Belvedere F.C.
| Full name | Belvedere Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Belvo | ||
| Founded | 1971 | ||
| Ground | Fairview Park, Dublin Clontarf Road Complex | ||
| Chairman | John Hayden | ||
| League | Dublin & District Schoolboy League | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Belvedere Football Club is an
Umbro Galway Cup. Like Home Farm, Stella Maris and Cherry Orchard, Belvedere is well known for its youth system which has successfully produced hundreds of players who have gone onto play & coach for professional clubs throughout Ireland, the United Kingdom and worldwide. In addition hundreds have also gone on to represent the Republic of Ireland
at various international levels & to date the club have 15 full internationals.
History
Belvedere Football Club was founded in 1971 in
Fairview Park. Former Belvedere manager and Nottingham Forest scout, Noel McCabe subsequently recommended Keane to Brian Clough.[5][6] In 1990–91 Belvedere won the FAI Youth Cup for the first time and within a few seasons Mark Kennedy and then Curtis Fleming became the first two former Belvedere players to represent the Republic of Ireland at full international level.[7] Initially Belvedere recruited players from its home base in Northside, Dublin. However as the clubs reputation grew, it also began to recruit from throughout the Greater Dublin Area and then nationally throughout Ireland. Players from outside Dublin were known as "Belvo culchies"[8][9] and included, among others, David Forde
.
In 2004 Belvedere were runners-up in the prestigious
Umbro Galway Cup
. During this era they were also regular winners of the FAI Under-17 Cup.
On 31 May 2015 during an away game against St Kevin's Boys, Shetemi Ayetigbo, a Nigerian-Irish footballer then aged 16, collapsed and died while playing for Belvedere.[11][12][13][14]
Notable former players
Players
- Republic of Ireland internationals
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- Other internationals
- League of Ireland XI representatives
- Republic of Ireland B internationals
- Republic of Ireland U23 international
Ross Gaynor- Mark Quigley
- Ger Rowe
- Republic of Ireland U21 internationals
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- Republic of Ireland U19 internationals
- Republic of Ireland U18internationals
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- Republic of Ireland U17 internationals
- Philip Byrne
- Wesley Byrne
- Colin Cassidy
- Alan Cawley
- Paul Corry
- Ben McCormack
- Republic of Ireland U16internationals
Managers
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Honours
- FAI Youth Cup
- Winners: 1990–91, 1998–99, 2004–05: 3
- FAI Under-17 Cup
- Winners: 1987–88, 1989–90, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11: 8
- Milk Cup
- Runners-up: 2004: 1
- Galway Cup
- Winners: 2009: 1
References
- ^ Club [email protected]
- ^ a b "Club Roll of Honour". belvederefc.com. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ a b "FAI Umbro Youth Challenge Cup Previous Winners". fai.ie. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ a b Mark Herbert, Donie Butler (1994–95). FAI Yearbook & Diary 1995. Dublin: Sportsworld Ltd.
- ^ www.belvederefc.com
- ^ www.soccer-ireland.com
- ^ a b "Full Internationals". belvederefc.com. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ Belvo [email protected]
- ^ www.belvederefc.com
- Rsssf
- ^ www.rte.ie
- ^ utv.ie
- ^ www.fai.ie
- ^ www.modernghana.com
- ^ "International Roll Of Honour". belvederefc.com. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2016.