FAI Futsal League 2008-2010

FAI Eircom Futsal League 2008

 PWDLFAPts
Munster       
Cork City4400231112
Galway United420222126
Limerick 3740047290
Waterford United0000000
North Leinster       
Bohemians660039818
Drogheda630318159
Dundalk620414266
Longford Town61058303
North West       
Derry City6402311912
Sligo Rovers6402312612
Finn Harps630323169
Monaghan United610512363
South Leinster       
St. Patrick’s Athletic6420331214
Bray Wanderers623117209
Shamrock Rovers622211108
Shelbourne601511301

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

DateHome Team Away Team 
 Quarter-Finals   
 2008St. Patrick’s Athletic23Sligo Rovers3
 2008Bohemians9Galway United3
 2008Derry City4Bray Wanderers5
 2008Cork City10Drogheda United1
 Semi-Finals   
 2008St. Patrick’s Athletic9Bray Wanderers4
 2008Bohemians5Cork city4
 Final   
 2008St. Patrick’s Athletic3 aetBohemians1

[5]

FAI National Futsal League 2009

 PWDLFAPts

Leinster
       
Dundalk6411241413
Wexford Youths6402332912
Sporting Fingal6312191310
St. Patrick’s Athletic6312211810
Bray Wanderers6312262610
Shamrock Rovers620424186
Shelbourne60069380
Munster       
Cork City4220968
Salthill Devon4211987
Limerick FC40137111
North West       
Finn Harps6411351613
Derry City6402261612
Monaghan United621315227
Sligo Rovers610517393

[6][7][8]

DateHome Team Away Team 
 Quarter-Finals   
 2009Dundalk7Derry City8
 2009Wexford Youths8Salthill Devon5
 2009Finn Harps4St. Patrick’s Athletic6 aet
 2009Cork City6Bray Wanderers3
 Semi-Finals   
 2009Derry City5St. Patrick’s Athletic7
 2009Wexford Youths3Cork City6
 Final   
 2009St. Patrick’s Athletic2Cork City4 aet

[9]

FAI Futsal League 2010

 PWDLFAPts
Connacht 1       
Athlone Town22001176
Salthill Devon21011033
Galway United20025160
Tullamore Town0000000
Connacht 2       
Corrib Rangers32011596
Roscommon League320114106
Galway Hibernians310210153
Mervue United31027123
Leinster 1       
Blue Magic3300829
Shamrock Rovers3111654
St. Patrick’s Athletic3102373
FAS Futsal3102693
Leinster 2       
AUL Selection33001569
FAS South3201976
Whitehall Celtic31021093
Duleek United30031130
Leinster 3       
Sporting Fingal/EID33001119
Bray St. Joseph’s3201756
Alpha30125111
Dublin Santos30124101
Munster 1       
Cork City1100513
Limerick FC1001150
Munster 2       
Tralee Celtic3210947
Clare Dragons3210847
Dunmanway Town3102773
Clare Sharks30033120
Ulster 1       
Finn Harps21101034
Sligo Rovers2110544
Monaghan United20023110
Ulster 2       
Ulster Senior League1100323
Carrowmena FC1001230
Donegal League0000000
Redcastle United0000000

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

DateHome Team Away Team 
 1/8 Finals   
 2010FAS South9Athlone Town4
 2010Shamrock Rovers7Ulster Senior League1
 2010Finn Harps1Roscommon League7
 2010Bray St. Joseph’sw/oCarrowmena Unitedff
 2010AUL Selection6Salthill Devon0
 2010Blue Magic7Dunmanway Town1
 2010Sporting Fingal/EIDw/oClare Dragonsff
 2010Cork Cityw/oCorrib Rangersff
 Quarter-Finals    
 2010FAS South5Corrib Rangers6
 2010Roscommon League0Blue Magic12
 2010Sporting Fingal/EID5 (3p)AUL Selection5 (2p)
 2010Shamrock Rovers4 (1p)Bray St. Joseph’s4 (3p)
 Semi-Finals   
 2010Corrib Rangers1Blue Magic12
 2010Sporting Fingal/EID9Bray St. Joseph’s3
 Final   
 2010Blue Magic2Sporting Fingal/EID4

[19]

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

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 14 June 2018

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