2016 League of Ireland Cup

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2016 League of Ireland Cup
EA Sports Cup
CountryFlag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland
Dates21 March – 17 September
Teams24
Champions St Patrick's Athletic
Runners-up Limerick
Matches played23
Top goal scorer(s) John O'Flynn, Limerick
← 2015
2017 →

The 2016 League of Ireland Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2016 EA Sports Cup, was the 43rd season of the League of Ireland's secondary knockout competition. The EA Sports Cup features teams from the SSE Airtricity League Premier and First Divisions, as well as some intermediate level teams.

Contents

Teams

Pool 1Pool 2Pool 3Pool 4

Clubs denoted with * received a bye into Second Round

First round

The draw for the First Round took place on 17 February 2016. [1] The First Round games were played on 21, 22 and 28 March 2016.

21 March 2016 Galway United 3–1 Mayo League Eamonn Deacy Park
19:45Pauric Cunningham Soccerball shade.svg 3', 14', 16'JP O'Gorman Soccerball shade.svg 61'
21 March 2016 Shelbourne 5–0 Cabinteely Tolka Park
Gavin Boyne Soccerball shade.svg 8'
Sodiq Oguntula Soccerball shade.svg 61', 66'
James English Soccerball shade.svg 75'
Mark Sandford Soccerball shade.svg 88'
21 March 2016 Drogheda United 0–0* (PN) (a.e.t.)
(3-4 p)		 Bluebell United Hunky Dorys Park
19:45
22 March 2016 Finn Harps 1–0 Cockhill Celtic Finn Park
20:00Ethan Boyle Soccerball shade.svg 24'
22 March 2016 Cobh Ramblers 2–4 Limerick St. Colman's Park
19:15Markus Gustavsson Soccerball shade.svg 75', 78' Robbie Williams Soccerball shade.svg 15'
Stephen Kenny Soccerball shade.svg 17'
John O'Flynn Soccerball shade.svg 47', 52'
22 March 2016 UCD 0–2 Bray Wanderers UCD Bowl
19:45Mark Salmon Soccerball shade.svg 45+1'
Andrew Lewis Soccerball shade.svg 54'
22 March 2016 Bohemians 3–1 Longford Town Dalymount Park
19:45Peter McGlynn Soccerball shade.svg 3' (o.g.)
Derek Prendergast Soccerball shade.svg 48'
Jake Kelly Soccerball shade.svg 53'		David O'Sullivan 3'
28 March 2016 Waterford United 4–0 Rockmount Waterford Regional Sports Centre
14:00Eoin Rhodes Soccerball shade.svg 7', 28'
James Dermody Soccerball shade.svg 33'
Dean Broaders Soccerball shade.svg 59'

Second round

The draw for the Second Round took place on 23 March 2016. The games were played on 18 and 19 April 2016.

18 April 2016 Cork City 7–0 Waterford United Turners Cross
19:45Danny Morrissey Soccerball shade.svg 46'
Ian Turner Soccerball shade.svg 50'
Gavan Holohan Soccerball shade.svg 54'
Gearoid Morrissey Soccerball shade.svg 57'
Mark O'Sullivan Soccerball shade.svg 60'
Conor McCarthy Soccerball shade.svg 70'
Mark O'Sullivan Soccerball shade.svg 72'
18 April 2016 Galway United 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Finn Harps Eamon Deacy Park
19:45
18 April 2016 Dundalk 0–1 (a.e.t.) St Patrick's Athletic Oriel Park
19:45 Rory Feely Soccerball shade.svg 113'
18 April 2016 Shelbourne 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 Bohemians Tolka Park
19:45
19 April 2016 Limerick 4–0 Wexford Youths Market's Field
19:15Aaron Greene Soccerball shade.svg 32'
John O'Flynn Soccerball shade.svg 38', 71'
Aaron Greene Soccerball shade.svg 90'
19 April 2016 Derry City 2–0 Sligo Rovers The Brandywell
19:45Nathan Boyle Soccerball shade.svg 34', 45'
19 April 2016 Bray Wanderers 4–2 (a.e.t.) Bluebell United Carlisle Grounds
19:45Ryan Brennan Soccerball shade.svg 27' (pen.)
Ger Pender Soccerball shade.svg (34)
Andrew Lewis Soccerball shade.svg 101'
Dylan Connolly Soccerball shade.svg 115' (pen.)		Sean Byrne Soccerball shade.svg 40', 69'
19 April 2016 Shamrock Rovers 3–0 Athlone Town Tallaght Stadium
19:45Sean Heaney Soccerball shade.svg 24'
Sean Boyd Soccerball shade.svg 45'
Trevor Clarke Soccerball shade.svg 79'

Quarter finals

2 May 2016 Bray Wanderers 2–3 (a.e.t.) St Patrick's Athletic Carlisle Grounds
15:00 Dylan Connolly Soccerball shade.svg 59'
Gareth McDonagh Soccerball shade.svg 106'		 Billy Dennehy Soccerball shade.svg 53'
Jamie McGrath Soccerball shade.svg 96'
Mark Timlin Soccerball shade.svg 111'		Attendance: 700
Referee: Ben Connolly
2 May 2016 Shelbourne 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–3 p)		 Shamrock Rovers Tolka Park
19:00 Danny North (o.g.) Dean Clarke Soccerball shade.svg 62'Attendance: 779
Referee: Ray Matthews
2 May 2016 Cork City 1–2 (a.e.t.) Derry City Turners Cross
19:45 Mark O'Sullivan Soccerball shade.svg 9'Barry McNamee Soccerball shade.svg 38'
Dean Jarvis Soccerball shade.svg 95'		Attendance: 901
Referee: Sean Grant
3 May 2016 Limerick 2–0 Galway United Markets Field
19:15 Paudie O'Connor Soccerball shade.svg 27'
Shane Duggan Soccerball shade.svg 52'		Attendance: 1,243
Referee: Anthony Buttimer

Semi finals

1 August 2016 Derry City 0–1 Limerick The Brandywell
19:45 Report Stephen Kenny Soccerball shade.svg 15'Referee: Robert Harvey
8 August 2016 Shamrock Rovers 1–3 St Patrick's Athletic Tallaght Stadium
21:45 Dean Clarke Soccerball shade.svg 33' Report Billy Dennehy Soccerball shade.svg 45+2'
Jamie McGrath Soccerball shade.svg 57'
Christy Fagan Soccerball shade.svg 80'		Referee: D. McKeon

Final

17 September 2016 Limerick 1–4 St Patrick's Athletic Markets Field
17:30 Lee Lynch Soccerball shade.svg 17' Report Christy Fagan Soccerball shade.svg 65'
Conan Byrne Soccerball shade.svg 84'
Jamie McGrath Soccerball shade.svg 87'
Graham Kelly Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'		Attendance: 4,362
Referee: Robert Rogers (Dublin)

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Ireland.svg John O'Flynn Limerick 4
2 Flag of Ireland.svg Padraic Cunningham Galway United 3
Flag of Ireland.svg Mark O'Sullivan Cork City 3
Flag of Ireland.svg Jamie McGrath St Patrick's Athletic 3
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Markus Gustavsson Cobh Ramblers 2
Flag of Ireland.svg Sean Byrne Waterford United 2
Flag of Ireland.svg Aaron Greene Limerick 2
Ulster Banner.svg Nathan Boyle Derry City 2
Flag of Ireland.svg Stephen Kenny Limerick 2
Flag of Nigeria.svg Sodiq Oguntola Shelbourne FC 2

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