FAI Cup

FAI Cup

Founded	1921–22
Region	Republic of Ireland
Number of teams	Various
Current champions	Dundalk (10 titles)
Most successful club(s)	Shamrock Rovers (24 titles)
Website	FAI Cup
2016 FAI Cup

The Football Association of Ireland Senior Challenge Cup^[1] (FAI Cup), known as the Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup^[2] for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland (as well as Derry City from Northern Ireland). Organised by the FAI (Football Association of Ireland), the competition is currently sponsored by the Irish Daily Mail. It was known as the Free State Cup from 1923 to 1936. Shamrock Rovers hold the record of most wins with 24.

The current holders are Dundalk, who beat Cork City in the Aviva Stadium on November 8, 2015. The game ended 1-0 to Dundalk with Richie Towell scoring the goal for Dundalk.^[3]

Venues

Since the early 1920s, all but a handful of FAI Cup finals were held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. Two replays in the 1920s were held at Shelbourne Park, the 1973 replay was held in Flower Lodge in Cork and the 1984 replay was in Tolka Park. However, since 1990, due to the lack of development of Dalymount, the final has been played at a number of different venues. From 1990 until 1997 it was played at Lansdowne Road stadium, from 1997–1999 back at Dalymount, from 1999 to 2002 at Tolka Park and from 2003 to 2006 back at Lansdowne Road. Due to the redevelopment of Lansdowne, the 2007 and 2008 finals were played at the RDS Arena. The 2009 final took place in Tallaght Stadium. Finals from 2010 onwards are to take place in the Aviva Stadium.

History

Shelbourne, Bohemians and Derry City are the only clubs to have won both the (Northern) Irish Cup and the FAI Cup, although Shelbourne and Bohemians only won it before partition, while Derry City remained in the Northern Irish league system until 1973, entering the League of Ireland in 1985. Alton United based in Belfast and Derry City are the only sides from outside the Republic of Ireland to win the competition.

Athlone Town A.F.C. in 1924, Dundalk F.C. in 1958, Shamrock Rovers F.C. in 1968 and Sligo Rovers in 2010 are the only sides ever to win the Cup without conceding a goal.

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 in April, and Derry City lifting the trophy in November.

Following the 1985 expansion of the League of Ireland to two Divisions, Bray Wanderers were the first First Division team to win the Cup, defeating non-League St. Francis in 1990. Bray were also the first team to win the Cup in a season that saw them relegated, in 1999. Dundalk were relegated in 2002 while winning the first of that year's trophies.

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 two cups with St. Patrick's Athletic) and captain Declan O'Brien helped "the Drogs" to a 2-0 win over Cork City.

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, 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.

FAI Cup Finals

Season	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Venue	Attendance
1921–22	St. James's Gate	1 – 1 / 1 – 0 (R)	Shamrock Rovers	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	15,000 / 10,000
1922–23	Alton United	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park	14,000
1923–24	Athlone Town	1 – 0	Fordsons	Dalymount Park	18,000
1924–25	Shamrock Rovers	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park	23,000
1925–26	Fordsons	3 – 2	Shamrock Rovers	Dalymount Park	25,000
1926–27	Drumcondra	1 – 1 / 1 – 0 (R)	Brideville	Dalymount Park / Shelbourne Park	25,000 / 10,000
1927–28	Bohemians	2 – 1	Drumcondra	Dalymount Park	25,000
1928–29	Shamrock Rovers	0 – 0 / 3 – 0 (R)	Bohemians	Dalymount Park / Shelbourne Park	22,000 / 15,000
1929–30	Shamrock Rovers	1 – 0	Brideville	Dalymount Park	17,000
1930–31	Shamrock Rovers	1 – 1 / 1 – 0 (R)	Dundalk	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	20,000 / 10,000
1931–32	Shamrock Rovers	1 – 0	Dolphin	Dalymount Park	32,000
1932–33	Shamrock Rovers	3 – 3 / 3 – 0 (R)	Dolphin	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	22,000 / 18,000
1933–34	Cork	2 – 1	St. James's Gate	Dalymount Park	21,000
1934–35	Bohemians	4 – 3	Dundalk	Dalymount Park	22,000
1935–36	Shamrock Rovers	2 – 1	Cork	Dalymount Park	30,946
1936–37	Waterford	2 – 1	St. James's Gate	Dalymount Park	24,000
1937–38	St. James's Gate	2 – 1	Dundalk	Dalymount Park	30,000
1938–39	Shelbourne	1 – 1 / 1 – 0 (R)	Sligo Rovers	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	30,000 / 25,000
1939–40	Shamrock Rovers	3 – 0	Sligo Rovers	Dalymount Park	38,509
1940–41	Cork United	2 – 2 / 3 – 1 (R)	Waterford	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	30,132 / 13,057
1941–42	Dundalk	3 – 1	Cork United	Dalymount Park	34,298^[4]
1942–43	Drumcondra	2 – 1	Cork United	Dalymount Park	30,549
1943–44	Shamrock Rovers	3 – 2	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park	34,000
1944–45	Shamrock Rovers	1 – 0	Bohemians	Dalymount Park	44,238
1945–46	Drumcondra	2 – 1	Shamrock Rovers	Dalymount Park	34,248
1946–47	Cork United	2 – 2 / 2 – 1 (R)	Bohemians	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	20,198 / 5,519
1947–48	Shamrock Rovers	2 – 1	Drumcondra	Dalymount Park	33,812
1948–49	Dundalk	3 – 0	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park	28,539
1949–50	Transport	2 – 2 / 2 – 2 (R) / 3 – 1 (R)	Cork Athletic	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	28,807 / 21,123 / -
1950–51	Cork Athletic	1 – 1 / 1 – 0 (R)	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	38,912 / 22,000
1951–52	Dundalk	1 – 1 / 3 – 0 (R)	Cork Athletic	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	26,479 / 20,753
1952–53	Cork Athletic	2 – 2 / 2 – 1 (R)	Evergreen United	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	17,396 / 6,000
1953–54	Drumcondra	1 – 0	St. Patrick's Athletic	Dalymount Park	20,000
1954–55	Shamrock Rovers	1 – 0	Drumcondra	Dalymount Park	33,041
1955–56	Shamrock Rovers	3 – 2	Cork Athletic	Dalymount Park	35,017
1956–57	Drumcondra	2 – 0	Shamrock Rovers	Dalymount Park	30,000
1957–58	Dundalk	1 – 0	Shamrock Rovers	Dalymount Park	27,000
1958–59	St. Patrick's Athletic	2 – 2 / 2 – 1 (R)	Waterford	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	22,000 / 22,800
1959–60	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Cork Hibernians	Dalymount Park	32,308
1960–61	St. Patrick's Athletic	2 – 1	Drumcondra	Dalymount Park	22,000
1961–62	Shamrock Rovers	4 – 1	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park	32,000
1962–63	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Cork Hibernians	Dalymount Park	15,000
1963–64	Shamrock Rovers	1 – 1 / 2 – 1 (R)	Cork Celtic	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	35,500 / 23,600
1964–65	Shamrock Rovers	1 – 1 / 1 – 0 (R)	Limerick	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	22,000 / 19,436
1965–66	Shamrock Rovers	2 – 0	Limerick	Dalymount Park	26,898
1966–67	Shamrock Rovers	3 – 2	St. Patrick's Athletic	Dalymount Park	12,000
1967–68	Shamrock Rovers	3 – 0	Waterford	Dalymount Park	39,128
1968–69	Shamrock Rovers	1 – 1 / 4 – 1 (R)	Cork Celtic	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	28,000 / 18,000
1969–70	Bohemians	0 – 0 / 0 – 0 (R) / 2 –1 (R)	Sligo Rovers	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	16,000 / 11,000 / 22,000
1970–71	Limerick	0 – 0 / 3 – 0 (R)	Drogheda	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	16,000 / 15,000
1971–72	Cork Hibernians	3 – 0	Waterford United	Dalymount Park	22,500
1972–73	Cork Hibernians	0 – 0 / 1 – 0 (R)	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park / Flower Lodge	12,500 / 11,000
1973–74	Finn Harps	3 – 1	St. Patrick's Athletic	Dalymount Park	14,000
1974–75	Home Farm	1 – 0	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park	10,000
1975–76	Bohemians	1 – 0	Drogheda United	Dalymount Park	10,400
1976–77	Dundalk	2 – 0	Limerick	Dalymount Park	17,000
1977–78	Shamrock Rovers	1 – 0	Sligo Rovers	Dalymount Park	12,500
1978–79	Dundalk	2 – 0	Waterford	Dalymount Park	14,000
1979–80	Waterford	1 – 0	St. Patrick's Athletic	Dalymount Park	18,000
1980–81	Dundalk	2 – 0	Sligo Rovers	Dalymount Park	12,000
1981–82	Limerick United	1 – 0	Bohemians	Dalymount Park	12,000
1982–83	Sligo Rovers	2 – 1	Bohemians	Dalymount Park	8,500
1983–84	UCD	0 – 0 / 2 – 1 (R)	Shamrock Rovers	Dalymount Park / Tolka Park	8,000 / 6,500
1984–85	Shamrock Rovers	1 – 0	Galway United	Dalymount Park	7,000
1985–86	Shamrock Rovers	2 – 0	Waterford United	Dalymount Park	11,500
1986–87	Shamrock Rovers	3 – 0	Dundalk	Dalymount Park	8,569
1987–88	Dundalk	1 – 0	Derry City	Dalymount Park	22,000
1988–89	Derry City	0 – 0 / 1 – 0 (R)	Cork City	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	20,000 / 12,000
1989–90	Bray Wanderers	3 – 0	St. Francis	Lansdowne Road	29,000
1990–91	Galway United	1 – 0	Shamrock Rovers	Lansdowne Road	15,257
1991–92	Bohemians	1 – 0	Cork City	Lansdowne Road	17,000
1992–93	Shelbourne	1 – 0	Dundalk	Lansdowne Road	11,000
1993–94	Sligo Rovers	1 – 0	Derry City	Lansdowne Road	13,800
1994–95	Derry City	2 – 1	Shelbourne	Lansdowne Road	15,000
1995–96	Shelbourne	1 – 1 / 2 – 1 (R)	St. Patrick's Athletic	Lansdowne Road / Dalymount Park	15,000 / 10,000
1996–97	Shelbourne	2 – 0	Derry City	Dalymount Park	10,000
1997–98	Cork City	0 – 0 / 1 – 0 (R)	Shelbourne	Dalymount Park / Dalymount Park	- / -
1998–99	Bray Wanderers	0 – 0 / 2 – 2 (R) / 2 – 1 (R)	Finn Harps	Tolka Park / Tolka Park / Tolka Park	8,000 / - / 5,000
1999–2000	Shelbourne	0 – 0 / 1 – 0 (R)	Bohemians	Tolka Park / Dalymount Park	9,000 / 9,000
2000–01	Bohemians	1 – 0	Longford Town	Tolka Park	10,100
2001–02	Dundalk	2 – 1	Bohemians	Tolka Park	10,100
2002 (Interim)	Derry City	1 – 0	Shamrock Rovers	Tolka Park	10,100
2003	Longford Town	2 – 0	St. Patrick's Athletic	Lansdowne Road	12,000
2004	Longford Town	2 – 1	Waterford United	Lansdowne Road	9,676
2005	Drogheda United	2 – 0	Cork City	Lansdowne Road	24,521
2006	Derry City	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	St. Patrick's Athletic	Lansdowne Road	16,022
2007	Cork City	1 – 0	Longford Town	RDS	10,000
2008	Bohemians	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) 4 – 2 (pen.)	Derry City	RDS	10,281
2009	Sporting Fingal	2 – 1	Sligo Rovers	Tallaght Stadium	8,105
2010	Sligo Rovers	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) 2 – 0 (pen.)	Shamrock Rovers	Aviva Stadium	36,101
2011	Sligo Rovers	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) 4 – 1 (pen.)	Shelbourne	Aviva Stadium	21,662
2012	Derry City	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	St. Patrick's Athletic	Aviva Stadium	16,117
2013	Sligo Rovers	3 – 2	Drogheda United	Aviva Stadium	17,573
2014	St. Patrick's Athletic	2 – 0	Derry City	Aviva Stadium	17,038
2015	Dundalk	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Cork City	Aviva Stadium	25,103
2016				Aviva Stadium

Performances

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Shamrock Rovers	24	9	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	10	5	1942, 1949, 1952, 1958, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1988, 2002, 2015
Shelbourne	7	11	1939, 1960, 1963, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000
Bohemians	7	7	1928, 1935, 1970, 1976, 1992, 2001, 2008
Sligo Rovers	5	6	1983, 1994, 2010, 2011, 2013
Derry City	5	5	1989, 1995, 2002, 2006, 2012
Drumcondra	5	4	1927, 1943, 1946, 1954, 1957
St. Patrick's Athletic	3	8	1959, 1961, 2014
Waterford United	2	7	1937, 1980
Cork City	2	4	1998, 2007
Cork Athletic	2	3	1951, 1953
Limerick	2	3	1971, 1982
Cork/Fordsons	2	2	1926, 1934
Cork Hibernians	2	2	1972, 1973
Cork United	2	2	1941, 1947
Longford Town	2	2	2003, 2004
St. James's Gate	2	2	1922, 1938
Bray Wanderers	2	-	1990, 1999
Drogheda United	1	3	2005
Finn Harps	1	1	1974
Galway United	1	1	1991
Alton United	1	-	1923
Athlone Town	1	-	1924
Transport	1	-	1950
Home Farm	1	-	1975
UCD AFC	1	-	1984
Sporting Fingal	1	-	2009
Cork Celtic	-	2	-
Brideville	-	2	-
Dolphin	-	2	-
St. Francis	-	1	-

Notes:

1 ^ Since 1985 when Derry City joined to the league.
2 ^ Includes Waterford.
3 ^ Includes Limerick United.
4 ^ Includes Drogheda.

References

FAI Cup seasons

Seasons	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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