Source: Daily Newspapers and Australian Soccer Weekly

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

Round One
APIA Leichhardt and Blacktown City - Byes
Wednesday February 7 1990 Olympic Park, Melbourne Referee: John Fraser Attendance: 1,846
Melbourne Croatia David Miller, Alan Davidson, Paul Donnelly (Theo Selemidis 46), George Hannah, Mark Talajic, Branko Milosevic, Zeljko Adzic, Josip Biskic, John Markovski, Ivan Kelic, Francis Awaritefe (Steve Horvat 46) Coach: Ivan Raznjevic Cautions Nil Goal: Hannah 84	1	-	0	Preston Makedonia Phil Traianedes, Robert Runje, Steve Jackson, Robert Spasevski (Lou Bekiaris 60), Bill Piculovski (Lori Ristevski 35), Kire Temcev, Martin Woodall, Joe Markovac, George Slifkas, Robert Markovac, Robert Momirovski Coach: Ljube Jancev Cautions: Nil
Wednesday February 14 1990 Hindmarsh Stadium, Hindmarsh, Adelaide Referee: Jim Rossis Attendance: 10,000
Adelaide City Dennis Martinello, Paul Shillabeer (Neville Flounders), Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Tony Vidmar, Sergio Melta, Adrian Santrac, Joe Mullen (Charlie Villani 61), Steve Maxwell, Carl Veart, Aurelio Vidmar Coach: Zoran Matic Cautions: Mullen, A.Vidmar Goals: Maxwell 39, Melta 88, Veart 90	3	-	0	West Adelaide Hellas Chris Tsoleridis, Brenton Hiern, Greg Mills, Nick Mousoulis, Robbie Slager, Richard Miranda, Quentin Watkins, Alby Kidd, Billy Wright, Ray Blair, Nick Stamatelopoulos (Lemmy Vatsilas 46) Coach: Brian Garvey Caution: Kidd
Wednesday February 14 1990 St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney Referee: Richard Lorenc Attendance: 1,523
St. George John Filan, Manny Spanoudakis, Jim Morakeas, Alan Dean (Steve Hickman 46), Craig Moffitt, Blago Milicevic, John Kakakios, Adem Poric, Matthew Bingley (Charles), Vlado Jeremic, Craig McGregor Coach: Frank Arok Cautions: Nil	0	-	3	Sydney Croatia Tony Franken (Zeljko Kalac 46), Wally Savor, Mike Grbevski, Alan Hunter (Mark Babic 46), Ante Rumora, Pedro Ricoy, Velimir Kupresak, Ivan Petkovic, Steve Gojevic, David Batten, Manis Lamond Coach: Tony Vrzina Cautions: Nil Goals: Batten 6, Ricoy 28, Grbevski 43
Wednesday February 14 1990 Olympic Park, Melbourne Referee: Dennis Voutsinas Attendance: 1,662
South Melbourne Bruce MacLaren, Ange Postecoglou, David Healy, Steve Blair, Mehmet Durakovic, Mike Petersen, Paul Wade, Joe Palatsides, Danny Wright (Damian Mori 72), Kimon Taliadoros, Mike Michelakopoulos Coach: Ferenc Puskas Cautions: Nil Goals: Postecoglou 27, Petersen 54, Wade 56, Taliadoros 76	4	-	2	Sunshine George Cross Sean Keogh, Luciano Fabrizio, Alan Roodhouse, Shaun Parton, John Waddell, Chris Ketsakidis, Lorenz Kindtner, Ernie Tapai, Gary Hasler, David Clarkson (Paul Foster 65), John Campelj Coach: Ian Greener Cautions: Nil Goals: Campelj 15, Foster 73
Wednesday February 14 1990 St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney Referee: Manny Loupis Attendance: 1,614
Sydney Olympic Gary Meier, Lou Triantafyllou, Nick Plataniotis, Tony Spyridakos, John Koch, Abbas Saad (Scott Ollerenshaw 69), Lou Hristodoulou, Robert Ironside, Steve Refenes (Andrew Bernal 81), Marko Perinovic, Jason Bennett Coach: Mick Hickman Cautions: Nil Goals: Ironside 2, Bennett 4, Perinovic 40, Bernal 84	4	-	1	Melita Eagles Tony Marco, Craig Williams, Scott O'Donnell, Andrew Callanan, Joe Rizzotto (Matthew Curmi 63), Hugo Gimenez, Ray Farrugia (Alvaro Cabral 67), Greg Dickinson, Lenny Vial, Anthony Parison, Sergio Falce Coach: Raul Blanco Cautions: Nil Goal: Vial 47
Wednesday February 21 1990 Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney Referee: Manny Loupis Attendance: 1,553
Marconi Bob Catlin, Gary Van Egmond, Gerry Gomez, Robert Wheatley, Paul Okon, Matteo Colucci, Tom McCulloch, Peter Katholos (Anthony Surjan 81), Vince Colagiuri, Fred De Jong, Senad Glavovic (Andrew Charlwood 89) Coach: Berti Mariani Caution: Colucci Goals: Glavovic 57, Van Egmond 89	2	-	1	Wollongong City Dragan Pupovac, Richard Vidal, Darren McEvoy, Richard Lloyd, Derek O'Neill, Michael Lardis, Steve Krishna (Angelo Piacentin 81), Jerry Murphy, Danny Crainie, David Roberts, Anthony Versi Coach: David Ratcliffe Cautions: Nil Goal: Lardis 65
Round Two
Wednesday March 7 1990 Olympic Park, Melbourne Referee: John Fraser Attendance: 1,413
South Melbourne Bruce MacLaren, David Healy, Ange Postecoglou, Steve Blair, Mehmet Durakovic, Paul Wade, Kimon Taliadoros, Joe Palatsides, Mike Michalakopoulos, Danny Wright (Damian Mori 70), Peter Tsolakis Coach: Ferenc Puskas Cautions: Nil; Red Card: Taliadoros 44 Goals: Postecoglou 22, Trimboli 42, 66, Wade 77, Michelakopoulos 85	5	-	1	Blacktown City Steve Mautone, Sean Murphy (Stephane Jee 72), Darren Northam, Domenic Longo, Damon Langan, Gary Comerford, John Gibson, Peter Bennett, Lawrie McKinna, Scott McArdle, Jason Connolly Coach: Tony Henderson Cautions: Nil Goal: Northam 84
Thursday March 8 1990 Hindmarsh Stadium, Hindmarsh, Adelaide Referee: Tom McRoe Attendance: 4,000
Adelaide City Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Tony Vidmar, Milan Ivanovic, Neville Flounders, Sergio Melta, Adrian Santrac, Carl Veart, Joe Mullen, Steve Maxwell, Aurelio Vidmar Coach: Zoran Matic Cautions: A.Vidmar, Shillabeer Goals: A.Vidmar 58, Maxwell 68	2	-	1	Melbourne Croatia David Miller, Alan Davidson, Theo Selemidis, Mark Talajic, George Hannah, Ivan Duzel (Paul Jurcic 36 (Dino Mihocic 88)), Branko Milosevic, Ivan Kelic, John Markovski, Francis Awaritefe, Joe Caleta Coach: Ivan Raznjevic Caution: Markovski Goal: Kelic 11
Wednesday March 14 1990 St. George Stadium, Rockdale, Sydney Referee: John McConnell Attendance: 2,475
Sydney Olympic Gary Meier, Lou Triantafyllou, Nick Plataniotis, Robbie Hooker, John Koch, Grant Lee, Gary Phillips, Tom Pontidas, Steve Refenes, Alex Araujo (Craig Sharpley 75), Jason Bennett Coach: Mick Hickman Caution: AraujoBR>Goals: Plataniotis 3, Phillips 10 pen, Lee 23	3	-	1	Sydney Croatia Tony Franken, Ante Rumora (David Batten 46), Tony Popovic, Mark Jones, Mike Grbevski, Pedro Ricoy, Velimir Kupresak, Steve Gojevic, David Seal, Zeljko Jurin, Manis Lamond (Mark Babic 65) Coach: Tony Vrzina Cautions: Popovic, Grbevski Goal: Kupresak 38
Wednesday March 21 1990 Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney Referee: Richard Lorenc Attendance: 2,036
Marconi Bob Catlin, Gary Van Egmond, John Paul De Marigny, Steve Calderan, Robert Wheatley, Vince Colagiuri (Gerry Gomez 71), Matteo Colucci (David Lowe 60), Paul Okon, Fred De Jong, Peter Katholos, Senad Glavovic Coach: Berti Mariani Cautions: De Marigny, Glavovic, Calderan	0	-	2	APIA Leichhardt Brett Hughes, Mark Brown (John McQuarrie 30), Graham Jennings, Andy Stankovic, Bruce Halliday, Shane Clinch, Peter Murray, Klaus Okon (Nick Theodorakopoulos 66), Darren Stewart, Alex Bundalo, Jason Van Blerk Coach: Manfred Schaefer Caution: Theodorakopoulos Goals: K.Okon 47, Stewart 65
Semi-Finals
Wednesday April 11 1990 Hindmarsh Stadium, Hindmarsh, Adelaide Referee: John McConnell Attendance: 5,700
Adelaide City Robert Zabica, Paul Shillabeer, Tony Vidmar, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Sergio Melta, Adrian Santrac, Carl Veart, Joe Mullen (Charlie Villani 87), Steve Maxwell, Aurelio Vidmar Coach: Zoran Matic Cautions: Nil	0	-	1	South Melbourne Bruce MacLaren, David Healy, Ange Postecoglou, Mehmet Durakovic, Steve Blair, Joe Palatsides, Kimon Taliadoros, Mike Petersen, Paul Trimboli, Paul Wade, Peter Tsolakis Coach: Ferenc Puskas Cautions: Durakovic, Healy Goal: Tsolakis 63
Wednesday April 11 1990 Marconi Stadium, Bossley Park, Sydney Referee: John Fraser Attendance: 1,461
Sydney Olympic Clint Gosling, David Barrett, Tony Spyridakos, Andrew Bernal, Robbie Hooker, Grant Lee, Robert Ironside, Gary Phillips, Steve Refenes (Eric Hristodoulou 80), Abbas Saad (Marko Perinovic 80), Alistair Edwards Coach: Mick Hickman Cautions: Nil Goals: Edwards 28, Saad 35, 63, 68	4	-	1	APIA Leichhardt Brett Hughes, John McQuarrie, Andy Stankovic (Nick Theodorakopoulos 67), Bruce Halliday, Graham Jennings, Alex Bundalo, Shane Clinch, Brian Ellem, Peter Murray, Jason Van Blerk, Darren Stewart Coach: Manfred Schaefer Caution: Van Blerk Goal: Murray 40
1989/90 National Soccer League Cup Final
Wednesday April 25 1990 Olympic Park, Melbourne Referee: John Santa Isabel Attendance: 8,790
South Melbourne Bruce MacLaren, David Healy, Ange Postecoglou, Mehmet Durakovic, Steve Blair, Paul Wade, Mike Petersen, Danny Wright (Joe Palatsides 84), Peter Tsolakis, Paul Trimboli, Kimon Taliadoros Coach: Ferenc Puskas Cautions: Nil Goals: Taliadoros 21, Petersen 71, Trimboli 72 pen, Tsolakis 84	4	-	1	Sydney Olympic Clint Gosling, David Barrett, Robbie Hooker, Tony Spyridakos, Andrew Bernal, Grant Lee, Gary Phillips, Robert Ironside, Steve Refenes (Marko Perinovic 82), Abbas Saad, Alistair Edwards Coach: Mick Hickman Caution: Bernal Goal: Edwards 27