culina, Kupresak, Rudan, Vrkic, Moric (Maric 17), Bilokapic, Milicic, Zdrilic, Markovac (Dour 68), C Gibson |
Quarter Final match (22/09/1996) Venue ??, Referee : C Diomis, Crowd : ?? (the match was won by Collingwood 3-1 on penalties) | ||||
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| Adelaide City Breadon, Armour, Yates, Brooks, Graziano, Brazzale (Costanzo 97), Mennillo, Gibson, Rodriguez (Saraceno 61), Dodd, DeJesus (Vershoor 61) |
0 | - | 0 | Collingwood Warriors Anastasiadis, Tsoumerakas, Scott, Talladira, Vlahos, Boutsianis (Karapatsos 82), Taliadoros, Iosifidis, MacNichol, Cerracchio, Mehechella |
Quarter Final match (21/09/1996) Venue ??, Referee : G Connolly, Crowd : ?? | ||||
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| South Melbourne M Petkovic, Anthopoulos, Orlic, Kuzmanovic, Coveny, Damianos, Goutzioulis, Baser, Allsopp, Curcija, Tsirtsakis (J Knezevic 81) Goal : Michael Curcija 12 |
1 | - | 0 | Melbourne Knights V Knezevic, DeAmicis, D Cervinski, Z Markovski, Antoniadis (Nastevski 32), Simunic, Spiteri, Lapsansky (J Markovski 59), Vojtek, Tiatto, T Pondeljak |
Quarter Final match (20/09/1996) Marconi Stadium, Referee : G Leverton, Crowd : ?? | ||||
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| Marconi-Fairfield Catlin, Souris, Holst, Stanton, Casserly (Babic 70), Bingley, Ravanello, Maloney, Renaud (DeMarigny 64), Harper, Awaritefe Goals : Francis Awaritefe 24, 38, Brad Maloney 43 |
3 | - | 1 | Newcastle Breakers Baker, Austin, McManus, Moore, Sprod, Ironside, Halpin (Sharpley 80), Wilson (Heath 46), Eldridge (McGuire 68), Lowe, James Goal : Robert Ironside 76 |
Quarter Final match (21/09/1996) Marconi Stadium, Referee : S Micallef, Crowd : ?? | ||||
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| Brisbane Strikers Bolton, Wehrman, Battistin, Hunter, Gwynne, Harris (Tollenaere 73), T Cranney, Phillips, Brayshaw (Hews 70), Brown, Knipe Goals : Mark Battistin 22, Rod Brown 38, Andrew Brayshaw 40 |
3 | - | 1 | UTS Olympic Bouhoutsos, Baillie, Ciantar, Barrett, Zelic, Augerinos (Sorras 46), Ardone, Tsekenis, Tome, Meredith (Refenes 53), Emerton Goal : Ivan Zelic 74 |
Semi Final match (28/09/1996) Marconi Stadium, Referee : E Lennie, Crowd : ?? | ||||
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| Marconi-Fairfield Catlin, Longo (Zoric 79), Holst, Stanton, Casserly, Maloney (Ravanello 59), Bingley, Foster, Renaud (van Egmond 46), Awaritefe, S Babic Goals : Craig Foster 8, Domenic Longo 64, Francis Awaritefe 68, 86, Matthew Bingley 77 |
5 | - | 0 | Brisbane Strikers Bolton, Hunter, Gwynne, Battistin (sent off 73), S Cranney, Wehrman, Phillips (Hews 77), Brayshaw (Ditton 14), T Cranney, Brown (Tollenaere 62), Knipe |
Semi Final match (27/09/1996) Lakeside Stadium, Referee : ??, Crowd : ?? | ||||
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| South Melbourne Goal : Warren Spink 47 |
1 | - | 3 | Collingwood Warriors Goals : Andy Vlahos 25, 74, Kimon Taliadoros 70 |
Final match (06/10/1996) Lakeside Stadium, Referee : E Brazzale, Crowd : 2327 | ||||
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| Collingwood Warriors Anastadiasis, Scott, Waddell, Talladira, Vlahos, Boutsianis (V Babic 74), Taliadoros, Tapai, Lozanovski, Fak, Cerracchio Goal : Con Boutsianis 46 |
1 | - | 0 | Marconi-Fairfield Catlin, Stanton, Bingley, Casserly, Harper, Foster, Maloney (Ravanello 76), Longo, Awaritefe (Zoric 64), Souris, Renaud |