2017 FAI Cup
| FAI Irish Daily Mail Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Defending champions | Cork City |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Cork City (4th title) |
| Runner-up | Dundalk |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 40 |
| Goals scored | 133 (3.33 per match) |
The 2017 FAI Senior Challenge Cup was the 97th season of the knockout national Football competition of the Republic of Ireland. The winners of this season's cup earned a place in the 2018–19 Europa League and would have entered in the first qualifying round.[1]
Cork City were the defending champions and went on to retain the cup after a 5-3 win on penalties against Dundalk in the final on 5 November.[2] [3]
The tournament began the weekend of 30 April 2017 with the preliminary round, which was contested by sixteen non-league clubs.[4]
Teams
[edit ]| Round | Clubs remaining |
Clubs involved |
Winners from previous round |
New entries this round |
Leagues entering at this round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary round | 40 | 16 | N/A | 16 | Leinster Senior League Munster Senior League Best Western Southern Hotel Super League |
| First round | 32 | 32 | 8 | 24 | League of Ireland Leinster Senior League |
| Second round | 16 | 16 | 16 | none | none |
| Quarter-Finals | 8 | 8 | 8 | none | none |
| Semi-Finals | 4 | 4 | 4 | none | none |
| Final | 2 | 2 | 2 | none | none |
Preliminary round
[edit ]The draw for the preliminary round was held 15 March 2017.[4]
First round
[edit ]The first round was played between the eight first round winners, the four clubs which received byes in the preliminary round, and the twenty League of Ireland clubs.[5] The first round draw was held on 21 July 2017.[6]
Second round
[edit ]The second round draw was held on 14 August 2017.[7]
Quarter–finals
[edit ]The quarter-finals draw was held on 28 August 2017.[8]
Semi–finals
[edit ]The semi-finals draw was held on 11 September 2017.[9]
Replay
[edit ]Final
[edit ]See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Preliminary Access List 2018/19". Bert Kassies. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Last-gasp Cork City win Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup Final". FAI. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "John Caulfield salutes 'fantastic' penalty hero MarkMcNulty". Irish Examiner. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup Qualifying Round Draw". FAI. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "FAI Cup qualifying round-up". extratime.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup First Round Draw". FAI. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "Shels set to host Rovers in FAI Cup second round". FAI. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Bluebell host Shamrock Rovers in FAI Cup quarter-finals". FAI. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Draw made for Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup S-F". FAI. Retrieved 18 September 2017.