Letterkenny Rovers Football Club (Irish: An Cumann Peile Leitir Ceanainn) is an association football club based in Letterkenny, County Donegal. Their senior men's team competes in the Donegal Junior League's Premier Division and plays their home games at Leckview Park.
The club won a historic treble in the 2024–25 season, winning the Donegal League Premier Division, the Brian McCormick Sports Cup, and Ulster Cup without a single defeat.
History
The club was formed in 1936 as Letterkenny Crusaders before being given its current name in 1954.[citation needed] Sources differ on the exact date with May 1957 and 1962 also cited as formation years.[1][2][3] However, the official club website states that the club was renamed Letterkenny Rovers in 1962.[4]
The club won back-to-back Donegal League titles in the 1980–81 and 1981–82 seasons before going on to become one of the founding members of the Ulster Senior League (USL) in 1986.[4]
Rovers won the USL on two occasions, with the first title coming in 2004–05.[3]
At the end of 2006, the club began preparation for an application for a semi-professional license to compete in the new A Championship but the Championship was cancelled at the end of the 2011 season. However, in 2010, the club erected a new 200 seater stand at Leckview Park in phase one of the re-development of the venue.[5]
The 2015/2016 season saw Rovers, under the guidance of Eamon McConigley, achieve notable success. Having overcome Derry City Reserves to win the Knockalla Caravans Cup, the first-team went on to reach the final of the FAI Intermediate Cup at the Aviva Stadium, going down 5–0 to Crumlin United.[3]
The 2021/22 season saw Rovers win the Donegal League Division Two at the first attempt upon its re-entry to the Donegal Junior League under the guidance of Stephen McConnell.
Following the disbandment of the Ulster Senior League (USL) at the end of the 2022–23 season, the club’s senior men's team returned to junior football. Letterkenny Rovers were the only club to have participated in every season of the USL.[4]
The 2023/24 season, saw Rovers win the Donegal League First Division and the Brian McCormick Sports Cup.
The 2024/25 season saw the club achieve a historic treble by winning the Donegal Junior League Premier Division, the Brian McCormick Sports Cup, and Ulster Junior Cup without a single defeat.[6][7]
In December 2025, they were announced to be a founding team of the FAI National League and is expected to compete in the truncated season beginning in Autumn 2026.[8]
Current squad
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Letterkenny Rovers home kit is white jersey, black shorts, black socks. The away kit are blue jersey, blue shorts and blue socks.
The club crest is divided into four panels which feature St Eunan's Cathedral, Conwal Parish Church, the Oldtown bridge that crosses the River Swilly, and a salmon, which is a common symbol associated with the town. There is a football in the centre of the crest.
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