Club in focus: Hume City FC

Hume City FC will be looking to advance past the Round of 32 for the fifth time in their history as the Victorian side prepares for their sixth appearance in the Australia Cup Final Rounds.

Club: Hume City FC

Region: Victoria

Home ground: Hume City Stadium

Founded: 1979

Australia Cup Final Rounds appearances (inc. 2024): 6

Best result: Semi-finals (2015)

Head Coach: David Chick

Road to the Round of 32:

  • Hume City FC 7-1 Albion Rovers FC

  • Hume City FC 4-1 Brunswick City SC

  • Hume City FC 4-2 Bayside Argonauts FC

  • Hume City FC 4-0 Caroline Springs George Cross FC

Hume City FC went through a blistering qualifying campaign, scoring 19 goals across their four games, an average of 4.75 per match.

They opened their campaign with a 7-1 win over Albion Rovers FC, with defeats against Brunswick City SC and Bayside Argonauts FC advancing them to Preliminary Round Seven, where they took on NPL Victoria 2 side Caroline Springs George Cross FC.

A brace to Mickel Platt and goals from Tommy Maricic and Josh Bingham comfortably saw Hume City through to their sixth Australia Cup appearance, where they face Darwin Hearts away from home on Tuesday the 30th of July.

Australia Cup Record:

  • 2014: Preliminary Rounds

  • 2015: Semi-finals

  • 2016: Round of 16

  • 2017: Round of 32

  • 2018: Preliminary Rounds

  • 2019: Quarter-finals

  • 2021: Round of 16

  • 2022: Preliminary Rounds

  • 2023: Preliminary Rounds

Match Details:

Darwin Hearts FC vs Hume City
Date: Tuesday 30 July
Time: 7:30pm AEST
Venue: Darwin Football Stadium