Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() ![]() |
Teams | 12 |
Defending champions | Crusaders |
Final positions | |
Champions | Shamrock Rovers (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Drogheda United |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 21 |
Goals scored | 66 (3.14 per match) |
The 2013 Setanta Sports Cup was the eighth staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, an annual football competition featuring clubs from Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. It commenced on 11 February 2013 and ended on 11 May 2013 with the final played at the Tallaght Stadium, Dublin.
Crusaders were the defending champions, after they defeated Derry City 5–4 on penalties in the 2012 final, when the match ended 2–2 after extra time. However, this season they went out 4–1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals to Cork City. Shamrock Rovers were the eventual winners for the second time overall, following a comfortable 7–1 win over Drogheda United in the final. This season's competition was notable for the fact that all four semi-finalists represented the Republic of Ireland. It was also the sixth time in the eight competitions played thus far that the winner had been a League of Ireland club.
Qualifiers
[edit]The following clubs qualified to take part in this year's competition. The eight unseeded clubs entered in the first round, while the four seeded clubs entered in the quarter-finals.
Seeded teams
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Unseeded teams
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First round
[edit]The first round draw was made on 6 December 2012. Four League of Ireland and four IFA Premiership clubs played each other in the first round over two games with the winners qualifying for the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 11 February 2013 and the second legs were played on 18 February 2013.[1]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Cork City ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
4–0 | 2–2 |
Drogheda United ![]() |
8–2 | ![]() |
3–2 | 5–0 |
Shamrock Rovers ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
0–1 | 2–0 |
St Patrick's Athletic ![]() |
0–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 |
First leg
[edit]Cork City | 4 – 0 | Cliftonville |
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G. Morrissey ![]() Turner ![]() Kavanagh ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
[edit]Coleraine | 0 – 2 | Shamrock Rovers |
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Report | Quigley ![]() ![]() McCabe ![]() Sullivan ![]() Kilduff ![]() |
Shamrock Rovers won 2−1 on aggregate.
Glentoran | 1 – 0 | St Patrick's Athletic |
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Murray ![]() |
Report | Fagan ![]() |
Glentoran won 1−0 on aggregate.
Cliftonville | 2 – 2 | Cork City |
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Boyce ![]() Garrett ![]() |
Report | Horgan ![]() Furlong ![]() Morrissey ![]() Spillane ![]() |
Cork City won 6−2 on aggregate.
Portadown | 0 – 5 | Drogheda United |
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Murray ![]() McNeill ![]() Ramsey ![]() Burns ![]() |
Report | Byrne ![]() O'Conor ![]() Brennan ![]() Cassidy ![]() Hand ![]() |
Drogheda United won 8−2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
[edit]The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams in the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 26 February and 4 March, while the second legs were played on 4 and 11 March 2013.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Cork City ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–1 |
Derry City ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–2 |
Shamrock Rovers ![]() |
7–2 | ![]() |
4–1 | 3–1 |
Sligo Rovers ![]() |
8–0 | ![]() |
5–0 | 3–0 |
First leg
[edit]Derry City | 1 – 1 | Drogheda United |
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Patterson ![]() ![]() |
Report | Prendergast ![]() O'Brien ![]() Sava ![]() |
Shamrock Rovers | 4 – 1 | Linfield |
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Finn ![]() ![]() Powell ![]() Kilduff ![]() Rice ![]() |
Report | Mulgrew ![]() McCaul ![]() Burns ![]() ![]() |
Second leg
[edit]Cork City won 4−1 on aggregate.
Sligo Rovers won 8−0 on aggregate.
Drogheda United | 2 – 1 | Derry City |
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Prendergast ![]() Brennan ![]() |
Report | McEleney ![]() McBride ![]() Rafter ![]() |
Drogheda United won 3−2 on aggregate.
Shamrock Rovers won 7−2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
[edit]The first legs of the semi-finals will be played on 16 April and the second legs on 22 April.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Drogheda United ![]() |
2−1 | ![]() |
2−0 | 0−1 |
Shamrock Rovers ![]() |
3−3 | ![]() |
1−1 | 2−2 |
First leg
[edit]Drogheda United | 2 − 0 | Sligo Rovers |
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O'Neill ![]() Cassidy ![]() Grimes ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
[edit]Cork City | 2 − 2 | Shamrock Rovers |
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Horgan ![]() Kavanagh ![]() ![]() |
Report | Foran ![]() Rice ![]() ![]() Dennehy ![]() ![]() |
3–3 on aggregate. Shamrock Rovers won on away goals
Sligo Rovers | 1 − 0 | Drogheda United |
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Cawley ![]() ![]() Ventre ![]() |
Report | O'Neill ![]() Cassidy ![]() |
Drogheda United won 2−1 on aggregate.
Final
[edit]Shamrock Rovers | 7 − 1 | Drogheda United |
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Chambers ![]() O'Connor ![]() Sheppard ![]() Finn ![]() Dennehy ![]() |
Report | O'Neill ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Cliftonville to face Cork City in Setanta Cup first round". BBC Sport. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.