1999–2000 Irish League Cup

1999–2000 Irish League Cup

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	19
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (6th title)
Runner-up	Coleraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	59 (3.28 per match)

The 1999–2000 Irish League Cup was the 14th edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 18 April 2000 with the final.

Linfield were the defending champions after their fifth League Cup win last season; a 2–1 victory over Glentoran in the previous final. This season they won a record third successive League Cup with a 4–0 victory over Coleraine in the final to lift the cup for the sixth time overall. The 4–0 scoreline remains the joint largest margin of victory in a League Cup final to date, with the record being equalled in 2013.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballyclare Comrades	1–1 (3–2 p)	Dungannon Swifts
Carrick Rangers	1–3 (aet)	Limavady United
Institute	0–1	Armagh City

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Armagh City	1–2	Limavady United
Ballymena United	2–4	Portadown
Cliftonville	5–2	Ards
Coleraine	3–1	Glenavon
Crusaders	1–1 (4–5 p)	Bangor
Glentoran	3–0	Omagh Town
Lisburn Distillery	2–0	Ballyclare Comrades
Newry Town	0–4	Linfield

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Limavady United	3–1	Glentoran
Linfield	4–2	Bangor
Lisburn Distillery	0–1	Coleraine
Portadown	3–0	Cliftonville

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Limavady United	0–1	Linfield
Portadown	0–2	Coleraine

Final

18 April 2000

Coleraine	0 – 4	Linfield
	Report	Gorman 6' Morgan 21' Larmour 37' McShane 86'

Windsor Park, Belfast