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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title               = FAI Cup
| year                = 2006
| other_titles        = 
| image               =
| imagesize           =
| caption             =
| country             = Republic of Ireland
| num_teams           = 42
| champions           = [[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]
| runner-up           = [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]]
| matches             = 49
| goals               = 134
| top goal scorer     =
| player              =
| prevseason          = [[2005 FAI Cup|2005]]
| nextseason          = [[2007 FAI Cup|2007]]
}}
The '''FAI Cup 2006''' was the 86th staging of '''The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup''' or [[FAI Cup]]. This season's competition was the last to be sponsored by [[Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg]]. It officially kicked off in late April, when twenty clubs from the junior and intermediate leagues battled it out for the chance to face [[League of Ireland]] opposition in the second round. The ten winners of those ties were joined in the second round by the 22 League of Ireland clubs. The competition ran until early December, with the final taking place on Sunday, December 3.

==First round==
''Fixtures played weekend April 23''

[[Waterford Crystal F.C.|Waterford Crystal]] '''4-1''' 	Garda AFC

[[Castlebar Celtic F.C.|Castlebar Celtic]] '''5-1''' 	Fairview CYM

[[Ashtown Villa]]  '''2-2''' [[Wayside Celtic F.C.|Wayside Celtic]]

[[Tolka Rovers F.C.|Tolka Rovers]]  '''1-3''' 	Carrigaline United

[[College Corinthians A.F.C.|College Corinthians]]'''2-2''' [[Blarney United F.C.|Blarney United]]

Brendanville 	        '''0-1''' 	Douglas Hall

[[Malahide United F.C.|Malahide United]] '''1-1''' [[Fanad United F.C.|Fanad United]]

Athenry 	        '''0-0''' 	[[Bangor Celtic F.C.|Bangor Celtic]]

Killester United 	'''6-1''' 	St Mochtas

[[Crumlin United F.C.|Crumlin United]]  '''0-0''' [[Avondale United F.C. (Cork)|Avondale United]]

==Second round==
Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 28 May 2006.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Tie no
!Home team
!Score
!Away team
|-
|1
|'''[[Longford Town F.C.|Longford Town]]'''
|2-1
|[[Cork City F.C.|Cork City]]
|-
|2
|'''[[Athlone Town A.F.C.|Athlone Town]]'''
|2-1
|[[Galway United F.C.|Galway United]]
|-
|3
|'''[[Bohemians F.C.|Bohemians]]'''
|3-1
|[[Waterford Crystal F.C.|Waterford Crystal]]
|-
|4
|[[Bray Wanderers A.F.C.|Bray Wanderers]]
|2-2
|[[Kildare County F.C.|Kildare County]]
|-
|''replay''
|''[[Kildare County F.C.|Kildare County]]''
|0-1
|'''''[[Bray Wanderers A.F.C.|Bray Wanderers]]'''''
|-
|5
|'''[[Waterford United F.C.|Waterford United]]'''
|5-0
|Douglas Hall
|-
|6
|[[Limerick F.C.|Limerick]]
|0-0
|[[Drogheda United F.C.|Drogheda United]]
|-
|''replay''
|''[[Drogheda United F.C.|Drogheda United]]''
|0-1
|'''''[[Limerick F.C.|Limerick]]'''''
|-
|7
|'''[[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]]'''
|1-0
|[[Cobh Ramblers F.C.|Cobh Ramblers]]
|-
|8
|[[Blarney United F.C.|Blarney United]]
|1-3
|'''[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]'''
|-
|9
| [[Bangor Celtic F.C.|Bangor Celtic]]
|1-3
|'''[[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]]'''
|-
|10
|Carrigaline United
|0-4
|'''[[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]]'''
|-
|11
|[[Kilkenny City A.F.C.|Kilkenny City]]
|0-2
|'''[[UCD A.F.C.|UCD]]'''
|-
|12
|[[Dublin City F.C.|Dublin City]]
|0-0
|[[Monaghan United F.C.|Monaghan United]]
|-
|''replay''
|''[[Monaghan United F.C.|Monaghan United]]''
|2-4
|'''''[[Dublin City F.C.|Dublin City]]'''''
|-
|13
|'''[[Finn Harps F.C.|Finn Harps]]'''
|1-0
| [[Crumlin United F.C.|Crumlin United]]
|-
|14
|[[Castlebar Celtic F.C.|Castlebar Celtic]]
|0-2
|'''[[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]]'''
|-
|15
|[[Malahide United A.F.C.|Malahide United]]
|0-2
|'''[[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]]'''
|-
|16
|[[Wayside Celtic F.C.|Wayside Celtic]]
|0-1
|'''Killester United'''
|}

==Third round==
Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 27 August 2006.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Tie no
!Home team
!Score
!Away team
|-
|1
|[[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]]
|1-1
|[[Bohemians F.C.|Bohemians]]
|-
|''replay''
|''[[Bohemians F.C.|Bohemians]]''
|0-2
|'''''[[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]]'''''
|-
|2
|[[Waterford United F.C.|Waterford United]]
|1-1
|[[Longford Town F.C.|Longford Town]]
|-
|''replay''
|'''''[[Longford Town F.C.|Longford Town]]'''''
|1-0
|''[[Waterford United F.C.|Waterford United]]''
|-
|3
|'''[[UCD A.F.C.|UCD]]'''
|3-1
|[[Limerick F.C.|Limerick]]
|-
|4
|'''[[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]]'''
|2-0
|[[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]]
|-
|5
|[[Finn Harps F.C.|Finn Harps]]
|0-0
|[[Athlone Town A.F.C.|Athlone Town]]
|-
|''replay''
|'''''[[Athlone Town A.F.C.|Athlone Town]]'''''
|3-2
|''[[Finn Harps F.C.|Finn Harps]]''
|-
|6
|'''[[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]]'''
|2-1
|[[Bray Wanderers A.F.C.|Bray Wanderers]]
|-
|7
|[[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]]
|0-1
|'''[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]'''
|-
|8
|'''Killester United'''
|w/o
|[[Dublin City F.C.|Dublin City]]
|}

==Quarter-finals==
Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 1 October.

{{football box
|date = 29 September 2006
|team1 = [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]]
|score = 4&ndash;1
|report =
|team2 = [[Longford Town F.C.|Longford Town]]
|goals1 = [[Trevor Molloy|Molloy]] {{goal|3}}, {{goal|61}}, {{goal|78}} <small>[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]]</small><br />Foley {{goal|26}} <small>[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]]</small>
|goals2 =  Martin {{goal|69}}
|stadium = [[Richmond Park (football ground)|Richmond Park]], [[Dublin]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 30 September 2006
|team1 = [[Athlone Town A.F.C.|Athlone Town]]
|score = 1&ndash;2
|report =
|team2 =  [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]]
|goals1 = [[Jim Sheridan (footballer)|Sheridan]] {{goal|38}}
|goals2 = Rowe {{goal|82}}<br />Clarke {{goal|90}}
|stadium = [[St. Mel's Park]], [[Athlone]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 30 September 2006
|team1 = [[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]]
|score = 0&ndash;0
|report =
|team2 = Killester United
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[The Showgrounds, Sligo Town|The Showgrounds]], [[Sligo]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 1 October 2006
|team1 = [[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]
|score = 2&ndash;0
|report =
|team2 = [[UCD A.F.C.|UCD]]
|goals1 = [[Mark Farren|Farren]] {{goal|65}} <small>[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]]</small><br />[[Kevin McHugh|McHugh]] {{goal|67}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[The Brandywell]], [[Derry]]}}

===Replay===
{{football box
|date =
|team1 = Killester United
|score = 3&ndash;4<br />[[Extra time|aet]]
|report =
|team2 = [[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]]
|goals1 = Keogh {{goal|19}}, {{goal|77}}<br />Lacey {{goal|51}}
|goals2 = [[John Bellew (footballer)|Bellew]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Adam Hughes (footballer)|Hughes]] {{goal|44}}<br />[[Gavin Peers|Peers]] {{goal|67}}<br/>McTiernan {{goal|102}}
|stadium = }}

==Semi-finals==
{{football box
|date = 27 October 2006
|team1 = [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]]
|score = 0&ndash;2
|report =
|team2 = [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]]
|goals1 =
|goals2 =  [[Paul Keegan (footballer born 1972)|Keegan]] {{goal|18}}, [[Trevor Molloy|Molloy]] {{goal|?}}
|stadium = [[Tolka Park]], [[Dublin]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 29 October 2006
|team1 = [[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]]
|score = 0&ndash;0
|report =
|team2 = [[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[The Showgrounds, Sligo Town|The Showgrounds]], [[Sligo]]}}

===Replay===
{{football box
|date = 31 October 2006
|team1 = [[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]
|score = 5&ndash;0
|report =
|team2 = [[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]]
|goals1 = [[Pat McCourt|McCourt]] {{goal|33}}, [[Mark Farren|Farren]] {{goal|39}}(pen),{{goal|46}}, [[Ciarán Martyn|Martyn]] {{goal|42}}, {{goal|91}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[The Brandywell]], [[Derry]]}}

==Final==
The [[2006 FAI Cup Final]] was the last at the old [[Lansdowne Road]].
{{football box |
date = December 3, 2006 |
team1 = [[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]] |
score = 4-3 ([[Extra time|AET]]) |
report =[https://web.archive.org/web/20120329034111/http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/1203/faicup.html FAI Cup final 2006 Match Report] |
team2 = [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]] |
goals1 = [[Mark Farren|M. Farren]] {{goal|25}}<br />[[Clive Delaney|C. Delaney]] {{goal|84}}<br />[[Peter Hutton (footballer)|P. Hutton]] {{goal|106}}<br />S. Brennan ([[own goal|OG]]) {{goal|109}} |
goals2 = D. Mulcahy {{goal|19}}<br />[[Trevor Molloy|T. Molloy]] ([[Penalty kick (association football)|pen]]) {{goal|74}}<br />[[Sean O'Connor (Irish footballer)|S. O'Connor]] {{goal|103}} |
stadium = 15.15 - [[Lansdowne Road]], [[Dublin]]
| referee =[[Damien Hancock]]
| attendance = 16,022
}}
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!Winner of FAI Cup 2006
|-
|<br/>'''[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]'''<br/>'''4th Title'''
|}

==External links==
*[http://www.fai.ie/ FAI Website]

{{FAI Cup seasons}}
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{{2006–07 in European football (UEFA)}}

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