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Football tournament season
1987 NSL Cup
National Soccer League Cup
Tournament details
CountryAustralia
Dates8 April – 18 October 1987
Teams13
Final positions
ChampionsSydney Croatia (1st title)
Runner-upSouth Melbourne
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored32 (2.46 per match)
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The 1987 NSL Cup was the eleventh edition of the NSL Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. The NSL Cup was sponsored by Beach Fashions and known as the Beach Fashions Cup for sponsorship purposes.

Sydney City were the defending champions, having defeated Adelaide Hellas to win their first title in the previous year's final, but they withdrew the competition due to the Hakoah Social Club withdrawing its financial support.

Sydney Croatia defeated South Melbourne 2–0 on aggregate in the final to win their first NSL Cup title.

Teams

The NSL Cup was a knockout competition with 13 teams taking part all trying to reach the Final in October 1987. The competition consisted of the 14 teams from the National Soccer League.

Round Main date Number of fixtures Clubs remaining
First round Wednesday 8 April 1987 6 14 → 8
Quarter-finals Wednesday 13 May 1987 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals Wednesday 27 May 1987 2 4 → 2
Final Sunday 18 October 1987 2 2 → 1

First round

Heidelberg United and South Melbourne had a bye for the First round.

Adelaide City v Sunshine George Cross
8 April 1987 Adelaide City1–1 (a.e.t.)
(0–3 p)		 Sunshine George Cross Adelaide
Report Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Referee: Don Campbell
Brunswick Juventus v Melbourne Croatia
8 April 1987 Brunswick Juventus0–4 Melbourne Croatia Melbourne
Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Referee: Sam Zoumas
Footscray JUST v Preston Makedonia
8 April 1987 Footscray JUST1–2 (a.e.t.) Preston Makedonia Melbourne
Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Referee: Sam Zoumas
St George-Budapest v Sydney Olympic
15 April 1987 St George-Budapest 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		Sydney OlympicSydney
Report Stadium: St George Stadium
Referee: Richard Lorenc
Sydney Croatia v APIA Leichhardt
15 April 1987 Sydney Croatia 2–1APIA LeichhardtSydney
Report Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
Referee: Gary Power
Marconi Fairfield v Sydney City
Marconi Fairfield w/oSydney City

Quarter-finals

Preston Makedonia v South Melbourne
22 April 1987 Preston Makedonia0–2 South Melbourne Melbourne
Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Sydney Croatia v St George-Budapest
29 April 1987 Sydney Croatia 3–0 (a.e.t.)St George-BudapestSydney
Report Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
Referee: Ken Small
Heidelberg United v Melbourne Croatia
6 May 1987 Heidelberg United 5–0Melbourne CroatiaMelbourne
Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Referee: Dennis Voutsinas
Marconi Fairfield v Sunshine George Cross
13 May 1987 Marconi Fairfield 1–0Sunshine George CrossSydney
Report Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
Referee: Terry Seacy

Semi-finals

South Melbourne v Marconi Fairfield
20 May 1987 South Melbourne 4–1Marconi FairfieldMelbourne
Report Stadium: Olympic Park
Referee: Chris Bambridge
Sydney Croatia v Heidelberg United
27 May 1987 Sydney Croatia 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)		Heidelberg UnitedSydney
Report Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
Referee: Arthur Owens

Final

Main article: 1987 NSL Cup final
Sydney Croatia1–0South Melbourne
Report
St George Stadium, SydneyAttendance: 3,845Referee: Rob Davies
South Melbourne0–1Sydney Croatia
Report
Olympic Park, MelbourneAttendance: 3,900

References

  1. "UNLUCKY SOUTH MELBOURNE". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 8, no. 136. 21 October 1987. p. 6.
  2. Stock, Greg. "1987 National Soccer League Cup Results". OzFootball.
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