2024 FAI Cup final

2024 FAI Cup Final
Event	2024 FAI Cup
Date	10 November 2024
Venue	Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Man of the Match	Elicha Ahui (Drogheda United)
Referee	Rob Harvey
Attendance	38,723
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The 2024 FAI Cup Final, known as the 2024 Sports Direct FAI Cup Final for sponsorship reasons, was the final match of the 2024 FAI Cup, the national association football cup of the Republic of Ireland. The match took place on Sunday 10 November 2024 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, between Drogheda United and Derry City.^[1]^[2]

Drogheda won the game 2-0 to win the FAI Cup for the second time in their history.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Route to the final

Drogheda United		Round	Derry City
Opponent	Score	Round	Opponent	Score
Dundalk	2–1 (H)	Second round	St Patrick's Athletic	3–0 (H)
Wilton United	9–0 (H)	Third round	Cork City	1–0 (A)
Athlone Town	4–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Shelbourne	2–0 (H)
Wexford	3–2 (H)	Semi-finals	Bohemians	2–0 (A)
Note: In all results above, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Match

Details

10 November 2024

15:00

Drogheda United	2–0	Derry City
A. Quinn 37' D. James-Taylor 58' (pen.)	Report

Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Attendance: 38,723

Referee: Robert Harvey

Drogheda United

Derry City


GK	36	Luke Dennison
RB	2	Elicha Ahui
CB	4	Andrew Quinn	37'
CB	15	David Webster
CB	18	James Bolger
LB	23	Conor Kane
CM	17	Shane Farrell	73'
CM	19	Ryan Brennan (c)	45+3'	90+3'
AM	7	Darragh Markey
ST	10	Douglas James-Taylor	58' (pen.)
ST	9	Frantz Pierrot	67'	68'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Andrew Wogan
CB	5	Aaron Harper-Bailey
CB	6	Jack Keaney
CM	8	Gary Deegan	90+3'
RW	11	Adam Foley	68'	90+2'
CM	21	Luke Heeney	73'
LB	22	Aaron McNally
LW	24	Warren Davis
ST	25	Bridel Bosakani
Manager:
Kevin Doherty


GK	1	Brian Maher
RB	2	Ronan Boyce	65'
CB	16	Shane McEleney	70'
CB	6	Mark Connolly	89'
LB	20	Andre Wisdom	82'
CM	15	Sadou Diallo
CM	28	Adam O'Reilly		84'
CM	10	Patrick McEleney (c)	45+4'
RW	12	Paul McMullan		57'
ST	21	Danny Mullen		56'
LW	7	Michael Duffy
Substitutes:
CM	8	Will Patching	45+4'
ST	9	Patrick Hoban	65'
ST	11	Colm Whelan	56'
CM	19	Jacob Davenport	82'
CB	25	Duncan Idehen
GK	26	Tadhg Ryan
RB	29	Sean Robertson	57'
CM	34	Callum Doherty
CB	39	Conor Barr
Manager:
Ruaidhrí Higgins

References

^ "Michael Duffy's Dalymount double sends Derry City to Aviva". RTE Sport. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
^ "FAI Cup recap: Drogheda United 3-2 Wexford". RTE Sport. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
^ "FAI Cup Final recap: Drogheda United 2-0 Derry City". RTE Sport. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
^ "Drogheda United shock Derry to claim first FAI Cup since 2005". Irish Examiner. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
^ "Drogheda stun limp Derry to claim famous FAI Cup final win". Irish Independent. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.

External links

Official Site

[1] "Michael Duffy's Dalymount double sends Derry City to Aviva". RTE Sport. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

[2] "FAI Cup recap: Drogheda United 3-2 Wexford". RTE Sport. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

[3] "FAI Cup Final recap: Drogheda United 2-0 Derry City". RTE Sport. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.

[4] "Drogheda United shock Derry to claim first FAI Cup since 2005". Irish Examiner. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.

[5] "Drogheda stun limp Derry to claim famous FAI Cup final win". Irish Independent. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.

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