| Sport | Association football |
|---|---|
| Competition | Australia Cup |
| Awarded for | being thebest performing player/s in an Australia Cup final |
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Football Australia |
| History | |
| First award | 2014; 12 years ago (2014) |
| Editions | 11 (as of 2025) |
| First winner | |
| Most recent | |
| Website | australiacup.com.au/mark-viduka-medal |
TheMark Viduka Medal is an association football award that recognises thebest adjudged player/s from the final of theAustralia Cup (formally the FFA Cup) each year. Introduced in the first edition of the competition in 2014, the award is named afterMark Viduka, who captained theAustralian national team during the2006 FIFA World Cup. Presented byFootball Australia following the final, the recipient/s are determined by a panel of three judges consisting of Viduka, theAustralian national team manager and Football Australia's national technical director.[1]


| Final | Player | Nationality | Position | Team | Opponents | Score | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Sergio Cirio | Forward | Adelaide United | Perth Glory | 1–0 | [2] | |
| 2015 | Kosta Barbarouses | Midfielder | Melbourne Victory | Perth Glory | 2–0 | [3] | |
| 2016 | Bruno Fornaroli | Forward | Melbourne City | Sydney FC | 1–0 | [5] | |
| 2017 | Adrian Mierzejewski | Midfielder | Sydney FC | Adelaide United | 2–1† | [6] | |
| 2018 | Craig Goodwin | Forward | Adelaide United | Sydney FC | 2–1 | [7] | |
| 2019 | Al Hassan Toure | Forward | Adelaide United | Melbourne City | 4–0 | [8] | |
| 2020 | Tournament cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic | [9] | |||||
| 2021 | Jake Brimmer | Midfielder | Melbourne Victory | Central Coast Mariners | 2–1 | [10] | |
| Kye Rowles‡ | Defender | Central Coast Mariners | Melbourne Victory | ||||
| 2022 | Ulises Dávila | Midfielder | Macarthur FC | Sydney United 58 | 2–0 | [11] | |
| 2023 | Joe Lolley | Midfielder | Sydney FC | Brisbane Roar | 3–1 | [12] | |
| 2024 | Filip Kurto | Goalkeeper | Macarthur FC | Melbourne Victory | 1–0 | [13] | |
| 2025 | Max Burgess | Midfielder | Newcastle Jets | Heidelberg United | 3–1† | [14] | |
| Rank | Winner | Total wins | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide United | 3 | 2014, 2018, 2019 |
| 2 | Melbourne Victory | 2 | 2015, 2021 |
| Sydney FC | 2 | 2017, 2023 | |
| Macarthur FC | 2 | 2022, 2024 | |
| 5 | Melbourne City | 1 | 2016 |
| Central Coast Mariners | 1 | 2021 | |
| Newcastle Jets | 1 | 2025 |
| Nationality | Number of wins |
|---|---|
| 5 | |
| 2 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 | |
| 1 |
| Position | Number of wins |
|---|---|
| Midfielder | 6 |
| Forward | 4 |
| Defender | 1 |
| Goalkeeper | 1 |
Filip Kurto starred, becoming the first goalkeeper to win the Mark Viduka Medal.