2005–06 Irish League Cup

2005–06 Irish League Cup
CIS Insurance Cup
Country  Northern Ireland
Teams 16
Champions Linfield (8th win)
Runners-up Glentoran
Matches played 55
Goals scored 180 (3.27 per match)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Irish League Cup (known as the CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 10 December 2005 with the final.

Glentoran were the defending champions after their fifth League Cup win last season; a 2–1 victory over Linfield in the previous final. This season both clubs reached the final again but this time Linfield came out on top by defeating the Glens 3–0 to lift the cup for the eighth time, with Glenn Ferguson scoring a Hat-trick. This was the seventh, and to date, last time that both clubs met in the final.[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 6510147+716
Armagh City 6321129+311
Institute 6114913–44
Coleraine 602439–62
Home ╲ Away ARM COL GLTINS
Armagh City 1–0 1–2 5–3
Coleraine 1–1 1–4 1–1
Glentoran 2–2 1–0 3–2
Institute 1–2 1–0 1–2

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 B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Portadown 6420105+514
Newry City 632197+211
Ballymena United 62226608
Glenavon 6006512–70
Home ╲ Away BYM GLA NEWPOR
Ballymena United 1–0 1–2 1–1
Glenavon 1–2 2–3 1–2
Newry City 1–1 1–0 1–1
Portadown 1–0 3–1 2–1

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 6600201+1918
Limavady United 6312912–310
Ards 6213612–67
Loughgall 6006515–100
Home ╲ Away ARD LIM LINLGL
Ards 0–1 0–7 2–1
Limavady United 1–1 1–6 2–1
Linfield 1–0 2–0 2–0
Loughgall 1–3 2–4 0–2

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 D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Lisburn Distillery 6321115+611
Dungannon Swifts 63121813+510
Cliftonville 614167–17
Larne 6114717–104
Home ╲ Away CLI DUN LRNLIS
Cliftonville 2–4 0–0 1–1
Dungannon Swifts 2–2 4–1 0–2
Larne 0–1 3–7 1–5
Lisburn Distillery 0–0 3–1 0–2

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
Glentoran 2–1 Newry City
Linfield 4–0 Dungannon Swifts
Lisburn Distillery 6–0 Limavady United
Portadown 4–2 Armagh City

Semi-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Glentoran 2–1 Portadown
Linfield 5–0 Lisburn Distillery

Final

10 December 2005
Linfield 3 – 0 Glentoran
Ferguson  3', 49', 75' Report

References

  1. ↑ "Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Northern Ireland League Cup 2005/06". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
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