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1995–96 NSL Cup

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1995–96 NSL Cup
National Soccer League Cup
Tournament details
Country	Australia
Dates	3–27 January 1996
Teams	12
Defending champions	Melbourne Knights
Final positions
Champions	South Melbourne (2nd title)
Runner-up	Newcastle Breakers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	49 (2.88 per match)
Attendance	39,416 (2,319 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Vaughan Coveny (5 goals)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

The 1995–96 NSL Cup was the 20th edition of the NSL Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. The NSL Cup was sponsored by Johnnie Walker and known as the Johnnie Walker Cup for sponsorship purposes.^[1]

Melbourne Knights were the defending champions, having defeated Heidelberg United to win their first title in the previous season's final, but they were eliminated in the first round by eventual winners South Melbourne.^[2]

South Melbourne defeated Newcastle Breakers 3–1 in the final to win their second NSL Cup title.

Teams[edit]

The NSL Cup was a knockout competition with 12 teams taking part all trying to reach the Final in January 1996.^[3] The competition consisted of the 12 teams from the National Soccer League.

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs remaining
First round	Saturday 20 January 1996	12	12 → 6
Quarter-finals	Tuesday 23 January 1996	2	6 → 4
Semi-finals	Thursday 25 January 1996	2	4 → 2
Final	Saturday 27 January 1996	1	2 → 1

Bracket[edit]

First round				Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final









Adelaide City	1	2	3

Morwell Falcons	0	0	0
						Adelaide City	1

						Newcastle Breakers	3
Newcastle Breakers	1	1	2

Brisbane Strikers	1	0	1
				Newcastle Breakers	3

				Sydney Olympic	1
Sydney Olympic	2	3	5

Wollongong City	3	0	3
								Newcastle Breakers	1

								South Melbourne	3
South Melbourne	4	0	4

Melbourne Knights	2	1	3
				South Melbourne	3

				Marconi Fairfield	2
Marconi Fairfield	1	2	3

Sydney United	1	0	1
						South Melbourne	3

						Canberra Cosmos	1
West Adelaide	1	0	1

Canberra Cosmos	1	1	2

First round[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Adelaide City	3–0	Morwell Falcons	1–0	2–0
Newcastle Breakers	2–1	Brisbane Strikers	1–0	1–1
Sydney Olympic	5–3	Wollongong City	2–3	3–0
South Melbourne	4–3	Melbourne Knights	4–2	0–1
Marconi Fairfield	3–1	Sydney United	1–1	2–0
West Adelaide	1–2	Canberra Cosmos	1–1	0–1

3 January 1996	West Adelaide	1–1	Canberra Cosmos	Adelaide
19:30 ACDT	Day 73'	Report	Dunn 53'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: John Papanicolas

20 January 1996	Canberra Cosmos	1–0	West Adelaide	Canberra
19:00 AEDT	Perinovic 64'	Report		Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Gerry Connelly

Canberra Cosmos won 2–1 on aggregate

10 January 1996	Adelaide City	1–0	Morwell Falcons	Adelaide
19:30 ACDT	Mullen 87'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 1,637 Referee: Wayne Dade

20 January 1996	Morwell Falcons	0–2	Adelaide City	Morwell
19:00 AEDT	Armour 3' Hassell 51'	Report		Stadium: Falcons Park Attendance: 500 Referee: Ljupco Naumovski

Adelaide City won 3–0 on aggregate

12 January 1996	Newcastle Breakers	1–0	Brisbane Strikers	Sydney
19:30 AEDT	Sprod 68'	Report		Stadium: Austral Park Attendance: 1,310 Referee: Con Diomis

20 January 1996	Brisbane Strikers	1–1	Newcastle Breakers	Brisbane
19:00 AEST	Cranney 14'	Report	James 62'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 3,149 Referee: Derek Crawford

Newcastle Breakers won 2–1 on aggregate

14 January 1996	South Melbourne	4–2	Melbourne Knights	Melbourne
19:00 AEDT	Panopoulos 21' Coveny 25', 30', 71'	Report	Bacak 65' Pondeljak 79'	Stadium: Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Gerry Connelly

20 January 1996	Melbourne Knights	1–0	South Melbourne	Melbourne
19:30 AEDT	Pondeljak 47'	Report		Stadium: Knights Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: John Fraser

South Melbourne won 4–3 on aggregate

14 January 1996	UTS Olympic	2–3	Wollongong City	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	Meredith 43' Trajanovski 55' (pen.)	Report	Perinich 8', 23' Luff 68'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 2,624 Referee: Simon Micallef

20 January 1996	Wollongong City	0–3	UTS Olympic	Wollongong
19:00 AEDT		Report	Slater 31' Ardone 38' Ironside 82'	Stadium: Brandon Park Attendance: 2,604 Referee: Brett Hugo

Sydney Olympic won 5–3 on aggregate

14 January 1996	Marconi Fairfield	1–1	Sydney United	Sydney
19:00 AEDT	Maloney 38'	Report	Babic 24'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 5,012 Referee: John Fraser

20 January 1996	Sydney United	0–2	Marconi Fairfield	Sydney
19:00 AEDT		Report	Awaritefe 19' Stanton 59'	Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 1,836 Referee: Simon Micallef

Marconi Fairfield won 3–1 on aggregate

Quarter-finals[edit]

Adelaide City and Canberra Cosmos had a bye for the Quarter-finals.

23 January 1996	South Melbourne	3–2	Marconi Fairfield	Melbourne
	Trimboli 40' Coveny 68' Allsopp 76'	Report	Awaritefe 9' Maloney 82'	Stadium: Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gerry Connelly

23 January 1996	Newcastle Breakers	3–1	UTS Olympic	Newcastle
	Moore 35' Thomas 39' Halpin 63'	Report	Taliadoros 4' (pen.)	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 1,267 Referee: Simon Micallef

Semi-finals[edit]

25 January 1996	Newcastle Breakers	3–1	Adelaide City	Newcastle
	Hickman 40' (pen.) Thomas 41' James 73'	Report	Hassell 80'	Stadium: Breakers Stadium Attendance: 1,625 Referee: Con Diomis

25 January 1996	South Melbourne	3–1	Canberra Cosmos	Melbourne
	Allsopp 45' Damianos 68' Trimboli 79'	Report	Lemezina 87'	Stadium: Bob Jane Stadium Attendance: 2,360 Referee: Brett Hugo

Final[edit]

27 January 1996

South Melbourne	3–1	Newcastle Breakers
Coveny 22', 74' Panopoulos 35' (pen.)	Report	Hickman 49'

Bob Jane Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Simon Micallef

References[edit]

^ "NSL Cup 1995-1996, Johnnie Walker Cup tournament program". Internet Archive.

^ "Knights run away with NSL title". The Canberra Times. Vol. 70, no. 21, 732. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 October 1994. p. 25. Retrieved 9 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

^ Esamie, Thomas. "1995/6 Johnnie Walker Cup Results". OzFootball.