Shamrock Rovers Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) are a football club from Dublin, Ireland. They play in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in Irish footballing history. The club have won the League of Ireland title a record 15 times and the FAI Cup a record 24 times. Shamrock Rovers have supplied more players to the Republic of Ireland national football team (62 in all) than any...
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Shamrock Rovers Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) are a football club from Dublin, Ireland. They play in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in Irish footballing history. The club have won the League of Ireland title a record 15 times and the FAI Cup a record 24 times. Shamrock Rovers have supplied more players to the Republic of Ireland national football team (62 in all) than any other single club. In all-Ireland competitions such as the Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup, they hold the record for titles won, with six cups won overall, more than any other Irish team.
Shamrock Rovers are recognised as being founded in Ringsend, Dublin in 1901. They won the league title at the first attempt in 1922–23 and established themselves as Ireland's most successful club by 1949, winning forty-four major trophies. During the 1950s, the club won three league titles and two FAI Cups and became the first Irish team to take part in...
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