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.

Contents 1 Honours 1.1 National titles 1.2 Regional titles 2 European record 2.1 Competitions 3 Exhibition games 3.1 Notable results 4 Team records 5 Player statistics 5.1 Goalscorers 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External links

Honours

National titles

• League of Ireland: 17
  • 1922–23, 1924–25, 1926–27, 1931–32, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1953–54, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1963–64
    1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1993–94, 2010, 2011

• FAI Cup: 24
  • 1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966,
    1967, 1968, 1969, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1987

• League of Ireland Shield: 18
  • 1924–25, 1926–27, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1941–42, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1955–56,
    1956–57, 1957–58, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1967–68.

• League of Ireland Cup: 1
  • 1976–77

• League of Ireland First Division: 1
  • 2006

• Setanta Sports Cup: 1
  • 2011

Regional titles

• Leinster Senior Cup: 16
  • 1923, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1938, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1964, 1969, 1982, 1985, 1997

Complete list of honours

European record

Shamrock Rovers have a long history in European competition.^[3] They were the first Irish side to enter European competition,^[4] 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.^[5] However, their overall record in European football is poor and one of underachievement. 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.^[6]

On Thursday, August 25th, 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:

• a 2–2 draw and 1–0 defeat to defending champions and finalists, Valencia CF in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1963–64
• a 1–1 draw and 2–1 defeat to finalists, Real Zaragoza in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965–66
• a 1–1 draw and 3–2 defeat to winners, Bayern Munich in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1966–67
• a 2–1 win over FC Schalke 04 in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1969–70
• a 2–1 win and 1–0 win over Odra Wodzisław in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2003
• a 1-0 win over Bnei Yehuda in Tel Aviv in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
• a 2-1 win over Partizan Belgrade in Belgrade in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League play-off round to make history by becoming the first Irish team to qualify for the UEFA Europa League group stage.

Competitions

Correct as of December 2011.

Source: Shamrock Rovers F.C.

Exhibition games

Notable results

• 5–1 win against Crvena Zvezda, 16/7/1961, Polo Grounds, New York (Scorers: Tony Byrne (2), Frank O'Neill, Paddy Ambrose, Liam Tuohy).^[7]
• 1–0 win against Sporting Clube de Portugal, 16/8/1985, Estádio José Alvalade (Scorer: Harry Kenny)
• 1–0 win against Arsenal, 25/2/1986, Glenmalure Park (Scorer: Noel Larkin).^[8]
• 2–0 win against Manchester United, 14/8/1986, Shay Brennan testimonial, Glenmalure Park (Scorers: Mick Bennett, Liam O'Brien).^[8]

Team records

• The club's 1000th League win came on Friday 18 August 2006 when Kilkenny City were beaten 2–0 at Tolka Park with goals by Anthony Flood and Tadhg Purcell.

At the end of the 2011 season the club's overall League record is:

Played:	Won:	Drew:	Lost:	GF:	GA:	Points:
2247	1094	548	605	4215	2757	3035

Padraig Amond scored Rovers 4000th League goal on 14 September 2007 in a 4–0 win over Galway United.^[10]

Player statistics

Goalscorers

• Highest number of league goals in a season:
  • Bob Fullam – 1922–23 (27)^[1]
  • Gary Twigg – 2009 (24)
  • Stephen Geoghegan – 1993–94 (23)^[11]

• Top League scorers
  • Paddy Ambrose – 109^[1]
  • Paddy Coad – 104^[12]
  • Bob Fullam – 92^[13]

• Top FAI Cup scorers^[12]
  • Paddy Coad – 37
  • Liam Tuohy – 20

References

Bibliography

• Rice, Eoghan (2005). We Are Rovers. Nonsuch. ISBN 1845885104. 
• Paul Doolan, Robert Goggins (1993). The Hoops. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 0717121216. 

External links

• Shamrock Rovers FC Website

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