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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title               = FAI Cup
| year                = 2008
| other_titles        = FAI Ford Cup
| image               =
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| country             = Republic of Ireland
| num_teams           =  
| champions           = [[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]]
| runner-up           = [[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]
| matches             =
| goals               = 
| top goal scorer     =
| player              =
| prevseason          = [[2007 FAI Cup|2007]]
| nextseason          = [[2009 FAI Cup|2009]]
}}
The '''[[FAI Cup]] 2008''' was the 88th staging of '''The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup''', or FAI Cup for short. This season was the second one sponsored by [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]].

The 2008 FAI Ford Cup officially kicked off in late March, when four clubs from the Intermediate and Junior leagues battled it out in the first round for the opportunity to join 18 [[2008 A Championship|A Championship]], Intermediate and Junior clubs in the second round.

The ten winners of those ties were joined in the Third Round by 12 [[League of Ireland Premier Division|Premier Division]] and 10 [[League of Ireland First Division|First Division]] clubs.

The competition ran until late November, with the final taking place on Sunday, 23 November 2008 at the [[Royal Dublin Society|RDS]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130217191021/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0810/faicup.html FAI Cup final confirmed for RDS]</ref>

==First round==
Fixtures were played on the weekend of Sunday 30 March 2008.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
|-
!Tie no
!Home team
!Score
!Away team
|-
|1
|'''[[Fanad United F.C.|Fanad United]]'''
|2–0
|[[Carrigaline United]]
|-
|2
|'''Douglas Hall'''
|4–0
|[[Castlebar Celtic F.C.|Castlebar Celtic]]
|-
|}

==Second round==
Fixtures were played on the weekend of Sunday 20 April 2008.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
|-
!Tie no
!Home team
!Score
!Away team
|-
|1
|Corduff 
|0-1<sup>1</sup>
|'''[[St. Mary's A.F.C. (Cork)|St. Mary's]]'''
|-
|2
|[[Avondale United F.C. (Cork)|Avondale United]]
|0–1
|'''Drogheda Town'''
|-
|3
|'''Douglas Hall'''
|1–0
|Belgrove
|-
|4
|[[Crumlin United F.C.|Crumlin United]]
|0–0
|Liffeys Pearse
|-
|''replay''
|'''''Liffeys Pearse'''''
|''2–0''
|''[[Crumlin United F.C.|Crumlin United]]''
|-
|5
|[[Salthill Devon F.C.|Salthill Devon]]
|0–1
|'''[[Rockmount A.F.C.|Rockmount]]'''
|-
|6
|'''Killester United'''
|2–1
|[[Bangor Celtic F.C.|Bangor Celtic]]
|-
|7
|Swilly Rovers
|1–4
|'''[[Wayside Celtic F.C.|Wayside Celtic]]'''
|-
|8
|[[St. James Gate F.C.|St. James Gate]]
|2–3
|'''Carrick United'''
|-
|9
|'''[[Everton A.F.C.|Everton]]'''
|3–1
|[[Tullamore Town F.C.|Tullamore Town]]
|-
|10
|Lissadel United
|0–2
|'''[[Fanad United F.C.|Fanad United]]'''
|-
|}
<small><sup>1</sup>Played on April 13, 2008 as Corduff FC gave up home advantage in tie due to unavailability of side on April 20.<br></small>

==Third round==
Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 8 June 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 12 May 2008 and was made by [[Giovanni Trapattoni]] and [[Marco Tardelli]], and televised live on [[RTÉ Two]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
|-
!Tie no
!Home team
!Score
!Away team
|-
|1
|[[Wexford Youths F.C.|Wexford Youths]]
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20100310200005/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0606/wexford_killester.html 0–0]
|Killester United
|-
|''replay''
|''Killester United''
|''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100308040246/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0624/killester_wexford.html 1–2]''
|'''''[[Wexford Youths F.C.|Wexford Youths]]'''''
|-
|2
|'''[[Galway United F.C.|Galway United]]'''
|[http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0606/galwayunited_waterfordunited.html 1–0]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|[[Waterford United F.C.|Waterford United]]
|-
|3
|Douglas Hall
|[http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0606/douglashall_droghedaunited.html 0–3]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|'''[[Drogheda United F.C.|Drogheda United]]'''
|-
|4
|[[Everton A.F.C.|Everton]]
|[https://archive.today/20130218091901/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0608/everton_carrickunited.html 0–2]
|'''Carrick United'''
|-
|5
|[[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]]
|[http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0606/shelbourne_dundalk.html 0–3]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|'''[[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]]'''
|-
|6
|[[Rockmount A.F.C.|Rockmount]]
|[https://archive.today/20130217190812/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0608/bray_rockmount.html 0–3]
|'''[[Bray Wanderers A.F.C.|Bray Wanderers]]'''
|-
|7
|[[Monaghan United F.C.|Monaghan United]]
|[http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0606/monaghanunited_ucd.html 0–0]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|[[UCD A.F.C.|UCD]]
|-
|''replay''
|''[[UCD A.F.C.|UCD]]''
|''[https://archive.today/20130217195651/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0624/ucd_monaghan.html 0–1]''
|'''''[[Monaghan United F.C.|Monaghan United]]'''''
|-
|8
|[[Limerick 37 F.C.|Limerick 37]]
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20090729101446/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0606/limerick37_corkcity.html 0–2]
|'''[[Cork City F.C.|Cork City]]'''
|-
|9
|'''[[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]]'''
|[http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0606/stpatricksathletic_longfordtown.html 2–1]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|[[Longford Town F.C.|Longford Town]]
|-
|10
|'''[[Kildare County F.C.|Kildare County]]'''
|[https://archive.today/20130217201751/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0624/kildare_fanad.html 3–0]
|[[Fanad United F.C.|Fanad United]]
|-
|11
|'''[[Athlone Town A.F.C.|Athlone Town]]'''
|[http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0606/athlonetown_finnharps.html 2–1]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|[[Finn Harps F.C.|Finn Harps]]
|-
|12
|'''[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]'''
|[http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0606/derrycity_liffeyspearse.html 2–0]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|Liffeys Pearse
|-
|13
|'''[[Sporting Fingal F.C.|Sporting Fingal]]'''
|[http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0606/sportingfingal_cobhramblers.html 2–0]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|[[Cobh Ramblers F.C.|Cobh Ramblers]]
|-
|14
|'''[[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]]'''
|[http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0606/bohemians_droghedatown.html 3–0]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|Drogheda Town
|-
|15
|'''[[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]]'''
|[https://archive.today/20130217215338/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0607/shamrock_sligo.html 2–1]
|[[Sligo Rovers F.C.|Sligo Rovers]]
|-
|16
|[[St Mary's A.F.C.|St Mary's]]
|[https://archive.today/20130217204417/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0607/wayside.html 0–1]
|'''[[Wayside Celtic F.C.|Wayside Celtic]]'''
|-
|}

==Fourth round==
Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 17 August 2008. The draw place on Monday, 7 July 2008 and televised live on [[RTÉ Two]].

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
|-
!Tie no
!Home team
!Score
!Away team
|-
|1
|[[Bray Wanderers A.F.C.|Bray Wanderers]]
|[http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0815/bray_dundalk.html 0–0]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|[[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]]
|-
|''replay''
|''[[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]]''
|''[https://archive.today/20130218031438/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0818/dundalk_bray.html 1–3]''
|'''''[[Bray Wanderers A.F.C.|Bray Wanderers]]'''''
|-
|2
|[[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]]
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20080901012314/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0815/shamrockrovers_corkcity.html 0–1]
|'''[[Cork City F.C.|Cork City]]'''
|-
|3
|'''[[Galway United F.C.|Galway United]]'''
|[https://archive.today/20130218012310/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0815/galwayunited_athlonetown.html 4–1]
|[[Athlone Town A.F.C.|Athlone Town]]
|-
|4
|Carrick United
|[https://archive.today/20130217200402/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0816/carrick_sporting.html 1–3]
|'''[[Sporting Fingal F.C.|Sporting Fingal]]'''
|-
|5
|'''[[Wayside Celtic F.C.|Wayside Celtic]]'''
|[https://archive.today/20130218002313/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0817/wayside_monaghan.html 1–0]
|[[Monaghan United F.C.|Monaghan United]]
|-
|6
|'''[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]'''
|[https://archive.today/20130220221433/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0819/derry_kildare.html 6–0]
|[[Kildare County F.C.|Kildare County]]
|-
|7
|'''[[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]]'''
|[http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0815/bohemians_drogheda.html 1–0]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|[[Drogheda United F.C.|Drogheda United]]
|-
|8
|[[Wexford Youths F.C.|Wexford Youths]]
|[https://archive.today/20130217193023/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0817/wexford_stpats.html 1–3]
|'''[[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St Patrick's Athletic]]'''
|-
|}

==Quarter-finals==
Matches were played on the weekend of Sunday, 14 September 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 25 August 2008 and was made by [[Turlough O'Connor (footballer)|Turlough O'Connor]] and David Flood, and televised live on [[RTÉ Two]].

{{football box
|date =  11 September 2008<br>19:45 [[Irish Summer Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[Sporting Fingal F.C.|Sporting Fingal]]
|score =  3 – 3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20081030062655/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0911/fingal_stpats.html Report]
|team2 = [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St. Patrick's Athletic]]
|goals1 = [[Peter Hynes (footballer)|Hynes]] {{goal|6}}<br>[[Philip Byrne|P. Byrne]] {{goal|18}}<br>James {{goal|90|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Mark Quigley|Quigley]] {{goal|35}} {{goal|42|pen.}}<br>[[Gary Dempsey (Irish footballer)|Dempsey]] {{goal|44}}
|stadium = [[Morton Stadium]], [[Dublin]]
|attendance = 1,932
|referee = D. McKeon
}}
----
{{football box
|date =  12 September 2008<br>19:45 [[Irish Summer Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[Galway United F.C.|Galway United]]
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080914164457/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0912/galwayunited_braywanderers.html Report]
|team2 = [[Bray Wanderers A.F.C.|Bray Wanderers]]
|goals1 = [[Marc McCulloch|McCulloch]] {{goal|45}}
|goals2 = [[Andrew Myler|Myler]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium = [[Terryland Park]], [[Galway]]
|attendance = 2,234
|referee = A. Kelly
}}
----
{{football box
|date =  13 September 2008<br>19:30 [[Irish Summer Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[Cork City F.C.|Cork City]]
|score = 1 – 1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090521133036/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0913/cork_derry.html Report]
|team2 = [[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]
|goals1 = [[Darren Murphy|Murphy]] {{goal|36}}
|goals2 = [[Sam Morrow|Morrow]] {{goal|83|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Turners Cross (stadium)|Turners Cross]], [[Cork (city)|Cork]]
|attendance = 4,258
|referee = R. Winter
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 14 September 2008<br>15:00 [[Irish Summer Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[Wayside Celtic F.C.|Wayside Celtic]]
|score = 1 – 6
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20081003060547/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0914/wayside_bohemians.html Report]
|team2 = [[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]]
|goals1 = [[Ian Callaghan (Irish footballer)|Callaghan]] {{goal|60}}
|goals2 = Kelly {{goal|13}}<br>[[Jason Byrne (footballer)|J. Byrne]] {{goal|19}} {{goal|55|pen.}}<br>[[Jason McGuinness|McGuinness]] {{goal|52}}<br>[[Neale Fenn|Fenn]] {{goal|77}}<br>[[Glen Crowe|Crowe]] {{goal|81}}
|stadium = [[Carlisle Grounds]], [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]]
|attendance = 1,784
|referee = Ian Stokes
}}

===Quarter-final replays===
{{football box
|date = 16 September 2008<br>19:45 [[Irish Summer Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[Bray Wanderers A.F.C.|Bray Wanderers]]
|score = 0 – 2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080920010941/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0916/bray_galway.html Report]
|team2 = [[Galway United F.C.|Galway United]]
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Keane {{goal|37}}<br>[[Jay O'Shea|O'Shea]] {{goal|53}}
|stadium = [[Carlisle Grounds]], [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]]
|attendance = 1,596
|referee = A. Kelly
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 26 September 2008<br>19:45 [[Irish Summer Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St. Patrick's Athletic]]
|score = 2 – 0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20081003060552/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0926/pats_fingal.html Report]
|team2 = [[Sporting Fingal F.C.|Sporting Fingal]]
|goals1 = [[Mark Quigley|Quigley]] {{goal|42}}<br>[[Glen Fitzpatrick|Fitzpatrick]] {{goal|61}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Richmond Park (football ground)|Richmond Park]], [[Dublin]]
|attendance = 1,149
|referee = D. Hancock
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 30 September 2008<br>19:45 [[Irish Summer Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]
|score =  0 – 0 ([[Extra-time|aet]])
|report = [http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2008/0930/derrycity_corkcity.html Report]
|team2 = [[Cork City Football Club|Cork City]]
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Brandywell Stadium|The Brandywell]], [[Derry]]
|attendance = 3,275
|referee = R. Winter
|penalties1 =
|penaltyscore = 5–3
|penalties2 = 
}}

==Semi-finals==
Matches were played on the weekend of Sunday, 26 October 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 29 September 2008 and was made by [[John Ryan (Irish footballer)|John Ryan]] and David Flood, and televised live on [[RTÉ Two]].

{{football box
|date = 24 October 2008<br>19:35 [[Irish Summer Time|IST]]
|team1 = [[St Patrick's Athletic F.C.|St. Patrick's Athletic]]
|score =  1 – 3
|report = [http://www.eircomloi.ie/news-centre/news-1/2008/news-4/index.xml Report]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
|team2 = [[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]]
|goals1 = [[Keith Fahey|Fahey]] {{goal|53}}
|goals2 = [[Killian Brennan|Brennan]] {{goal|14}}<br>[[Gary Deegan|Deegan]] {{goal|16}}<br>[[Owen Heary|Heary]] {{goal|42}}
|stadium = [[Richmond Park (football ground)|Richmond Park]], [[Dublin]]
|attendance = 4,879
|referee = D. McKeown
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 26 October 2008<br>15:15 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
|team1 = [[Galway United F.C.|Galway United]]
|score =  0 – 1
|report = [http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3734 Report]
|team2 = [[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Mark Farren|Farren]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium = [[Terryland Park]], [[Galway]]
|attendance = 2,857
|referee = A. Kelly
}}

==Final==
{{main|2008 FAI Cup Final}}
The 2008 FAI Cup Final took place on Sunday 23 November 2008 at the [[Royal Dublin Society|RDS]], [[Dublin]].

{{football box
|date = 23 November 2008<br>15:00 UTC
|team1 = [[Bohemian F.C.|Bohemians]]
|score =  2 – 2 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|report = [http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3829 Report]
|team2 = [[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]
|goals1 = [[Glen Crowe|Crowe]] {{goal|64}}<br>[[Jason Byrne (footballer)|J. Byrne]] {{goal|70|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Sam Morrow|Morrow]] {{goal|60}} {{goal|76}}
|stadium = [[Royal Dublin Society|RDS]], [[Dublin]]
|attendance = 10,281
|referee = [[Anthony Buttimer]]
|penalties1 = [[Killian Brennan|Brennan]] {{pengoal}}<br>[[Stephen O'Donnell (Irish footballer)|O'Donnell]] {{pengoal}}<br>[[Gary Deegan|Deegan]] {{pengoal}}<br>[[Mark Rossiter|Rossiter]] {{penmiss}}<br>[[Mindaugas Kalonas|Kalonas]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 4 – 2
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Mark Farren|Farren]]<br>{{pengoal}} [[Kevin McHugh|McHugh]]<br>{{penmiss}} [[Kevin Deery|Deery]]<br>{{penmiss}} [[Ruaidhri Higgins|Higgins]]
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40 Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080503063746/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/soccer_results_faicup.html Results on rte.ie]

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