| Full name | Belvedere Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | Belvo | |
| Founded | 1971 | |
| Ground | Fairview Park | |
| League | DDSL | |
| Website | Club home page | |
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Belvedere Football Club is an Irish youth football club based in Fairview, Dublin. Originally founded in 1971, the club plays in the Dublin & District Soccer League(DDSL). Belvedere is considered one of Irelands best youth clubs that produces a number of Irelands best talent.
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The club was formed in 1971 to provide a dedicated football organisation for young people from the North Inner-city area of Dublin. It started as a section of the Belvedere Youth Club, a body that had been in existence since 1918 and which is still thriving to this day.
The club first entered the Dublin and District Schoolboys League in the Season 1971/72 and had four teams in the 12G, 12H, 13E and 15D Leagues. Over the next couple of years a number of local football clubs and football sections of area Youth Clubs merged with Belvedere and the club became bigger and stronger. Within 5 years of its birth Belvedere was to have a team in every 'Premier' section of the League from Under 12, then the youngest, up to Under 18. The sides gradually increased in number each season and also improved in quality. As urban redevelopment occurred in the early seventies, large numbers of families from the North Inner-city moved to the new estates on the northern outskirts of the City and the Clubs catchment area grew as a result. Today boys from all over the greater Dublin area and well beyond are members.
The Club won its first Major trophy In 1975, the under 15 Cannon Cup and produced its first Republic of Ireland International, Jesse Travers at Under 15 level. Since then, the club has won more than one hundred major trophies, while 166 different players have won International caps for Ireland at various levels. Belvedere is renowned for being one of Irelands best youth clubs and has a fierce reputation for bringing players through the ranks in Ireland until they depart for senior level.
| 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s |
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| 1980/81 Under 17 A League |
1990/91 FAI Youths Cup |
2000/01 Under 14 Thunder Cup |
2010/2011 Under 16 League Cup |
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| 1981/82 Under 15 A League |
1991/92 Under 13 Liam Brady Cup |
2001/02 Under 17 Premier League |
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| 1982/83 Under 16 All Ireland Barry Cup |
2002/03 Under 12 Major League |
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| 1983/84 Under 13 A League |
1993/94 Under 17 TAB Cup |
2003/04 Under 10A League |
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| 1984/85 Under 15 A League |
1994/95 Under 17 A League |
2004/05 Under 11 Premier League |
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| 1975/76 Under 15 Cannon Cup |
1985/86 Under 18 Premier League |
1995/96
Under 17 A League |
2005/06 Under 16 Premier League |
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| 1986/87 Under 17 A League |
1996/97 Under 11 George Goodson Cup |
2006/07 Junior Section BT Trophy (NI Milk Cup Tournament) |
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| 1977/78 Under 12 A League |
1987/88 Under 17 A League |
1997/98 Under 10 Paisley/Deering Cup |
2007/08 Under 16 Premier League |
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| 1978/79 Under 13 A League |
1988/89 Under 18 Premier League |
1998/99 13 Premier League |
2008/09 Under 14 SFAI Goodson Cup |
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| 1989/90 Under 17 TAB Cup |
1999/2000 Under 8 David Lee Cup |
2009/2010 Under 9D Sunday League |