The 2016 League of Ireland Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2016 EA Sports Cup, was the 43rd season of the League of Ireland's secondary knockout competition. The EA Sports Cup features teams from the SSE Airtricity League Premier and First Divisions, as well as some intermediate level teams.
Teams Pool 1Pool 2Pool 3Pool 4 Cobh Ramblers Cork City * Limerick Rockmount Waterford United Wexford Youths * Cockhill Celtic Derry City * Finn Harps Galway United Mayo League Sligo Rovers * Bluebell United Bray Wanderers Drogheda United Dundalk * St Patrick's Athletic * UCD Athlone Town * Bohemians Cabinteely Longford Town Shamrock Rovers * Shelbourne
Clubs denoted with * received a bye into Second Round
First round The draw for the First Round took place on 17 February 2016. The First Round games were played on 21, 22 and 28 March 2016.
Second round The draw for the Second Round took place on 23 March 2016. The games were played on 18 and 19 April 2016.
Quarter finals
Semi finals
Final
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 John O'Flynn Limerick 4 2 Padraic Cunningham Galway United 3 Mark O'SullivanCork City 3 Jamie McGrath St Patrick's Athletic 33 Markus Gustavsson Cobh Ramblers 2 Sean Byrne Waterford United 2 Aaron Greene Limerick 2 Nathan Boyle Derry City 2 Stephen KennyLimerick 2 Sodiq Oguntola Shelbourne FC 2
References
External links EA Sports Cup Fixtures and Results