2023-24 SFA Cup Third Round
Malhall United 0–1 Tentenaraya Rovers
Berezovsky United 2–2 Sarvusdalamoive (2–3 AET)
Thereisnogodistan 0–3 Buscargill Town
El Horizonte 1–2 Inseparables
Zzimmonnttogg Wolves 0–3 Riuwiee United
Gyouza Young Lads 3–2 Wanda Island Wanderers
Real San Seriffe 0–2 Admiral Porcusces
Rapid Pelaez 0–2 Khimik Ogovlich
Locomotive Imgortur 1–0 Pawwazim
Rosenpfelblatz North End 1–2 Sporting Ceneisis
Electric Yugal 3–3 Fleftic Army (3–3 AET) (4–3 pen.)
Arlkornd Diamonds 1–0 Eielo Sunlight
Pazugas 1–1 Niraza Rovers (1–2 AET)
Antslinngs Islands 1–0 Real Mikkaleth
Bytuch Wyk Wanderers 0–5 Xemlice Rovers
Ludogorets Markovsky 3–1 Bohuda United
Kimmirut Panhandle 2–1 Atletico San Sebastian
Verrokib South End 1–0 Athletic Dorfdifving
Piuui Pirates 3–2 Mannerheim Sports
Uranium City Radiation 0–1 Dynamo Ja
Al-Wilayat 0–2 Tefel FC
Koob Rovers 1–1 FC Afa-az (1–1 AET) (2–1 pen.)
Malabon SC 1–2 Miroz Old Boys
All-Inclusive Haranguer 1–0 Chevaliers de Motonou
Sporting Mykorrigan 0–1 Paulsen FC
Pamunas 1–1 Arsenal de Releinthi (2–3 AET)
Nnettekkebb Wanderers 1–0 Pilken Kickers
Fleftic Air Force 0–2 Porcusces Tsunamis
Vikrant Rovers 1–0 Bananas FC
Rosenpfelblatz City 3–0 Marinos Thimpodopoulos
Rodrigues FC 5–5 Wabash River (7–5 AET)
Purzat Rovers 1–0 West Releinthi City
The twenty Fleftic Premier League teams and 24 Unang Liga teams join the SFA Cup action in the third round, and it's fair to say that most of them have made it through to the next round. Well, most of the Premier League clubs did anyway. The most notorious casualties of the magic of the SFA Cup are Wanda Island Wanderers and Malabon SC, who fell victim to Gyouza Young Lads and Miroz Old Boys respectively. Sporting Ceneisis got their cup defense off to a good start with a fighting win over Rosenpfelblatz North End, who are at the moment impressing in Unang Liga thanks to their young striker Misha Spartoni, who was not lured away by the money and attraction of the Premier League and opted to stay with the Churchmen, but at the rate Rosen North are going, they're going to be back up among the big boys come next season. It's an entirely different story for the other finalists last year, as Pilken Kickers bowed out of the competition almost immediately this time round after a 1-0 defeat to Nnettekkebb Wanderers. Most surprisingly though, three clubs from the Fleftic National League (the fifth tier of Fleftic football) have actually managed to survive the third round and punch their ticket into the fourth round. Verrokib South End, Piuui Pirates, and Khimik Ogovlich are all through to the fourth round, but whether they can go all the way to the SFA Cup Final is still another question altogether.
And to cap things off, let's take a look at the craziness that is the SFA Cup tie between Rodrigues FC and Wabash River. This game saw a total of twelve goals scored between the two teams, and ten of those came within the ninety minutes! James Yulin may have scored a hat trick for the Swamp Men but it will be Ricky Rochester who will bring home the match ball because he scored four goals in this game, two of them in the deciding extra thirty minutes. It's fair to say that no teams will be looking forward to face Rodrigues in the next round.
2023-24 SFA Cup Fourth Round
Niraza Rovers 1–2 Arlkornd Diamonds
Locomotive Imgortur 1–0 Koob Rovers
Xemlice Rovers 1–0 Ludogorets Markovsky
Vikrant Rovers 1–2 Tentenaraya Rovers
Rosenpfelblatz City 5–0 All-Inclusive Haranguer
Verrokib South End 3–1 Paulsen FC
Rodrigues FC 1–3 Sarvusdalamoive
Piuui Pirates 1–1 Antslinngs Islands (1–2 AET)
Electric Yugal 0–4 Tefel FC
Miroz Old Boys 0–1 Porcusces Tsunamis
Buscargill Town 1–0 Nnettekkebb Wanderers
Arsenal de Releinthi 2–0 Dynamo Ja
Kimmirut Panhandle 0–1 Sporting Ceneisis
Admiral Porcusces 4–0 Khimik Ogovlich
Riuwiee United 1–0 Gyouza Young Lads
Purzat Rovers 1–1 Inseparables (2–1 AET)
The Premier League teams begin to knock each other out of the SFA Cup. Ludogorets Markovsky are seen out of the cup by a lone goal from Xemlice Rovers' Fabrosu Nyema. All-Inclusive Haranguer received an almighty trashing from Rosenpfelblatz City and Buddock Mawla. Sporting Ceneisis continue their cup defense by narrowly winning over Kimmirut Panhandle, but only after an own goal from Yorick Bannock put the Blues up. And for two of the three remaining National League sides still in the cup, the journey ends here. Piuui Pirates were eliminated in extra time by Antslinngs Islands, and Khimik Ogovlich suffered handily at the hands of Admiral Porcusces and Tristan Lee. But arguably the biggest upset ever in this current SFA Cup is the work of the final National League team left standing, Verrokib South End, who overcame a 1-0 deficit at half-time against Paulsen FC to advance to the fifth round of the SFA Cup for only the first time in over fifty years. Whoever said that the SFA Cup is predictable and no longer exciting?
2023-24 SFA Cup Fifth Round
Tentenaraya Rovers 0–1 Sarvusdalamoive
Purzat Rovers 1–0 Locomotive Imgortur
Sporting Ceneisis 1–1 Antslinngs Islands (1–2 AET)
Rosenpfelblatz City 2–0 Arlkornd Diamonds
Xemlice Rovers 0–1 Admiral Porcusces
Tefel FC 2–0 Verrokib South End
Riuwiee United 2–1 Arsenal de Releinthi
Buscargill Town 2–3 Porcusces Tsunamis
Now things are getting really interesting. Premier League teams are getting knocked out by Unang Liga teams, and and a rival has eliminated another rival from the competition. Blue Tribesmen fans will thank Hamish Muir for knocking Arsenal de Releinthi out of the SFA Cup, and Arkady Rozier is Admiral Porcusces' hero for carrying them through to the quarterfinals over Xemlice Rovers. And while it took them extra time, Antslinngs Islands were able to overcome the cup holders Sporting Ceneisis thanks to a very late goal from Jayadeep Narwal. On a side note, Purzat Rovers have knocked out Locomotive Imgortur courtesy of an own goal from Melisizwe Afolayan. That's going to do a number on the lad's confidence, that's for sure. Now only eight teams remain, and by the time the quarterfinals are over, that number will be down to four.
2023-24 SFA Cup Quarterfinals
Rosenpfelblatz City 4–0 Porcusces Tsunamis
Riuwiee United 0–1 Sarvusdalamoive
Tefel FC 1–0 Purzat Rovers
Antslinngs Islands 1–1 Admiral Porcusces (1–2 AET)
Only one upset of note to report here in the quarterfinals and it's not exactly the most exciting one out there either, is it? Yes, Riuwiee United are out of the SFA Cup, and it's all thanks to Toumain Vincelot's long range strike. It was a beauty of a curler and it was perhaps the only way that the Pinks could have beaten the Blue Tribesmen. In other news, a brace from both Buddock Mawla and Oliver Ganson helps Rosenpfelblatz City see off the Porcusces Tsunamis. Tefel FC knock Purzat Rovers out of the cup, and Admiral Porcusces overcome Antslinngs Islands in extra time courtesy of a penalty from the late substitute Tristan Lee.
2023-24 SFA Cup Semifinals
Rosenpfelblatz City 1–3 Tefel FC
Admiral Porcusces 0–7 Sarvusdalamoive
Oh, looks like the magic of the SFA Cup is back on the menu, boys. These are definitely two results that we weren't expecting. It's hard to say which is the more newsworthy result: the fact that Rosenpfelblatz City got knocked out of the cup by an Unang Liga team or the fact that Admiral Porcusces got absolutely demolished by Sarvusdalamoive! All right, let's get down to a few basics about the games. Rosen were leading at halftime courtesy of a goal by Mosi Okoye. Chris Haralampiev then scored an unfortunate own goal and Tefel, sensing blood, pounced on the Citizens and never looked back. As for the Admiral Porcusces-Sarvusdalamoive semifinal, well, let's just say that it was an absolute massacre of the Foxes. They simply had no chance against Sarvus. Toumain Vincelot bagged a brace for the Pinks and Conrado Azucarrera brought home the match ball after an impressive hat trick within the first 27 minutes that set the tone for the rest of the game. Winning a semifinal comfortably is one thing. Absolutely demolishing the opposition while you're at it is quite another thing altogether.
2023-24 SFA Cup Final
Now here is a very interesting matchup for the 2024 SFA Cup Final. These two teams have not been in the SFA Cup for a very long time. Sarvusdalamoive have not been in the final since 1999, while this is only the second time that Tefel have actually made it this far into the SFA Cup, their only Cup final appearance to date being in 1924, and they lost in that final to Wanda Island Wanderers. Both of these teams had not yet won an SFA Cup so we will definitely have a first-time cup winner no matter the result of this game. So let's go ahead and just play this thing.
Now that was a cup final to remember! Tefel and Sarvus set the record for the highest-scoring SFA Cup Final in the entire history of the competition with ten goals, five for each club! Conrado Azucarrera was his usual scoring best in front of goal, completing yet another hat-trick to become only the fifth person in the entire history of the SFA Cup to score a hat-trick in the final. Tefel didn't have one player who scored more than one goal in the final against Sarvus but the mere fact that five Tefel players were able to score against the Pinks shows that a team focused on teamwork rather than the skills of individual players. That being said, Tefel thought that they had finally won their first ever SFA Cup in their history when Roldan Robles scored in the 90th minute before Toumain Vincelot cancelled out that goal with yet another long range curler of a shot in the third minute of added time to force thirty more minutes of game time and make both clubs wait just that little bit longer to find out who will be the one to lift that tin idol.
Thirty minutes wasn't enough to decide the winner, which after the absolute goalfest that was the first ninety minutes of this final must have been a bit of a letdown for everyone watching. Penalties it would have to be then, and things were going swimmingly for Sarvusdalamoive until Paulie Wilde struck the post with his spot kick. Roldan Robles cemented his status as a Tefel legend when he slotted in his penalty to secure the SFA Cup for his club, and while they have just narrowly avoided relegation this season, Tefel FC will have the Cup Winners' Cup to look forward to next season. Let's just hope that this doesn't distract them from their Unang Liga plight or else it might be curtains for the Devils next season.
Congratulations to Tefel FC, your 2023-24 SFA Cup champions!
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