1996–97 NSL Cup

Country	Australia
Teams	16
Champions	Collingwood Warriors
Runners-up	Marconi-Fairfield
Matches played	23
Goals scored	59 (2.57 per match)
← 1995–96

The 1996–97 NSL Cup was the twenty-first and final season of the NSL Cup, which was the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. 16 teams in total from around Australia entered the competition, including 13 of the 14 NSL teams (with the newly formed Perth Glory missing out), two representative teams formed from State Leagues and the Brisbane Premier League champions, the Brisbane Lions.^[1] This was the last national knockout cup in Australia until the FFA Cup kicked off in 2014.

Bracket[edit]

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Adelaide City	1
	West Adelaide	0
					Adelaide City	0 (1)
					Collingwood Warriors (p)	0 (3)
	South Australian Select XI	1
	Collingwood Warriors (a.e.t.)	2
									Collingwood Warriors	3
									South Melbourne	1
	South Melbourne	4
	Gippsland Falcons	2
					South Melbourne	1
					Melbourne Knights	0
	Canberra Cosmos	2
	Melbourne Knights	4
													Collingwood Warriors	1
													Marconi-Fairfield	0
	Wollongong City	1
	Marconi-Fairfield	4
					Marconi-Fairfield	3
					Newcastle Breakers	1
	Northern NSW Select XI	2
	Newcastle Breakers	12
									Marconi-Fairfield	5
									Brisbane Strikers	0
	Sydney United	0
	Sydney Olympic	2
					Sydney Olympic	1
					Brisbane Strikers	3
	Brisbane Strikers (a.e.t.)	2
	Brisbane Lions	1

Round of 16[edit]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Adelaide City	1–0	West Adelaide	0–0	1–0
South Australian Select XI	1–2	Collingwood Warriors	1–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
South Melbourne	4–2	Gippsland Falcons	1–2	3–0
Canberra Cosmos	2–4	Melbourne Knights	1–2	1–2
Wollongong City	1–4	Marconi-Fairfield	1–0	1–3
Northern NSW Select XI	2–12	Newcastle Breakers	1–7	1–5
Sydney United	0–2	Sydney Olympic	0–1	0–1
Brisbane Strikers	2–1	Brisbane Lions	0–1	2–0 (a.e.t.)

First leg[edit]

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Second leg[edit]

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Quarter finals[edit]

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Semi finals[edit]

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Final[edit]

References[edit]