1996 NSL Cup final (January)

1996 NSL Cup final (January)

Event	1995–96 NSL Cup
South Melbourne Newcastle Breakers 3 1
Date	27 January 1996 (1996-01-27)
Venue	Bob Jane Stadium, Melbourne
Referee	Simon Micallef
Attendance	5,000

The 1996 NSL Cup final (January) was the final match of the 1995–96 NSL Cup, the 20th season of the National Soccer League Cup. It was played at Bob Jane Stadium in Melbourne on 27 January 1996 between South Melbourne and Newcastle Breakers. South Melbourne won the match 3–1 for their second NSL Cup title.

Route to the final

Main article: 1995–96 NSL Cup

South Melbourne		Round	Newcastle Breakers
Opposition	Score		Opposition	Score
Melbourne Knights	4–3 (agg.)	R1	Brisbane Strikers	2–1 (agg.)
Marconi Fairfield (H)	3–2	QF	Sydney Olympic (H)	3–1
Canberra Cosmos (H)	3–1	SF	Adelaide City (H)	3–1
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue

Match

Details

27 January 1996

South Melbourne	3–1	Newcastle Breakers
Coveny 22', 74' Panopoulos 35' (pen.)	Report	Hickman 49'

Bob Jane Stadium, Melbourne

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Simon Micallef

GK — Michael Petkovic DF 2 Con Blatsis  70' DF 4 Alex Kuzmanovic DF — Jean-Paul Knezevic MF 16 Tansel Başer MF 7 Steve Panopoulos MF 12 Bill Damianos  77' MF 14 Mike Petersen FW 8 Vaughan Coveny FW 9 Paul Trimboli FW 19 Danny Allsopp  70' Substitutes: DF 6 Con Anthopoulos  70' MF 17 Sasa Nikolic  77' FW 13 Craig Lewis  70' Head Coach: Frank Arok

GK 1 Craig Carter DF 3 Steve Hickman DF 12 Glenn Moore  90' DF 16 Shane Pryce DF — Darren Stewart MF 9 Troy Halpin  80' MF 15 Scott Thomas MF — Glenn Sprod  90' MF — Peter Ritchie  51' FW 13 Harry James FW — Jason Bennett Substitutes: DF 4 Ralph Maier  51' FW 10 Clayton Zane  80' Head Coach: John Kosmina

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