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| Full name | Cork City Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Rebel Army, City | |||
| Founded | 1984 | |||
| Ground | Turners Cross | |||
| Capacity | 7,485 | |||
| Owner | Dermot Usher[1] | |||
| Chairman | Declan Carey[2] | |||
| Manager | Tim Clancy[3] | |||
| League | League of Ireland First Division | |||
| 2024 | League of Ireland First Division, 1st of 10 (promoted) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Cork City Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Chathair Chorcaí) is an Irish association football club based in Cork. The club was founded and elected to the League of Ireland in 1984.
It was one of the first clubs in Ireland (and the first in Cork) to field a team of professional footballers. With the progression of professionalism at the club, continued development of the Turners Cross stadium and the transition to summer football, the club became one of the biggest and best supported clubs in the country.[4][5] In a survey published in 2020, the club was the highest supported League of Ireland (LOI) club.[6]
Cork City won its third LOI Premier Division title, and first FAI Cup double, during the 2017 season. While the club were 2022 LOI First Division champions and were promoted to the top tier for the 2023 League of Ireland Premier Division season, after a play-off defeat they dropped back to the LOI First Division for the 2024 season.
The club's traditional colours are green and white with red trim, and the crest is a variant of the Cork coat of arms. City's home games are played at Turners Cross.
- ^ "Cork City members agree takeover from Dermot Usher with 86% vote". rte.ie. 4 December 2022. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Club Directory". corkcityfc.ie. Cork City FC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ O'Connor, Seán (24 November 2023). "Tim Clancy appointed as Cork City manager while Liam Buckley departs sporting director role". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "Eircom League rocked by Cork City's financial difficulties". Sunday Business Post. 17 August 2008. Archived from the original on 29 October 2008.
Cork City is one of the biggest and best supported teams in the league
- ^ "Cork City games among biggest crowds of opening league rounds". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 14 March 2022. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ Malone, Emmet (29 February 2020). "Football fan survey: Man United still top league among Irish fans". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.