2017 FAI Cup

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2017 FAI Cup
FAI Irish Daily Mail Cup
Country  Republic of Ireland
Matches played 8
Goals scored 19 (2.38 per match)

The 2017 FAI Senior Challenge Cup is the 97th season of the knockout national Football competition of the Republic of Ireland. The winners of this season's cup will earn a place in the 2018–19 Europa League and enter in the first qualifying round.[1] Cork City are the defending champions.[2]

The tournament began the weekend of 30 April 2017 with the preliminary round, which was contested by sixteen non-league clubs.[3]

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was held 15 March 2017.[3]

First round

The first will be played between the eight first round winners, the four clubs which received byes in the preliminary round, and the twenty League of Ireland clubs.[4]

See also

References

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