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{{infobox football tournament season
| title = [[Setanta Cup]]
| year = 2005
| country = Northern Ireland<br>Republic of Ireland
| num_teams = 6
| champions = [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]] (1st title)
| runner-up = [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]]
| matches = 13
| goals = 33
| nextseason = [[2006 Setanta Sports Cup|2006]]
}}

The '''2005 Setanta Cup''' was the first edition of the [[Setanta Sports Cup]], a club [[football (soccer)|football]] competition featuring teams from both football associations on the island of [[Ireland]]. It was inaugurated as a cross-border competition between clubs from the [[League of Ireland]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]] and the [[IFA Premiership|Irish League]] in [[Northern Ireland]].

The cup is sponsored by [[Setanta Sports]]; the [[Ireland|Irish]] sports [[television network]]. The competition was launched with Setanta providing support for prize money ([[Euro|€]]350,000) and sponsorship (€1.6 million over 4 years).

For this season the cup was simply known as the '''Setanta Cup''' before being renamed the '''Setanta Sports Cup''' from 2006 onwards.

[[Glentoran F.C.|Glentoran]] beat [[Longford Town F.C.|Longford Town]] 2–1 in the first ever game of the competition on 15 March 2005. The first final saw [[Belfast]] side [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]] defeat [[Dublin]]'s [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]] 2–0 at [[Tolka Park]] in Dublin on 21 May 2005 to collect the winner's prize of [[Euro|€]]150,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/alliercuphist.html|title=All-Ireland Cross-Border Cup Competitions|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>

==Format==
The teams would be split into two groups of 3 teams and play each other twice, once at home and once away. The winners of each group would play in a single game final, to be held in Tolka Park if at least one team from the Republic of Ireland was involved.  If the final was played between two teams from Northern Ireland, the final would be held at [[Windsor Park]].

==Qualification==

===League of Ireland===
Shelbourne qualified by winning the [[2004 League of Ireland Premier Division]] title. Longford Town qualified by winning the [[2004 FAI Cup Final]]. [[Cork City F.C.|Cork City]] took the third spot by finishing second in the 2004 League of Ireland Premier Division.

===Irish League===
Linfield qualified by winning the [[2003–04 Irish Premier League]]. Glentoran qualified by winning the 2003–04 [[Irish Cup]]. The third spot went to [[Portadown F.C.|Portadown]] for finishing second in the 2003–04 Irish Premier League.

Following a draw (in which league winners were kept apart), the teams were placed as follows;

*'''Group 1'''; Linfield, Longford Town, Glentoran
*'''Group 2'''; Shelbourne, Portadown, Cork City

==Group stage==
===Group 1===
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|score = 2 – 1
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/4352395.stm (Report)]
|team2 = [[Longford Town F.C.|Longford Town]]
|goals1 = [[Michael Halliday (footballer)|Halliday]] {{goal|48}} <br />Parkhouse {{goal|65}}
|goals2 = [[Paul Keegan (footballer born 1972)|Keegan]] {{goal|83}}
|stadium = [[The Oval (Belfast)|The Oval]], [[Belfast]]
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----

{{footballbox
|date = 2005-04-04
|team1 = [[Longford Town F.C.|Longford Town]]
|score = 2 – 1
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/4408123.stm (Report)]
|team2 = [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]]
|goals1 = [[Stephen Paisley|Paisley]] {{goal|6}} <br />[[Andrew Myler|Myler]] {{goal|45}}
|goals2 = [[Paul McAreavey|McAreavey]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium = [[Flancare Park]], [[Longford]]
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----

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|date = 2005-04-19
|team1 = [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]]
|score = 3 – 2
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4457337.stm (Report)]
|team2 = [[Glentoran F.C.|Glentoran]]
|goals1 = [[Davy Larmour (footballer)|Larmour]] {{goal|11}} <br />King {{goal|35}} <br />Simpson [[own goal|o.g.]] {{goal|58}}
|goals2 = [[Michael Halliday (footballer)|Halliday]] {{goal|47}} <br />Melaugh {{goal|85}}
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----

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|team2 = [[Glentoran F.C.|Glentoran]]
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----

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|score = 1 – 0
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|team2 = [[Longford Town F.C.|Longford Town]]
|goals1 = [[Peter Thompson (Northern Ireland footballer)|Thompson]] {{goal|26}} <br /> McCann {{sent off|0|82}}
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{{footballbox
|date = 2005-05-16
|team1 = [[Glentoran F.C.|Glentoran]]
|score = 2 – 4
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|team2 = [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]]
|goals1 = [[Darren Lockhart|Lockhart]] {{goal|62}} <br />[[Shaun Holmes|Holmes]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2 =  [[Paul McAreavey|McAreavey]] {{goal|5}} <br />Murphy {{goal|28}} <br />[[Glenn Ferguson|Ferguson]] {{goal|43}} <br />Mouncey {{goal|54}}
|stadium = [[The Oval (Belfast)|The Oval]], [[Belfast]]
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|IRL}} Ian Stokes }}

===Group 2===
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|date = 2005-03-22
|team1 = [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]]
|score = 3 – 3
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/4371109.stm (Report)]
|team2 = [[Portadown F.C.|Portadown]]
|goals1 = [[Richie Baker (Irish footballer)|Baker]] {{goal|40}}, {{goal|67}} <br />[[Jason Byrne (footballer)|Byrne]] {{goal|44}}
|goals2 =  [[Gary Hamilton (footballer born 1980)|Hamilton]] {{goal|49}}, {{goal|59}} <br />[[Wesley Boyle|Boyle]] {{goal|83}}
|stadium = [[Tolka Park]], [[Dublin]]
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----

{{footballbox
|date = 2005-03-28
|team1 = [[Cork City F.C.|Cork City]]
|score = 1 – 0
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|team2 = [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]]
|goals1 = [[Denis Behan|Behan]] {{goal|59}} <br /> [[Joe Gamble|Gamble]] {{sent off|0|85}}
|goals2 =  [[David Crawley (footballer)|Crawley]] {{sent off|0|90}}
|stadium = [[Turners Cross (stadium)|Turners Cross]], [[Cork (city)|Cork]]
|attendance = 4,000
|referee = {{flagicon|NIR}} David Malcolm }}
----

{{footballbox
|date = 2005-04-11
|team1 = [[Portadown F.C.|Portadown]]
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/4434797.stm (Report)]
|team2 = [[Cork City F.C.|Cork City]]
|goals1 = [[Darren Kelly|Kelly]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2 = [[Kevin Doyle (footballer)|Doyle]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium = [[Shamrock Park]], [[Portadown]]
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----

{{footballbox
|date = 2005-04-25
|team1 = [[Portadown F.C.|Portadown]]
|score = 0 – 1
|report = [http://www.shelbournefc.ie/liveupdate.php?matchid=14%22 (Report)]
|team2 = [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]]
|goals1 = Feeney {{sent off|0|53}}
|goals2 = [[Jason Byrne (footballer)|Byrne]] {{goal|4}}
|stadium = [[Shamrock Park]], [[Portadown]]
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----

{{footballbox
|date = 2005-05-02
|team1 = [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]]
|score = 1 – 0
|report = [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+Port+in+a+storm%3B+SETANTA+CUP+Shelbourne+1+Cork+0.-a0132074115 (Report)]
|team2 = [[Cork City F.C.|Cork City]]
|goals1 = [[Jamie Harris (footballer)|Harris]] {{goal|52}}
|goals2 =  
|stadium = [[Tolka Park]], [[Dublin]]
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Courtney }}
----

{{footballbox
|date = 2005-05-16
|team1 = [[Cork City F.C.|Cork City]]
|score = 0 – 1
|report = [http://foot.ie/threads/25167-City-0-Portadown-1 (Report)]
|team2 = [[Portadown F.C.|Portadown]]
|goals1 = McNulty {{sent off|0|}}
|goals2 = [[Gary Hamilton (footballer born 1980)|Hamilton]] {{goal|30}} <br />[[Gary Hamilton (footballer born 1980)|Hamilton]] {{sent off|0|}}
|stadium = [[Turners Cross (stadium)|Turners Cross]], [[Cork (city)|Cork]]
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|IRL}} John Feighery}}

==Final==
{{footballbox
|date = 2005-05-21
|team1 = [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]]
|score = 0 – 2
|report = [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/4568525.stm (Report)]
|team2 = [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]]
|goals1 = [[Jason Byrne (footballer)|Byrne]] {{sent off|0|90+}} <br />[[Alan Moore (footballer)|Moore]] {{sent off|0|90+}}
|goals2 = [[Glenn Ferguson|Ferguson]] {{goal|26}} <br />[[Peter Thompson (Northern Ireland footballer)|Thompson]] {{goal|37}}
|stadium = [[Tolka Park]], [[Dublin]]
|attendance =
|referee = {{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Courtney
}}

{{winners||Winner of 2005 Setanta Sports Cup|{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Linfield F.C.|Linfield]]|1st}}

==Goalscorers==
;3 goals
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Gary Hamilton (footballer born 1980)|Gary Hamilton]] (Portadown)

;2 goals
{{colbegin}}
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Richie Baker (Irish footballer)|Richie Baker]] (Shelbourne)
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Jason Byrne (footballer)|Jason Byrne]] (Shelbourne)
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Glenn Ferguson]] (Linfield)
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Michael Halliday (footballer)|Michael Halliday]] (Glentoran)
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Paul McAreavey]] (Linfield)
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Stephen Paisley]] (Longford Town)
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Peter Thompson (Northern Irish footballer)|Peter Thompson]] (Linfield)
{{colend}}

;1 goal
{{colbegin}}
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Denis Behan]] (Cork City)
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Wesley Boyle]] (Portadown)
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Kevin Doyle (footballer)|Kevin Doyle]] (Cork City)
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Jamie Harris (footballer)|Jamie Harris]] (Shelbourne)
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Shaun Holmes]] (Glentoran)
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Paul Keegan (footballer born 1972)|Paul Keegan]] (Longford Town)
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Darren Kelly]] (Portadown)
* {{flagicon|NIR}} Stuart King (Linfield)
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Davy Larmour (footballer)|Davy Larmour]] (Linfield)
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Darren Lockhart]] (Glentoran)
* {{flagicon|NIR}} Gavin Melaugh (Glentoran)
* {{flagicon|NIR}} Tim Mouncey (Linfield)
* {{flagicon|NIR}} William Murphy (Linfield)
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Andrew Myler|Andy Myler]] (Longford Town)
* {{flagicon|NIR}} Stephen Parkhouse (Glentoran)
{{colend}}

;1 own goal
* {{flagicon|NIR}} Philip Simpson (Glentoran)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080913050111/http://www.setantasports.com/en/Sport/Football/Competition/?facets%2Fsport-space%2Ffootball%2Fgreat-britain-locale%2FSetanta-Sports-Cup%2F Official Setanta Cup Site]

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