2017 FAI Cup


The 2017 FAI Senior Challenge Cup was the 97th season of the knockout national Football competition of Ireland. The winners of this season's cup 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

RoundClubs
remaining		Clubs
involved		Winners from
previous round		New entries
this round		Leagues entering at this round
Preliminary round4016N/A16Leinster Senior League
Munster Senior League
Best Western Southern Hotel Super League
First round3232824League of Ireland
Leinster Senior League
Second round161616nonenone
Quarter-Finals888nonenone
Semi-Finals444nonenone
Final222nonenone

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