1996–97 Irish Cup

Country

Northern Ireland

Teams

Champions

Glenavon (5th win)

Runners-up

Cliftonville

Matches played

Goals scored

108 (2.77 per match)

← 1995–96

1997–98 →

The 1996–97 Irish Cup was the 117th edition of Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 3 May 1997 with the final.

Glentoran were the defending champions after winning their 16th Irish Cup last season, with a 1–0 win over Glenavon in the 1996 final. This season Glenavon went one better by winning the cup for the 5th time, with a 1–0 win over Cliftonville in the final.^[1]^[2]

Fifth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballyclare Comrades	2–3	Cliftonville
Bangor	3–0	Ballymena United
Brantwood	0–2	Dundela
British Telecom	1–1	Crumlin United
Carrick Rangers	0–0	RUC
Coleraine	2–1	Linfield
Crusaders	4–1	Institute
Drumaness Mills	1–3	Limavady United
Dungannon Swifts	1–1	Loughgall
Enkalon	1–1	Portstewart
Glenavon	1–0	Ards
Glentoran	4–0	Distillery
Larne	0–2	Coagh United
Newry Town	0–0	Omagh Town
Park	0–4	Chimney Corner
Portadown	3–0	Dunmurry Recreation

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Crumlin United	4–1	British Telecom
Loughgall	3–1	Dungannon Swifts
Omagh Town	1–0	Newry Town
Portstewart	3–1	Enkalon
RUC	2–1	Carrick Rangers

Sixth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Crumlin United	1–2	Loughgall
Crusaders	1–0	Portadown
Dundela	1–2	Coagh United
Glenavon	2–0	Glentoran
Limavady United	1–1	Bangor
Omagh Town	3–2	Chimney Corner
Portstewart	0–1	Coleraine
RUC	0–3	Cliftonville

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bangor	0–2	Limavady United

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cliftonville	3–1	Crusaders
Glenavon	4–1	Coagh United
Loughgall	1–1	Coleraine
Omagh Town	2–2	Limavady United

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Coleraine	0–1	Loughgall
Limavady United	0–1	Omagh Town

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cliftonville	3–1	Loughgall
Glenavon	5–0	Omagh Town

Final

Glenavon v Cliftonville

3 May 1997

Glenavon	1 – 0	Cliftonville
	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

References

↑ "Northern Ireland Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
↑ "Northern Ireland 1996/97". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

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Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '96 '97 Finland '96 '97 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '96 '97 Israel Italy Latvia '96 '97 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '96 '97 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '96 '97 France Germany Iceland '96 '97 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

Association football in Northern Ireland

Irish Football Association

National teams

League system

men:	NIFL Premiership NIFL Championship Ballymena & Provincial League Mid-Ulster Football League Northern Amateur Football League NI Intermediate League Football Federation Premier League Football Federation Championship Football Federation League One Football Federation League Two Football Federation League Three Football Federation League Four Football Federation Conference Premier Division One Football Federation Conference Premier Division Two NIFL Reserve League Irish League representative team

women:	Women's Premier League

Domestic cups

men:	Irish Cup NI Football League Cup NIFL Charity Shield County Antrim Shield Mid-Ulster Cup North West Senior Cup Irish Intermediate Cup Steel & Sons Cup Bob Radcliffe Cup Craig Memorial Cup

women:	Irish Women's Cup Premier League Cup

Awards

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