Cork City F.C.
Cork City Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Chathair Chorcaí) is an Irish football team that plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division. Founded and elected to the league in 1984 to continue the long tradition of association football in Cork, City's traditional colours are green and white with red trim, and the crest is a variant of the Cork coat of arms. The club play home games at Turners Cross. 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 Turner's Cross stadium and the transition to summer football, the club became one of the biggest and best supported clubs in the country.[1] Between 2008 and 2010 however, the club suffered financial hardships and management controversy and entered a period of examinership. Ultimately the club's holding company, Cork City Investments FC Ltd, was wound up by the courts.[2] Club fans however were awarded a licence for a club under the name Cork City FORAS Co-op and entered a team in the next First Division season.[3] The club subsequently re-acquired rights to the name "Cork City Football Club" from the liquidators of Cork City Investments FC Ltd.[4] Fans highlight the continuity of Cork City FC during this period as the former holding company Cork City Investments FC Ltd. was still in existence during its liquidation period when the name and intellectual property were purchased, and the under-age teams continued to exist under the name while owned and funded by the fans.[5]
History
Pre-1980s
The current club was not the first to use the name Cork City. During the 1920s, together with Fordsons, Cork Bohemians, Cobh Ramblers and Cork Celtic, a Cork City fielded teams in both the Munster Junior League and the Munster Senior League.[6] Another Cork City played in the League of Ireland for just one season, 1938–39.[7] With a team that included Owen Madden, Tom Davis and Jackie O'Driscoll, they also won the Munster Senior Cup in 1939. This club evolved from the earlier Cork clubs, Fordsons and Cork, and played its home games at the Mardyke. For the 1939–40 season they changed their name to Cork United and became the league's most successful club during the 1940s. They then became Cork Athletic before eventually folding in 1958. Their place in the league was taken by Cork Hibernians.
Ownership
Cork City FC is owned by its supporters through a supporters' trust – the Friends of the Rebel Army Society. This trust elects a Board of Management to run the football club, but the major decisions must be made at Annual General Meetings or Extraordinary General Meetings. The Board of Management appointed two club administrators (Kevin Mullen[44] and Eanna Buckley[45]) for the day-to-day operations of the club.
Stadium
Cork City play their home games at Turners Cross – a 7,485 all-seater stadium on the southside of Cork City. The stadium is rented from the Munster Football Association
Supporters and rivalries
The Rebel Army have one of the biggest support bases in the League of Ireland, often having attendances of four of five thousand compared to a Premier Division league average of approximately 1,500. The club currently has an average attendance of 3825 in the 2014 season, the highest in Ireland, and more than 1300 more than the second highest average.[citation needed]
"The Shed" is a section of seating on the right side of the Curragh Road stand and home to Cork City's more vocal supporters. Before redevelopment, this was the location of the 'Shed End' terrace, which was knocked in 2005. Just below this section in the Derrynane Stand, is a small terraced area where break-aways of the Shed End congregate. This group are commonly referred to as 'The Corner Boys'.[citation needed] The Family Enclosure is a specified area in the top right hand corner of the main 'Donie Forde' stand, where families and children watch games in a less boisterous atmosphere than that of the Shed End.
Given the geography of the club, and the fact that it is a one city team, Cork City has no direct or local derbys of note. Cobh Ramblers are located 20 minutes away from the city, but given that Cobh have played in the First Division for the majority of Cork City's existence, there has never been significant rivalry between the clubs, and many City fans will watch Cobh if Cork City were not playing on that night.[citation needed] Some rivalry exists between Cork and Dublin clubs, with games against the bigger Dublin clubs providing a good atmosphere at Turners Cross.[citation needed] When playing the other Munster based clubs Waterford United and Limerick FC, the games are always labelled as 'The Munster Derby', and these away games routinely draw travelling fans from Cork City.[citation needed]
Launched in 2007, "Going Commando" is currently Cork City's only fanzine. Other past fanzines have included "FourFiveOne" (discontinued in 2006), "I was out there once!" (IWOTO)[50] and "Spreadin' the Dirt".
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OS ÚLTIMOS JOGOS DE CORK CITY
| Os últimos jogos de Cork City | ||||||||
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| E | 22/08 | Term. | 2-2 | + Estatísticas Cork City x Bohemians | ||||
| D | 25/08 | Term. | 1-0 | + Estatísticas Bohemians x Cork City | ||||
| E | 29/08 | Term. | 2-2 | + Estatísticas Athlone x Cork City | ||||
| V | 05/09 | Term. | 1-0 | + Estatísticas Cork City x Shamrock Rovers | ||||
| V | 21/09 | Term. | 0-1 | + Estatísticas Limerick FC x Cork City | ||||
| V | 26/09 | Term. | 2-1 | + Estatísticas Cork City x Sligo Rovers | ||||
| V | 03/10 | Term. | 2-1 | + Estatísticas Cork City x Drogheda | ||||
| V | 10/10 | Term. | 0-4 | + Estatísticas UC Dublin FC x Cork City | ||||
| V | 17/10 | Term. | 1-0 | + Estatísticas Cork City x Bohemians | ||||
| D | 24/10 | Term. | 2-0 | + Estatísticas Dundalk x Cork City | ||||
CLASSIFICAÇÃO ARTILHEIROS CORK CITY
Aqui está a classificação dos goleadores de Cork City na Campeonato Irlandes nesta temporada
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| # | Jogador | Gols | 1º | P. | ||
| 1 |  | Billy Dennehy | 13 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2 |  | Mark O'Sullivan | 11 | 5 | ||
| 3 | | Garry Buckley | 9 | 3 | ||
| 4 |  | Darren Dennehy | 4 | 2 | ||
| 5 | | Liam Kearney | 2 | 1 | ||
| 6 |  | Gearoid Morrissey | 2 | |||
| 7 | | Robert Lehane | 2 | 1 | ||
| 8 |  | Colin Healy | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 |  | Daniel Murray | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10 |  | John O'Flynn | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 |  | Ross Gaynor | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | | John Kavanagh | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13 |  | John Dunleavy | 1 | 1 | ||
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| Full name | Cork City Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | "City", "Rebel Army", "The Leesiders" |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Ground | Turners Cross |
| Capacity | 7,365, all seated |
| Owner | FORAS (Supporter owned) |
| Chairman | Pat Lyons |
| Manager | John Caulfield |
| League | League of Ireland (Premier Division) |
| 2014 | 2nd |
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