2007–08 Irish League Cup

The 2007–08 Irish League Cup (known as the CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 2 February 2008 with the final.

2007–08 Irish League Cup
CIS Insurance Cup
Country Northern Ireland
Teams16
ChampionsLinfield (9th win)
Runners-upCrusaders
Matches played55
Goals scored182 (3.31 per match)

Glentoran were the defending champions after their sixth League Cup win last season; a 1–0 victory over Cliftonville in the previous final. This season Glentoran went out at the semi-final stage to Crusaders, who were then defeated 3–2 by Linfield in the final. This was a record ninth League Cup win for Linfield, and would be their last one for 11 years until they won the 2019 final. This was also the tenth time in eleven 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 LIN DUN GLA BYM
Linfield 6 5 1 0 13 2 +11 16 1–1 2–0 5–1
Dungannon Swifts 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 0–1 2–1 1–0
Glenavon 6 1 1 4 8 13 −5 4 0–1 3–2 1–3
Ballymena United 6 1 1 4 7 14 −7 4 0–3 0–1 3–3
Source: rsssf.com

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts GLT LIS LRN ARM
Glentoran 6 6 0 0 19 6 +13 18 3–1 3–2 6–0
Lisburn Distillery 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10 1–2 2–1 1–0
Larne 6 1 1 4 11 13 −2 4 2–3 1–1 3–1
Armagh City 6 1 0 5 5 17 −12 3 0–2 1–3 3–2
Source: rsssf.com

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CLI CRU DGC LIM
Cliftonville 6 4 2 0 12 5 +7 14 1–0 2–2 2–0
Crusaders 6 3 1 2 11 12 −1 10 1–4 0–0 1–0
Donegal Celtic 6 1 2 3 9 11 −2 5 0–1 3–4 3–2
Limavady United 6 1 1 4 10 14 −4 4 2–2 4–5 2–1
Source: rsssf.com

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts POR NEW COL INS
Portadown 6 5 1 0 12 6 +6 16 0–0 2–1 2–1
Newry City 6 4 1 1 8 5 +3 13 1–3 1–0 1–0
Coleraine 6 0 2 4 7 11 −4 2 2–3 1–2 1–1
Institute 6 0 2 4 6 11 −5 2 1–2 1–3 2–2
Source: rsssf.com

Quarter-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Cliftonville 3–3 (5–6 p) Newry City
Glentoran 1–0 Dungannon Swifts
Linfield 5–1 Lisburn Distillery
Portadown 3–4 Crusaders

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

Final
Crusaders2 – 3Linfield
Rainey  54'
Brown  77'		 Report Thompson  46'
Ferguson  86', 89'

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 2007/08". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
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