2017 FAI Cup

2017 FAI Cup
FAI Senior Challenge Cup
Tournament details
CountryIreland
Final positions
ChampionsCork City (4th title)
Runners-upDundalk
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored133 (3.33 per match)

The 2017 FAI Cup, known as the Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 97th edition of the Republic of Ireland's primary domestic association football cup competition. The winners of this season's tournament earned a place in the 2018–19 Europa League and would have entered in the first qualifying round.[2]

Cork City were the defending champions and went on to retain the cup after a 5–3 win on penalties against Dundalk in the final on 5 November.[1][3]

The tournament began the weekend of 30 April 2017 with the preliminary round, which was contested by sixteen non-league clubs.[4]

Teams

RoundClubs
remaining		Clubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering at this round
Preliminary round4016N/A16Leinster Senior League
Munster Senior League
Best Western Southern Hotel Super League
First round3232824League of Ireland
Leinster Senior League
Second round161616nonenone
Quarter-Finals888nonenone
Semi-Finals444nonenone
Final222nonenone

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held 15 March 2017.[4]

30 April 2017 Ballymun United1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)		 Killester United
30 April 2017 College Corinthians0–1 Ballincollig A.F.C.
30 April 2017 Evergreen 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		St. Mary's
30 April 2017 Everton 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)		Liffey Wanderers
30 April 2017 Killarney Celtic 1–0Boyle CelticKillarney, Kerry
Report Stadium: Celtic Park

First round

The first round was played between the eight first round winners, the four clubs which received byes in the preliminary round, and the twenty League of Ireland clubs.[5] The first round draw was held on 21 July 2017.[6]

13 August 2017 Dundalk 4–0Derry CityDundalk
Mountney 1', 81'
McMillan 51' (pen.)
Duffy 90'		 Stadium: Oriel Park
13 August 2017 Portmarnock0–2 St Patrick's Athletic
11 August 2017 Cabinteely 3–1UCD
12 August 2017 Cobh Wanderers 3–0Killarney CelticOld Church Park
Meade 31'
Stroat 32'
Stack 45+2' (pen.)		 Report
12 August 2017 Bangor Celtic 3–2Everton
12 August 2017 Ballincollig A.F.C.0–5 Athlone Town
13 August 2017 Evergreen0–4 Drogheda United Kilkenny
Report Stadium: Kells Road

Second round

The second round draw was held on 14 August 2017.[7]

Quarter–finals

The quarter-finals draw was held on 28 August 2017.[8]

Semi–finals

The semi-finals draw was held on 11 September 2017.[9]

29 September 2017 Cork City 1–0Limerick
19:15 Report
1 October 2017 Dundalk 1–1 Shamrock Rovers
16:45 Report

Replay

Final

Dundalk1–1 (a.e.t.)Cork City
N. Vemmelund 95' A. Campion 111'
Penalties
3–5
Attendance: 24,210
Referee: Paul McLaughlin

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Last-gasp Cork City win Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup Final". FAI. Archived from the original on 2016-11-09. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Preliminary Access List 2018/19". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "John Caulfield salutes 'fantastic' penalty hero MarkMcNulty". Irish Examiner. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup Qualifying Round Draw". fai.ie. Football Association of Ireland. Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "FAI Cup qualifying round-up". extratime.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup First Round Draw". FAI. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Shels set to host Rovers in FAI Cup second round". FAI. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Bluebell host Shamrock Rovers in FAI Cup quarter-finals". FAI. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Draw made for Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup S-F". FAI. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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