Hume City FC will be looking to advance past the Round of 32 for the fifth time in their history as the Victorian side prepares for their sixth appearance in the Australia Cup Final Rounds.
Club: Hume City FC
Region: Victoria
Home ground: Hume City Stadium
Founded: 1979
Australia Cup Final Rounds appearances (inc. 2024): 6
Best result: Semi-finals (2015)
Head Coach: David Chick
Road to the Round of 32:
Hume City FC 7-1 Albion Rovers FC
Hume City FC 4-1 Brunswick City SC
Hume City FC 4-2 Bayside Argonauts FC
Hume City FC 4-0 Caroline Springs George Cross FC
Hume City FC went through a blistering qualifying campaign, scoring 19 goals across their four games, an average of 4.75 per match.
They opened their campaign with a 7-1 win over Albion Rovers FC, with defeats against Brunswick City SC and Bayside Argonauts FC advancing them to Preliminary Round Seven, where they took on NPL Victoria 2 side Caroline Springs George Cross FC.
A brace to Mickel Platt and goals from Tommy Maricic and Josh Bingham comfortably saw Hume City through to their sixth Australia Cup appearance, where they face Darwin Hearts away from home on Tuesday the 30th of July.
Australia Cup Record:
2014: Preliminary Rounds
2015: Semi-finals
2016: Round of 16
2017: Round of 32
2018: Preliminary Rounds
2019: Quarter-finals
2021: Round of 16
2022: Preliminary Rounds
2023: Preliminary Rounds
Match Details:
Darwin Hearts FC vs Hume City
Date: Tuesday 30 July
Time: 7:30pm AEST
Venue: Darwin Football Stadium