2017 FAI Cup
| FAI Irish Daily Mail Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Defending champions | Cork City |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Cork City (4th title) |
| Runners-up | Dundalk |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 40 |
| Goals scored | 133 (3.33 per match) |
The 2017 FAI Senior Challenge Cup was the 97th season of the knockout national Football competition of Ireland. The winners of this season's cup earned a place in the 2018–19 Europa League and would have entered in the first qualifying round.
Cork City were the defending champions and went on to retain the cup after a 5-3 win on penalties against Dundalk in the final on 5 November.
The tournament began the weekend of 30 April 2017 with the preliminary round, which was contested by sixteen non-league clubs.