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| Full name | Derry City Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Candystripes | ||
| Founded | 1928 | ||
| Ground | Brandywell Stadium, Derry, County Derry, Northern Ireland | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| Manager | Stephen Kenny | ||
| League | Eircom Premier League | ||
| 2005 | 2th | ||
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Derry City F.C. is an 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 Candystripes. 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
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