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| Full name | St Patrick's Athletic Football Club | |||
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| Founded | 1929 | |||
| Ground | Richmond Park | |||
| Capacity | 5,346 (2,800 seated) | |||
| Chairman | Garrett Kelleher | |||
| Manager | Stephen Kenny | |||
| League | League of Ireland Premier Division | |||
| 2024 | 3rd of 10 | |||
| Website | http://www.stpatsfc.com | |||
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St Patrick's Athletic Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Lúthchleas Phádraig Naofa) is a professional Irish association football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the Irish Premier Division. Founded in May 1929, they played originally in Phoenix Park but they moved to their current ground of Richmond Park in 1939.
St Patrick's Athletic have won many trophies in Irish Club Football, including nine League Titles, the fifth most in Irish Football, as well as five FAI Cups and four League Cups.
The club graduated through the ranks of the Leinster Senior League and duly took their place in the League of Ireland in 1951, and won the Championship at their first attempt. The club's glory years came in the 1950s and 1990s when they won 6 of their 8 league titles. The club also have the record for never having been relegated from the Premier Division. The club play in red and white colours and their nicknames include The Saints,Supersaints and Pats. The Saints also have a lot of Dublin Derby games with the likes of Shelbourne, Shamrock Rovers, and Bohemians.