1880/81 Moyola Park 1-0 Cliftonville
1881/82 Queen's Island 2-1 Cliftonville
1882/83 Cliftonville 5-0 Ulster
1883/84 Distillery 5-0 Wellington Park
1884/85 Distillery 2-0 Alexander Limavady
1885/86 Distillery 1-0 Alexander Limavady
1886/87 Ulster 3-0 Cliftonville
1887/88 Cliftonville 2-1 Distillery
1888/89 Distillery 5-4 YMCA
1889/90 Gordon Highlanders 2-2 3-1 Cliftonville
1890/91 Linfield 4-2 Ulster
1891/92 Linfield 7-0 The Black Watch Regiment
1892/93 Linfield 5-1 Cliftonville
1893/94 Distillery 2-2 3-2 Linfield
1894/95 Linfield 10-1 Bohemians
1895/96 Distillery 3-1 Glentoran
1896/97 Cliftonville 3-1 Curragh Co. Kildare Sherwood Foresters
1897/98 Linfield 2-0 Saint Columb's Hall Celtic
1898/99 Linfield 2-1 Glentoran
1899/00 Cliftonville 2-1 Bohemians
1900/01 Cliftonville 1-0 Freebooters
1901/02 Linfield 5-0 Distillery
1902/03 Distillery 3-1 Bohemians
1903/04 Linfield 5-1 Derry Celtic
1904/05 Distillery 3-0 Shelbourne
1905/06 Shelbourne 2-0 Belfast Celtic
1906/07 Cliftonville 0-0 1-0 Shelbourne
1907/08 Bohemians 1-1 3-1 Shelbourne
1908/09 Cliftonville 0-0 2-1 Bohemians
1909/10 Distillery 1-0 Cliftonville
1910/11 Shelbourne 0-0 2-1 Bohemians
1911/12 Linfield [*1]
1912/13 Linfield 2-0 Glentoran
1913/14 Glentoran 3-1 Linfield
1914/15 Linfield 1-0 Belfast Celtic
1915/16 Linfield 1-1 1-0 Glentoran
1916/17 Glentoran 2-0 Belfast Celtic
1917/18 Belfast Celtic 0-0 0-0 2-0 Linfield
1918/19 Linfield 2-1 Glentoran
1919/20 Shelbourne [*2]
1920/21 Glentoran 2-0 Glenavon
1921/22 Linfield 2-0 Glenavon
1922/23 Linfield 2-0 Glentoran
1923/24 Queen's Island 1-0 Willowfield
1924/25 Distillery 2-1 Glentoran
1925/26 Belfast Celtic 3-2 Linfield
1926/27 Ards 3-2 Cliftonville
1927/28 Willowfield 1-0 Larne
1928/29 Ballymena 2-1 Belfast Celtic
1929/30 Linfield 4-3 Ballymena
1930/31 Linfield 3-0 Ballymena
1931/32 Glentoran 2-1 Linfield
1932/33 Glentoran 3-1 Distillery
1933/34 Linfield 4-0 Cliftonville
1934/35 Glentoran 1-0 Larne
1935/36 Linfield 2-0 Derry City
1936/37 Belfast Celtic 3-0 Linfield
1937/38 Belfast Celtic 2-0 Bangor
1938/39 Linfield 2-0 Ballymena United
1939/40 Ballymena United 2-0 Glenavon
1940/41 Belfast Celtic 1-0 Linfield
1941/42 Linfield 3-1 Glentoran
1942/43 Belfast Celtic 1-0 Glentoran
1943/44 Belfast Celtic 3-1 Linfield
1944/45 Linfield 4-2 Glentoran
1945/46 Linfield 3-0 Distillery
1946/47 Belfast Celtic 1-0 Glentoran
1947/48 Linfield 3-0 Coleraine
1948/49 Derry City 3-1 Glentoran
1949/50 Linfield 2-1 Distillery
1950/51 Glentoran 3-1 Ballymena United
1951/52 Ards 1-0 Glentoran
1952/53 Linfield 5-0 Coleraine
1953/54 Derry City 2-2 0-0 1-0 Glentoran
1954/55 Dundela 3-0 Glenavon
1955/56 Distillery 2-2 0-0 1-0 Glentoran
1956/57 Glenavon 2-0 Derry City
1957/58 Ballymena United 2-0 Linfield
1958/59 Glenavon 1-1 2-0 Ballymena United
1959/60 Linfield 5-1 Ards
1960/61 Glenavon 5-1 Linfield
1961/62 Linfield 4-0 Portadown
1962/63 Linfield 2-1 Distillery
1963/64 Derry City 2-0 Glentoran
1964/65 Coleraine 2-1 Glenavon
1965/66 Glentoran 2-0 Linfield
1966/67 Crusaders 3-1 Glentoran
1967/68 Crusaders 2-0 Linfield
1968/69 Ards 0-0 4-2 Distillery
1969/70 Linfield 2-1 Ballymena United
1970/71 Distillery 3-0 Derry City
1971/72 Coleraine 2-1 Portadown
1972/73 Glentoran 3-2 Linfield
1973/74 Ards 2-1 Ballymena United
1974/75 Coleraine 1-1 0-0 1-0 Linfield
1975/76 Carrick Rangers 2-1 Linfield
1976/77 Coleraine 4-1 Linfield
1977/78 Linfield 3-1 Ballymena United
1978/79 Cliftonville 3-2 Portadown
1979/80 Linfield 2-0 Crusaders
1980/81 Ballymena United 1-0 Glenavon
1981/82 Linfield 2-1 Coleraine
1982/83 Glentoran 1-1 2-1 Linfield
1983/84 Ballymena United 4-1 Carrick Rangers
1984/85 Glentoran 1-1 1-0 Linfield
1985/86 Glentoran 2-1 Coleraine
1986/87 Glentoran 1-0 Larne
1987/88 Glentoran 1-0 Glenavon
1988/89 Ballymena United 1-0 Larne
1989/90 Glentoran 3-0 Portadown
1990/91 Portadown 2-1 Glenavon
1991/92 Glenavon 2-1 Linfield
1992/93 Bangor 1-1 1-1 1-0 Ards [all matches aet]
1993/94 Linfield 2-0 Bangor
1994/95 Linfield 3-1 Carrick Rangers
1995/96 Glentoran 1-0 Glenavon
1996/97 Glenavon 1-0 Cliftonville
1997/98 Glentoran 1-0 Glenavon [aet]
1998/99 Portadown w/o Cliftonville [disqualified]
1999/00 Glentoran 1-0 Portadown
2000/01 Glentoran 1-0 Linfield [aet]
2001/02 Linfield 2-1 Portadown
2002/03 Coleraine 1-0 Glentoran
2003/04 Glentoran 1-0 Coleraine
2004/05 Portadown 5-1 Larne
2005/06 Linfield 2-1 Glentoran
2006/07 Linfield 2-2 Dungannon Swifts [aet, 3-2 pen]
2007/08 Linfield 2-1 Coleraine
2008/09 Crusaders 1-0 Cliftonville
2009/10 Linfield 2-1 Portadown
2010/11 Linfield 2-1 Crusaders
2011/12 Linfield 4-1 Crusaders
2012/13 Glentoran 3-1 Cliftonville [aet]
2013/14 Glenavon 2-1 Ballymena United
2014/15 Glentoran 1-0 Portadown
2015/16 Glenavon 2-0 Linfield
2016/17 Linfield 3-0 Coleraine
2017/18 Coleraine 3-1 Cliftonville
2018/19 Crusaders 3-0 Ballinamallard United
2019/20 Glentoran 2-1 Ballymena United
2020/21 Linfield 2-1 Larne
2021/22 Crusaders 2-1 Ballymena United [aet]
2022/23 Crusaders 4-0 Ballymena United
2023/24 Cliftonville 3-1 Linfield [aet]
[*1] three of the four semifinalists (Cliftonville, Glentoran and
Shelbourne) temporarily withdrew from the IFA, leaving Linfield
as only team in the competition; they were then declared winners.
[*2] Shelbourne had beaten Glenavon in one semifinal; the other,
between Glentoran and Belfast Celtic, went to a replay which
was abandoned after 70 minutes (at 0-0) following serious crowd
disturbances (Celtic fans shooting into those of Glentoran,
injuring some); Celtic were disqualified but so were Glentoran
after Celtic protested against their player H.McIlveen, who had
not appeared on the players' list submitted to the referee;
Shelbourne thereby gained a walkover in the final
Semifinals and Finals 1880-1950
Number of Wins [144; lost finals (141) between square brackets]
NB: the 1912, 1920 and 1999 finals were not played.
44 [22] Linfield (Belfast)
23 [19] Glentoran (Belfast)
12 [ 7] Distillery (Belfast) [now known as Lisburn Distillery]
9 [12] Cliftonville (Belfast) [does not include 1999 final]
8 [ 4] Belfast Celtic
7 [10] Glenavon (Lurgan)
6 [12] Ballymena United [includes Ballymena]
6 [ 7] Coleraine
6 [ 3] Crusaders (Belfast)
4 [ 2] Ards (Newtonards)
3 [ 8] Portadown
3 [ 3] Derry City
3 [ 3] Shelbourne (Dublin)
2 Queen's Island (Belfast)
1 [ 5] Bohemians (Dublin)
1 [ 2] Bangor
1 [ 2] Carrick Rangers
1 [ 2] Ulster (Belfast)
1 [ 1] Willowfield (Belfast)
1 Dundela
1 Gordon Highlanders Regiment (Belfast)
1 Moyola Park (Castledawson)
[ 6] Larne
[ 2] Alexander Limavady
[ 2] Derry Celtic [includes Saint Columb's Hall Celtic (Derry)]
[ 1] Ballinamallard United
[ 1] Curragh Co. Kildare Sherwood Foresters
[ 1] Dungannon Swifts
[ 1] Freebooters (Dublin)
[ 1] The Black Watch Regiment (Limerick)
[ 1] Wellington Park (Belfast)
[ 1] YMCA (Belfast)
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Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 20 May 2024
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