FAI Junior Cup

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FAI Junior Cup
Organising body Football Association of Ireland
Founded1923
RegionFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Current champions Cockhill Celtic
Most successful club(s)Fairview Rangers
(9 titles) [1]
Television broadcasters TG4
Setanta Sports
Irish TV
eir Sport
Website FAI Junior Cup @ www.fai.ie

The FAI Junior Cup is a cup competition organized by the Football Association of Ireland for junior association football clubs from the Republic of Ireland. The inaugural winners were Brideville. [2] [3] The competition's most successful club is Fairview Rangers of the Limerick & District League who have been winners nine times. [1] According to the FAI, the FAI Junior Cup is one of the largest national amateur cup competitions in Europe. The 2012–13 competition saw an estimated 600 clubs enter the cup. [4] The competition also serves a qualifier for the senior FAI Cup with the four semi-finalists all invited to take part in the FAI Cup.

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History

League of Ireland

The cup's first winners were Brideville who beat Cobh Ramblers in the inaugural 1923–24 final. Brideville and Cobh Ramblers also became the first of several future League of Ireland members to feature in an FAI Junior Cup final. Sligo Rovers, Evergreen United, St Patrick's Athletic, Bray Wanderers, Home Farm, Finn Harps and St Francis all won the cup before joining the national league. Drogheda United were finalists on four occasions but never winners while Athlone Town won the cup twice during the 1930s after dropping out of the League of Ireland. [2] [3] [5]

Recent finals

On 2 June 2013 the FAI Junior Cup final was played at the Aviva Stadium for the first time. It was played before a friendly international between the Republic of Ireland and Georgia. [4] In 2013 Aviva joined Umbro as sponsors of the FAI Junior Cup and as part of the arrangement all the finals since then have been played at the Aviva Stadium. Sheriff Y.C. became the first club to win the cup following a final at the Aviva. [2] [6] The 2014–15 and 2015–16 finals were both played as double headers along with the FAI Intermediate Cup finals. [7] [8]

Television coverage

TV coverage debuted on TG4 and Setanta Sports in 2014 from the quarter-finals stage. Irish TV replaced TG4 as free-to-air broadcaster in 2015, and all three channels showed coverage in 2016, again from the quarter-finals stage.

In a major change, the 2016–17 season saw coverage begin with the third round in October, running on the newly-renamed eir Sport, IrishTV until its closure in March 2017, and TG4 from the quarter-finals stage.

List of finals

SeasonWinnersResultRunner-UpVenue
2023-24 Cockhill Celtic F.C. 1–1 (pens)Gorey Rangers Eamonn Deacy Park
2022-23Newmarket Celtic1-1 (pens) St. Michael's Jackman Park
2021-22Villa FC1-0Pike Rovers Turners Cross
2019–20Fairview Rangers1-0Usher Celtic Eamon Deacy Park
2018–19St. Michael's1–0 Sheriff Y.C. Eamon Deacy Park
2017–18North End United1–1 [note 1] Pike Rovers Aviva Stadium
2016–17 Sheriff Y.C. 2–0Evergreen Aviva Stadium
2015–16 Sheriff Y.C. [9] 1–0 Pike Rovers Aviva Stadium
2014–15 Liffey Wanderers [7] 2–1 [note 2] Sheriff Y.C. Aviva Stadium
2013–14 St. Michael's [10] 4–0Ballynanty Rovers (Limerick) Aviva Stadium
2012–13 Sheriff Y.C. [11] 0–0 [note 3] Kilbarrack United Aviva Stadium
2011–12 Sheriff Y.C. [12] 3–1 Kilbarrack United Tolka Park
2010–11 Pike Rovers [13] 2–1 St. Michael's Turners Cross
2009–10Fairview Rangers [14] 0–0 [note 4] St. Michael's Turners Cross
2008–09Ballymun United [15] 2–0St. Peter's (Athlone) Tolka Park
2007–08Carrick United (Waterford) [16] 2–1Killester United Waterford RSC
2006–07Killester United3–0St John Bosco(Drimnagh) Dalymount Park
2005–06 Waterford Crystal 1–0Athenry Terryland Park
2004–05 Westport United 2–0 [17] [18] Waterford Crystal Buckley Park
2003–04Fairview RangersCarrick United
2002–03Fairview RangersPortmarnock FC
2001–02Fairview Rangers3–0St Michael's FC
2000–01Ballymun United St. Kevin's Boys F.C. Tolka Park
1999–2000Portmarnock2-0St Michael's FC Tolka Park
1998–99Fairview RangersBallymun United
1997–98Fairview RangersWaterford Crystal
1996–97Fairview RangersPortmarnock FC
1995–96Bohemians (Waterford)Mungret Regional
1994–95 Cherry Orchard 1.1(pens)Kilmore United
1993–94Clonmel Town [19] 5–1New Ross Celtic
1992–93 Kinvara Boys St. Kevin's Boys F.C.
1991–92Neilstown RangersRosemount
1990–91 Cherry Orchard 1.0Donaghmede Celtic
1989–90 Cherry Orchard 2.0Avenue United (Clare)
1988–89 Tolka Rovers Waterford Bohemians
1987–88Usher Celtic Beggsboro
1986–87 Cherry Orchard 1.0Temple United (Cork)
1985–86 Cherry Orchard 2.0Usher Celtic
1984–85 Cherry Orchard 2.1 St. Kevin's Boys F.C.
1983–84 Beggsboro Evergreen (Kilkenny)
1982–83 St Francis Ballynanty Rovers (Limerick)
1981–82 Cherry Orchard 2.0Diamond Celtic
1980–81St Teresa'sBelgrave
1979–80East Wall UnitedArbour United
1978–79 St. Patrick's C.Y.M.S. East Wall United
1977–78Inchicore [note 5] 3.0 Cherry Orchard
1976–77Dunleary CelticDingle United
1975–76Whitehall Rangers2-0Ballynanty Rovers (Limerick)
1974–75Dunleary CelticArbour United
1973–74 St. Michael's Tolka Rovers
1972–73 Tolka Rovers St. Patrick's C.Y.M.S.
1971–72Talbot United St. Mary's (Cork)
1970–71Hoganville (Dublin)Caledonians (Limerick)
1969–70Caledonians (Limerick) Tolka Rovers
1968–69 St Francis Talbot United
1967–68 Finn Harps Telephones United (Dublin)
1966–67Swilly Rovers (Donegal)Orchard United (Dublin)
1965–66East Wall UnitedEverton (Cork)
1964–65Fairview Rangers (Limerick)Douglas (Cork)
1963–64East Wall UnitedSwilly Rovers (Donegal)
1962–63 T.E.K. United 3–1Blackrock (Cork Dalymount Park
1961–62Swilly Rovers (Donegal)Castleview (Cork)
1960–61Valley UnitedHibernians (Waterford)
1959–60Pearse RangersHibernians (Waterford)
1958–59 St Saviours Glenmore Celtic
1957–58VirginiansSwilly Rovers (Donegal)
1956–57BelgroveVirginians
1955–56Grange UnitedBohemians (Waterford)
1954–55 Home Farm Belgrove
1953–54 Bray Wanderers [20] 1–0Ierne Dalymount Park
1952–53Evergreen (Waterford)3-2Swilly Rovers (Donegal) Dalymount Park
1951–52RathfarnhamBohemians (Waterford)
1950–51 Bray Wanderers [20] 2–1 Drogheda United Dalymount Park
1949–50Griffith RangersIrish Raleigh
1948–49RathfarnhamCaledonians (Limerick)
1947–48St Paul's (Cork) Pike Rovers
1946–47Hibernians (Waterford)Iona C.Y.M.S. (Dublin)
1945–46 St. Patrick's C.Y.M.S. Rathfarnham
1944–45Rockville (Cork)Wembley Rovers (Limerick)
1943–44Coastal Defence (Cork) Drogheda United
1942–43No competition
1941–42 Distillery B (Dublin) Drogheda United
1940–41 St Patrick's Athletic Galway Bohemians
1939–40 Drumcondra Juniors Drogheda United
1938–39 Drumcondra Juniors 4-0Killybegs (Donegal)Dalymount Park
1937–38 Athlone Town [5] 2–0Bendigo United (Dublin) Tolka Park
1936–37Amiens CelticSt. Patrick's (Dundalk)
1935–36 Evergreen United 2-1 [21] Shelbourne Dalymount Park
1934–35 Athlone Town [5] [22] 3–0 Evergreen United Dalymount Park
1933–34 B&I [23] 2–1 Cobh Wanderers Dalymount Park
1932–33Queen's Park [24] 1–0Amiens CelticRutland Avenue
1931–32Clontarf Corinthians [25] 2–1Southern Rovers Dalymount Park
1930–31 Distillery (Dublin) [26] 1–0Southern Rovers Harold's Cross
1929–30Rossville [27] 2–0 Bohemians "C" Dalymount Park
1928–29 Sligo Rovers 3–0 Grangegorman The Showgrounds (Sligo)
1927–28Richmond United [28] 3–0Cahir Unknowns Tolka Park
1926–27Richmond United [29] 4–1 Bohemians "C" Dalymount Park
1925–26Brunswick [30] 1–0St. Vincents (Cork)Victoria Cross, Cork
1924–25St. Mary's United [31] 3–2Sligo CelticSt James' Park
1923–24 Brideville [32] 1–0 Cobh Ramblers Victoria Cross, Cork

Source: [2] [3] [33]

Notes
  1. ↑ North End United won on penalties
  2. ↑ After extra time
  3. ↑ Sheriff Y.C. won 5–4 on penalties
  4. ↑ Fairview Rangers won 5–3 on penalties
  5. ↑ FAI Yearbook & Diary 1995 lists team as Inchicore Athletic. Other sources list team as Inchicore United

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