Tournament details | |
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Country | Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland |
Teams | 8 |
Defending champions | Drogheda United |
Final positions | |
Champions | Cork City (1st title) |
Runner-up | Glentoran |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 27 |
Goals scored | 72 (2.67 per match) |
The 2008 Setanta Sports Cup was the 4th staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition featuring football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross in Cork.
Teams that progressed to the Semi-Finals are indicated in bold type.
Teams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in italics.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Drogheda Utd | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 14 |
Cork City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 14 |
Cliftonville | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 4 |
Dungannon Swifts | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -14 | 1 |
Drogheda United | 3 – 2 | Cliftonville |
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Zayed 40', 86' Baker 74' |
(Report) | Murphy 57' M Holland 87' |
Dungannon Swifts | 0 – 2 | Cork City |
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(Report) | O'Callaghan 16', 40' |
Cork City | 2 – 0 | Cliftonville |
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O'Flynn 68' Mooney 75' |
(Report) |
Dungannon Swifts | 0 – 4 | Drogheda United |
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(Report) | Grant 4' Gartland 35' McMinn 63' (og) O'Brien 85' |
Cliftonville | 0 – 2 | Cork City |
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(Report) | Behan 38', 75' |
Drogheda United | 3 – 0 | Dungannon Swifts |
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Hughes 28' Zayed 76' Cahill 88' |
(Report) |
Drogheda United | 1 – 1 | Cork City |
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Tambouras 50' | (Report) | Murphy 44' |
Dungannon Swifts | 2 – 4 | Cliftonville |
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Adamson 8' Baker 47' |
Patterson 2' Hamill 34', 61' McMullan 80' |
Cliftonville | 0 – 2 | Drogheda United |
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Zayed 30' Hughes 54' |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Derry City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 13 |
Glentoran | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 8 |
Linfield | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 7 |
St Patrick's Athletic | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 5 |
St Patrick's Athletic | 3 – 3 | Glentoran |
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O'Neill 20', 89' Fahey 90' |
(Report) | Halliday 5' Nixon 72' (pen) Fordyce 85' |
Derry City | 2 – 0 | St Patrick's Athletic |
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Martyn 37' Brennan 47 (o.g.)' |
(Report) |
Glentoran | 1 – 1 | Derry City |
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Nixon 70' | (Report) | Sammon 50' (pen) |
St Patrick's Athletic | 2 – 0 | Linfield |
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Quigley 7' O'Neill 76' |
(Report) |
Derry City | 2 – 0 | Glentoran |
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Higgins 35' Farren 84' |
(Report) |
Linfield | 1 – 1 | St Patrick's Athletic |
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Mulgrew 89' | (Report) | Fahey 40' |
St Patrick's Athletic | 0 – 1 | Derry City |
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(Report) | McHugh 33' |
Derry City | 3 – 0 | Linfield |
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Farren 23', 63', 84' | (Report) |
The draw for the semi-finals was made by drawing the winners of Group A against the runners-up of Group 2 and vice versa, with group winners having home advantage. Glentoran beat Drogheda United 1–0 in the first semi-final, which was played at United Park in Drogheda,[1] while Cork City overcame Derry City by the same scoreline at the Brandywell Stadium in Derry.[2]
Drogheda United | 0 – 1 | Glentoran |
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(Report) | Hill 3' Leeman 74' Hill 89' |
Derry City | 0 – 1 | Cork City |
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(Report) | Kiely 67' |
The final took place on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross stadium in front of 5,500, a sell out crowd, in Cork, where Cork City came from behind to beat Glentoran 2-1 and win the competition for the first time.[3]
Winner of 2008 Setanta Sports Cup |
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Cork City 1st Title |