Glentoran FC

Glentoran
Basic data
Surname	Glentoran Football Club
Seat	Belfast
founding	1882
Colours	Green, red, black
president	Stephen Henderson
Website	glentoran.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Mick McDermott
Venue	The oval
Places	14,000
league	NIFL Premiership
2019/20	5th place
home Away

The Glentoran Football Club , also known as Glentoran Belfast , is a Northern Irish football club in Belfast . The club is currently playing in the NIFL Premiership . The club colors are green-red-black.

history

The association was founded in 1882. Glentoran FC is one of the most successful clubs in Northern Ireland. The club won the championship for the first time in 1894. The club has been champion 24 times, cup winners 22 times and league cup winners seven times.

successes

• Championships (23): 1893/94 , 1904/05 , 1911/12 , 1912/13 , 1920/21 , 1924/25 , 1930/31 , 1950/51 , 1952/53 , 1956/57 , 1963/64 , 1966 / 67 , 1967/68 , 1969/70 , 1971/72 , 1976/77 , 1980/81 , 1987/88 , 1991/92 , 1998/99 , 2002/03 , 2004/05 , 2008/09
• Cup wins (23): 1913/14 , 1916/17 , 1920/21 , 1931/32 , 1932/33 , 1934/35 , 1950/51 , 1965/66 , 1972/73 , 1982/83 , 1984/85 , 1985 / 86 , 1986/87 , 1987/88 , 1989/90 , 1995/96 , 1997/98 , 1999/2000 , 2000/01 , 2003/04 , 2012/13 , 2014/15 , 2019/20
• League cup wins (7): 1989, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010

Youth Academy in Ghana

The club maintains with the Sunyani- based Glentoran Football Academy , a charity that also acts as an international farm team . The academy was founded in 2007 with the help of FIFA player agent Christopher Antoh Forsythe and the Belfast- based Ashfield Boys High School, with the aim of getting young people off the streets.

Trainer

• Peter McParland (1968–1971)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Graham Luney: Glens set to get the party started . In: The Belfast Telegraph , Independent News & Media , February 8, 2007. 
2. ^ Ghana Football Academy
3. ^ Glentoran Football Academy