2013 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details | |
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Country | Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland |
Teams | 12 |
Defending champions | Crusaders |
Final positions | |
Champions | Shamrock Rovers (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Drogheda United |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 21 |
Goals scored | 66 (3.14 per match) |
The 2013 Setanta Sports Cup was the eighth staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, an annual football competition featuring clubs from Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. It commenced on 11 February 2013 and ended on 11 May 2013 with the final played at the Tallaght Stadium, Dublin.
Crusaders were the defending champions, after they defeated Derry City 5–4 on penalties in the 2012 final, when the match ended 2–2 after extra time. However, this season they went out 4–1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals to Cork City. Shamrock Rovers were the eventual winners for the second time overall, following a comfortable 7–1 win over Drogheda United in the final. This season's competition was notable for the fact that all four semi-finalists represented the Republic of Ireland. It was also the sixth time in the eight competitions played thus far that the winner had been a League of Ireland club.
Qualifiers
[edit ]The following clubs qualified to take part in this year's competition. The eight unseeded clubs entered in the first round, while the four seeded clubs entered in the quarter-finals.
Seeded teams
- Northern Ireland Crusaders (holders)
- Republic of Ireland Derry City (2012 FAI Cup winners)
- Northern Ireland Linfield (2011–12 IFA Premiership champions and 2011–12 Irish Cup winners)
- Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers (2012 League of Ireland Premier Division champions)
Unseeded teams
- Northern Ireland Cliftonville
- Northern Ireland Coleraine
- Republic of Ireland Cork City
- Republic of Ireland Drogheda United
- Northern Ireland Glentoran
- Northern Ireland Portadown
- Republic of Ireland St Patrick’s Athletic
- Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
First round
[edit ]The first round draw was made on 6 December 2012. Four League of Ireland and four IFA Premiership clubs played each other in the first round over two games with the winners qualifying for the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 11 February 2013 and the second legs were played on 18 February 2013.[1]
Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Cork City Republic of Ireland | 6–2 | Northern Ireland Cliftonville | 4–0 | 2–2 |
Drogheda United Republic of Ireland | 8–2 | Northern Ireland Portadown | 3–2 | 5–0 |
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland | 2–1 | Northern Ireland Coleraine | 0–1 | 2–0 |
St Patrick's Athletic Republic of Ireland | 0–1 | Northern Ireland Glentoran | 0–0 | 0–1 |
First leg
[edit ]St Patrick's Athletic | 0 – 0 | Glentoran |
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Flood Yellow card 85' | Report | Birney Yellow card 15' Magee Yellow card 68' Kane Yellow card 77' Hill Yellow card 82' |
Cork City | 4 – 0 | Cliftonville |
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G. Morrissey 16' Turner 26' (pen.), 45+1'} Kavanagh 69' |
Report |
Second leg
[edit ]Coleraine | 0 – 2 | Shamrock Rovers |
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Report | Quigley 5' Yellow card 73' McCabe Yellow card 53' Sullivan Yellow card 66' Kilduff 90' |
Shamrock Rovers won 2−1 on aggregate.
Glentoran | 1 – 0 | St Patrick's Athletic |
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Murray 62' | Report | Fagan Yellow card 42' |
Glentoran won 1−0 on aggregate.
Cliftonville | 2 – 2 | Cork City |
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Boyce 38' Garrett 87' |
Report | Horgan 15' Furlong 52' Morrissey Yellow card 72' Spillane Red card 90+2' |
Cork City won 6−2 on aggregate.
Portadown | 0 – 5 | Drogheda United |
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Murray Yellow card 10' McNeill Yellow card 61' Ramsey Yellow card 64' Burns Yellow card 89' |
Report | Byrne 1' O'Conor 12' Brennan 55' Cassidy 78' Hand 90+3' |
Drogheda United won 8−2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
[edit ]The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams in the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 26 February and 4 March, while the second legs were played on 4 and 11 March 2013.
Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Cork City Republic of Ireland | 4–1 | Northern Ireland Crusaders | 1–0 | 3–1 |
Derry City Republic of Ireland | 2–3 | Republic of Ireland Drogheda United | 1–1 | 1–2 |
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland | 7–2 | Northern Ireland Linfield | 4–1 | 3–1 |
Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland | 8–0 | Northern Ireland Glentoran | 5–0 | 3–0 |
First leg
[edit ]Sligo Rovers | 5 – 0 | Glentoran |
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Lynch 2', 38' Elding 20' Connolly 36' McMillan 53' |
Report |
Derry City | 1 – 1 | Drogheda United |
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Patterson 10' Yellow card 43' | Report | Prendergast Yellow card 4' O'Brien 53' Sava Yellow card 66' |
Shamrock Rovers | 4 – 1 | Linfield |
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Finn 34' Yellow card 50' Powell Yellow card 42' Kilduff 45', 73' Rice 82' |
Report | Mulgrew Yellow card 23' McCaul Yellow card 31' Burns 62' Yellow card 72' |
Second leg
[edit ]Crusaders | 1 – 3 | Cork City |
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Heatley 89' | Report | Morrissey Yellow card 55' D Horgan 62' Kavanagh 67' Magowan 89' (o.g.) |
Cork City won 4−1 on aggregate.
Glentoran | 0 – 3 | Sligo Rovers |
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Clarke Yellow card 59' | Report | Lynch 7' Cretaro 25' Henderson Yellow card 62' Martin 85' |
Sligo Rovers won 8−0 on aggregate.
Drogheda United | 2 – 1 | Derry City |
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Prendergast 68' R. Brennan 90+4' |
Report | McEleney Yellow card 37' McBride Red card 48' Rafter 64' |
Drogheda United won 3−2 on aggregate.
Linfield | 1 – 3 | Shamrock Rovers |
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Armstrong Yellow card 4' 26' | Report | Stewart 32', 69' McCormack Yellow card 53' Dennehy 80' |
Shamrock Rovers won 7−2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
[edit ]The first legs of the semi-finals will be played on 16 April and the second legs on 22 April.
Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Drogheda United Republic of Ireland | 2−1 | Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers | 2−0 | 0−1 |
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland | 3−3 | Republic of Ireland Cork City | 1−1 | 2−2 |
First leg
[edit ]Drogheda United | 2 − 0 | Sligo Rovers |
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O'Neill 24' Cassidy 35' Grimes Yellow card 52' |
Report |
Second leg
[edit ]Cork City | 2 − 2 | Shamrock Rovers |
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Horgan 45+1' Kavanagh Yellow card 63' 87' |
Report | Foran Yellow card 29' Rice Yellow card 32' 72' Dennehy Yellow card 54' 90+3' |
3–3 on aggregate. Shamrock Rovers won on away goals
Sligo Rovers | 1 − 0 | Drogheda United |
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Cawley 30' Yellow card 46' Ventre Yellow card 71' |
Report | O'Neill Yellow card 24' Cassidy Yellow card 39' |
Drogheda United won 2−1 on aggregate.
Final
[edit ]Shamrock Rovers | 7 − 1 | Drogheda United |
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Chambers 11' O'Connor 13' Sheppard 45' Finn 55', 56' Dennehy 75', 88' |
Report | O'Neill 65' |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Cliftonville to face Cork City in Setanta Cup first round". BBC Sport . 6 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.