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2017 FFA Cup
The 2017 FFA Cup was the fourth season of the FFA Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. 32 teams began competing in the competition proper (from the round of 32), including the 10 A-League teams and 21 Football Federation Australia (FFA) member federation teams determined through individual state qualifying rounds, as well as the reigning National Premier Leagues Champion (Sydney United 58 from NSW). Round and dates Prize fund The prize fund is unchanged from the 2016 event. In addition, a further $2,500 was donated from sponsor NAB to Member Federation clubs for each goal scored by them against an A-League opposition. Clubs to receive donations are Blacktown City ($12,500), Hakoah Sydney City East ($5,000), Heidelberg United ($2,500) and South Melbourne ($2,500). Preliminary rounds FFA member federations teams will compete in various state-based preliminary rounds to win one of 21 places in the competition proper (round of 32). All Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FFA Cup
The Australia Cup, formerly known as the FFA Cup until the 2021 season, is the national football knockout cup competition in Australia. This annual competition is organised by Football Australia, formerly known as Football Federation Australia until 2020. The Australia Cup comprises teams from the top division, A-League Men (known as simply the A-League before the 2021–22 season), as well as those from lower tiers in the Australian soccer league system. Teams enter in progressive stages, with qualifying rounds culminating with the competition proper, starting with the Round of 32. Each state and territory-based member federation is granted a team allocation for entry into the main competition, joining clubs from A-League Men. Initially, all A-League Men's teams entered at the Round of 32; following the latest expansion of the league, the top eight teams enter at the Round of 32, while play-offs are conducted between the four lowest-ranked teams for the final two qualificat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidelberg United FC
Heidelberg United Alexander Football Club (founded as Alexander the Great-Melbourne Soccer Club) established in 1958 is a football (soccer) club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg West, Victoria, Australia. The team currently competes in the National Premier League Victoria. History Foundation and beginnings (1958–1979) The Heidelberg United Alexander Soccer Club was founded in 1958 by Greek immigrants from Florina, Macedonia. They decided to form their own social club, the Clifton Hill Social Club. It was at that time when families, mainly immigrants wives and their unmarried children, began to arrive in Australia in great numbers. In May 1955 the founding members,George Evgeniadis”Mouchos”, George Baniscas, Nicholas Themelkos, Nick Romanidis, Tryphon Rakovalis, Tryphon Avramopoulos, Chris Samartzis and Peter Economidis commenced their meetings at the residence of Tryphon Rakovalis in Fairfield. Their successful gathering attracted mostly Florinians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Federation Victoria
Football Victoria is the state governing body for soccer in Victoria, Australia. It is affiliated with Football Australia, the sport's national governing body. History Football Victoria began operation in 1884 under the name Anglo Australian Football Association of Victoria and is one of the oldest sporting associations in Victoria. It has had several name changes over the years, but has survived as the governing body of soccer in Victoria since this time. In 2009, player registrations for soccer in Victoria passed 50,000, the highest number in the federation's history. In 2018, the federation was renamed from "Football Federation Victoria" to "Football Victoria". Formation Football Federation Victoria oversees all aspects of the sport within the state, however there are twelve regional associations that manage local leagues and competitions in their areas. * Albury Wodonga Football Association * Ballarat & District Soccer Association * Bendigo Amateur Soccer League * Cobr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmanian Association Football Cup Competitions
The Football Federation of Tasmania organises several annual Tasmanian association football (soccer) cups and tournaments alongside the regular league competitions that they also run. The first cup competition in Tasmania was the Falkinder Cup, which began in 1913. For nearly 60 years it was the state's premier football cup tournament, but was eclipsed by the Statewide Cup, and the pre-season Summer Cup. Various Cups and trophies have come and gone, and currently the main non-league tournaments in Tasmania are the Statewide Cup (currently known as the Milan Lakoseljac Cup), and the three pre-season tournaments, the Summer Cup (south), the North West Summer Cup (North West), and the Steve Hudson Cup. Milan Lakoseljac Cup The male Statewide knock-out cup – run annually with clubs from Northern and Southern Leagues – is named the Milan Lakoseljac Cup – also known as the Statewide Cup – and which was previously known as the Ampol Cup for sponsorship reasons between 1964 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Federation Tasmania
Football Tasmania (FT) is the governing body for soccer in the Australian state of Tasmania. The federation oversees competitions across Tasmania, Tasmanian representative teams, and development of the sport in the state. The federation was known as the Tasmanian Soccer Association until 1996, when it was renamed to Soccer Tasmania. In line with national changes in March 2006, it became Football Federation Tasmania. In February 2019, the organisation became simply Football Tasmania. Football Tasmania sanctions all competitive football matches in Tasmania, either directly in the case of its own leagues, or indirectly, as is the case with local regional junior associations. FT also trains and appoints match officials in accordance with FIFA guidelines. FT governs the Tasmanian State League NPL Tasmania and the two underpinning domestic leagues, the Northern Championship, and the Southern Championship. FT also organises and runs several Tasmanian association football cup competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FFSA Federation Cup
The Football South Australia Federation Cup, commonly known as the Federation Cup, is a knockout cup competition in Australian football, run by Football South Australia. The competition's origins date to 1907 when a club competition with six teams (Cambridge, North Adelaide, Norwood, Port Adelaide, South Adelaide, and West Adelaide) 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, now known as the Australia Cup. Following the rebranding from Football Federation South Australia to Football South Australia, the cup was renamed to the Football South Australia Federation 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Federation South Australia
The Football South Australia (FSA), formerly known as Football Federation South Australia (FFSA), is the governing body of football (also known as soccer) in South Australia, established in 2006. Description Football South Australia are affiliated with Football Australia, the sport's national governing body. The FSA run the highest level of football in the state of South Australia, the semi-professional National Premier Leagues South Australia, below this they run State League 1 and State League 2 which are level 2 and 3 on the state's football league pyramid, and levels 3 and 4 on the national pyramid. The FSA run the South Australian Professional Men's Leagues, the Women's and Juniors Leagues, and the South Australian Junior Premier League (JPL), where teams from under 8s to under 17s play Sundays. The FSA acts as the umbrella organisation for affiliated associations including Junior Associations, Masters' League and Collegiate League. History The first South Australian f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Queensland
Football Queensland is recognised by both the State and Federal Governments and Football Australia as the governing body for association football and futsal in Queensland (Australia), Queensland, Australia. Tracing its history back to the establishment of the Anglo-Queensland Football Association, in 1884, Football Queensland now has more than 250,000 participants and 308 clubs across the state. Role Football Queensland is the sole governing body for football in Queensland with nine regional offices throughout the state: *Football Queensland Central *Football Darling Downs, Football Queensland Darling Downs *Football Queensland Far North & Gulf *Football Brisbane, Football Queensland Metro (North & South) *Football Queensland North, Football Queensland Northern *Football Queensland South Coast *Sunshine Coast Football, Football Queensland Sunshine Coast *Mackay Regional Football, Football Queensland Whitsunday Coast *Football Wide Bay, Football Queensland Wide Bay These re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Northern Territory
Football Northern Territory (FNT) is the state governing body for soccer in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is affiliated with Football Australia, the national governing body. The Territory is also separated into three zones – Northern, Central and FICA (Southern) – which have their own zone councils which administer leagues locally running their own league and cup competitions. There is currently no overall champion – the regional winners in 2016 were Hellenic Athletic Club (Northern Zone) and Celtic (FICA). The federation conducts the territory-wide Sport Minister's Cup, which doubles as qualification for the national FFA Cup. Clubs in NT Northern Zone (NorZone) * Casuarina Football Club * Darwin Olympic Soccer Club * Darwin Rovers FC * Hellenic Athletic Club * Mindil Aces FC * Port Darwin Football Club * University Azzurri FC Past Participant Clubs * Darwin City Buffalos * Darwin Lions (Pre-2007 known as Afro-Oz Football Club) * Karama United Footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern NSW Football
Northern NSW Football (NNSWF) is the governing body of soccer in the north of New South Wales, Australia. It is a member of the national governing body, Football Australia. The Federation was established the 9 September 1884 as the Northern District British Football Association. To fall in line with the global football identity, the federation was re-branded to Northern NSW Football on 25 October 2006. Formation On 9 September 1884, the Northern District British Football Association was established. On 25 October 2006, the Northern NSW Football was created due to internal restructuring and re-branding. Membership Structure The NNSWF, the governing body for football in the northern regions of New South Wales, is Federation Member of Football Federation Australia (FFA) and as such reports directly to the FFA. There are seven constituent members of the NNSWF with each being responsible for a geographical Zone: * Football Far North Coast * Football Mid North Coast * Hunter Valley F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waratah Cup
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 National Premier Leagues NSW, National Premier Leagues NSW 2, National Premier Leagues NSW 3, National Premier Leagues NSW 4 and numerous other semi professional & amateur association clubs within New South Wales. The Cup is held during the NPL NSW seasons. Since 2014 preliminary rounds of the Waratah Cup have been used to determine the NSW entrants to the national FFA Cup competition, now known as the Australia Cup. 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. Hakoah Sydney City East have won the cup the most times with seven wins. Sydney Crescent Star are the only non-league team to win the competition in 2004. Current cup competitions (since 2014) Since 2014 the Waratah Cup has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football NSW
Football NSW is the governing body for soccer in the Australian state of New South Wales, with the exception of the northern regions of NSW (the governing body for which is Northern New South Wales Football). Football NSW is a member of the national governing body, Football Australia. Football NSW's premier football competition is the National Premier Leagues NSW. The premier futsal competition is the Futsal Premier League. Prior to 1 April 2007, Football NSW was known as Soccer NSW. History The first soccer association was founded in New South Wales in 1882 as the "South British Football Soccer Association". It was succeeded in 1898 by the "New South Wales British Football Association" and eventually in 1921 by the "Australian Soccer Football Association". The first state league in New South Wales was formed in 1928 and by 1943 a new association was formed to oversee the game in New South Wales specifically, called "New South Wales Soccer Football Association". This was formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
