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Football club

Derry City

Derry City FC crest

Full name

Derry City Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Candystripes

Founded

1928

Ground

Brandywell Stadium, Derry,
County Derry, Northern Ireland

Capacity

10,000

Manager

Stephen Kenny

League

Eircom Premier League

2004

7th

Home colours

Away colours

Derry City F.C. is a Irish football club playing in the Football League of Ireland, it is also the only club in the league from Northern Ireland. The club, founded in 1928, hails from Derry, Northern Ireland and plays their home matches at Brandywell Stadium. Club colours are Red and White, and the club goes by the nickname . The current manager is Stephen Kenny.

Derry City formerly played in the Irish Football League, but was forced to leave that league following the 1972-73 season because of safety concerns. Derry City joined the Republic's league at the second level in 1985, won promotion in 1987, and has stayed in the top flight ever since. It has never been relegated, whether in Northern Ireland or the Republic.

Derry City is one of a handful of clubs in the United Kingdom to be located in one country, but play in the league of another. The others at professional level are:

One English club playing in the Scottish Football League: Berwick Rangers
Three Welsh clubs playing in The Football League: Cardiff City, Swansea and Wrexham
One League of Wales club set to open a new ground in England in 2005: Total Network Solutions (the only fully professional club in the Welsh league)

Honours

League titles: 3
- Irish Football League: 1964-65
- Football League of Ireland: 1988-89, 1996-97
FAI Cup: 3
- 1989, 1995, 2002
League Cup: 5
- 1988-89, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1993-94, 1999-2000
IFA Cups: 2
- 1948-49, 1953-54

External Links

v t e League of Ireland
Divisions	Premier Division First Division U19 Division U17 Division Women's Premier
Former Divisions	B Division A Championship
Cups	League of Ireland Cup
Former Cups	Dublin City Cup Top Four Cup League of Ireland Shield FAI Super Cup
Rivalries	Derbies Bohemians–Shamrock Rovers Northwest Derby Munster Derby
Representative team	League of Ireland XI
See also	League of Ireland in Cork city Top scorers List of foreign League of Ireland players

Category:

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