Setanta Sports Cup 2007
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The Setanta Sports Cup 2007 is the 3rd staging of the cross-border cup competition that takes place between football
clubs from the Republic of Ireland
and Northern Ireland
. The final is scheduled to be played at Windsor Park
in Belfast
, Northern Ireland
on 12 May 2007, and will be contested by Drogheda United and Linfield
, the only two sides to have previously won the competition.
runners-up to Derry City, St Patrick's Athletic, despite the fact that the next best-placed in the previous season's league (Shelbourne's qualification route), who did not have a place in the Setanta Cup already, were Sligo Rovers. While it is likely that the organisers transferred Derry, who finished second in the league, into Shelbourne's empty slot, first in the league, for the purpose of official qualification and then accorded St Pat's qualification by way of the FAI Cup, this would have logically entailed Derry moving into Group 2 to fill Shelbourne's place, while St. Patrick's should compete in Group 1 in the place of the moved Derry. However, it is possible that for the purposes of the initial draw, teams were accorded lots on an alphabetical basis. Thus, it would follow that St. Patrick's would have been assigned the same lot as Shelbourne and would have, as a result, been drawn in the same slot anyway.
Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.
Teams eliminated from the Setanta Cup are indicated in italics.
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(KEY: Pts= Points; Pld= Matches Played; W= Matches Won; D= Matches Drawn; L= Matches Lost; GF= Goals For; GA= Goals Against; GD= Goal Difference)
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final will be played at Windsor Park
and it will be the first Setanta Cup
final to be played in Northern Ireland
.
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...
clubs from the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. The final is scheduled to be played at Windsor Park
Windsor Park
Windsor Park is a football stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland and the home ground of Linfield F.C. and the Northern Ireland national football team. It is also where the Irish Cup and Irish League Cup finals are played.-History:...
in Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
on 12 May 2007, and will be contested by Drogheda United and Linfield
Linfield F.C.
Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team....
, the only two sides to have previously won the competition.
Shelbourne's withdrawal
The draw for the 2007 Setanta Cup competition was made on 7 December 2006 with the original competing teams being the identical ones to the previous year's competition. On 30 January 2007, however, Shelbourne announced that they were withdrawing from the competition for reasons relating to their financial troubles and the fact that they would be unlikely to field a team of players. Their place was given to the 2006 FAI CupFAI Cup
The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...
runners-up to Derry City, St Patrick's Athletic, despite the fact that the next best-placed in the previous season's league (Shelbourne's qualification route), who did not have a place in the Setanta Cup already, were Sligo Rovers. While it is likely that the organisers transferred Derry, who finished second in the league, into Shelbourne's empty slot, first in the league, for the purpose of official qualification and then accorded St Pat's qualification by way of the FAI Cup, this would have logically entailed Derry moving into Group 2 to fill Shelbourne's place, while St. Patrick's should compete in Group 1 in the place of the moved Derry. However, it is possible that for the purposes of the initial draw, teams were accorded lots on an alphabetical basis. Thus, it would follow that St. Patrick's would have been assigned the same lot as Shelbourne and would have, as a result, been drawn in the same slot anyway.
Group stage
- The draw for this round was held 7 December 2006. The matches were played 26 February-17 April 2007.
Tie-breaking criteria
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.
Teams eliminated from the Setanta Cup are indicated in italics.
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.  LinfieldLinfield F.C. Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team.... |
12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
2.  Drogheda Utd |
11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 3. Derry City Derry City F.C. Derry City Football Club is a professional football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division... |
5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | |
| 4. Glentoran Glentoran F.C. Glentoran F.C. is a semi-professional, football club in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 and plays its home games at the Oval in east Belfast. Club colours are green, red, and black.Glentoran's biggest rivals are Linfield... |
0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 17 | |
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Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. St Patrick's Athletic St Patrick's Athletic F.C. St Patrick's Athletic Football Club is a football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the League of Ireland Premier Division. Founded in 1929, they are based in the Dublin suburb of Inchicore and play their home matches at Richmond Park. They have won the League of Ireland title 7 times and... |
16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 14 |
| 2. Cork City |
10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 9 |
| 3. Dungannon Swifts Dungannon Swifts F.C. Dungannon Swifts F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1949, has risen from the Mid-Ulster league to the top tier in Northern Ireland since its election to the Irish League First Division in 1997... |
4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
| 4. Portadown Portadown F.C. Portadown F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club which plays in the IFA Premiership.The club was founded in the late 1880s and joined the Irish League in 1924. It is based in Portadown in County Armagh and plays its home games at Shamrock Park... |
2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20 | |
(KEY: Pts= Points; Pld= Matches Played; W= Matches Won; D= Matches Drawn; L= Matches Lost; GF= Goals For; GA= Goals Against; GD= Goal Difference)
Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group B and vice-versa, with group winners having home advantage. There would be no replays if the matches were drawn; instead, extra time would decide winners immediately thereafter. If extra time did not decide the winners, a set of five alternating penalty kicks would decide winners.----
Final
Similarly to the semi-finals, there will be no replay even if the match is drawn; instead, extra time will be used to decide the winners. If extra time fails to separate the two sides, the match will go to penalties. The 3rd Setanta CupSetanta Sports Cup
The Setanta Sports Cup, commonly known as just the Setanta Cup, is a club football competition featuring teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland...
final will be played at Windsor Park
Windsor Park
Windsor Park is a football stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland and the home ground of Linfield F.C. and the Northern Ireland national football team. It is also where the Irish Cup and Irish League Cup finals are played.-History:...
and it will be the first Setanta Cup
Setanta Sports Cup
The Setanta Sports Cup, commonly known as just the Setanta Cup, is a club football competition featuring teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland...
final to be played in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
.
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| Linfield won the toss and went first | |||||
| Winner of Setanta Sports Cup 2007 |
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Drogheda United Drogheda United Drogheda United Football Club is an Irish football club currently playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club hails from Drogheda, Ireland and, since 1979, plays its home matches at Hunky Dorys Park.... 2nd Title |
Top scorers
| # | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roy O'Donovan Roy O'Donovan Roy Simon O'Donovan is an Irish footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Coventry City. He has been capped for his country at Under-19, Under-21 and B level.-Club career:... |
Cork City |
5 |
| Alan Kirby Alan Kirby Alan Kirby is an Irish footballer who currently plays for Sligo Rovers.Secured a bronze medal at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship .Scored in the 2004 FAI Cup Final .... |
St Patrick's Athletic St Patrick's Athletic F.C. St Patrick's Athletic Football Club is a football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the League of Ireland Premier Division. Founded in 1929, they are based in the Dublin suburb of Inchicore and play their home matches at Richmond Park. They have won the League of Ireland title 7 times and... |
5 | |
| 3 | Sean O'Connor Sean O'Connor Sean O'Connor is an Irish businessman and political activist. He is a co-founder of Rally Ireland, a round of the World rally Championship . In 2009 he joined the Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE as Director of Strategy to assist in the staging of the first Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix... |
St Patrick's Athletic St Patrick's Athletic F.C. St Patrick's Athletic Football Club is a football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the League of Ireland Premier Division. Founded in 1929, they are based in the Dublin suburb of Inchicore and play their home matches at Richmond Park. They have won the League of Ireland title 7 times and... |
3 |
| Denis Behan Denis Behan Denis Behan is an Irish professional footballer currently playing for Limerick in the League of Ireland First Division.-Youth level:... |
Cork City |
3 | |
| Aidan O'Kane Aidan O'Kane Aidan O'Kane is an footballer, currently playing for Glentoran.While at Cliftonville, he played in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. From his time at York he played against Leeds, Boro, Sheff Wed and Sunderland in friendly games and played in both the FA Cup and League Cup... |
Linfield Linfield F.C. Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team.... |
3 | |
| 6 | Aidan O'Keeffe Aidan O'Keeffe Aidan O'Keeffe is a former Irish professional footballer who spent a number of years in the League of Ireland.-Career:... |
Drogheda United |
2 |
| John O'Flynn John O'Flynn John O'Flynn is an Irish footballer, who plays for Exeter City as a striker.He spent six years with Cork City, winning the League of Ireland and FAI Cup. He scored twice on his league debut for Cork on 5 July 2002... |
Cork City |
2 | |
| Mark Dickson Mark Dickson (footballer) Mark Dickson is a semi-professional footballer from Northern Ireland who most recently played for Crusaders F.C. of the Irish Premier League, for whom he scored the winning goal of the 2008/09 Irish Cup final. Mark also scored the first goal of the 2009/10 County Antrim Shield final victory over... |
Linfield Linfield F.C. Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team.... |
2 | |
| Tommy Stewart |
Linfield Linfield F.C. Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team.... |
2 | |
| Mickey Collins |
Portadown Portadown F.C. Portadown F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club which plays in the IFA Premiership.The club was founded in the late 1880s and joined the Irish League in 1924. It is based in Portadown in County Armagh and plays its home games at Shamrock Park... |
2 | |
| Éamon Zayed Éamon Zayed Eamon Zayed is an Irish footballer of Libyan descent who currently plays for Derry City. He also writes a weekly column on League of Ireland website, extratime.ie.-Youth career:... |
Drogheda United |
2 | |
| 12 | 35 others on 1 goal | 1 | |