1966 Australia Cup

The 1966 Australia Cup was the fifth season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia.[1] Sixteen clubs from around Australia qualified to enter the competition.[2]

1966 Australia Cup
Country Australia
Teams16
ChampionsAPIA Leichhardt
Runners-upHakoah Eastern Suburbs
Matches played15
← 1965
1967 →

Teams
Qualifying clubs
ACT Croatia Deakin
N-NSW Newcastle Austral Adamstown Rosebud
NSW APIA Leichhardt Hakoah Eastern Suburbs St George Budapest South Coast United
QLD Latrobe-Western Suburbs
SA West Adelaide Hellas Adelaide Juventus
TAS Olympia
VIC South Melbourne Hellas Port Melbourne Slavia Melbourne Hungaria Melbourne Hakoah
WA Perth Azzurri

Round 1
Sydney Hakoah6–2Latrobe-Western Suburbs
Attendance: 1,200[2]
St George Budapest3–1Croatia Deakin
Attendance: 4,500 (double header)[2]
APIA Leichhardt4–0Newcastle Austral
Attendance: 4,500 (double header)[2]
South Coast United3–2Adamstown Rosebud
Speers Point, Newcastle
Attendance: 3,000[2]
South Melbourne Hellas4–1Adelaide Juventus
Attendance: 8,850[2]
Perth Azzurri1–1 (a.e.t.)Port Melbourne Slavia
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 4,000[2]
West Adelaide Hellas0–1Melbourne Hungaria
Attendance: 6,000[2]
Melbourne Hakoah6–2Olympia
Attendance: 2,300[2]

Quarter-finals
Melbourne Hungaria4–1
Attendance: 3,126[2]
Sydney Hakoah4–0South Coast United
Attendance: 4,563 (double header)[2]
APIA Leichhardt2–1St George Budapest
Attendance: 4,563 (double header)[2]
South Melbourne Hellas2–1Melbourne Hakoah
Attendance: 8,221[2]

Semi-finals
APIA Leichhardt3–0Melbourne Hungaria
Attendance: 4,521[2]
South Melbourne Hellas1–3Sydney Hakoah
Attendance: 11,500[2]

The game was abandoned after 71 minutes due to a pitch invasion, and subsequently awarded to Sydney Hakoah.[2]

Final
APIA Leichhardt2–0Sydney Hakoah
Ricardo Campana  32'
Bill Kerklaan  61'		 Report
Attendance: 10,200[2]
Referee: Dave Maitland

References
  1. "Australia and its Cups: Then and Now". Roy Hay, The Leopold Method, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 2014, pp. 4–20. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. Andrew Robinson (18 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1966 – Results".
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