Eden Futsal Club

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Eden Futsal Club
Full nameEnglish in Dublin
Sporting Fingal EID
EID Futsal
Eden College
Eden Futsal
Founded 2008
Ground IT Blanchardstown [1]
League Emerald Futsal League

Eden Futsal Club is an Irish futsal club based in Blanchardstown, Fingal. The club played under various names including English in Dublin, Sporting Fingal EID, EID Futsal and Eden College. In 2008 they were founder members of the Emerald Futsal League and between 2010 and 2014 they won the FAI Futsal Cup five times in a row. As a result, they also represented the Republic of Ireland in the UEFA Futsal Cup on five consecutive occasions between 2010–11 and 2014–15.

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History

Emerald Futsal League

In 2008 English in Dublin were founding members of the Emerald Futsal League. [2] They were effectively the futsal team of an English language school of the same name based in Merrion Square. [3] [4] In 2009 they became affiliated with Sporting Fingal F.C. and began playing as Sporting Fingal EID. [5] [6] After the Sporting Fingal League of Ireland team disbanded, the futsal team continued to play as EID Futsal. [7] Playing as EID Futsal they won their first Emerald Futsal League title in 2011, defeating Shamrock Rovers 3–1 in the final. [8] [9] [10] In 2012 the club became affiliated to Eden College, another English language school. [10] [11] [12] [13] Playing as Eden Futsal Club, the club won a second league title in 2014, this time after defeating Transylvania 6–5 in the final. [14]

FAI Futsal Cup

In 2010 Sporting Fingal EID won the FAI Futsal Cup after defeating Blue Magic 4–2 in the final. [15] As EID Futsal they also won the 2011 and 2012 FAI Futsal Cups, again defeating Blue Magic in both finals. [16] [17] [11] Playing as Eden College and then as then as Eden Futsal, the club won two further FAI Futsal Cups in 2013 and 2014. In the finals they defeated Shamrock Rovers and FCG Dublin Futsal respectively [18] [19]

UEFA Futsal Cup

As a result of winning the FAI Futsal Cup five times in a row between 2010 and 2014, Eden also represented the Republic of Ireland in the UEFA Futsal Cup on five consecutive occasions between 2010–11 and 2014–15. In 2010–11 and 2012–13 they won their preliminary groups and qualified for the main round. On the other three occasions, they finished as runners up in their preliminary groups. In 2014–15 they also acted as host of their group.

2010–11

In the 2010–11 UEFA Futsal Cup preliminary round Sporting Fingal EID travelled to Kaunas and after defeating the host team, FK Nautara Kaunas, and FC Kaghsi Yerevan (Armenia), 5–3 and 7–3 respectively, they won their group. In doing so they became the first team from the Republic of Ireland to progress beyond the preliminary round. [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] However they failed to impress in the main round and lost all three of their games.

Preliminary round – Group A
TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA
Flag of Ireland.svg Sporting Fingal62200126
Flag of Armenia.svg Qakhsi Hrazdan3210158
Flag of Lithuania.svg FK Nautara Kaunas0200247
Main Round – Group 3
TeamPldWDLGFGAPts
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Araz Naxçivan33001779
Flag of Romania.svg City'us Târgu Mureş 32011666
Flag of Latvia.svg FK Nikars Riga31027153
Flag of Ireland.svg Sporting Fingal30037190

2011–12

In the 2011–12 UEFA Futsal Cup EID Futsal finished as runners up in their group. [25] [26] [27] [28]

Preliminary round – Group B
TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA
Flag of Switzerland.svg Geneva Futsal73210236
Flag of Ireland.svg EID Futsal732101914
Flag of Lithuania.svg FK Nautara Kaunas331021513
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg The New Saints 030031135

2012–13

In the 2012–13 UEFA Futsal Cup EID Futsal won their preliminary group and qualified for the main round for second time. [11] However once they again they finished fourth.

Preliminary round – Group C
TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Ireland.svg EID Futsal632011413+1
Flag of Austria.svg Allstars Wiener Neustadt431111412+2
Flag of Turkey.svg TUFAD Ankara S.4311111110
Flag of Switzerland.svg Futsal Minerva331021821-3
Main Round – Group 6
TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Hungary.svg Győri ETO 73210147+7
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Araz Naxçivan 43111913-4
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Club Futsal Eindhoven 33102910-1
Flag of Ireland.svg EID Futsal331021012-2

2013–14

In the 2013–14 UEFA Futsal Cup Eden College finished as runners up in their preliminary group. [29]

Preliminary round – Group F
TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Belarus.svg MFK VitEn Vitebsk93300206+14
Flag of Ireland.svg Eden College43111770
Flag of Sweden.svg Göteborg Futsal Club431111012-2
Flag of Scotland.svg Perth Saltires03003618-12

2014–15

The 2014–15 UEFA Futsal Cup saw Eden Futsal host their preliminary group. The tournament was held at the National Basketball Arena between 25 August and 29 August 2014. [10] Eden subsequently finished as runners up in the group. [30]

Preliminary round – Group A
TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hovocubo93300133+10
Flag of Ireland.svg Eden Futsal63201157+8
Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul Üniversitesi SK 33102118+3
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wrexham Futsal Club03003425–21

Notable players

2014 squad

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— GK Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Pedro Godinho
— GK Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Dalibor Surlin
— GK Flag of Poland.svg  POL Marcin Fornal
— DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Arthur Barbosa
— DF Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Joel Rocha
— DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Selassie Neto
— DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Edson Junior
— DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Rafael Rodrigues
— DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Rafael Souto
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Hygo Silva
— FW Flag of Poland.svg  POL Adam Kowalauk
— FW Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Gabriel Gheno
— FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Leandro Maciel
— FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Matheus Xavier
— FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Rodrigo De Melo
— FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Ricardo Braga
— FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Helio Neto
— FW Flag of Morocco.svg  MAR Badr Bouznig
Head Coach
Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo de Melo

Source: [31]

Republic of Ireland internationals

  • Flag of Ireland.svg Ian Carry
  • Flag of Ireland.svg Ian Byrne
  • Flag of Ireland.svg Brendan Dawson
  • Flag of Ireland.svg Mark Langtry

Source: [32] [33]

Honours

Source: [15] [10] [34]

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