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2023 Australia Cup
Tournament details
Country	Australia New Zealand
Dates	9 February – 7 October 2023
Teams	778 (qualifying competition) 32 (main competition)
Final positions
Champions	Sydney FC (2nd title)
Runner-up	Brisbane Roar
AFC Champions League Two	Sydney FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	119 (3.84 per match)
Attendance	70,454 (2,273 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Lachlan Brook (5 goals)
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Australia Cup was the tenth season of the Australia Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. Thirty-two teams contested the competition proper, with the winner qualifying for the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two.

Macarthur FC were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Campbelltown City in the Round of 32.

Sydney FC won its second Australia Cup after defeating Brisbane Roar in the final. This also resulted in qualification to the group stage of the AFC's 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two competition.

Round and dates

Round	Draw date	Match dates	Number of fixtures	Teams	New entries this round
Preliminary rounds	Various	9 February–18 July	746	778 → 32	770
Round of 32	28 June	4–14 August	16	32 → 16	8
Round of 16	14 August	26–30 August	8	16 → 8	None
Quarter-finals	30 August	14–17 September	4	8 → 4	None
Semi-finals	17 September	24 September	2	4 → 2	None
Final	—	7 October	1	2 → 1	None

Teams

A total of 32 teams participated in the 2023 Australia Cup competition proper.

A-League Men clubs represent the highest level in the Australian league system, whereas Member Federation clubs come from level 2 and below.

A-League Men clubs
Adelaide United	Brisbane Roar	Central Coast Mariners	Macarthur FC
Melbourne City	Newcastle Jets	Sydney FC	Wellington Phoenix
Western Sydney Wanderers	Western United
Member federation clubs
Canberra Croatia (2)	APIA Leichhardt (2)	Inter Lions (3)	Mt Druitt Town Rangers (2)
Sydney United 58 (2)	Edgeworth FC (2)	Broadmeadow Magic (2)	Hellenic Athletic (2)
Gold Coast Knights (2)	Lions FC (2)	Moreton Bay United (2)	Peninsula Power (2)
Campbelltown City (2)	North Eastern MetroStars (2)	Devonport City Strikers (2)	Goulburn Valley Suns (4)
Heidelberg United (2)	Melbourne Knights (2)	Northcote City (3)	Oakleigh Cannons (2)
Floreat Athena (2)	Inglewood United (2)

Preliminary rounds

Main article: 2023 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

Member federation teams competed in various state-based preliminary rounds to win one of 22 places in the competition proper (at the Round of 32). All Australian clubs were eligible to enter the qualifying process through their respective member federation; however, only one team per club was permitted entry into the competition. The preliminary rounds operate within a consistent national structure whereby club entry into the competition is staggered in each state/territory, determined by what level the club sits at in the Australian soccer league system. This ultimately leads to round 7 with the winning clubs from that round entering directly into the round of 32. Slot allocations were the same as the previous year.

The top eight placed A-League Men clubs from the 2022–23 A-League Men season gained automatic qualification to the Round of 32. The remaining four teams entered a play-off series to determine the remaining two positions.

Federation	Associated competition	Round of 32 qualifiers
Football Australia	A-League Men	10
Capital Football (ACT)	Federation Cup (ACT)	1
Football NSW	Waratah Cup	4
Northern NSW Football	NNSWF State Cup	2
Football Northern Territory	NT FFA Cup Final	1
Football Queensland	—	4
Football South Australia	Federation Cup (SA)	2
Football Tasmania	Milan Lakoseljac Cup	1
Football Victoria	Dockerty Cup	5
Football West (WA)	State Cup	2

Bracket

Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

North Eastern MetroStars	5
Inglewood United	0	North Eastern MetroStars	1
Hellenic Athletic	0	Inter Lions	0
Inter Lions	6			North Eastern MetroStars	1
Oakleigh Cannons	2			Melbourne City	2
Melbourne City	3	Melbourne City	3
Peninsula Power	1	Wellington Phoenix	0
Wellington Phoenix (a.e.t.)	2					Melbourne City	1
Goulburn Valley Suns	1					Sydney FC	2
APIA Leichhardt	4	APIA Leichhardt	0
Sydney FC (p)	3 (10)	Sydney FC	2
Central Coast Mariners	3 (9)			Sydney FC	3
Gold Coast Knights	1			Western United	0
Devonport City Strikers	0	Gold Coast Knights	0
Edgeworth FC	0	Western United	2
Western United	4							Sydney FC	3
Melbourne Knights	4							Brisbane Roar	1
Lions FC	1	Melbourne Knights	2
Campbelltown City	2	Campbelltown City	0
Macarthur FC	1			Melbourne Knights	3
Mt Druitt Town Rangers	3			Heidelberg United	2
Canberra Croatia	1	Mt Druitt Town Rangers	0
Moreton Bay United	0	Heidelberg United	3
Heidelberg United	3					Melbourne Knights	0
Broadmeadow Magic	2					Brisbane Roar	1
Sydney United 58	4	Sydney United 58	0
Newcastle Jets	2	Brisbane Roar	5
Brisbane Roar (a.e.t.)	3			Brisbane Roar	4
Floreat Athena	1			Western Sydney Wanderers	2
Western Sydney Wanderers	6	Western Sydney Wanderers	5
Northcote City	0	Adelaide United	1
Adelaide United	2

Round of 32

The round of 32 draw took place on 28 June 2023. The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Goulburn Valley Suns. They were the only level 4 team left in the competition.

Broadmeadow Magic (2) v Sydney United 58 (2)

4 August 2023	Broadmeadow Magic (2)	2–4	Sydney United 58 (2)	Newcastle
19:30	Stewardson 26' Wells 45+2'	Report	Antelmi 23' (pen.) Vlastelica 34' Clut 54' Lacalandra 90+5'	Stadium: Magic Park Attendance: 1,603 Referee: Alireza Faghani

North Eastern MetroStars (2) v Inglewood United (2)

4 August 2023	North Eastern MetroStars (2)	5–0	Inglewood United (2)	Adelaide
19:30 (19:00 ACST)	Temelkovski 9', 32' Barbiero 50' Nagel 67' Cittadini 90+2'	Report		Stadium: T.K. Shutter Reserve Attendance: 857 Referee: Daniel Elder

Peninsula Power (2) v Wellington Phoenix (1)

4 August 2023	Peninsula Power (2)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Wellington Phoenix (1)	Brisbane
19:30	Greenwood 71'	Report	Pennington 43' Rudland 119'	Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Shane Skinner

Mt Druitt Town Rangers (2) v Canberra Croatia (2)

4 August 2023	Mt Druitt Town Rangers (2)	3–1	Canberra Croatia (2)	Sydney
19:30	Monahan-Vaiika 36' Frangie 75', 81'	Report	Domenici 59'	Stadium: Popondetta Park Attendance: 594 Referee: Sam Kelly

Goulburn Valley Suns (4) v APIA Leichhardt (2)

9 August 2023	Goulburn Valley Suns (4)	1–4	APIA Leichhardt (2)	Shepparton
19:30	Currie 78'	Report	Stewart 14' (pen.), 88' Romero 60', 63'	Stadium: John McEwen Reserve Attendance: 1,546 Referee: Jack Morgan

Edgeworth FC (2) v Western United (1)

9 August 2023	Edgeworth FC (2)	0–4	Western United (1)	Newcastle
19:30		Report	Botic 20' Ruhs 28' Wales 31', 58'	Stadium: Jack McLaughlan Oval Attendance: 1,275 Referee: Daniel Cook

Gold Coast Knights (2) v Devonport City Strikers (2)

9 August 2023	Gold Coast Knights (2)	1–0	Devonport City Strikers (2)	Gold Coast
19:30	Ludwik 54'	Report		Stadium: Gold Coast Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 720 Referee: Nathan Shakespear

Floreat Athena (2) v Western Sydney Wanderers (1)

9 August 2023	Floreat Athena (2)	1–6	Western Sydney Wanderers (1)	Perth
20:30 (18:30 AWST)	Ambrogio 53'	Report	Brook 3', 19', 77', 83', 90+2' Borello 20'	Stadium: Kingsway Sporting Complex Attendance: 723 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

Moreton Bay United (2) v Heidelberg United (2)

10 August 2023	Moreton Bay United (2)	0–3	Heidelberg United (2)	Brisbane
19:00		Report	Sheppard 3' Pin 15' Ellis 53'	Stadium: Wolter Park Attendance: 907

Melbourne Knights (2) v Lions FC (2)

10 August 2023	Melbourne Knights (2)	4–1	Lions FC (2)	Melbourne
19:30	Albano 23', 79' Sumaoro 35' Hore 69'	Report	Pengelly 34'	Stadium: Knights Stadium Attendance: 583

Hellenic Athletic (2) v Inter Lions (3)

10 August 2023	Hellenic Athletic (2)	0–6	Inter Lions (3)	Darwin
19:30 (19:00 ACST)		Report	Duke 6', 20' Green 40', 58' Armson 45+1' Quilligan 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Darwin Football Stadium Attendance: 663

Oakleigh Cannons (2) v Melbourne City (1)

13 August 2023	Oakleigh Cannons (2)	2–3	Melbourne City (1)	Melbourne
14:00	Hampson 1' Salmon 57'	Report	Arslan 49' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Lopane 90+4'	Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve Attendance: 2,652 Referee: Adam Kersey

Sydney FC (1) v Central Coast Mariners (1)

13 August 2023	Sydney FC (1)	3–3 (a.e.t.) (10–9 p)	Central Coast Mariners (1)	Wollongong
15:00	Mak 42' Wood 59' Kucharski 120+3'	Report	Kuol 61' Tulio 84' (pen.) Steele 100'	Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 2,540
	Penalties
	Caceres Brattan Kucharski Girdwood-Reich Segecic Glasson Adamson King Gurd Scarcella Redmayne		Theoharous Wenzel-Halls Hammond Steele Smith Nisbet Paull Hall Kaltack Farrell Warshawsky

Campbelltown City (2) v Macarthur FC (1)

14 August 2023	Campbelltown City (2)	2–1	Macarthur FC (1)	Adelaide
19:30 (19:00 ACST)	Yoshikawa 44' Trimboli 51'	Report	Rose 90+3'	Stadium: Steve Woodcock Sports Centre Attendance: 947 Referee: Adam Bavcar

Newcastle Jets (1) v Brisbane Roar (1)

14 August 2023	Newcastle Jets (1)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Brisbane Roar (1)	Maitland
19:30	Buhagiar 12' Taylor 58'	Report	Scott 45+3' (o.g.) Zabala 62' Parsons 118'	Stadium: Maitland Sportsground Attendance: 2,763 Referee: Ben Abraham

Northcote City (3) v Adelaide United (1)

14 August 2023	Northcote City (3)	0–2	Adelaide United (1)	Melbourne
19:30		Report	Goodwin 6' Clough 85'	Stadium: John Cain Memorial Park Attendance: 1,652 Referee: Jack Morgan

Round of 16

The round of 16 draw took place on 14 August 2023. The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Inter Lions. They were the only level 3 team left in the competition.

Sydney United 58 (2) v Brisbane Roar (1)

26 August 2023	Sydney United 58 (2)	0–5	Brisbane Roar (1)	Sydney
14:00		Report	Hore 19' Waddingham 40' Mileusnic 56' O'Shea 67' (pen.) MacNicol 81'	Stadium: Sydney United Sports Centre Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Melbourne City (1) v Wellington Phoenix (1)

27 August 2023	Melbourne City (1)	3–0	Wellington Phoenix (1)	Melbourne
14:00	Arslan 37' Maclaren 76', 78'	Report		Stadium: Jack Edwards Reserve Attendance: 1,153 Referee: Lachlan Keevers

Melbourne Knights (2) v Campbelltown City (2)

29 August 2023	Melbourne Knights (2)	2–0	Campbelltown City (2)	Melbourne
19:30	Sumaoro 40' Hore 51'	Report		Stadium: Knights Stadium Attendance: 950

Western Sydney Wanderers (1) v Adelaide United (1)

29 August 2023	Western Sydney Wanderers (1)	5–1	Adelaide United (1)	Sydney
19:30	Antonsson 2', 45+1' Borello 38', 56' Ninković 53'	Report	Clough 81'	Stadium: Marconi Stadium Attendance: 2,490 Referee: Ben Abraham

North Eastern MetroStars (2) v Inter Lions (3)

29 August 2023	North Eastern MetroStars (2)	1–0	Inter Lions (3)	Adelaide
19:30 (19:00 ACST)	Nagamatsu 90+2'	Report		Stadium: T.K. Shutter Reserve Attendance: 1,142

APIA Leichhardt (2) v Sydney FC (1)

30 August 2023	APIA Leichhardt (2)	0–2	Sydney FC (1)	Sydney
19:30		Report	Caceres 54' Wood 66'	Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 4,601

Gold Coast Knights (2) v Western United (1)

30 August 2023	Gold Coast Knights (2)	0–2	Western United (1)	Gold Coast
19:30		Report	Walker 72' (o.g.) Grimaldi 90+4'	Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre Attendance: 910

Mt Druitt Town Rangers (2) v Heidelberg United (2)

30 August 2023	Mt Druitt Town Rangers (2)	0–3	Heidelberg United (2)	Sydney
19:30		Report	Sheppard 5' Ashton 40' Abdallah Yunis 90+1'	Stadium: Popondetta Park Attendance: 392

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals draw took place on 30 August 2023. The lowest ranked sides that qualified for this round were Heidelberg United, Melbourne Knights and North Eastern MetroStars. They were the only level 2 teams left in the competition.

Melbourne Knights (2) v Heidelberg United (2)

14 September 2023	Melbourne Knights (2)	3–2	Heidelberg United (2)	Melbourne
19:30	Albano 29' Kinnander 90' Hore 90+6'	Report	Zahra 22' (pen.) Sheppard 25'	Stadium: Knights Stadium Attendance: 2,236 Referee: Alex King

North Eastern MetroStars (2) v Melbourne City (1)

14 September 2023	North Eastern MetroStars (2)	1–2	Melbourne City (1)	Adelaide
19:30 (19:00 ACST)	Ayoubi 27'	Report	Good 84' Arslan 90+5'	Stadium: T.K. Shutter Reserve Attendance: 2,022 Referee: Shaun Evans

Brisbane Roar (1) v Western Sydney Wanderers (1)

16 September 2023	Brisbane Roar (1)	4–2	Western Sydney Wanderers (1)	Brisbane
17:30	Armiento 29' Waddingham 40' Caletti 64' Hore 72'	Report	Antonsson 18' Clisby 57'	Stadium: Perry Park Attendance: 3,926 Referee: Alireza Faghani

Sydney FC (1) v Western United (1)

17 September 2023	Sydney FC (1)	3–0	Western United (1)	Sydney
15:00	Caceres 11' Wood 29' Rodwell 67'	Report		Stadium: Leichhardt Oval Attendance: 2,916 Referee: Casey Reibelt

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw took place on 17 September 2023. The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Melbourne Knights. They were the only level 2 team left in the competition.

Melbourne City (1) v Sydney FC (1)

24 September 2023	Melbourne City (1)	1–2	Sydney FC (1)	Melbourne
15:00 AEST	Maclaren 89'	Report	Wood 38' Lolley 73'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 2,267 Referee: Jack Morgan

Melbourne Knights (2) v Brisbane Roar (1)

24 September 2023	Melbourne Knights (2)	0–1	Brisbane Roar (1)	Melbourne
18:00 AEST		Report	Waddingham 18'	Stadium: Knights Stadium Attendance: 7,892 Referee: Daniel Elder

Final

Main article: 2023 Australia Cup final

The venue was originally set for Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, but was changed to Sydney to the Allianz Stadium due to irrigation work.

7 October 2023 (2023-10-07)19:45 AEDT

Sydney FC	3–1	Brisbane Roar
Fábio 67' (pen.), 90+1' Mak 72'	Report	Waddingham 18'

Allianz Stadium, SydneyAttendance: 15,482Referee: Ben Abraham

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Lachlan Brook	Western Sydney Wanderers	5
2	Tolgay Arslan	Melbourne City	4
	Thomas Waddingham	Brisbane Roar
	Patrick Wood	Sydney FC
5	Gian Albano	Melbourne Knights	3
	Marcus Antonsson	Western Sydney Wanderers
	Brandon Borrello	Western Sydney Wanderers
	Mitchell Hore	Melbourne Knights
	Jamie Maclaren	Melbourne City
	Kaine Sheppard	Heidelberg United

Note: Goals scored in preliminary rounds not included.

References

"Australia Cup Round of 32 Draw Revealed". Australia Cup. 28 June 2023.
"Australia Cup 2023 Round of 16 Draw Confirmed". Australia Cup. 14 August 2023.
"Full details: Australia Cup quarter-finals locked in as Western's young brigade steal the show". Keep Up. 30 August 2023.
"Australia Cup 2023 Semi Final fixtures drawn". Australia Cup. Football Australia. 17 September 2023.

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