Source: Daily Newspapers and Australian Soccer Weekly

Cup competition comprising 14 competing National Soccer League clubs on a knockout basis.

Round One
Adelaide City and Wollongong City - Byes
Saturday March 18 1989 Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney Referee: Richard Lorenc Attendance: nr After Extra Time
Marconi Brett Hughes, Paul Carter, Robert Wheatley, Gerry Gomez, John Paul De Marigny, Ian Gray, Tom Mcculch, Peter Katholos, David Lowe, Zlatko Nastevski, Fred De Jong (Vince Colagiuri 75) Coach: Berti Mariani Cautions: Nil Goals: Katholos 75, Lowe 95	2	-	1	Blacktown City Bill Londos, Lee Sterrey, Darren Notham, Kurt Reynolds, Glen Sterrey, Zarko odzakov, Bob Naumov (John Gibson 60), Ralph Maier, Zlatko Arambasic, Lawrie McKinna, Jason Van Blerk (Tomislav Divljak 106) Coach: Les Scheinflug Cautions: Nil Goal: McKinna 49
Wednesday March 22 1989 Olympic Park, Melbourne Referee: John Fraser Attendance: 500
Melbourne City JUST Peter Sorocuh, Vlado Vladisevic, Tom Karic, Gary Van Egmond, Luciano Fabrizio, Mehmet Durakovic, George Kalogeros, Carlos Retre, Oscar Crino, Joe Palatsides, Milan Dimoski Coach: John Margaritis Caution: Palatsides Goal: Palatsides 28	1	-	2	Sunshine George Cross Sean Keogh, Andrew Marth, George Alevizos, Aki Kotzamichalis, Chris Ketsakidis, Gary Hasler, Ossie Latif, Jeff Faulkner, Don MacLaren, Paul Lewis, Brian Roberts Coach: Eddie Bell Cautions: Nil Goals: Faulkner 51, Lewis 73
Thursday March 23 1989 Olympic Park, Melbourne Referee: Dennis Voutsinas Attendance: 8,000 (double-header)
Heidelberg United Mike Chatzitrifonos, John Kanesoulis, Alan Scott, Claude Lucchesi, Nick Ousalkas, John Stewart, Peter Tredinnick (Aki Alagiozidis 75), Jon Burgess, Willie Raynes, Phil Stubbins, Angie Goutzioulis Coach: Jim Tansey Cautions: Raynes, Alagiozidis Goals: Scott 30, Burgess 88	2	-	1	Melbourne Croatia Jeff Olver, Paul Donnelly, Theo Selemidis, George Hannah, Con Opasinis (Frank Valentic 61), Mark Talajic, Ivan Duzel (Joe Caleta 46), Branko Milosevic, Zeljko Adzic, Francis Awaritefe, Ivan Kelic Coach: Ivan Raznjevic Cautions: Nil; Red Cards: Awaritefe 38, Adzic 78 Goal: Adzic 72
Thursday March 23 1989 Olympic Park, Melbourne Referee: Chris Bambridge Attendance: 8,000 (double-header)
Preston Makedonia Phil Traianedes, George Jolevski, Steve Jackson, Bill Piculovski, Ian Roodhouse, Zoran Tasevski, Robert Runje (Ilija Taseski 54), John Markovski, Robert Markovac, Steve Smith, Warren Spink Coach: Andon Doncevski Caution: Piculovski	0	-	1	South Melbourne Bruce MacLaren, David Healy, Paul Fernandes, Steve Blair, Ange Postecoglou, Bobby Russell (Paul Wade 58), Damian Mori, Steve Tasios, Peter Tsolakis (Mike Petersen 82), Paul Trimboli, Kimon Taliadoros Coach: Brian Garvey Cautions: Nil Goal: Taliadoros 83
Thursday March 23 1989 St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney Referee: Arthur Owens Attendance: 2,795
St. George Mike Gibson, David Green (Jim Morakeas 80), Craig Moffitt, Mike O'Shea, Mike Grbevski, Andy Harper, Zoran Ilic, Alan Pottier, Matthew Bingley, Tony Krslovic, Ferdie Adoboe (Steve Dimoudis 71) Coach: Frank Arok Cautions: Nil Goals: Harper 23, Moffitt 36, Krslovic 39	3	-	6	Sydney Olympic Clint Gosling, David Barrett, Tony Spyridakos, Andrew Bernal, Robbie Hooker, Grant Lee, Eric Hristodoulou, Robert Ironside (Steve Georgakis 80), Alistair Edwards (Steve Refenes 63), Abbas Saad, Jason Bennett Coach: Eddie Thomson Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Bernal 86 Goals: Saad 31, 34, 65, Bennett 28, _, Edwards _
Thursday March 23 1989 Croatian Sports Centre, Edensor Park, Sydney Referee: Alan Townsend Attendance: 1,705
Sydney Croatia Tony Franken, David Rezo, Graham Jennings, Alan Hunter, Ante Rumora, Shane Clinch, Craig Foster, Graham Arnold, Ivan Petkovic (Ned Zelic 46), Burim Zajmi (Tony Telisman 76), Robbie Slater Coach: Vedran Rozic Cautions: Nil Goal: Rezo	1	-	2	APIA Leichhardt Tony Pezzano, Jim Webber, Mark Brown, Bruce Halliday, Mirko Radosavljevic, Craig Mason (Steve O'Connor 64), Milan Blagojevic (Alex Bundalo 34), Kevin Hagan, Rod Brown, Darren Stewart, Pedro Ricoy Coach: Mike Urukalo Cautions: Nil Goals: Hagan 63, R.Brown _
Round Two
Friday April 14 1989 Hindmarsh Stadium, Hindmarsh, Adelaide Referee: Tom McRoe Attendance: 2,000
Adelaide City Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Milan Ivanovic, Neville Flounders, Alex Tobin, Sergio Melta, Adrian Santrac, Charlie Villani, Aurelio Vidmar, Joe Mullen (David Clarkson 63), Steve Maxwell (Tony Vidmar 72) Coach: Zoran Matic Cautions: Nil Goals: Melta 33, 73, Villani 50, T.Vidmar 88	4	-	0	Sunshine George Cross Sean Keogh, John Waddell, Pat Morley, Shaun Parton, George Alevizos, Les Carter (John Campelj 70), Mark Lennon (Aki Kotzamichalis 75), Andrew Marth, Jeff Faulkner, Gary Hasler, Ossie Latif Coach: John Gardiner Cautions: Alevizos, Carter, Campelj; Red Card: Parton 70
Saturday April 15 1989 Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney Referee: Peter Spiers Attendance: 3,056
Marconi Bob Catlin, Paul Carter, Robert Wheatley, Gerry Gomez, John Paul De Marigny, Peter Katholos, Tom McCulloch, Vince Colagiuri (Matteo Colucci 75), Zlatko Nastevski, David Lowe, Fred De Jong Coach: Berti Mariani Cautions: Nil Goal: Nastevski 18	1	-	3	Sydney Olympic Gary Meier, David Barrett, Robbie Hooker, Tony Spyridakos (Tom Pontidas 82), John Koch, Gary Phillips, Alistair Edwards (Michael McGarry 75), Robert Ironside, Jason Polak, Abbas Saad, Grant Lee Coach: Eddie Thomson Cautions: Nil Goals: Ironside 39, Phillips 61, Polak 72
Saturday April 15 1989 Brandon Park, Fairy Meadow, Brandon Park Referee: John McConnell Attendance: 465
Wollongong City Warwick Young, Peter Kotamanidis, Jock Morlando, Randell Easthorpe, Mike Hollifield, David Skeen, Jason Higgs, Danny Crainie, Mineo Bonetig, John Danzo (David Batten 64 (John Brown 87)), Robert Giraldi Coach: John Fleming Cautions: Nil Goal: Ellem 27 Own Goal	1	-	2	APIA Leichhardt Tony Pezzano, Brian Ellem (Tony Pisano 85), Mark Brown, Bruce Halliday, Mirko Radosavljevic, Craig Mason, Alex Bundalo, Kevin Hagan, Peter Murray (Steve O'Connor 63), Milan Blagojevic, Pedro Ricoy Coach: Mike Urukalo Cautions: Nil Goal: Blagojevic 40, Hagan _
Wednesday April 19 1989 Olympic Park, Melbourne Referee: Jim Fearn Attendance: 5,000
Heidelberg United Jeff Olver, Peter Bordignon (Willie Raynes 31), Alan Scott, Nick Ousalkas, Steve Douglas, John Kanesoulis, Peter Tredinnick, John Stewart, Jon Burgess (Phil Stubbins 60), Stuart Stevenson, Angie Goutzioulis Coach: Miron Bleiberg Caution: Stevenson Goals: Goutzioulis 47, Stevenson 73	2	-	3	South Melbourne Bruce MacLaren, David Healy, Paul Fernandes, Steve Blair, Ange Postecoglou, Peter Tsolakis (Danny Wright 81), Paul Wade, Mike Petersen, Steve Tasios, Kimon Taliadoros, Paul Trimboli Coach: Brian Garvey Caution: Taliadoros Goals: Taliadoros 1, 13, 63
Semi-Finals
Tuesday April 25 1989 Olympic Park, Melbourne Referee: Chris Bambridge Attendance: 1,500
South Melbourne Bruce MacLaren, Bobby Russell, Paul Fernandes, Steve Blair (Damian Mori 76), Ange Postecoglou, Mike Petersen, Danny Wright, Steve Tasios, Harry Micheil, Kimon Taliadoros (Paul Foster 46), Paul Trimboli Coach: Brian Garvey Cautions: Nil	0	-	2	Adelaide City Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Milan Ivanovic, Tony Vidmar (David Clarkson 76), Alex Tobin, Sergio Melta, Adrian Santrac, Charlie Villani, Aurelio Vidmar, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell (Joe Barboro 80) Coach: Zoran Matic Cautions: Nil Goals: Melta 46 pen, Maxwell 52
Wednesday July 19 1989 St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney Referee: John McConnell Attendance: 3,675
Sydney Olympic Gary Meier, Louis Triantafyllou, Tony Spyridakos, Robbie Hooker, John Koch, Eric Hristodoulou, Michael McGarry (Jason Oldridge 76), Alex Araujo (Craig Sharpley 60), Grant Lee, Michael Lardis, Robert Ironside Coach: Eddie Thomson Cautions: Hristodoulou, Araujo, Lardis Goal: Koch 87 pen	1	-	0	APIA Leichhardt Toy Pezzano, Jim Webber, Bruce Halliday, Mirko Radosavljevic, Milan Blagojevic, Brian Ellem (Craig Mason 28), Alex Bundalo, Kevin Hagan, Pedro Ricoy (Steve O'Connor 3), Rod Brown, John Kosmina Coach: Mike Urukalo Cautions: Halliday, Kosmina
1989 National Soccer League Cup Final
Sunday August 20 1989 Hindmarsh Stadium, Hindmarsh, Adelaide Referee: Don Campbell Attendance: 10,000
Adelaide City Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Milan Ivanovic, Neville Flounders, Alex Tobin, Sergio Melta, Tony Vidmar, Adrian Santrac, Aurelio Vidmar, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell Coach: Zoran Matic Cautions: Nil Goals: Maxwell 25, A.Vidmar 40	2	-	0	Sydney Olympic Gary Meier, David Barrett, Robbie Hooker, Andrew Bernal, Steve Georgakis, Gary Phillips, Robert Ironside, John Koch (Tony Spyridakos 67), Grant Lee, Abbas Saad, Alistair Edwards Coach: Eddie Thomson Cautions: Nil