The 1983 NSL Cup was the seventh edition of the
NSL Cup
The National Soccer League Cup (known most commonly as the NSL Cup) was an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic Australian soccer organised by the Australian Soccer Federation between 1977 and 1997.
History
The NSL Cup was or ...
, which was the main national
association football
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knockout
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cup competition in
Australia
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. The competition was known as the Philips Cup under a sponsorship arrangement with Dutch company
Philips
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.
APIA Leichhardt
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were the defending champions, having defeated
Heidelberg United
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to win their first title in the previous year's
final
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, but they were eliminated in the final by
Sydney Olympic
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.
Sydney Olympic defeated Heidelberg United 2–0 on aggregate in the
final
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to win their first NSL Cup title.
Teams
The
NSL Cup
The National Soccer League Cup (known most commonly as the NSL Cup) was an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic Australian soccer organised by the Australian Soccer Federation between 1977 and 1997.
History
The NSL Cup was or ...
was a knockout competition with 16 teams taking part all trying to reach the Final in November 1983.
The competition consisted of the 16 teams from the
National Soccer League
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.
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
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1983 NSL Cup
NSL Cup
The National Soccer League Cup (known most commonly as the NSL Cup) was an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic Australian soccer organised by the Australian Soccer Federation between 1977 and 1997.
History
The NSL Cup was or ...
NSL Cup
The National Soccer League Cup (known most commonly as the NSL Cup) was an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic Australian soccer organised by the Australian Soccer Federation between 1977 and 1997.
History
The NSL Cup was or ...
NSL Cup seasons