1966 Australia Cup

1966 Australia Cup
Country  Australia
Teams 16
Champions APIA Leichhardt
Runners-up Hakoah Eastern Suburbs
← 1965 1967 →

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]

Round 1

9 October 1966
St George Budapest 3–1 Croatia Deakin
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 4,500 (double header)[2]

9 October 1966
APIA Leichhardt 4–0 Newcastle Austral
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 4,500 (double header)[2]

9 October 1966
South Coast United 3–2 Adamstown Rosebud
Speers Point, Newcastle
Attendance: 3,000[2]

Quarter-finals

16 October 1966
Sydney Hakoah 4–0 South Coast United
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 4,563 (double header)[2]

16 October 1966
APIA Leichhardt 2–1 St George Budapest
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 4,563 (double header)[2]

Semi-finals

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

Final

30 October 1966
APIA Leichhardt 2–0 Sydney Hakoah
Ricardo Campana  32'
Bill Kerklaan  61'		 Report
Wentworth Park, Sydney
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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Andrew Robinson (18 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1966 – Results".
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