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Honours[edit]

Derry City celebrate winning the 2006 FAI Cup.

Domestic football[edit]

See 2019 League of Ireland for a general overview of Derry City's current season.

Derry compete in a number of major domestic competitions on an annual basis. Those include the League of Ireland, the FAI Cup and the League of Ireland Cup. They can also take part in the cross-border Setanta Sports Cup, on condition of qualification for the tournament based on performances in the three former competitions. Prior to 1973 the club's main domestic competitions were the Irish League and the IFA Cup.

League of Ireland[edit]

Up until the end of the 2006 season, Derry had played a total of 691 League of Ireland games since joining in 1985. 306 of these games had been won (44.28%), 197 had been drawn (28.51%) and 188 had been lost (27.21%). In the process, 951 goals were scored (an average of 1.38 goals per game) and 651 were conceded (an average of 0.94 goals per game). With 993 points being accumulated over those League of Ireland years, Derry managed an average of 1.44 points per game.

A graphical representation of Derry City's historical standings in the League of Ireland. The colored bars represent the two tiers of Irish football – the red bar being the Premier Division and the black bar being the First Division.
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season Pos. P W D L F A Pts
2012 5th 30 11 6 13 36 36 39
20112 3rd 36 18 14 4 63 23 68
20109 1st 33 20 9 4 65 24 69
20099 4th 36 18 5 13 49 31 59
2008 2nd 33 16 10 7 46 25 58
2007 7th 33 8 13 12 30 31 37
20062 2nd3 30 18 8 4 46 20 62
20054 2nd 33 22 6 5 56 25 72
2004 7th 36 11 11 14 23 32 44
20035 9th 36 7 15 14 33 51 36
2002–036 8th 27 8 7 12 31 37 31
2001–02 5th 33 14 9 10 42 30 51
2000–01 6th 33 12 9 12 31 38 45
1999–00 7th 33 12 10 11 32 38 46
1998–99 5th 33 12 9 12 34 32 45
1997–98 9th 33 10 10 13 30 31 40
1996–97 1st 33 19 10 4 58 27 67
1995–96 6th 33 11 13 9 50 38 46
1994–95 2nd 33 16 10 7 45 30 58
1993–947 4th 32 12 10 10 37 35 46
1992–938 5th 32 11 15 6 26 23 37
1991–92 2nd 33 17 10 6 49 21 44
1990–91 7th 33 13 9 11 51 28 35
1989–90 2nd 33 20 9 4 72 18 49
1988–89 1st 34 25 5 4 70 21 53
1987–88 8th 33 13 5 15 59 44 31
1986–879 1st 18 16 1 1 45 14 33
1985–8610 4th 18 8 6 4 31 18 22

^1 First season of the League of Ireland's 5 year merger with the FAI.
^2 League reduced from 12 teams to 11 teams mid-season after Dublin City FC resigned so all their games were expunged from the record and the league table re-calculated. This also occurred in 2012 when Monaghan United withdrew from the league.
^3 On goal difference.[3]
^4 League increased from 10 competing teams to 12 competing teams from start of this season onward (until 2009 when Premier Division will be reduced to 10 teams, as planned by FAI).
^5 League changed to 'Summer season' from start of this season onward.
^6 League reduced from 12 competing teams to 10 competing teams from outset of season. Lasted for 3 further seasons until end of 2004 season.
^7 Changed from two points to three for a win from start of this season onward.
^8 Top and bottom halves of league split into two groups of 6 teams for two concluding relegation and title mini-series. Concept lasted for two seasons.
^9 Promoted from First Division to Premier Division after finishing top of division and remained there until they were expelled from the league at the end of the 2009 season, where they re-entered the first division and won it at the first attempt.
^10 Season Derry City first entered First Division. Division made up of 10 teams for all of Derry's period of taking part.


FAI Cup[edit]

Derry City have appeared in the FAI Cup final on 10 occasions, winning 5 of those.

Season Winner Score Runner-up
1987–88 Dundalk 1–0 Derry City
1988–89 Derry City 0-0, 1-011 Cork City
1993–94 Sligo Rovers 1–0 Derry City
1994–95 Derry City 2–1 Shelbourne
1996–97 Shelbourne 2–0 Derry City FC
200212 Derry City 1–0 Shamrock Rovers
2006 Derry City 4–313 St. Patrick's Athletic
2008 Bohemians 2-2 4-214 Derry City
2012 Derry City 3–213 St. Patrick's Athletic
2014 Derry City 0–2 St. Patrick's Athletic

^11 After replay.
^12 This was second FAI Cup final in 2002 due to a 'Winter transition season' being played to allow for the new 'Summer season' to proceed in March 2003.
^13 After extra-time.
 ^14 Bohemians won on penalties.

League of Ireland Cup[edit]

Derry City have appeared in the League of Ireland Cup final on 12 occasions, winning 10 of those.

Season Winner Score Runner-up
1988–89 Derry City 4–0 Dundalk
1989–90 Dundalk15 1–1 Derry City
1990–91 Derry City 2–0 Limerick
1991–92 Derry City 1–0 Bohemians
1993–94 Derry City 1–016 Shelbourne
1999–00 Derry City 5–216 Athlone Town
2001–02 Limerick 2–2 16 17 Derry City
2005 Derry City 2–1 UCD
2006 Derry City18 0–0 Shelbourne
2007 Derry City19 1–0 Bohemians
2008 Derry City 6–1 Wexford Youths
2011 Derry City 1–0 Cork City
2018 Derry City 3–1 Cobh Ramblers

^15 Dundalk won on penalties.
^16 Aggregate score after two legs.
^17 Limerick won on penalties.
^18 Derry City won on penalties.
19 Derry City scored in extra time.

IFA Cup[edit]

Derry City have appeared in the IFA Cup final on 6 occasions, winning 3 of those.

Season Winner Score Runner-up
1935–36 Linfield 0-0, 2-120 Derry City
1948–49 Derry City 1–0 Glentoran
1953–54 Derry City 2-2, 0-0, 1-021 Glentoran
1956–57 Glenavon 2–0 Derry City
1963–64 Derry City 2–0 Glentoran
1970–71 Lisburn Distillery 3–0 Derry City

^20 After replay and extra-time.
^21 After two replays.

Setanta Cup[edit]

Derry City appeared in the cross-border Setanta Cup final once in a losing effort.

Season Winner Score Runner-up
2012 Crusaders 2-2 5-422 Derry City

^22 Crusaders won on penalties.

European record[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition Matches W D L GF GA
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
9
1
1
7
9
26
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League
26
7
5
14
30
45
UEFA Europa Conference League
4
1
1
2
1
4
European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
6
1
1
4
1
11
TOTAL
45
10
8
27
41
86

Matches[edit]

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Romania Steaua București 0–2 0–3 0–5
1965–66 European Cup PR Norway Lyn Oslo 3–5 5–1 8–6
1R Belgium Anderlecht w/o 0–9 0–9
1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Wales Cardiff City 0–0 0–4 0–4
1989–90 European Cup 1R Portugal Benfica 1–2 0–4 1–6
1990–91 UEFA Cup 1R Netherlands Vitesse 0–1 0–0 0–1
1992–93 UEFA Cup 1R Netherlands Vitesse 0–3 1–2 1–5
1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1R Bulgaria Lokomotiv Sofia 1–0 0–2 1–2
1997–98 UEFA Champions League 1QR Slovenia Maribor 0–2 0–1 0–3
2003–04 UEFA Cup QR Cyprus APOEL 0–3 1–2 1–5
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1QR Sweden IFK Göteborg 1–0 1–0 2–0
2QR Scotland Gretna 2–2 5–1 7–3
1R France Paris Saint-Germain 0–0 0–2 0–2
2007–08 UEFA Champions League 1QR Armenia Pyunik 0–0 0–2 0–2
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 2QR Latvia Skonto 1–0 1–1 2–1
3QR Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 1–1 0–1 1–2
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 2QR Turkey Trabzonspor 0–3 2–4 2–7
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1QR Wales Aberystwyth Town 4–0 5–0 9–0
2QR Belarus Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0–1 1–5 1–6
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1QR Denmark Midtjylland 1–4 1–6 2–10
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1QR Belarus Dinamo Minsk 0–2 2–1 2–3
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1QR Lithuania Riteriai N/A 2–3 N/A
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Latvia Riga FC 0–2 0–2 0–4
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Faroe Islands

HB Torshavn

1–0 0–0 1–0
2QR Finland

KuPS

UEFA coefficient and ranking[edit]

Derry City's UEFA coefficient accumulates to a total value of 3.500 as of July 2023.[4]

Current club ranking

https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method5/trank2024.html

Player records[edit]

Record appearances in the League of Ireland[edit]

Rank Player Total appearances
1 Peter Hutton 670
2 Paul Curran 518
3 Sean Hargan 408
4 Gary Beckett 395
5 Liam Coyle 390

Senior international players to have played for Derry City[edit]

 Northern Ireland/ Ireland:

Name Caps Goals
Niall McGinn 50 3
Terry Cochrane 26 1
Billy Gillespie 25 13
Jobby Crossan 24 10
Shane Ferguson 22 1
Liam O'Kane 20 0
Paddy McCourt 18 2
Bobby Irvine 15 3
Paul Ramsey 14 0
Daniel Lafferty 13 0
Jim McLaughlin 12 6
Jimmy Kelly 11 4
David Campbell 10 0
Billy McCullough 10 0
Jimmy Hill 7 0
Bobby Browne 6 0
Gerry McElhinney 6 0
Terry Harkin 5 2
Rory Patterson 5 1
Sammy Curran 4 2
Fay Coyle 4 0
Felix Healy 4 0
Gerry Bowler 3 0
S.R. Russell 3 0
Johnny Campbell 2 0
Jimmy Elwood 2 0
Victor Hunter 2 0
Tony O'Doherty 2 0
Liam Coyle 1 0
Matt Doherty 1 0
Shaun Holmes 1 0

 Republic of Ireland/Ireland (Irish Free State):

Name Caps Goals
James McClean 100 8
David Kelly 26 9
David Forde 24 0
Conor Sammon 9 0
Alan Moore 8 0
Jackie Hennessy 5 0
Jimmy Kelly 4 0
Bobby Gilbert 1 0

 England:

Name Caps Goals
Luther Blissett 14 3
Dennis Tueart 6 2
Steve Williams 6 0
Alan Sunderland 1 0

 Scotland:

Name Caps Goals
Jimmy Delaney 15 6
Johnny MacKenzie 9 0

 Libya:

Name Caps Goals
Éamon Zayed 8 1

 Trinidad and Tobago:

Name Caps Goals
Derek Phillips 6 0

 Zaire:

Name Caps Goals
Jose Mukendi ? ?

Competitive managerial records in the League of Ireland[edit]

Name Nationality From To Record
Played Won Drawn Lost Goals for Goals against Win percentage
Jim Crossan Northern Ireland 1985 1985 10 2 4 4 9 13 20%
Noel King20 Republic of Ireland 1985 1987 62 43 7 12 144 57 69%
Jim McLaughlin Northern Ireland 1987 1991 177 97 41 39 347 141 55%
Roy Coyle Northern Ireland 1991 1993 97 44 32 21 115 71 45%
Tony O'Doherty Northern Ireland 1993 1994 56 29 14 13 76 52 52%
Felix Healy Northern Ireland 1994 1998 171 73 53 45 262 169 43%
Kevin Mahon Republic of Ireland 1998 2003 200 82 51 67 225 213 41%
Dermot Keely Republic of Ireland 2003 2003 11 1 6 4 9 18 9%
Gavin Dykes Republic of Ireland 2003 2004 34 8 13 13 23 30 24%
Peter Hutton24 Northern Ireland 2004 2004 12 6 3 3 10 10 50%
Stephen Kenny Republic of Ireland 2004 2006 11225 65 29 18 170 80 58%
Pat Fenlon Republic of Ireland 2006 2007 18 6 5 7 16 18 33%
Peter Hutton24 Northern Ireland 2007 2007 6 1 3 2 7 5 17%
John Robertson Scotland 2007 2007 2 2 0 0 6 2 100%
Stephen Kenny Republic of Ireland 2007 2011 181 93 49 39 - - 58%

^24 Acted as player-manager.
^25 Record includes two games – a win and a loss – against Dublin City which were expunged from the records after being contested.

Other records[edit]

  • Derry City's first ever goalscorer was Peter Burke against Glentoran on 22 August 1929.[5]
  • On 24 August 1929, Sammy Curran had the honour of scoring Derry City's first senior hat-trick, as the club came back from 5–1 down against Portadown FC, only to lose 6–5 to a late goal.
  • The club's all-time highest goal-scorer is Jimmy Kelly with 363 goals during a spell of over 20 years at the club between 1930 and the early 1951.
  • Terry Kelly, who captained Derry City in 1985, was the first football player in the world to captain a club he played with in two different national leagues.[6]
  • Barry McCreadie was Derry's first goalscorer in the League of Ireland. He scored during a 3–1 home win over Home Farm on 8 September 1985.
  • Derry City's first hat-trick in the League of Ireland was scored by Kevin Mahon away at Finn Harps on 15 December 1985.
  • Derry City's record league defeat was to Shamrock Rovers in March, 2018. The score was 6–1.
  • Derry City's record league victory was a score of 9–1 against Galway United in October, 1986.
  • The club's highest scorer in the League of Ireland is Mark Farren, who played for the club from 2003 until 2012. Farren scored 114 goals in 209 competitive appearances for the club.
  • Derry City completed a treble in the League of Ireland 1988–89 season. Shamrock Rovers are the only others to have completed this feat — three times in total.
  • Derry are one of only three clubs (the others are Shelbourne and Bohemians) who have won both the Irish Cup and the FAI Cup.
  • Derry are the only team in Ireland to have won both the Irish League and the League of Ireland.
  • Derry played in the first League of Ireland match ever to be shown live on television when they visited Tolka Park to play Shelbourne FC during the 1996–97 season. The game was broadcast on RTÉ's Network 2 and finished 1–1 with Gary Beckett scoring for Derry.
  • In 2005, Kevin McHugh became one of just a handful of current players to join the 38-strong group of players who have scored 100 or more League of Ireland goals in the modern era.
  • Derry's 5–1 away win against Gretna FC at Fir Park, Motherwell in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup's Second Qualifying Round is the largest away winning margin for any League of Ireland team in European competition.
  • Derry's FAI Cup final game against St. Patrick's Athletic on 3 December 2006 was the last soccer game ever to be contested at the old Lansdowne Road stadium before the commencement of planned re-development.[7] Derry won the wind-swept game 4-3 after extra-time.
  • Derry City is a unique club, due to its troubled and fluctuant history, in that it is one of the few clubs from the United Kingdom (and the only club in Northern Ireland) to play in the league of another country – the league of the Republic of Ireland in the case of Derry City. (See Football clubs playing in the league of another country for further general information.)
  • Derry City hold the record for the most League of Ireland Cup wins, having won the competition 11 times.
  • In 2018 Jack Doyle scored the 1500th League of Ireland goal for the club in a 1–0 win over Waterford at the Brandywell

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Derry see off St Pat's in decider", BBC Sport Online. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
  2. ^ "Derry win eircom League Cup final" BBC Sport Online. 18 September 2006.
  3. ^ "Derry lose to Shels in title race", BBC Sport Online, 17 November 2006. Retrieved 4 December 2006.
  4. ^ "UEFA Team Ranking 2024," Bert Kassies, 2024.
  5. ^ "They were the First... Archived 2007-10-05 at the Wayback Machine", CityWeb, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
  6. ^ Mahon, Eddie (1998). Derry City FC, Guildhall Press, p. 124.
  7. ^ "Derry edge a thriller", Paul O'Hehir, The Irish Times (Ireland.com), 3 December 2006. Retrieved 4 December 2006.

Further reading[edit]

  • Curran, Frank (1986). "The Derry City Story". Donegal Democrat.
  • Platt, William Henry Walker (September 1986). "A History of Derry City Football Club, 1929–72". Platt. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) ISBN 0-9501953-2-4, ISBN 978-0-9501953-2-2

External links[edit]

Official club site:

News and information sites:

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