2006–07 Irish League Cup

2006–07 Irish League Cup
CIS Insurance Cup
Country  Northern Ireland
Teams 16
Champions Glentoran (6th win)
Runners-up Cliftonville
Matches played 55
Goals scored 157 (2.85 per match)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 Irish League Cup (known as the CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 2 December 2006 with the final.

Linfield were the defending champions after their eighth League Cup win last season; a 3–0 victory over Glentoran in the previous final. This season Glentoran gained some revenge by defeating the Blues at the semi-final stage. The Glens went on to lift the cup for the sixth time by defeating Cliftonville 1–0 in the final. This was the ninth time in ten years that the cup had been won by one of Belfast's Big Two.[1][2]

The 16 clubs taking part were divided into four groups of four clubs. The clubs in each group played each other at home and away. The top two clubs from each group then advanced to the quarter-finals where they played a single knock-out tie against another quarter-finalist. The semi-finals were played in the same format with the two winners of the ties advancing to the single match final.

Group Stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Glentoran 6501183+1515
Newry City 6411117+413
Loughgall 6123513–85
Donegal Celtic 6015516–111
Home ╲ Away DGC GLT LGLNEW
Donegal Celtic 1–3 0–2 1–2
Glentoran 5–0 4–0 3–0
Loughgall 2–2 0–2 1–5
Newry City 2–1 2–1 0–0

Source: rsssf.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Crusaders 641185+313
Portadown 622297+28
Limavady United 61321113–26
Ballymena United 6123710–35
Home ╲ Away BYM CRU LIMPOR
Ballymena United 0–0 3–3 1–0
Crusaders 2–1 3–1 1–0
Limavady United 2–1 1–2 2–2
Portadown 3–1 2–0 2–2

Source: rsssf.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Linfield 6501197+1215
Lisburn Distillery 631278–110
Larne 621378–17
Glenavon 6105313–103
Home ╲ Away GLA LRN LINLIS
Glenavon 0–2 2–1 0–1
Larne 1–0 1–3 1–1
Linfield 5–1 3–2 4–1
Lisburn Distillery 3–0 1–0 0–3

Source: rsssf.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Cliftonville 633083+512
Dungannon Swifts 632164+211
Coleraine 6213129+37
Armagh City 6105313–103
Home ╲ Away ARM CLI COLDUN
Armagh City 0–1 1–3 2–0
Cliftonville 3–0 3–2 0–0
Coleraine 4–0 1–1 0–1
Dungannon Swifts 2–0 0–0 3–2

Source: rsssf.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Quarter-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cliftonville 3–1 Lisburn Distillery
Crusaders 8–0 Newry City
Glentoran 1–1 (5–4 p) Portadown
Linfield 2–0 Dungannon Swifts

Semi-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cliftonville 1–0 Crusaders
Linfield 0–0 (3–4 p) Glentoran

Final

References

  1. ↑ "Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Northern Ireland League Cup 2006/07". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
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