2009 Waratah Cup


The 2009 Waratah Cup was the 13th season of the Waratah Cup since its initial re-introduction in 1991, and the 29th season as the premier domestic cup competition in New South Wales since inauguration in 1957.
The defending champions were National Premier Leagues NSW side Bankstown City Lions.
The champions were the Sutherland Sharks, defeating Manly United 2–1 in the final.

Teams

All senior member teams from Premier League, Super League, State League 1 and State League 2 as well as all local association teams were invited to the competition. The competition itself would be seeded with Association and State League 2 teams entering in Round 1, State League 1 and Super League teams entering in Round 2 and Premier League teams entering in Round 3. The champions were awarded $16,000 prize-money and the runners-up $6,000. All semi-finalists received $3,000.
RoundClubs
remaining		Clubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering at this roundScheduled
playing date
Preliminary Round8416040NSW State League Division 2
FNSW local Association teams		25 March
Round 1681680none8 April
Round 252401624National Premier Leagues NSW 2
NSW State League Division 1		29 April
Round 332322012National Premier Leagues NSW8 May
Round 41616160none9 June
Quarter Finals8880none24 June
Semi Finals4440none19 July
Grand Final2220none16 August

Preliminary Round

Due to the popularity of this year's edition, 48 teams from local Associations and NSW State League Division 2 entered the initial phase of the competition. This led to the creation of the Preliminary Round where 16 clubs were randomly chosen to play. 9 clubs were from the State League Division 2 and the other 7 were from local associations. The remaining 24 clubs would receive a bye into the first round. With the round set to kick-off on 25 March, only tie numbers 1–4 were played with the remaining matches rescheduled to the following week.
Source: footballnsw.com.au and ''socceraust.co.uk''

Round 1

A total of 32 teams competed, 8 having won in the preliminary round and 24 receiving a bye into the first round. Originally scheduled for 8 April, due to the postponement of matches in the preliminary round, most of the Round 1 matches instead began on the 15 April, with two matches played on the 22 April and a further three matches were also postponed due to poor pitch conditions.
Tie noHome team ScoreAway team
1Kenthurst & District 2–3Camden Tigers
2Lokomotiv Cove 3–0Albion Park White Eagles
3Collaroy Cromer Sharks 4–0Colo Colo Wanderers
4Fairfield Hotspur 3–1Penang FC
5Kellyville 5–0Hurstville City Minotaurs
6Prospect United 1–0Sans Souci
7Riverstone Schofields 1–4Bathurst 75
8Roosters FC 5–1Bankstown Sports

Tie noHome team ScoreAway team
9Seaforth FC 0–2Gymea United
10Eastwood St Andrews 7–1Dee Why
11Hakoah 4–5STFA Strikers
12White City 0–4Kogarah Waratah
13Yagoona Lions 1–2Port Kembla
14Marton FC0–4Springwood
15Fairfield Bulls 0–2Pacific Hills/Dural
16Brookvale 4–0Baktar Glory

Round 2

A total of 40 teams competed, 16 of which had progressed from Round 1 along with 24 clubs from the National Premier Leagues NSW 2 and NSW State League Division 1.
Tie noHome team ScoreAway team
1Collaroy Cromer Sharks 1–2Inter Lions
2Fairfield Hotspur 0–3Camden Tigers
3Roosters FC 1–0Lokomotiv Cove
4Springwood 2–1Bathurst 75
5PCYC Parramatta 1–0Stanmore Hawks
6Mt Druitt Town Rangers 0–2Dulwich Hill
7Fairfield City Lions 0–3Granville Rage
8St George FC 4–0Hurstville Zagreb
9Eastwood St Andrews 0–5Rockdale City Suns
10Balmain SC 0–2Northern Tigers

Round 3

A total of 32 teams competed, 20 of which had progressed from Round 3 along with 12 clubs from National Premier Leagues NSW.
Tie noHome team ScoreAway team
1Blacktown City Demons 2–1Dulwich Hill
2Camden Tigers 1–0Northern Tigers
3Rockdale City Suns 2–1Springwood
4Marconi Stallions 9–0Inter Lions
5PCYC Parramatta 9–3Prospect United
6Sutherland Sharks 2–1Sydney University
7West Sydney Berries 1–2Granville Rage
8Fraser Park 4–3 STFA Strikers

Tie noHome team ScoreAway team
9Bonnyrigg White Eagles 4–2Gymea United
10Penrith Nepean United 5–3 Roosters FC
11Sydney United 1–0St George FC
12Bankstown City Lions 3–1Port Kembla
13Manly United 3–0Pacific Hills/Dural
14Sydney Wanderers 0–5Wollongong CFC
15Spirit FC 1–0Sydney Olympic
16APIA Leichhardt 3–2Central Coast Lightning

Round 4

Camden Tigers were the lowest ranked team to qualify for this round from NSW fourth tier. There were no association teams left in the competition. Of the fifteen other remaining clubs, ten were from the Premier League and five from the Super League.
Tie noHome team ScoreAway team
1Bankstown City Lions 2–1Sydney United
2PCYC Parramatta 0–2Bonnyrigg White Eagles
3Sutherland Sharks 4–1Marconi Stallions
4Fraser Park 1–0Camden Tigers

Tie noHome team ScoreAway team
5Spirit FC 0–1Manly United
6APIA Leichhardt 0–2Wollongong CFC
7Granville Rage 3–7Blacktown City Demons
8Rockdale City Suns 0–1Penrith Nepean United

Quarter-finals

As the only team outside of the Premier League, Fraser Park was the lowest team ranked to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Semi-finals

All remaining clubs were from NSW's top tier, the NSW Premier League.

Grand final

NSW Waratah State Cup
2009 Champions
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