2006 FAI Cup

The FAI Cup 2006 was the 86th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. This season's competition was the last to be sponsored by Carlsberg. It officially kicked off in late April, when twenty clubs from the junior and intermediate leagues battled it out for the chance to face League of Ireland opposition in the second round. The ten winners of those ties were joined in the second round by the 22 League of Ireland clubs. The competition ran until early December, with the final taking place on Sunday, December 3.

2006 FAI Cup

Tournament details
Country	Republic of Ireland
Teams	42
Final positions
Champions	Derry City
Runners-up	St Patrick's Athletic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	49
Goals scored	134 (2.73 per match)
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First round

Fixtures played weekend April 23

Waterford Crystal 4-1 Garda AFC

Castlebar Celtic 5-1 Fairview CYM

Ashtown Villa 2-2 Wayside Celtic

Tolka Rovers 1-3 Carrigaline United

College Corinthians2-2 Blarney United

Brendanville 0-1 Douglas Hall

Malahide United 1-1 Fanad United

Athenry 0-0 Bangor Celtic

Killester United 6-1 St Mochtas

Crumlin United 0-0 Avondale United

Second round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 28 May 2006.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Longford Town	2-1	Cork City
2	Athlone Town	2-1	Galway United
3	Bohemians	3-1	Waterford Crystal
4	Bray Wanderers	2-2	Kildare County
replay	Kildare County	0-1	Bray Wanderers
5	Waterford United	5-0	Douglas Hall
6	Limerick	0-0	Drogheda United
replay	Drogheda United	0-1	Limerick
7	Dundalk	1-0	Cobh Ramblers
8	Blarney United	1-3	Derry City
9	Bangor Celtic	1-3	Shelbourne
10	Carrigaline United	0-4	Sligo Rovers
11	Kilkenny City	0-2	UCD
12	Dublin City	0-0	Monaghan United
replay	Monaghan United	2-4	Dublin City
13	Finn Harps	1-0	Crumlin United
14	Castlebar Celtic	0-2	Shamrock Rovers
15	Malahide United	0-2	St Patrick's Athletic
16	Wayside Celtic	0-1	Killester United

Third round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 27 August 2006.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Shamrock Rovers	1-1	Bohemians
replay	Bohemians	0-2	Shamrock Rovers
2	Waterford United	1-1	Longford Town
replay	Longford Town	1-0	Waterford United
3	UCD	3-1	Limerick
4	St Patrick's Athletic	2-0	Dundalk
5	Finn Harps	0-0	Athlone Town
replay	Athlone Town	3-2	Finn Harps
6	Sligo Rovers	2-1	Bray Wanderers
7	Shelbourne	0-1	Derry City
8	Killester United	w/o	Dublin City

Quarter-finals

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 1 October.

29 September 2006

St Patrick's Athletic	4–1	Longford Town
Molloy 3', 61', 78' pen Foley 26' pen		Martin 69'

Richmond Park, Dublin

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30 September 2006

Athlone Town	1–2	Shamrock Rovers
Sheridan 38'		Rowe 82' Clarke 90'

St. Mel's Park, Athlone

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30 September 2006

Sligo Rovers	0–0	Killester United

The Showgrounds, Sligo

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1 October 2006

Derry City	2–0	UCD
Farren 65' pen McHugh 67'

The Brandywell, Derry

Replay

Killester United	3–4 aet	Sligo Rovers
Keogh 19', 77' Lacey 51'		Bellew 11' Hughes 44' Peers 67' McTiernan 102'

Semi-finals

27 October 2006

Shamrock Rovers	0–2	St Patrick's Athletic
		Keegan 18', Molloy ?'

Tolka Park, Dublin

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29 October 2006

Sligo Rovers	0–0	Derry City

The Showgrounds, Sligo

Replay

31 October 2006

Derry City	5–0	Sligo Rovers
McCourt 33', Farren 39'(pen), 46', Martyn 42', 91'

The Brandywell, Derry

Final

The 2006 FAI Cup Final was the last at the old Lansdowne Road.

December 3, 2006

Derry City	4-3 (AET)	St Patrick's Athletic
M. Farren 25' C. Delaney 84' P. Hutton 106' S. Brennan (OG) 109'	FAI Cup final 2006 Match Report	D. Mulcahy 19' T. Molloy (pen) 74' S. O'Connor 103'

15.15 - Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 16,022

Referee: Damien Hancock

Winner of FAI Cup 2006
Derry City 4th Title

External links

• FAI Website