Derry City F.C.

Founded in 1928, the club decided against using the controversial official title of the city – Londonderry – in its name, while also deciding against continuing the name of the city's previous main club, Derry Celtic, so as to be more inclusive to all identities and football fans in the city. Derry City was granted entry into the Irish League in 1929 as professionals and was given permission by the Londonderry Corporation to use the municipal Brandywell Stadium. The club's first significant success came in 1935 when it lifted the City Cup. It repeated the feat in 1937, but did not win another major trophy until 1949, when it beat Glentoran to win its first Irish Cup. It won the Irish Cup for a second time in 1954, beating Glentoran again, and for a third time in 1964 – that year also winning the Gold Cup – despite the club's conversion to part-time status after the abolition of the maximum wage in 1961. This led to the club's first entry into European competition, in the 1964–65 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, in which it was beaten by Steaua Bucharest 5–0 on aggregate. The club won the 1964–65 Irish League and subsequently became the first Irish League team to win a European tie over two legs, beating FK Lyn 8–6 on aggregate in the 1965–66 European Cup. Derry did not complete the next round, as the Irish Football Association (IFA) declared its ground was not up to standard, after a game had been played there during the previous round. Derry suspected sectarian motives, as it played…

Irish Football League: 1 1964–65 League of Ireland Premier Division: 2 1988–89, 1996–97 FAI Cup: 6 1988–89, 1994–95, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2022 League of Ireland Cup: 11 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2018 President of Ireland's Cup: 2 2023, 2026 Irish Cup: 3 1948–49, 1953–54, 1963–64 League of Ireland First Division: 2 1986–87, 2010 League of Ireland First Division Shield: 1 1985–86 City Cup: 2 1934–35, 1936–37 Gold Cup: 1 1963–64 Top Four Cup: 1 1965–66 Irish News Cup: 1 1996–97 A Championship: 1 2011 North West Senior Cup: 18 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1945–46, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1957–58 (shared), 1959–60, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1970–71 Northern Ireland Intermediate League: 2 1979–80, 1983–84 Enda McGuill Cup: 2 2007, 2021