Munster Senior Cup (association football)

Munster Senior Cup

Organising body	Munster Football Association
Founded	1901
Region	Munster
Current champions	Waterford
Most successful club(s)	Cork City (19)

The Munster Senior Cup is an association football cup competition organized by the Munster Football Association. Entrants include League of Ireland clubs such as Cork City, Cobh Ramblers and Waterford who are affiliated to the MFA, as well as clubs from the Munster Senior League.

History

Like the Munster Football Association itself, the Munster Senior Cup was originally inaugurated in 1901. It was initially dominated by British Army regimental teams. Among the early winners were the Royal Engineers, one of the pioneering teams of association football in England. They had played in the first FA Cup Final in 1871–72 before winning it for the first time in 1875. During the First World War/Irish War of Independence era there were no competitions, but the cup was revived in 1922–23. Since 1922 clubs playing in the League of Ireland have dominated the winners' list and the competitions two most successful clubs have been Cork City and Waterford. However, in recent times Munster Senior League clubs have been regular finalists and in 2013–14 Douglas Hall were winners. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

List of finals

Season	Winner	Score	Runners-up	Venue
1901–02	6th Prov. Battalion
1902–03	Royal Engineers [5]
1903–04	Cork Celtic (Note 1)
1904–05	Manchester Regiment
1905–06	3rd Dragoon Guards
1906–07 (Note 2)
1907–08	Royal Field Artillery
1908–09	Royal Welsh Fusiliers
1909–10	Royal Welsh Fusiliers	1–0 [6]	Highland Light Infantry	Turners Cross
1910–11	Rifle Brigade
1911–12	North Staffordshire Regiment
1912–13	King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1913–14	Rifle Brigade
1922–23	Fordsons		Shandon
1923–24	Fordsons		Barrackton United
1924–25	Cobh Ramblers		Cork City (Note 3)
1925–26	Fordsons		Cork Bohemians
1926–27	Cork Bohemians		Cahir Park
1927–28	Cork Bohemians		Barrackton United
1928–29	Fordsons		Fermoy
1929–30	Fordsons B		Cork Bohemians
1930–31	Cork Bohemians		Cork B
1931–32	Cork Bohemians		Barrackton United
1932–33	Cork Bohemians		Waterford
1933–34	Cork		Southern Rovers
1934–35	Waterford		Cobh Ramblers
1935–36	Southern Rovers		Grattan United
1936–37	Cork		Cobh Ramblers
1937–38	Limerick		Cork
1938–39	Cork City		Limerick
1939–40 (Note 2)
1940–41	Cork United		Evergreen United
1941–42	St. Kevin's		Dunlop
1942–43	Cork Bohemians		Richmond Celtic
1943–44	Cobh Ramblers		Coastal Defence
1944–45	Cork United B		Blackrock
1945–46	Waterford		Cork United
1946–47	Cork United		Waterford
1947–48	Waterford		Cork United
1948–49	Limerick		Waterford
1949–50	Albert Rovers (Note 4)		Cork Athletic
1950–51	Cork Athletic		Limerick
1951–52	Evergreen United		Waterford
1952–53	Cork Athletic		Limerick
1953–54	Limerick		Albert Rovers
1954–55	Cork Athletic		Waterford
1955–56	Waterford		Cork Athletic
1956–57	Waterford		Evergreen United
1957–58 (Note 2)
1958–59	Limerick		Evergreen United
1959–60	Cork Celtic		Waterford
1960–61	Cork Hibernians		Waterford
1961–62	Cork Celtic		Limerick
1962–63	Limerick		Cork Hibernians
1963–64	Cork Celtic		Limerick
1964–65	Cork Hibernians		Cork Celtic
1965–66	Waterford		Cobh Ramblers
1966–67	Waterford		Cork Hibernians
1967–68	Cork Hibernians		Limerick
1968–69	Cork Hibernians		Waterford
1969–70	Cork Hibernians		Waterford
1970–71	Cork Hibernians		Limerick
1971–72	Cork Celtic		Waterford
1972–73	Cork Hibernians		Limerick
1973–74	Cork Celtic		Limerick
1974–75	Cork Hibernians		Cork Celtic
1975–76	Waterford		Cork Hibernians
1976–77	Limerick		Cork Celtic
1977–78	Cork Alberts (Note 4)		Limerick
1978–79	Cobh Ramblers		Limerick
1979–80	Cork United (Note 4)		Crosshaven
1980–81	Waterford		Tramore Athletic
1981–82	Cork United (Note 4)		Waterford
1982–83	Cobh Ramblers		Clonmel Town
1983–84	Limerick City		Cobh Ramblers
1984–85	Limerick City	2-2	Cobh Ramblers	St Colman's Park
1985–86	Waterford United	4-0	Wembley	Turner's Cross
1986–87	Waterford United	2-1	Limerick City	Kilcohan Park
1987–88	Cork City	1-0	Cobh Ramblers	Turner's Cross
1988–89	Limerick City	1-0	Cork City	Rathbane
1989–90	Cork City	3-0	Tramore Athletic	Turner's Cross
1990–91	Cork City	3-0	Limerick City
1991–92	Cork City	6-1	Everton
1992–93	Cork City	3-1	Fermoy
1993–94	Cork City	2-2	Cobh Ramblers
1994–95	Limerick	2-1	Cork City
1995–96	Waterford Crystal	1-0	Cork City
1996–97	Cork City	2-0	Cobh Wanderers
1997–98	Cork City	1–0 [7]	Rockmount
1998–99	Cork City		Waterford United
1999–2000	Cork City	5-0	Cobh Ramblers
2000–01	Cork City	3-0	College Corinthians
2001–02	Cork City	2-0	Rockmount
2002–03	Cork City	1-0	Waterford United
2003–04	Cork City	2–0 [8]	Carrick United	Ozier Park
2004–05	Cork City	2-0	Avondale United
2005–06	Limerick	0-0	Cobh Ramblers
2006–07	Waterford United	2–0 [9]	Passage	Turners Cross
2007–08	Cork City	1–0 [10]	Cobh Ramblers	St Colman's Park
2008–09	Waterford United	2–1 [11]	Rockmount	Turners Cross
2009–10	Waterford United	3–1 [3]	Midleton	Waterford RSC
2010–11	Carrick United	1-0	Limerick
2011–12	Limerick	1–0 [12]	Cork City	Jackman Park
2012–13	Waterford United	3-0	Avondale United
2013–14	Douglas Hall	2–1 [4]	Limerick	Turners Cross
2014–15	Limerick	1–0 [13]	Avondale United	Askeaton
2015–16	Cobh Ramblers	2–1 [14]	Rockmount	Turners Cross
2016–17	Cork City	4-2 [15]	Wilton United	Turners Cross
2017–18	Cork City	5-0 [16]	St Mary’s	Turners Cross
2018–19	Cork City	3-1 [17]	Midleton F.C.	Turners Cross
2019–20	Rockmount	2-0 [18]	Cork City	Turners Cross
2020–21	-	-	-	-
2021–22	Cobh Ramblers	1-0	Cork City	Turners Cross
2022–23	Cobh Ramblers	3-1 [19]	Cork City	Turners Cross
2023–24	Waterford	2-1	Kerry F.C.	Turners Cross

Source: ^{[1] [2] [20] [3]}

List of winners by club

Club	Titles	Seasons
Cork City (Note 3)	19	1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
Waterford	16	1934–35, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1975–76, 1980–81, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2023-24
Limerick	13	1937–38, 1948–49, 1953–54, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1976–77,1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1994–95, 2005–06, 2011–12, 2014–15
Cork Hibernians	8	1960–61, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1974–75
Fordsons/Cork	7	1922–23, 1923–24, 1925–26, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1933–34, 1936–37
Cobh Ramblers	7	1924–25, 1943–44, 1978–79, 1982–83, 2015–16, 2021-22, 2022-23
Cork Bohemians	6	1926–27, 1927–28, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1942–43
Evergreen United/Cork Celtic	6	1951–52, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1971–72, 1973–74
Albert Rovers (Note 4)	4	1949–50, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1981–82
Cork United	3	1940–41, 1944–45, 1946–47
Cork Athletic	3	1950–51, 1952–53, 1954–55
Rifle Brigade	2	1910–11, 1913–14
Royal Welsh Fusiliers	2	1908–09, 1909–10
3rd Dragoon Guards	1	1905–06
6th Prov. Battalion	1	1901–02
Carrick United	1	2010–11
Cork Celtic (Note 1)	1	1903–04
Cork City (Note 3)	1	1938–39
Douglas Hall	1	2013–14
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	1	1912–13
Manchester Regiment	1	1904–05
North Staffordshire Regiment	1	1911–12
Rockmount	1	2019-20
Royal Engineers	1	1902–03
Royal Field Artillery	1	1907–08
St. Kevin's	1	1941–42
Southern Rovers	1	1935–36
Waterford Crystal	1	1995–96

Source: ^{[1] [2] [20] [3]}

Notes

• ^1 This was not the same Cork Celtic that later played in the League of Ireland.
• ^2 Although the competition was played for in 1906–07, 1939–40, and 1957–58, no finals were played.
• ^3 Apart from the current club named Cork City, two earlier clubs named Cork City have also been finalists.
• ^4 Albert Rovers also won the cup playing as Cork Alberts and Cork United. An earlier club also named Cork United were finalists and winners during the 1940s.

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