Drogheda United Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Drogheda, County Louth playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division. They play their home matches at Head In The Game Park.
The current club is the amalgamation of two former clubs in the town: Drogheda United, a non-league club founded in 1919; and Drogheda F.C., founded in 1962. The clubs merged their operations to form the current club in 1975 and have achieved success since 2005 by winning two Setanta Sports Cups, an FAI Cup, and their first league title, the 2007 League of Ireland.
As of 2021, the club competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division, having been automatically promoted as winners of the 2020 League of Ireland First Division.<\/P>","781CC09C30E6A152":"1","0108B3B67855A673":"1316","5F7B7520852B84068F743240139E0997":"
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<\/U>League of Ireland Premier Division<\/STRONG>
Champions: 2007
Runners-up: 2012
League of Ireland First Division<\/STRONG>
Winners (5): 1988–89, 1990–91, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2020
FAI Cup<\/STRONG>
Winners: 2005
Runners-up: 1970–71, 1975–76, 2013
League of Ireland Cup<\/STRONG>
Winners: 1983–84, 2012
Runners-up: 2013
Setanta Sports Cup<\/STRONG>
Winners: 2006, 2007
Runners-up: 2013
League of Ireland First Division Shield
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