The 2017 FAI Cup, known as the Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 97th edition of the Republic of Ireland's primary domestic association football cup competition. The winners of this season's tournament earned a place in the 2018–19 Europa League and would have entered in the first qualifying round.
Cork City were the defending champions and went on to retain the cup after a 5–3 win on penalties against Dundalk in the final on 5 November.
The tournament began the weekend of 30 April 2017 with the preliminary round, which was contested by sixteen non-league clubs.
Teams
Round Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners fromprevious round New entriesthis round Leagues entering at this round Preliminary round 40 16 N/A 16 Leinster Senior LeagueMunster Senior LeagueBest Western Southern Hotel Super League First round 32 32 8 24 League of IrelandLeinster Senior League Second round 16 16 16 none none Quarter-Finals 8 8 8 none none Semi-Finals 4 4 4 none none Final 2 2 2 none none
Preliminary round The draw for the preliminary round was held 15 March 2017.
First round The first round was played between the eight first round winners, the four clubs which received byes in the preliminary round, and the twenty League of Ireland clubs. The first round draw was held on 21 July 2017.
Second round The second round draw was held on 14 August 2017.
Quarter–finals The quarter-finals draw was held on 28 August 2017.
Semi–finals The semi-finals draw was held on 11 September 2017.
Replay
Final
See also 2017 League of Ireland Premier Division 2017 League of Ireland First Division
References
External links soccerway UEFA