FAI Cup

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The FAI Cup is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland. Organised by the FAI (Football Association of Ireland), it is of similar format to the F.A. Cup played in England. It was originally called the Free State Cup, after the Irish Free State. Shamrock Rovers hold the record of most wins with 24.

Since 2003, Irish domestic football has moved from the traditional European August-May season to a summer set-up, as favoured in Scandinavia. As an "interim" season was played in the second half of 2002, two FAI Cup Finals took place that year - Dundalk winning April's Cup, Derry City lifting the trophy in November.

After two defeats in Cup Finals in the 1970s, Drogheda United finally reached the summit in 2005. Goals from Gavin Whelan (whose father, Paul, captained Bohemians to the 1992 cup and whose grandfather, Ronnie, won 2 cups with St. Patrick's Athletic) and captain Declan O'Brien helped "the Drogs" to a 2-0 win over Cork City.

Shelbourne FC, Bohemian FC and Derry City FC are the only clubs to win both the (Northern) Irish Cup and the FAI Cup, although Shelbourne and Bohemians only won it before the partition, while Derry City remained in the Northern Irish league system until 1973, entering the League of Ireland in 1985.

The last ever soccer game to be played at the old Lansdowne Road was the 2006 final, contested between St. Patrick's Athletic and Derry City FC, who ran out eventual 4-3 winners after extra-time. The original FAI Cup was also retired after the game with a brand new version of the trophy to be used in the following seasons.

1 FAI Cup Final results
2 Performance By Club
- 2.1 Notes
3 Resources

[edit] FAI Cup Final results

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1922	St. James' Gate	1-1, 1-0	Shamrock Rovers
1923	Alton United	1-0	Shelbourne
1924	Athlone Town	1-0	Fordsons
1925	Shamrock Rovers	2-1	Shelbourne
1926	Fordsons	3-2	Shamrock Rovers
1927	Drumcondra	1-1, 1-0	Brideville
1928	Bohemians	2-1	Drumcondra
1929	Shamrock Rovers	0-0, 3-0	Bohemians
1930	Shamrock Rovers	1-0	Brideville
1931	Shamrock Rovers	1-1, 1-0	Dundalk
1932	Shamrock Rovers	1-0	Dolphin
1933	Shamrock Rovers	3-3, 3-0	Dolphin
1934	Cork	2-1	St. James' Gate
1935	Bohemians	4-3	Dundalk
1936	Shamrock Rovers	2-1	Cork
1937	Waterford	2-1	St. James' Gate
1938	St. James' Gate	2-1	Dundalk
1939	Shelbourne	1-1, 1-0	Sligo Rovers
1940	Shamrock Rovers	3-0	Sligo Rovers
1941	Cork United	2-2, 3-1	Waterford
1942	Dundalk	3-1	Cork United
1943	Drumcondra	2-1	Cork United
1944	Shamrock Rovers	3-2	Shelbourne
1945	Shamrock Rovers	1-0	Bohemians
1946	Drumcondra	2-1	Shamrock Rovers
1947	Cork United	2-2, 2-1	Bohemians
1948	Shamrock Rovers	2-1	Drumcondra
1949	Dundalk	3-0	Shelbourne
1950	Transport	2-2, 2-2, 3-1	Cork Athletic
1951	Transport	1-1, 1-0	Shelbourne
1952	Dundalk	1-1, 3-0	Cork Athletic
1953	Cork Athletic	2-2, 2-1	Evergreen United
1954	Drumcondra	1-0	St. Patrick's Athletic
1955	Shamrock Rovers	1-0	Drumcondra
1956	Shamrock Rovers	3-2	Cork Athletic
1957	Drumcondra	2-0	Shamrock Rovers
1958	Dundalk	1-0	Shamrock Rovers
1959	St. Patrick's Athletic	2-2, 2-1	Waterford
1960	Shelbourne	2-0	Cork Hibernians
1961	St. Patrick's Athletic	2-1	Drumcondra
1962	Shamrock Rovers	4-1	Shelbourne
1963	Shelbourne	2-0	Cork Hibernians
1964	Shamrock Rovers	1-1, 2-1	Cork Celtic
1965	Shamrock Rovers	2-0	Limerick
1966	Shamrock Rovers	2-0	Limerick
1967	Shamrock Rovers	3-2	St. Patrick's Athletic
1968	Shamrock Rovers	3-0	Waterford
1969	Shamrock Rovers	1-1, 4-1	Cork Celtic
1970	Bohemians	0-0, 0-0, 2-1	Sligo Rovers
1971	Limerick	0-0, 3-0	Drogheda
1972	Cork Hibernians	3-0	Waterford
1973	Cork Hibernians	0-0, 1-0	Shelbourne
1974	Finn Harps	3-1	St. Patrick's Athletic
1975	Home Farm	1-0	Shelbourne
1976	Bohemians	1-0	Drogheda United
1977	Dundalk	2-0	Limerick
1978	Shamrock Rovers	1-0	Sligo Rovers
1979	Dundalk	2-0	Waterford
1980	Waterford	1-0	St. Patrick's Athletic
1981	Dundalk	2-0	Sligo Rovers
1982	Limerick United	1-0	Bohemians
1983	Sligo Rovers	2-1	Bohemians
1984	UCD	2-1	Shamrock Rovers
1985	Shamrock Rovers	1-0	Galway United
1986	Shamrock Rovers	2-0	Waterford United
1987	Shamrock Rovers	3-0	Dundalk
1988	Dundalk	1-0	Derry City
1989	Derry City	0-0, 1-0	Cork City
1990	Bray Wanderers	3-0	St. Francis
1991	Galway United	1-0	Shamrock Rovers
1992	Bohemians	1-0	Cork City
1993	Shelbourne	1-0	Dundalk
1994	Sligo Rovers	1-0	Derry City
1995	Derry City	2-1	Shelbourne
1996	Shelbourne	1-1, 2-1	St. Patrick's Athletic
1997	Shelbourne	2-0	Derry City
1998	Cork City	0-0, 2-0	Shelbourne
1999	Bray Wanderers	0-0, 2-2, 2-1	Finn Harps
2000	Shelbourne	0-0, 1-0	Bohemians
2001	Bohemians	1-0	Longford Town
2002	Dundalk	2-1	Bohemians
2002 (2)	Derry City	1-0	Shamrock Rovers
2003	Longford Town	2-0	St. Patrick's Athletic
2004	Longford Town	2-1	Waterford United
2005	Drogheda United	2-0	Cork City
2006	Derry City	4-3	St. Patrick's Athletic

[edit] Performance By Club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Shamrock Rovers	24	8	1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1987
Dundalk	9	5	1942, 1949, 1952, 1958, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1988, 2002
Shelbourne	7	10	1939, 1960, 1963, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000
Bohemians	6	7	1928, 1935, 1970, 1976, 1992, 2001
Drumcondra	5	4	1927, 1943, 1946, 1954, 1957
Cork Athletic¹	4	5	1941, 1947, 1951, 1953
Derry City	4	3	1989, 1995, 2002, 2006
Waterford United²	2	7	1937, 1980
St. Patrick's Athletic	2	6	1959, 1961
Sligo Rovers	2	5	1983, 1994
Limerick³	2	3	1971, 1982
Cork Hibernians	2	2	1972, 1973
St. James' Gate	2	2	1922, 1938
Longford Town	2	1	2003, 2004
Bray Wanderers	2	-	1990, 1999
Drogheda United⁴	1	2	2005
Cork City	1	2	1998
Cork	1	1	1934
Finn Harps	1	1	1974
Fordsons	1	1	1926
Galway United	1	1	1991
Alton United	1	-	1923
Athlone Town	1	-	1924
Home Farm	1	-	1975
Transport	1	-	1950
UCD	1	-	1984
Brideville	-	2	-
Cork Celtic	-	2	-
Dolphin	-	2	-
Evergreen United	-	1	-
St. Francis	-	1	-