Derry City FC is a football club from Derry/Londonderry Northern Ireland based at the Brandywell. Founded in 1928, they initially played in the Irish League, the domestic league in Northern Ireland, and won the title in 1964–65. In 1971, security concerns related to the Troubles meant matches could not be played at the Brandywell. The team were compelled to play home fixtures 30 miles (48 km) away in Coleraine. Security forces withdrew their objections to the use of the Brandywell the following year, but in the face of insistence from the Irish League that the unsustainable arrangement continue, the club withdrew from the league. After 13 years in junior football, it joined the League of Ireland's new First Division for 1985–86. Derry won the First Division title and achieved promotion to the Premier Division in 1987, and remained there until the 2009 relegation. The club won a domestic treble in 1988–89, the only League of Ireland club so far to do so.   A second title followed in 1996-97 and the club won 11 League of Ireland Cups between 1989 and 2018. Financial problems led to the club being expelled from the League in November 2009 but a new Derry City club was permitted to join the First Division in 2010. By the end of that season Derry had won the First Division title and promotion to the Premier League.  Their rejuvination was completed by triumph in the November 2022 FAI Final with a 4-0 win over Shelbourne in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.