1966 NSW Federation Cup

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.

1966 NSW Federation Cup

Tournament details
Country	Australia (NSW)
Teams	16
Defending champions	Hakoah
Final positions
Champions	APIA Leichhardt
Runner-up	St. George-Budapest
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16

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.

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

St. George-Budapest v Canterbury-Marrickville

	St. George-Budapest	3–0	Canterbury-Marrickville
	Sandell Warren Fernandez			Attendance: 4,400 Referee: F. Woolman

Yugal v Croatia-South Sydney

	Yugal	2–0	Croatia-South Sydney
	Bobic			Attendance: 4,400 Referee: L. Wilson

Sydney Hakoah v Polonia-North Side

	Sydney Hakoah	5–1	Polonia-North Side
	Reid Ninaus Edwards Christie		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	2–1	Sydney Hakoah
	Warren Stegbauer		Ninaus	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: F. Woolman

APIA Leichhardt v Yugal

	APIA Leichhardt	5–2	Yugal
	Giacometti Blue		Alagich	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Anton Boskovic

Third place playoff

Sydney Hakoah v Yugal

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

Final

APIA Leichhardt	3–2	St. George-Budapest
Blue Kerklaan Giacometti		Yardley Zuckerman

Attendance: 8,632

Referee: H. Parsons

	1	Bill Rorke
	2	George Nutall
	3	Stan Ackerley
	4	David Muir
	5	Jim Sambrook
	6	Phil Bottalico
	7	John Giacometti
	8	Ricardo Campana
	9	Archie Blue
	10	Johnny Watkiss
	11	Bill Kerklaan
Substitutes:
		none
Coach:
Joe Marston

	1	Frank Haffey
	2	Herbert Stegbauer
	3	Roger Hillary
	4	Manfred Schaefer
	5	Petar Banicevic
	6	Tibor Zuckerman
	7	Alan Hillhouse
	8	Johnny Warren
	9	George Yardley
	10	Salvador Isaac
	11	Noel Telfer
Substitutes:
	12	Don Sandell
Coach:
Laurie Hegyes

NSW Federation Cup 1966 Champions
APIA Leichhardt Second Title

References

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