1962 Australia Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Australia |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Yugal |
| Runner-up | St George Budapest |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
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]
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 and Juventus (from Melbourne and Adelaide respectively), was won by the South Australian team on penalty kicks.[2][3]
Teams
Round 1
| 4 November 1962 | South Melbourne Hellas | 1–2 | Yugal | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne |
George Papadopoulos  16' |
M. Stojakovic ?' Eric Schwartz ?' |
Attendance: 14,000[3] Referee: Bill Hosie |
| 10 November 1962 | St George Budapest | 5–2 | Oxley United | Sydney |
| Joe Galambos ?', ?' J. Medina ?' Herbert Stegbauer ?' Joe Vasvary ?' |
Gordon Arrowsmith ?' |
Attendance: 2,125[3] |
| 11 November 1962 | Melbourne Juventus | 3–1 | Adelaide Croatia | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne |
| R. Acunzo ?', ?' Pagotto ?' |
Turic ?' |
Attendance: 7,500[3] |
| 18 November 1962 | Footscray JUST | 1–3 | Adelaide Budapest | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne |
| Verko Mladenovic ?' |
Steve Herczeg ?', ?' unknown ?' |
Referee: Frank Sbisa |
Quarter-finals
| 18 November 1962 | Sydney Hakoah | 2–6 | Adelaide Juventus | Wentworth Park, Sydney |
| Karl Jaros ?', ?' |
Dave Howlett ?', ?', ?' John Moriarty ?', ?' A. Fegorara ?' |
Attendance: 4,545[3] |
| 25 November 1962 | Yugal | 3–2 | APIA Leichhardt | Wentworth Park, Sydney |
| Tony Nincevich ?' Tiko Jelisavcic ?' Ferdo Dunaj ?' |
Bruce Morrow ?' |
Attendance: 9,308[3] |
| 25 November 1962 | Wilhelmina | 0–2 | St George Budapest | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne |
| Jose Medina Joe Galambos |
| 25 November 1962 | Melbourne Juventus | 1–0 | Adelaide Budapest | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne |
| Steve Bukkos 20' (pen) |
Semi-finals
| 2 December 1962 | Melbourne Juventus | 1–2 | Yugal | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne |
| R. Acunzo ?' |
Tony Nincevich ?' Tiko Jelisavcic ?' |
Attendance: 7,000[3] |
| 2 December 1962 | Adelaide Juventus | 0–3 | St George Budapest | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide |
| Jose Medina ?', ?' Mladen Krgin ?' |
Attendance: 5,000[3] |
Third place playoff
| 9 December 1962 | Adelaide Juventus | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | Melbourne Juventus | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne |
| Frank Barbazza 37' |
Faraone 81' |
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Final
| Yugal | 8–1 | St George Budapest |
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| Tiko Jelisavčić 28', 34', ?', ?' Tony Nincevich 30' Eric Schwartz 47', 49' Slavko Pacanin ?' |
Dave Buchanan ?' |
Attendance: 11,014[3]
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "The Australia Cup". goalweekly.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Andrew Robinson (8 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1962 – Results".