2000–01 Irish League Cup

The 2000–01 Irish League Cup (known as the Coca-Cola League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 24 April 2001 with the final.

2000–01 Irish League Cup

Coca-Cola League Cup
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	20
Champions	Glentoran (3rd win)
Runners-up	Glenavon
Matches played	19
Goals scored	39 (2.05 per match)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Linfield were the defending champions after their third consecutive and sixth overall League Cup win last season; a 4–0 victory over Coleraine in the previous final. This season they went out in the semi-finals to Glenavon, who condemned Linfield to their first defeat in the competition for four years. Glentoran were the eventual winners, defeating Glenavon 1–0 in the final to lift the cup for the third time overall, and the first time since the 1990–91 competition 10 years earlier.[1][2]

Preliminary round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Carrick Rangers	1–0	Ballyclare Comrades
Dungannon Swifts	0–3	Limavady United
Larne	2–0	Bangor
Lisburn Distillery	0–2	Ards

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Armagh City	0–0 (4–3 p)	Coleraine
Ballymena United	1–2	Ards
Carrick Rangers	0–2	Glenavon
Cliftonville	2–3	Omagh Town
Crusaders	1–2	Linfield
Glentoran	2–1	Limavady United
Institute	2–2 (1–3 p)	Newry Town
Larne	0–1	Portadown

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	0–2	Omagh Town
Armagh City	0–1	Glentoran
Glenavon	3–0	Portadown
Newry Town	0–0 (3–4 p)	Linfield

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Omagh Town	0–2	Glentoran
Linfield	0–1	Glenavon

Final

24 April 2001

Glenavon	0 – 1	Glentoran
	Report	Young  73' (pen.)

Windsor Park, Belfast

References

1. "Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
2. "Northern Ireland League Cup 2000/01". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 24 December 2012.