2006–07 Irish League Cup

Irish League Cup CIS Insurance Cup 2006–07 Northern Ireland 16 Glentoran (6th win) Cliftonville 55 157 2005–06 2007–08 The 2006–07 Irish League Cup (known as the CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 2 December 2006 with the final. Linfield were the defending champions after their eighth League Cup win last season; a 3–0 victory over Glentoran in the previous final. This season Glentoran gained some revenge by defeating the Blues at the semi-final stage. The Glens went on to lift the cup for the sixth time by defeating Cliftonville 1–0 in the final. This was the ninth time in ten years that the cup had been won by one of Belfast's Big Two.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilleagcuphist.html Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 9 January 2013https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilleagcup07.html Northern Ireland League Cup 2006/07 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 9 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 NEW Newry City LGL Loughgall DGC Donegal Celtic 5 0 1 18 3 A 4 1 1 11 7 A 1 2 3 5 13 0 1 5 5 16 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey 1–3 0–2 1–2 5–0 4–0 3–0 2–2 0–2 1–5 2–1 2–1 0–0 complete rsssf.com Group B main WDL n CRU Crusaders POR Portadown LIM Limavady United BYM Ballymena United 4 1 1 8 5 A 2 2 2 9 7 A 1 3 2 11 13 1 2 3 7 10 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey 0–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 complete rsssf.com Group C main WDL n LIN Linfield LIS Lisburn Distillery LRN Larne GLA Glenavon 5 0 1 19 7 A 3 1 2 7 8 A 2 1 3 7 8 1 0 5 3 13 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–3 1–1 5–1 3–2 4–1 3–0 1–0 0–3 complete rsssf.com Group D main WDL n CLI Cliftonville DUN Dungannon Swifts COL Coleraine ARM Armagh City 3 3 0 8 3 A 3 2 1 6 4 A 2 1 3 12 9 1 0 5 3 13 #ccffcc A A Advanced to quarter-finals y noflag FBR grey 0–1 1–3 2–0 3–0 3–2 0–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 complete rsssf.com Quarter-finals Cliftonville 3–1 Lisburn Distillery Crusaders 8–0 Newry City Glentoran 1–1 (5–4 p) Portadown Linfield 2–0 Dungannon Swifts Semi-finals Cliftonville 1–0 Crusaders Linfield 0–0 (3–4 p) Glentoran Final 2 December 2006 Glentoran 1 – 0 Report Cliftonville Hamilton 31 Windsor Park, Belfast References Category:Irish League Cup seasons League Cup