President of Ireland's Cup

President of Ireland's Cup
Organising body Football Association of Ireland
Founded 2014
Region Republic of Ireland Ireland
Number of teams 2
Current champions Cork City
Most successful club(s) St Patrick's Athletic (1)
Dundalk (1)
Cork City (1)
2016 President of Ireland's Cup

The President of Ireland's Cup, also known simply as the President's Cup, is an association football super cup featuring clubs from the Republic of Ireland. It is a play-off between the winners of the previous season's League of Ireland Premier Division and the FAI Cup. Because it is organised by the Football Association of Ireland, it is sometimes misleadingly referred to as the FAI President's Cup. However the president in the title refers to the President of Ireland and not the president of the FAI. The FAI has previously organised similar competitions, the Top Four Cup and the FAI Super Cup. A similarly named and formated competition, the LFA President's Cup was organised by the Leinster Football Association.

History

The President of Ireland's Cup was introduced in 2014 and the inaugural match featured the 2013 League of Ireland Premier Division champions, St Patrick's Athletic, and the 2013 FAI Cup winners, Sligo Rovers. [1][2] On 25 February 2014 the cup itself was officially unveiled with a ceremony at Áras an Uachtaráin hosted by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins. The president has previously served as president of Galway United and is a well known football supporter who regularly attends League of Ireland games. Also at the ceremony were Liam Buckley and Ger O'Brien, the manager and captain of St Patrick's Athletic and Ian Baraclough and Gavin Peers, the manager and captain of Sligo Rovers. [3][4][5] President Higgins subsequently attended the inaugural final at Richmond Park on 2 March 2014 [6] which was won 1–0 by St Patrick's Athletic with Keith Fahey scoring the winner. [7]

List of finals

Season Winner Score Runners-up Venue Attendance
2014 [7] St Patrick's Athletic 1–0 Sligo Rovers Richmond Park 1,330
2015 [8] Dundalk 2–1 St Patrick's Athletic Oriel Park 1,800
2016 [9] Cork City 2–0 Dundalk Turners Cross 1,850

See also

References

  1. ↑ "President's Cup date for St Pat's Athletic and Sligo Rovers". www.rte.ie. 18 January 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "FAI announces details of inaugural President's Cup". www.thejournal.ie. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Michael D Higgins Interview: Statesman of the game". www.irishexaminer.com. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "President Michael D Higgins unveils Cup for new competition between SSE Airtricity League and FAI Cup winners". www.rte.ie. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "LFA President's Cup". leagueofirelandhistory.wordpress.com. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "President attends the inaugural President's Cup fixture". www.president.ie. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Superb Fahey strikes earns silverware for St pat's". www.independent.ie. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  8. ↑ "VIDEO: Dundalk win the President's Cup". www.rte.ie. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Cork claim President's Cup by beating Dundalk". www.rte.ie. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
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