2012 Setanta Sports Cup

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2012 Setanta Sports Cup
Country Northern Ireland &
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams12
ChampionsNorthern Ireland Crusaders (1st title)
Runners-upRepublic of Ireland Derry City
Matches played21
Goals scored52 (2.48 per match)
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The 2012 Setanta Sports Cup was the seventh staging of the annual all-Ireland association football competition. It commenced on 11 February 2012 and ended on 12 May 2012, with the final played at The Oval, Belfast.

The draw for the 2012 competition was made at Aviva Stadium, Dublin, on 25 January 2012.[1]

Crusaders won the competition for the first time, defeating Derry City 5–4 on penalties after the scores were level at 2–2 after extra time. It was the first time a club from the Northern Irish IFA Premiership had won the cup since Linfield won the inaugural competition in 2005.[2]

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 11 and 13 February and the second legs were played on 20 February.[3][4]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bray Wanderers Republic of Ireland 2−7 Northern Ireland Glentoran 2−4 0−3
Lisburn Distillery Northern Ireland 0−7 Republic of Ireland Derry City 0−4 0−3
Bohemians Republic of Ireland 3−1 Northern Ireland Portadown 2−1 1−0
Cliftonville Northern Ireland 2−0 Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic 1−0 1−0

First Leg[]

Bray Wanderers2 − 4Glentoran
Waters Goal 18', 42' Report Murray Goal 19'
Knight Goal 51', 88'
O'Hanlon Goal 60'
Attendance: 650
Referee: Alan Kelly, (Cork)
Lisburn Distillery0 − 4Derry City
Cushley Red card 62' Report McLaughlin Goal 23'
Patterson Goal 28', 51', 60'
Referee: M.Smith (Belfast)
Bohemians2 − 1Portadown
Corcoran Goal 45'
Moore Goal 58'		 Report Braniff Goal 61'
Referee: Tomás Connolly (Dublin)
Cliftonville1 − 0St Patrick's Athletic
Boyce Goal 48' Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Raymond Hetherington

Second leg[]

St Patrick's Athletic0 − 1Cliftonville
Russell Red card 65' (Report) Gormley Goal 69'

Cliftonville won 2 − 0 on aggregate

Derry City3 − 0Lisburn Distillery
McEleney Goal 25'
McLaughlin Goal 60'
Patterson Goal 63'		 (Report)
The Brandywell, Derry

Derry City won 7 − 0 on aggregate

Portadown0 − 1Bohemians
(Report) Martin Goal 86'

Bohemians won 3 − 1 on aggregate

Glentoran3 − 0Bray Wanderers
Boyce Goal 11', Goal 75 pen'
Nixon Goal 45'		 (Report)

Glentoran won 7 − 2 on aggregate

Quarter-finals[]

The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams (Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Crusaders, and Linfield) who received byes into the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 5 March 2012 and the second legs were played on 20 March 2012. The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 20 February 2012.[5]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Crusaders Northern Ireland 2−0 Republic of Ireland Bohemians 0−0 2−0
Linfield Northern Ireland 2−4 Republic of Ireland Derry City 1−1 1−3
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 2−2 Northern Ireland Cliftonville 2−0 0−2
Sligo Rovers Republic of Ireland 3−1 Northern Ireland Glentoran 2−0 1−1

First leg[]

Linfield1 – 1Derry City
Thompson Goal 13' (Report) McDaid Goal 85'
Sligo Rovers2 – 0Glentoran
Boco Goal 37'
Quigley Goal 63'		 (Report) Nixon Red card 84'
Showgrounds, Sligo
Crusaders0 – 0Bohemians
(Report)
Shamrock Rovers2 – 0Cliftonville
Dennehy Goal 12'
Hawkins Goal 71'		 (Report)

Second leg[]

Bohemians0 – 2Crusaders
Pender Red card 90' (Report) Goal 3'
McMaster Goal 36'

Crusaders won 2 − 0 on aggregate

Cliftonville2 – 0 (a.e.t.)Shamrock Rovers
Johnston Goal 45'
Gormley Goal 86'		 (Report)
Penalties
Gormley Penalty scored
CaldwellPenalty missed
Donnelly Penalty missed
O'Carroll Penalty missed		 1 – 3 Penalty scored Dennehy
Penalty scored Turner
Penalty scored Gartland

Shamrock Rovers won 3 – 1 on penalties after 2 – 2 draw on aggregate

Derry City3 – 1Linfield
Molloy Goal 69'
McLaughlin Goal 77'
Madden Goal 90'		 (Report) Lowry Goal 31'
The Brandywell, Derry

Derry City won 4 − 2 on aggregate

Glentoran1 − 1Sligo Rovers
Ward Goal 23' (Report) North Goal 89' (pen.)

Sligo Rovers won 3 − 1 on aggregate

Semi-finals[]

The draw for the semi-finals was made following the second leg quarter-final matches.[6]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Crusaders Northern Ireland 3−2 Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers 2−0 1−2
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 2−3 Republic of Ireland Derry City 0−3 2−0

First leg[]

Crusaders2 – 0Sligo Rovers
Rainey Goal 40', 80' (Report)
Shamrock Rovers0 – 3Derry City
Pieterse Red card 12' (Report) Deery Goal 15'
McEleney Goal 51'
McBride Goal 85'

Second leg[]

Sligo Rovers2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Crusaders
Boco Goal 35'
Quigley Goal 48'		 (Report) Coates Goal 105' (pen.)
Showgrounds, Sligo

Crusaders won 3 − 2 on aggregate

Derry City0 – 2Shamrock Rovers
(Report) Twigg Goal 52', 86'
The Brandywell, Derry

Derry City won 3 − 2 on aggregate

Final[]

Main article: 2012 Setanta Sports Cup Final
Crusaders2 – 2 (a.e.t.)Derry City
Coates Goal 85', 96'
McBride Red card 90'		 (Report) Patterson Goal 80', 101' (pen.)
Penalties
Coates Penalty scored
Morrow Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty missed
Dallas Penalty scored
McKeown Penalty scored		 5 – 4 Penalty scored Patterson
Penalty scored Higgins
Penalty scored Molloy
Penalty missed Morrison
Penalty scored McEleney
Penalty missed McCaffrey
Attendance: 3,275
Referee: Raymond Crangle


Winner of 2012 Setanta Sports Cup
Northern Ireland Crusaders
1st title

Goalscorers[]

6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References[]

  1. ^ Setanta Sports Cup Committee Agrees 2012 Draw Date - FAI.ie
  2. ^ "Crusaders 2-2 Derry City". BBC Sport. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  3. ^ Draw For First Round Of Setanta Sports Cup Announced - irishexaminer.com
  4. ^ Change To 2012 Setanta Cup Fixture Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine - airtricityleague.ie
  5. ^ Setanta Sports Cup Quarter-Final Draw Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine - irishfa.com
  6. ^ "Rovers, Derry and Sligo through to Setanta semi-finals". RTÉ News. 20 March 2012.
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