2006 Setanta Sports Cup
Tournament details
Country Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Teams8
Defending championsLinfield
Final positions
ChampionsDrogheda United (1st title)
Runner-upCork City
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored59 (2.19 per match)

The 2006 Setanta Sports Cup was the 2nd staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition that takes place between football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played at Tolka Park in Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 22 April 2006, where Drogheda United beat Cork City to win the competition for the first time.

Group stage

The draw for this round was held 12 December 2005. The matches were played 20 February 2006 – 3 April 2006.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Republic of Ireland Cork City (A) 6 5 1 0 11 2 +9 16 Advanced to the semi-finals
2 Republic of Ireland Drogheda Utd (A) 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10
3 Northern Ireland Dungannon Swifts 6 1 1 4 4 8 −4 4
4 Northern Ireland Portadown 6 0 3 3 4 11 −7 3
Source:
(A) Advance to a further round
Drogheda United1 – 0Dungannon Swifts
Leech 43' (Report)
Cork City2 – 0Drogheda United
Behan 58'
Gavin o.g. 80'		 (Report) Bradley Red card 76'
Fahey Red card 77'
Referee: Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly
Dungannon Swifts1 – 1Portadown
McAree 85 pen' (Report) Convery 23'
Drogheda United4 – 0Portadown
Keegan 7'
Barrett 9'
O'Brien 33', 55'		 (Report) Neill Red card 69'
Cork City3 – 1Portadown
Woods 2'
Behan 70'
O'Callaghan 90'		 (Report) Quinn 72'
Portadown1 – 2Dungannon Swifts
McStay 86' (Report) Adamson 74'
Bulow 84'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Northern Ireland Linfield (A) 6 2 4 0 12 4 +8 10 Advanced to the semi-finals
2 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne (A) 6 2 3 1 7 3 +4 9
3 Republic of Ireland Derry City 6 1 4 1 5 4 +1 7
4 Northern Ireland Glentoran 6 1 1 4 5 18 −13 4
Source:
(A) Advance to a further round
Shelbourne3 – 0Glentoran
Ryan 29'
Crowe 36', 60'		 (Report)
Glentoran3 – 3Linfield
Lockhart 11'
Nixon 21 pen'
Browne 74'		 (Report) McAreavey 17'
Kearney 50', 69'
Ferguson Red card 57'
Derry City3 – 1Glentoran
Hargan 11', 35'
Beckett 38'		 (Report) Walker 90'
Shelbourne0 – 0Linfield
Hawkins Red card 75' (Report) McAreavey Red card 24'
Referee: Republic of Ireland Alan Kelly
Glentoran0 – 3Shelbourne
(Report) Byrne 17', 68'
Cahill 30'
Linfield6 – 0Glentoran
Hunter 25 pen'
Thompson 41', 90'
McAreavey 56', 82'
Murphy 62'		 (Report) Glendinning Red card 40'

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.

Cork City2 – 0Shelbourne
O'Brien 34'
Fenn 62'		 (Report)

Final

Similarly to the semi-finals, there would be no replay even if the match was drawn; instead, extra time would be used to decide the winners. If extra time failed to separate the two sides, the match would go to penalties.

 Winner of 2006 Setanta Sports Cup 
Republic of Ireland Drogheda United
1st title

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
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