The 2012 Setanta Sports Cup was the seventh staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, an annual association football competition featuring clubs from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

It commenced on 11 February 2012 and ended on 12 May 2012, with the final played at The Oval, Belfast.

The draw for the 2012 competition was made at Aviva Stadium, Dublin, on 25 January 2012.

[2] Four League of Ireland and four IFA Premiership teams played each other in the first round over two games with the winners qualifying for the quarter-finals.

[3][4] Cliftonville won 2 − 0 on aggregate Derry City won 7 − 0 on aggregate Bohemians won 3 − 1 on aggregate Glentoran won 7 − 2 on aggregate The winners of the four first-round games joined the four seeded teams (Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers, Crusaders, and Linfield) who received byes into the quarter-finals.