2013 Setanta Sports Cup

2013 Setanta Sports Cup
Country  Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams 12
Champions Shamrock Rovers (2nd title)
Runners-up Drogheda United
Matches played 21
Goals scored 66 (3.14 per match)
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The 2013 Setanta Sports Cup was the eighth staging of the annual all-Ireland football competition. 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

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.

First round

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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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

St Patrick's Athletic 0 – 0 Glentoran
Flood Yellow card 85' Report Birney Yellow card 15'
Magee Yellow card 68'
Kane Yellow card 77'
Hill Yellow card 82'
Attendance: 1,041
Referee: Derek Tomney
Cork City 4 – 0 Cliftonville
G. Morrissey  16'
Turner  26' (pen.), 45+1'}
Kavanagh  69'		 Report
Attendance: 1,273
Referee: Pádraig Sutton

Second Leg

Coleraine 0 – 2 Shamrock Rovers
Report Quigley  5' Yellow card 73'
McCabe Yellow card 53'
Sullivan Yellow card 66'
Kilduff  90'
Referee: Arnold Hudson

Shamrock Rovers won 2−1 on aggregate.

Glentoran 1 – 0 St Patrick's Athletic
Murray  62' Report Fagan Yellow card 42'
Referee: Hugh Carvill

Glentoran won 1−0 on aggregate.

Cliftonville 2 – 2 Cork City
Boyce  38'
Garrett  87'		 Report Horgan  15'
Furlong  52'
Morrissey Yellow card 72'
Spillane Red card 90+2'
Referee: Ross Dunlop

Cork City won 6−2 on aggregate.

Portadown 0 – 5 Drogheda United
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'
Referee: Paul McLaughlin

Drogheda United won 8−2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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

Cork City 1 – 0 Crusaders
D Morrissey  88' Report
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Alan Kelly
Sligo Rovers 5 – 0 Glentoran
Lynch  2', 38'
Elding  20'
Connolly  36'
McMillan  53'		 Report
Attendance: 1,235
Derry City 1 – 1 Drogheda United
Patterson  10' Yellow card 43' Report Prendergast Yellow card 4'
O'Brien  53'
Sava Yellow card 66'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ray Hetherington
Shamrock Rovers 4 – 1 Linfield
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'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Neil Doyle

Second Leg

Crusaders 1 – 3 Cork City
Heatley  89' Report Morrissey Yellow card 55'
D Horgan  62'
Kavanagh  67'
Magowan  89' (o.g.)
Attendance: 600
Referee: David Baxter

Cork City won 4−1 on aggregate.

Glentoran 0 – 3 Sligo Rovers
Clarke Yellow card 59' Report Lynch  7'
Cretaro  25'
Henderson Yellow card 62'
Martin  85'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Bob Rogers

Sligo Rovers won 8−0 on aggregate.

Drogheda United 2 – 1 Derry City
Prendergast  68'
Brennan  90+4'		 Report McEleney Yellow card 37'
McBride Red card 48'
Rafter  64'
Referee: Neil Doyle

Drogheda United won 3−2 on aggregate.

Linfield 1 – 3 Shamrock Rovers
Armstrong Yellow card 4'  26' Report Stewart  32', 69'
McCormack Yellow card 53'
Dennehy  80'

Shamrock Rovers won 7−2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The first legs of the semi-finals will be played on 16 April and the second legs on 22 April.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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

Shamrock Rovers 1 − 1 Cork City
D. Murphy  39' (o.g.) Report Kavanagh  41'
Healy Yellow card 81'
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Neil Doyle
Drogheda United 2 − 0 Sligo Rovers
O'Neill  24'
Cassidy  35'
Grimes Yellow card 52'		 Report
Attendance: 756
Referee: Mark Courtney

Second Leg

Cork City 2 − 2 Shamrock Rovers
Horgan  45+1'
Kavanagh Yellow card 63'  87'		 Report Foran Yellow card 29'
Rice Yellow card 32'  72'
Dennehy Yellow card 54'  90+3'
Attendance: 2,007
Referee: Padraigh Sutton

3–3 on aggregate. Shamrock Rovers won on away goals

Sligo Rovers 1 − 0 Drogheda United
Cawley  30' Yellow card 46'
Ventre Yellow card 71'		 Report O'Neill Yellow card 24'
Cassidy Yellow card 39'
Attendance: 1,286
Referee: Arnie Hunter

Drogheda United won 2−1 on aggregate.

Final

Shamrock Rovers 7 − 1 Drogheda United
Chambers  11'
O'Connor  13'
Sheppard  45'
Finn  55', 56'
Dennehy  75', 88'		 Report O'Neill  65'
Attendance: 4,022
Referee: Rob Rogers

References

  1. ↑ "Cliftonville to face Cork City in Setanta Cup first round". BBC Sport. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
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