2023 Sydney Cup

== Summer Sydney Cup 2023 ==
The inaugural Sydney Cup in 2023 was hosted in the South Sydney hotspot of Darlinghurst who at the time were a decent mid ranged Sydney team.
But going into this tournament the Winter Cup was won by the Parramatta Eels over the Penrith Panthers 2-1. Parramatta almost did a double but was stopped by a rising Engadine Eagles side 5-2 in the final where Engadine would comeback from 2-0 down at half time to win 5-2.
=== Format ===
The format for the Sydney Cup was a 32 team 8 group tournament similar to the World Cup the year prior. However knockout brackets were decided by random draws so a defined prediction could not be made before hand. All the teams in the tournament were decided by a 64 team bracket in the Winter Cup where every team that progressed into the Round of 32 would qualify.
=== Teams ===
The tournament had 32 teams from the 4 football associations in Sydney. South Sydney, North Sydney, West Sydney and the Sutherland Shire (for expanding to Wollongong if necessary). The confederations had all the teams qualified listed below.
Teams
SOSFA 	NSFA 	WSFA 	SSFA
Darlinghurst (Hosts)	Hornsby 	Parramatta 	Engadine
Marrickville 	Chatswood 	Penrith 	Cronulla
Hurstville 	North Sydney	Campbelltown	Miranda
Rockdale 	Manly 	Bankstown 	Sutherland
Canterbury 	Mosman 	Windsor 	Menai
Bondi 	 	Richmond 	Kurnell
Kogarah 	 	Blacktown 	Heathcote
Sydney United 	 	Liverpool 	Caringbah
 	 	Kingswood 	Woronora Heights
 	 	Mount Druitt	
 	 	Auburn 	
=== Group Stage ===
==== Group A ====
Standings
Pos	Teams 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Sutherland 	3 	3	0	0	13	4 	+9	9
2 	Darlinghurst	3 	2	0	1	5 	4 	+1	6
3 	Auburn 	3 	1	0	2	4 	6 	-2	3
4 	Mosman 	3 	0	0	3	1 	9 	-8	0
==== Group B ====
Standings
Pos	Teams 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Marrickville	3 	2	1	0	5 	2 	+3	7
2 	Engadine 	3 	1	2	0	5 	2 	+3	5
3 	Manly 	3 	0	2	1	1 	3 	-2	2
4 	Bondi 	3 	0	1	2	1 	5 	-4	1
==== Group C ====
Standings
Pos	Teams 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Woronora Heights	3 	1	2	0	7 	3 	+4	5
2 	Heathcote 	3 	1	2	0	6 	3 	+3	5
3 	Mount Druitt 	3 	1	2	0	2 	1 	+1	5
4 	Kogarah 	3 	0	0	3	1 	9 	-8	0
==== Group D ====
Standings
Pos	Teams 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Parramatta	3 	2	1	0	5 	2 	+3	7
2 	Kurnell 	3 	1	2	0	3 	2 	+1	5
3 	Menai 	3 	1	1	1	6 	4 	+2	4
4 	Kingswood 	3 	0	0	3	1 	7 	-6	0
==== Group E ====
Standings
Pos	Teams 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Chatswood 	3 	1	2	0	4 	2 	+2	5
2 	Bankstown 	3 	1	2	0	5 	4 	+1	5
3 	Hornsby 	3 	1	1	1	3 	3 	0 	4
4 	Canterbury	3 	0	1	2	1 	5 	-4	1
==== Group F ====
Standings
Pos	Teams 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts
1 	Penrith 	3 	3	0	0	12	3 	+9 	9
2 	North Sydney	3 	2	0	1	4 	3 	+1 	6
3 	Caringbah 	3 	1	0	2	5 	5 	0 	3
4 	Richmond 	3 	0	0	3	0 	10	-10	0
==== Group G ====
Standings
Pos	Teams 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Campbelltown	3 	2	1	0	10	3 	+7	7
2 	Miranda 	3 	2	1	0	6 	1 	+5	7
3 	Rockdale 	3 	0	1	2	2 	7 	-5	1
4 	Blacktown 	3 	0	1	2	0 	7 	-7	1
==== Group H ====
Standings
Pos	Teams 	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1 	Cronulla 	3 	2	1	0	7 	3 	+4	7
2 	Windsor 	3 	0	3	0	6 	6 	0 	3
3 	Liverpool 	3 	0	2	1	5 	6 	-1	2
4 	Sydney United	3 	0	2	1	4 	7 	-3	2
=== Knockout Stage ===
The knockout stage was drawn the day after the group stage ended and ended like this below.
==== Quarter Finals ====
==== Semi Finals ====
==== Third Place Match ====
=== Final ===
The first Sydney cup final took place between Parramatta and Engadine on the 19th of December 2023 and ended in a historic 5-2 win for Engadine after being 2-0 down at half time. This meant Engadine claimed their first title and would also start a long lasting rivalry against the Parramatta Eels.
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