Country Republic of Ireland Champions St. Patrick's Athletic Matches played 47 | Teams 40 Runners-up Derry City | |
The 2014 FAI Senior Challenge Cup, also known as the 2014 FAI Ford Senior Cup, is the 94th season of the national football competition of the Republic of Ireland. The winners of the competition will earn a spot in the first qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.
A total of 40 teams are competing in the 2014 competition, which will commence in March 2014. The teams entered from the 2014 League of Ireland Premier Division and First Division received byes into the second round stage. Four non-league clubs also received byes to the second round. The remaining 12 teams entered at the first round stage. These non-league teams are composed of the sixteen clubs, which reached the fourth round of the 2013–14 FAI Intermediate Cup and the semi-finalists of the FAI Junior Cup in 2013–14.