2009–10 Setanta Sports Cup

In the 2009–10 season, the Setanta Cup was expanded to nine teams, comprising three groups of three. The three group winners qualified for the semi-finals, as did the group runner-up with the best record. Teams were drawn from the top four of both leagues, with an additional place for the winners of the previous competition, Cork City. In a further change to the format of previous years, games were expected to take place on weekends instead of midweek. ==Group stages==

Teams that progressed to the semi-finals are indicated in bold type. Teams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in italics. Group 1 {{football box ---- {{football box ---- {{football box ---- {{football box Postponed due to waterlogged pitch ---- {{football box ''Due to Cork City's resignation from the competition, Sligo Rovers were awarded a 3-0 win'' ---- {{football box ---- {{football box ''Due to Cork City's resignation from the competition, Cliftonville were awarded a 3-0 win'' Group 2 {{football box ---- {{football box ---- {{football box ---- {{football box ---- {{football box ---- {{football box Group 3 {{football box ---- {{football box ---- {{football box ''Derry City ceased to exist, St Patrick's Athletic awarded 3-0 win'' ---- {{football box ---- {{football box ---- {{football box Derry City ceased to exist, Linfield awarded 3-0 win ==Semi finals==

First leg {{football box ---- {{football box Second leg {{football box ''St Patrick's Athletic won 6 − 2 on aggregate'' ---- {{football box Bohemians won 3 − 1 on aggregate ==Final==

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;2 goals • Darren Boyce (Coleraine) • Paul Byrne (St Patrick's Athletic) • Raffaele Cretaro (Bohemians) • Paddy Madden (Bohemians) • Dean Marshall (Sligo Rovers) • Rob Turner (Sligo Rovers) • Andrew Waterworth (Glentoran) ;1 goal • Pádraig Amond (Sligo Rovers) • Jason Bannon (Cliftonville) • Liam Boyce (Cliftonville) • Jason Byrne (Bohemians) • Gareth Coughlan (St Patrick's Athletic) • Paul Deasy (Cork City) • Mark Doninger (Sligo Rovers) • Eoin Doyle (Sligo Rovers) • Jim Ervin (Linfield) • Daryl Fordyce (Glentoran) • Joe Gamble (Cork City) • Ryan Guy (St Patrick's Athletic) • Andrew Hall (Glentoran) • Gary Hamilton (Glentoran) • Owen Heary (Bohemians) • John Lester (St Patrick's Athletic) • Damian Lynch (St Patrick's Athletic) • David McAllister (St Patrick's Athletic) • Mark McAllister (Linfield) • Jason McGuinness (Bohemians) • Tam McManus (Derry City) • Paul Munster (Linfield) • Anto Murphy (Bohemians) • Conor O'Grady (Sligo Rovers) • Ken Oman (Bohemians) • Rory Patterson (Coleraine) • Mark Rossiter (Bohemians) • Richie Ryan (Sligo Rovers) • Guntars Silagailis (Cork City) • Thomas Stewart (Derry City) • Peter Thompson (Linfield) • Danny Ventre (Sligo Rovers) • Alex Williams (St Patrick's Athletic) ==References==