List of Derry City F.C. players

This article deals with past and present players of Derry City Football Club.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Gerard Doherty 2 DF Niclas Vemmelund 3 DF Dean Jarvis 4 MF Aaron McEneff 5 DF Ryan McBride (captain) 6 MF Conor McCormack 7 MF Barry McNamee 8 MF Harry Monaghan 9 FW Jordan Allan 10 MF Keith Ward 11 FW Rory Patterson 12 MF Joshua Daniels 14 MF Gareth McGlynn 15 DF Shay Dunlop 16 FW Nathan Boyle

No. Position Player 20 GK Shaun Patton 22 DF Patrick McClean 23 DF Gareth McFadden 24 MF Dean Brown 25 MF Conor McDermott 26 FW Ryan Doherty 27 FW Ronan Curtis 28 FW Rory Holden 29 MF Lukas Schubert 30 DF Aaron Barry 31 GK Conor Brady 32 DF Ronan Wilson 38 FW Jack Blake - GK Mark McElhinney - DF Cristian Castells

Notable former players

Neil Bennett Luther Blissett Gerry Bowler Kevin Brady Killian Brennan Bobby Browne Seamus Browne David Byrne David Campbell Johnny Campbell Paul Carlyle Brian Cash Harris Chueu John Coady Terry Cochrane Fay Coyle Liam Coyle Jobby Crossan John Cunningham Paul Curran Sammy Curran Owen Da Gama Tim Dalton Nelson da Silva Clive Delaney Jimmy Delaney

Declan Devine Eamon Doherty Ger Doherty Matt Doherty Jr. Matt Doherty Sr. Paul Doolin Jimmy Elwood David Forde Sean Friars Jackie Fullerton Stuart Gauld Bobby Gilbert Alan Gough Stewart Greacen Terry Harkin Felix Healy Paul Hegarty Jackie Hennessy Jimmy Hill Shaun Holmes Michael Holt Victor Hunter Bobby Irvine Jack Keay David Kelly Jimmy Kelly Terry Kelly

Noel King Paul Kinnaird Alex Krstic Noel Larkin Glen Little John Paul McBride Neil McCafferty Mark McChrystal James McClean Paddy McCourt Billy McCullough Gerry McElhinney Scott McGarvey Jimmy McGeough Niall McGinn Gareth McGlynn Johnny McKenzie Jim McLaughlin Paul McLaughlin Archie McLeod Neil McNab Lee Molyneux Owen Morrison Jose Mukendi Alex Nesovic

Mick Neville Tony O'Doherty Stephen O'Flynn Liam O'Kane Ken Oman Russell Payne Andy Petterson Derek Phillips Calvin Plummer Paul Ramsey Eddie Reynolds Paul Ritchie S.R. Russell Ryan Semple Jonathan Speak Ben O'Sullivan Alan Sunderland Ernie Taylor Dennis Tueart Gary Twigg Pascal Vaudequin Steve Williams Eamon Zayed Danny Ventre Cliff Byrne Mark Stewart Jon-Paul McGovern

Reserve and youth squads

Derry City currently has an academy team as well as an under-21 reserve team who play in the Under 21 League of Ireland. These teams have also competed in international youth tournaments, including the Foyle Cup and the Umbro Galway Cup. In 2006, the academy team was victorious in the Umbro Galway Cup. Although many youth players come from the local youth league, the Derry and District League, Derry have branched out their scouting network and have since promoted players from all around Ireland.

Derry's under-21 side finished 3rd in the 2006 Dr. Tony O'Neill League Northern Section and therefore qualified for the knock-out stages, contested between qualifiers from the four provincial sections. In the second round, the side met Shelbourne F.C.'s under-21 team and knocked them out, winning 3-1. However, the side was then beaten in the quarter-final by the under-21 team of Sligo Rovers F.C.

Dream teams

Stallard Blake Brenan Doherty Travers Wood Delaney Crossan McKenzie Coyle Kelly

Radio Foyle's team.

All-time XI chosen by Radio Foyle

In the early 1990s, local radio station, BBC Radio Foyle chose an all-time dream-team of eleven players. The team was as follows:

• Fred Stallard
• Eunan Blake
• Gerry Brenan
• Matt Doherty
• Barney Travers
• Doug Wood
• Jimmy Delaney
• Jobby Crossan
• Johnny McKenzie
• Fay Coyle
• Jimmy Kelly

Published in Derry City FC: City Till I Die

At the start of the 2007 season, a supporter publication, Derry City FC: City Till I Die, designated the task of revealing their dream teams to lifelong Derry City fans, Mick McBride and Davy Doherty. Both men decided to choose only players that they had witnessed first hand playing for Derry City, thus limiting the pool to only players to have appeared since the 1950s. Subsequently, the likes of goal-scoring legend, Jimmy Kelly, remained absent. Players were chosen from both Derry's Irish League and League of Ireland eras. While distinguishing players on the basis of ability and consistency, consideration was also given to the amount of time contributed toward the club by individual players. While recognised greats such as Alan Sunderland, Denis Tueart and Neil McNab all played with Derry City, they all played with the club during the twilight stages of their careers and did not manage to accumulate more than a handful of appearances each. Hence, players of such ilk were omitted.

Stallard Blake Curran Gauld Wood McKenzie McGeough Crossan Healy L. Coyle F. Coyle

Mick McBride's team.

Mick McBride's team

First team: Fred Stallard Eunan Blake Paul Curran Stuart Gauld Doug Wood Johnny McKenzie Jimmy McGeough Jobby Crossan Felix Healy Liam Coyle Fay Coyle

Substitutes: Tim Dalton Peter Hutton Darren Kelly Barney Travers Matt Doherty Jr. Paul Doolin Danny Hale

Davy Doherty's team

Stallard Blake Travers Kelly Brady McKenzie Wood McGeough McCourt Doherty Coyle

Davy Doherty's team.

First team: Fred Stallard Eunan Blake Barney Travers Darren Kelly Kevin Brady Johnny McKenzie Doug Wood Jimmy McGeough Paddy McCourt Matt Doherty Jr. Liam Coyle

Substitutes: Tim Dalton Eddie McCallion Stuart Gauld Felix Healy Danny Hale

Record appearances in the League of Ireland

As of 16 July 2007:

Rank	Player	Total appearances
1	Peter Hutton	573
2	Paul Curran	518
3	Sean Hargan	408
4	Gary Beckett	395
5	Liam Coyle	390

Senior international players to have played for Derry City

Northern Ireland/ Ireland: Name Caps Goals Terry Cochrane 26 1 Billy Gillespie 25 13 Jobby Crossan 24 10 Liam O'Kane 20 0 Niall McGinn 17 0 Bobby Irvine 15 3 Paul Ramsey 14 0 Jim McLaughlin 12 6 Jimmy Kelly 11 4 David Campbell 10 0 Billy McCullough 10 0 Paddy McCourt 9 2 Jimmy Hill 7 0 Bobby Browne 6 0 Gerry McElhinney 6 0 Terry Harkin 5 2 Sammy Curran 4 2 Fay Coyle 4 0 Felix Healy 4 0 Gerry Bowler 3 0 S.R. Russell 3 0 Johnny Campbell 2 0 Jimmy Elwood 2 0 Victor Hunter 2 0 Tony O'Doherty 2 0 Liam Coyle 1 0 Matt Doherty 1 0 Shaun Holmes 1 0 Shane Ferguson 1 0

Republic of Ireland/Irish Free State: Name Caps Goals David Kelly 26 9 Alan Moore 8 0 Jackie Hennessy 5 0 Jimmy Kelly 4 0 David Forde 2 0 Bobby Gilbert 1 0  England: Name Caps Goals Luther Blissett 14 3 Dennis Tueart 6 2 Steve Williams 6 0 Alan Sunderland 1 0  Scotland: Name Caps Goals Jimmy Delaney 15 6 Johnny McKenzie 9 0  Libya: Name Caps Goals Éamon Zayed 4 0  Trinidad and Tobago: Name Caps Goals Derek Phillips 6 0  Zaire: Name Caps Goals Jose Mukendi ? ?

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