FFSA Federation Cup

FFSA Federation Cup

Founded	1907
Region	Australia  South Australia
Current champions	2016: North Eastern MetroStars (4th title)
Most successful club(s)	Adelaide City (16 titles)
Website	FFSA
2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds

The FFSA Federation Cup, is a knockout cup competition in Australian football, run by Football Federation South Australia. The Federation Cup was first held in 1907 with Cambridge defeating Hindmarsh, although the full-time score is not recorded.^[1]

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.

Eligible teams

All team that play in Football Federation of South Australia sanctioned competition are eligible.

• NPL South Australia
• NPL State League
• SA Collegiate Soccer League
• Regional tournaments affiliated with the FFSA

Venues

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

Year Winner Score Runner-up 1907 Cambridge Not recorded Hindmarsh 1908 Hindmarsh 4–1 Port Adelaide 1909 Hindmarsh 4–1 Sturt 1910 Cambridge Not recorded South Adelaide 1911 Cambridge 2–0 Port Adelaide 1912 Adelaide 2–1 Tandanya 1913 Adelaide 3–0 Hindmarsh 1914 Adelaide 2–1 Hindmarsh 1915 Cheltenham Not recorded Hindmarsh 1916 – No competition – 1917 – No competition – 1918 – No competition – 1919 Sturt 1–1(Joint winners) Hindmarsh 1920 Cheltenham 2–1 South Adelaide 1921 South Adelaide 3–2 Cheltenham 1922 Cheltenham 1–0 Sturt 1923 Prospect United 2–2, 2–1 South Adelaide 1924 Holdens United 1–0 Prospect United 1925 West Torrens 3–1 Sturt 1926 Port Adelaide 2–1 Sturt 1927 West Torrens 2–1 West Adelaide 1928 West Torrens 2–1 West Adelaide 1929 West Torrens 3–2 South Australia Railways 1930 South Australia Railways 3–2 Port Adelaide 1931 Lancashire 3–3, 4–2 Port Adelaide 1932 South Australia Railways 1–1, 2–0 Lancashire 1933 Port Adelaide 2–1 West Torrens 1934 Port Thistle 3–2 West Torrens 1935 Kingswood 4–2 Port Thistle 1936 Sturt 4–2 Port Adelaide 1937 Sturt 3–2 Port Thistle 1938 Birkalla Rovers 2–0 Kingswood 1939 West Torrens 2–0 Birkalla Rovers 1940 West Torrens 5–1 South Adelaide 1941 Sturt 3–1 Birkalla Rovers 1942 – No Competition – 1943 Northumberland & Durham 2–1 British Tube Mills 1944 Birkalla Rovers 2–1 Northumberland & Durham 1945 Port Adelaide 3–2 Birkalla Rovers 1946 West Torrens 4–3 Kingswood 1947 Cumberland United 3–2 Port Adelaide 1948 – No Competition – 1949 – No Competition – 1950 Birkalla Rovers 4–1 Port Adelaide 1951 Birkalla Rovers 1–0 Juventus 1952 Polonia 3–1 Beograd 1953 Juventus 4–3 Prospect United 1954 Polonia 3–1 Juventus 1955 Juventus 2–1 Polonia 1956 USC Lion 3–2 Cumberland United 1957 Juventus 5–1 USC Lion 1958 Juventus 1–0 Polonia 1959 Juventus 1–0 Croatia 1960 Croatia 4–0 Cumberland United 1961 Victoria 2–1 (SASFA) Enfield 1961 Orange 3–2 (SASL) Lion 1962 Croatia 2–1 Budapest

Year Winner Score Runner-up 1963 Juventus 5–1 West Adelaide Hellas 1964 Hellas 6–2 Polonia 1965 Juventus 1–0 Enfield 1966 Polonia 1–0 Victoria 1967 Hellas 3–0 Juventus 1968 Polonia 2–1 Juventus 1969 Juventus 4–1 USC Lion 1970 Juventus 3–2 West Adelaide Hellas 1971 Juventus 1–0 West Adelaide Hellas 1972 Juventus 2–0 West Adelaide Hellas 1973 Juventus 1–0 West Adelaide Hellas 1974 Croatia 4–3 Cumberland United 1975 Polonia 2–0 USC Lion 1976 Juventus 4–0 Campbelltown Budapest 1977 Croatia 1–0 Campbelltown Budapest 1978 Cumberland United 2–0 Campbelltown Budapest 1979 Port Adelaide 2–0 ED Azzurri 1980 Beograd 4–0 Victoria 1981 ED Azzurri 3–0 Polonia 1982 Croatia 1–1, 2–1 Para Hills 1983 Beograd 1–0 Salisbury United 1984 ED Azzurri 2–1 Campbelltown City 1985 Campbelltown City 3–2 Cumberland United 1986 ED Azzurri 3–2 Para Hills 1987 West Torrens 1–0 Campbelltown City 1988 Adelaide Croatia 3–2 Polonia 1989 Modbury Jets 2–0 Para Hills 1990 Adelaide Croatia 4–2 West Adelaide Hellas 1991 Adelaide Croatia 2–1 Salisbury United 1992 Adelaide Croatia 3–1 ED Azzurri 1993 White City Woodville 1–0 Olympians 1994 Campbelltown City 3–0 Salisbury United 1995 Adelaide Blue Eagles 2–2, 4–2 Port Adelaide Lion 1996 White City Woodville 3–0 Croydon Kings 1997 Adelaide Blue Eagles 2–1 West Torrens 1998 Adelaide Blue Eagles 3–0 Adelaide Raiders 1999 West Adelaide 2–1 Elizabeth City 2000 Croydon Kings 1–1 7–6 (p.s.o) North Eastern MetroStars 2001 Playford City Patriots 3–0 Adelaide Blue Eagles 2002 Adelaide Galaxy 3–0 Croydon Kings 2003 Adelaide Raiders 5–2 North Eastern MetroStars 2004 North Eastern MetroStars 5–2 Modbury Jets 2005 White City Woodville 2–1 Adelaide Raiders 2006 Adelaide City 4–1 Adelaide Blue Eagles 2007 Adelaide City 1–0 North Eastern MetroStars 2008 North Eastern MetroStars 1–0 Adelaide City 2009 Cumberland United 0–0 5–4 (p.s.o) Campbelltown City 2010 Adelaide Blue Eagles 3–2 North Eastern MetroStars 2011 Western Strikers 1–1 6–5 (p.s.o) Adelaide Blue Eagles 2012 North Eastern MetroStars 3–1 Para Hills 2013 Adelaide City 1–1 5–4 (p.s.o) White City 2014 Adelaide City 4–1 West Adelaide 2015 Croydon Kings 2–0 Adelaide City 2016 North Eastern MetroStars 1–0 Adelaide Comets

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