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.