Within Queensland, FQ can confirm two qualification regions in 2019:

• South East Queensland (including Sunshine Coast Football, Football South West, Football Brisbane and Football Gold Coast)
• Central & Northern Queensland (including Football Wide Bay, Central Queensland Football, Mackay Regional Football Zone, North Queensland Football, North West Queensland Football and Far North Queensland Football.

The South East Queensland qualification region will compete for three (3) qualification spots and the Central & Northern Queensland qualification region will compete for one (1) spot.

“Over the last few seasons, Football Queensland has received feedback from our member zones regarding the FFA Cup qualification process for our state,” FQ General Manager, Competitions and Leagues Craig Morris said.“This new format seeks to address the issues raised by providing more variety of opposition and qualification opportunities for each zone, while taking into consideration the geographical and logistical challenges of involved in football across Queensland.

“The 2019 FFA Cup is gearing up to be the one of the biggest and best years for Queensland and we look forward to working with clubs and our zones in what will be an exciting competition.”The South East Queensland qualification path will begin on March 1-3 2019 (Round 2) with the draw for this taking place on Wednesday, 20 February 2019.

The draw will be livestreamed by FQ. More information will be confirmed shortly.The Central & Northern Queensland qualification path will see intra-zone matches between Rounds 1-3 with the final winner of the qualification region confirmed in Round 7.

FFA Head of Leagues Greg O’Rourke is looking forward to another exciting edition of the FFA Cup.“Since inception, the FFA Cup has definitely captured the imagination of the football family around Australia,” O’Rourke said.“As we progress into our sixth edition of the FFA Cup, coupled with the recent expansion announcement, FFA will continue to review the slot allocation framework for 2020 and beyond to improve and expand the competition.

”10 Hyundai A-League clubs will enter the FFA Cup 2019 at the Round of 32 with the remaining Member Federation slot taken by Campbelltown City SC, who received automatic entry into the FFA Cup 2019 Round of 32 as national 2018 NPL Champions.

Following the recent announcement regarding the two new expansion clubs entering the Hyundai A-League, FFA, in consultation with the new clubs, have determined that neither club will participate in the FFA Cup 2019 competition.

First draw for NNSW Southern Zone happened today:

Maitland JFC vs Nelson Bay
Bolwarra-Lorn vs Mayfield United (Junior)
Merewether Advance vs Jesmond FC
Newcastle Suns vs Dudley-Redhead (Senior)
Hamilton Azzurri vs Garden Suburb
Beresfield United vs Minmi Wanderers
Stockton Sharks vs Morisset United
Greta-Branxton vs Hunter Simba
Charlestown JFC vs Warners Bay
Kotara South vs Westlakes Wildcats
West Wallsend JFC vs Kurri Kurri
Dudley-Redhead (Junior) vs Barnsley United

Byes
Mayfield United (Senior)
Swansea
Raymond Terrace
Lake Macquarie 

Two Zone League teams Cardiff City and Maryland-Fletcher not participating this year for reasons unknown. I believe the Lake Macquarie entry is a non-Zone League All Age team so will be interesting to see how they go.

2019 FFA CUP entry numbers:
ACT – 20 down 3
New South Wales – 144 down 25
Northern NSW – 75 down 9
Northern Territory – 14 up 2
South Australia – 54 up 1
Tasmania – 22 unchanged
Victoria – 214 down 2
Western Australia – 57 down 10
A League – 10
NPL champion – 1

Yet to be confirmed:
Queensland – still waiting for official numbers from Mackay, Wide Bay, Central Queensland, North West Queensland (as it stands 110 last year was 124)

if i said it once i will say it again the ffa cup is so underrated and has so much potential 

Wollongong best Dunbar 2-1 last night in the 5th round (I think). A Daniel Fornito thunderbolt for Dunbar wasn’t enough to hold off a good Wollongong side. 
Good outing for an NPL 3 side to give the wolves such a good crack 

Agree MCG re FFACup could be so much more but for now WE, the local long time football supporters are supporting our Clubs and loving it.......
Josh, good to see Dunbar gave Wolves a run for the money, they are one of our foes in PL3, a well drilled Club in all their grades at SNR level.
We Ryde Magic from the same comp proudly hosted Sydney United last night........
Taken from our FB :

Gladesville Ryde Magic F.C Official Site
· On a Wednesday night under the Christie Park lights undefeated NPL3 High Flyers Gladesville Ryde Magic welcomed NPL1 juggernaut Sydney United. With a wealth of experience all across the pitch and a hungry and well structured team Magic did not have most of the possession but seemed to control the game, creating the better chances. With fierce quick combinations on the counter between Chris Gaitatzis, Christos Tomaras and newcomer Zoran Kolundzic, Gladesville Ryde Magic got their shots off in dangerous areas but the goal didn’t come. In the second half, Magic still kept their structure but United pilled on the pressure getting the ball out wide and trying to deliver a blow to the Magic defence. Cult figure and 5 time NPL3 Goalkeeper of the Year, Kyriakos Tohouroglou pulled off a couple magnificent saves but a bit over an hour of play Sydney United got the goal they were looking for and managed to hold on to the 1-0 lead till the end. It was a game enjoyed by the crowd that gathered on a cold Wednesday night and even though before the game a Sydney United win might have been the expected result, Gladesville gave a good account of themselves and will take pride in their overall team performance. Sydney United are into the next round of the FFA Cup and both teams will now focus on their respective league matches over the weekend with Magic looking to stay top of their league and United trying to close the gap to the top in NPL1.

Shame were out, would have loved seeing a Cupset and we had some early chances when having a full tank of gas but the telling part is the fitness difference.
Could match the skill set but not being first to the ball was telling overall.
Thanks SU supporters for the atmosphere and good luck next round.
Look forward to next season for us.

Love Football

Good to see Adam Sarota playing again.

i called it when the draw was annouced that GRM were going to be tricky opponents, and they certainly were. you guys had a few chances early on to take the lead, but other than that i thought we controlled the game, we just lack the killer finisher/touch at the moment. our fullback Roberts has scored more goals than our striker, so that tells you something. Yeeros was tops, onto the next :cool:

Not a Phase, Not a Trend, SYDNEY UNITED till the END! 

agree SU58, hence why I said the fitness difference, first to the ball and retaining possession.
We couldn't hang on to the ball and obviously relying on the counter, our backs couldn't give the front good enough ball.
Yer you guys created enough to score 4-5, we were lucky there and Kiri made a couple of good saves - should put Roberts up front lol.....
Well played enjoyed seeing the quality on our turf  for a change instead of me getting to Lambert watching your games vs APIA.

Gunghalin United kicked out of the FFA cup qualifiers in canberra as a result of playing an unregistered player

Getting to the business end in NNSW with 10 of the NPL clubs coming into it this round (Newcastle Jets Youth team do not enter).

Southern Zone

Edgeworth Eagles (NPL) vs West Wallsend
South Cardiff vs Broadmeadow Magic (NPL)
Lambton Jaffas (NPL) vs Beresfield United
Swansea FC vs Maitland FC (NPL)
Valentine FC (NPL) vs Toronto Awaba
Cessnock City vs Lake Macquarie City (NPL)
New Lambton vs Dudley Redhead United
Weston Workers (NPL)vs Cooks Hill FC
Kahibah FC vs Adamstown Rosebud (NPL)
Hamilton Olympic (NPL) vs Hamilton Azzurri
Warners Bay vs Nelson Bay
Charlestown City (NPL) vs Belmont Swansea


Northern Zone

Boambee Bombers vs Coffs City United
Bangalow SC vs Kempsey Saints FC

The two Northern Zone winners will then join the 6 remaining Southern Zone teams in round 6, with the last 2 teams qualifying for the national round of 32. 

FFA CUP CAPITAL FOOTBALL PRELIMINARY ROUND QUARTER-FINALS

APRIL 12, 2019

Ben Barba's now playing as a striker for Mackay Rangers.

https://www.goal.com/en-au/news/barba-playing-football-after-nrl-ban/10eygmqqkis291e8jt36w2rv9k

Elizabeth Downs who are an amateur team knocked out North East Metrostars in South Australia.

https://twitter.com/robgreenwood1/status/1130817948044615680?s=21

Looks like a good few are there too.

Surprised to see the lack of coverage this years comp is getting here & on reddit?

Its a wee bit tricky to keep up with everything going on in each state at this stage tbh. People still love the cup but it's lost one of its main early narratives of which clubs will be the first to reach the ro32.

I think next season the cup needs to be adjusted to boost some interest in the earlier rounds by making the bottom 4 A-League teams appear in the in-state qualifying rounds. 

 If they really wanted to give things a kick up the arse, they could do that plus making an Australia wide round of 64.

LOL@APIA losing to St.George.    That's a huge upset.  

This.

Also make it an open draw, no rigging of the draw so a certain number of A-League clubs play each other or NPL clubs get a guaranteed semi-final spot.

Cupset !
I can't find any other results at this stage.

Agree with that, that would make the cup better overall but I was focusing on how to get more interest into the earlier rounds.

Having mid-week games doesn't help the interest level. If all Federations could set aside FFA Cup weekends to be played simultaneously (play NPL catch up games mid-week), that would be a great build up of interest leading into the Round of 32. At least for rounds 5, 6 & 7. Imagine if all 21 Round 7 games were played across one weekend to see who qualifies for the National stages.   

NNSW does this for the final games. The last 8 teams play off over the June long-weekend at the one location for the 2 spots up for grabs in the round of 32. 

where can we watch wednesday night ffa cup games? 

Question; does the new Western United team enter this FFA Cup or?

No they don't.

pretty most states do play some cup games on the weekend. nsw just refuses to for some reason

The Road to 2019 FFA CUP round of 32 update – Wednesday May 29th,

ACT – round 7 kickoff time (Saturday June 15th):
7.00pm Tuggeranong United or Cooma Tigers v ANU or Canberra FC

NSW – round 7 kickoff times (Wednesday June 5th): 
7.30pm Manly United v Rockdale City Suns 
7.30pm Wollongong Wolves v Mt Druitt Town Rangers 
7.30pm Dulwich Hill v St George Saints 
7.30pm Sydney Olympic v Marconi Stallions 
7.30pm Sydney United v Northern Tigers

Northern NSW – round 6 kickoff times (Saturday June 8th): 
10.00am Kahibah v Valentine Phoenix 
12.30pm Boambee Bombers v Maitland 
3.00pm Bangalow Bluedogs v Hamilton Olympic 
5.30pm Broadmeadow Magic v Edgeworth Eagles

Northern NSW – round 7 line up: 
(Winner of) Broadmeadow Magic v Edgeworth Eagles 
(Winner of) Kahibah v Valentine Phoenix 
(Winner of) Boambee Bombers v Maitland 
(Winner of) Bangalow Bluedogs v Hamilton Olympic

Draw: Saturday June 8th 7.30pm approx 
Ties: Monday June 10th, Tuesday June 11th or Wednesday June 12th

Northern Territory – round 6 kickoff times: 
Tuesday June 4th 8.00pm (7.30pm NT) University Azzurri v Casuarina 
Saturday June 15th 8.30pm (8.00pm NT) Verdi v Darwin Olympic

Northern Territory – round 7 kickoff time (Tuesday June 25th): 
8.00pm (7.30pm NT) University Azzurri or Casuarina v Verdi or Darwin Olympic

Queensland – round 7 kickoff times: 
Friday June 7th 7.30pm Gold Coast Knights v Brisbane Strikers 
Saturday June 8th 4.00pm Surfers Paradise Apollo v Olympic 
Saturday June 8th 7.00pm Coomera Colts v Logan Lightning
Saturday June 8th 7.00pm Brothers Townsville v Magpies Crusaders United 

South Australia – round 6 kickoff times: 
Tuesday June 4th 7.30pm (7.00pm SA) Adelaide City v Elizabeth Downs 
Wednesday June 5th 7.30pm (7.00pm SA) Adelaide Olympic v Adelaide Comets

South Australia – round 7 kickoff time (Saturday June 22nd): 
TBC time (TBC time SA) Adelaide City/Elizabeth Downs v Adelaide Olympic/Adelaide Comets

Tasmania – round 7 kickoff time (Monday June 10th): 
3.30pm South Hobart v Devonport Strikers

Victoria – round 7 line up: 
Altona Magic 
Hume City
Melbourne Knights 
Oakleigh Cannons 
South Melbourne 
Bulleen Lions 
Moreland Zebras
St Albans Saints

Draw: Monday June 3rd 1.00pm AEST
Ties: Tuesday June 11th/Wednesday June 12th or Tuesday June 18th/Wednesday June 19th

Western Australia – round 6 kickoff times (Monday June 3rd): 
4.00pm (2.00pm WA) UWA Nedlands v Rockingham City 
5.00pm (3.00pm WA) Perth SC v Bayswater City 
5.00pm (3.00pm WA) Balcatta v Floreat Athena 
5.00pm (3.00pm WA) Fremantle City v Sorrento

Western Australia – round 7 line up: 
(Winner of) UWA Nedlands v Rockingham City 
(Winner of) Perth SC v Bayswater City 
(Winner of) Balcatta v Floreat Athena 
(Winner of) Fremantle City v Sorrento

Draw: date TBC 
Ties: Saturday June 15th & Sunday June 16th

Lol Avondale

couldnt of happened to a better club lol.

loved the banter between knights and them as well. 

i love the ffa cup is this the furthest oakleigh has made it?

No, Oakleigh made the Quarter Finals in 2015. The only year they have reached the final 32.