The 2009–10 Setanta Sports Cup was the 5th staging of the cross-border

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competition - which featured

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clubs from the

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and

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. It commenced on 28 August 2009, and the final was played on 15 May 2010, with Bohemians defeating St Patrick's Athletic 1–0 to claim their first Setanta Cup triumph. On 22 June 2009, the draw for the competition was postponed because of the financial troubles of organiser

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. However, on 19 July 2009, it was confirmed that the competition would be going ahead as planned, and the draw was made at FAI headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin, on 28 July.

Changes to structure

In the 2009–10 season, the Setanta Cup was expanded to nine teams, comprising three groups of three. The three group winners qualified for the semi-finals, as did the group runner-up with the best record. Teams were drawn from the top four of both leagues, with an additional place for the winners of the previous competition,

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. In a further change to the format of previous years, games were expected to take place on weekends instead of midweek.

Group stages

Teams that progressed to the semi-finals are indicated in bold type. Teams eliminated from the Setanta Sports Cup this stage are indicated in ''italics''.

Group 1

---- ---- ---- ''Postponed due to waterlogged pitch'' ---- ''Due to Cork City's resignation from the competition, Sligo Rovers were awarded a 3-0 win'' ---- ---- ''Due to Cork City's resignation from the competition, Cliftonville were awarded a 3-0 win''

Group 2

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Group 3

---- ---- ''Derry City ceased to exist, St Patrick's Athletic awarded 3-0 win'' ---- ---- ---- ''Derry City ceased to exist, Linfield awarded 3-0 win''Derry City FC removed from Setanta Cup
- RTÉ Sport

Semi finals

First leg

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Second leg

''St Patrick's Athletic won 6 − 2 on aggregate'' ---- ''Bohemians won 3 − 1 on aggregate''

Final

Goalscorers

;2 goals * Darren Boyce (Coleraine) * Paul Byrne (St Patrick's Athletic) * Raffaele Cretaro (Bohemians) * Paddy Madden (Bohemians) * Dean Marshall (Sligo Rovers) * Rob Turner (Sligo Rovers) *

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(Glentoran) ;1 goal *

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(Sligo Rovers) * Jason Bannon (Cliftonville) * Liam Boyce (Cliftonville) * Jason Byrne (Bohemians) * Gareth Coughlan (St Patrick's Athletic) * Paul Deasy (Cork City) * Mark Doninger (Sligo Rovers) *

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(Sligo Rovers) * Jim Ervin (Linfield) *

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(Glentoran) * Joe Gamble (Cork City) *

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(St Patrick's Athletic) * Andrew Hall (Glentoran) * Gary Hamilton (Glentoran) * Owen Heary (Bohemians) * John Lester (St Patrick's Athletic) * Damian Lynch (St Patrick's Athletic) *

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(St Patrick's Athletic) * Mark McAllister (Linfield) * Jason McGuinness (Bohemians) *

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(Derry City) * Paul Munster (Linfield) * Anto Murphy (Bohemians) * Conor O'Grady (Sligo Rovers) * Ken Oman (Bohemians) * Rory Patterson (Coleraine) * Mark Rossiter (Bohemians) * Richie Ryan (Sligo Rovers) *

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(Cork City) * Thomas Stewart (Derry City) * Peter Thompson (Linfield) * Danny Ventre (Sligo Rovers) * Alex Williams (St Patrick's Athletic)

References

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