List of Shamrock Rovers F.C. records and statistics

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Shamrock Rovers Football Club are a football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in the history of football in the Republic of Ireland, having won 21 League of Ireland titles and 25 FAI Cups. [1]

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They have also won the League of Ireland Shield on 18 occasions and the League of Ireland Cup once. [2] Shamrock Rovers have supplied more players to the Republic of Ireland national football team (64) than any other single club. This list comprises the major honours won by Shamrock Rovers and the records set by the players and managers of the club.

Honours

National titles

Regional titles

[3] Complete list of honours

European record

Shamrock Rovers have a long history in European competition. [4] They were the first League of Ireland side to enter European competition, [5] and featured regularly in the 1960s and 1980s. The club has had some relative success with victories in the Intertoto-Cup and the Europa League. [6] [7] Throughout their participation Rovers have beaten teams from Luxembourg, Cyprus, Iceland and Germany, and were the first Irish club to beat teams from Turkey, Poland, Israel, Serbia Slovakia, Albania and Hungary. Their first victory in the UEFA Champions League came in a 1–0 victory in the 2011–12 qualifying phase against FC Flora Tallinn at Tallaght Stadium .

Their biggest win was a 7–0 aggregate victory (3–0 away, 4–0 home) over Fram Reykjavik in the UEFA Cup first round in September 1982, which remains a record for League of Ireland clubs in European competition. [8]

On 25 August 2011, they became the first Irish team to qualify for the UEFA Europa League group stage when they defeated Partizan Belgrade 2–1 after extra-time in Serbia, for a 3–2 aggregate victory. [9]

Rovers qualified for the group stages of the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League [10]

Some of their more notable European performances include:

Overview

Correct as of August 2023

CompetitionPWDLGFGA
European Cup / UEFA Champions League 2847171743
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup / UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 46129254680
UEFA Europa Conference League 12226821
European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners Cup 165291927
UEFA Intertoto Cup 6303710
TOTAL10826206295181

Exhibition games

Notable results

Team records

At the end of the 2022 season the club's overall League record is:

Played:Won:Drew:Lost:GF:GA:Points:
26041294630680479130553717

Padraig Amond scored Rovers 4000th League goal on 14 September 2007 in a 4–0 win over Galway United. [14]

Player statistics

Goalscorers

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