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2013 FAI Cup

Field	Value
title	FAI Cup
year	2013
other_titles	FAI Ford Cup
country	Republic of Ireland
num_teams	40
champions	Sligo Rovers
runner-up	Drogheda United
prevseason	2012
nextseason	2014

| runner-up = Drogheda United

The 2013 FAI Cup, known as the FAI Ford Senior Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 93rd staging of the Republic of Ireland's primary domestic association football cup competition. It featured teams from the League of Ireland Premier Division and First Division, as well as teams from the regional leagues of the Republic of Ireland football league system.

The winners of the competition earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.

A total of 40 teams competed in the 2013 competition, which commenced on the weekend ending on 31 March 2013. The teams entering from the 2013 League of Ireland Premier Division and First Division received byes into the second round stage. Four non-league clubs also received byes to the second round. The remaining 12 teams entered at the first round stage. The non-league teams were composed of the sixteen clubs that reached the fourth round of the 2012–13 FAI Intermediate Cup and the semi-finalists of the 2012–13 FAI Junior Cup.

Teams

Round	Clubs
remaining	Clubs
involved	Winners from
previous round	New entries
this round	Leagues entering at this round
First round	40	16	none	16	Leinster Senior League
Munster Senior League
Ulster Senior League
Second round	32	32	8	24	League of Ireland
Third round	16	16	16	none	none
Quarter-finals	8	8	8	none	none
Semi-finals	4	4	4	none	none
Final	2	2	2	none	none

First round

The draw for this round was conducted by FAI President Paddy McCaul at the FAI headquarters in Abbotstown on 5 March 2013. 16 of the 20 non-League of Ireland clubs are participating in this round, with the remaining 4 clubs earning a bye to the second round. The matches were played on the weekend ending 31 March 2013.

Markey Dunne Rogers Doolin
Mooney Grant O'Shea Tierney

First round Replays

Murray

Second round

The draw for the second round was made live on Monday Night Soccer on 29 April. The draw was made by FAI President Paddy McCaul and Nicky Byrne, a former international goalkeeper for Republic of Ireland youth sides and former member of the boy band Westlife.

Nolan Holmes O'Brien Hand Byrne Mulvenna McCarron Leech Mooney Meade Donoghue Curran Bradley Kelly Matthews Douglas Elding Salmon Buckley

Second round Replays

Mustapha Darcy Heffernan Donovan

Third round

The draw for the third round was made live on Monday Night Soccer on 15 July. The draw was made by FAI President Paddy McCaul and Republic of Ireland U19 team manager Paul Doolin.

Byrne Brennan Towell Byrne Meenan Gaffney Robinson Quigley Brady

Third round Replays

Toland McVeigh Funston McNamee

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 26 August on Monday Night Soccer. The draw was made by FAI President Paddy McCaul and former goalkeeper Alan O'Neill who won the FAI Cup with Shamrock Rovers, Dundalk and UCD. Fixtures took place on the weekend of 15 September 2013.

Robinson Boyle Hoban Byrne

Quarter-finals replays

Cassidy

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made on 16 September on Monday Night Soccer. The draw was made by the Director of the Airtricity League Fran Gavin and former Irish national player Turlough O'Connor. Fixtures took place on the weekend of 6 October 2013. Both matches were shown live on RTÉ Two.

Keane Elding

Final

Main article: 2013 FAI Cup final

R. Brennan Elding

References

(2006-08-21). "FAI announces Ford sponsorship deal". RTÉ Sport.
"FAI Ford Cup First round draws". [[Football Association of Ireland]].
(29 April 2013). "FAI Ford Cup Second Round draw made".
(15 July 2013). "FAI Ford Cup Third Round draw made".
"FAI Ford Cup Quarter-final draw made". [[League of Ireland]].
"FAI Ford Cup semi-final draw made". [[League of Ireland]].
(17 September 2013). "Order decided for FAI Ford Cup semi-finals". Extra Time.

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