List of Shamrock Rovers F.C. records and statistics

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 Irish football, having won 17 League of Ireland titles and 24 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 (62) 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 Irish side to enter European competition,[5] and featured regularly in the 1960s and 1980s. The club have had some relative success in Europe, notably in the UEFA Intertoto-Cup, in recent years.[6] Throughout their participation, they have beaten teams from Luxembourg, Cyprus, Iceland, Germany, and were the first Irish club to beat clubs from Turkey, Poland, Israel and Serbia. Their biggest aggregate win was 7–0 against Fram Reykjavik in 1982 which is still a record for League of Ireland clubs in European competition.[7]

On Thursday, August 25, 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 (A report from the Irish Times).

Some of their more notable European performances include:

Competitions

Correct as of December 2012.

European Cup:

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UEFA Cup/Europa League:

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Inter-Cities Fairs Cup:

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UEFA Cup Winners Cup:

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Intertoto Cup:

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Overall:

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Source: Shamrock Rovers F.C.

Exhibition games

Notable results

Team records

Games
  • 100th League Game: Shamrock Rovers 3–1 Athlone (24/9/1927)
  • 500th League Game: Shamrock Rovers 2–0 Shelbourne (21/4/1948)
  • 1000th League Game: Dundalk 1–0 Shamrock Rovers (20/2/1971)
  • 1500th League Game: Shamrock Rovers 2–0 Athlone (22/1/1989)
  • 1600th League Game: Shamrock Rovers 0–0 Waterford (24/1/1993)
  • 1700th League Game: Galway 0–2 Shamrock Rovers (2/3/1996)
  • 2000th League Game: Shamrock Rovers 1–2 Drogheda (22/10/2004)
Results

At the end of the 2013 season the club's overall League record is:

Played: Won: Drew: Lost: GF: GA: Points:
2310 1121 571 618 4314 2822 3139

Padraig Amond scored Rovers 4000th League goal on 14 September 2007 in a 4–0 win over Galway United.[11]

Player statistics

Goalscorers

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Shamrock Rovers Club Information". League of Ireland. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Roll of Honour". Shamrock Rovers Football Club. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  3. "European Results 1957 – date". Shamrock Rovers Football Club. Archived from the original on 2007-10-29. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  4. "Babes Recalled". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 2007-09-23. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  5. "Shamrock Rovers into the Intertoto second round". RTÉ. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  6. "UEFA European Cup Matches 1982/1983". Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  7. Willoughby, Charlie (1987). "Chapter 4". Come on the Hoops. DBA Publications Ltd. p. 44.
  8. 1 2 Rice, Eoghan (2005). "The Four in a Row". We Are Rovers. Nonsuch. p. 138. ISBN 1-84588-510-4.
  9. "European Results 1957 – date". Shamrock Rovers Football Club. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  10. "PADRAIG IN IRISH U-21 SIDE". NI Milk Cup. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  11. "Ireland – List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  12. 1 2 Goggins/Doolan, Robert/Paul (1993). The Hoops. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 0-7171-2121-6.
  13. Byrne, Peter. Football Association of Ireland: 75 years. Sportsworld. ISBN 1-900110-06-7.

Bibliography

External links

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