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

Tournament details
Country	Australia
Dates	2 November – 9 December 1962
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Yugal (1st title)
Runner-up	St George-Budapest
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	67 (4.19 per match)
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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

	First Round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Melbourne Juventus	3
	Adelaide Croatia	1
					Melbourne Juventus	1
					Adelaide Budapest	0
	Footscray JUST	1
	Adelaide Budapest	3
									Melbourne Juventus	1
									Yugal	2
	South Melbourne	1
	Yugal	2
					Yugal	3
					APIA Liechhardt	2
	Awaba	1
	APIA Liechhardt	7
													Yugal	8
													St George-Budapest	1
	Brisbane Hellenic	0
	Sydney Hakoah	1
					Sydney Hakoah	2
					Adelaide Juventus	6
	Adelaide Juventus	3
	Brisbane Azzurri	2
									Adelaide Juventus	0
									St George-Budapest	3
	Adamstown Rosebud	0											Third place play-off
	Wilhelmina	2
					Wilhelmina	0							Melbourne Juventus	1 (3)
					St George-Budapest	2							Adelaide Juventus (p)	1 (4)
	St George-Budapest	5
	Oxley United	2

First Round

Brisbane Hellenic v Sydney Hakoah

2 November 1962	Brisbane Hellenic	0–1	Sydney Hakoah	Brisbane
		Report	Bell 19'	Stadium: Brisbane Exhibition Ground Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Keith Urwin

Adamstown Rosebud v Wilhelmina

2 November 1962	Adamstown Rosebud	0–2	Wilhelmina	Wallsend
		Report	Stoffels ?', ?'	Stadium: Crystal Palace Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Tony Boskovic

Adelaide Juventus v Brisbane Azzurri

3 November 1962	Adelaide Juventus	3–2	Brisbane Azzurri	Adelaide
	Howlett 31' Pegoraro 60' Moriarty 70'	Report	Cleeton 30' Robertson 68'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Luigi Cadelli

South Melbourne v Yugal

4 November 1962	South Melbourne	1–2	Yugal	Melbourne
	Papadopoulos 15'	Report	Stojakovic 60' (pen.) Schwartz 74'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Bill Hosie

Awaba v APIA Leichhardt

9 November 1962	Awaba	1–7	APIA Leichhardt	Wallsend
	Burgoyne 85' (pen.)	Report	Hitchcock 24' (o.g.) Giacometti 29', 84' Morrow 52', 59', 76' Bottalico 80'	Stadium: Crystal Palace Attendance: 4,000 Referee: W. Vernon

St George-Budapest v Oxley United

10 November 1962	St George-Budapest	5–2	Oxley United	Sydney
	Galambos 18', 34' Medina 24' Stegbauer 43' Vasvary 50' (pen.)	Report	Arrowsmith 35', 42'	Stadium: Sydney Athletic Field Attendance: 2,125 Referee: R. Jones

Melbourne Juventus v Adelaide Croatia

11 November 1962	Melbourne Juventus	3–1	Adelaide Croatia	Melbourne
	Acunzo 19', 74' Pagotto 60'	Report	Turic 79'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Roy Pierce

Footscray JUST v Adelaide Budapest

18 November 1962	Footscray JUST	1–3	Adelaide Budapest	Melbourne
	Mladenovic 14'	Report	Martin 39' Cseri 44' Szabo 49'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Frank Sbisa

Quarter-finals

Sydney Hakoah v Adelaide Juventus

18 November 1962	Sydney Hakoah	2–6	Adelaide Juventus	Sydney
	Jaros 11', 46'	Report	Howlett 50' Moriarty 65', 75', 80', 88' Pegoraro 85'	Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Roger Lamb

Yugal v APIA Leichhardt

25 November 1962	Yugal	3–2	APIA Leichhardt	Sydney
	Nincevic 19' Jelisavcic 40' Dunaj 78'	Report	Morrow 32', 48'	Stadium: Wentworth Park Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Luigi Cadelli

Wilhelmina v St George-Budapest

25 November 1962	Wilhelmina	0–2	St George-Budapest	Melbourne
		Report	Medina 24' Galambos 76'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Bill Hosie

Melbourne Juventus v Adelaide Budapest

25 November 1962	Melbourne Juventus	1–0	Adelaide Budapest	Melbourne
	Bukkos 14'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Tony Boskovic

Semi-finals

Adelaide Juventus v St George-Budapest

1 December 1962	Adelaide Juventus	0–3	St George-Budapest	Adelaide
		Report	Medina 5', 82' Krgin 29'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Roger Lamb

Melbourne Juventus v Yugal

2 December 1962	Melbourne Juventus	1–2	Yugal	Adelaide
	Acunzo 77'	Report	Nincevic 72' Mucillo 87'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Bill Hosie

Third place play-off

Melbourne Juventus v Adelaide Juventus

9 December 1962	Melbourne Juventus	1–1 (3–4 p)	Adelaide Juventus	Adelaide
	Barbazza ?'	Report	Moriarty ?'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Frank Sbisa

Final

Main article: 1962 Australia Cup Final

Yugal	8–1	St George-Budapest
Jelisavcic ?', ?', ?', ?' Schwarz ?', ?' Nincevic ?' Pacanin ?'	Report	Buchanan ?'

9 December 1962

Wentworth Park, Sydney

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Bill Hosie

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. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
3. Andrew Robinson (8 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1962 – Results".