Tournament details | |
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Country | Australia (NSW) |
Teams | 6 |
Defending champions | Sydney United 58 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Sydney United 58 |
Runner-up | Manly United |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 5 |
Top goal scorer(s) | Chris Payne (3 goals) |
The 2016 Waratah Cup was the 14th season of Football NSW's knockout competition. The Preliminary Rounds are now a part of the 2016 FFA Cup competition. The 5 winners from the FFA Cup preliminary Seventh Round qualify for the Waratah Cup, as well as the reigning National Premier Leagues champion (Blacktown City FC). [1]
The Cup was won by the defending champions Sydney United 58, their 6th title.
New South Wales clubs, other than Northern NSW and A-League clubs, participate in the FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. The competition is for all Senior Men's teams of the National Premier Leagues NSW, NPL 2, NPL 3, NSW State League, as well as Association teams which applied to participate.
A total of 130 clubs entered into the competition, [2] and the five qualifiers to join Blacktown City FC in the final rounds are:
Qualifiers | ||||
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Bonnyrigg White Eagles (2) | Manly United (2) | Marconi Stallions (3) | Sydney United 58 (2) | Wollongong Wolves (2) |
Four of the qualifiers played off to reduce the remaining teams to 4, with Manly United and Sydney United 58 receiving a Bye until the semi-finals.
Blacktown City FC | 2–1 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles |
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Major ![]() Mallia ![]() | Report | Zonjić ![]() |
Marconi Stallions | 2–1 | Wollongong Wolves |
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Perre ![]() Ješić ![]() | Report | Bernal ![]() |
A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition.
Manly United | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Blacktown City FC |
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Cooper ![]() Bragg ![]() | Report | Grozdanovski ![]() |
Sydney United 58 | 5–1 | Marconi Stallions |
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Payne ![]() Uskok ![]() Nikas ![]() | Report | Perre ![]() |
Manly United | 0–1 | Sydney United 58 |
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Source | Shin ![]() |
Sydney United 58 Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club and current NSW NPL Champions based in Edensor Park, Sydney, New South Wales Australia. The club was formed as Sydney Croatia in 1958, by Croatian Australians in the area, but it was renamed in 1993 as Sydney United after having the name Sydney CSC for a season.
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Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian semi-professional football club based in Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales. The club has been crowned Australian champion four times.
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