1957 Fadian Cup

The **1957 Fadian Cup** was the 2nd season of Fadia's second most important club football tournament organised by the FFC.

ST Nateszapany were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the Quarterfinals after falling 4–3 on aggregate against Ekionian side, and eventual finalists, IS Rifjornes.

The final was played in Kispers, Kokolorszag, between IS Rifjornes and Racing Samnyla. Racing Samnyla won the match 2–1 to claim their first Fadian Cup title, thus achieving the double as they also won the 1957 Chempionat Depanii. They became the first Depanian team to win a continental cup and also the first to achieve the double.

## Association team allocation

47 teams from the 12 FFC member associations participated in the 1957 Fadian Cup. Each association had 3 teams qualify for the competition. The association ranking based on population was used to determine the round in which each team entered the competition. Also, 11 teams were transferred from the 1957 FFC Champions Cup First and Second round.

As ST Nateszapany qualified for the Group Stage as defending champions but didn't qualify through their domestic league performance, the following changes were made to the access list:

* Kokolorzsag got a spot in the Group stage, but forfeited one of their spots in the First round.
* Bartadilia forfeited their spot in the Group stage, but were awarded an extra spot in the First round.

## First round

A total of 30 teams were involved in the First round, including 3 losing teams from the 1957 FFC Champions Cup First round.

### Seeding

Seedings were based on the FFC Club Ranking, which considers all points obtained in continental competitions over the last five seasons.

## Group stage

A total of 32 teams entered the Group stage, including 15 teams qualified from the First round and 8 losing teams from the 1957 FFC Champions Cup Second round. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

In each group, teams play against each other home and away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the Round of 16.

A total of 11 national associations were represented in the group stage.

### Seeding

Seedings were based on the FFC Club Rankings, which considers all points obtained in continental competitions over the last five seasons.

## Knockout stages

The group winners and runners-up of the group stage qualified for the knockout stages. The 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. In each stage, teams played in two-legged ties on a home-away basis, with the higher-seeded team playing the second leg at home, except for the one-match final. The eight qualified teams are seeded in the knockout stages according to their results in the group stage, with the group winners seeded 1–8, and the group runners-up seeded 9–16. If a team defeated a higher-seeded team, they inherited the losing team's seed. The teams were ranked by:

* 1. Points
* 2. Goal difference
* 3. Goals scored
* 4. Matches won
* 5. Drawing of lots

### Quarter-finals

  **Fondave Gerregartevil** | 2–0
  Msen FK | 0–1
  Sidirourgós Bylai | 2–3

## See also

Bartadilia - Birtal - Coulesigia - Depania - Ekionia - Graierbia - Kokolorszag - Lera - Lil - Turelosia - Valia - Yeonland
**International Competitions**
Champions Cup - **Fadian Cup**