Capital Football Federation Cup

Federation Cup
Organising bodyAustralian Capital Territory Capital Football
Founded1962; 62 years ago (1962)
Number of teams20 (in 2022)
Qualifier forAustralia Cup
Current championsHNK O'Connor Knights FC in 2024 (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)Canberra FC (18 titles)
Television broadcastersBarTV Sports
Websitecapitalfootball.com.au
2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

The Federation Cup is a soccer competition established in 1962 that is held between clubs who are affiliated with Capital Football in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding areas of New South Wales. It is the premier cup competition in the region. Since 2014, the Federation Cup has concurrently served as the ACT competition for the preliminary rounds of the FFA Cup, now known as the Australia Cup, with the cup winner representing the ACT.[1]

Canberra FC currently holds the record for most titles, having lifted the Cup 18 times. Cooma Tigers are the current cup holders, having lifted the Cup in 2021.

Current Cup Competitions 2013-onwards

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The current format is a qualifying competition for the FFA Cup, now known as the Australia Cup, where the winner qualifies for the Round of 32. Scheduling issues meant the 2014 winner was not decided until after the qualifier needed to be named.[2] To overcome this Capital Football announced that the 2014 winner of the ACTs pre-season competition was to be the ACTs qualifier in 2014. However, Tuggeranong United as the 2013 Federation Cup winners successfully appealed to Capital Football to qualify them as ACTs 2014 FFA Cup entrant.[2] The 2014 winner – Belconnen United – entered into the 2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds in a later round than the rest of the Capital Football NPL sides.[3]

Competition and Year Linked FFA Cup Qualification Winner Score Runners-up
Federation Cup 2013 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32 Tuggeranong United 3–2 (a.e.t.) Cooma FC
Federation Cup 2014 Not applicable Belconnen United 3–2 Canberra FC
Federation Cup 2015 2015 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Gungahlin United 1–0 (a.e.t.) Belconnen United
Federation Cup 2016 2016 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Canberra Olympic 3–1 Tigers FC
Federation Cup 2017 2017 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Canberra Olympic 2–0 Tuggeranong United
Federation Cup 2018 2018 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Canberra FC 3–2 Gungahlin United
Federation Cup 2019 2019 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Cooma Tigers 0–0 (4–2(p)) Canberra FC
2020 Federation Cup and 2020 FFA Cup cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.[4]
Federation Cup 2021 2021 FFA Cup preliminary rounds Cooma Tigers 5–2 Monaro Panthers
Federation Cup 2022 2022 Australia Cup preliminary rounds Monaro Panthers 3–1 (a.e.t.) West Canberra Wanderers
Federation Cup 2023 2023 Australia Cup preliminary rounds Canberra Croatia 4–2 Canberra Olympic
Federation Cup 2024 2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds O'Connor Knights 4–2 Monaro Panthers

Previous Winners 1962–2012

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Year Winner[5][6] Score Runners-up
1962 SC Hope 3–0 Concordia
1963 Concordia 4–4
1–0[a]		 SC Hope
1964 SC Hope 2–1 Kosciusko
1965 Juventus 3–2 SC Hope
1966 Juventus 4–0 SC Hope
1967 Juventus 1–1
3–0[a]		 Croatia Deakin
1968 Juventus 1–0 Olympic
1969 Queanbeyan Macedonia 3–1 (a.e.t.) Juventus
1970 Turner Eagles 2–0 Croatia Deakin
1971 Griffith United 5–1 Forrest United
1972 Croatia Deakin 1–0 Juventus
1973 Final abandoned, cup not awarded
1974 Croatia Deakin 2–1 (a.e.t.) Forrest United
1975 West Woden Juventus 2–1 Croatia Deakin
1976 Inter Monaro 3–1 Downer Olympic
1977 Inter Monaro 2–1 Canberra United
1978 Croatia Deakin 2–1 West Woden Juventus
1979 Downer Olympic 2–0 Canberra City Roos
1980 West Woden Juventus 2–1 Croatia Deakin
1981 Downer Olympic 2–1 (4–3(p)) ANU FC
1982 West Woden Juventus 2–1 (a.e.t.) Belconnen United
1983 Downer Olympic 1–0 Croatia Deakin
1984 Croatia Deakin 2–1 Griffith City
1985 Croatia Deakin 4–3 (a.e.t.) West Woden Juventus
1986 Croatia Deakin 1–1 (3–2(p)) Juventus
Year Winner Score Runners-up
1987 CCAE 2–1 (a.e.t.) Juventus
1988 Juventus 4–1 CCAE
1989 Tuggeranong United 3–0 Canberra City Concordia
1990 Belconnen United 3–0 UCU Pumas
1991 Canberra City 2–0 Canberra Croatia
1992 Belconnen United 3–3 (5–4(p)) Olympic
1993 Tuggeranong United 1–0 Canberra Deakin
1994 Tuggeranong United 2–1 Canberra Deakin
1995 Canberra Deakin 1–0 Tuggeranong United
1996 Weston Creek Royals 3–0 Belconnen United
1997 Canberra Olympic 3–0 Belconnen United
1998 Belconnen United 2–1 Canberra City
1999 Canberra Olympic 6–2 Canberra Deakin
2000 Gungahlin Juventus 7–1 Tuggeranong United
2001 Gungahlin Juventus unknown Capital City Suns
2002 Canberra Deakin 6–1 Gungahlin Juventus
2003 Gungahlin Juventus 2–1 Belconnen United
2004 Canberra Deakin 2–0 Capital City Suns
2005 Canberra City 3–1 Cooma Tigers
2006 Canberra FC 4–1 Cooma Tigers
2007 Canberra FC 7–1 ANU FC
2008 O'Connor Knights 3–2 Canberra FC
2009 Canberra FC 2–2 (4–1(p)) Canberra Olympic
2010 Canberra FC 3–2 Goulburn Strikers
2011 Canberra FC 5–0 Belconnen United
2012 Canberra FC 5–4 (a.e.t.) Cooma Tigers

All-time record

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All time winners list including Pre-NPL era and NPL era (1962 to current).

Federation Cup winners
Club Winners Years
Canberra FC / Canberra Croatia
19
 1962, 1964, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2023
West Woden / Gungahlin Juventus
10
 1965, 1966, 1967, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2003
Canberra Olympic
7
 1979, 1981, 1983, 1997, 1999, 2016, 2017
Belconnen United
4
 1990, 1992, 1998, 2014
Tuggeranong United
4
 1989, 1993, 1994, 2013
Canberra City
3
 1963 (as Concordia), 1991, 2005
Monaro Panthers
3
 1976, 1977, 2022
Cooma Tigers
2
 2019, 2021
O'Connor Knights
2
 2008, 2024
Griffith United
1
 1971
Gungahlin United
1
 2015
Queanbeyan City
1
 1969
Turner Eagles
1
 1970
Weston Molonglo FC
1
 1996
UCU Pumas
1
 1987 (as CCAE)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Replay match, after original match was drawn

References

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  1. ^ "Cup gives grassroots chance to be giant-killers". Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b Jon Tuxworth. "Tuggeranong United gets nod for FFA Cup". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Westfield FFA Cup Preliminary Round Fixtures". capitalfootball.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Coronavirus forces FFA Cup to be cancelled". The World Game. SBS. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Men's Federation Cup Final Results: 1962–2014". CapitalFootball.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Capital Football – Past Seasons Tables and Results". Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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