The History of
Dundalk Football Club is divided into three periods, and covered by the following three articles:
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History of Dundalk F.C. (1903–1965) briefly describes the introduction of
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
to the town of
Dundalk
Dundalk ( ; ga, Dún Dealgan ), meaning "the fort of Dealgan", is the county town (the administrative centre) of County Louth, Ireland. The town is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland. It is h ...
,
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the s ...
in the pre-
World War I
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period, then subsequently covers the period from the formation of the Dundalk G.N.R. Association Club in September 1903 to the takeover of the club as a public limited company in January 1966.
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History of Dundalk F.C. (1966–2002) covers the period from the takeover of the club as a public limited company in January 1966 to the end of the
2001–02 season, when Dundalk won the
FAI Cup
The Football Association of Ireland Senior Challenge Cup (FAI Cup), known as the Extra.ie FAI Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland (as well as Derry ...
, but were also relegated to the
League of Ireland First Division
The League of Ireland First Division ( ga, Céad Roinn Sraith na hÉireann), also known as the SSE Airtricity League First Division, is the second level division in both the League of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland football league system. Th ...
.
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History of Dundalk F.C. (2002–present) covers the period from the club's relegation at the end of the
2001–02 season to the end of the most recently completed season.
These articles include short pieces about events and people that were an integral part of the club's history.
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Dundalk F.C. in European football
Dundalk F.C., Dundalk Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dundalk, Ireland that competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top tier of Association football in the Republic of Ireland, football in the ...
covers the club's performances in European competition from making their debut as League Champions in the
1963–64 European Cup
The 1963–64 season of the European Cup club football tournament saw Internazionale win the title with a 3–1 victory over Real Madrid. It was the second consecutive season that an Italian team had won the competition.
Milan, the defending cha ...
to their most recently completed campaign.
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