2017 FAI Cup
| FAI Irish Daily Mail Cup | |||
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 Republic of Ireland
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| Matches played | 36 | ||
| Goals scored | 122 (3.39 per match) | ||
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The 2017 FAI Senior Challenge Cup is the 97th season of the knockout national Football competition of the Republic of Ireland. The winners of this season's cup will earn a place in the 2018–19 Europa League and enter in the first qualifying round.Cork City are the defending champions.
The tournament began the weekend of 30 April 2017 with the preliminary round, which was contested by sixteen non-league clubs.
The draw for the preliminary round was held 15 March 2017.
The first round will be played between the eight first round winners, the four clubs which received byes in the preliminary round, and the twenty League of Ireland clubs. The first round draw was held on 21 July 2017.
The second round draw was held on 14 August 2017.
The quarter-finals draw was held on 28 August 2017.
The semi-finals draw was held on 11 September 2017.
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