2025 Australia Cup

2025 Australia Cup
Tournament details
CountryAustralia
New Zealand
Dates31 January – TBA 2025
Teams718 (qualifying competition)
32 (main competition)

The 2025 Australia Cup, known as the Hahn Australia Cup for sponsorship reasons,[1] is the twelfth season of the Australia Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. This edition will be the fourth under the new name of the "Australia Cup" following the renaming of Football Federation Australia to Football Australia.[2] Thirty-two teams will contest the competition proper.

Macarthur FC are the defending champions.

Round and dates

Round Draw date Match dates Number of fixtures Teams New entries this round
Preliminary rounds Various 31 January–18 June 686 718 → 32 709
Round of 32 25 June 19–30 July 16 32 → 16 9
Round of 16 30 July 9–13 August 8 16 → 8 None
Quarter-finals 30 July 19–24 August 4 8 → 4 None
Semi-finals 30 July 13–14 September 2 4 → 2 None
Final — TBA 1 2 → 1 None

Preliminary rounds

Main article: 2025 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

Member federation teams are competing in various state-based preliminary rounds to win places in the competition proper (at the Round of 32). All Australian clubs (other than youth teams associated with A-League franchises) are eligible to enter the qualifying process through their respective member federation; however, only one team per club is 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 unofficial Australian soccer league system.

The top nine placed A-League Men clubs from the 2024–25 A-League Men season gain automatic qualification to the Round of 32.[3][4] The other four teams entered a play-off series to determine the remaining two positions, with Perth Glory defeating the Central Coast Mariners and the Wellington Phoenix defeating Brisbane Roar to enter at the Round of 32 stage.

Federation Associated competition Round of 32 qualifiers
Football Australia A-League Men 11
Capital Football (ACT) Federation Cup (ACT) 1
Football NSW Waratah Cup 4
Northern NSW Football Northern NSW State Cup 2
Football Northern Territory NT Australia Cup Final 1
Football Queensland Kappa Queensland Cup[5] 4
Football South Australia Federation Cup (SA) 2
Football Tasmania Milan Lakoseljac Cup 1
Football Victoria Dockerty Cup 4
Football West (WA) State Cup 2

Teams

A total of 32 teams will participate in the 2025 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 Auckland FC Macarthur FC Melbourne City Melbourne Victory
Newcastle Jets Perth Glory Sydney FC Wellington Phoenix Western Sydney Wanderers
Western United
Member federation clubs
Canberra Croatia (2) APIA Leichhardt (2) Northern Tigers (3) SD Raiders (3) Sydney United 58 (2)
Cooks Hill United (2) Weston Bears (2) Darwin Olympic (2) Brisbane City (2) Gold Coast Knights (2)
Olympic FC (2) Peninsula Power (2) Adelaide Croatia Raiders (2) North Eastern MetroStars (2) South Hobart (2)
Avondale FC (2) Heidelberg United (2) Nunawading City (4) South Melbourne (2) Olympic Kingsway (2)
Stirling Macedonia (2)


Round of 32

The draw took place on 25 June[6] and the venues and match times were confirmed on 1 July 2025.[7] The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Nunawading City. They were the only level 4 team left in the competition.

Times are AEST (UTC+10) as listed by Football Australia (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

22 July 2025 Peninsula Power (2) v Western Sydney Wanderers (1) Kippa-Ring
19:30 Stadium: A.J. Kelly Park
22 July 2025 Avondale FC (2) v Stirling Macedonia (2) Melbourne
19:30 Stadium: Green Gully Reserve
22 July 2025 Darwin Olympic (2) v Nunawading City (4) Darwin
19:30 (19:00 ACST) Stadium: Darwin Football Stadium
23 July 2025 Northern Tigers (3) v Sydney United 58 (2) Sydney
19:30 Stadium: Leichhardt Oval
23 July 2025 Adelaide Croatia Raiders (2) v Cooks Hill United (2) Adelaide
19:30 (19:00 ACST) Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
23 July 2025 Heidelberg United (2) v Weston Bears (2) Melbourne
19:30 Stadium: Olympic Village
23 July 2025 South Hobart (2) v South Melbourne (2) Hobart
19:30 Stadium: KGV Park
27 July 2025 Perth Glory (1) v Wellington Phoenix (1) Perth
17:00 (15:00 AWST) Stadium: Kingsway Reserve
29 July 2025 SD Raiders (3) v Macarthur FC (1) Sydney
19:30 Stadium: Fairfield Showground
29 July 2025 Gold Coast Knights (2) v Auckland FC (1) Gold Coast
19:30 Stadium: Croatian Sports Centre
29 July 2025 Western United (1) v Sydney FC (1) Tarneit
19:30 Stadium: Ironbark Fields
29 July 2025 Olympic Kingsway (2) v Melbourne Victory (1) Perth
21:00 (19:00 AWST) Stadium: Kingsway Reserve
30 July 2025 Brisbane City (2) v Olympic FC (2) Brisbane
19:30 Stadium: Imperial Corp Stadium
30 July 2025 Newcastle Jets (1) v Adelaide United (1) Maitland
19:30 Stadium: Maitland Sportsground
30 July 2025 Canberra Croatia (2) v North Eastern MetroStars (2) Canberra
19:30 Stadium: Deakin Stadium
30 July 2025 APIA Leichhardt (2) v Melbourne City (1) Sydney
19:30 Stadium: Leichhardt Oval

References

  1. ^ "Hahn Secures Naming Rights To Australia Cup In Landmark New Partnership | Australia Cup". www.australiacup.com.au. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Football Australia CEO James Johnson annouces [sic] FFA Cup will be renamed Australia Cup | FFA Cup". www.theffacup.com.au. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Two games loom as Premiership & top-six deciders, new Aus Cup format explained: The Run Home". www.aleagues.com.au. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Darwin Confirmed To Host The Hahn Australia Cup 2025 Final Rounds Playoffs | Australia Cup". www.australiacup.com.au. 14 April 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  5. ^ "KAPPA QUEENSLAND CUP". Football Queensland. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Hahn Australia Cup 2025 Round of 32 Draw confirmed". Australia Cup. Football Australia. 25 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Hahn Australia Cup 2025 Round of 32 Match Schedule finalised". Australia Cup. Football Australia. 1 July 2025.
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