2016 FAI Cup

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

2016 FAI Cup

FAI Irish Daily Mail Cup
Country	Republic of Ireland
Teams	40
Champions	Cork City (3rd title)
Runners-up	Dundalk
← 2015 2017 →

A total of 40 teams competed in the 2016 competition, which commenced in April 2016. The teams entered from the 2016 League of Ireland Premier Division and First Division received byes into the Second Round stage. Four non-league teams also received byes to the Second Round. The remaining 12 teams entered 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.

Cork City won the cup with a late extra-time goal for a 1-0 win against Dundalk in the final on 6 November.[1]

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 was made on 14 March 2016 at Abbotstown. 20 Non-League teams were included in the draw. [2]

2 April	St.John Bosco	2–4	Janesboro F.C.	Brickfields Park
14:00		Report

3 April	Pike Rovers	1–0	Rockmount	Pike Rovers Complex
14:00		Report

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

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

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

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

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

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

First Round Replays

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

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

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

Second round

The draw for the Second Round was made on 26 April 2016 at the Aviva Stadium. The 20 League of Ireland clubs were entered into this round.[3]

20 May	Bohemians	2–0	Galway United	Dalymount Park
19:45	Kavanagh  10' Quigley  56'	Report

20 May	Cork City	4–0	St Peters F.C.	Turners Cross
19:45	O'Connor  10' Holohan  20' Dooley  32' O'Sullivan  51'	Report

20 May	Derry City	1–1	Drogheda United	Brandywell Stadium
19:45	McEneff  73'	Report	O'Connor  33'

20 May	Dundalk	2–0	Shelbourne	Oriel Park
19:45	Horgan  21' Kilduff  85'	Report

20 May	UCD	4–3	Bray Wanderers	UCD Bowl
19:45	O'Neill  3' Sloggett  34' Walters  45' Douglas  68' (o.g.)	Report	Brennan  46', 52', 56'

20 May	Waterford United	0–2	Longford Town	RSC
19:45		Report	Duffy  24' Gannon  38'

20 May	Shamrock Rovers	4–0	Midleton	Tallaght Stadium
20:00	Shaw  28' Heaney  67' Cregg  76' Miele  90+2'	Report

20 May	Wexford Youths	3–0	Firhouse Clover F.C.	Ferrycarrig Park
20:20	Bonner  61' Murphy  85', 90+2'	Report	Vickery  46'

21 May	Limerick	5–2	Bluebell United	Markets Field
14:00	Mulhall  14' O'Flynn  41(p)', 51', 55(p)' O'Conor  90+2'	Report	Byrne  77' Mustapha  84'

21 May	Ringmahon Rangers A.F.C.	2–1	Glebe North F.C.	Ringmahon Park
14:00	Deasy  50' Kenny  60'	Report	Burke  59' O'Connor  68'

21 May	Cobh Ramblers	2–1	Cherry Orchard	St. Colman's Park
14:30	O'Connor  2' McGreevy  49'	Report	Penrose  41'

21 May	St Patrick's Athletic	8–0	Pike Rovers	Richmond Park
15:00	Dennehy  2', 14' Timlin  4', 54' Barker  34' Kelly  48', 59' Corcoran  60'	Report

21 May	Athlone Town	0–0	Letterkenny Rovers	Athlone Town Stadium
19:45		Report

21 May	Sligo Rovers	3–0	Cabinteely	The Showgrounds
19:45	Sadlier  16', 66' Keohane  26'	Report

21 May	Finn Harps	0–1	Crumlin United	Finn Park
20:00	Molloy  61'  64'	Report	Moorehouse  49'

22 May	Janesboro F.C.	2–1	Sheriff Y.C.	Pearse Stadium
15:00	O'Reilly  57' Nunan  70'	Report	Flood  22' Dunne  60' Lester  65' O'Neill  85'

Second Round Replays

24 May	Letterkenny Rovers	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Athlone Town	Leckview Park
18:00		Report	O'Sullivan  117'

24 May	Drogheda United	1–2	Derry City	United Park
19:45	Thornton  35'	Report	Patterson  4' Daniels  55'

Third round

The draw for the Third Round was made on 29 July 2016 in Clonmel.[4]

19 August	Athlone Town	0–5	Shamrock Rovers	Athlone Town Stadium
19:45		Report	McCabe  48' Boyd  52' Miele  63' Madden  73' Doona  78'

19 August	Bohemians	0–2	Derry City	Dalymount Park
19:45		Report	Monaghan  39' Boyle  48'

19 August	St Patrick's Athletic	2–0	Limerick	Richmond Park
19:45	Byrne  42' Fagan  77'	Report

19 August	Wexford Youths	2–1	Sligo Rovers	Ferrycarrig Park
20:00	Dempsey  20' Mulligan  90+2'	Report	Cretaro  64'

20 August	Ringmahon Rangers A.F.C.	1–4	Cobh Ramblers	Turners Cross
18:00	O'Brien  40'	Report	Ellis  8' O'Connor  15', 25' Lehane  69'

20 August	UCD	3–1	Janesboro F.C.	UCD Bowl
19:00	Swan  5' Waters  29' Scales  78'	Report	Ryan  38'

20 August	Longford Town	1–4	Cork City	Strokestown Road
19:30	Dsane  80'	Report	K.O'Connor  5' Maguire  68' Sheppard  71' Ogbene  90+2'

30 August	Dundalk	5–0	Crumlin United	Oriel Park
19:45	Shields  8', 79' Barrett  25' Shiels  44' O'Connor  74'	Report

Quarter finals

The draw for the Quarter Finals was made on 24 August 2016.[5][6] RTÉ 2 HD televised the Shamrock Rovers v Cork City game.[7]

9 September	Shamrock Rovers	0–5	Cork City	Tallaght Stadium
19:45		Report	Maguire  4', 46', 49' Buckley  12' Sheppard  33'

9 September	UCD	0–1	Dundalk	UCD Bowl
19:45		Report	Kilduff  66'

9 September	Wexford Youths	1–3	Derry City	Ferrycarrig Park
20:00	Molloy  6'	Report	Patterson  45' Schubert  67' McNamee  84'

10 September	St Patrick's Athletic	3–2	Cobh Ramblers	Richmond Park
16:00	Fagan  14' McGrath  20' Dennehy  37'	Report	Ellis  49' Lehane  61'

Semi finals

The draw for the Semi Finals was made on 13 September 2016 on Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1.[8][9] RTÉ 2 HD televised both games.[10]

2 October	Dundalk	2–2	Derry City	Oriel Park
13:45	Shiels  21' Kilduff  45+3'	Report	Patterson  65' Curtis  86'

2 October	St Patrick's Athletic	1–3	Cork City	Richmond Park
15:55	Fagan  39'	Report	Bennett  24' Maguire  51', 79'

Semi Final Replays

4 October	Derry City	1–2	Dundalk	Brandywell Stadium
19:45	Curtis  4'	Report	Kilduff  38' (pen.) Finn  68'

Final

6 November 2016	Cork City	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Dundalk	Dublin
15:40 GMT	Maguire  120'	Report		Stadium: Aviva Stadium Referee: Rob Rogers [11]

References

1. "Late, late Maguire strike seals Cork cup win". RTE Sport. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
2. "2016 Irish Daily Mail FAI Senior Cup First Round Draw". FAI.ie. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
3. "2016 Irish Daily Mail FAI Senior Cup Second Round Draw". FAI.ie. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
4. "2016 Irish Daily Mail FAI Senior Cup Third Round Draw". FAI.ie. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
5. "Shamrock Rovers and Cork City the pick of the bunch in FAI Cup Quarter-Final Draw". Irish Independent.ie. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
6. "2016 Irish Daily Mail FAI Senior Cup Quarter Final Draw". FAI.ie. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
7. "RTE to show Shamrock Rovers' games with St Patrick's Athletic and Cork City". RTE.ie. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
8. "Irish Daily Mail FAI Senior Cup Semi Final Draw". FAI.ie. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
9. "FAI Cup holders Dundalk drawn against Derry City in Semi Final". Irish Independent.ie. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
10. "Details for FAI Cup Semi Finals Confirmed". RTE.ie. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
11. http://refereesfifa.blogspot.fr/2016/11/ireland-2016-fai-cup-final.html