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| Full name | Drogheda United Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Drogs, Claret and Blue Army, Super Drogs, United, DUFC, Turks | |||
| Founded | 1919 (as Drogheda United)[1] | |||
| Ground | Weavers Park | |||
| Capacity | 3,500 | |||
| Owner | Trivela Group | |||
| Chairperson | Joanna Byrne | |||
| Manager | Kevin Doherty | |||
| League | League of Ireland Premier Division | |||
| 2024 | League of Ireland Premier Division, 9th of 10 | |||
| Website | https://droghedaunited.ie/ | |||
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Drogheda United Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Dhroichead Átha Aontaithe) is a professional Irish association football club based in Drogheda, County Louth playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division. They play their home matches at Weavers Park.
The current club is the amalgamation of two former clubs in the town: Drogheda United, a non-league club founded in 1919; and Drogheda F.C., founded in 1962. The clubs merged their operations to form the current club in 1975 and have achieved success since 2005 by winning two Setanta Sports Cups, an FAI Cup, a League Cup, and their first league title, the 2007 League of Ireland Premier Division.
Since 2021, the club has competed in the League of Ireland Premier Division, having been automatically promoted as winners of the 2020 League of Ireland First Division.
- ^ "Local soccer clubs merge to form new Drogheda United". Drogheda Independent. 1975. Retrieved 16 May 2012.