Dublin
aka "The Shels" or "The Reds"
Founded: 1895
Ground History: Havelock Square; Bath Avenue; Sandymount Road 1906-1913; Shelbourne Park 1913-1949; Milltown 1949-1951; Dalymount Park 1951-1954; Tolka Park 1954-1955; Irishtown 1955-1956; Tolka Park 1956-1974; Dalymount Park 1974-1975; Harold's Cross 1975-1977; Tolka Park 1977-1982; Harold's Cross 1982-1989; Tolka Park 1989-date
League History:
Leinster Junior League 1896/97; Leinster Senior League; Irish League 1904/05-1914/15, 1919/20; League of Ireland 1921/22-1933/34*; Dublin Athletic Union League 1935/36; League of Ireland 1936/37-1984/85; Premier Division 1985/86; First Division 1986/87; Premier Division 1987/88-2006; First Division 2007-2011 Premier Division 2012-2013; First Division 2014-date.
* Shelbourne were suspended from the League of Ireland in 1934 following a dispute with the FAI. Although they competed in the Athletic Union League during the suspension, a new club, Reds United, was formed by Shels-backed players and personnel. They competed in the Leinster Senior League in 1934/35 and the League of Ireland the following season, but resigned to allow for the re-admission of Shelbourne in 1936.
European Record:
European Cup / Champions League entrants (6) 1962/63, 1992/93, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2004/05*, 2005/06,
Cup Winners' Cup entrants (4) 1963/64, 1993/94, 1996/97, 1997/98
Fairs Cup entrants (1) 1964/65
UEFA Cup entrants (6) 1971/72, 1995/96, 1998/99, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05*
Intertoto Cup entrants (2) 1999, 2006
* entered UEFA Cup after elimination from Champions League.
# declined to apply for a UEFA licence following demotion to First Division.
Club Honours:
Irish League runners-up (best season) 1906/07
Irish Cup Winners (3) 1905/06, 1910/11, 1919/20
City Cup Winners (1) 1908/09
Gold Cup Winners (1) 1914/15
League of Ireland Champions (13) 1925/26, 1928/29, 1930/31, 1943/44, 1946/47, 1952/53, 1961/62, 1991/92, 1999/00, 2001/02, 2003, 2004, 2006
FAI Cup Winners (7) 1938/39, 1959/60, 1962/63, 1992/93, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1999/00
League of Ireland Shield Winners (8) 1921/22, 1922/23, 1925/26, 1929/30, 1943/44, 1944/45, 1948/49, 1970/71
League of Ireland Cup Winners (1) 1995/96
Dublin City Cup Winners (4) 1941/42, 1946/47, 1962/63, 1964/65
Top Four Cup Winners (1) 1961/62
Leinster Senior Cup Winners (19)
President's Cup Winners (6+)
Players capped by the Irish FA while with Shelbourne:
Full
Player
|
International
|
Caps/Goals
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J.
|
1909-1910
|
2
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/
|
0
|
||
E.A.
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1920
|
1
|
/
|
0
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V.
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1906-1914
|
6
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/
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0
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(+14)
|
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J.J.
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1906
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2
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/
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0
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||
P.
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1913
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2
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/
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0
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||
Amateur
Player
|
International
|
Caps/Goals
| ||||
SHIELS
|
D.
|
1919
|
1
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/
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0
| |
Players capped by the Irish FA before joining or after leaving Shelbourne: (highest level)
Full
| BLAIR | J. |
| BOOKMAN | L. |
| BURNS | W. |
| CHATTON | H. |
| DAVIS | T. |
| DIFFEN | J. |
| DORAN | J. |
| ENRIGHT | J. |
| GALLOGLY | C. |
| LACEY | W. |
| McCLEERY | W. |
| McCONNELL | P. |
| McILVENNY | P. |
| MEEK | H. |
| MOORE | P. |
| MORAN | J. |
| MURPHY | J. |
| O'DRISCOLL | J. |
| PRIESTLEY | T. |
| REILLY | M. |
| ROBINSON | P. |
| RUSHE | F. |
| RUSSELL | S. |
| SHERIDAN | J. |
| WALSH | D. |
War-Time
| LEDDY | H. |
Under-21
| MEENAN | D. |
Amateur
| HEANEY | F. |
| McALINDEN | K. |
| McLOUGHLIN | E. |
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