2006–07 Irish League Cup

The 2006–07 Irish League Cup (known as the CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 2 December 2006 with the final.

2006–07 Irish League Cup
CIS Insurance Cup
Country Northern Ireland
Teams16
ChampionsGlentoran (6th win)
Runners-upCliftonville
Matches played55
Goals scored157 (2.85 per match)

Linfield were the defending champions after their eighth League Cup win last season; a 3–0 victory over Glentoran in the previous final. This season Glentoran gained some revenge by defeating the Blues at the semi-final stage. The Glens went on to lift the cup for the sixth time by defeating Cliftonville 1–0 in the final. This was the ninth time in ten years that the cup had been won by one of Belfast's Big Two.[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 NEW LGL DGC
Glentoran 6 5 0 1 18 3 +15 15 3–0 4–0 5–0
Newry City 6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 13 2–1 0–0 2–1
Loughgall 6 1 2 3 5 13 −8 5 0–2 1–5 2–2
Donegal Celtic 6 0 1 5 5 16 −11 1 1–3 1–2 0–2
Source: rsssf.com

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CRU POR LIM BYM
Crusaders 6 4 1 1 8 5 +3 13 1–0 3–1 2–1
Portadown 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 8 2–0 2–2 3–1
Limavady United 6 1 3 2 11 13 −2 6 1–2 2–2 2–1
Ballymena United 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5 0–0 1–0 3–3
Source: rsssf.com

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts LIN LIS LRN GLA
Linfield 6 5 0 1 19 7 +12 15 4–1 3–2 5–1
Lisburn Distillery 6 3 1 2 7 8 −1 10 0–3 1–0 3–0
Larne 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 7 1–3 1–1 1–0
Glenavon 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3 2–1 0–1 0–2
Source: rsssf.com

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CLI DUN COL ARM
Cliftonville 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 12 0–0 3–2 3–0
Dungannon Swifts 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 0–0 3–2 2–0
Coleraine 6 2 1 3 12 9 +3 7 1–1 0–1 4–0
Armagh City 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3 0–1 2–0 1–3
Source: rsssf.com

Quarter-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cliftonville 3–1 Lisburn Distillery
Crusaders 8–0 Newry City
Glentoran 1–1 (5–4 p) Portadown
Linfield 2–0 Dungannon Swifts

Semi-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cliftonville 1–0 Crusaders
Linfield 0–0 (3–4 p) Glentoran

Final
Glentoran1 – 0Cliftonville
Hamilton  31' Report

References
  1. "Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. "Northern Ireland League Cup 2006/07". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
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