FAI Eircom Futsal League 2008

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Munster
Cork City	4	4	0	0	23	11	12
Galway United	4	2	0	2	22	12	6
Limerick 37	4	0	0	4	7	29	0
Waterford United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
North Leinster
Bohemians	6	6	0	0	39	8	18
Drogheda	6	3	0	3	18	15	9
Dundalk	6	2	0	4	14	26	6
Longford Town	6	1	0	5	8	30	3
North West
Derry City	6	4	0	2	31	19	12
Sligo Rovers	6	4	0	2	31	26	12
Finn Harps	6	3	0	3	23	16	9
Monaghan United	6	1	0	5	12	36	3
South Leinster
St. Patrick’s Athletic	6	4	2	0	33	12	14
Bray Wanderers	6	2	3	1	17	20	9
Shamrock Rovers	6	2	2	2	11	10	8
Shelbourne	6	0	1	5	11	30	1

[1][2][3][4]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
2008	St. Patrick’s Athletic	23	Sligo Rovers	3
2008	Bohemians	9	Galway United	3
2008	Derry City	4	Bray Wanderers	5
2008	Cork City	10	Drogheda United	1
	Semi-Finals
2008	St. Patrick’s Athletic	9	Bray Wanderers	4
2008	Bohemians	5	Cork city	4
	Final
2008	St. Patrick’s Athletic	3 aet	Bohemians	1

[5]

FAI National Futsal League 2009

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Leinster
Dundalk	6	4	1	1	24	14	13
Wexford Youths	6	4	0	2	33	29	12
Sporting Fingal	6	3	1	2	19	13	10
St. Patrick’s Athletic	6	3	1	2	21	18	10
Bray Wanderers	6	3	1	2	26	26	10
Shamrock Rovers	6	2	0	4	24	18	6
Shelbourne	6	0	0	6	9	38	0
Munster
Cork City	4	2	2	0	9	6	8
Salthill Devon	4	2	1	1	9	8	7
Limerick FC	4	0	1	3	7	11	1
North West
Finn Harps	6	4	1	1	35	16	13
Derry City	6	4	0	2	26	16	12
Monaghan United	6	2	1	3	15	22	7
Sligo Rovers	6	1	0	5	17	39	3

[6][7][8]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Quarter-Finals
2009	Dundalk	7	Derry City	8
2009	Wexford Youths	8	Salthill Devon	5
2009	Finn Harps	4	St. Patrick’s Athletic	6 aet
2009	Cork City	6	Bray Wanderers	3
	Semi-Finals
2009	Derry City	5	St. Patrick’s Athletic	7
2009	Wexford Youths	3	Cork City	6
	Final
2009	St. Patrick’s Athletic	2	Cork City	4 aet

[9]

FAI Futsal League 2010

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Connacht 1
Athlone Town	2	2	0	0	11	7	6
Salthill Devon	2	1	0	1	10	3	3
Galway United	2	0	0	2	5	16	0
Tullamore Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Connacht 2
Corrib Rangers	3	2	0	1	15	9	6
Roscommon League	3	2	0	1	14	10	6
Galway Hibernians	3	1	0	2	10	15	3
Mervue United	3	1	0	2	7	12	3
Leinster 1
Blue Magic	3	3	0	0	8	2	9
Shamrock Rovers	3	1	1	1	6	5	4
St. Patrick’s Athletic	3	1	0	2	3	7	3
FAS Futsal	3	1	0	2	6	9	3
Leinster 2
AUL Selection	3	3	0	0	15	6	9
FAS South	3	2	0	1	9	7	6
Whitehall Celtic	3	1	0	2	10	9	3
Duleek United	3	0	0	3	1	13	0
Leinster 3
Sporting Fingal/EID	3	3	0	0	11	1	9
Bray St. Joseph’s	3	2	0	1	7	5	6
Alpha	3	0	1	2	5	11	1
Dublin Santos	3	0	1	2	4	10	1
Munster 1
Cork City	1	1	0	0	5	1	3
Limerick FC	1	0	0	1	1	5	0
Munster 2
Tralee Celtic	3	2	1	0	9	4	7
Clare Dragons	3	2	1	0	8	4	7
Dunmanway Town	3	1	0	2	7	7	3
Clare Sharks	3	0	0	3	3	12	0
Ulster 1
Finn Harps	2	1	1	0	10	3	4
Sligo Rovers	2	1	1	0	5	4	4
Monaghan United	2	0	0	2	3	11	0
Ulster 2
Ulster Senior League	1	1	0	0	3	2	3
Carrowmena FC	1	0	0	1	2	3	0
Donegal League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Redcastle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	1/8 Finals
2010	FAS South	9	Athlone Town	4
2010	Shamrock Rovers	7	Ulster Senior League	1
2010	Finn Harps	1	Roscommon League	7
2010	Bray St. Joseph’s	w/o	Carrowmena United	ff
2010	AUL Selection	6	Salthill Devon	0
2010	Blue Magic	7	Dunmanway Town	1
2010	Sporting Fingal/EID	w/o	Clare Dragons	ff
2010	Cork City	w/o	Corrib Rangers	ff
	Quarter-Finals
2010	FAS South	5	Corrib Rangers	6
2010	Roscommon League	0	Blue Magic	12
2010	Sporting Fingal/EID	5 (3p)	AUL Selection	5 (2p)
2010	Shamrock Rovers	4 (1p)	Bray St. Joseph’s	4 (3p)
	Semi-Finals
2010	Corrib Rangers	1	Blue Magic	12
2010	Sporting Fingal/EID	9	Bray St. Joseph’s	3
	Final
2010	Blue Magic	2	Sporting Fingal/EID	4

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Report

Futsal is an indoor 5-a-side version of Soccer that was invented in 1930s Uruguay. It uses the same court markings and goals as Olympic Handball.

The FAI Futsal League grew out of a similar U21 Futsal league which operated until 2007. Most of the teams in the league were from the FAI’s League of Ireland and the Futsal League was sponsored by Eircom.

The league was  run on a similar way to the World Cup, with group stages (organised geographically) and then knockout. St. Patrick’s Athletic defeated fellow Dubliners Bohemians 3-1 after extra time in the 2008 Final. They then went all the way to the 2008 Final, only to fall to Cork City, 4-2, again in extra time. In 2010 the title was to return to Dublin, when Sporting Fingal/EID won 4-2 against Blue Magic, a team made up of Romanians living in Ireland.

Following the economic crisis of 2009 onwards, the League of Ireland teams pulled the plug on their Futsal teams to focus on the League of Ireland, and the FAI Futsal League became the FAI Futsal Cup, mostly played by entirely amateur clubs, such as Blue Magic.

References

Websites

[1] Futsal Planet (2008) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2008 Munster [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=80&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2062 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[2] Futsal Planet (2008) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2008 North Leinster [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=80&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2059 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[3] Futsal Planet (2008) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2008 North West [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=80&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2061 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[4] Futsal Planet (2008) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2008 South Leinster [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=80&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2060 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[5] Futsal Planet (2008) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2008 Play-off [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=80&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2097 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[6] Futsal Planet (2009) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2009 Leinster [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=82&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2383 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[7] Futsal Planet (2009) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2009 Munster [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=82&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2385 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[8] Futsal Planet (2009) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2009 North West [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=82&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2384 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[9] Futsal Planet (2009) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2009 Play-off [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=82&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2386 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[10] Futsal Planet (2010) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2010 Connacht 1 [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=83&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2781 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[11] Futsal Planet (2010) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2010 Connacht 2 [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=83&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2786 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[12] Futsal Planet (2010) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2010 Leinster 1 [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=83&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2777 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[13] Futsal Planet (2010) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2010 Leinster 2 [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=83&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2783 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[14] Futsal Planet (2010) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2010 Leinster 3 [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=83&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2778 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[15] Futsal Planet (2010) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2010 Munster 1 [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=83&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2780 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[16] Futsal Planet (2010) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2010 Munster 2 [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=83&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2785 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[17] Futsal Planet (2010) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2010 Ulster 1 [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=83&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2779 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[18] Futsal Planet (2010) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2010 Ulster 2 [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=83&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2784 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

[19] Futsal Planet (2010) Ireland Eircom Futsal League 2010 Play-off [Internet] Available from: http://www.futsalplanet.com/champs/champs-01.asp?stagioni=83&paeseclub=96&compnazionale=2782 [Accessed 15 May 2017]

Images

[20] Blogspot (2015) FAI Logo [Internet] available from: https://eirball.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/82a62-Logo2BFootball_Association_of_Ireland.png [Accessed 8 February 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Paul Foley, Gareth Quigley & Jason Caldwell

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