Waratah Cup

Waratah Cup
Founded 1991
Region New South Wales
Number of teams 104 (in 2015)
Current champions Blacktown City FC (4th title)
Most successful club(s) Blacktown City FC (4 titles)
Website The Waratah Cup

2015 Waratah Cup
2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds

The Waratah Cup is a knockout cup competition in New South Wales, run by the governing body of football in NSW, Football NSW. Teams competing in the Waratah Cup come from the NPL NSW, NPL NSW 2, NSW State League Division One, NSW State League Division Two and many semi-professional association clubs within New South Wales. The Cup is held during the NPL NSW and state league seasons. Since 2014 preliminary rounds of the Waratah Cup have been used to determine the NSW entrants to the national FFA Cup. [1]

History

The Waratah cup commenced in 1991 teams featuring clubs from the top 4 tiers of football in New South Wales, as well as teams from non-league associations.[2]

Blacktown City Football Club have won the cup the most times with four wins, with Sydney United having won it three times. Sydney Crescent Star are the only non-league team to win the competition in 2004. Sutherland Sharks took out their first title in 2009.

Current cup competitions 2014-onwards

The 2014 Waratah Cup was also a qualifying completion for the inaugural 2014 FFA Cup, where 7 teams qualified for the Round of 32. [3] [4]

For 2015, the preliminary rounds of the 2015 FFA Cup replaced the early rounds of the competition; the 5 NSW qualifiers to the Round of 32 then compete for the 2015 Waratah Cup. [5]

Competition and Year Winner FFA Cup Qualification Qualifiers
2014 Waratah Cup Blacktown City 2014 FFA Cup Qualifiers Blacktown City
Hakoah Sydney City East
Manly United
Parramatta FC 		South Coast Wolves
Sydney Olympic
Sydney United 58
2015 Waratah Cup in progress 2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds
5 to qualify

Previous Waratah Cup competitions 1991-2013

Competition and Year Winner
Waratah Cup 1991 Blacktown City FC
Waratah Cup 1992 Avala
Waratah Cup 1993 Blacktown City FC
Waratah Cup 1994 Bankstown City
Waratah Cup 1995 Sydney United
Waratah Cup 1996 Sydney United
Waratah Cup 1997 Wollongong Wolves
1998 to 2003 not known
NSW Statewide Cup 2004 Sydney Crescent Star
NSW Statewide Cup 2005 Sydney United
Competition and Year Winner
NSW Statewide Cup 2006 Blacktown City FC
Tiger Turf Cup 2007 Wollongong Wolves
Tiger Turf Cup 2008 Bankstown City
Tiger Turf Cup 2009 Sutherland Sharks
McDonald's Cup 2010 Marconi Stallions
Waratah Cup 2011 Manly United
Waratah Cup 2012 Sutherland Sharks
Waratah Cup 2013 APIA Leichhardt Tigers

Earlier NSW State Cups

Competition and Year Winner
State Cup 1926 Wallsend
1927 to 1930 not known
State Cup 1931 West Wallsend
State Cup 1932 Wallsend
State Cup 1933 Wallsend
1934 to 1936 not known
State Cup 1937 Wallsend
1938 to 1941 not known
State Cup 1942 Wallsend
1943 not known
State League Cup 1944 Wallsend
State Cup 1945 West Wallsend
1946 to 1949 not known
State League Cup 1950 Wallsend
State Cup 1951 Granville
State League Cup 1952 Wallsend
State League Cup 1953 Auburn
State League Cup 1954 Corrimal Rangers
State League Cup 1955 Leichhardt Annandale
State League Cup 1956 Leichhardt Annandale
Competition and Year Winner
Federation Cup 1957 Canterbury-Marrickville
Federation Cup 1958 Canterbury-Marrickville
Ascot Cup 1959 Hakoah
Ascot Cup 1960 Bankstown
Craven A Cup 1961 Hakoah
Federation Cup 1962 APIA Leichhardt
Federation Cup 1963 Hakoah
Federation Cup 1964 St George-Budapest
Federation Cup 1965 Hakoah
Federation Cup 1966 APIA Leichhardt
1967 to 1970 not played
State Cup 1971 Hakoah
State Cup 1972 St George-Budapest
1973 not played
Rothman's State Cup 1974 South Sydney Croatia
Rothman's State Cup 1975 APIA Leichhardt
Rothman's State Cup 1976 Hakoah
1977 to 1987 not played
Challenge Cup 1988 APIA Leichhardt vs. Marconi Stallions (1)
League Cup 1989 Canberra Croatia
League Cup 1990 Canberra Croatia

note (1) result unknown

References : [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NSW WARATAH CUP". Football NSW. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  2. ↑   (2009-12-17). "Waratah Cup ready for kick off in 2010". Soccernsw.com.au. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  3. ↑ "NSW WARATAH CUP". Football NSW. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "2014 Waratah Cup Match Schedule And Results" (PDF). Football NSW. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "FFA Cup - Football NSW" (PDF). footballnsw.com.au. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "SoccerAust : NSW Past Seasons Tables and Results". Retrieved 2 May 2015.

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