Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The club was formed in 2000 when it joined the National Soccer League (NSL) and was one of only three former NSL clubs to join in the formation of the A-League.
Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL).
Wollongong Wolves Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Wollongong, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW, the second-tier of soccer in Australia. The club plays its home games at WIN Stadium.
Blacktown City Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Blacktown, New South Wales. Founded in 1953, the club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW. Blacktown City's home ground is Landen Stadium in the suburb of Seven Hills.
Matthew Blake Simon is a retired Australian international football (soccer) player who played as a striker. Simon attended St Edward's College, East Gosford, where he was influenced to play soccer.
Kalifa Cissé is a retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder or centre-back. Born in France, he played for the Mali national team. He is currently first-team coach of Ligue 1 club Strasbourg Cissé last role was that of a coaching staff member of his former club, Bristol City's.
Daniel James McBreen is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played in the Romanian Divizia A for Universitatea Craiova, in the Scottish Premier League for Falkirk, in the Football League for Scunthorpe United, in the A-League for North Queensland Fury, Perth Glory and Central Coast Mariners, in the Chinese Super League for Shanghai Dongya and in the Hong Kong Premier League for South China. He is the formerly head coach of the Newcastle Jets youth team.
The 2014 FFA Cup was the inaugural season of the FFA Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. 631 teams in total from around Australia entered the competition. Only 32 teams competed in the competition proper, including the 10 A-League teams and 22 Football Federation Australia (FFA) member federation teams determined through individual state preliminary rounds held in early 2014. The FFA Cup competition proper commenced on 29 July 2014 and concluded with the FFA Cup Final on 16 December 2014. which was brought forward from Australia Day in order to avoid a clash with the 2015 Asian Cup, which was hosted by Australia.
Glen Joseph Trifiro is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
The 2018–19 season was the 14th season for Central Coast Mariners FC since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the A-League for the 14th time and the FFA Cup for the fifth time.
The 2019–20 season was Sydney FC's 15th season since its establishment in 2004. The club competed in the A-League for the 15th time and the FFA Cup for the sixth time.
Samuel Silvera is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a winger for EFL Championship side Portsmouth, on loan from EFL Championship club Middlesbrough. Born in England, he plays for the Australia national team.
The 2020–21 Central Coast Mariners FC season is the club's 16th season since its establishment in 2004. The club will participate in the A-League for the 16th time. The club will not compete in the 2020 FFA Cup due to the event being cancelled following the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
The 2021 FFA Cup was the eighth season of the FFA Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. Thirty-two teams contested the competition proper from the round of 32, including 10 of the 12 A-League teams, 21 Football Australia (FA) member federation teams determined through individual state qualifying rounds, as well as the 2019 National Premier Leagues champions.
The 2021–22 Sydney FC season is the club's 17th season since its establishment in 2004. The club is participating in the A-League for the 17th time and the FFA Cup for the seventh time. Also, as the runners-up of the 2020–21 A-League they qualified for the 2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs phase.
The 2021–22 season is the 17th in the history of the Central Coast Mariners Football Club. This is the Central Coast Mariners' 17th season in the A-League. In addition to the domestic league, Central Coast also participated in the FFA Cup.
Yaren İzzet Sözer is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Heidelberg United.
Garang Mawien Kuol is a professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Premier League club Newcastle United. Born a South Sudanese refugee in Egypt, he plays for the Australia national team.
The 2021 FFA Cup Final was the final match of the 2021 FFA Cup, Australia's main soccer cup competition. It was contested between Melbourne Victory and Central Coast Mariners on 5 February 2022 at the AAMI Park in Melbourne.
