Waratah Cup

This article is about the New South Wales men's football knock out competition. For the New South Wales women's football knock out competition, see Sapphire Cup.

Waratah Cup
Founded1971
RegionNew South Wales
Number of teams159 (as of 2024)
Current championsAPIA Leichhardt (2024)
Most successful club(s)Hakoah Sydney City East (7 titles)
Sydney United 58 (7 titles)
WebsiteThe Waratah Cup
2024 Australia Cup preliminary rounds

The Waratah Cup is a knockout cup competition in New South Wales, run by the governing body of football in NSW, Football NSW. Teams competing in the Waratah Cup come from the National Premier Leagues NSW, NSW League One, NSW League Two, and numerous other semi professional & amateur association clubs within New South Wales. The Cup is held during the NPL NSW seasons. Since 2014 preliminary rounds of the Waratah Cup have been used to determine the NSW entrants to the national FFA Cup competition, now known as the Australia Cup.[1]

  1. ^ "NSW WARATAH CUP". Football NSW. Retrieved 8 May 2014.