FFSA Federation Cup


The FFSA Federation Cup, is a knockout cup competition in Australian football, run by Football Federation South Australia. The competition's origins date to 1907 when a club competition with six teams was established under the auspices of the British Association. In that first year, Cambridge defeated Hindmarsh in the final.
Since 2014 the Federation Cup has been incorporated as one of the qualification tournaments to determine participants in the national FFA Cup.

Format

The competition is a knockout tournament starting with a Preliminary Round featuring clubs from a combination of the SA Collegiate Soccer League and the FFSA State League. The Preliminary Round is followed by Round 1 were all remaining teams from the FFSA State League and FFSA Premier League enter the competition along with usually a very small number of participating SA Collegiate Soccer League clubs.
In 2018, the competition begins with the first round consisting of all clubs competing in the State League 1 and State League 2 as well as clubs from the SA Amateur Soccer League and SA Collegiate Soccer League who wish to participate. National Premier League sides are then drawn in the second round.

Eligible teams

All team that play in Football Federation of South Australia sanctioned competition are eligible.
Matches in the FFSA Federation Cup are usually played at the home ground of one of the two teams. The team who plays at home is decided when the matches are drawn. The final is held at Hindmarsh Stadium.

Champions

YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1966Polonia1–0Victoria
1967Hellas3–0Polonia
1968Polonia2–1Juventus
1969Juventus4–1USC Lion
1970Juventus3–2West Adelaide Hellas
1971Juventus1–0West Adelaide Hellas
1972Juventus2–0West Adelaide Hellas
1973Juventus1–0West Adelaide Hellas
1974Croatia4–3Cumberland United
1975Polonia2–0USC Lion
1976Juventus4–0Campbelltown Budapest
1977Croatia1–0Campbelltown Budapest
1978Cumberland United2–0Campbelltown Budapest
1979Port Adelaide2–0ED Azzurri
1980Beograd4–0Victoria
1981ED Azzurri3–0Polonia
1982Croatia1–1, 2–1Para Hills
1983Beograd1–0Salisbury United
1984ED Azzurri2–1Campbelltown City
1985Campbelltown City3–2Cumberland United
1986ED Azzurri3–2Para Hills
1987West Torrens1–0Campbelltown City
1988Adelaide Croatia3–2Polonia
1989Modbury Jets2–0Para Hills
1990Adelaide Croatia4–2West Adelaide Hellas
1991Adelaide Croatia2–1Salisbury United
1992Adelaide Croatia3–1ED Azzurri
1993White City Woodville1–0Olympians
1994Campbelltown City3–0Salisbury United
1995Adelaide Blue Eagles2–2, 4–2Port Adelaide Lion
1996White City Woodville3–0Croydon Kings
1997Adelaide Blue Eagles2–1West Torrens
1998Adelaide Blue Eagles3–0Adelaide Raiders
1999West Adelaide2–1Elizabeth City
2000Croydon Kings1–1
North Eastern MetroStars
2001Playford City Patriots3–0Adelaide Blue Eagles
2002Adelaide Galaxy3–0Croydon Kings
2003Adelaide Raiders5–2North Eastern MetroStars
2004North Eastern MetroStars5–2Modbury Jets
2005White City Woodville2–1Adelaide Raiders
2006Adelaide City4–1Adelaide Blue Eagles
2007Adelaide City1–0North Eastern MetroStars
2008North Eastern MetroStars1–0Adelaide City
2009Cumberland United0–0
Campbelltown City
2010Adelaide Blue Eagles3–2North Eastern MetroStars
2011Western Strikers1–1
Adelaide Blue Eagles
2012North Eastern MetroStars3–1Para Hills
2013Adelaide City1–1
White City
2014Adelaide City4–1West Adelaide
2015Croydon Kings2–0Adelaide City
2016North Eastern MetroStars1–0Adelaide Comets
2017North Eastern MetroStars2–0Adelaide City
2018Adelaide Comets2–1Croydon Kings
2019Adelaide Olympic3–2Adelaide City

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