2005–06 Irish League Cup

Irish League Cup CIS Insurance Cup 2005–06 Northern Ireland 16 Linfield (8th win) Glentoran 55 180 2004–05 2006–07 The 2005–06 Irish League Cup (known as the CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 10 December 2005 with the final. Glentoran were the defending champions after their fifth League Cup win last season; a 2–1 victory over Linfield in the previous final. This season both clubs reached the final again but this time Linfield came out on top by defeating the Glens 3–0 to lift the cup for the eighth time, with Glenn Ferguson scoring a Hat-trick. This was the seventh, and to date, last time that both clubs met in the final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilleagcuphist.html Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 8 January 2013https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilleagcup06.html Northern Ireland League Cup 2005/06 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 8 January 2013 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 advanced to 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 stage Group A main WDL n GLT Glentoran ARM Armagh City INS Institute COL Coleraine 5 1 0 14 7 A 3 2 1 12 9 A 1 1 4 9 13 0 2 4 3 9 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey 1–0 1–2 5–3 1–1 1–4 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 complete rsssf.com Group B main WDL n POR Portadown NEW Newry City BYM Ballymena United GLA Glenavon 4 2 0 10 5 A 3 2 1 9 7 A 2 2 2 6 6 0 0 6 5 12 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 complete rsssf.com Group C main WDL n LIN Linfield LIM Limavady United ARD Ards LGL Loughgall 6 0 0 20 1 A 3 1 2 9 12 A 2 1 3 6 12 0 0 6 5 15 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey 0–1 0–7 2–1 1–1 1–6 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 2–4 0–2 complete rsssf.com Group D main WDL n LIS Lisburn Distillery DUN Dungannon Swifts CLI Cliftonville LRN Larne 3 2 1 11 5 A 3 1 2 18 13 A 1 4 1 6 7 1 1 4 7 17 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey 2–4 0–0 1–1 2–2 4–1 0–2 0–1 3–7 1–5 0–0 3–1 0–2 complete rsssf.com Quarter-finals Glentoran 2–1 Newry City Linfield 4–0 Dungannon Swifts Lisburn Distillery 6–0 Limavady United Portadown 4–2 Armagh City Semi-finals Glentoran 2–1 Portadown Linfield 5–0 Lisburn Distillery Final 10 December 2005 Linfield 3 – 0 Report Glentoran Ferguson 3 49 75 Windsor Park, Belfast References Category:Irish League Cup seasons League Cup