2021 FAI Women's Cup
{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = FAI Women's Cup
| other_titles =
| year = 2021
| country = Ireland
| venue = {{nowrap|Tallaght Stadium, Dublin}}
| dates = 13 August 2021 – 21 November 2021
| num_teams = 9
| champions = Wexford Youths
| count = 4
| runner-up = Shelbourne
| continentalcup1 =
| continentalcup1 qualifiers =
| matches = 8
| goals = 20
| top goal scorer = Kylie Murphy (3 goals)
| extra information =
| prevseason = 2020
| nextseason = 2022
}}
The 2021 FAI Women's Cup (known as The EVOKE.ie FAI Women's Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 46th edition of Ireland's primary national knockout cup competition for women's association football teams. The nine Women's National League (WNL) teams entered the competition, but unlike in previous years no non-league teams took part. The competition began on 13 August 2021 with a single-fixture first round and concluded on 21 November 2021. The final was staged at the Tallaght Stadium in Dublin, which had also hosted the previous year's final.
The Cup holders Peamount United were eliminated at the semi-final stage.
First round
The draw for the first round took place on 3 August 2021. Women's National League (WNL) clubs Bohemians and DLR Waves were selected to play in a single match first round, the winner of which was to join the other seven WNL clubs in the quarter-finals. Athlone Town, Galway and Treaty United received a bye to the quarter-finals, while the top four teams in the 2020 Women's National League (Peamount United, Shelbourne, Wexford Youths and Cork City) were exempt from the first round draw and qualified automatically for the quarter-finals.{{cite news |title=Bohemians face DLR Waves in FAI Cup first round as champions Peamount through to quarter-finals |url=https://www.the42.ie/fai-womens-cup-draw-5513740-Aug2021/ |access-date=20 November 2021 |work=The42.ie |publisher=TheJournal.ie |date=3 August 2021}}
Teams in bold advanced to the quarter-final.
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| First |
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|date = 13 August 2021
|time = 19:45 GMT
|score = 0–3
|aet =
|report = https://www.extratime.com/fixtures/detail/44067/1/
|team1 = Bohemians
|goals1 =
|team2 = DLR Waves
|goals2 = Carla McManus {{goal|29}}
Rachel Doyle {{goal|66}}
Ciara Maher {{goal|90+3}}
|stadium = Dalymount Park
|location = Phibsborough, Northside, Dublin
|attendance = 200
|referee =
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==Quarter-finals==
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 27 August 2021.{{cite news |title=EVOKE.ie FAI Women's Senior Cup Quarter-final Fixtures |url=https://www.fai.ie/domestic/news/evokeie-join-extraie-as-fai-cup-sponsors |access-date=20 November 2021 |publisher=Football Association of Ireland |date=27 August 2021}} Teams in bold advanced to the semi-finals.{{cite news |title=FAI Women's Cup quarter-final wrap: Galway, Shels, Peamount and Wexford Youths march into semis |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/womens-sport/fai-womens-cup-quarter-final-wrap-galway-shels-peamount-and-wexford-youths-march-into-semis-40820389.html |access-date=20 November 2021 |publisher=Irish Independent |date=5 September 2021}}
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| Quarter-final |
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|date = 4 September 2021
|time = 19:30
|score = 1–0
|report = https://www.extratime.com/matches/detail/44325/1/
|team1 = Galway
|goals1 = Chloe Singleton {{goal|81}}
|team2 = DLR Waves
|goals2 =
|stadium = Eamonn Deacy Park
|location = Galway
|attendance =
|referee = Daniel Murphy
|note =
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|date = 4 September 2021
|time = 14:00
|score = 1–0
|report = https://www.extratime.com/matches/detail/44323/1/
|team1 = Shelbourne
|goals1 = Saoirse Noonan {{goal|79}}
|team2 = Cork City
|goals2 =
|stadium = Tolka Park
|location = Drumcondra, Northside, Dublin
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|date = 4 September 2021
|time = 18:30
|score = 3–1
|report = https://www.extratime.com/matches/detail/44324/1/
|team1 = Wexford Youths
|goals1 = Ciara Rossiter {{goal|31||74}}
Ellen Molloy {{goal|89}}
|team2 = Athlone Town
|goals2 = Emily Corbet {{goal|19}}
|stadium = Ferrycarrig Park
|location = Crossabeg
|attendance = N/A
|referee =
|note =
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|date = 5 September 2021
|time = 14:00
|score = 0–2
|report = https://www.extratime.com/matches/detail/44326/2/
|team1 = Treaty United
|goals1 =
|team2 = Peamount United
|goals2 = Tiegan Ruddy {{goal|46}}
Lauryn O'Callaghan {{goal|68}}
|stadium = Jackman Park
|location = Limerick
|attendance = N/A
|referee =
|note =
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Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was made by Vera Pauw on 8 September 2021.{{cite news |title=EVOKE.ie FAI Women's Cup S-F Draw |url=https://www.fai.ie/domestic/news/evokeie-fai-womens-cup-s-f-draw |access-date=20 November 2021 |publisher=Football Association of Ireland |date=8 September 2021}} Both matches took place on 9 October 2021.{{cite news |title=Shelbourne and Wexford Youths advance to FAI Women’s Cup final |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/shelbourne-and-wexford-youths-advance-to-fai-women-s-cup-final-1.4696552 |access-date=20 November 2021 |publisher=The Irish Times |date=10 October 2021}}
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| Quarter final |
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|date = 9 October 2021
|time = 14:00
|score = 1–0
|report = https://www.extratime.com/matches/detail/44690/1/
|team1 = Shelbourne
|goals1 = Noelle Murray {{goal|30}}
|team2 = Galway
|goals2 = Julie Ann Russell {{sent off|2|62|67}}
|stadium = Tolka Park
|location = Drumcondra, Northside, Dublin
|attendance = N/A
|referee = David Keeler
|note =
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|date = 9 October 2021
|time = 16:00
|score = 1–3
|aet = yes
|report = https://www.finalwhistle.ie/soccer/event/peamount-united-v-wexford-youths/
|team1 = Peamount United
|goals1 = Áine O'Gorman {{goal|90+1}}
|team2 = Wexford Youths
|goals2 = Kylie Murphy {{goal|35||91}}
Lynn Marie Grant {{goal|96}}
|stadium = Greenogue
|location = Newcastle, South Dublin
|attendance = N/A
|referee =
|note =
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Final
{{main|2021 FAI Women's Cup Final}}
{{football box collapsible
|id=|date = 21 November 2021
|time = 17:30
|score = 3–1
|report = https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/edel-kennedy-s-stunner-seals-fai-cup-for-wexford-and-denies-shels-a-double-1.4734893
|team1 = Wexford Youths
|goals1 = Lynn Marie Grant {{goal|32}}
Kylie Murphy {{goal|50}}
Edel Kennedy {{goal|74}}
|team2 = Shelbourne
|goals2 = Ciara Grant {{goal|39}}
| stadium = Tallaght Stadium
| attendance = 3053
| referee = Paula Brady
|note = Live coverage on RTÉ2
}}
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200404120715/https://www.fai.ie/domestic/competitions/fai-women's-senior-cup FAI Women's Senior Cup] at Football Association of Ireland
{{FAI Women's Cup seasons}}