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. 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 4-1 Garda AFC

Castlebar Celtic 5-1 Fairview CYM

Ashtown Villa 2-2 Wayside Celtic

Tolka Rovers 1-3 Carrigaline United

College Corinthians2-2 Blarney United

Brendanville 0-1 Douglas Hall

Malahide United 1-1 Fanad United

Athenry 0-0 Bangor Celtic

Killester United 6-1 St Mochtas

Crumlin United 0-0 Avondale United

Second round

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

Third round

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

Quarter-finals

Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 1 October.

29 September 2006

St Patrick's Athletic	4–1	Longford Town
Molloy 3', 61', 78' pen Foley 26' pen		Martin 69'

Richmond Park, Dublin

30 September 2006

Athlone Town	1–2	Shamrock Rovers
Sheridan 38'		Rowe 82' Clarke 90'

St. Mel's Park, Athlone

1 October 2006

Derry City	2–0	UCD
Farren 65' pen McHugh 67'

The Brandywell, Derry

Replay

Killester United	3–4 aet	Sligo Rovers
Keogh 19', 77' Lacey 51'		Bellew 11' Hughes 44' Peers 67' McTiernan 102'

Semi-finals

27 October 2006

Shamrock Rovers	0–2	St Patrick's Athletic
		Keegan 18', Molloy ?'

Tolka Park, Dublin

Replay

31 October 2006

Derry City	5–0	Sligo Rovers
McCourt 33', Farren 39'(pen), 46', Martyn 42', 91'

The Brandywell, Derry

Final

The 2006 FAI Cup Final was the last at the old Lansdowne Road.

December 3, 2006

Derry City	4-3 ( AET)	St Patrick's Athletic
M. Farren 25' C. Delaney 84' P. Hutton 106' S. Brennan ( OG) 109'	FAI Cup final 2006 Match Report	D. Mulcahy 19' T. Molloy ( pen) 74' S. O'Connor 103'

15.15 - Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance: 16,022

Referee: Damien Hancock

External links

• FAI Website