The North West Senior Cup, or North West Cup, is a senior football

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 competition in Northern Ireland

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 run by the North West of Ireland Football Association. Senior and intermediate teams from the North West FA's jurisdiction (which covers County Londonderry

County Londonderry

The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the old Irish Daire meaning oak-grove or oak-wood. As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists...

 and parts of county Tyrone

County Tyrone

Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Londonderry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on...

, are entitled to enter. It originated as the County Derry F.A. Cup in 1886-87 but became the North West Cup in 1897. Institute

Institute F.C.

Institute F.C. is a Northern Irish intermediate football club who play in IFA Championship 1.The club, founded in 1905, are based in the Drumahoe area of Derry and play their home matches at the Riverside Stadium in the YMCA Grounds...

 are the current champions, having defeated Coleraine 4-2 in the 2011/12 final.

List of winners

Year	Winner
1886/87	unknown
1887/88	Limavady
1888/89	Limavady
1889/90	Limavady
1890/91	Limavady
1891/92	Limavady and St Columb's Court (shared)
1892/93	St Columb's Court
1893/94	Limavady
1894/95	St Columb's Hall Celtic Derry Celtic F.C. Derry Celtic Football Club was a football club from Derry, Ireland. The club, formed as St Columb's Hall in 1890, changing to St Columb's Hall Celtic in 1893 after amalgamating with other Derry clubs Rosemount, Clooney Park and Ivy, and Derry Celtic in 1900, was once the primary team in the city,...
1895/96	St Columb's Hall Celtic
1896/97	St Columb's Hall Celtic
1897/98	St Columb's Hall Celtic
1898/99	Derry Celtic
1899/1900	Derry Hibernians
1900/01	Derry Celtic
1901/02	Derry Celtic
1902/03	Derry Celtic
1903/04	Derry Hibernians
1904/05	Derry Hibernians
1905/06	Celtic Wanderers
1906/07	Celtic Wanderers
1907/08	Celtic Wanderers and Bright Stars (shared)
1908/09	Celtic Wanderers
1909–1931	not played
1932	Derry City
1933	Derry City
1934	Derry City
1935	Derry City
1936	Derry City
1937	Derry City
1939	Derry City
1953	Coleraine Reserves
1954	Derry City
1955	Coleraine
1956	Coleraine
1957	No award
1958	Coleraine
1959	Coleraine
1960	Derry City
1961	Coleraine
1962	Derry City
1963	Derry City
1964	Derry City
1965	Coleraine
1966	Derry City
1968	Coleraine
1969	Derry City
1970	Derry City
1971	Derry City
1981	Coleraine
1982	Coleraine
1983	Coleraine
1987/88	Coleraine
1988/89	Coleraine
1989/90	Tobermore United Tobermore United Tobermore United is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1965, is based in Tobermore, near Magherafelt, County Londonderry and currently plays its home matches at Fortwilliam Park. Club colours are red and black...
1990/91	Omagh Town
1991/92	Coleraine
1992/93	Omagh Town
1993/94	Limavady United
1994/95	Coleraine
1995/96	Omagh Town
1996/97	Omagh Town
1997/98	Institute
1998/99	Limavady United
1999/2000	Omagh Town
2000/01	Omagh Town
2001/02	Coleraine
2002/03	Institute
2003/04	Coleraine
2004/05	Limavady United
2005/06	Coleraine
2006/07	Tobermore United
2007/08	Coleraine
2008/09	Institute
2009/10	Coleraine
2010/11	Institute
2011/12	Institute

Performance by club

Club	Total wins	Last win
Coleraine Coleraine F.C. Coleraine F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1927, hails from Coleraine, County Londonderry and plays its home matches at the Showgrounds. Club colours are blue and white...	20*	2009/10
Derry City Derry City F.C. Derry City Football Club is a professional football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division...	16	1971
Limavady	9†	2004/05
Derry Celtic Derry Celtic F.C. Derry Celtic Football Club was a football club from Derry, Ireland. The club, formed as St Columb's Hall in 1890, changing to St Columb's Hall Celtic in 1893 after amalgamating with other Derry clubs Rosemount, Clooney Park and Ivy, and Derry Celtic in 1900, was once the primary team in the city,... ‡	8	1902/03
Omagh Town Omagh Town F.C. Omagh Town Football and Athletic Club was a Northern Irish association football club that was based in Omagh, County Tyrone. Founded in 1962, the club played in the Irish Football League from 1990 up until its closure in 2005. They won the North West Senior Cup on six occasions and competed in the...	6	2000/01
Institute Institute F.C. Institute F.C. is a Northern Irish intermediate football club who play in IFA Championship 1.The club, founded in 1905, are based in the Drumahoe area of Derry and play their home matches at the Riverside Stadium in the YMCA Grounds...	5	2011/12
Celtic Wanderers	4†	1908/09
Derry Hibernians	3	1904/05
St Columb's Court	2†	1892/93
Tobermore United Tobermore United F.C. Tobermore United is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1965, is based in Tobermore, near Magherafelt, County Londonderry and currently plays its home matches at Fortwilliam Park. Club colours are red and black...	2	2006/07
Bright Stars	1†	1907/08

* Includes 1 win by Coleraine Reserves.

† Includes 1 shared.

‡ Including 4 as St Columb's Hall Celtic.

Sources

• Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2007/2008 (Ed. Malcolm Brodie)
• Ulster Football & Cycle Annual 1909/10
• George Glass, The Men from Scroggy.