List of Derry City F.C. players

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List of Derry City players.

Club captains

DatesNameNotes
1996-2009 Peter Hutton
2010-2014 Kevin Deery
2014 Cliff Byrne
2014-2015 Barry Molloy
2015-2017Ryan McBride
2017-2018 Gerard Doherty
2019-2020Barry McNamee
2020 Conor McCormack
2021-2022 Eoin Toal
2022-2024 Patrick McEleney
2025- Mark Connolly

Notable former players

Reserve and youth squads

Derry City currently has academy teams at u13, u15, u17 and u19 age groups as well as an under-21 reserve team who play in the Ulster Senior League. These teams have also competed in international youth tournaments, including the Foyle Cup and the Umbro Galway Cup. In 2006, the academy team was victorious in the Umbro Galway Cup. Although many youth players come from the local youth league, the Derry and District League, Derry have branched out their scouting network and have since promoted players from all around Ireland.

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Derry's under-21 side finished 3rd in the 2006 Dr. Tony O'Neill League Northern Section and therefore qualified for the knock-out stages, contested between qualifiers from the four provincial sections. In the second round, the side met Shelbourne F.C.'s under-21 team and knocked them out, winning 3-1. However, the side was then beaten in the quarter-final by the under-21 team of Sligo Rovers F.C.

Record appearances in the League of Ireland

RankPlayerTotal appearances
1 Peter Hutton 678
2 Paul Curran 518
3 Sean Hargan 415
4 Gary Beckett 395
5 Liam Coyle 390

Senior international players to have played for Derry City

Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland /Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland :

NameCapsGoals
Niall McGinn 503
Terry Cochrane 261
Billy Gillespie 2513
Jobby Crossan 2410
Shane Ferguson 221
Liam O'Kane 200
Paddy McCourt 182
Bobby Irvine 153
Paul Ramsey 140
Daniel Lafferty 130
Jim McLaughlin 126
Jimmy Kelly 114
David Campbell 100
Billy McCullough 100
Jimmy Hill 70
Bobby Browne 60
Gerry McElhinney 60
Terry Harkin 52
Rory Patterson 51
Sammy Curran 42
Fay Coyle 40
Felix Healy 40
Gerry Bowler 30
S.R. Russell 30
Johnny Campbell 20
Jimmy Elwood 20
Victor Hunter 20
Tony O'Doherty 20
Liam Coyle 10
Matt Doherty 10
Shaun Holmes 10

Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland/Ireland (Irish Free State) :

NameCapsGoals
James McClean 478
David Kelly 269
David Forde 240
Conor Sammon 90
Alan Moore 80
Jackie Hennessy 50
Jimmy Kelly 40
Bobby Gilbert 10

Flag of England.svg  England :

NameCapsGoals
Luther Blissett 143
Dennis Tueart 62
Steve Williams 60
Alan Sunderland 10

Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland :

NameCapsGoals
Jimmy Delaney 156
Johnny MacKenzie 90

Flag of Libya.svg  Libya :

NameCapsGoals
Éamon Zayed 81

Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago :

NameCapsGoals
Derek Phillips 60

Flag of Zaire (1971-1997).svg  Zaire :

NameCapsGoals
Jose Mukendi ??

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