2001–02 Irish Cup

2001–02Irish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	32
Defending champions	Glentoran
Final positions
Champions	Linfield(36th win)
Runner-up	Portadown
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	133 (3.33 per match)

The2001–02 Irish Cupwas the 122nd edition of theIrish Cup,Northern Ireland's premierfootballknock-out cup competition. It concluded on 11 May 2002 with the final.

Glentoranwere the defending champions, winning their second successive Irish Cup last season after a 1–0 win over archrivalsLinfieldin the 2001 final. This season Linfield went one better, to lift the cup for the 36th time overall and the first time in seven years, with a 2–1 win overPortadownin the final. This was Portadown's second defeat in the final in three years.

Fifth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	2–1	Limavady United
Armagh City	2–5	Dungannon Swifts
Ballyclare Comrades	4–1	Barn United
Bangor	0–2	Crusaders
Brantwood	1–1	Moyola Park
Carrick Rangers	4–3	Lisburn Distillery
Cliftonville	1–1	Portadown
Coleraine	5–3	Donegal Celtic
Glenavon	0–0	Lurgan Celtic
Glentoran	1–0	Newry Town
Institute	4–1	Ards Rangers
Killyleagh Youth	4–1	Ballinamallard United
Linfield	3–0	Portstewart
Loughgall	2–2	Larne
Omagh Town	0–0	Ballymena United
Tobermore United	1–2	Dunmurry Rec.

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballymena United	2–1	Omagh Town
Glenavon	1–1 (3–2p)	Lurgan Celtic
Larne	1–1 (4–2p)	Loughgall
Moyola Park	1–0 (aet)	Brantwood
Portadown	2–1	Cliftonville

Sixth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	0–5	Glentoran
Ballyclare Comrades	3–1	Dunmurry Rec.
Ballymena United	0–3	Glenavon
Carrick Rangers	0–7	Linfield
Crusaders	1–1	Dungannon Swifts
Larne	0–0	Killyleagh Youth
Moyola Park	3–3	Coleraine
Portadown	3–1	Institute

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Coleraine	5–1	Moyola Park
Dungannon Swifts	1–0	Crusaders
Larne	1–2	Killyleagh Youth

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Coleraine	2–0	Dungannon Swifts
Glentoran	1–1	Portadown
Killyleagh Youth	1–0	Ballyclare Comrades
Linfield	3–0	Glenavon

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Portadown	4–3	Glentoran

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Linfield	4–0	Killyleagh Youth
Portadown	2–0	Coleraine

Final

11 May 2002

Linfield	2 – 1	Portadown
Morgan14',22'	Report	Neill6'

Windsor Park,Belfast

Attendance: 11,129