Avondale United

Leagues Played: Republica Irlanda - Munster Senior League 54 Republica Irlanda - Cupa Munster Senior 10 Republica Irlanda - FAI Cup 9 Republica Irlanda - Cupa FAI Intermediate 3 Republica Irlanda - Cupa Ligii 2 Republica Irlanda - Amateur Cup 1
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Wikipedia - Avondale United F.C. (Cork)

Avondale United F.C. is an Irish association football club based in Carrigaline, County Cork. Their senior team play in the Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division. They also regularly compete in the FAI Cup, the FAI Intermediate Cup and the Munster Senior Cup. Avondale has won the FAI Intermediate Cup a record eight times and have been Munster Senior League champions on eight occasions. After winning the 2012–13 Munster title, they were also invited to play in the 2014 League of Ireland Cup. The club also fields reserve, intermediate, junior, youth and schoolboy teams in the Munster Senior League, the Cork Schoolboys League and the Cork City & County Youths League.

History

Avondale United was formed in Ballintemple, Cork in 1972 with one junior team. They originally played in the Cork Athletic Union League and remained members of this league until 1989. Youth and schoolboys sides were added in 1973–74 and 1974–75 respectively and in 1977–78 Avondale joined the Munster Senior League. In addition to winning an assortment of intermediate, junior, youth and schoolboy honours, Avondale has also enjoyed success at senior level, both nationally and provincially. They were quarter-finalists in the 1994–95 and 2014 FAI Cups. They have also been Munster Senior Cup finalists on three occasions. In recent years Avondale United have virtually monopolised the FAI Intermediate Cup. In 2013–14 they won the cup for the fourth successive occasion, equalling a seventy two-year-old record held by Distillery. Since 2005–06 they have reached the final on seven occasions, including five consecutive appearances as well as four wins in a row.

Avondale United este o echipă de fotbal irlandeză din Dublin. Clubul a fost fondat în 1920 și joacă în prezent în Liga 1 irlandeză, al doilea nivel al fotbalului irlandez. Stadionul de casă al lui Avondale United este stadionul Avondale, care are o capacitate de 5.000 de locuri. Culorile tradiționale ale clubului sunt verde și alb.

Avondale United a câștigat Cupa Irlandei de două ori, în 1947 și 2015. Clubul a câștigat, de asemenea, Cupa Ligii Irlandeze de două ori, în 1980 și 2014. Avondale United a participat la competițiile europene de trei ori, cel mai recent în sezonul 2016-17.

Cel mai cunoscut fost jucător al lui Avondale United este Robbie Keane, care a jucat pentru club în perioada 1998-2000. Keane este golgheterul tuturor timpurilor al Irlandei și a jucat pentru cluburi precum Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool și Los Angeles Galaxy.

Actualul antrenor al lui Avondale United este Keith Long, care a preluat funcția în 2013. Long a condus clubul la Cupa Irlandei în 2015 și la Cupa Ligii Irlandeze în 2014.