Champions Cup (All-Ireland)

This article is about the all-Ireland association football competition. For other uses of the term, see Champions Cup.
Champions Cup
Organising bodyIrish Football Association
Football Association of Ireland
Founded2019
RegionNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Number of teams2
Current championsRepublic of Ireland Dundalk
Most successful club(s)Republic of Ireland Dundalk (1 title)[1]

The Champions Cup (known as the Unite the Union Champions Cup for sponsorship purposes) was a cross-border association football super cup inaugurated in 2019 that features the league champions from both football associations on the island of Ireland. The competition sees the League of Ireland Premier Division champions from the Republic of Ireland face the NIFL Premiership champions from Northern Ireland. The Champions Cup is the successor to the Setanta Sports Cup, the previous all-Ireland competition which ran from 2005 until 2014. The Champions Cup is sponsored by Unite the Union, the British and Irish trade union.[2] The 2019 edition was the only one contested, and as of 2022 there is little prospect of the competition returning.[3]

  1. ^ "Dundalk crush Linfield 7-1 on aggregate to win new cross-border competition". the42. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ "INTRODUCING THE UNITE THE UNION CHAMPIONS CUP". SSE Airtricity League. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. ^ "SSE Airtricity League". www.sseairtricityleague.ie.