2011 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() ![]() |
Teams | 12 |
Defending champions | Bohemians |
Final positions | |
Champions | Shamrock Rovers (1st title) |
Runner-up | Dundalk |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 21 |
Goals scored | 69 (3.29 per match) |
The 2011 Setanta Sports Cup was the sixth staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, an association football competition featuring clubs from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It commenced on 14 February 2011 with the final played on 14 May 2011.[1]
The draw for the 2011 competition was made at Belfast City Hall on 13 December 2010.
Changes to structure
For the 2011 competition, the Setanta Cup was expanded to 12 teams, of which the four highest ranked teams received a bye into the quarter-finals. Also unlike previous years the tournament was played as a straight knock-out competition over two legs apart from the final.[2]
Television Coverage
Setanta Sports broadcast live coverage of five games, starting with the quarter-finals.
First round
Four League of Ireland and Four IFA Premiership teams played each other in the first round over two games with the winners qualifying for the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 14 February/21 February/1 March 2011 and the second legs were played on 28 February/1 March/7 March 2011. Sporting Fingal had originally been scheduled to compete in the tournament against Lisburn Distillery but withdrew on 9 February due to financial difficulties which saw them fold the following day and were replaced by UCD.[3]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Linfield ![]() |
4−6 | ![]() |
3−5 | 1−1 |
UCD ![]() |
0−2 | ![]() |
0−0 | 0−2 |
Cliftonville ![]() |
3−2 | ![]() |
3−0 | 0−2 |
Bohemians ![]() |
1−4 | ![]() |
1−2 | 0−2 |
Matches
First leg
Linfield | 3 – 5 | Dundalk |
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Thompson ![]() Garrett ![]() Allen ![]() |
Report | Kearns ![]() Quigley ![]() |
Cliftonville | 3 − 0 | St Patrick's Athletic |
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McMullan ![]() O'Connor ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
Dundalk won 6 − 4 on aggregate
Lisburn Distillery | 2 − 0 | UCD |
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Browne ![]() Davidson ![]() |
Report |
Distillery won 2 − 0 on aggregate.
St Patrick's Athletic | 2 − 0 | Cliftonville |
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Mulcahy ![]() McMillan ![]() |
Report |
Cliftonville won 3 − 2 on aggregate.
Portadown won 4−1 on aggregate
Quarter−Finals
The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams (Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Crusaders and Glentoran) who received a Bye into the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 7 March/14 March/28 March 2011 and the second legs were played on 21 March/22 March/4 April 2011.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Glentoran ![]() |
1−2 | ![]() |
0−1 | 1−1 |
Cliftonville ![]() |
10−6 | ![]() |
4−2 | 6−4 |
Lisburn Distillery ![]() |
2−7 | ![]() |
0−3 | 2−4 |
Sligo Rovers ![]() |
5−0 | ![]() |
3−0 | 2−0 |
Matches
First leg
Cliftonville | 4 − 2 | Crusaders |
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McMullan ![]() McVeigh ![]() Garrett ![]() Holland ![]() |
Report[permanent dead link] | Magee ![]() Halliday ![]() Gibson ![]() |
Lisburn Distillery | 0 − 3 | Shamrock Rovers |
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Cooling ![]() |
Report | Sheppard ![]() Kilduff ![]() Kelly ![]() |
Sligo Rovers | 3 − 0 | Portadown |
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Dillon ![]() Russell ![]() Cretaro ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
Dundalk won 2−1 on aggregate
Crusaders | 4 − 6 | Cliftonville |
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Sweeney ![]() Faulkner ![]() Caddell ![]() |
Report[permanent dead link] | O'Connor ![]() Holland ![]() McMullan ![]() Garrett ![]() Donnelly ![]() |
Cliftonville won 10−6 on aggregate
Shamrock Rovers | 4 − 2 | Lisburn Distillery |
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Kilduff ![]() Rice ![]() Kavanagh ![]() |
Report | Liggett ![]() |
Shamrock Rovers won 7−2 on aggregate.
Portadown | 0 − 2 | Sligo Rovers |
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Report | Horgan ![]() Ndo ![]() |
Sligo Rovers won 5−0 on aggregate
Semi−Finals
The four winners of the quarter-final games played each other over two games for a place in the 2011 Setanta Sports Cup final. The first legs were played on 4 April/11 April 2011 and the second legs were played on 18 April/19 April 2011. The draw for the semi-finals was made on 23 March 2011.[4]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Cliftonville ![]() |
2−5 | ![]() |
1−3 | 1−2 |
Sligo Rovers ![]() |
1−4 | ![]() |
0−2 | 1−2 |
Matches
First leg
Cliftonville | 1 − 3 | Dundalk |
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McMullan ![]() |
Report | Quigley ![]() Kearns ![]() |
Sligo Rovers | 0 − 2 | Shamrock Rovers |
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Russell ![]() |
Report | Finn ![]() Sheppard ![]() |
Second leg
Dundalk | 2 − 1 | Cliftonville |
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Byrne ![]() Breen ![]() |
Report | O'Connor ![]() |
Dundalk won 5−2 on aggregate
Shamrock Rovers | 2 − 1 | Sligo Rovers |
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Sheppard ![]() Dennehy ![]() |
Report | Doyle ![]() |
Shamrock Rovers won 4−1 on aggregate
Final
The two winners of the semi-final games played each other over one game to decide who would be crowned Setanta Sports Cup winners for 2011. The final took place on Saturday 14 May 2011 in Tallaght Stadium.[5] Shamrock Rovers beat Dundalk to win the competition for the first time.[6]
Match
Dundalk | 0 – 2 | Shamrock Rovers |
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Report | O'Neill ![]() Dennehy ![]() |
Winner of 2011 Setanta Sports Cup |
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![]() 1st Title |
Goalscorers
- 5 goals
Mark Quigley (Dundalk)
George McMullan (Cliftonville)
- 4 goals
Kieran O'Connor (Cliftonville)
Daniel Kearns (Dundalk)
- 3 goals
Karl Sheppard (Shamrock Rovers)
- 2 goals
Declan Caddell (Crusaders)
Billy Dennehy (Shamrock Rovers)
Stephen Garrett (Cliftonville)
Ross Gaynor (Dundalk)
Mark Holland (Cliftonville)
Patrick Kavanagh (Shamrock Rovers)
Ciarán Kilduff (Shamrock Rovers)
Gary Liggett (Lisburn Distillery)
- 1 goal
Curtis Allen (Linfield)
Jordan Baker (Portadown)
Kevin Braniff (Portadown)
Johnny Breen (Dundalk)
Gary Browne (Lisburn Distillery)
Matty Burrows (Glentoran)
Jason Byrne (Dundalk)
Raffaele Cretaro (Sligo Rovers)
Scott Davidson (Lisburn Distillery)
John Dillon (Sligo Rovers)
Eoin Doyle (Sligo Rovers)
Rory Donnelly (Cliftonville)
William Faulkner (Crusaders)
Ronan Finn (Shamrock Rovers)
Robert Garrett (Linfield)
Michael Gault (Linfield)
Michael Halliday (Crusaders)
Daryl Horgan (Sligo Rovers)
Dean Kelly (Shamrock Rovers)
Jonathan Magee (Crusaders)
David McMillan (St Patrick's Athletic)
Dermot McVeigh (Cliftonville)
Tim Mouncey (Portadown)
Dave Mulcahy (St Patrick's Athletic)
Joseph Ndo (Sligo Rovers)
Keith O'Hara (Portadown)
Gary O'Neill (Shamrock Rovers)
Stephen Rice (Shamrock Rovers)
John Russell (Sligo Rovers)
Karl Somers (Bohemians)
Vincent Sweeney (Crusaders)
Peter Thompson (Linfield)
References
- ^ Setanta Cup draw pits Dundalk against Linfield - LOI.ie
- ^ New Format for 2011 Setanta Sports Cup - irishtimes.ie
- ^ Fingal Players Have Contracts Terminated Archived 10 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine - RTÉ.ie
- ^ Setanta Cup Semi-final Draw Made - irishtimes.com
- ^ Setanta Sports Cup Final Details Confirmed - FAI.ie
- ^ Dundalk 0–2 Shamrock Rovers Archived 16 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine - RTÉ.ie