2003–04 Irish Cup

2003–04Irish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	32
Defending champions	Coleraine
Final positions
Champions	Glentoran(20th win)
Runner-up	Coleraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
Goals scored	124 (3.26 per match)

The2003–04 Irish Cupwas the 124th edition of theIrish Cup,Northern Ireland's premierfootballknock-out cup competition. It concluded on 1 May 2004 with the final.

Colerainewere the defending champions, winning their 5th Irish Cup last season after a 1–0 win overGlentoranin the 2003 final. This season the same two clubs reached the final again. A 1–0 victory for Glentoran, who were appearing in the final for the sixth time in nine years was enough to seal their 20th Irish Cup win.

Fifth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	10–0	Donard Hospital
Ballyclare Comrades	3–0	Donegal Celtic
Cliftonville	5–1	Lisburn Distillery
Coleraine	1–1	Harland & Wolff Welders
Crusaders	0–1	Brantwood
Dungannon Swifts	3–1	Ballynure Old Boys
Glentoran	4–2	Ballymena United
Larne	2–0	Institute
Limavady United	4–0	Armagh City
Linfield	0–0	Carrick Rangers
Loughgall	3–1	Killyleagh Youth
Lurgan Celtic	1–3	Bangor
Newry Town	2–2	Ballymoney United
Omagh Town	5–3	Albert Foundry
Portadown	0–1	Glenavon
Tobermore United	3–1	Nortel

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballymoney United	1–3	Newry Town
Carrick Rangers	1–4	Linfield
Coleraine	4–1	Harland & Wolff Welders

Sixth round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballyclare Comrades	0–2	Ards
Bangor	0–0	Linfield
Cliftonville	0–1	Coleraine
Dungannon Swifts	1–1	Glenavon
Loughgall	0–0	Glentoran
Newry Town	2–1	Larne
Omagh Town	2–1	Brantwood
Tobermore United	0–4	Limavady United

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glenavon	1–0	Dungannon Swifts
Glentoran	2–0	Loughgall
Linfield	7–0	Bangor

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	1–2	Omagh Town
Limavady United	2–0	Glenavon
Linfield	0–1	Glentoran
Newry Town	1–1	Coleraine

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Coleraine	3–1	Newry Town

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Coleraine	3–1	Limavady United
Glentoran	4–1	Omagh Town

Final

1 May 2004

Coleraine	0 – 1	Glentoran
	Report	Halliday21'

Windsor Park,Belfast

Attendance: 8,300