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| Event | 2021 FFA Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 5 February 2022 | ||||||
| Venue | AAMI Park, Melbourne | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Jake Brimmer and Kye Rowles | ||||||
| Referee | Shaun Evans | ||||||
| Attendance | 15,343[1] | ||||||
| Weather | Sunny 27 °C (81 °F)[2] | ||||||
The 2021 FFA Cup Final was the final match of the 2021 FFA Cup, Australia's main soccer cup competition. It was contested between Melbourne Victory and Central Coast Mariners on 5 February 2022 at the AAMI Park in Melbourne.
The 2021 final was the first since the 2019 FFA Cup Final, after the 2020 FFA Cup was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. Following the quarter-final win for Melbourne Victory against Adelaide United, the final would not feature Adelaide for the first time since 2016.[3]
This was Mariners' first FFA Cup final, and their first final in any competition since their win in the 2013 A-League Grand Final.[4] This was Victory's second FFA Cup final and the first since 2015, in which they were victorious.
The 2021 FFA Cup Final was the last final played under the FFA Cup name; from 2022, the competition will be known as the Australia Cup.[5]
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- ^ "Melbourne 24 hour Observations". www.weatherzone.com.au. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- ^ McKay, Ben (5 January 2022). "Victory knock Adelaide out of FFA Cup". The West Australian. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "History made as Mariners progress to FFA Cup Final". Central Coast Mariners FC. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "'Australia Cup' name to return to Australia's largest national knockout football competition". FFA Cup. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.