2015 FFA Cup final

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2015 FFA Cup Final
Melbourne Victory Perth Glory
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Date7 November 2015
Venue AAMI Park, Melbourne
Man of the Match Kosta Barbarouses
Referee Ben Williams
Attendance15,098
WeatherPartly cloudy
17 °C (63 °F) [1]
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The 2015 FFA Cup Final was the 2nd final of the premier association football knockout cup competition in Australia. The match was held on 7 November 2015 at AAMI Park. The final was held on a Saturday night for the first time. [2] Adelaide United were the defending champions, though they were knocked out of the competition at the Quarter-Final stage by rivals Melbourne Victory. [3]

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Perth Glory qualified for the FFA Cup Final on 21 October 2015, with a 3–1 victory over Melbourne City at Nib Stadium. Melbourne Victory qualified for the FFA Cup Final on 28 October 2015, with a 3–0 victory over Hume City at AAMI Park.

Melbourne Victory won the match 2–0, with goals from Oliver Bozanic and Besart Berisha.

Venue

Panorama of AAMI Park, host of the 2015 FFA Cup Final. 2015 A-League Grand Final AAMI Park panorama.jpg
Panorama of AAMI Park, host of the 2015 FFA Cup Final.

On 27 October 2015, Football Federation Australia announced the 2015 FFA Cup Final would be held at either AAMI Park in Melbourne or Perth's nib Stadium. The choice of venue depended on the result of the second semi-final match between Hume City and Melbourne Victory. If Melbourne Victory defeat Hume City, the 2015 Final would be held at AAMI Park. A Hume City win would see the other successful semi-finalist, Perth Glory, host event at nib Stadium. Melbourne Victory's win confirmed the Final venue to be AAMI Park. [4]

The home ground of Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City since its opening in 2010, AAMI Park holds a capacity crowd of 30,050 which makes it the largest capacity rectangular field venue in Victoria. The stadium was one of five host venues for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

Road to the final

Melbourne Victory Round Perth Glory
OpponentResultOpponentResult
Balmain Tigers 6–0 (A)Round of 32 Newcastle Jets 2–2 (A)
4–3 (p)
Rockdale City Suns 3–2 (A)Round of 16 Queensland Lions (a.e.t.)1–0 (A)
Adelaide United 3–1 (H)Quarter-finals Western Sydney Wanderers 1–1 (H)
4–2 (p)
Hume City 3–0 (A)Semi-finals Melbourne City 3–1 (H)
Note: In all results above, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Melbourne Victory and Perth Glory were among 648 teams who entered the inaugural FFA Cup competition, and as A-League clubs, both entered the tournament in the Round of 32. [5]

Melbourne Victory's first match was an away win 6–0 over fourth-tier Balmain Tigers at Sydney's Leichhardt Oval. Victory were then pushed to a narrow 3–2 win over Rockdale City Suns. After two consecutive away games, Victory defeated reigning FFA Cup winners Adelaide United 3–1, before a 3–0 win over the last non-A-League club Hume City.

Perth Glory began their FFA Cup campaign with a 4–3 penalty shootout win over the Newcastle Jets at Magic Park, after a 1–1 draw in normal time, 2–2 after extra time. They then achieved a 1–0 extra time victory over the Queensland Lions. Following this was a 4–2 penalty shootout victory over the Western Sydney Wanderers after a 1–1 draw in normal time, with the Glory subsequently qualifying for the FFA Cup Final on 21 October 2015, with a 3–1 victory over Melbourne City at nib Stadium.

Match

Summary

Melbourne Victory were dominant at the beginning of the first half. The home side had the ball in the back of net by the 16th minute courtesy of a strike by New Zealand international Kosta Barbarouses, although the effort was disallowed as Victory defender Matthieu Delpierre was offside. Victory went ahead in the 35th minute, when Oliver Bozanic was on hand after build up on the right from Jason Geria and Barbarouses. Melbourne doubled the advantage seven minutes later with Carl Valeri playing a through-ball into the path of striker Besart Berisha, whose first touch took him past the final defender and then fired the ball across Perth Glory keeper Ante Covic and inside the left post.

Perth started the second half with the majority of possession and almost halved the deficit within four minutes when Diogo Ferreira slammed a shot into the right-hand upright. In the 61st minute, Richard Garcia's first-time effort flew over the crossbar. Perth had most of the scoring chances in the second half without being able to convert any of them. Victory were forced to play the last eight minutes with 10 men after Valeri was sent off for a second bookable offence - a foul on Dino Djulbic. [6]

Details

Melbourne Victory 2–0 Perth Glory
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AAMI Park, Melbourne
Attendance: 15,098
Referee: Ben Williams
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GK1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danny Vukovic
RB2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Geria
CB6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Broxham Yellow card.svg 33'
CB17 Flag of France.svg Matthieu Delpierre
LB5 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Daniel Georgievski
RM21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carl Valeri (c)Yellow card.svg 77' Yellow-red card.svg 86'
CM7 Flag of Brazil.svg Guilherme Finkler Sub off.svg 84'
LM13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oliver Bozanic
RF9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Kosta Barbarouses
CF8 Flag of Albania.svg Besart Berisha Sub off.svg 88'
LF14 Flag of Tunisia.svg Fahid Ben Khalfallah Yellow card.svg 40'Sub off.svg 90+2'
Substitutes:
GK20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lawrence Thomas
DF24 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thomas Deng Sub on.svg 88'
MF16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rashid Mahazi Sub on.svg 84'
MF22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jesse Makarounas
FW11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Connor Pain Sub on.svg 90+2'
Manager:
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GK1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ante Covic
RB19 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joshua Risdon
CB6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dino Djulbic Yellow card.svg 15'
CB23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Thwaite (c)
LB3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Warren Sub off.svg 86'
RM10 Flag of Serbia.svg Nebojša Marinković
CM13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Diogo Ferreira
LM15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hagi Gligor Sub off.svg 61'
RF11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Garcia
CF16 Flag of Brazil.svg Sidnei Yellow card.svg 55'Sub off.svg 74'
LF17 Flag of Spain.svg Diego Castro
Substitutes:
GK12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jerrad Tyson
DF2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Grant Sub on.svg 74'
DF5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Antony Golec Sub on.svg 86'
FW20 Flag of Curacao.svg Guyon Fernandez Sub on.svg 61'
FW21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Stefan Valentini
Manager:
Flag of England.svg Kenny Lowe

Man of the Match (Mark Viduka Medal):
Kosta Barbarouses

Assistant referees:
Luke Brennan
Brad Hobson
Fourth official:
Nathan MacDonald
Additional assistant referees:
Jarred Gillett
Adam Fielding

Match rules: [7]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics

Statistics [6] Melbourne Victory Perth Glory
Goals scored20
Total shots911
Shots on target34
Ball possession49%51%
Corner kicks58
Fouls1517
Offsides42
Yellow cards22
Red cards10

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