1993–94 Irish League Cup

{{infobox football tournament season

| title = Irish League Cup

| other_titles = Wilkinson Sword League Cup

| year = 1993–94

| country = Northern Ireland

| num_teams = 32

| defending_champions = Bangor

| winners = Linfield (3rd win)

| second = Coleraine

| matches = 31

| goals = 123

| prev_season = 1992–93

| next_season = 1994–95

}}

The 1993–94 Irish League Cup (known as the Wilkinson Sword League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knockout cup competition. It concluded on 26 April 1994 with the final.

Bangor unsuccessfully defended its 1993 title losing in the second round to Ards. Linfield would successfully defend its pursuit of a third title in the final by defeating Coleraine, 2-0. Coleraine were runners-up for its first set of consecutive seasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilleagcuphist.html|title=Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|publisher=RSSSF|accessdate=24 December 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nil94.html|title=Northern Ireland 1993/94|work=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|publisher=RSSSF|accessdate=24 December 2012}}{{cite news|title=Blues Too Sharp For Coleraine|work=Belfast News Letter|date=27 April 1994|page=16}}

First round

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Ards||9–2|Queen's University}}

{{OneLegResult|Ballyclare Comrades||3–2|Harland & Wolff Welders}}

{{OneLegResult|Ballymena United||0–0 (4–5 p)|Tobermore United}}

{{OneLegResult|Bangor||1–0|Loughgall}}

{{OneLegResult|Chimney Corner||0–4|Newry Town}}

{{OneLegResult|Cliftonville||5–1|Brantwood}}

{{OneLegResult|Coleraine||4–0|Dundela}}

{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||5–0|Cookstown United}}

{{OneLegResult|Distillery||2–1|Banbridge Town}}

{{OneLegResult|Dungannon Swifts||0–2|Portadown}}

{{OneLegResult|Glenavon||11–0|Ballinamallard United}}

{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||5–2|Ballymoney United}}

{{OneLegResult|Larne||4–2|Armagh City}}

{{OneLegResult|Limavady United||4–2|Carrick Rangers}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||5–0|Moyola Park}}

{{OneLegResult|RUC||2–1|Omagh Town}}

|}

Second round

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Ballyclare Comrades||3–4|Glenavon}}

{{OneLegResult|Bangor||1–3|Ards}}

{{OneLegResult|Coleraine||2–1|Larne}}

{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||4–0|Newry Town}}

{{OneLegResult|Distillery||3–0|Tobermore United}}

{{OneLegResult|Glentoran||2–0|Limavady United}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||0–0 (5–4 p)|Cliftonville}}

{{OneLegResult|Portadown||4–0|RUC}}

|}

Quarter-finals

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Coleraine||1–0|Glenavon}}

{{OneLegResult|Crusaders||3–1|Portadown}}

{{OneLegResult|Distillery||1–2|Ards}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||2–1|Glentoran}}

|}

Semi-finals

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|Coleraine||2–1|Ards}}

{{OneLegResult|Linfield||1–0|Crusaders}}

|}

Final

{{football box

|date=26 April 1994

|time=

|team1=Linfield

|score=2 – 0

|aet=

|report=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nil94.html Report]

|team2=Coleraine

|goals1=Peebles {{goal|57}}
Campbell {{goal|58}}

|goals2=

|stadium=The Oval, Belfast

|attendance=

|referee=George Keatley (Bangor)

}}

References

{{reflist}}

{{Irish League Cup seasons}}

{{1993–94 in Northern Ireland association football}}

{{1993–94 in European Football (UEFA)}}

{{Football in Northern Ireland}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1993-94 Irish League Cup}}

Category:Irish League Cup seasons