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2013 Setanta Sports Cup

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.

2013 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details
Country Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams12
Defending championsCrusaders
Final positions
ChampionsShamrock Rovers (2nd title)
Runner-upDrogheda United
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored66 (3.14 per match)
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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

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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.

First round

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cork City   6–2   Cliftonville 4–0 2–2
Drogheda United   8–2   Portadown 3–2 5–0
Shamrock Rovers   2–1   Coleraine 0–1 2–0
St Patrick's Athletic   0–1   Glentoran 0–0 0–1

First leg

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St Patrick's Athletic0 – 0Glentoran
Flood   85' Report Birney   15'
Magee   68'
Kane   77'
Hill   82'
Attendance: 1,041
Referee: Derek Tomney
Cork City4 – 0Cliftonville
G. Morrissey   16'
Turner   26' (pen.), 45+1'}
Kavanagh   69'		 Report
Attendance: 1,273

Second leg

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Coleraine0 – 2Shamrock Rovers
Report Quigley   5'   73'
McCabe   53'
Sullivan   66'
Kilduff   90'
Referee: Arnold Hudson

Shamrock Rovers won 2−1 on aggregate.

Glentoran1 – 0St Patrick's Athletic
Murray   62' Report Fagan   42'
Referee: Hugh Carvill

Glentoran won 1−0 on aggregate.

Cliftonville2 – 2Cork City
Boyce   38'
Garrett   87'		 Report Horgan   15'
Furlong   52'
Morrissey   72'
Spillane   90+2'
Referee: Ross Dunlop

Cork City won 6−2 on aggregate.

Portadown0 – 5Drogheda United
Murray   10'
McNeill   61'
Ramsey   64'
Burns   89'		 Report Byrne   1'
O'Conor   12'
Brennan   55'
Cassidy   78'
Hand   90+3'

Drogheda United won 8−2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cork City   4–1   Crusaders 1–0 3–1
Derry City   2–3   Drogheda United 1–1 1–2
Shamrock Rovers   7–2   Linfield 4–1 3–1
Sligo Rovers   8–0   Glentoran 5–0 3–0

First leg

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Cork City1 – 0Crusaders
D Morrissey   88' Report
Attendance: 1,026
Referee: Alan Kelly
Sligo Rovers5 – 0Glentoran
Lynch   2', 38'
Elding   20'
Connolly   36'
McMillan   53'		 Report
Attendance: 1,235
Derry City1 – 1Drogheda United
Patterson   10'   43' Report Prendergast   4'
O'Brien   53'
Sava   66'
Attendance: 1,000
Shamrock Rovers4 – 1Linfield
Finn   34'   50'
Powell   42'
Kilduff   45', 73'
Rice   82'		 Report Mulgrew   23'
McCaul   31'
Burns   62'   72'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Neil Doyle

Second leg

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Crusaders1 – 3Cork City
Heatley   89' Report Morrissey   55'
D Horgan   62'
Kavanagh   67'
Magowan   89' (o.g.)
Attendance: 600
Referee: David Baxter

Cork City won 4−1 on aggregate.

Glentoran0 – 3Sligo Rovers
Clarke   59' Report Lynch   7'
Cretaro   25'
Henderson   62'
Martin   85'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Bob Rogers

Sligo Rovers won 8−0 on aggregate.

Drogheda United2 – 1Derry City
Prendergast   68'
Brennan   90+4'		 Report McEleney   37'
McBride   48'
Rafter   64'
Referee: Neil Doyle

Drogheda United won 3−2 on aggregate.

Linfield1 – 3Shamrock Rovers
Armstrong   4'   26' Report Stewart   32', 69'
McCormack   53'
Dennehy   80'

Shamrock Rovers won 7−2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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The first legs of the semi-finals will be played on 16 April and the second legs on 22 April.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Drogheda United   2−1   Sligo Rovers 2−0 0−1
Shamrock Rovers   3−3   Cork City 1−1 2−2

First leg

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Shamrock Rovers1 − 1Cork City
D. Murphy   39' (o.g.) Report Kavanagh   41'
Healy   81'
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Neil Doyle
Drogheda United2 − 0Sligo Rovers
O'Neill   24'
Cassidy   35'
Grimes   52'		 Report
Attendance: 756
Referee: Mark Courtney

Second leg

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Cork City2 − 2Shamrock Rovers
Horgan   45+1'
Kavanagh   63'   87'		 Report Foran   29'
Rice   32'   72'
Dennehy   54'   90+3'
Attendance: 2,007
Referee: Padraigh Sutton

3–3 on aggregate. Shamrock Rovers won on away goals

Sligo Rovers1 − 0Drogheda United
Cawley   30'   46'
Ventre   71'		 Report O'Neill   24'
Cassidy   39'
Attendance: 1,286
Referee: Arnie Hunter

Drogheda United won 2−1 on aggregate.

Final

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Shamrock Rovers7 − 1Drogheda United
Chambers   11'
O'Connor   13'
Sheppard   45'
Finn   55', 56'
Dennehy   75', 88'		 Report O'Neill   65'
Attendance: 4,022
Referee: Rob Rogers

References

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  1. ^ "Cliftonville to face Cork City in Setanta Cup first round". BBC Sport. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
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