2021 FAI Women's Cup

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2021 FAI Women's Cup
Tournament details
CountryRepublic of Ireland
Venue(s) Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
Dates13 August 2021 – 21 November 2021
Teams9
Final positions
Champions Wexford Youths (4th title)
Runner-up Shelbourne
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored20 (2.5 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Kylie Murphy (3 goals)
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The 2021 FAI Women's Cup (known as The EVOKE.ie FAI Women's Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 46th edition of the Republic of Ireland's primary national knockout cup competition for women's association football teams. The nine Women's National League (WNL) teams entered the competition, but unlike in previous years no non-league teams took part. The competition began on 13 August 2021 with a single-fixture first round and concluded on 21 November 2021. The final was staged at the Tallaght Stadium in Dublin, which had also hosted the previous year's final.

Contents

The Cup holders Peamount United were eliminated at the semi-final stage.

First round

The draw for the first round took place on 3 August 2021. Women's National League (WNL) clubs Bohemians and DLR Waves were selected to play in a single match first round, the winner of which was to join the other seven WNL clubs in the quarter-finals. Athlone Town, Galway and Treaty United received a bye to the quarter-finals, while the top four teams in the 2020 Women's National League (Peamount United, Shelbourne, Wexford Youths and Cork City) were exempt from the first round draw and qualified automatically for the quarter-finals. [1]

Teams in bold advanced to the quarter-final.

First
13 August 2021 Bohemians 0–3 DLR Waves Phibsborough, Northside, Dublin
19:45 GMT Report Carla McManus Soccerball shade.svg29'
Rachel Doyle Soccerball shade.svg66'
Ciara Maher Soccerball shade.svg90+3'		Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 200

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 27 August 2021. [2] Teams in bold advanced to the semi-finals. [3]

Quarter-final
4 September 2021 Galway 1–0 DLR Waves Galway
19:30 Chloe Singleton Soccerball shade.svg81' Report Stadium: Eamonn Deacy Park
Referee: Daniel Murphy
4 September 2021 Shelbourne 1–0 Cork City Drumcondra, Northside, Dublin
14:00 Saoirse Noonan Soccerball shade.svg79' Report Stadium: Tolka Park
4 September 2021 Wexford Youths 3–1 Athlone Town Crossabeg
18:30 Ciara Rossiter Soccerball shade.svg31', 74'
Ellen Molloy Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Report Emily Corbet Soccerball shade.svg19'Stadium: Ferrycarrig Park
Attendance: N/A
5 September 2021 Treaty United 0–2 Peamount United Limerick
14:00 Report Tiegan Ruddy Soccerball shade.svg46'
Lauryn O'Callaghan Soccerball shade.svg68'		Stadium: Jackman Park
Attendance: N/A

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made by Vera Pauw on 8 September 2021. [4] Both matches took place on 9 October 2021. [5]

Quarter final
9 October 2021 Shelbourne 1–0 Galway Drumcondra, Northside, Dublin
14:00 Noelle Murray Soccerball shade.svg30' Report Julie Ann Russell Yellow card.svg 62' Yellow-red card.svg 67'Stadium: Tolka Park
Attendance: N/A
Referee: David Keeler
9 October 2021 Peamount United 1–3 (a.e.t.) Wexford Youths Newcastle, South Dublin
16:00 Áine O'Gorman Soccerball shade.svg90+1' Report Kylie Murphy Soccerball shade.svg35', 91'
Lynn Marie Grant Soccerball shade.svg96'		Stadium: Greenogue
Attendance: N/A

Final

21 November 2021 Wexford Youths 3–1 Shelbourne Tallaght, Dublin
17:30 Lynn Marie Grant Soccerball shade.svg32'
Kylie Murphy Soccerball shade.svg50'
Edel Kennedy Soccerball shade.svg74'		 Report Ciara Grant Soccerball shade.svg39'Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 3053
Referee: Paula Brady
Note: Live coverage on RTÉ2

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