Football tournament season
2017 FAI Cup Country Republic of Ireland Defending champions Cork City Champions Cork City (4th title)Runners-up Dundalk Matches played 40 Goals scored 133 (3.33 per match) 2018 →
The 2017 FAI Senior Challenge Cup was the 97th season of the knockout national Football competition of the Republic of Ireland. The winners of this season's cup earned a place in the 2018–19 Europa League and would have entered in the first qualifying round .[1]
Cork City were the defending champions and went on to retain the cup after a 5-3 win on penalties against Dundalk in the final on 5 November.[2] [3]
The tournament began the weekend of 30 April 2017 with the preliminary round, which was contested by sixteen non-league clubs.[4]
Teams [ ]
Round
Clubs remaining
Clubs involved
Winners from previous round
New entries this round
Leagues entering at this round
Preliminary Round
40
16
N/A
16
Leinster Senior League Munster Senior League Best Western Southern Hotel Super League
First Round
32
32
8
24
League of Ireland Leinster Senior League
Second 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
Preliminary round [ ]
The draw for the preliminary round was held 15 March 2017.[4]
Ballymun United v Killester United
30 April 2017 Ballymun United 1–1 (a.e.t. ) (3–5 p ) Killester United
Greystones United v Sheriff YC
30 April 2017 Greystones United 0–3 Sheriff YC
Killarney Celtic v Boyle Celtic
30 April 2017 Killarney Celtic 1–0 Boyle Celtic
First round [ ]
The first round was played between the eight first round winners, the four clubs which received byes in the preliminary round, and the twenty League of Ireland clubs.[5] The first round draw was held on 21 July 2017.[6]
Longford Town v Sligo Rovers
12 August 2017 Longford Town 4–2 (a.e.t. ) Sligo Rovers
Finn Harps v Bohemians
11 August 2017 Finn Harps 4–3 Bohemians
Cabinteely v UCD
11 August 2017 Cabinteely 3–1 UCD
Ballincollig A.F.C. v Athlone Town
12 August 2017 Ballincollig A.F.C. 0–5 Athlone Town
Evergreen v Drogheda United
13 August 2017 Evergreen 0–4 Drogheda United
Killester United v Galway United
13 August 2017 Killester United 3–3 (a.e.t. ) (6–7 p ) Galway United
Second round [ ]
The second round draw was held on 14 August 2017.[7]
Shelbourne v Shamrock Rovers
25 August 2017 Shelbourne 0–3 Shamrock Rovers
Report
Cork City v Athlone Town
25 August 2017 Cork City 7–0 Athlone Town
Report
Quarter–finals [ ]
The quarter-finals draw was held on 28 August 2017.[8]
Dundalk v Drogheda United
8 September 2017 Dundalk 4–0 Drogheda United
Report
Longford Town v Cork City
9 September 2017 Longford Town 1–4 Cork City
Report
Semi–finals [ ]
The semi-finals draw was held on 11 September 2017.[9]
Dundalk v Shamrock Rovers
1 October 2017 Dundalk 1–1 Shamrock Rovers 16:45
Report
Replay [ ]
Shamrock Rovers v Dundalk
10 October 2017 Shamrock Rovers 2–4 (a.e.t. ) Dundalk
Report
Final [ ]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
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