2011 FAI Cup

Teams

Calendar

The calendar for the 2011 FAI Cup, as announced by Football Association of Ireland.

Preliminary rounds

First round

The draw for this round was conducted by FAI President Paddy McCaul and former player Paul Whelan at the FAI headquarters in Abbotstown on 7 March 2011. Only four of the 24 non-League of Ireland clubs participated in this round, with the remaining 20 clubs earning a bye to the second round. The matches were played on the weekend ending 20 March 2011.

Second round

Like for the first round, the draw for this round was conducted by FAI President Paddy McCaul and former player Paul Whelan at the FAI headquarters in Abbotstown on 7 March 2011. The two winners from the first round joined the remaining 20 non-League of Ireland clubs in this round. The matches were played on the weekend ending 17 April 2011.

Griffiths Lee O'Neill Farrell Lee Hartnett Colbert O'Sullivan Crowther

Third round

In this round, the 21 clubs of the 2011 League of Ireland will be joined by the 11 winners of the second round. The draw for the third round was made on 9 May 2011 on Monday Night Soccer on RTÉ Two. The Third round games will be played on the weekend ending 5 June 2011.

Corcoran Freeman Wilson Doyle Brennan Ryan McMillan Carroll Cassidy Byrne Lowry O'Connor Quinn Cretaro Ryan Traynor Bayly Breen Quigley Kearns Kelly Sullivan Turner Dean Kelly Billy Dennehy Murphy

Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round was made on 13 July 2011 on Monday Night Soccer. Kilduff Flynn Creevy Turner McCabe O'Neill Bradley Mitchell Behan Coughlan Deans Brennan Greene Kirby Quigley Quigley

• Note 1: After a 3–2 victory for Sheriff Y.C. they were subsequently found to have fielded an ineligible player and were ejected from the cup. Shelbourne were awarded a 3–0 victory and qualified for the Quarter-finals.

Final rounds

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| RD1-seed1= | RD1-team1= Dundalk | RD1-score1= 0 0 | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2= Bohemians | RD1-score2= 0 1

| RD1-seed3= | RD1-team3= Cork City | RD1-score3= 0 | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4= St. Patrick's Athletic | RD1-score4= 1

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5= Sligo Rovers | RD1-score5= 1 | RD1-seed6= | RD1-team6= Shamrock Rovers | RD1-score6= 0

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7= Shelbourne | RD1-score7= 4 | RD1-seed8= | RD1-team8= Limerick | RD1-score8= 3

| RD2-seed1= | RD2-team1= Bohemians | RD2-score1= 0 | RD2-seed2= | RD2-team2= Sligo Rovers | RD2-score2= 1

| RD2-seed3= | RD2-team3= St. Patrick's Athletic | RD2-score3= 1 1 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4= Shelbourne | RD2-score4= 1 3

| RD3-seed1= | RD3-team1=Sligo Rovers | RD3-score1= 4 (pen) | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2= Shelbourne | RD3-score2= 1

Quarter-finals

The draw for the Quarter-finals, conducted by Vice President of FAI, Tony Fitzgerald and Women's Ireland national team manager Susan Ronan, took place on 29 August 2011 on Monday Night Soccer. Fixtures took place on the weekend of 18 September 2011.

Bawdarkar Sheedy

Semifinals

The draw for the semi-finals was conducted by Paul Osam and FAI President Paddy McCaul during Monday Night Soccer on 26 September 2011, after the first 3 games, but before the Shelbourne v Limerick game. Ties will be played on the weekend of 14 and 16 October 2011.

James Rogers D. McGill Cassidy

Final

Main article: 2011 FAI Cup final

Clancy Dawson James Ryan Keane Cretaro

References

References

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2. "FAI Ford Cup First and Second round draws". [[Football Association of Ireland]].
3. [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2011/0509/faicup.html Big Guns Kept Apart In FAI Cup Draw] {{webarchive. link. (11 May 2011 – RTE.ie)
4. (13 September 2011). "Shels reinstated to the FAI Cup". extratime.ie.
5. (13 September 2011). "Shelbourne FC back in FAI Ford Cup". shelbournefc.ie.