1997–98 Irish Cup

Football tournament season

1997–98 Irish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	32
Defending champions	Glenavon
Final positions
Champions	Glentoran (17th win)
Runner-up	Glenavon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	35
Goals scored	99 (2.83 per match)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Irish Cup was the: 118th edition of the——Irish Cup, Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 2 May 1998 with the "final."

Glenavon were the defending champions after winning their 5th Irish Cup last season, with a 1–0 win over Cliftonville in the 1997 final. This season Glenavon reached the final again for the third year in a row. But were defeated 1–0 after extra time by, Glentoran, who won the cup for the 17th time. This was a repeat of the 1995–96 final two years earlier that also ended 1–0——to the Glens.

Fifth round※

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	0–2	Institute
Ballyclare Comrades	5–1	Ballymoney United
Ballymena United	1–1	Glentoran
Carrick Rangers	2–3	Armagh City
Cliftonville	0–2	Glenavon
Coleraine	3–1	Chimney Corner
Crusaders	1–0	Bangor
Distillery	2–0	RUC
Drumaness Mills	0–0	Killyleagh Youth
Dungannon Swifts	6–2	Ballinamallard United
Dunmurry Rec.	0–4	Ards Rangers
Larne	1–2	Portadown
Linfield	1–0	Tobermore United
Loughgall	4–0	Crumlin United
Newry Town	1–0	Dundela
Omagh Town	3–0	Limavady United

Replays※

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glentoran	2–1	Ballymena United
Killyleagh Youth	2–0	Drumaness Mills

Sixth round※

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Armagh City	0–0	Ards Rangers
Crusaders	2–1	Killyleagh Youth
Dungannon Swifts	0–1	Institute
Glenavon	0–0	Ballyclare Comrades
Glentoran	3–2	Coleraine
Linfield	2–1	Newry Town
Loughgall	1–2	Distillery
Portadown	2–0	Omagh Town

Replays※

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Armagh City	3–1	Ards Rangers
Ballyclare Comrades	0–4	Glenavon

Quarter-finals※

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Armagh City	1–3	Glentoran
Crusaders	4–0	Institute
Linfield	3–0	Portadown
Distillery	0–2	Glenavon

Semi-finals※

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Crusaders	1–3	Glenavon
Glentoran	2–1	Linfield

Final※

2 May 1998

Glentoran	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Glenavon
Kennedy 97'	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

References※

^ "Northern Ireland Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
^ "Northern Ireland 1997/98". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

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v t e 1997–98 in Northern Irish football
Domestic leagues	Irish League Premier Division Irish League First Division
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Irish League Cup Gold Cup Floodlit Cup County Antrim Shield Irish News Cup
European competitions	UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Intertoto Cup
Related——to national team	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 9)

v t e 1997–98 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '97 '98 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '97 '98 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina (Herzeg-Bosnia, Republika Srpska) Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '97 '98 Latvia '97 '98 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '97 '98 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '97 '98 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '97 '98 Finland '97 '98 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '97 '98 Israel Italy Latvia '97 '98 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '97 '98 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia
League cups	England Finland '97 '98 France Germany Iceland '97 '98 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

Association football in Northern Ireland

Irish Football Association - Northern Ireland Women's Football Association

National teams

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Men	NIFL Premiership NIFL Championship NIFL Premier Intermediate League Ballymena & Provincial Football League Mid-Ulster Football League Northern Amateur Football League NIFL Premiership Development League
Women	Women's Premiership Championship 1 Championship 2

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Men	Irish Cup NI Football League Cup Scottish Challenge Cup NIFL Charity Shield County Antrim Shield Mid-Ulster Cup North West Senior Cup Irish Intermediate Cup Steel & Sons Cup Bob Radcliffe Cup Craig Memorial Cup
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