2006 FAI Cup


The FAI Cup 2006 was the 86th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. This season's competition was the last to be sponsored by Carlsberg. It officially kicked off in late April, when twenty clubs from the junior and intermediate leagues battled it out for the chance to face League of Ireland opposition in the second round. The ten winners of those ties were joined in the second round by the 22 League of Ireland clubs. The competition ran until early December, with the final taking place on Sunday, December 3.

First round

Fixtures played weekend April 23
Waterford Crystal 4-1 Garda AFC
Castlebar Celtic 5-1 Fairview CYM
Ashtown Villa 2-2 Wayside Celtic
Tolka Rovers 1-3 Carrigaline United
College Corinthians2-2 Blarney United
Brendanville 0-1 Douglas Hall
Malahide United 1-1 Fanad United
Athenry 0-0 Bangor Celtic
Killester United 6-1 St Mochtas
Crumlin United 0-0 Avondale United

Second round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 28 May 2006.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Longford Town2-1Cork City
2Athlone Town2-1Galway United
3Bohemians3-1Waterford Crystal
4Bray Wanderers2-2Kildare County
replayKildare County0-1Bray Wanderers
5Waterford United5-0Douglas Hall
6Limerick0-0Drogheda United
replayDrogheda United0-1Limerick
7Dundalk1-0Cobh Ramblers
8Blarney United1-3Derry City
9Bangor Celtic1-3Shelbourne
10Carrigaline United0-4Sligo Rovers
11Kilkenny City0-2UCD
12Dublin City0-0Monaghan United
replayMonaghan United2-4Dublin City
13Finn Harps1-0Crumlin United
14Castlebar Celtic0-2Shamrock Rovers
15Malahide United0-2St Patrick's Athletic
16Wayside Celtic0-1Killester United

Third round

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 27 August 2006.
Tie noHome teamScoreAway team
1Shamrock Rovers1-1Bohemians
replayBohemians0-2Shamrock Rovers
2Waterford United1-1Longford Town
replayLongford Town1-0Waterford United
3UCD3-1Limerick
4St Patrick's Athletic2-0Dundalk
5Finn Harps0-0Athlone Town
replayAthlone Town3-2Finn Harps
6Sligo Rovers2-1Bray Wanderers
7Shelbourne0-1Derry City
8Killester Unitedw/oDublin City

Quarter-finals

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 1 October.
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Replay

Semi-finals

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Replay

Final

The 2006 FAI Cup Final was the last at the old Lansdowne Road.


Winner of FAI Cup 2006

Derry City
4th Title