Shamrock Rovers Football Club are a football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in the history of football in the Republic of Ireland, having won 21 League of Ireland titles and 25 FAI Cups.[1]

They have also won the League of Ireland Shield on 18 occasions and the League of Ireland Cup once.[2] Shamrock Rovers have supplied more players to the Republic of Ireland national football team (64) than any other single club. This list comprises the major honours won by Shamrock Rovers and the records set by the players and managers of the club.

Honours

National titles

Regional titles

[3] Complete list of honours

European record

Shamrock Rovers have a long history in European competition.[4] They were the first League of Ireland side to enter European competition,[5] and featured regularly in the 1960s and 1980s. The club has had some relative success with victories in the Intertoto-Cup and the Europa League.[6][7] Throughout their participation Rovers have beaten teams from Luxembourg, Cyprus, Iceland and Germany, and were the first Irish club to beat teams from Turkey, Poland, Israel, Serbia Slovakia, Albania and Hungary. Their first victory in the UEFA Champions League came in a 1–0 victory in the 2011–12 qualifying phase against FC Flora Tallinn at Tallaght Stadium [1].

Their biggest win was a 7–0 aggregate victory (3–0 away, 4–0 home) over Fram Reykjavik in the UEFA Cup first round in September 1982, which remains a record for League of Ireland clubs in European competition.[8]

On 25 August 2011, they became the first Irish team to qualify for the UEFA Europa League group stage when they defeated Partizan Belgrade 2–1 after extra-time in Serbia, for a 3–2 aggregate victory.[9]

Rovers qualified for the group stages of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League[10]

Some of their more notable European performances include:

Overview

Correct as of August 2023

Competition P W D L GF GA
European Cup / UEFA Champions League 28 4 7 17 17 43
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 46 12 9 25 46 80
UEFA Europa Conference League 12 2 2 6 8 21
European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners Cup 16 5 2 9 19 27
UEFA Intertoto Cup 6 3 0 3 7 10
TOTAL 108 26 20 62 95 181

Exhibition games

Notable results

Team records

At the end of the 2022 season the club's overall League record is:

Played: Won: Drew: Lost: GF: GA: Points:
2604 1294 630 680 4791 3055 3717

Padraig Amond scored Rovers 4000th League goal on 14 September 2007 in a 4–0 win over Galway United.[14]

Player statistics

Goalscorers

References

  1. ^ a b c "Shamrock Rovers F.C Info". League of Ireland. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d "Roll of Honour". Shamrock Rovers Football Club. Archived from the original on 17 March 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Club Honours". Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  4. ^ "European Results 1957 – date". Shamrock Rovers FC. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Babes Recalled". Irish Independent. 23 October 2007. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  6. ^ "Bnei Yehuda 0–1 Shamrock Rovers (Agg 1–2)". RTÉ Sport. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Shamrock Rovers into the Intertoto second round". RTÉ Sport. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  8. ^ "UEFA European Cup Matches 1982/1983". Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  9. ^ Rovers march on in Europa League Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Irish Times, 25 August 2011
  10. ^ "Europa Conference League group stage draw pots confirmed | UEFA Europa Conference League". 25 August 2022. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  11. ^ Willoughby, Charlie (1987). "Chapter 4". Come on the Hoops. DBA Publications Ltd. p. 44.
  12. ^ a b Rice, Eoghan (2005). "The Four in a Row". We Are Rovers. Nonsuch. p. 138. ISBN 1-84588-510-4.
  13. ^ "European Results 1957 – date". Shamrock Rovers Football Club. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  14. ^ "PADRAIG IN IRISH U-21 SIDE". NI Milk Cup. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
  15. ^ "Ireland – List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
  16. ^ a b Goggins/Doolan, Robert/Paul (1993). The Hoops. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 0-7171-2121-6.
  17. ^ Byrne, Peter (1996). Football Association of Ireland: 75 years. Sportsworld. ISBN 1-900110-06-7.

Bibliography

External links

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