Sydney United 58 will be coming into their seventh Australia Cup appearance with the utmost of confidence, having become the first NPL Men side to make the Grand Final last year.
Club: Sydney United 58 FC
State: New South Wales
Home ground: Sydney United Sports Centre
Founded: 1958
Australia Cup Final Rounds appearances (inc. 2023): Seven
Best finish: Runners-up (2022)
Head Coach: Miro Vlastelica
Road to the Round of 32:
- Sydney United 2-0 Inner West Hawks
- Sydney United 2-0 Hakoah Sydney City
- Northern Tigers FC 0-1 Sydney United
- Sydney United 2-0 NWS Spirit FC
Sydney United 58 were the only NPL NSW Men side who qualified to not play all fixtures at home, and they faced their toughest test in a 1-0 win over Northern Tigers at North Turramurra Recreation Area.
They’ll be travelling once more in their round of 32 fixture, making the journey north to take on Northern NSW side Broadmeadow Magic in one of the closest geographical clashes in the Australia Cup.
Australia Cup Record:
- 2014: Round of 16
- 2015: Round of 16
- 2016: Round of 32
- 2017: Round of 16
- 2018: Preliminary rounds
- 2019: Round of 16
- 2021: Preliminary rounds
- 2022: Runners-up
Last Five League Results: LLDLW
Sydney United have had an underwhelming campaign in NPL Men, with their qualification for the Australia Cup proving a significant silver lining to a season that has them on the bottom half of the ladder.
But they have shown their ability to go far in the competition before despite their lack of form in their local competition; they finished in a similar position last season but became the first NPL side to make the Grand Final of the Australia Cup, only losing to A-League Men's side Macarthur FC.
In that fairytale journey, they won the same amount of matches in their qualification campaign and Australia Cup run as in the league throughout the entire season, and Macarthur ended up last in the A-League Men - league form goes out the window as teams become possessed by the Magic of the Cup.
Match Details:
Broadmeadow Magic FC vs Sydney United 58 FC
Date: Friday, 4 August 2023
Time: 7:30pm AEST
Venue: Magic Park
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