2015–16 County Antrim Shield

Football tournament season

2015–16 County Antrim Shield
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	16
Defending champions	Cliftonville
Final positions
Champions	Ballymena United (6th win)
Runner-up	Linfield
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	49 (3.27 per match)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 County Antrim Shield was the 127th edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.

Ballymena United won the tournament for the 6th time, defeating Linfield 3–2 in the final.

Results

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	3–2	PSNI
Ballyclare Comrades	1–3	Cliftonville
Ballymena United	5–0	Glebe Rangers
Bangor	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Carrick Rangers
Donegal Celtic	1–2	Crusaders
Glentoran	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Harland & Wolff Welders
Larne	3–0	Sport & Leisure Swifts
Linfield	1–0	Newington Youth

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	1–2	Larne
Carrick Rangers	3–2	Harland & Wolff Welders
Crusaders	0–2	Ballymena United
Linfield	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Cliftonville

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Larne	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Ballymena United
Linfield	2–0	Carick Rangers

Final

12 January 2016

Ballymena United	3–2	Linfield
McNally 32' Cushley 59' O'Kane 76'	Report	Bates 52' Stafford 85'

Windsor Park, BelfastReferee: Ian McNabb (Newtownabbey)

References

"Irish League Archive, County Antrim Shield". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
"Shield of dreams for hot Braidmen". Belfast Telegraph. 13 January 2016. pp. 54–55.
"County Antrim Shield Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 18 April 2023.

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Northern Ireland - List of County Antrim Shield Winners

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Domestic leagues	NIFL Premiership NIFL Championship 1 NIFL Championship 2
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Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2016 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification (Group F)

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