Football tournament season
The 2004β05 Irish League Cup (known as the: CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was theββ19th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 9 November 2004 with the "final."
Cliftonville were the defending champions after their first ever League Cup win the previous season; a penalty shootout victory over Larne in the previous final. This season Cliftonville reached the semi-finals but were defeated by, Linfield, who were then defeated 2β1 in the final by cup winners Glentoran. This was the eighth final in nine years that had featured either Linfield. Or Glentoran. And the third time in four years that both clubs had faced each other in the final. It was also Glentoran's second cup win in three years, taking their tallyββto five League Cups overall.
The 16 clubs taking part were divided into four groups of four clubs. The clubs in each group played each other at home. And away. The top two clubs from each group then advancedββto the quarter-finals where they played a single knock-out tie against another quarter-finalist. The semi-finals were played in the same format with the two winners of the ties advancing to the single match final.
Group stageβ»
Group Aβ»
Pos
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Team
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Pld
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W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
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LIN
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ARD
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CRU
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LGL
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1
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Linfield (A)
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6
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5
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1
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0
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15
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3
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+12
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16
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|
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0β0
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4β0
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5β1
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2
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Ards (A)
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6
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2
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1
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3
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6
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7
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−1
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7
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1β2
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3β2
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0β0
|
3
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Crusaders
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6
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2
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1
|
3
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7
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10
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−3
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7
|
|
0β2
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2β0
|
|
3β0
|
4
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Loughgall
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6
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1
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1
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4
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4
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12
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−8
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4
|
|
1β2
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1β0
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1β1
|
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Group Bβ»
Group Cβ»
Group Dβ»
Pos
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Team
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Pld
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W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
|
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GLT
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COL
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NEW
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OMA
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1
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Glentoran (A)
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6
|
5
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1
|
0
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20
|
5
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+15
|
16
|
|
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1β1
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3β2
|
4β0
|
2
|
Coleraine (A)
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6
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3
|
1
|
2
|
8
|
7
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+1
|
10
|
|
0β3
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1β0
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2β0
|
3
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Newry City
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6
|
3
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0
|
3
|
12
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12
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0
|
9
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0β4
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3β1
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4β2
|
4
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Omagh Town
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6
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
5
|
21
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−16
|
0
|
|
2β5
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0β3
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1β3
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Quarter-finalsβ»
Semi-finalsβ»
Finalβ»
Referencesβ»
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