Shamrock Rovers Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Ruagairi na Seamroige) is an Irish association football club located within Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team plays with the League of Ireland Premier Division and is the top-performing team within the Republic of Ireland. Shamrock Rovers has been awarded it the League of Ireland title a record 19 times as well as it has also won the FAI Cup a record 25 times. Shamrock Rovers have supplied more players to the Republic of Ireland national football team (62) than any other club. In All-Ireland competitions, like the Intercity Cup, they hold the record for having won the most awards with seven cups all in all.
Shamrock Rovers were founded in Ringsend, Dublin. Their official year of the club's founding was 1899. They were awarded the League title on their first attempt in 1922-23 campaign and established themselves as the Republic of Ireland most successful club by 1949, claiming 44 major awards. In the 1950s, the club took home three League championships and 2 FAI Cups and became the first Irish team to participate in European tournaments, taking part for the European Cup in 1957.
They then won the record-breaking of six FAI Cups in succession in the mid-sixties, and were also among those European club teams who were based on America. United States, founding the United Soccer Association. They took one of the four League championships in a row in 1983 and 1984, following the decline of.
It was home to Glenmalure Park from 1926 to 1987, when the owners disputed selling the stadium to developers. Shamrock Rovers spent the next 22 years playing home matches in various venues around Dublin and occasionally, Ireland. They relocated to Tallaght Stadium prior to the beginning in the season of 2009, following several years of delays, and legal battles in which the fans of the club helped save them from going out of business.
Shamrock Rovers wore green and white stripe jerseys up until 1926, when they adopted the hooped green and white strip they've been wearing since. Their badges have featured an shamrock and a football throughout their time. The club has a large number of supporters and is in an fierce battle between Bohemian Football Club and St Patrick's Athletic. On the 26th of August, 2011 Rovers were the very first Irish team to make it through the stage of group play in one of the two top European competitions after beating Partizan Belgrade in the play-off round of the Europa League.
