1966 NSW Federation Cup

Football tournament season
1966 NSW Federation Cup
Tournament details
Country Australia (NSW)
Teams16
Defending championsHakoah
Final positions
ChampionsAPIA Leichhardt
Runner-upSt. George-Budapest
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
← 1965

The 1966 NSW Federation Cup (Henry Seamonds Trophy) was the tenth and final edition of the NSW Soccer Federation's premier soccer cup. The cup was open to all ten clubs in the first and six second division clubs.[1]

Sydney Hakoah were the defending champions, but were eliminated by St. George Budapest in the semi-finals when they lost 1–2.

The final was played on 22 May 1966 between APIA Leichhardt and St. George Budapest, with APIA winning the match 3–2 to claim their second Federation Cup title.[1][2]

Format and clubs

Round Clubs
remaining		 Clubs advancing from
previous round		 New entries
this round		 Main match dates
First Round 16 → 8 N/A
  • 10 clubs from NSW First Division
  • 6 clubs from NSW Second Division
 from 27 March 1966
Quarter-finals 8 → 4
  • 8 winners from First Round
 none from 11 April 1966
Semi-finals 4 → 2
  • 4 winners from quarter-finals
 none from 1 May 1966
Final 2 → 1
  • 2 winners from semi-finals
 none 22 May 1966

First Round

The First Round saw all ten First Division and the top 6 Second Division clubs from the previous season participate.

Tie no. Date Team 1 Score Team 2
1 Canterbury-Marrickville 1–0 Granville-AEK
2 Croatia-South Sydney 5–0 Prague
3 Sydney Hakoah 5–1 Bankstown
4 St. George-Budapest 6–4 Pan Hellenic
5 South Coast United 1–0 Melita Eagles
6 Yugal 3–2 (a.e.t.) Cumberland United
7 Polonia-North Side 3–1 Wollongong Olympic
8 APIA Leichhardt 6–1 Corinthian BESC

Quarter-finals

Yugal v Croatia-South Sydney
Yugal 2–0Croatia-South Sydney
  • Bobic
Attendance: 4,400
Referee: L. Wilson
Sydney Hakoah v Polonia-North Side
Sydney Hakoah 5–1Polonia-North Side
  • Krawiarz
Attendance: 3,140
Referee: J. Scarborough
APIA Leichhardt v South Coast United
APIA Leichhardt 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p)		South Coast United
Attendance: 3,140
Referee: H. Parsons

Semi-finals

St. George-Budapest v Sydney Hakoah
St. George-Budapest 2–1Sydney Hakoah
 Attendance: 7,000
Referee: F. Woolman
APIA Leichhardt v Yugal
APIA Leichhardt 5–2Yugal
  • Alagich
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Anton Boskovic

Third place playoff

Sydney Hakoah v Yugal
Sydney Hakoah 1–1 Yugal
  • Vicevic
Attendance: 8,632
Referee: J. Scarborough

Final

APIA Leichhardt3–2St. George-Budapest
  • Yardley
  • Zuckerman
Attendance: 8,632
Referee: H. Parsons
1 Australia Bill Rorke
2 Australia George Nutall
3 Australia Stan Ackerley
4 Australia David Muir
5 Australia Jim Sambrook
6 Australia Phil Bottalico
7 Australia John Giacometti
8 Australia Ricardo Campana
9 Scotland Archie Blue
10 Australia Johnny Watkiss
11 Australia Bill Kerklaan
Substitutes:
none
Coach:
Australia Joe Marston
1 Scotland Frank Haffey
2 Australia Herbert Stegbauer
3 Australia Roger Hillary
4 Germany Manfred Schaefer
5 Australia Petar Banicevic
6 Australia Tibor Zuckerman
7 Australia Alan Hillhouse
8 Australia Johnny Warren
9 Scotland George Yardley
10 Australia Salvador Isaac
11 Australia Noel Telfer downward-facing red arrow
Substitutes:
12 Australia Don Sandell upward-facing green arrow
Coach:
Hungary Laurie Hegyes

NSW Federation Cup
1966 Champions
Australia
APIA Leichhardt
Second Title

References

General and specific
  1. ^ a b "Soccer World Annual 1967". Soccer World. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  2. ^ "NSW Federation Cup 1966". www.socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
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