2004–05 Irish League Cup

2004–05 Irish League Cup

CIS Insurance Cup
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	16
Champions	Glentoran (5th win)
Runners-up	Linfield
Matches played	55
Goals scored	162 (2.95 per match)
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The 2004–05 Irish League Cup (known as the CIS Insurance Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 9 November 2004 with the final.

Cliftonville were the defending champions after their first ever League Cup win last season; a penalty shootout victory over Larne in the previous final. This season Cliftonville reached the semi-finals but were defeated by Linfield, who were then defeated 2–1 in the final by cup winners Glentoran. This was the eighth final in nine years that had featured either Linfield or Glentoran, and the third time in four years that both clubs had faced each other in the final. It was also Glentoran's second cup win in three years, taking their tally to five League Cups overall.

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Linfield	6	5	1	0	15	3	+12	16
Ards	6	2	1	3	6	7	–1	7
Crusaders	6	2	1	3	7	10	–3	7
Loughgall	6	1	1	4	4	12	–8	4

Home ╲ Away	ARD	CRU	LIN	LGL
Ards		3–2	1–2	0–0
Crusaders	2–0		0–2	3–0
Linfield	0–0	4–0		5–1
Loughgall	1–0	1–1	1–2

Source: Irish Football Club Project
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cliftonville	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11
Dungannon Swifts	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11
Portadown	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	10
Limavady United	6	0	1	5	6	15	–9	1

Home ╲ Away	CLI	DUN	LIM	POR
Cliftonville		2–0	1–1	1–3
Dungannon Swifts	0–0		3–1	2–1
Limavady United	1–3	1–2		1–3
Portadown	0–1	1–1	3–1

Source: Irish Football Club Project
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lisburn Distillery	6	3	2	1	13	4	+9	11
Ballymena United	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9
Institute	6	2	1	3	8	10	–2	7
Larne	6	2	0	4	5	14	–9	6

Home ╲ Away	BYM	INS	LRN	LIS
Ballymena United		3–0	1–3	1–1
Institute	1–1		4–1	0–2
Larne	0–1	0–3		0–5
Lisburn Distillery	2–2	3–0	0–1

Source: Irish Football Club Project
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Glentoran	6	5	1	0	20	5	+15	16
Coleraine	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
Newry City	6	3	0	3	12	12	0	9
Omagh Town	6	0	0	6	5	21	–16	0

Home ╲ Away	COL	GLT	NEW	OMA
Coleraine		0–3	1–0	2–0
Glentoran	1–1		3–2	4–0
Newry City	3–1	0–4		4–2
Omagh Town	0–3	2–5	1–3

Source: Irish Football Club Project
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cliftonville	2–1	Ards
Glentoran	1–0	Ballymena United
Linfield	3–1	Dungannon Swifts
Lisburn Distillery	1–0	Coleraine

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cliftonville	1–2 (aet)	Linfield
Glentoran	2–0	Lisburn Distillery

Final

Linfield v Glentoran

9 November 2004

Linfield	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Glentoran
Picking  81'	Report	Lockhart  4' Morgan  104'

Windsor Park, Belfast