The Irish Intermediate Cup is a Northern Irish football competition for teams of intermediate status, including NIFL Premiership reserve sides. It is a straight knock-out tournament and is currently sponsored by McCombs Coach Travel.

The current holders are Crumlin Star.

Past winners

1892–93 Distillery Rovers* 1893–94 Glentoran II* 1894–95 Milltown 1895–96 Cliftonville Olympic* 1896–97 Linfield Swifts* 1897–98 Glentoran II* 1898–99 Linfield Swifts* 1899–1900 Cliftonville Olympic* 1900–01 Linfield Swifts* 1901–02 Cliftonville Olympic* 1902–03 Distillery Rovers* 1903–04 YMCA 1904–05 Frankfort 1905–06 Forth River 1906–07 Forth River 1907–08 Glenavon 1908–09 Glentoran II* 1909–10 St James' Gate 1910–11 Glenavon 1911–12 Derry Guilds 1912–13 Glentoran II* 1913–14 Belfast Celtic II* 1914–15 UCD 1915–16 Glentoran II* 1916–17 Strandville 1917–18 Glentoran II* 1918–19 Cup withheld 1919–20 St James' Gate 1920–21 Queen's Island 1921–22 Linfield Rangers 1922–23 Dunmurry 1923–24 Willowfield 1924–25 Linfield Rangers 1925–26 Ballyclare Comrades 1926–27 Crusaders 1927–28 Willowfield 1928–29 Linfield Swifts* 1929–30 Dunmurry 1930–31 Glentoran II* 1931–32 Broadway United 1932–33 Dunville's 1933–34 Sunnyside 1934–35 Belfast Celtic II* 1935–36 Belfast Celtic II* 1936–37 Belfast Celtic II* 1937–38 Crusaders 1938–39 Crusaders 1939–40 Belfast Celtic II* 1940–41 Glentoran II* 1941–42 Bangor Reserves* 1942–43 Larne Olympic* 1943–44 Bangor Reserves* 1944–45 Bangor Reserves* 1945–46 Linfield Swifts* 1946–47 Dundela 1947–48 Distillery II* 1948–49 Linfield Swifts* 1949–50 Ballyclare Comrades 1950–51 Ballyclare Comrades 1951–52 Brantwood 1952–53 Brantwood 1953–54 Ballyclare Comrades 1954–55 Dundela 1955–56 Linfield Swifts* 1956–57 Linfield Swifts* 1957–58 Newry Town 1958–59 Larne 1959–60 Ballyclare Comrades 1960–61 Ballyclare Comrades 1961–62 Glentoran II* 1962–63 Ballyclare Comrades 1963–64 Ballyclare Comrades 1964–65 Coleraine Reserves* 1965–66 Dundela 1966–67 Newry Town 1967–68 Chimney Corner 1968–69 Coleraine Reserves* 1969–70 Larne 1970–71 Ards II* 1971–72 Linfield Swifts* 1972–73 Brantwood 1973–74 Limavady United 1974–75 Dundela 1975–76 Carrick Rangers 1976–77 Carrick Rangers 1977–78 Dungannon Swifts 1978–79 RUC 1979–80 RUC 1980–81 Newry Town 1981–82 Chimney Corner 1982–83 Chimney Corner 1983–84 Dundela 1984–85 RUC 1985–86 Banbridge Town 1986–87 RUC 1987–88 Short Brothers 1988–89 Dundela 1989–90 Ballyclare Comrades 1990–91 Brantwood 1991–92 Dungannon Swifts 1992–93 Dundela 1993–94 Portstewart 1994–95 Ballinamallard United 1995–96 Limavady United 1996–97 Chimney Corner 1997–98 Loughgall 1998–99 Dundela 1999–2000 Dundela 2000–01 Dundela 2001–02 Linfield Swifts* 2002–03 Harland & Wolff Welders 2003–04 Linfield Swifts* 2004–05 Glenavon 2005–06 Donegal Celtic 2006–07 Harland & Wolff Welders 2007–08 Loughgall 2008–09 Knockbreda ParishDonegal Celtic 1-1 Knockbreda (Knockbreda win 3-0 on penalties):The WKD Intermediate Cup - Tuesday, 21 April 2009 2009–10 Donegal CelticDonegal Celtic lifts WKD Intermediate Cup - 3 May 2010 2010–11 Carrick RangersCarrick Rangers win league and cup on same night 2011–12 Newry CityNEWRY CITY CLAIM THE COCA-COLA INTERMEDIATE CUP 2012–13 Institute 2013–14 Bangor 2014–15 Carrick Rangers 2015–16 InstituteIrish FA 2016–17 Limavady UnitedNews Letter 2017–18 Queen's UniversityBelfast Telegraph 2018–19 Crumlin StarIrish FA 2019–20 DollingstownIrish FA 2020–21 Not played due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021–22 Rathfriland RangersIrish FA 2022–23 Crumlin StarBelfast Telegraph 2023–24 ImmaculataBelfast Telegraph 2024–25 Crumlin StarIrish FA 2025–26 Crumlin StarIrish FA

NB. * denotes reserve teams of senior clubs

Performance by club Team No. of wins Winning yearsLinfield Swifts* 11 1896–97, 1898–99, 1900–01, 1928–29, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1971–72, 2001–02, 2003–04Dundela 10 1946–47, 1954–55, 1965–66, 1974–75, 1983–84, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01Ballyclare Comrades 9 1925–26, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1989–90Glentoran II* 9 1893–94, 1897–98, 1908–09, 1912–13, 1915–16, 1917–18, 1930–31, 1940–41, 1961–62Belfast Celtic II* 5 1913–14, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1939–40Brantwood 4 1951–52, 1952–53, 1972–73, 1990–91Carrick Rangers 4 1975–76, 1976–77, 2010–11, 2014–15Chimney Corner 4 1967–68, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1996–97Crumlin Star 4 2018-19, 2022-23, 2024-25, 2025-26Newry Cityƒ 4 1957–58, 1966–67, 1980–81, 2011–12RUC† 4 1978–79, 1979–80, 1984–85, 1986–87Bangor Reserves* 3 1941–42, 1943–44, 1944–45Cliftonville Olympic* 3 1895–96, 1899–1900, 1901–02Crusaders 3 1926–27, 1937–38, 1938–39Distillery Rovers / II* 3 1892–93, 1902–03, 1947–48Glenavon 3 1907–08, 1910–11, 2004–05Limavady United 3 1973–74, 1995–96, 2016–17Coleraine Reserves* 2 1964–65, 1968–69Donegal Celtic 2 2005–06, 2009–10Dungannon Swifts 2 1977–78, 1991–92Dunmurry 2 1922–23, 1929–30Forth River 2 1905–06, 1906–07Harland & Wolff Welders 2 2002–03, 2006–07Institute 2 2012–13, 2015–16Larne 2 1958–59, 1969–70Linfield Rangers* 2 1921–22, 1924–25Loughgall 2 1997–98, 2007–08St James' Gate 2 1909–10, 1919–20Willowfield 2 1923–24, 1927–28Ards II* 1 1970–71Ballinamallard United 1 1994–95Banbridge Town 1 1985–86Bangor 1 2013–14Broadway United 1 1931–32Derry Guilds 1 1911–12Dollingstown 1 2019–20Dunville's 1 1932–33Immaculata 1 2023–24Knockbreda Parish 1 2008–09Larne Olympic* 1 1942–43Milltown 1 1894–95Portstewart 1 1993–94Queen's Island 1 1920–21Queen's University 1 2017–18Rathfriland Rangers 1 2021–22Short Brothers 1 1987–88Strandville 1 1916–17Sunnyside 1 1933–34UCD 1 1914–15Frankfort 1 1904–05YMCA 1 1903–04

* indicates reserve team † now known as PSNI ƒ previously Newry Town

See also Irish Cup

References

External links Intermediate Cup Archive at the Irish Football Club Project