2005–06 Irish League Cup

The 2005–06 Irish League Cup (known as the CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 10 December 2005 with the final.

2005–06 Irish League Cup
CIS Insurance Cup
Country Northern Ireland
Teams16
ChampionsLinfield (8th win)
Runners-upGlentoran
Matches played55
Goals scored180 (3.27 per match)

Glentoran were the defending champions after their fifth League Cup win last season; a 2–1 victory over Linfield in the previous final. This season both clubs reached the final again but this time Linfield came out on top by defeating the Glens 3–0 to lift the cup for the eighth time, with Glenn Ferguson scoring a Hat-trick. This was the seventh, and to date, last time that both clubs met in the final.[1][2]

The 16 clubs taking part were divided into four groups of four clubs. The clubs in each group played each other at home and away. The top two clubs from each group then advanced to the quarter-finals where they played a single knock-out tie against another quarter-finalist. The semi-finals were played in the same format with the two winners of the ties advancing to the single match final.

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GLT ARM INS COL
Glentoran 6 5 1 0 14 7 +7 16 2–2 3–2 1–0
Armagh City 6 3 2 1 12 9 +3 11 1–2 5–3 1–0
Institute 6 1 1 4 9 13 −4 4 1–2 1–2 1–0
Coleraine 6 0 2 4 3 9 −6 2 1–4 1–1 1–1
Source: rsssf.com

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts POR NEW BYM GLA
Portadown 6 4 2 0 10 5 +5 14 2–1 1–0 3–1
Newry City 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11 1–1 1–1 1–0
Ballymena United 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 1–1 1–2 1–0
Glenavon 6 0 0 6 5 12 −7 0 1–2 2–3 1–2
Source: rsssf.com

Group C
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