2016 FAI Cup

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The 2016 FAI Senior Challenge Cup, also known as the 2016 FAI Irish Daily Mail Senior Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 96th season of the national Football competition of the Republic of Ireland. The winners of the competition will earn a spot in the First Qualifying Round of the 2017-18 UEFA Europa League.

A total of 40 teams are competing in the 2016 competition, which commenced in April 2016. The teams entered from the 2016 League of Ireland Premier Division and First Division receive byes into the Second Round stage. Four non-league teams also received byes to the Second Round. The remaining 12 teams enter at the First Round stage. These non league teams are composed of the sixteen clubs which reached the Fourth Round of the 2015-16 FAI Intermediate Cup, and the Semi-Finalists of the 2015-16 FAI Junior Cup.

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round
First Round	40	16	N/A	16	Leinster Senior League Munster Senior League Ulster Senior League
Second Round	32	32	8	24	League of Ireland
Third 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

First Round

The draw for the First Round of the FAI Cup was made on 14 March 2016 at Abbotstown. 20 Non-League teams were included in the draw. ^[1]

2 April	St.John Bosco	2 – 4	Janesboro FC	Brickfields Park
14:00

3 April	Pike Rovers	1 – 0	Rockmount A.F.C.	Pike Rovers Complex
14:00

3 April	Killester United	1 – 1	Cherry Orchard	Hadden Park
15:00	McKay 35'		Rafferty

3 April	Carrigaline United	0 – 5	Bluebell United	Ballea Park
15:00

10 April	Portmarnock A.F.C.	1 – 1	Letterkenny Rovers	Paddys Hill
14:30	Burgess 9'		McElwaine 63' Bonnar 65'

12 April	Crumlin United	1 – 0	Greystones United	Pearse Park
20:00

16 April	St Peters F.C.	2 – 1	Leeside A.F.C.	Dubarry Park
17:00	McGee 15' Scullion 75'		Hyde 37'

21 April	Bandon A.F.C.	1 – 1	Ringmahon Rangers A.F.C.	Town Park
18.30	Holden 45'		Higgins 49'

First Round Replays

23 April	Ringmahon Rangers A.F.C.	2 – 2 (5 – 4 p)	Bandon A.F.C.	Rangers Park
15.00

24 April	Cherry Orchard	1 – 0	Killester United	Elmdale Crescent
11:00

24 April	Letterkenny Rovers	2 – 1	Portmarnock A.F.C.	Leckview Park
14.00	Connaghan 10' Shiels 87'		Moran 17'

Second Round

The draw for the Second Round will take place on 26 April 2016 at the Aviva Stadium

References

↑ "2016 Irish Daily Mail FAI Senior Cup First Round Draw". FAI.ie. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.

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