2017 FAI Cup

2017 FAI Cup
FAI Irish Daily Mail Cup
Country  Republic of Ireland
Champions Cork City (4th title)
Runners-up Dundalk
Matches played 40
Goals scored 133 (3.33 per match)
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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

RoundClubs
remaining		Clubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering at this round
Preliminary Round4016N/A16Leinster Senior League
Munster Senior League
Best Western Southern Hotel Super League
First Round3232824League of Ireland
Leinster Senior League
Second Round161616nonenone
Quarter-Finals888nonenone
Semi-Finals444nonenone
Final222nonenone

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held 15 March 2017.[4]

First round

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

The second round draw was held on 14 August 2017.[7]

Quarter–finals

The quarter-finals draw was held on 28 August 2017.[8]

Semi–finals

The semi-finals draw was held on 11 September 2017.[9]

Replay

Final

Dundalk 1–1 (a.e.t.) Cork City
Penalties
3–5

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Preliminary Access List 2018/19". Bert Kassies. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Last-gasp Cork City win Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup Final". FAI. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "John Caulfield salutes 'fantastic' penalty hero MarkMcNulty". Irish Examiner. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup Qualifying Round draw". FAI. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "FAI Cup qualifying round-up". extratime.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup First Round Draw". FAI. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Shels set to host Rovers in FAI Cup second round". FAI. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Bluebell host Shamrock Rovers in FAI Cup quarter-finals". FAI. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Draw made for Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup S-F". FAI. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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