1987 NSL Cup

October 2015 October 2015 NSL Cup 1987 National Soccer League Cup Australia 8 April – 18 October 1987 13 Sydney Croatia 1 South Melbourne 13 32 1986 1988 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.UNLUCKY SOUTH MELBOURNE Australian Soccer Weekly 8 136 21 October 1987 6 Teams The NSL Cup was a knockout competition with 13 teams taking part all trying to reach the Final in October 1987.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLCup.html 1987 National Soccer League Cup Results Stock Greg OzFootball 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. 8 April 1987 Adelaide City 1–1 yes 0–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLCup.html#Round1 Sunshine George Cross Melta 31 Parton 55 Hindmarsh Stadium Adelaide Don Campbell 8 April 1987 Brunswick Juventus 0–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLCup.html#Round1 Melbourne Croatia Campbell 32 Lewis 50 Humble 74 McIntosh 90 Olympic Park Melbourne Sam Zoumas 8 April 1987 Footscray JUST 1–2 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLCup.html#Round1 Preston Makedonia Latif 37 Dobson 65 Smith 95 Olympic Park Melbourne Sam Zoumas 15 April 1987 St George-Budapest 0–0 yes 5–3 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLCup.html#Round1 Sydney Olympic St George Stadium Sydney Richard Lorenc 15 April 1987 Sydney Croatia 2–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLCup.html#Round1 APIA Leichhardt Arnold 59 Slater 85 Ward 87 Croatian Sports Centre Sydney Gary Power Marconi Fairfield w/o Sydney City Quarter-finals 22 April 1987 Preston Makedonia 0–2 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLCup.html#QuarterFinals South Melbourne Wright 21 Postecoglou 62 Olympic Park Melbourne Chris Bambridge 29 April 1987 Sydney Croatia 3–0 yes http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLCup.html#QuarterFinals St George-Budapest Arnold 93 Jones 96 Slater 108 Croatian Sports Centre Sydney Ken Small 6 May 1987 Heidelberg United 5–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLCup.html#QuarterFinals Melbourne Croatia McKinna 31 87 Tsolakis 32 87 Anastasiadis 66 Olympic Park Melbourne Dennis Voutsinas 13 May 1987 Marconi Fairfield 1–0 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLCup.html#QuarterFinals Sunshine George Cross Nastevski 45 Croatian Sports Centre Sydney Terry Seacy Semi-finals 20 May 1987 South Melbourne 4–1 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLCup.html#SemiFinals Marconi Fairfield Egan 8 45 70 Halford 60 Farina 90 Olympic Park Melbourne Chris Bambridge 27 May 1987 Sydney Croatia 1–1 yes 5–4 http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/NSL/1987/1987NSLCup.html#SemiFinals Heidelberg United Jones 47 Rozic 51 o.g. Croatian Sports Centre Sydney Arthur Owens Final 1987 NSL Cup final References Category:1987 NSL Cup NSL Cup NSL Cup Category:NSL Cup seasons