1986 NSL Cup final

1986 NSL Cup final

Event	1986 NSL Cup
Adelaide Hellas Sydney City 2 3
Date	17 September 1986 (1986-09-17)
Venue	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
Referee	Stewart Mellings
Attendance	3,200

The 1986 NSL Cup final was the final match of the 1986 NSL Cup, the tenth season of the National Soccer League Cup. It was played at Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide on 17 September 1986 between Adelaide Hellas and Sydney City.

Sydney City won the match 3–2 for their first NSL Cup title. As winners Sydney City qualified for the Oceania Cup Winners' Cup.

Route to the final

Main article: 1986 NSL Cup

Adelaide Hellas		Round	Sydney City
Opposition	Score		Opposition	Score
Salisbury United (H)	3–0	R1	Sydney Croatia (A)	3–0
Adelaide City (H)	1–0	R2	Newcastle Rosebud United (H)	2–0
Croydon City (H)	2–1	QF	Brisbane City (A)	3–1
Canberra City (H)	3–1 (a.e.t.)	SF	Heidelberg United (A)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue

Match

Details

17 September 1986

20:00 ACST

Adelaide Hellas	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Sydney City
Hristodoulou 49', 112'	Report	Kosmina 61' Farina 114', 118'

Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Attendance: 3,200

Referee: Stewart Mellings

GK Gary Sproul DF 4 Robbie Dunn DF 5 Brenton Hiern DF 10 Chris Manou MF 11 Alan Scott MF 7 Lou Hristodoulou MF 13 John Panagis MF Steve Atsalas MF 14 George Papadopoulos  120' FW 6 Graham Honeyman FW 8 George Konstandopoulos Substitutes: MF George Haniotis  120' Head Coach: Edmund Kreft

GK 1 Brett Hughes MF 2 Ean Rodrigues  37' DF 3 Alex Robertson DF Robbie Hooker DF 5 Jean-Paul de Marigny MF 12 Ian Souness MF 11 Grant Lee MF 6 Murray Barnes  88' FW 9 Frank Farina FW 10 John Kosmina Substitutes: FW Abbas Saad  37' FW Andy Harper  88' Head Coach: Eddie Thomson

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level