FFA Cup 2016

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FFA Cup 2016
Beginning July 27, 2016
final 29th November 2016
Teams 32
Games 31  (of which 31 played)
Gates 95  (ø 3.06 per game)
Top scorer Patrick Antelmi ( Blacktown City FC , 10)
← FFA Cup 2015

The FFA Cup 2016 is the third edition of the FFA Cup , the national Australian men's soccer cup competition. A total of 704 soccer teams take part in the competition. 32 teams reached the first main round, including the ten clubs of the A-League 2015/16 , the champions of the National Premier Leagues 2015 and 21 lower-class clubs that prevail in the regional qualifying rounds. Defending champions Melbourne Victory were eliminated in the semifinals against city rivals Melbourne City FC .

Qualifying rounds

Several hundred teams competed in the various regional preliminary rounds to qualify for one of 21 main round places to be awarded. The ten teams of the A-League ( Adelaide United , Brisbane Roar , Central Coast Mariners , Melbourne City FC , Melbourne Victory , Newcastle United Jets , Perth Glory , Sydney FC , Wellington Phoenix , Western Sydney Wanderers ) were set for the main round. In addition, the champion of the National Premier Leagues 2015 ( Blacktown City FC ) received a starting place. All nine regional associations of the Australian Football Association held qualifying rounds. The distribution of qualification places per regional association remained unchanged compared to the previous year, which led to the following distribution:

Regional association Starting places Qualifiers (league level)
New South Wales 5 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC (II), Manly United (II), Marconi Stallions (III), Sydney United (II), Wollongong Wolves FC (II)
Queensland 4th Brisbane Strikers FC (II), Far North Queensland FC (II), Redlands United FC (II), Surfers Paradise Apollo SC (III)
Victoria 4th Bentleigh Greens SC (II), Green Gully SC (II), Hume City FC (II), Melbourne Knights (II)
Northern New South Wales 2 Edgeworth FC (II), Lambton Jaffas FC (II)
Western Australia 2 Cockburn City SC (II), Floreat Athena FC (II)
Australian Capital Territory 1 Canberra Olympic FC (II)
South Australia 1 North Eastern MetroStars (II)
Tasmania 1 Devonport City FC (II)
Northern Territory 1 Shamrock Rovers Darwin FC (II)

Most regional associations use existing cup competitions to allocate the qualification places.

First main round

The first main round took place between July 27 and August 10, 2016. The matches were drawn on June 30, 2016. The brackets indicate the league level in which the club played in the 2015/16 season.

date Result
07/27/2016, 7:30 p.m. Hume City FC (II) 1: 1  n.V.
(4: 2 in  good. ) 		Marconi Stallions (III)
07/27/2016, 7:30 p.m. Blacktown City FC (II) 6: 2  a.d. Sydney United (II)
07/27/2016, 7:30 p.m. Far North Queensland FC (II) 0: 3 Edgeworth FC (II)
07/27/2016, 7:30 p.m. Shamrock Rovers Darwin FC (II) 0: 6 Brisbane Strikers FC (II)
08/02/2016, 8:00 p.m. Green Gully SC (II) 2: 1 Central Coast Mariners (I)
08/02/2016, 8:00 p.m. Western Sydney Wanderers (I) 3: 2 Wellington Phoenix (I)
08/02/2016, 8:30 p.m. North Eastern MetroStars (II) 3: 3  n.V.
(3: 4 in  good. ) 		Bentleigh Greens SC (II)
08/02/2016, 8:30 p.m. Floreat Athena FC (II) 1: 2 Melbourne City FC (I)
August 3rd, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Redlands United FC (II) 2: 1  a.d. Adelaide United (I)
August 3rd, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Newcastle United Jets (I) 1: 3 Melbourne Victory (I)
August 3rd, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Canberra Olympic FC (II) 1-0 Surfers Paradise Apollo SC (III)
August 3rd, 2016, 7:45 pm Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC (II) 3-0 Manly United (II)
08/10/2016, 7:30 p.m. Wollongong Wolves FC (II) 0: 3 Sydney FC (I)
08/10/2016, 7:30 p.m. Brisbane Roar (I) 0: 2 Perth Glory (I)
08/10/2016, 7:30 p.m. Devonport City FC (II) 1-0 Lambton Jaffas FC (II)
08/10/2016, 7:30 p.m. Melbourne Knights (II) 2: 1 Cockburn City SC (II)

Second main round

The second main round took place on August 24th and 30th, 2016. The matches were drawn on August 10, 2016. The brackets indicate the league level in which the club played in the 2015/16 season.

date Result
08/24/2016, 7:30 p.m. Brisbane Strikers FC (II) 1: 2 Melbourne City FC (I)
08/24/2016, 7:30 p.m. Canberra Olympic FC (II) 2-0 Redlands United FC (II)
08/24/2016, 7:30 p.m. Blacktown City FC (II) 3-0 Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC (II)
08/24/2016, 7:30 p.m. Hume City FC (II) 0: 1 Melbourne Victory (I)
08/30/2016, 8:00 p.m. Edgeworth FC (II) 1: 5 Western Sydney Wanderers (I)
08/30/2016, 8:00 p.m. Devonport City FC (II) 0: 1  a.d. Bentleigh Greens SC (II)
08/30/2016, 8:00 p.m. Melbourne Knights (II) 1: 3 Green Gully SC (II)
08/30/2016, 8:30 p.m. Perth Glory (I) 0: 2  a.d. Sydney FC (I)

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place on September 21 and 27, 2016. The matches were drawn on August 30, 2016. The brackets indicate the league level in which the club played in the 2015/16 season.

date Result
09/21/2016, 7:30 p.m. Blacktown City FC (II) 0: 3 Sydney FC (I)
09/21/2016, 7:30 p.m. Melbourne City FC (I) 4: 1 Western Sydney Wanderers (I)
09/27/2016, 7:30 p.m. Bentleigh Greens SC (II) 0: 2 Melbourne Victory (I)
09/27/2016, 7:30 p.m. Canberra Olympic FC (II) 1-0 Green Gully SC (II)

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on October 19 and 25, 2016. The matches were drawn on September 27, 2016. The brackets indicate the league level in which the club played in the 2015/16 season.

date Result
October 19, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Canberra Olympic FC (II) 0: 3 Sydney FC (I)
October 25, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Melbourne Victory (I) 0: 2 Melbourne City FC (I)

final

Melbourne City FC Sydney FC
Melbourne City FC
final
November 29, 2016 in Melbourne ( AAMI Park )
Result: 1: 0 (0: 0)
Spectators: 18,751
Referee: Peter Green
Match report
Sydney FC


Dean Bouzanis - Neil Kilkenny , Osama Malik , Michael Jakobsen , Ivan Franjic - Luke Brattan , Tim Cahill (61st Anthony Caceres ), Nicolás Colazo - Bruce Kamau (83rd Nick Fitzgerald ), Bruno Fornaroli , Fernando Brandán
Trainer: John van 't Schip 		Danny Vukovic - Rhyan Grant , Sebastian Ryall , Matthew Jurman , Michael Zullo - Brandon O'Neill (72nd David Carney ), Joshua Brillante , Miloš Ninković , Alex Brosque , Filip Hološko (62nd Matt Simon ) - Bobô
Trainer: Graham Arnold
goal 1-0 Tim Cahill (53rd)
yellow cards Nick Fitzgerald (89th) yellow cards Brandon O'Neill (26th), David Carney (87th)

List of goalscorers

Below are the top scorers of the cup season (without qualification). If the number of goals is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

space player team Gates
01 AustraliaAustralia Patrick Antelmi Blacktown City FC 5
02 AustraliaAustralia Liam Boland Green Gully SC 3
UruguayUruguay Bruno Fornaroli Melbourne City FC 3
04th AustraliaAustralia Stipo Andrijašević Melbourne Knights FC 2
AlbaniaAlbania Besart Berisha Melbourne Victory 2
ArgentinaArgentina Fernando Brandan Melbourne City FC 2
AustraliaAustralia David Carney Sydney FC 2
AustraliaAustralia Dino Đulbić Perth Glory 2
AustraliaAustralia Joey Gibbs Blacktown City FC 2
ScotlandScotland Greig Henslee Brisbane Strikers FC 2
AustraliaAustralia Angelo Konstantinou Canberra Olympic FC 2
AustraliaAustralia Daniel McBreen Edgeworth FC 2
AustraliaAustralia Scott Neville Western Sydney Wanderers 2
AustraliaAustralia Brendon Šantalab Western Sydney Wanderers 2
AustraliaAustralia Lachlan Scott Western Sydney Wanderers 2
AustraliaAustralia Matt Simon Sydney FC 2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WESTFIELD FFA CUP COMPETITION REGULATIONS 8.5 ( Memento from January 17, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Cracking match ups set for Westfield FFA Cup Round of 32 . In: The-FFACup.com . June 30, 2016. Accessed June 30, 2016.
  3. ^ Westfield FFA Cup Round of 16 draw revealed . In: The-FFACup.com . August 10, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ Westfield FFA Cup quarter-final draw revealed . In: The-FFACup.com . August 30, 2016. Accessed August 31, 2016.
  5. ↑ Blockbuster FFA Cup semi final draw . In: The-FFACup.com . September 27, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.