1965 Australia Cup
Tournament details
Country Australia
Teams13
Final positions
ChampionsSydney Hakoah (1st title)
Runner-upAPIA Leichhardt
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
← 1964
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The 1965 Australia Cup was the fourth season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. Thirteen clubs from around Australia qualified to enter the competition.[1][2]

Teams

Qualifying clubs
Australian Capital Territory ACT Canberra Juventus
New South Wales NNSW Wallsend
New South Wales NSW South Coast United St George Budapest APIA Leichhardt Sydney Hakoah
Queensland QLD Brisbane Hellenic
South Australia SA Adelaide Juventus
Victoria (state) VIC South Melbourne Hellas George Cross Melbourne Juventus Port Melbourne Slavia
Western Australia WA Swan Athletic SC

Preliminary round 1

St George-Budapest6–0Canberra Juventus
Sydney Athletic Field, Sydney
Attendance: 1,345[2]
Wallsend5–1Brisbane Hellenic
Crystal Palace, Wallsend
Attendance: 3,000[2]
Adelaide Juventus4–2Swan Athletic
Norwood Oval, Adelaide
Attendance: 5,400[2]

Preliminary round 2

St George-Budapest3–0Wallsend
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 1,000[2]
Port Melbourne Slavia1–4Adelaide Juventus
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 5,000[2]

Quarter-finals

George Cross3–1Melbourne Juventus
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 5,500[2]
Sydney Hakoah4–1St George-Budapest
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 4,200 (double header)[2]
APIA Leichhardt2–1South Coast United
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 4,200 (double header)[2]
South Melbourne Hellas1–0Adelaide Juventus
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,000[2]

Semi-finals

First leg

Sydney Hakoah4–1George Cross
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 4,500[2]
South Melbourne Hellas2–2APIA Leichhardt
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 12,000[2]

Second leg

George Cross1–2Sydney Hakoah
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 7,000[2]

Sydney Hakoah won 6–2 on aggregate.

APIA Leichhardt4–1South Melbourne Hellas
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 7,400[2]

APIA Leichhardt won 6–3 on aggregate.

Final

APIA Leichhardt1–1 (a.e.t.)Sydney Hakoah
Jose Garcia Report Jim Christie
Penalties
13–13
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 5,900[2]
Referee: Tony Boskovic

After each team had taken 15 penalties, the shootout was abandoned in favour of a replay, due to diminishing light.[3]

Replay

Sydney Hakoah2–1APIA Leichhardt
David Reid
Herbert Ninaus 		Report John Wong
Sydney Showground, Sydney
Attendance: 3,500[2]
Referee: Tony Boskovic

References

  1. ^ "1966 South Australian Soccer Yearbook" (Document). South Australian Soccer Federation. p. 52.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Andrew Robinson (11 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1965 – Results".
  3. ^ Australia and its Cups: Then and Now. Roy Hay. Leopold Method. 25 November 2014. ISBN 9781921134470. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
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