1984 NSL Cup

1984 NSL Cup
National Soccer League Cup
Tournament details
Country	Australia
Dates	22 May – 12 September 1984
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	Newcastle Rosebud United (1st title)
Runners-up	Melbourne Knights
Tournament statistics
Matches played	43
Goals scored	104 (2.42 per match)
Attendance	63,458 (1,476 per match)
	← 1983 1985 →

CountryAustralia

Dates22 May – 12 September 1984

Teams24

ChampionsNewcastle Rosebud United (1st title)

The 1984 NSL Cup was the eighth edition of the NSL Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. The competition was known as the Philips Cup under a sponsorship arrangement with Dutch company Philips.

Sydney Olympic were the defending champions, having defeated Heidelberg United to win their first title in the previous year's final, but they were eliminated in the group stage.^[1]

Newcastle Rosebud United defeated Melbourne Knights 1–0 in the final to win their first NSL Cup title.^[2]

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Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs remaining
Group stage	Sunday 3 June 1984	36	24 → 8
Quarter-finals	Monday 11 June 1984	4	8 → 4
Semi-finals	Wednesday 29 August 1984	2	4 → 2
Final	Wednesday 12 September 1984	1	2 → 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Adelaide City	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	5	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Sydney City	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	4	Advance to Knockout stage
3	West Adelaide	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2
4	Blacktown City	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1

22 May 1984	Blacktown City	0–3	Sydney City	Sydney
		Report	Bottalico 71' Murray 75' (pen.) Fletcher 90'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Doug Rennie

23 May 1984	West Adelaide	0–1	Adelaide City	Adelaide
		Report	Maxwell 74'	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Referee: Don Campbell

27 May 1984	Adelaide City	4–0	Blacktown City	Adelaide
	Villani 5' Tallerico 35' Scarpa 65' Flounders 83'	Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mike Browning

1984 NSL Cup

Group stage

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Ranking of second-placed teams

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

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27 May 1984	West Adelaide	0–0	Sydney City	Adelaide
		Report		Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Jim Rossis

3 June 1984	Sydney City	0–0	Adelaide City	Sydney
		Report		Stadium: ES Marks Athletics Field Attendance: 300 Referee: Doug Rennie

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Penrith City	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	5	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Melita Eagles	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
3	Canberra City	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
4	Sydney Olympic	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

22 May 1984	Penrith City	1–1	Canberra City	Sydney
	Nix 55'	Report	Perinovic 15'	Stadium: Melita Stadium Attendance: 2,106 Referee: Terry Seacy

22 May 1984	Melita Eagles	1–0	Sydney Olympic	Sydney
	Johnston 37'	Report		Stadium: Melita Stadium Attendance: 2,106 Referee: Peter Rampley

27 May 1984	Canberra City	2–1	Sydney Olympic	Canberra
	Phillips 22' Jones 85'	Report	Koussas 67'	Stadium: Bruce Stadium Attendance: 1,250 Referee: Neil Murray

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	APIA Leichhardt	3	3	0	4	0	+4	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Newcastle Rosebud United	3	2	1	6	3	+3	4	Advance to Knockout stage
3	St George-Budapest	3	1	2	3	7	−4	2
4	Wollongong City	3	0	3	2	5	−3	0

22 May 1984	St George-Budapest	0–2	APIA Leichhardt	Sydney
		Report	DeCeglie 21' Morsello 56'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Gary Power

23 May 1984	Newcastle Rosebud United	2–1	Wollongong City	Sydney
	Fontana 18' (o.g.) Senkalski 35' (pen.)	Report	Kotamindis 45'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 979 Referee: Arthur Owens

3 June 1984	Newcastle Rosebud United	4–1	St George-Budapest	Newcastle
	Todd 2', 49' Maier 52' Boogaard 84'	Report	Barton 34'	Stadium: Adamstown Oval Attendance: 1,638 Referee: Jim Reeves

23 May 1984	Brisbane City	1–1	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane
	Hamilton 39'	Report	R. Stewart 2'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Gordon Nicholson

27 May 1984	Brisbane City	1–2	Marconi Fairfield	Brisbane
	Falco 6'	Report	Carter 35' Liddell 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Spencer Park Attendance: 900 Referee: Dave Nugent

27 May 1984	Sydney Croatia	0–0	Brisbane Lions	Sydney
		Report		Stadium: King Tomislav Park Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Richard Lorenc

3 June 1984	Sydney Croatia	1–2	Brisbane City	Sydney
	Savor 54'	Report	Hamilton 64' Liddell 79'	Stadium: King Tomislav Park Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Graham Warne

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Lions	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Sydney Croatia	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	3
3	Brisbane City	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
4	Marconi Fairfield	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Footscray JUST	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	South Melbourne	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
3	Sunshine George Cross	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	3
4	Brunswick Juventus	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

22 May 1984	South Melbourne	1–1	Sunshine George Cross	Melbourne
	Karantonis 88'	Report	Latif 57'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Evan Venios

22 May 1984	Brunswick Juventus	0–1	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
		Report	Karic 83'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jim Fearn

26 May 1984	Sunshine George Cross	1–2	Footscray JUST	Melbourne
	Latif 18'	Report	McDowall 24' Caban 83'	Stadium: Middle Park Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vince Celestino

1 June 1984	Brunswick Juventus	2–4	Sunshine George Cross	Melbourne
	Campelj 50' (o.g.) Minichiello 80'	Report	Richardson 21' R. Maclaren 21' (pen.) Toal 41' (pen.) Jovanovic 70'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 400 Referee: Evan Venios

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Croatia	3	3	0	10	5	+5	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Heidelberg United	3	2	1	5	5	0	4
3	Preston Makedonia	3	1	2	4	5	−1	2
4	Green Gully	3	0	3	5	9	−4	0

23 May 1984	Green Gully	1–2	Heidelberg United	Melbourne
	Wade 77'	Report	Tzintzis 30' Winn 40'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Jim Fokianos

23 May 1984	Melbourne Croatia	2–1	Preston Makedonia	Melbourne
	Parton 18' Markovic 77'	Report	Odzakov 60'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Sam Zoumas

26 May 1984	Green Gully	3–4	Melbourne Croatia	Melbourne
	Lewis 47' Carter 63' Wade 87'	Report	Brogan 4', 15', 20' Parton 66'	Stadium: Olympic Village Attendance: 1,200

2 June 1984	Green Gully	1–3	Preston Makedonia	Melbourne
	Lewis 12'	Report	Petrovski 15' Dunn 25' Heys 62'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Terry Seacy

2 June 1984	Heidelberg United	1–4	Melbourne Croatia	Melbourne
	Patterson 54'	Report	Biskic 23' Cumming 31' Markovac 69', 87'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Peter Rampley

9 June 1984	Penrith City	0–2	APIA Leichhardt	Sydney
15:00 AEST		Report	Caban 11', 84'	Stadium: Cook Park Attendance: 530 Referee: Arthur Owens

10 June 1984	Adelaide City	2–3	Footscray JUST	Sydney
14:30 AEST	Maxwell 57' Tallerico 83'	Report	Lujic 48' Paton 70' Caban 118'	Stadium: Olympic Sports Field Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Tony Martell

11 June 1984	Melbourne Croatia	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Brisbane Lions	Melbourne
15:00 AEST	Brogan 95', 112' (pen.)	Report	McDonagh 104'	Stadium: Olympic Park Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Chris Bambridge

11 June 1984	Newcastle Rosebud United	3–0	Sydney City	Newcastle
14:30 AEST	Milosevic 75', 88' Boogaard 79'	Report		Stadium: Adamstown Oval Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Rob Davies

29 August 1984	APIA Leichhardt	0–2	Newcastle Rosebud United	Sydney
		Report	Todd 4' Senkalski 42'	Stadium: St George Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Tim Davies

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