1962 Australia Cup

The 1962 Australia Cup was the first season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. 16 teams from around Australia entered the competition.[1] The competition consisted of four clubs from Victoria and Sydney's competition, three from Queensland and South Australia and two from Northern New South Wales. The winner of the Australia Cup received £5,000.[1]

1962 Australia Cup
Country Australia
Teams16
ChampionsYugal
Runners-upSt George Budapest
Matches played16
1963 →

The inaugural season of the Cup was won by Yugal who defeated St George Budapest 8–1 at Wentworth Park in the final. The third place playoff, between Juventus (now Brunswick Zebras from Melbourne) and Juventus (now Adelaide City), was won by the South Australian team on penalty kicks.[2][3]

Teams
Qualifying clubs
NNSW Adamstown Rosebud Awaba
NSW St George Budapest Sydney Hakoah APIA Leichhardt Yugal
QLD Brisbane Hellenic Brisbane Azzurri Oxley United
SA Adelaide Budapest Adelaide Juventus Adelaide Croatia
VIC South Melbourne Hellas Melbourne Juventus Wilhelmina Footscray JUST

First round
4 November 1962 South Melbourne Hellas 1–2 Yugal Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
George Papadopoulos  16' M. Stojakovic  ?'
Eric Schwartz  ?'		 Attendance: 14,000[3]
Referee: Bill Hosie
Adelaide Juventus 3–2 Brisbane Azzurri Adelaide
10 November 1962 St George Budapest 5–2 Oxley United Sydney
Joe Galambos  ?', ?'
J. Medina  ?'
Herbert Stegbauer ?'
Joe Vasvary  ?'		 Gordon Arrowsmith  ?' Attendance: 2,125[3]
11 November 1962 Melbourne Juventus 3–1 Adelaide Croatia Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
R. Acunzo  ?', ?'
Pagotto  ?'		 Turic  ?' Attendance: 7,500[3]
Toronto Awaba 1–7 APIA Leichhardt Newcastle
Brisbane Hellenic 0–1 Sydney Hakoah Brisbane
18 November 1962 Footscray JUST 1–3 Adelaide Budapest Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Verko Mladenovic  ?' Steve Herczeg  ?', ?'
unknown  ?'		 Referee: Frank Sbisa
Adamstown Rosebud 0–2 Wilhelmina Newcastle

Quarter-finals
18 November 1962 Sydney Hakoah 2–6 Adelaide Juventus Wentworth Park, Sydney
Karl Jaros  ?', ?' Dave Howlett  ?', ?', ?'
John Moriarty  ?', ?'
A. Fegorara ?'		 Attendance: 4,545[3]
25 November 1962 Yugal 3–2 APIA Leichhardt Wentworth Park, Sydney
Tony Nincevich  ?'
Tiko Jelisavcic  ?'
Ferdo Dunaj  ?'		 Bruce Morrow  ?' Attendance: 9,308[3]
25 November 1962 Wilhelmina 0–2 St George Budapest Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Jose Medina
Joe Galambos
25 November 1962 Melbourne Juventus 1–0 Adelaide Budapest Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Steve Bukkos  20' (pen)

Semi-finals
2 December 1962 Melbourne Juventus 1–2 Yugal Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
R. Acunzo  ?' Tony Nincevich  ?'
Tiko Jelisavcic  ?'		 Attendance: 7,000[3]
2 December 1962 Adelaide Juventus 0–3 St George Budapest Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Jose Medina  ?', ?'
Mladen Krgin  ?'		 Attendance: 5,000[3]

Third place playoff
9 December 1962 Adelaide Juventus 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Melbourne Juventus Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Frank Barbazza  37' Faraone  81'
Penalties
  • Steve Bukkos
  • Steve Bukkos
  • Steve Bukkos
  • Steve Bukkos
  • Steve Bukkos
  • Bruno Esca
  • Bruno Esca
  • Bruno Esca
  • Bruno Esca
  • Bruno Esca

Final
Yugal8–1St George Budapest
Tiko Jelisavčić  28', 34', ?', ?'
Tony Nincevich  30'
Eric Schwartz  47', 49'
Slavko Pacanin  ?'		 Dave Buchanan  ?'
Attendance: 11,014[3]

References
  1. Australia and its Cups: Then and Now. Roy Hay, The Leopold Method, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 2014, pp. 4–20. 25 November 2014. ISBN 9781921134470. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. "The Australia Cup". goalweekly.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  3. Andrew Robinson (8 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1962 – Results".
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