The 2022 Australia Cup final was a soccer match played at CommBank Stadium in Sydney, Australia, on 1 October 2022. The match was contested between New South Wales league side Sydney United 58 and A-League Men side Macarthur FC which for Sydney United 58 is also the first time a non A-League Men club had qualified for the Final of the Australia Cup. This final was the first Australia Cup final to be contested between two teams of the same state, with both Macarthur FC and Sydney United 58 being from Sydney. Macarthur FC won 2âÂÂ0 to win their first trophy and Australia Cup and to also become the first away side to win the Australia Cup Final.
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Sydney United 58 started their 2022 Australia Cup campaign in the New South Wales fourth preliminary round, defeating Quakers Hill Junior by a score of 7âÂÂ0. Fellow NPL NSW club Rockdale Ilinden were their opponents in the fifth preliminary round, prevailing 1âÂÂ0. After defeating Hurstville FC 2âÂÂ0 in the sixth preliminary round, the Northern Tigers were their final regional opponent, with Sydney United 58 narrowly winning 2âÂÂ1. Monaro Panthers provided less resistance in the Round of 32 match. Reigning A-League Men champions Western United were defeated in a penalty shoot-out in the Round of 16. In the quarter-finals, they defeated Peninsula Power 1âÂÂ0 away in Brisbane. The semi-final was won 3âÂÂ2 after extra time at home against the Brisbane Roar.
Macarthur FC entered the Final Rounds of the tournament in the Round of 32 to defeat Magpies Crusaders United 6âÂÂ0 at Mackay. Macarthur FC were away again for the Round of 16 match against Modbury Jets winning 4âÂÂ0. The quarter-finals match at home against the Wellington Phoenix was won 2âÂÂ0 to set up the semi-final which was won 5âÂÂ2 against the Oakleigh Cannons.
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During the match, Sydney United fans sung Za dom spremni (a fascist chant used by the Ustaà ¡e in Australia honouring the fascist Ustaà ¡e movement), booed the Welcome to Country, performed salutes commentators characterised as Nazi salutes, and waved flags associated with the extreme far-right Ustaà ¡e movement such as the HOS flag and the flag of the WW2 Nazi puppet-state of the NDH. In response to this behaviour, Football Australia stated: "Football Australia acknowledges that a very small minority of attendees engaged in behaviour that is not consistent with Football Australia's values and wider community expectations. Football Australia took steps during the match to address these isolated behaviours, including eight evictions."
Following a month long investigation, Football Australia sanctioned Sydney United 58 under breach of the National Code of Conduct and Ethics. The club was fined AUD$15,000, and received a number of suspended sanctions (including the possibility of further fines, point deductions in their National Premier Leagues NSW seasons, and a ban from the Australia Cup).
In June 2024, three Sydney United fans were convicted and fined $500 in a NSW court for deliberately and intentionally performing the Nazi salute at the 2022 Australia Cup Final.