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Revision as of 18:53, 4 July 2007
This article deals with Derry City Football Club records.
Honours
- League titles: 4
- Irish Football League: 1964-65
- Football League of Ireland: 1988-89, 1996-97
- Football League of Ireland First Division: 1986-87
- FAI Cup: 4
- 1989, 1995, 2002, 2006[1]
- FAI League Cup: 7
- 1988-89, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1993-94, 1999-2000, 2005, 2006[2]
- IFA Cup: 3
- 1948-49, 1953-54, 1963-64
- League of Ireland First Division Shield: 1
- 1985-86
- City Cup: 2
- 1935, 1937
- Gold Cup: 1
- 1964
- Top Four Winners: 1
- 1966
- North-West Senior Cup: 14
- 1931-32, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1936-37, 1938-39, 1953-54, 1959-60, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1968-69, 1970-71
Domestic football
- See FAI National League 2007 season 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 FAI League 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.
National League of Ireland
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.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/Derry%27s_LoI_standings.png/500px-Derry%27s_LoI_standings.png)
Season | Points | Position | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals For | Goals Against |
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2007Template:Fn | 18 | 8th | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 15 |
2006Template:Fn | 62 | 2ndTemplate:Fn | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 20 |
2005Template:Fn | 72 | 2nd | 33 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 56 | 25 |
2004 | 44 | 7th | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 32 |
2003Template:Fn | 36 | 9th | 36 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 33 | 51 |
2002-03Template:Fn | 31 | 8th | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 37 |
2001-02 | 51 | 5th | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 30 |
2000-01 | 45 | 6th | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 31 | 38 |
1999-00 | 46 | 7th | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 38 |
1998-99 | 45 | 5th | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 32 |
1997-98 | 40 | 9th | 33 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 31 |
1996-97 | 67 | 1st | 33 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 58 | 27 |
1995-96 | 46 | 6th | 33 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 50 | 38 |
1994-95 | 58 | 2nd | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 45 | 30 |
1993-94Template:Fn | 46 | 4th | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 35 |
1992-93Template:Fn | 37 | 5th | 32 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 26 | 23 |
1991-92 | 44 | 2nd | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 21 |
1990-91 | 35 | 7th | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 28 |
1989-90 | 49 | 2nd | 33 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 72 | 18 |
1988-89 | 53 | 1st | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 70 | 21 |
1987-88 | 31 | 8th | 33 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 59 | 44 |
1986-87Template:Fn | 33 | 1st | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 14 |
1985-86Template:Fn | 22 | 4th | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 18 |
Template:FnbFirst season of newly-administered FAI Premiership. Season in progress.
Template:FnbLeague 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.
Template:FnbOn goal difference.[3]
Template:FnbLeague increased from 10 competing teams to 12 competing teams from start of this season onward (until 2009 when Premiership will be reduced to 10 teams, as planned by FAI).
Template:FnbLeague changed to 'Summer season' from start of this season onward.
Template:FnbLeague reduced from 12 competing teams to 10 competing teams from outset of season. Lasted for 3 further seasons until end of 2004 season.
Template:FnbChanged from two points to three for a win from start of this season onward.
Template:FnbTop 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.
Template:FnbPromoted from First Division to Premier Division after finishing top of division and have remained there ever since.
Template:FnbSeason Derry City first entered First Division. Division made up of 10 teams for all of Derry's period of taking part.
FAI Cup
159 goals in total have been scored by Derry in all their FAI Cup ties, with four players recording hat-tricks - Owen Da Gama, Alex Krstic, Jonathan Speak and Sean Hargan. Derry City have appeared in the FAI Cup final on 7 occasions, winning 4 of those.
Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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1987-88 | Dundalk FC | 1-0 | Derry City |
1988-89 | Derry City | 0-0, 1-0Template:Fn | Cork City FC |
1993-94 | Sligo Rovers | 1-0 | Derry City |
1994-95 | Derry City | 2-1 | Shelbourne FC |
1996-97 | Shelbourne FC | 2-0 | Derry City FC |
2002Template:Fn | Derry City | 1-0 | Shamrock Rovers |
2006 | Derry City | 4-3Template:Fn | St. Patrick's Athletic |
Template:Fnb After replay.
Template:Fnb 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.
Template:Fnb After extra-time.
FAI League Cup
Derry City have appeared in the FAI League Cup final on 9 occasions, winning 7 of those.
Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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1988-89 | Derry City | 4-0 | Dundalk FC |
1989-90 | Dundalk FCTemplate:Fn | 1-1 | Derry City |
1990-91 | Derry City | 2-0 | Limerick |
1991-92 | Derry City | 1-0 | Bohemian FC |
1993-94 | Derry City | 1-0Template:Fn | Shelbourne FC |
1999-00 | Derry City | 5-2Template:Fn | Athlone Town FC |
2001-02 | Limerick | 2-2 Template:Fn | Derry City |
2005 | Derry City | 2-1 | UCD |
2006 | Derry CityTemplate:Fn | 0-0 | Shelbourne FC |
Template:Fnb Dundalk won on penalties.
Template:Fnb Aggregate score after two legs.
Template:Fnb Derry City won on penalties.
IFA Cup
Derry City have appeared in the IFA Cup final on 6 occasions, winning 3 of those.
Season | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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1935-36 | Linfield FC | 0-0, 2-1Template:Fn | Derry City |
1948-49 | Derry City | 1-0 | Glentoran FC |
1953-54 | Derry City | 2-2, 0-0, 1-0Template:Fn | Glentoran FC |
1956-57 | Glenavon FC | 2-0 | Derry City |
1963-64 | Derry City | 2-0 | Glentoran FC |
1970-71 | Lisburn Distillery | 3-0 | Derry City |
Template:Fnb After replay and extra-time.
Template:Fnb After two replays.
Setanta Cup
Derry City have appeared in the cross-border Setanta Cup on two occasions - 2006 and 2007.
2006
Group 2
Team | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against | Points |
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Linfield FC | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 |
Shelbourne FC | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
Derry City FC | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
Glentoran FC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 4 |
As the top two teams from both of the two groups qualified for the semi-final of the competition, Derry failed to progress after finishing in third position.
2007
Group 1
Team | Played | Won | Drew | Lost | For | Against | Points |
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Linfield FC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 12 |
Drogheda United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
Derry City FC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
Glentoran FC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
Derry failed to progress to the semi-finals for the second year in a row after recording only one victory and three defeats - one to each team in the group - as well as two draws.
European competition
Appearances | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 24 |
Appearances | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
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4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 |
Appearances | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
Past opponents
Season | Competition | Country | Team | Score |
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1964-65 | Cup Winners' Cup Round 1 | ![]() |
Steaua Bucureşti | 0-2, 0-3 (0-5 agg.) |
1965-66 | European Cup Preliminary Round | ![]() |
FC Lyn Oslo | 3-5, 5-1 (8-6 agg.) |
1965-66 | European Cup Round 1 | ![]() |
RSC Anderlecht | 0-9, w/o (0-9 agg.) |
1988-89 | Cup Winners' Cup Round 1 | ![]() |
Cardiff City FC | 0-0, 0-4 (0-4 agg.) |
1989-90 | European Cup Round 1 | ![]() |
SL Benfica | 1-2, 0-4 (1-6 agg.) |
1990-91 | UEFA Cup Round 1 | ![]() |
Vitesse Arnhem | 0-1, 0-0 (0-1 agg.) |
1992-93 | UEFA Cup Round 1 | ![]() |
Vitesse Arnhem | 0-3, 1-2 (1-5 agg.) |
1995-96 | Cup Winners' Cup Qual. Round | ![]() |
PFC Lokomotiv Sofia | 1-0, 0-2 (1-2 agg.) |
1997-98 | Champions League Qual. Round 1 | ![]() |
NK Maribor | 0-2, 0-1 (0-3 agg.) |
2003-04 | UEFA Cup Qual. Round | ![]() |
APOEL FC | 1-2, 0-3 (1-5 agg.) |
2006-07 | UEFA Cup Qual. Round 1 | ![]() |
IFK Göteborg | 1-0, 1-0 (2-0 agg.) |
2006-07 | UEFA Cup Qual. Round 2 | ![]() |
Gretna FC | 5-1, 2-2 (7-3 agg.) |
2006-07 | UEFA Cup Round 1 | ![]() |
Paris Saint-Germain FC | 0-0, 0-2 (0-2 agg.) |
2007-08 | Champions League Qual. Round 1 | ![]() |
FC Pyunik |
UEFA coefficient and ranking
Derry City's UEFA coefficient accumulates to a total value of 3.145 as of their 2006-07 European season (now completed as the club has been knocked out).[4]
Current club ranking
- 213
MyPa-47
- 214
Zimbru Chişinău
- 215
Derry City FC
- 215
Shelbourne FCTemplate:Fn
- 217
Vardar Skopje
Template:FnbShelbourne has an identical coefficient value to that of Derry City.
Player records
Record appearances in the League of Ireland
Rank | Player | Total appearances |
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1 | Peter Hutton | 572 |
2 | Paul Curran | 518 |
3 | Sean Hargan | 407 |
4 | Gary Beckett | 395 |
5 | Liam Coyle | 390 |
Senior international players to have played for Derry City
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Competitive managerial records in the League of Ireland
Name | Nationality | From | To | Record | |||||||
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals for | Goals against | Win percentage | |||||
Jim Crossan | ![]() |
1985 | 1985 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20% | |
Noel KingTemplate:Fn | ![]() |
1985 | 1987 | 62 | 43 | 7 | 12 | 144 | 57 | 69% | |
Jim McLaughlin | ![]() |
1987 | 1991 | 177 | 97 | 41 | 39 | 347 | 141 | 55% | |
Roy Coyle | ![]() |
1991 | 1993 | 97 | 44 | 32 | 21 | 115 | 71 | 45% | |
Tony O'Doherty | ![]() |
1993 | 1994 | 56 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 76 | 52 | 52% | |
Felix Healy | ![]() |
1994 | 1998 | 171 | 73 | 53 | 45 | 262 | 169 | 43% | |
Kevin Mahon | ![]() |
1998 | 2003 | 200 | 82 | 51 | 67 | 225 | 213 | 41% | |
Dermot Keely | ![]() |
2003 | 2003 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 9% | |
Gavin Dykes | ![]() |
2003 | 2004 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 30 | 24% | |
Peter HuttonTemplate:Fn | ![]() |
2004 | 2004 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 50% | |
Stephen Kenny | ![]() |
2004 | 2006 | 112Template:Fn | 65 | 29 | 18 | 170 | 80 | 58% | |
Pat Fenlon | ![]() |
2006 | 2007 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 33% | |
Peter HuttonTemplate:Fn | ![]() |
2007 | 2007 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17% | |
John Robertson | ![]() |
2007 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% |
Template:Fnb Acted as player-manager.
Template:Fnb Record includes two games - a win and a loss - against Dublin City which were expunged from the records after being contested.
Other records
- 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. Since the entry of the club into League of Ireland football, Liam Coyle is Derry's top scorer with 112 goals to his name after 390 competitive appearances for the club.
- 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 Longford Town FC in January, 1986. The score was 5-1.
- 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 Liam Coyle, who played for the club from 1988 until 2003. Coyle scored 112 goals in 390 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 played a record number of 54 games in the whole 2006 season including all competitions. Previously, the record had been the 49 games played in all competitions during the treble-winning 1988-89 season.
- Derry's FAI Cup final game against St. Patrick's Athletic on 03 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.
- The first goal of the 2007 FAI National League season was scored by Derry's Kevin McHugh.
- 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 have never been relegated from any of the divisions they have played in.
References
- ^ "Derry see off St Pat's in decider", BBC Sport Online. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
- ^ "Derry win eircom League Cup final", BBC Sport Online. 18 September 2006.
- ^ "Derry lose to Shels in title race", BBC Sport Online, 17 November, 2006. Retrieved 4 December, 2006.
- ^ "UEFA Team Ranking 2007," Bert Kassies, 2007.
- ^ "They were the First...", CityWeb, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
- ^ Mahon, Eddie (1998). Derry City FC, Guildhall Press, p. 124.
- ^ "Derry edge a thriller", Paul O'Hehir, The Irish Times (Ireland.com), 3 December, 2006. Retrieved 4 December, 2006.
Further reading
- Coyle, Liam (10/03/2002). "Born to Play". Four Courts Press Ltd.
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(help) ISBN-10 0954241002, ISBN-13 978-0954241001 - Curran, Frank (1986). "The Derry City Story". Donegal Democrat.
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(help) - Platt, William Henry Walker (09/1986). "A History of Derry City Football Club, 1929-72". Platt.
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External links
Official club site:
News and information sites: