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Main article: Derry City F.C.
This article deals with Derry City Football Club records.
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Honours
Derry City celebrate winning the 2006 FAI Cup.
- League titles: 4
- Irish Football League: 1964-65
- League of Ireland: 1988-89, 1996–97
- League of Ireland First Division: 1986-87
- FAI Cup: 4
- 1989, 1995, 2002, 2006[1]
- League of Ireland Cup: 9
- 1988-89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2005, 2006,[2] 2007, 2008
- 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 2009 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
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.Season Points Position Games Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Against 20071 21 7th 17 5 6 6 16 16 20062 62 2nd3 30 18 8 4 46 20 20054 72 2nd 33 22 6 5 56 25 2004 44 7th 36 11 11 14 23 32 20035 36 9th 36 7 15 14 33 51 2002-036 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 1993-947 46 4th 32 12 10 10 37 35 1992-938 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 1986-879 33 1st 18 16 1 1 45 14 1985-8610 22 4th 18 8 6 4 31 18 ^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.
^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 have remained there ever since.
^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
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 1987-88 Dundalk FC 1-0 Derry City 1988-89 Derry City 0-0, 1-011 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 200212 Derry City 1-0 Shamrock Rovers 2006 Derry City 4-313 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.League of Ireland Cup
Derry City have appeared in the League of Ireland Cup final on 11 occasions, winning 9 of those.
Season Winner Score Runner-up 1988-89 Derry City 4-0 Dundalk FC 1989-90 Dundalk FC14 1-1 Derry City 1990-91 Derry City 2-0 Limerick 1991-92 Derry City 1-0 Bohemian FC 1993-94 Derry City 1-015 Shelbourne FC 1999-00 Derry City 5-215 Athlone Town 2001-02 Limerick 2-2 15 Derry City 2005 Derry City 2-1 UCD 2006 Derry City16 0-0 Shelbourne FC 2007 Derry City17 1-0 Bohemian FC 2008 Derry City 6-1 Wexford Youths ^14 Dundalk won on penalties.
^15 Aggregate score after two legs.
^16 Derry City won on penalties.
17 Derry City scored in extra time.IFA Cup
Derry City have appeared in the IFA Cup final on 6 occasions, winning 3 of those.
Season Winner Score Runner-up 1935-36 Linfield FC 0-0, 2-117 Derry City 1948-49 Derry City 1-0 Glentoran FC 1953-54 Derry City 2-2, 0-0, 1-018 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 ^17 After replay and extra-time.
^18 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 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 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 UEFA Europa League:
Appearances Played Won Drawn Lost For Against 5 14 4 4 6 13 17 Cup Winners Cup:
Appearances Played Won Drawn Lost For Against 3 6 1 1 4 1 11 Past opponents
Season Competition Country Team Score 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 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 0-0, 2-0 (0-2 agg.) 2009-10 Europa League Qual. Round 2 
Skonto Riga 1-1, 1-0 (2-1 agg.) 2009-10 Europa League Qual. Round 3 CSKA Sofia 1-0, 1-1 (1-2 agg.) UEFA coefficient and ranking
Derry City's UEFA coefficient accumulates to a total value of 3.908 as of March 2010.[4]
Current club ranking
- 207
St. Patrick's Athletic - 208
SCP Ruzomberok - 209 Derry City FC
- 210 IFK Göteborg19
- 210 AIK Stockholm
^19 IFK Göteborg has an identical coefficient value to that of AIK Stockholm.
Player records
Record appearances in the League of Ireland
Rank Player Total appearances 1 Peter Hutton 573 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
Name Caps Goals Terry Cochrane 26 1 Billy Gillespie 25 13 Jobby Crossan 24 10 Liam O'Kane 20 0 Bobby Irvine 15 3 Paul Ramsey 14 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 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 Patrick McCourt 1 0 Niall McGinn 1 0 Republic of Ireland/Ireland (Irish Free State):Name Caps Goals David Kelly 26 9 Alan Moore 8 0 Jackie Hennessy 5 0 Jimmy Kelly 4 0 Bobby Gilbert 1 0 Name Caps Goals Luther Blissett 14 3 Dennis Tueart 6 2 Steve Williams 6 0 Alan Sunderland 1 0 Name Caps Goals Jimmy Delaney 15 6 Johnny McKenzie 9 0 Name Caps Goals Derek Phillips 6 0 Name Caps Goals Jose Mukendi ? ? Competitive managerial records in the League of Ireland
Name Nationality From To Record Played Won Drawn Lost Goals for Goals against Win percentage Jim Crossan 
1985 1985 10 2 4 4 9 13 20% Noel King20 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 Hutton20 2004 2004 12 6 3 3 10 10 50% Stephen Kenny 2004 2006 11221 65 29 18 170 80 58% Pat Fenlon 2006 2007 18 6 5 7 16 18 33% Peter Hutton20 2007 2007 6 1 3 2 7 5 17% John Robertson 2007 2007 2 2 0 0 6 2 100% Stephen Kenny 2007 — 11221 65 29 18 170 80 58% ^20 Acted as player-manager.
^21 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 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.
- The first goal of the 2007 League of Ireland 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 2010," 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
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Curran, Frank (1986). The Derry City Story. Donegal Democrat.
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Mahon, Eddie (1998). Derry City. Guildhall Press.
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Platt, William Henry Walker (09/1986). A History of Derry City Football Club, 1929-72. Platt. ISBN 0950195324, ISBN 978-0950195322
External links
Official club site:
News and information sites:
- Derry City F.C. on UEFA.com
- UEFA.com article about Derry City F.C.
- Derry City's FAI Cup history on RTÉ.ie
- Historical seasonal standings of the Irish League from the Rec.Sport.Soccer
Home stadium Brandywell Stadium (1928-present)Rivalries Related articles Categories: - League titles: 4
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