2025 Australia Cup

2025 Australia Cup

Tournament details
Country	Australia New Zealand
Dates	31 January – 4 October 2025
Teams	718 (qualifying competition) 32 (main competition)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	101 (3.37 per match)
Attendance	60,842 (2,028 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Manyluak Aguek (6 goals)
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The 2025 Australia Cup, known as the Hahn Australia Cup for sponsorship reasons, ^[1] is the twelfth season of the Australia Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. This edition will be the fourth under the new name of the "Australia Cup" following the renaming of Football Federation Australia to Football Australia. ^[2] Thirty-two teams will contest the competition proper.

The qualifying competition began on 31 January, with the tournament proper starting on 22 July 2025. The final will be played at Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne, on 4 October 2025.

The winners of the tournament will qualify for the group stage of the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Two.

Macarthur FC were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Newcastle Jets in the quarter-finals.

Round and dates

Round	Draw date	Match dates	Number of fixtures	Teams	New entries this round
Preliminary rounds	Various	31 January–18 June	686	718 → 32	709
Round of 32	25 June	22–30 July	16	32 → 16	9
Round of 16	30 July	10–13 August	8	16 → 8	None
Quarter-finals		19–24 August	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals		30–31 August	2	4 → 2
Final	—	4 October	1	2 → 1

Preliminary rounds

Main article: 2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

Member federation teams are competing in various state-based preliminary rounds to win places in the competition proper (at the Round of 32). All Australian clubs (other than youth teams associated with A-League franchises) are eligible to enter the qualifying process through their respective member federation; however, only one team per club is permitted entry into the competition. The preliminary rounds operate within a consistent national structure whereby club entry into the competition is staggered in each state/territory, determined by what level the club sits at in the unofficial Australian soccer league system.

The top nine placed A-League Men clubs from the 2024–25 A-League Men season gain automatic qualification to the Round of 32. ^{[3] [4]} The other four teams entered a play-off series to determine the remaining two positions, with Perth Glory defeating the Central Coast Mariners and the Wellington Phoenix defeating Brisbane Roar to enter at the Round of 32 stage.

Federation	Associated competition	Round of 32 qualifiers
Football Australia	A-League Men	11
Capital Football (ACT)	Federation Cup (ACT)	1
Football NSW	Waratah Cup	4
Northern NSW Football	Northern NSW State Cup	2
Football Northern Territory	NT Australia Cup Final	1
Football Queensland	Kappa Queensland Cup [5]	4
Football South Australia	Federation Cup (SA)	2
Football Tasmania	Milan Lakoseljac Cup	1
Football Victoria	Dockerty Cup	4
Football West (WA)	State Cup	2

Teams

A total of 32 teams will participate in the 2025 Australia Cup competition proper.

A-League Men clubs represent the highest level in the Australian league system, whereas Member Federation clubs come from level 2 and below.

A-League Men clubs
Adelaide United	Auckland FC	Macarthur FC	Melbourne City	Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets	Perth Glory	Sydney FC	Wellington Phoenix	Western Sydney Wanderers
Western United
Member federation clubs
Canberra Croatia (2)	APIA Leichhardt (2)	Northern Tigers (3)	SD Raiders (3)	Sydney United 58 (2)
Cooks Hill United (2)	Weston Bears (2)	Darwin Olympic (2)	Brisbane City (2)	Gold Coast Knights (2)
Olympic FC (2)	Peninsula Power (2)	Adelaide Croatia Raiders (2)	North Eastern MetroStars (2)	South Hobart (2)
Avondale FC (2)	Heidelberg United (2)	Nunawading City (4)	South Melbourne (2)	Olympic Kingsway (2)
Stirling Macedonia (2)

Bracket

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Heidelberg United	2
	Weston Bears	0
					Heidelberg United	3
					Western Sydney Wanderers	0
	Peninsula Power	0
	Western Sydney Wanderers	3
									Heidelberg United	4
									Wellington Phoenix	0
	Darwin Olympic	0
	Nunawading City	9
					Nunawading City	0
					Wellington Phoenix	1
	Perth Glory	1 (7)
	Wellington Phoenix (p)	1 (8)
													Heidelberg United	2
													Auckland FC	0
	Northern Tigers	0
	Sydney United 58	1
					Sydney United 58	0
					Sydney FC	2
	Western United	0
	Sydney FC	1
									Sydney FC	1 (1)
									Auckland FC (p)	1 (3)
	South Hobart	1
	South Melbourne	2
					South Melbourne	0
					Auckland FC	3
	Gold Coast Knights	0
	Auckland FC	4
																	Heidelberg United
																	Newcastle Jets
	Avondale FC	5
	Stirling Macedonia	1
					Avondale FC	3
					APIA Leichhardt	1
	APIA Leichhardt	2
	Melbourne City	0
									Avondale FC	6
									Brisbane City	2
	Brisbane City	2
	Olympic FC	0
					Brisbane City (p)	1 (4)
					Olympic Kingsway	1 (3)
	Olympic Kingsway (a.e.t.)	4
	Melbourne Victory	3
													Avondale FC	2
													Newcastle Jets	4
	Adelaide Croatia Raiders	2
	Cooks Hill United	3
					Cooks Hill United	0
					Newcastle Jets	5
	Newcastle Jets	2
	Adelaide United	1
									Newcastle Jets	3
									Macarthur FC	0
	Canberra Croatia	0
	North Eastern MetroStars	4
					North Eastern MetroStars	0
					Macarthur FC	2
	SD Raiders	0
	Macarthur FC	5

Round of 32

The draw took place on 25 June ^[6] and the venues and match times were confirmed on 1 July 2025. ^[7] The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Nunawading City. They were the only level 4 team left in the competition.

Times are AEST (UTC+10) as listed by Football Australia (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Peninsula Power (2) v Western Sydney Wanderers (1)

22 July 2025	Peninsula Power (2)	0–3	Western Sydney Wanderers (1)	Brisbane
19:30		Report	Kraev 8', 23' Barbarouses 32'	Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park Attendance: 1,839 Referee: Jack Powers

Avondale FC (2) v Stirling Macedonia (2)

22 July 2025	Avondale FC (2)	5–1	Stirling Macedonia (2)	Melbourne
19:30	Trajceski 54' Ahmed 61' (pen.) Aguek 79' (pen.), 90+1' Kur 85'	Report	Brown-Montgomery 90+3'	Stadium: Green Gully Reserve Attendance: 855 Referee: Jonathan Barreiro

Darwin Olympic (2) v Nunawading City (4)

22 July 2025	Darwin Olympic (2)	0–9	Nunawading City (4)	Darwin
19:30 (19:00 ACST)		Report	Edgar 3', 45', 52' Kubenko 16' (pen.), 24' Yongule 36' Yoshimura 39' Abboud 68' Hodzic 87'	Stadium: Darwin Football Stadium Attendance: 756 Referee: Declan Woods

Northern Tigers (3) v Sydney United 58 (2)

23 July 2025	Northern Tigers (3)	0–1	Sydney United 58 (2)	Sydney
19:30		Report	Zuvela 45+1'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 1,161 Referee: Eric Saba

Adelaide Croatia Raiders (2) v Cooks Hill United (2)

23 July 2025	Adelaide Croatia Raiders (2)	2–3	Cooks Hill United (2)	Adelaide
19:30 (19:00 ACST)	Hilton 5' (o.g.) Blazeka 85'	Report	Benson 33' (pen.), 61' Williams 63'	Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 650 Referee: Tom Brinkworth

Heidelberg United (2) v Weston Bears (2)

23 July 2025	Heidelberg United (2)	2–0	Weston Bears (2)	Melbourne
19:30	Yokokawa 26' Bisetto 87'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Village Attendance: 525 Referee: Jock Quartermain

South Hobart (2) v South Melbourne (2)

23 July 2025	South Hobart (2)	1–2	South Melbourne (2)	Hobart
19:30	Kemp 28'	Report	Brennan 32' Bonada 41'	Stadium: KGV Park Attendance: 2,077 Referee: Brenton Kopra

Perth Glory (1) v Wellington Phoenix (1)

27 July 2025	Perth Glory (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	Wellington Phoenix (1)	Perth
17:00 (15:00 AWST)	Taggart 89'	Report	L. Kelly-Heald 20'	Stadium: Kingsway Reserve Attendance: 1,141 Referee: Liam Barclay
	Penalties
	Taggart Bugarija Gomulka Ngo O'Neill Majekodunmi Sutton Lebib Kaltak		Nagasawa Supyk Ishige Retre Candy Hughes Gillion Smith L. Kelly-Heald

SD Raiders (3) v Macarthur FC (1)

29 July 2025	SD Raiders (3)	0–5	Macarthur FC (1)	Sydney
19:30		Report	Bernardo 32' Letta 36' (o.g.) Sawyer 49' Ikonomidis 64' Caceres 82'	Stadium: Fairfield Showground Attendance: 2,716 Referee: Jake Rose

Gold Coast Knights (2) v Auckland FC (1)

29 July 2025	Gold Coast Knights (2)	0–4	Auckland FC (1)	Gold Coast
19:30		Report	Randall 1' Rogerson 19' May 36' Gillion 70'	Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 1,517 Referee: Lara Lee

Western United (1) v Sydney FC (1)

29 July 2025	Western United (1)	0–1	Sydney FC (1)	Melbourne
19:30		Report	Macallister 75'	Stadium: Ironbark Fields Attendance: 1,347 Referee: Jack Morgan

Olympic Kingsway (2) v Melbourne Victory (1)

29 July 2025	Olympic Kingsway (2)	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Melbourne Victory (1)	Perth
21:00 (19:00 AWST)	Oxborrow 27' (pen.) Hobson 70' Boland 90+3' (pen.), 101'	Report	Valadon 23' Jelacic 45+1' Piscopo 88'	Stadium: Kingsway Reserve Attendance: 3,033 Referee: Sam Kelly

Brisbane City (2) v Olympic FC (2)

30 July 2025	Brisbane City (2)	2–0	Olympic FC (2)	Brisbane
19:30	Bolton 84' Barnes 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Imperial Corp Stadium Attendance: 2,271 Referee: Zac Keenan

Newcastle Jets (1) v Adelaide United (1)

30 July 2025	Newcastle Jets (1)	2–1	Adelaide United (1)	Maitland
19:30	Gibson 31' Badolato 48'	Report	Mauk 15'	Stadium: Maitland Sportsground Attendance: 2,167 Referee: Joshua Attard

Canberra Croatia (2) v North Eastern MetroStars (2)

30 July 2025	Canberra Croatia (2)	0–4	North Eastern MetroStars (2)	Canberra
19:30		Report	Fortunatow 30' Gow 45' Windsor 49' Visser 59'	Stadium: Deakin Stadium Attendance: 1,286 Referee: Georgia Ghirardello

APIA Leichhardt (2) v Melbourne City (1)

30 July 2025	APIA Leichhardt (2)	2–0	Melbourne City (1)	Sydney
19:30	Kambayashi 27' Stewart 79'	Report		Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 2,793 Referee: Nathan Shakespear

Round of 16

The draw for the remaining rounds took place on 30 July. ^{[8] [9]} The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Nunawading City. They were the only level 4 team left in the competition.

Times are AEST (UTC+10) as listed by Football Australia (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Sydney United 58 (2) v Sydney FC (1)

10 August	Sydney United 58 (2)	0–2	Sydney FC (1)	Sydney
15:00		Report	Toure 11' Youlley 88'	Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Thomas Dale

Nunawading City (4) v Wellington Phoenix (1)

10 August	Nunawading City (4)	0–1	Wellington Phoenix (1)	Melbourne
15:00		Report	Ishige 90+4'	Stadium: Nasiol Stadium Attendance: 1,423 Referee: Eric Saba

North Eastern MetroStars (2) v Macarthur FC (1)

11 August	North Eastern MetroStars (2)	0–2	Macarthur FC (1)	Adelaide
20:00 (19:30 ACST)		Report	Bernardo 34' Ikonomidis 47'	Stadium: T.K. Shutter Reserve Attendance: 2,073 Referee: Daniel Cook

Heidelberg United (2) v Western Sydney Wanderers (1)

12 August	Heidelberg United (2)	3–0	Western Sydney Wanderers (1)	Melbourne
19:30	Juach 13', 31' Lesiotis 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 1,103 Referee: Zijad Ahmetovic

Brisbane City (2) v Olympic Kingsway (2)

12 August	Brisbane City (2)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Olympic Kingsway (2)	Brisbane
19:30	Docherty 64'	Report	Richard 58'	Stadium: Imperial Corp Stadium Attendance: 1,569 Referee: Zac Keenan
	Penalties
	Crociati Plusnin Thom Halliday Love-Semira		Oxborrow Lowry Mathiang Boland Orr

Cooks Hill United (2) v Newcastle Jets (1)

13 August	Cooks Hill United (2)	0–5	Newcastle Jets (1)	Newcastle
19:30		Report	Wilmering 20', 86' Bertoncello 41' Mizunuma 53' Gibson 56'	Stadium: No.2 Sportsground Attendance: 4,256 Referee: Matt Staples

South Melbourne (2) v Auckland FC (1)

13 August	South Melbourne (2)	0–3	Auckland FC (1)	Melbourne
19:30		Report	Randall 17', 58' Francois 69'	Stadium: Lakeside Stadium Attendance: 3,712 Referee: Declan Woods

Avondale FC (2) v APIA Leichhardt (2)

13 August	Avondale FC (2)	3–1	APIA Leichhardt (2)	Melbourne
19:30	Zinni 9' Tevere 45+1' Aguek 76'	Report	Kambayashi 24'	Stadium: Green Gully Reserve Attendance: 1,288 Referee: Jock Quartermain

Quarter-finals

The lowest ranked sides that qualified for this round were Avondale FC, Brisbane City and Heidelberg United. They were the only level 2 teams left in the competition. All times are AEST (UTC+10).

Heidelberg United (2) v Wellington Phoenix (1)

19 August	Heidelberg United (2)	4–0	Wellington Phoenix (1)	Melbourne
19:30	Hughes 35' (o.g.) Bisetto 47' Yokokawa 51' Dau 86'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 1,547 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

Avondale FC (2) v Brisbane City (2)

20 August	Avondale FC (2)	6–2	Brisbane City (2)	Melbourne
19:30	Aguek 4', 16', 55' Tevere 61' (pen.) Valentini 77' Cuba 89'	Report	Crociati 68' Yokoyama 81'	Stadium: Green Gully Reserve Attendance: 2,535 Referee: Jock Quartermain

Sydney FC (1) v Auckland FC (1)

23 August	Sydney FC (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Auckland FC (1)	Sydney
19:30	Lolley 87'	Report	Brook 85'	Stadium: Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 3,237 Referee: Casey Reibelt
	Penalties
	Grant King Macallister Lolley		Cosgrove May De Vries Brimmer

Newcastle Jets (1) v Macarthur FC (1)

24 August	Newcastle Jets (1)	3–0	Macarthur FC (1)	Maitland
16:00	Burgess 18' Dobson 73' Mizunuma 77'	Report		Stadium: Maitland Sportsground Attendance: 2,579 Referee: Tim Danaskos

Semi-finals

The lowest ranked sides that qualified for this round were Avondale FC and Heidelberg United. They were the only level 2 teams left in the competition. All times are AEST (UTC+10).

Heidelberg United (2) v Auckland FC (1)

30 August	Heidelberg United (2)	2–0	Auckland FC (1)	Melbourne
19:30	Juach 75' Yokokawa 84'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 3,034

Avondale FC (2) v Newcastle Jets (1)

31 August	Avondale FC (2)	2–4	Newcastle Jets (1)	Melbourne
15:00	Tevere 32', 57' (pen.)	Report	Bertoncello 6' Mizunuma 16' Adams 75' Nunes 90+5'	Stadium: Avenger Park Attendance: 2,352 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

Final

Main article: 2025 Australia Cup final

4 October 2025

19:40 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Heidelberg United (2)	v	Newcastle Jets (1)

Lakeside Stadium , Melbourne

Top goalscorers

As of 31 August 2025

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Manyluak Aguek	Avondale FC	6
2	Luca Tevere	Avondale FC	4
3	Stuart Edgar	Nunawading City	3
	Bul Juach	Heidelberg United
	Kota Mizunuma	Newcastle Jets
	Jesse Randall	Auckland FC
	Asahi Yokokawa	Heidelberg United
8	Joshua Benson	Cooks Hill United	2
	Bernardo	Macarthur FC
	Xavier Bertoncello	Newcastle Jets
	Max Bisetto	Heidelberg United
	Liam Boland	Olympic Kingsway
	Ben Gibson	Newcastle Jets
	Chris Ikonomidis	Macarthur FC
	Seiya Kambayashi	APIA Leichhardt
	Bozhidar Kraev	Western Sydney Wanderers
	Alex Kubenko	Nunawading City
	Daniel Wilmering	Newcastle Jets

Note: Goals scored in preliminary rounds not included.

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