NSW Clubs ready to find out FFA Cup Round of 32 Fate

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The fate of five of our Football NSW clubs in Manly United, Marconi Stallions, Mt Druitt Town Rangers, St George FC and Sydney United 58 in the round of 32 of the FFA Cup will be announced in a live draw on Fox Sports News  (Channel 500) on Wednesday with APIA Leichhardt Tigers legend Franco Parisi set to play a starring role alongside Western United assistant coach John Anastasiadis in conducting the draw. 

737 Clubs entered the FFA Cup 2019 competition. This number includes the 727 clubs from the nine (9) member federations who competed in the FFA Cup Preliminary Rounds and ten (10) Hyundai A-League Clubs (Western United FC will not be participating in the FFA Cup 2019).

Ten (10) clubs (Adelaide Olympic, Campbelltown City, Coomera Colts, FC Bulleen Lions, Magpie Crusaders, Maitland FC, Moreland Zebras, Mount Druitt Town Rangers, St George FC and Tigers FC) will be making their debut in the FFA Cup Final Rounds this year.

The draw for the FFA Cup 2019 Round of 32 will be conducted at 7:30pm (AEST) Wednesday 26 June at the FOX SPORTS studios in Sydney. The draw will be hosted by Tara Rushton and Robbie Slater from FOX SPORTS with the draw to be conducted by former Bentleigh Green’s Head Coach and now Western United FC’s Assistant Coach, John Anastasiadis and Franco Parisi from the APIA Leichhardt Tigers.

The draw will be broadcast LIVE on Fox Sports News (Channel 500) and streamed online at www.foxsports.com.au and www.theffacup.com.au

The FFA Cup 2019 Round of 32 draw will see the Hyundai A-League clubs placed into one pot (Pot A), with the Member Federation clubs placed into another pot (Pot B).

The order of the draw, will see balls pulled out of the pots in order to firstly determine the three (3) all Hyundai A-League club matches and nine (9) all Member Federation club parings before the much anticipated four (4) Member Federation club v Hyundai A-League club fixtures with the Member Federation Club always provided the first opportunity to host the Hyundai A-League club. All FFA Cup matches will be played in Australia.

The 16 matches in the Round of 32 will be held over three (3) weeks, across three match nights (either Tuesdays or Wednesdays), with between four to six matches per night beginning in the week of 23/24 July.

FOX SPORTS will provide a FULL LIVE BROADCAST of one match per match night while providing coverage and updates as well as LIVE streaming of all non-broadcast matches.

Full details regarding the FOX SPORTS broadcast will be announced closer to the start of the Round of 32.

FFA Cup 2019 – Round of 32 Draw

When: Tuesday 26 June 2019

Time: 7:30pm (AEST)

Broadcast: The draw will be LIVE on Fox Sports News (Channel 500) and streamed LIVE on www.foxsports.com.au and www.theffacup.com.au

The draw will be conducted by – John Anastadiadis (Western United FC – Assistant Coach) and Franco Parisi (APIA Leichhardt Tigers).

Qualified clubs and numbering for the draw

Pot A (10 Hyundai A-League clubs)

1.Adelaide United, 2.Brisbane Roar FC, 3.Central Coast Mariners, 4.Melbourne City FC, 5.Melbourne Victory, 6.Newcastle Jets, 7.Perth Glory, 8.Sydney FC, 9.Wellington Phoenix, 10.Western Sydney Wanderers FC

Pot B (22 Member Federation clubs)

1.Adelaide Olympic FC (SA), 2.Bayswater City FC (WA), 3.Brisbane Strikers (QLD), 4.Campbelltown City SC (SA), 5.Coomera Colts SC (QLD), 6.Darwin Olympic SC (NT), 7.Edgeworth FC (NNSW), 8.FC Bulleen Lions (VIC), 9.Floreat Athena FC (WA), 10.Hume City FC (VIC), 11.Magpie Crusaders FC (QLD), 12.Maitland FC (NNSW), 13.Manly United FC (NSW), 14.Marconi Stallions FC (NSW), 15.Melbourne Knights FC (VIC), 16.Moreland Zebras FC (VIC), 17.Mount Druitt Town Rangers FC (NSW), 18.Olympic FC (QLD), 19.South Hobart FC (TAS), 20.St George FC (NSW), 21.Sydney United 58 FC (NSW), 22.Tigers FC (CF)

FFA Cup 2019 Draw process (Two pots – Pot A & Pot B)

Pot A: 6 balls drawn out one at a time from Pot A (home then away) for the three (3) Hyundai A-League v Hyundai A-League matches.

Pot B: 18 balls drawn out one at a time from Pot B (home then away) for the nine (9) Member Federation v Member Federation matches.

Pot B & A: Remaining balls drawn out one at a time (home from Pot B & then away from Pot A) for the four (4) Member Federation v Hyundai A-League matches.

FFA Cup 2019 – Round of 32 clubs

Member Federation/
Hyundai A-League
Club Twitter handle Website
Capital Football (CF) Tigers FC @CoomaTigersNPL www.coomafc.net
Football Federation South Australia (FFSA) Adelaide Olympic FC @AdelaideOlympic aofc.com.au
Campbelltown City SC @campbelltowncsc www.campbelltowncsc.org.au
Football NT (FNT) Darwin Olympic SC @DarwinOlympicSC darwinolympic.com
Football NSW (FNSW) Manly United FC @ManlyUnited www.manlyunitedfc.com.au
Marconi Stallions FC @marconi_sfc www.clubmarconi.com.au/marconi-stallions
Mount Druitt Town Rangers FC @DruittFc www.mtdruitttownrangers.org.au
St George FC @stgeorgefc stgeorgefootball.com.au
Sydney United 58 FC @SydUtd58FC sydneyunited58fc.com
Football Queensland (FQ) Brisbane Strikers @bnestrikers brisbanestrikers.com.au
Coomera Colts SC www.coomerasoccer.com
Magpie Crusaders FC @MagpiesCrusader www.magpiescrusaders.com.au
Olympic FC @Olympic_FC olympicfc.net.au
Football Victoria (FV) Hume City FC @FCHumeCity humecityfc.com
FC Bulleen Lions @FCBulleenLions Fcbulleenlions.com.au
Melbourne Knights FC @MelbKnights melbourneknights.com.au
Moreland Zebras FC @MorelandZebras morelandzebras.com
Football West (FW) Bayswater City FC (WA) @BayswaterCitySC bayswatercity.com.au
Floreat Athena FC (WA) @floreatathena www.floreatathenafc.com.au
Northern NSW Football (NNSWF) Edgeworth FC @EdgeworthFC www.edgewortheaglesfc.com.au
Maitland FC @MaitlandFC maitlandfc.com.au
Football Tasmania (FT) South Hobart FC @SouthHobartFC southhobartfc.com
Hyundai A-League Adelaide United @AdelaideUnited adelaideunited.com.au
Brisbane Roar FC @brisbaneroar brisbaneroar.com.au
Central Coast Mariners @ccmariners ccmariners.com.au
Melbourne City FC @MelbourneCity melbournecityfc.com.au
Melbourne Victory @gomvfc mvfc.com.au
Newcastle Jets @NewcastleJetsFC newcastlejets.com.au
Perth Glory @PerthGloryFC perthglory.com.au
Sydney FC @SydneyFC sydneyfc.com
Wellington Phoenix @WgtnPhoenixFC wellingtonphoenix.com
Western Sydney Wanderers FC @wswanderersfc wswanderersfc.com.au

Note: Western United FC will not be participating in the FFA Cup 2019

2015 Gold Medal Winner and APIA Leichhardt Tigers star Franco Parisi pictured