The 2013 Setanta Sports Cup was the eighth staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, an annual football competition featuring clubs from Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. It commenced on 11 February 2013 and ended on 11 May 2013 with the final played at the Tallaght Stadium, Dublin.

Crusaders were the defending champions, after they defeated Derry City 5–4 on penalties in the 2012 final, when the match ended 2–2 after extra time. However, this season they went out 4–1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals to Cork City. Shamrock Rovers were the eventual winners for the second time overall, following a comfortable 7–1 win over Drogheda United in the final. This season's competition was notable for the fact that all four semi-finalists represented the Republic of Ireland. It was also the sixth time in the eight competitions played thus far that the winner had been a League of Ireland club.

The following clubs qualified to take part in this year's competition. The eight unseeded clubs entered in the first round, while the four seeded clubs entered in the quarter-finals.

The first round draw was made on 6 December 2012. Four League of Ireland and four IFA Premiership clubs played each other in the first round over two games with the winners qualifying for the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 11 February 2013 and the second legs were played on 18 February 2013.^[1]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cork City	6–2	Cliftonville	4–0	2–2
Drogheda United	8–2	Portadown	3–2	5–0
Shamrock Rovers	2–1	Coleraine	0–1	2–0
St Patrick's Athletic	0–1	Glentoran	0–0	0–1

11 February 2013

19:30

St Patrick's Athletic	0 – 0	Glentoran
Flood  85'	Report	Birney  15' Magee  68' Kane  77' Hill  82'

Richmond Park, Dublin

Attendance: 1,041

Referee: Derek Tomney

11 February 2013

19:45

Cork City	4 – 0	Cliftonville
G. Morrissey 16' Turner 26' (pen.), 45+1'} Kavanagh 69'	Report

Turners Cross, Cork

Attendance: 1,273

Referee: Pádraig Sutton

18 February 2013

19:30

Coleraine	0 – 2	Shamrock Rovers
	Report	Quigley 5'  73' McCabe  53' Sullivan  66' Kilduff 90'

The Showgrounds, Coleraine

Referee: Arnold Hudson

Shamrock Rovers won 2−1 on aggregate.

18 February 2013

19:45

Glentoran	1 – 0	St Patrick's Athletic
Murray 62'	Report	Fagan  42'

The Oval, Belfast

Referee: Hugh Carvill

Glentoran won 1−0 on aggregate.

18 February 2013

19:45

Cliftonville	2 – 2	Cork City
Boyce 38' Garrett 87'	Report	Horgan 15' Furlong 52' Morrissey  72' Spillane  90+2'

Solitude, Belfast

Referee: Ross Dunlop

Cork City won 6−2 on aggregate.

18 February 2013

19:45

Portadown	0 – 5	Drogheda United
Murray  10' McNeill  61' Ramsey  64' Burns  89'	Report	Byrne 1' O'Conor 12' Brennan 55' Cassidy 78' Hand 90+3'

Shamrock Park, Portadown

Referee: Paul McLaughlin

Drogheda United won 8−2 on aggregate.

The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams in the quarter-finals. The first legs were played on 26 February and 4 March, while the second legs were played on 4 and 11 March 2013.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cork City	4–1	Crusaders	1–0	3–1
Derry City	2–3	Drogheda United	1–1	1–2
Shamrock Rovers	7–2	Linfield	4–1	3–1
Sligo Rovers	8–0	Glentoran	5–0	3–0

26 February 2013

19:45

Cork City	1 – 0	Crusaders
D Morrissey 88'	Report

Turners Cross, Cork

Attendance: 1,026

Referee: Alan Kelly

4 March 2013

19:45

Sligo Rovers	5 – 0	Glentoran
Lynch 2', 38' Elding 20' Connolly 36' McMillan 53'	Report

Showgrounds, Sligo

Attendance: 1,235

4 March 2013

19:45

Derry City	1 – 1	Drogheda United
Patterson 10'  43'	Report	Prendergast  4' O'Brien 53' Sava  66'

The Brandywell, Derry

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ray Hetherington

4 March 2013

20:30

Shamrock Rovers	4 – 1	Linfield
Finn 34'  50' Powell  42' Kilduff 45', 73' Rice 82'	Report	Mulgrew  23' McCaul  31' Burns 62'  72'

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Neil Doyle

4 March 2013

19:45

Crusaders	1 – 3	Cork City
Heatley 89'	Report	Morrissey  55' D Horgan 62' Kavanagh 67' Magowan 89' (o.g.)

Seaview, Belfast

Attendance: 600

Referee: David Baxter

Cork City won 4−1 on aggregate.

11 March 2013

19:45

Glentoran	0 – 3	Sligo Rovers
Clarke  59'	Report	Lynch 7' Cretaro 25' Henderson  62' Martin 85'

The Oval, Belfast

Attendance: 150

Referee: Bob Rogers

Sligo Rovers won 8−0 on aggregate.

11 March 2013

19:45

Drogheda United	2 – 1	Derry City
Prendergast 68' R. Brennan 90+4'	Report	McEleney  37' McBride  48' Rafter 64'

Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda

Referee: Neil Doyle

Drogheda United won 3−2 on aggregate.

11 March 2013

19:45

Linfield	1 – 3	Shamrock Rovers
Armstrong  4' 26'	Report	Stewart 32', 69' McCormack  53' Dennehy 80'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Shamrock Rovers won 7−2 on aggregate.

The first legs of the semi-finals will be played on 16 April and the second legs on 22 April.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Drogheda United	2−1	Sligo Rovers	2−0	0−1
Shamrock Rovers	3−3	Cork City	1−1	2−2

16 April 2013

19:30

Shamrock Rovers	1 − 1	Cork City
D. Murphy 39' (o.g.)	Report	Kavanagh 41' Healy  81'

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

Attendance: 1,250

Referee: Neil Doyle

16 April 2013

19:45

Drogheda United	2 − 0	Sligo Rovers
O'Neill 24' Cassidy 35' Grimes  52'	Report

Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda

Attendance: 756

Referee: Mark Courtney

22 April 2013

19:30

Cork City	2 − 2	Shamrock Rovers
Horgan 45+1' Kavanagh  63' 87'	Report	Foran  29' Rice  32' 72' Dennehy  54' 90+3'

Turners Cross, Cork

Attendance: 2,007

Referee: Padraigh Sutton

3–3 on aggregate. Shamrock Rovers won on away goals

22 April 2013

19:45

Sligo Rovers	1 − 0	Drogheda United
Cawley 30'  46' Ventre  71'	Report	O'Neill  24' Cassidy  39'

Showgrounds, Sligo

Attendance: 1,286

Referee: Arnie Hunter

Drogheda United won 2−1 on aggregate.

11 May 2013

15:00

Shamrock Rovers	7 − 1	Drogheda United
Chambers 11' O'Connor 13' Sheppard 45' Finn 55', 56' Dennehy 75', 88'	Report	O'Neill 65'

Tallaght Stadium, Dublin

Attendance: 4,022

Referee: Rob Rogers

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