The Geelong Community Cup is an annual pre-season soccer tournament held in Geelong for men and women.
The Cup was established in 1981 by the Geelong Advertiser newspaper led by soccer writer Bill Walsh, Bob Kocsiki, Billy Dorris and Jim Lippelgoes. The cup is one of the longest continuously run cup competitions in Victoria.
It has been known as the Geelong Advertiser Cup (1981–2005), the Geelong Community Shield, the Diversity Cup, Century 21 Cup, Go-for-your-Life Cup, Morris Finance Cup and is now named the Geelong Community Cup.
The 1988 Sir Bobby Charlton kicked-off the semi-final at Bell Park Sports Club.
Men's Cup winners +YearWinnersRunner-upResultVenue1981Bell Park SCHamlyn Rangers1–0Bell Park Sports Club1982CorioGeelong United3–2Myers Reserve1983Geelong SCWest Geelong5–1Stead Park1984 West GeelongGeelong SC2–1Myers Reserve1985North Geelong WarriorsGeelong United2–1Hume Reserve1986North Geelong WarriorsGeelong SC2–0Elcho Park1987Hamlyn RangersEast Geelong1–0Hume Reserve1988Bell Park SCNorth Geelong Warriors6–4Bell Park Sports Club1989North Geelong WarriorsCorio-Geelong United2–0Myers Reserve1990Geelong SC (won on penalties)North Geelong Warriors2–2Stead Park1991North Geelong WarriorsCorio-Geelong United3–1Myers Reserve1992North Geelong WarriorsGeelong SC6–1Bell Park Sports Club1993North Geelong WarriorsBell Park SC1–0Elcho Park1994North Geelong WarriorsGeelong SC4–1Elcho Park1995North Geelong WarriorsGeelong Rangers:6–2Myers Reserve1996North Geelong WarriorsGeelong SC8–1Stead Park1997North Geelong WarriorsGeelong SC3–2Stead Park1998Corio SC (won on penalties)North Geelong Warriors2–2Stead Park1999Geelong SCCorio SC3–2Stead Park2000Geelong SC (won on penalties)North Geelong Warriors1–1Stead Park2001North Geelong WarriorsCorio SC2–1Bell Park Sports Club2002Geelong SCNorth Geelong Warriors2–1Myers Reserve2003North Geelong WarriorsHopper Crossing3–2 (Golden goal in extra time)Elcho Park2004North Geelong WarriorsGeelong Rangers2–1 (Golden goal in extra time)Hume Reserve2005North Geelong WarriorsGeelong SC4–0Elcho Park2006North Geelong WarriorsGeelong Rangers5–1Stead Park2007North Geelong WarriorsGeelong Rangers2–0Elcho Park2008Geelong SCHopper Crossing3–1Bell Park Sports Club2009Geelong RangersSurf Coast FC1–0Myers Reserve2010CorioSurf Coast1–0Hume Reserve2011North Geelong WarriorsGeelong SC4–0Stead Park2012North Geelong WarriorsCorio SC8–1Bell Park Sports Club2013North Geelong WarriorsCorio2–0Myers Reserve2014North Geelong Warriors (won on penalties)Corio SC1–1Elcho Park2015Geelong SCCorio SC1–1 (4–3 on penalties)Hume Reserve2016Bell Park SCCorio SC2–1Bell Park Sports Club2017Corio SCGolden Plains Eagles2–0Hume Reserve2018Geelong SCGeelong Rangers4–2Stead Park2019Geelong RangersGeelong SC1–0Myers Reserve2020Geelong SCCorio SC6–1Stead Park2021Corio SCNorth Geelong Warriors1–1 (5–4 on penalties)Hume Reserve2022North Geelong WarriorsGeelong SC2–1Myers Reserve2023North Geelong WarriorsCorio SC2–0Bell Park Sports Club2024North Geelong WarriorsGeelong SC1–1 (5–4 on penalties)Stead Park2025Surf CoastNorth Geelong Warriors Youth5–2Hume Reserve2026Cup cancelled - Extreme heat
Women's Cup winners The women's cup competition was introduced in 2020. YearWinnerRunner-upResultVenue2020Geelong GalaxyNorth Geelong Warriors5–1Stead Park2024Geelong GalaxyNorth Geelong Warriors1–0Stead Park2025North Geelong WarriorsGeelong Galaxy2–1Hume Reserve2026Cup cancelled - Extreme heat
Tournament wins
Men North Geelong Warriors, 23 titles Geelong SC, 9 titles Corio Soccer Club, 5 titles Bell Park Sports Club, 3 titles Geelong Rangers FC, 3 titles West Geelong, 1 title Surf Coast FC, 1 title
Women
Geelong Galaxy, 2 titles North Geelong Warriors, 1 title
Notable Cup participants
David Cervinski Frank Munro Joey Didulica Josip Skoko Kris Trajanovski Noah Skoko Steve Horvat Sergio Escudero Tommy Cumming
See also
Geelong Regional Football Committee Soccer in Geelong
References