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Limerick FC
Full name	Limerick Football Club
Nickname(s)	"The Super Blues"
Founded	1937
Dissolved	2020
Ground	Jackman Park
Capacity	2,450
Manager	Pat Scully
League	LOI First Division
2009	7th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Limerick Football Club was a football club based in Limerick, Ireland. The club currently play in the First Division of the League of Ireland. The first Limerick FC was created in 1937 and has had a number of names since its creation, known at different times as Limerick FC, Limerick United, and Limerick City. Under UEFA rules, the club could not get a licence to play in the First Division in 2007.^[2] A separate club, Limerick 37, was formed to replace Limerick FC in the league and competed under this name for two seasons. Limerick 37 has been renamed as Limerick FC. Although the current Limerick FC and Limerick 37 are a different club to the original Limerick FC, however there has only ever been one senior football club in Limerick City at one time since 1937.

Limerick FC won the League of Ireland title twice, in the 1959-60 and 1979-80 seasons, and the FAI Cup twice, in 1971 and 1982. They also won the League of Ireland Cup three times, 1976–77, 1992–93 and 2001-02. The club has competed in European competitions on six occasions, playing against bigger clubs such as Real Madrid and Southampton FC.

Stadiums

Limerick FC has used a number of stadiums around the city as their home ground over the years, including The Market's Field in Garryowen, Jackman Park on Carey's Road, Hogan Park in Rathbane, Thomond Park and Pike Rovers ground at Crossagalla. The Market's Field has always been considered to be the home of football in the city as the club enjoyed success at the venue and moving from there to Hogan Park heralded a serious decline in the club's fortunes. The club is currently using Jackman Park, which belongs to the Limerick District League (LDMC), for home games. It has a training base at Knocklisheen, on the north side of the city.^[3]

Limerick F.C. in Europe

Limerick played in European competitions six times in its history. In 12 matches they scored 7 goals and while the club never won a European game, it drew twice. One of those draws was at The Dell against a Southampton team that included former European Footballer of the Year Kevin Keegan and Mick Channon. In the home fixture famous rugby international Tony Ward played well against a Yugoslav international defender Ivan Golac. Limerick first competed in 1960 in the European Cup against Young Boys Berne, but suffered their heaviest aggregate defeat. Limerick moved their 1965 Cup Winners' Cup home leg to Dalymount Park - one of only two 'home' games played outside of Limerick. Interestingly, Pat Nolan is the only player ever to have scored for Limerick in Limerick in a European game.

The most famous European game was the 'home' match against Real Madrid in the European Cup in 1980. The match was played at Lansdowne Road where Dublin football fans stayed away en masse. Only 6,000 people watched the match. The final score 2-1 to Madrid.^[4] Des Kennedy scored twice in the tie, one at home and one away. English born Left winger Johnny Matthews had a 'goal' disallowed. Had it been given he would have completed a unique treble, as he had previously scored in European competition against Manchester United and Celtic while at Waterford United.

Year	Comp	Versus	Results and Limerick Scorers
1960	European Cup	Young Boys Berne	(H - Thomond Park) 0-5 (A) 2-4 Leo O'Reilly & George Lynam
1965	CWC	CSKA Sofia	(H - Dalymount Park) 1-2 Dick O'Connor (A) 0-2
1971	CWC	Torino	(H- Thomond Park) 0-1 (A) 0-4
1980	European Cup	Real Madrid	(H - Lansdowne Road) 1-2 Des Kennedy (A) 1-5 Des Kennedy
1981	UEFA Cup	Southampton	(H - Markets Field) 0-3 (A) 1-1 Tony Morris
1982	CWC	AZ Alkmaar	(H - Markets Field) 1-1 Pat Nolan (A) 0-1

Honours

National titles

League of Ireland: 2
- 1959–60, 1979–80
FAI Cup: 2
- 1971, 1982
League of Ireland Cup: 3
- 1975–76, 1992–93, 2001–02
League of Ireland Shield: 2
- 1953–54, 1983–84
League of Ireland First Division: 1
- 1991–92
Dublin City Cup: 3
- 1958–59, 1966–67, 1969–70

Regional titles

Munster Senior Cup: 11
- 1937–38, 1948–49, 1953–54, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1976–77,
  1983–84, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1994–95, 2005–06

Players and managers

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	Republic of Ireland	Jack Brady
2	DF	Republic of Ireland	Shaun Kelly
3	DF	Republic of Ireland	Kilian Cantwell
6	MF	Republic of Ireland	Cian Coleman
7	MF	Republic of Ireland	Eoin Wearen
8	MF	Republic of Ireland	Shane Duggan (captain)
9	FW	Republic of Ireland	Danny Morrissey
10	FW	Republic of Ireland	Connor Ellis
11	DF	Republic of Ireland	Shane Tracy
14	DF	Republic of Ireland	Tomás O'Connor
15	DF	Republic of Ireland	Killian Brouder
16	MF	Republic of Ireland	William Fitzgerald


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	Republic of Ireland	Colm Walsh-O'Loughlin
19	DF	Republic of Ireland	Alan Murphy
20	MF	Republic of Ireland	Billy Dennehy
21	FW	Republic of Ireland	Jeff McGowan
22	FW	Republic of Ireland	Karl O'Sullivan
24	MF	Republic of Ireland	Darren Murphy
25	DF	Republic of Ireland	Clyde O'Connell
27	DF	Republic of Ireland	Darren Dennehy
28	FW	Republic of Ireland	Adam Foley
29	FW	Republic of Ireland	Ger Barry
30	GK	Republic of Ireland	Tommy Holland
77	MF	Netherlands	Barry Maguire