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. It was the

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Shamrock Rovers F.C. Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most suc ...

In 2007 they were the inaugural winners of the

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and they subsequently represented the

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in the

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. They were the first team to represent the Republic of Ireland in the

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. Between 2009 and 2011 they also played in three successive Emerald Futsal League title play-off finals, winning the competition in 2009 and 2010.

History

Early years

first formed a

team in

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in order to compete in a pilot league organised by the Leinster Senior League. The team was coached by Kevin Carroll and Mitch Whitty.

FAI Futsal Cup

In 2007 together with

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Bray Wanderers Bray Wanderers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Fánaithe Bhré) are an Irish association football club playing in the League of Ireland First Division. The club in its present form was founded in 1942 in Bray, and was known until 2010 as ''B ...

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, Monaghan United,

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and UCD, Shamrock Rovers played in the Eircom U21 Futsal League. This league featured futsal teams attached to clubs playing in the

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and the winners were awarded the

. The eight clubs first played in a league stage featuring a single round of games. The top four from this stage – UCD, Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians and Bray Wanderers – then qualified for a final four tournament played at the

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. In the final, with a team coached by Dave Campbell and featuring Ciarán Kilduff and Dane Massey, Shamrock Rovers defeated UCD 4–2. In 2013 Rovers played in a second FAI Futsal Cup final but this time lost 6–2 to Eden College.

UEFA Futsal Cup

After winning the 2007

, Shamrock Rovers qualified to represent the

in the

. They became the first team to represent the Republic of Ireland in the

. For the preliminary round they travelled to

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and participated in a mini-tournament to decide who would qualify for the main round. Rovers finished third in the group. ;Preliminary round – Group D

Emerald Futsal League

Between 2009 and 2013 Shamrock Rovers played in the Emerald Futsal League. During this time the team was coached by Stephen Finn. In October 2009 Shamrock Rovers won the Emerald Futsal League title after a 7–4 win in the final against Bray/St Joseph's. Other members of the league this season included

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, Alpha United, ISL Futsal and North County Dublin. In 2010 Rovers retained the title after defeating Dublin Santos in the play-off final. In 2011 they played in their third successive Emerald Futsal League play-off final but this time lost 3–1 to EID Futsal. After playing in their second FAI Futsal Cup final in 2013,

closed down the team. The remaining players and coaching staff merged with FC Guillermo Futsal and formed a new team, FCG Dublin Futsal. This team were Emerald Futsal League play-off finalists in 2014.

Notable players

;

internationals ; Republic of Ireland U21 internationals * Ciarán Kilduff * Dane Massey * John Perkins * Ian Byrne

Coaches

Honours

**''Winners'': 2007 : 1 **''Runners Up'': 2013: 1 * Emerald Futsal League **''Winners'': 2009, 2010: 2 **''Runners Up'': 2011: 1

References

{{Futsal in the Republic of Ireland

Futsal clubs in the Republic of Ireland Futsal clubs established in 2000 2000 establishments in Ireland 2013 disestablishments in Ireland