2013 Setanta Sports Cup

The following clubs qualified to take part in this year's competition. The eight unseeded clubs entered in the first round, while the four seeded clubs entered in the quarter-finals. Seeded teams • Crusaders (holders) • Derry City (2012 FAI Cup winners) • Linfield (2011–12 IFA Premiership champions and 2011–12 Irish Cup winners) • Sligo Rovers (2012 League of Ireland Premier Division champions) Unseeded teams • Cliftonville • Coleraine • Cork City • Drogheda United • Glentoran • Portadown • St Patrick’s Athletic • Shamrock Rovers ==First round==

The first round draw was made on 6 December 2012. Four League of Ireland and four IFA Premiership clubs played each other in the first round over two games with the winners qualifying for the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 11 February 2013 and the second legs were played on 18 February 2013. First leg ---- Second leg Shamrock Rovers won 2−1 on aggregate. ---- Glentoran won 1−0 on aggregate. ---- Cork City won 6−2 on aggregate. ---- Drogheda United won 8−2 on aggregate. ==Quarter-finals==

The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams in the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 26 February and 4 March, while the second legs were played on 4 and 11 March 2013. First leg ---- ---- ---- Second leg Cork City won 4−1 on aggregate. ---- Sligo Rovers won 8−0 on aggregate. ---- Drogheda United won 3−2 on aggregate. ---- Shamrock Rovers won 7−2 on aggregate. ==Semi-finals==

The first legs of the semi-finals will be played on 16 April and the second legs on 22 April. First leg ---- Second leg 3–3 on aggregate. Shamrock Rovers won on away goals ---- Drogheda United won 2−1 on aggregate. ==Final==