A Complete Guide to all

Ericsson Cup Finals Records

Record Scores
Elimination Final

South Melbourne 5 - Morwell Falcons 1 (1994/95 2nd leg)

Qualifying Final

(No longer played under top six sysytem): South Melbourne 4 - Adelaide City 2 (1990/91)

Minor Semi-Final

Adelaide City 4 - Wollongong City 0 (1992/93)

Major Semi-final

Marconi Fairfield 7 - South Melbourne 0 (1992/93 2nd leg)

Preliminary Final

Marconi Fairfield 4 - Adelaide City 1 (1995/96)

Grand Final

Adelaide City 3 - UTS Olympic 1 (1986 national play-off 2nd leg)

 

Record Crowds
Elimination Final

13,608 for Marconi v UTS Olympic at Parratmatta Stadium (1993/94 2nd leg)

Qualifying Final

(No longer played under top six system): 10,446 for UTS Olympic v South Melbourne at Parramatta Stadium (1991/92)

Minor Semi-Final

11,230 for Marconi v UTS Olympic at St George Stadium (1985 Nth Div)

Major Semi-Final

14,666 for Brisbane Strikers v Sydney United at Suncorp Stadium (1996/97 1st leg)

Preliminary Final

11,507 for Adelaide City v South Melbourne at Hindmarsh Stadium (1990/91)

Grand Final

40,446 for Brisbane Strikers v Sydney United (1996/97)*

*This is the all-time best Ericsson Cup crowd.

Note - The lowest attendance for a finals game was in the 1992/93 season when only 1,602 fans turned out at Parramatta Stadium to see the Parramatta Eagles - Wollongong City clash.

 

Attendance records for finals series

Year Finals Matches Aggregate Attendance Average. Per Game
1984 14 88060 6290
1985 14 63052 4504
1986 14 86764 6197
1988 6 43756 7293
1989 6 54857 9142
1989/90 6 69528 11588
1990/91 6 71914 11986
1991/92 6 59422 9904
1992/93 9 60733 6748
1993/94 9 86424 9603
1994/95 9 71687 7965
1995/96 9 68167 7574
1993/97 9 99520 11058

 

All - time finals goalscorers

(clubs scored finals goals for in brackets)

7 M. Soper (Olympic & Parramatta)
  D. Mori (Adelaide City)
  F. Farina (Sydney City, Marconi, Brisbane Strikers)
6 C. Veart (Adelaide City)
  F. Awairitefe (Melbourne Knights, Sth Melb, Marconi)
  B. Hassell (Adelaide City)
  A. Harper (St. George, Marconi)
5 D. Lowe (Marconi)
  Z. Nastevski (Marconi)
  C. Egan (Sth Melbourne)
  S. Maxwell (Adelaide City)
  P. Wade (M. Zebras & Sth Melbourne)
  M. Peterson Heidelberg, M. Zebras, Sth. Melbourne)
  A. Cervinski (Melbourne Knights)
  P. Trimboli (South Melbourne)

 

All-time finals games records

(only includes clubs appeared for in finals games and includes appearances off bench as substitute)

33 A. Tobin (Adelaide City)
28 M. Peterson (Sth. Melb, Melb. Zebras, Heidelberg)
28 M. Ivanovic (Adelaide City)
26 J. Mullen (Adelaide City)
25 P. Trimboli (South Melbourne)
24 S. Melta (Adelaide City)
  F. Awaritefe (Melb. Knights, Sth. Melb, Marconi)
23 I. Gray (Apia & Marconi)
  G. Phillips (Olympic, Brisbane Strikers)
22 P. Wade (Sth. Melbourne, Melb. Zebras)
  S. Maxwell (Adelaide City)

 

Where the champions have come from on the ladder at the end of the home and away games

1984 South Melbourne (1st in Sth Div)
1985 Melbourne SC (2nd in Sth Div)
1986 Adelaide City (3rd in Sth Div)
1988 Marconi (4th)
1989 Marconi (1st)
1989/90 UTS Olympic (5th)
1990/91 South Melbourne (2nd)
1991/92 Adelaide City (4th)
1992/93 Marconi (2nd)
1993/94 Adelaide City (5th)
1994/95 Melbourne Knights (1st)
1995/96 Melbourne Knights (2nd)
1996/97 Brisbane Strikers (2nd)
1997/98 South Melbourne (1st)

NB: All this information was copied diectly out of the 1998 Ericsson Cup Finals Series Special Souvenir Program.