FFA Cup 2018
| FFA Cup 2018 | |
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| Cup winners | Adelaide United (2nd title) |
| Beginning | July 25, 2018 |
| final | October 30, 2018 |
| Final stadium | Coopers Stadium , Adelaide |
| Teams | 32 |
| Games | 31 |
| Gates | 100 (ø 3.23 per game) |
| spectator | 89,083 (ø 2,874 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Craig Goodwin(Adelaide United) |
 yellow cards
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115 (ø 3.71 per game) |
 Yellow and red cards
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3 (ø 0.1 per game) |
 Red cards
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3 (ø 0.1 per game) |
| ← FFA Cup 2017 | |
The FFA Cup 2018 was the fifth edition of the Australian men's soccer cup competition. The season started on July 25th and ended on October 30th, 2018 with the finals. Defending champion was Sydney FC , which only lost in the final.
A total of 781 soccer teams took part in the competition. 32 teams reached the first main round, including the ten clubs of the 2017/18 A-League , the champions of the National Premier Leagues 2017 and 21 lower-class clubs that prevailed in the regional qualifying rounds.
Adelaide United won the second time with a 2-1 win over Sydney FC . The final was a repeat of the previous year , in which Sydney had prevailed 2-1 after extra time . The top scorer was Adelaide United's Australian Craig Goodwin with five goals.
Attendees
Several hundred teams competed in the various regional qualifying rounds to qualify for one of 21 main round places to be awarded. The ten teams of the A-League 2017/18 were set for the main round. The champion of the National Premier Leagues 2017 received another direct 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. New South Wales got five, Queensland and Victoria four each, Northern New South Wales and Western Australia two each, the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, South Australia and Tasmania one each.
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A-League the 10 clubs of the 2017/18 season |
National Premier Leagues champions of the 2017 season |
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Winner of the qualifying rounds 21 winners of the 9 national associations of the FFA |
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First main round
The matches of the first main round were drawn on June 26, 2018. The brackets indicate the league level in which the club played in the 2016/17 season.
| date | Result | ||
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| July 25, 2018, 7:30 p.m. | Avondale FC (II) | 4: 1 (1: 1) | Marconi Stallions (II) |
| July 25, 2018, 7:30 p.m. | Port Melbourne SC (II) | 0: 1 (0: 1) | APIA Leichhardt Tigers (II) |
| July 25, 2018, 7:30 p.m. | Canberra FC (II) | 1: 4 (1: 2) | Broadmeadow Magic (II) |
| July 25, 2018, 7:30 p.m. | Queensland Lions (II) | 3: 2 (2: 0) | Olympic FC (II) |
| July 25, 2018, 8:30 p.m. | Gwelup Croatia (III) | 0: 4 (0: 2) | Adelaide Comets (II) |
| July 25, 2018, 8:30 p.m. | Bonnyrigg White Eagles (II) | 2: 1 (1: 0) | Maccabi Hakoah (II) |
| 08/01/2018, 7:30 p.m. | Rockdale City Suns (II) | 2: 4 (1: 1) | Sydney FC (I) |
| 08/01/2018, 7:30 p.m. | Adelaide United (I) | 3: 0 (2: 0) | Central Coast Mariners (I) |
| 08/01/2018, 7:30 p.m. | Heidelberg United (II) | 2: 1 (2: 0) | Charlestown City Blues (II) |
| 08/01/2018, 7:30 p.m. | Cairns FC (II) | 4: 0 (0: 0) | Armadale SC (II) |
| 07.08.2018, 7:30 p.m. | Bentleigh Greens SC (II) | 1: 0 (1: 0) | Wellington Phoenix (I) |
| 07.08.2018, 7:30 p.m. | Gold Coast Knights (III) | 0: 1 (0: 1) | Newcastle United Jets (I) |
| 07.08.2018, 7:30 p.m. | Brisbane Roar (I) | 0: 1 a.d. | Melbourne City FC (I) |
| 07.08.2018, 7:30 p.m. | Northcote City FC (II) | 1: 3 (0: 2) | Devonport City FC (II) |
| 07.08.2018, 8:30 p.m. | Hellenic Athletic (II) | 3: 4 (1: 2) | Western Sydney Wanderers (I) |
| 07.08.2018, 8:30 p.m. | Perth Glory (I) | 0: 1 (0: 1) | Melbourne Victory (I) |
Second main round
The matches of the second main round were drawn on August 7, 2018. The brackets indicate the league level in which the club played in the 2016/17 season.
| date | Result | ||
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| 08/21/2018, 7:30 p.m. | Avondale FC (II) | 4: 1 (2: 1) | Devonport City FC (II) |
| 08/21/2018, 7:30 p.m. | Broadmeadow Magic (II) | 0: 4 (0: 0) | Bentleigh Greens SC (II) |
| 08/21/2018, 7:30 p.m. | APIA Leichhardt Tigers (II) | 3: 2 (1: 0) | Melbourne Victory (I) |
| 08/21/2018, 7:30 p.m. | Cairns FC (II) | 1: 2 (1: 0) | Sydney FC (I) |
| August 29, 2018, 7:30 p.m. | Melbourne City FC (I) | 1: 0 (0: 0) | Newcastle United Jets (I) |
| August 29, 2018, 7:30 p.m. | Adelaide Comets (II) | 0: 4 (0: 2) | Heidelberg United (II) |
| August 29, 2018, 7:30 p.m. | Queensland Lions (II) | 0: 1 (0: 1) | Adelaide United (I) |
| August 29, 2018, 7:30 p.m. | Bonnyrigg White Eagles (II) | 1: 2 (0: 1) | Western Sydney Wanderers (I) |
Quarter finals
The quarter-finals were drawn on August 29, 2018. The brackets indicate the league level in which the club played in the 2016/17 season.
| date | Result | ||
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| 19.09.2018, 7:30 p.m. | Melbourne City FC (I) | 1: 2 (0: 2) | Western Sydney Wanderers (I) |
| 19.09.2018, 7:30 p.m. | Avondale FC (II) | 2: 4 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 2) | Sydney FC (I) |
| 09/26/2018, 7:30 p.m. | APIA Leichhardt Tigers (II) | 0: 2 (0: 0) | Adelaide United (I) |
| 09/26/2018, 7:30 p.m. | Bentleigh Greens SC (II) | 1: 0 (0: 0) | Heidelberg United (II) |
Semifinals
The semi-final matches were drawn on September 26, 2018. The brackets indicate the league level in which the club played in the 2016/17 season.
| date | Result | ||
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| 05.10.2018, 7:30 p.m. | Bentleigh Greens SC (II) | 0: 2 (0: 1) | Adelaide United (I) |
| 06.10.2018, 7:30 p.m. | Western Sydney Wanderers (I) | 0: 3 (0: 0) | Sydney FC (I) |
final
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Paul Izzo - Michael Marrone , Jordan Elsey , Michael Jakobsen , Scott Galloway - Isaías , Vince Lia (64th Ken Ilsø ) - Ryan Strain , Mirko Boland (90th + 5 ' Taylor Regan ), Craig Goodwin (90th + 1' Nikola Mileusnic ) - Ben Halloran Coach: Marco Kurz ( Germany )
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Andrew Redmayne - Rhyan Grant , Alex Wilkinson , Jop van der Linden , Michael Zullo - Joshua Brillante (81st Charles Lokolingoy ), Brandon O'Neill - Paulo Retre (76th Daniel De Silva ), Miloš Ninković - Adam le Fondre , Alex Brosque Trainer: Steve Corica |
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 1-0 Goodwin (25th) 2-1 Goodwin (74th)
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1: 1 le Fondre (28th, foul penalty)
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Izzo (27.), Isaías (34.), Marrone (34.), Lia (63.)
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Zullo (35th), O'Neill (52nd), Brosque (68th)
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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.
| rank | Nat | player | society | Gates |
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Craig Goodwin | Adelaide United | 5 |
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Trent Buhagiar | Sydney FC | 4th |
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Liam Boland | Avondale FC | 3 |
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Alex Brosque | Sydney FC | 3 | |
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Adam le Fondre | Sydney FC | 3 | |
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Chris Lucas | Bentleigh Greens SC | 3 | |
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Oriol Riera | Western Sydney Wanderers | 3 | |
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Tasuku Sekiya | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 3 |
Web links
- Official website for the competition
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2018 FFA Cup Round of 32 draw revealed . In: The-FFACup.com . June 26, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
- ↑ Revealed: FFA Cup Round of 16 matchups . In: The-FFACup.com . August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
- ↑ Melbourne Derby headlines huge FFA Cup 2018 Quarter Finals draw . In: The-FFACup.com . August 29, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
- ↑ FFA Cup draw: Semi Finals set for Sydney Derby drama . In: The-FFACup.com . September 26, 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2018.