FAI Junior Cup
| Founded | 1923 |
|---|---|
| Region |
 Ireland |
| Current champions | Liffey Wanderers |
| Most successful club(s) |
Fairview Rangers (8 titles)[1] |
| Website | FAI Junior Cup @ www.fai.ie |
The FAI Junior Cup is a cup competition organized by the FAI for junior association football clubs from the Republic of Ireland. The inaugural winners were Brideville. [2][3] The competition's most successful clubs have been Fairview Rangers of the Limerick & District League and Cherry Orchard who have been winners eight and seven times respectively. [1][4] According to the FAI, the FAI Junior Cup is one of the largest national amateur cup competitions in Europe. The 2012–13 competition saw an estimated 600 clubs enter the cup. [5] The competition also serves a qualifier for the senior FAI Cup. The four semi-finalists are all invited to take part in the subsequent FAI Cup.
History
League of Ireland
The cup's first winners were Brideville who beat Cobh Ramblers in the inaugural 1923–24 final. Brideville and Cobh Ramblers also became the first of several future League of Ireland members to feature in an FAI Junior Cup the final. Sligo Rovers, Evergreen United, St Patrick's Athletic, Bray Wanderers, Home Farm, Finn Harps and St Francis all won the cup before joining the national league. Drogheda United were finalists on four occasions but never winners while Athlone Town won the cup twice during the 1930s after dropping out of the League of Ireland. [2][3][6]
Recent finals
On 2 June 2013 the FAI Junior Cup final was played at the Aviva Stadium for the first time. It was played before a friendly international between the Republic of Ireland and Georgia.[5] In 2013 Aviva joined Umbro as sponsors of the FAI Junior Cup and as part of the arrangement all the finals since then have been played at the Aviva Stadium. Sheriff Y.C. became the first club to win the cup following a final at the Aviva. [2][7] The 2014–15 final was played as part of double header along with the FAI Intermediate Cup final which saw Crumlin United defeat Tolka Rovers 4–0.[8]
List of finals
| Date | Winner | Score | Runners-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | ||||
| 2014–15 | Liffey Wanderers [8] | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Sheriff Y.C. | Aviva Stadium |
| 2013–14 | St. Michael's [9] | 4–0 | Ballynanty Rovers (Limerick) | Aviva Stadium |
| 2012–13 | Sheriff Y.C. [10] | 0–0 (5–4) Penalties | Kilbarrack United | Aviva Stadium |
| 2011–12 | Sheriff Y.C. [11] | 3–1 | Kilbarrack United | Tolka Park |
| 2010–11 | Pike Rovers [12] | 2–1 | St. Michael's | Turners Cross |
| 2009–10 | Fairview Rangers [13] | 0–0 (5–3) Penalties | St. Michael's | Turners Cross |
| 2008–09 | Ballymun United [14] | 2–0 | St. Peter's (Athlone) | Tolka Park |
| 2007–08 | Carrick United (Waterford) [15] | 2–1 | Killester United | Waterford RSC |
| 2006–07 | Killester United | |||
| 2005–06 | Waterford Crystal | |||
| 2004–05 | Westport United | 2–0 [16][17] | Waterford Crystal | Buckley Park |
| 2003–04 | Fairview Rangers | |||
| 2002–03 | Fairview Rangers | |||
| 2001–02 | Fairview Rangers | |||
| 2000–01 | Ballymun United | |||
| 1999–2000 | Portmarnock | |||
| 1998–99 | Fairview Rangers | |||
| 1997–98 | Fairview Rangers | |||
| 1996–97 | Fairview Rangers | |||
| 1995–96 | Bohemians (Waterford) | |||
| 1994–95 | Cherry Orchard | |||
| 1993–94 | Clonmel Town [18] | 5–1 | New Ross Celtic | |
| 1992–93 | Kinvara Boys | St. Kevin's Boys | ||
| 1991–92 | Neilstown Rangers | Rosemount | ||
| 1990–91 | Cherry Orchard | Donaghmede Celtic | ||
| 1989–90 | Cherry Orchard | Avenue United (Clare) | ||
| 1988–89 | Tolka Rovers | Waterford Bohemians | ||
| 1987–88 | Usher Celtic | Beggsboro | ||
| 1986–87 | Cherry Orchard | Temple United (Cork) | ||
| 1985–86 | Cherry Orchard | Usher Celtic | ||
| 1984–85 | Cherry Orchard | St. Kevin's Boys | ||
| 1983–84 | Beggsboro | Evergreen (Kilkenny) | ||
| 1982–83 | St Francis | Ballynanty Rovers (Limerick) | ||
| 1981–82 | Cherry Orchard | Diamond Celtic | ||
| 1980–81 | St Teresa's | Belgrave | ||
| 1979–80 | East Wall United | Arbour United | ||
| 1978–79 | St. Patrick's C.Y.M.S. | East Wall United | ||
| 1977–78 | Inchicore [note 1] | Cherry Orchard | ||
| 1976–77 | Dunleary Celtic | Dingle United | ||
| 1975–76 | Whitehall United | Ballynanty Rovers (Limerick) | ||
| 1974–75 | Dunleary Celtic | Arbour United | ||
| 1973–74 | St. Michael's | Tolka Rovers | ||
| 1972–73 | Tolka Rovers | St. Patrick's C.Y.M.S. | ||
| 1971–72 | Talbot United | St. Mary's United | ||
| 1970–71 | Hoganville (Dublin) | Caledonians (Limerick) | ||
| 1969–70 | Caledonians (Limerick) | Tolka Rovers | ||
| 1968–69 | St Francis | Talbot United | ||
| 1967–68 | Finn Harps | Telephones United (Dublin) | ||
| 1966–67 | Swilly Rovers (Donegal) | Orchard United (Dublin) | ||
| 1965–66 | East Wall United | Everton (Cork) | ||
| 1964–65 | Fairview Rangers (Limerick) | Douglas (Cork) | ||
| 1963–64 | East Wall United | Swilly Rovers (Donegal) | ||
| 1962–63 | T.E.K. United | Blackrock (Cork) | ||
| 1961–62 | Swilly Rovers (Donegal) | Castleview (Cork) | ||
| 1960–61 | Valley United | Hibernians (Waterford) | ||
| 1959–60 | Pearse Rangers | Hibernians (Waterford) | ||
| 1958–59 | St Saviours | Glenmore Celtic | ||
| 1957–58 | Virginians | Swilly Rovers (Donegal) | ||
| 1956–57 | Belgrove | Virginians | ||
| 1955–56 | Grange United | Bohemians (Waterford) | ||
| 1954–55 | Home Farm | Belgrove | ||
| 1953–54 | Bray Wanderers[19] | 1–0 | Ierne | Dalymount Park |
| 1952–53 | Evergreen (Waterford) | Swilly Rovers (Donegal) | ||
| 1951–52 | Rathfarnham | Bohemians (Waterford) | ||
| 1950–51 | Bray Wanderers[19] | 2–1 | Drogheda United | Dalymount Park |
| 1949–50 | Griffith Rangers | Irish Raleigh | ||
| 1948–49 | Rathfarnham | Caledonians (Limerick) | ||
| 1947–48 | St Paul's | Pike Rovers | ||
| 1946–47 | Hibernians (Waterford) | Iona C.Y.M.S. (Dublin) | ||
| 1945–46 | St. Patrick's C.Y.M.S. | Rathfarnham | ||
| 1944–45 | Rockville (Cork) | Wembley Rovers (Limerick) | ||
| 1943–44 | Coastal Defence (Cork) | Drogheda United | ||
| 1942–43 | No competition | |||
| 1941–42 | Distillery B (Dublin) | Drogheda United | ||
| 1940–41 | St Patrick's Athletic | Galway Bohemians | ||
| 1939–40 | Drumcondra Juniors | Drogheda United | ||
| 1938–39 | Drumcondra Juniors | Killybegs | ||
| 1937–38 | Athlone Town [6] | 2–0 | Bendigo United (Dublin) | Tolka Park |
| 1936–37 | Amiens Celtic | St. Patrick's (Dundalk) | ||
| 1935–36 | Evergreen United | Shelbourne | ||
| 1934–35 | Athlone Town[6] | Evergreen United | Dalymount Park | |
| 1933–34 | B&I | Cobh Wanderers | ||
| 1932–33 | Queen's Park | Amiens Celtic | ||
| 1931–32 | Clontarf Corinthians | Southern Rovers | ||
| 1930–31 | Distillery (Dublin) | Southern Rovers | ||
| 1929–30 | Rossville | Bohemians C | ||
| 1928–29 | Sligo Rovers | 3–0 | Grangegorman M.H. | The Showgrounds (Sligo) |
| 1927–28 | Richmond United | Cahir Unknowns | ||
| 1926–27 | Richmond United | Bohemians C | ||
| 1925–26 | Brunswick | St. Vincent | ||
| 1924–25 | St. Mary's United | Sligo Celtic | ||
| 1923–24 | Brideville | Cobh Ramblers | ||
Notes
- ↑ FAI Yearbook & Diary 1995 lists team as Inchicore Athletic. Other sources list team as Inchicore United
References
- 1 2 "Fairview Rangers A.F.C. – About Us". www.fairviewrangers.ie. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "FAI Junior Cup Winners". stadium.aviva.ie. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 Mark Herbert, Donie Butler (1994–95). FAI Yearbook & Diary 1995. Dublin: Sportsworld Ltd.
- ↑ "Cherry Orchard – History". www.cherryorchardfc.ie. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- 1 2 "Ireland to play Georgia on June 2". www.fai.ie. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 Lynch, Frank (1991). A History of Athlone Town F.C: The First 101 Years. Athlone: Arcadia.
- ↑ "Aviva Stadium to host FAI Junior Cup Final next May". The Kerryman. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
- 1 2 "Liffey Wanderers overcome Sheriff YC to claim first FAI Junior Cup". www.irishtimes.com. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "Four-midable St Michael’s clinch the FAI Junior Cup final". www.the42.ie. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ↑ "Dunne and dusted: Sheriff claim second FAI Junior Cup". thejuniorsoccerportal. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "Sheriff 3–1 Kilbarrack". www.extratime.ie. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ↑ "Pike Rovers claim dramatic Junior Cup victory". www.fai.ie. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ↑ "Hickey the hero as Fairview celebrate". Irish Examiner. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ↑ "Results 2008/2009". www.fai.ie. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ↑ "Carrick dreams come true". Munster Express. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- ↑ "Results 2004/2005". www.fai.ie. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ "Westport clinch Junior Cup glory". www.independent.ie. 20 June 2005. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ↑ "Clonmel Town – Club History". www.clonmeltownfc.com. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- 1 2 "Club History 1920s to 1985". www.braywanderers.com. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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