The FAI Super Cup is a defunct football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 tournament which was played for 3 years between 1998 and 2000. It was played before the League of Ireland

League of Ireland

The League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...

 season began, usually in July. The first tournament was played in the neutral Morton Stadium

Morton Stadium

Morton Stadium, or the National Athletics Stadium, is an athletics stadium in Santry, in the north of Dublin City. Often called Santry Stadium, it is the centre for athletics events in Ireland, and home track of Clonliffe Harriers. It was home to Sporting Fingal FC...

 and the 1999 and 2000 editions were both played for in Shelbourne

Shelbourne

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's Tolka Park

Tolka Park

Tolka Park is an Irish football ground located in the north Dublin suburb of Drumcondra, on the northern banks of the River Tolka. It is currently the home ground of League of Ireland club Shelbourne...

. All tournaments consisted of two semi finals, with the losers playing off for 3rd place and the winners going through to the final. Teams qualified for the Super Cup on the basis of playing in that year's UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

 competitions.

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Losing Semi-finalists
1998	Shamrock Rovers	St Patrick's Athletic	Cork City FC, Shelbourne FC
1999	St Patrick's Athletic	Shelbourne FC	Cork City FC, Bray Wanderers
2000	UCD University College Dublin A.F.C. University College Dublin Association Football Club known commonly as UCD is the football team of University College Dublin. They play in the League of Ireland. The club, founded in 1895 was elected to the league in 1979 under the management of Dr. Tony O'Neill. Since the 2008 season they have...	Bohemian Bohemian F.C. Bohemian F.C. , more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the third most successful club in League of Ireland football history, having won the League of Ireland title 11...	Cork City FC, Shelbourne FC

See also

• Football Association of Ireland
  Football Association of Ireland
  The Football Association of Ireland is the governing body for the sport of association football in the Republic of Ireland. It should not to be confused with the Irish Football Association , which is the organising body for the sport in Northern Ireland.For the full history, statistics and records...
  
  
• League of Ireland
  League of Ireland
  The League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...