Capital Football Federation Cup

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Federation Cup
Organising body Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg Capital Football
Founded1962;63 years ago (1962)
Number of teams20 (in 2022)
Qualifier for Australia Cup
Current champions HNK O'Connor Knights FC in 2024 (2nd title)
Most successful club(s) Canberra FC (18 titles)
Television broadcastersCapital Football on YouTube
Website capitalfootball.com.au
Soccerball current event.svg 2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

The Federation Cup is a soccer competition established in 1962 that is held between clubs who are affiliated with Capital Football in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding areas of New South Wales. It is the premier cup competition in the region. Since 2014, the Federation Cup has concurrently served as the ACT competition for the preliminary rounds of the FFA Cup, now known as the Australia Cup, with the cup winner representing the ACT. [1]

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Canberra FC currently holds the record for most titles, having lifted the Cup 18 times. HNK O'Connor Knights FC are the current cup holders, having lifted the Cup in 2024.

Current Cup Competitions 2013-onwards

The current format is a qualifying competition for the FFA Cup, now known as the Australia Cup, where the winner qualifies for the Round of 32. Scheduling issues meant the 2014 winner was not decided until after the qualifier needed to be named. [2] To overcome this Capital Football announced that the 2014 winner of the ACTs pre-season competition was to be the ACTs qualifier in 2014. However, Tuggeranong United as the 2013 Federation Cup winners successfully appealed to Capital Football to qualify them as ACTs 2014 FFA Cup entrant. [2] The 2014 winner – Belconnen United – entered into the 2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds in a later round than the rest of the Capital Football NPL sides. [3]

Competition and YearLinked FFA Cup QualificationWinnerScoreRunners-up
Federation Cup 2013 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32 Tuggeranong United 3–2 ( a.e.t. ) Cooma FC
Federation Cup 2014 Not applicable Belconnen United 3–2 Canberra FC
Federation Cup 2015 2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Gungahlin United 1–0 ( a.e.t. ) Belconnen United
Federation Cup 2016 2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Canberra Olympic 3–1 Tigers FC
Federation Cup 2017 2017 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Canberra Olympic 2–0 Tuggeranong United
Federation Cup 2018 2018 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Canberra FC 3–2 Gungahlin United
Federation Cup 2019 2019 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Cooma Tigers 0–0 (4–2( p )) Canberra FC
2020Federation Cup and 2020 FFA Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. [4]
Federation Cup 2021 2021 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Cooma Tigers 5–2 Monaro Panthers
Federation Cup 2022 2022 Australia Cup preliminary rounds Monaro Panthers 3–1 ( a.e.t. ) West Canberra Wanderers
Federation Cup 2023 2023 Australia Cup preliminary rounds Canberra Croatia 4–2 Canberra Olympic
Federation Cup 2024 2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds O'Connor Knights 4–2 Monaro Panthers

Previous Winners 1962–2012

YearWinner [5] [6] ScoreRunners-up
1962 SC Hope 3–0Concordia
1963Concordia4–4
1–0 [a] 		SC Hope
1964SC Hope2–1Kosciusko
1965 Juventus 3–2SC Hope
1966Juventus4–0SC Hope
1967Juventus1–1
3–0 [a] 		Croatia Deakin
1968Juventus1–0 Olympic
1969 Queanbeyan Macedonia 3–1 ( a.e.t. )Juventus
1970Turner Eagles2–0Croatia Deakin
1971Griffith United5–1Forrest United
1972Croatia Deakin1–0Juventus
1973Final abandoned, cup not awarded
1974Croatia Deakin2–1 ( a.e.t. )Forrest United
1975West Woden Juventus2–1Croatia Deakin
1976Inter Monaro3–1Downer Olympic
1977Inter Monaro2–1Canberra United
1978Croatia Deakin2–1West Woden Juventus
1979Downer Olympic2–0Canberra City Roos
1980West Woden Juventus2–1Croatia Deakin
1981Downer Olympic2–1 (4–3( p )) ANU FC
1982West Woden Juventus2–1 ( a.e.t. ) Belconnen United
1983Downer Olympic1–0Croatia Deakin
1984Croatia Deakin2–1Griffith City
1985Croatia Deakin4–3 ( a.e.t. )West Woden Juventus
1986Croatia Deakin1–1 (3–2( p ))Juventus
YearWinnerScoreRunners-up
1987 CCAE 2–1 ( a.e.t. )Juventus
1988Juventus4–1CCAE
1989 Tuggeranong United 3–0 Canberra City Concordia
1990Belconnen United3–0UCU Pumas
1991Canberra City2–0Canberra Croatia
1992Belconnen United3–3 (5–4( p ))Olympic
1993Tuggeranong United1–0Canberra Deakin
1994Tuggeranong United2–1Canberra Deakin
1995Canberra Deakin1–0Tuggeranong United
1996 Weston Creek Royals 3–0Belconnen United
1997Canberra Olympic3–0Belconnen United
1998Belconnen United2–1Canberra City
1999Canberra Olympic6–2Canberra Deakin
2000Gungahlin Juventus7–1Tuggeranong United
2001Gungahlin JuventusunknownCapital City Suns
2002Canberra Deakin6–1Gungahlin Juventus
2003Gungahlin Juventus2–1Belconnen United
2004Canberra Deakin2–0Capital City Suns
2005Canberra City3–1 Cooma Tigers
2006Canberra FC4–1Cooma Tigers
2007Canberra FC7–1ANU FC
2008 O'Connor Knights 3–2Canberra FC
2009Canberra FC2–2 (4–1( p ))Canberra Olympic
2010Canberra FC3–2 Goulburn Strikers
2011Canberra FC5–0Belconnen United
2012Canberra FC5–4 ( a.e.t. )Cooma Tigers

All-time record

All time winners list including Pre-NPL era and NPL era (1962 to current).

Federation Cup winners
ClubWinnersYears
Canberra FC / Canberra Croatia
19
1962, 1964, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2023
West Woden / Gungahlin Juventus
10
1965, 1966, 1967, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2003
Canberra Olympic
7
1979, 1981, 1983, 1997, 1999, 2016, 2017
Belconnen United
4
1990, 1992, 1998, 2014
Tuggeranong United
4
1989, 1993, 1994, 2013
Canberra City
3
1963 (as Concordia), 1991, 2005
Monaro Panthers
3
1976, 1977, 2022
Cooma Tigers
2
 2019, 2021
O'Connor Knights
2
2008, 2024
Griffith United
1
1971
Gungahlin United
1
 2015
Queanbeyan City
1
1969
Turner Eagles
1
1970
Weston Molonglo FC
1
1996
UCU Pumas
1
1987 (as CCAE)

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Replay match, after original match was drawn

References

  1. ↑ "Cup gives grassroots chance to be giant-killers". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 Jon Tuxworth. "Tuggeranong United gets nod for FFA Cup". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Westfield FFA Cup Preliminary Round Fixtures". capitalfootball.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game . SBS. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Men's Federation Cup Final Results: 1962–2014". CapitalFootball.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Capital Football – Past Seasons Tables and Results" . Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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