Capital Football Federation Cup

The Federation Cup is a soccer competition established in 1962 that is held between clubs who are affiliated with Capital Football in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding areas of New South Wales. It is the premier cup competition in the region. Since 2014, the Federation Cup has concurrently served as the ACT competition for the preliminary rounds of the FFA Cup, now known as the Australia Cup, with the cup winner representing the ACT.^[1]

Federation Cup

Organising body	Capital Football
Founded	1962; 62 years ago (1962)
Number of teams	20 (in 2022)
Qualifier for	Australia Cup
Current champions	HNK O'Connor Knights FC in 2024 (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)	Canberra FC (18 titles)
Television broadcasters	BarTV Sports
Website	capitalfootball.com.au
2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

Canberra FC currently holds the record for most titles, having lifted the Cup 18 times. Cooma Tigers are the current cup holders, having lifted the Cup in 2021.

Current Cup Competitions 2013-onwards

The current format is a qualifying competition for the FFA Cup, now known as the Australia Cup, where the winner qualifies for the Round of 32. Scheduling issues meant the 2014 winner was not decided until after the qualifier needed to be named.^[2] To overcome this Capital Football announced that the 2014 winner of the ACTs pre-season competition was to be the ACTs qualifier in 2014. However, Tuggeranong United as the 2013 Federation Cup winners successfully appealed to Capital Football to qualify them as ACTs 2014 FFA Cup entrant.^[2] The 2014 winner – Belconnen United – entered into the 2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds in a later round than the rest of the Capital Football NPL sides.^[3]

Competition and Year	Linked FFA Cup Qualification	Winner	Score	Runners-up
Federation Cup 2013	2014 FFA Cup Round of 32	Tuggeranong United	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Cooma FC
Federation Cup 2014	Not applicable	Belconnen United	3–2	Canberra FC
Federation Cup 2015	2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds	Gungahlin United	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Belconnen United
Federation Cup 2016	2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds	Canberra Olympic	3–1	Tigers FC
Federation Cup 2017	2017 FFA Cup preliminary rounds	Canberra Olympic	2–0	Tuggeranong United
Federation Cup 2018	2018 FFA Cup preliminary rounds	Canberra FC	3–2	Gungahlin United
Federation Cup 2019	2019 FFA Cup preliminary rounds	Cooma Tigers	0–0 (4–2(p))	Canberra FC
2020	Federation Cup and 2020 FFA Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[4]
Federation Cup 2021	2021 FFA Cup preliminary rounds	Cooma Tigers	5–2	Monaro Panthers
Federation Cup 2022	2022 Australia Cup preliminary rounds	Monaro Panthers	3–1 (a.e.t.)	West Canberra Wanderers
Federation Cup 2023	2023 Australia Cup preliminary rounds	Canberra Croatia	4–2	Canberra Olympic
Federation Cup 2024	2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds	O'Connor Knights	4–2	Monaro Panthers

Previous Winners 1962–2012

Year Winner[5][6] Score Runners-up 1962 SC Hope 3–0 Concordia 1963 Concordia 4–4 1–0[lower-alpha 1] SC Hope 1964 SC Hope 2–1 Kosciusko 1965 Juventus 3–2 SC Hope 1966 Juventus 4–0 SC Hope 1967 Juventus 1–1 3–0[lower-alpha 1] Croatia Deakin 1968 Juventus 1–0 Olympic 1969 Queanbeyan Macedonia 3–1 (a.e.t.) Juventus 1970 Turner Eagles 2–0 Croatia Deakin 1971 Griffith United 5–1 Forrest United 1972 Croatia Deakin 1–0 Juventus 1973 Final abandoned, cup not awarded 1974 Croatia Deakin 2–1 (a.e.t.) Forrest United 1975 West Woden Juventus 2–1 Croatia Deakin 1976 Inter Monaro 3–1 Downer Olympic 1977 Inter Monaro 2–1 Canberra United 1978 Croatia Deakin 2–1 West Woden Juventus 1979 Downer Olympic 2–0 Canberra City Roos 1980 West Woden Juventus 2–1 Croatia Deakin 1981 Downer Olympic 2–1 (4–3(p)) ANU FC 1982 West Woden Juventus 2–1 (a.e.t.) Belconnen United 1983 Downer Olympic 1–0 Croatia Deakin 1984 Croatia Deakin 2–1 Griffith City 1985 Croatia Deakin 4–3 (a.e.t.) West Woden Juventus 1986 Croatia Deakin 1–1 (3–2(p)) Juventus

Year Winner Score Runners-up 1987 CCAE 2–1 (a.e.t.) Juventus 1988 Juventus 4–1 CCAE 1989 Tuggeranong United 3–0 Canberra City Concordia 1990 Belconnen United 3–0 UCU Pumas 1991 Canberra City 2–0 Canberra Croatia 1992 Belconnen United 3–3 (5–4(p)) Olympic 1993 Tuggeranong United 1–0 Canberra Deakin 1994 Tuggeranong United 2–1 Canberra Deakin 1995 Canberra Deakin 1–0 Tuggeranong United 1996 Weston Creek Royals 3–0 Belconnen United 1997 Canberra Olympic 3–0 Belconnen United 1998 Belconnen United 2–1 Canberra City 1999 Canberra Olympic 6–2 Canberra Deakin 2000 Gungahlin Juventus 7–1 Tuggeranong United 2001 Gungahlin Juventus unknown Capital City Suns 2002 Canberra Deakin 6–1 Gungahlin Juventus 2003 Gungahlin Juventus 2–1 Belconnen United 2004 Canberra Deakin 2–0 Capital City Suns 2005 Canberra City 3–1 Cooma Tigers 2006 Canberra FC 4–1 Cooma Tigers 2007 Canberra FC 7–1 ANU FC 2008 O'Connor Knights 3–2 Canberra FC 2009 Canberra FC 2–2 (4–1(p)) Canberra Olympic 2010 Canberra FC 3–2 Goulburn Strikers 2011 Canberra FC 5–0 Belconnen United 2012 Canberra FC 5–4 (a.e.t.) Cooma Tigers

All-time record

All time winners list including Pre-NPL era and NPL era (1962 to current).

Federation Cup winners
Club	Winners	Years
Canberra FC / Canberra Croatia	19	1962, 1964, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2023
West Woden / Gungahlin Juventus	10	1965, 1966, 1967, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2003
Canberra Olympic	7	1979, 1981, 1983, 1997, 1999, 2016, 2017
Belconnen United	4	1990, 1992, 1998, 2014
Tuggeranong United	4	1989, 1993, 1994, 2013
Canberra City	3	1963 (as Concordia), 1991, 2005
Monaro Panthers	3	1976, 1977, 2022
Cooma Tigers	2	2019, 2021
O'Connor Knights	2	2008, 2024
Griffith United	1	1971
Gungahlin United	1	2015
Queanbeyan City	1	1969
Turner Eagles	1	1970
Weston Molonglo FC	1	1996
UCU Pumas	1	1987 (as CCAE)

See also

• Soccer in the Australian Capital Territory
• Sport in the Australian Capital Territory

External links

• Capital Football official website

Notes

1. Replay match, after original match was drawn

References

1. "Cup gives grassroots chance to be giant-killers". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
2. Jon Tuxworth. "Tuggeranong United gets nod for FFA Cup". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
3. "Westfield FFA Cup Preliminary Round Fixtures". capitalfootball.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
4. "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
5. "Men's Federation Cup Final Results: 1962–2014". CapitalFootball.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
6. "Capital Football – Past Seasons Tables and Results". Retrieved 27 March 2015.