2006–07 Irish League Cup

2006–07 Irish League Cup

CIS Insurance Cup
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	16
Champions	Glentoran (6th win)
Runners-up	Cliftonville
Matches played	55
Goals scored	157 (2.85 per match)
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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.

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 Glentoran 6 5 0 1 18 3 +15 15 Newry City 6 4 1 1 11 7 +4 13 Loughgall 6 1 2 3 5 13 –8 5 Donegal Celtic 6 0 1 5 5 16 –11 1

Home ╲ Away DGC GLT LGL NEW Donegal Celtic 1–3 0–2 1–2 Glentoran 5–0 4–0 3–0 Loughgall 2–2 0–2 1–5 Newry City 2–1 2–1 0–0 Source: rsssf.com 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Crusaders 6 4 1 1 8 5 +3 13 Portadown 6 2 2 2 9 7 +2 8 Limavady United 6 1 3 2 11 13 –2 6 Ballymena United 6 1 2 3 7 10 –3 5

Home ╲ Away BYM CRU LIM POR Ballymena United 0–0 3–3 1–0 Crusaders 2–1 3–1 1–0 Limavady United 2–1 1–2 2–2 Portadown 3–1 2–0 2–2 Source: rsssf.com 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Linfield 6 5 0 1 19 7 +12 15 Lisburn Distillery 6 3 1 2 7 8 –1 10 Larne 6 2 1 3 7 8 –1 7 Glenavon 6 1 0 5 3 13 –10 3

Home ╲ Away GLA LRN LIN LIS Glenavon 0–2 2–1 0–1 Larne 1–0 1–3 1–1 Linfield 5–1 3–2 4–1 Lisburn Distillery 3–0 1–0 0–3 Source: rsssf.com 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Cliftonville 6 3 3 0 8 3 +5 12 Dungannon Swifts 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 11 Coleraine 6 2 1 3 12 9 +3 7 Armagh City 6 1 0 5 3 13 –10 3

Home ╲ Away ARM CLI COL DUN Armagh City 0–1 1–3 2–0 Cliftonville 3–0 3–2 0–0 Coleraine 4–0 1–1 0–1 Dungannon Swifts 2–0 0–0 3–2 Source: rsssf.com 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Glentoran v Cliftonville

2 December 2006

Glentoran	1 – 0	Cliftonville
Hamilton  31'	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

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.