Bohemian F.C.

{{See also|List of Bohemian F.C. seasons}}

Bohemians were founded on 6 September 1890. They were members of the Irish Football League from 1902 to 1911 (the first club from Dublin to join) and from 1912 to 1920. During this time the club's greatest success was winning the Irish Cup in 1908.

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It was a founding member of the League of Ireland in 1921, and it is one of only two clubs to have been members of the League of Ireland since its inception (the other being Shelbourne), and it is the only club to have been ever-present in the top division of the league. In its first season it finished second in the league, just two points behind St. James Gate. The club won its first league title in 1924. In 1928 the club won its second league title and completed a double that season by winning its first FAI Cup also. The club was one of the major forces in the early years of the league, going on to win another three league titles and another FAI Cup in the next eight seasons.

After this success the club began to struggle, often finishing at the foot of the league and rarely mounting a title challenge, largely because of an inability to attract or keep top players due to its strict amateur status, which had been a fundamental part of the club since its formation. The club went 34 seasons without winning a major trophy. In 1969 the club ended its amateur status, and the first player to sign professional terms was Tony O'Connell, who signed on 11 March 1969.

The club then went on to win two league titles, two FAI Cups and two league cups in the 1970s, more trophies than any other club that decade. In 1970 the club entered European competition for the first time where it was beaten in the first qualifying round of the European Cup Winners' Cup (see below). The club went through another trophy-less spell after its 1979 league cup victory, which was not broken until the club won its fifth FAI Cup in 1992. It was not until 2001 that it regained the league title, also winning the FAI Cup that season to complete its second double. After adding another league title in 2003, Bohemians triumphed once again in 2008, under Pat Fenlon, winning the double of both the league for the tenth time with four league games still to play,{{Cite news |date=2008-10-11 |title=Jubilant scenes as Bohemians clinch their 10th title |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2008/1011/1223676792801.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120061447/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2008/1011/1223676792801.html |archive-date=20 November 2008 |access-date=2009-07-01 |newspaper=The Irish Times}} and the FAI cup in a penalty shoot-out.{{Cite news |date=2008-11-24 |title=Bohemians prevail in a cracker |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2008/1124/1227293466584.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023063906/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2008/1124/1227293466584.html |archive-date=23 October 2012 |access-date=2009-07-01 |newspaper=The Irish Times}}

In September 2009, Bohemians claimed the League Cup for the third time in the club's history with a 3–1 win over Waterford United in the final.{{Cite news |date=2009-09-02 |title=Bohemians 3–1 Waterford United |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0926/bohemians_waterford.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929232307/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0926/bohemians_waterford.html |archive-date=29 September 2009 |access-date=2009-09-28 |work=RTÉ Sport}}

On 6 November 2009, Bohemians retained the title after a 1–1 draw against Bray Wanderers.{{Cite news |date=2009-11-06 |title=Bohemians crowned league champions |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1106/bray_bohemians.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109223123/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/1106/bray_bohemians.html |archive-date=9 November 2009 |access-date=2009-11-09 |work=RTÉ Sport}} They were already assured of the league title before the final round of matches as they held a three-point lead and 16-goal difference advantage over their nearest rivals Shamrock Rovers. Captain Owen Heary collected the Premier Division trophy for the club's first back-to-back league win.{{Cite news |date=2009-11-06 |title=Bohemians make their 11th title official |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/1107/1224258281925.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018154248/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/1107/1224258281925.html |archive-date=18 October 2012 |access-date=2009-11-09 |newspaper=The Irish Times}} Bohs narrowly missed out on a hat trick of league titles on goal difference in 2010 in a season which also saw them suffer European disappointment at the hands of Welsh club TNS.

Bohemians' first permanent home ground was on the Polo Ground in Phoenix Park. Goal posts and other equipment were kept at Gate Lodge on North Circular Road (Dublin). They remained there until the 1893–94 season when they obtained a private ground on Jones Road now known as Croke Park, the headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The space then took in the ground previously occupied by the Old Belvedere playing pitches and now occupied by the Cusack Stand. For the first time it was possible for the club to build up some sort of finances, since a charge for admission was made at all important home matches.

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They moved to a new home at Whitehall Farm, Glasnevin, in time for the start of the 1895–96 season but in those days, the area was out of the way and without public transport so the Bohemian committee continued to look for a new home ground. Their search came to an end when they moved to Dalymount Park which was officially opened on 7 September 1901.

In 2006 the club's members decided to sell Dalymount Park to developer Liam Carroll in a reported €65,000,000 deal, although then board members refused to allow members to see the details of the deal. The deal included the development of a new 10,000-seater stadium in Harristown near Dublin Airport.{{Cite news |last1=Melia |first1=Paul |last2=Moloney |first2=Eugene |date=6 September 2006 |title=Bohemians say 'yes' to the sale of Dalymount Park in ?65m deal |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/bohemians-say-yes-to-the-sale-of-dalymount-park-in-65m-deal-76942.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102022353/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/bohemians-say-yes-to-the-sale-of-dalymount-park-in-65m-deal-76942.html |archive-date=2 November 2012 |access-date=25 August 2008 |work=Irish Independent}} On 7 November 2008, Bohemians lost a court case versus Albion Ltd, when it was discovered that the board, led by Gerry Cuffe and Gerry Conway, had attempted to re-sell part of the ground which the club no longer owned, which has had the effect of putting the move on hold long enough for the property market to collapse and the deal to be all but dead.{{Cite web |date=8 November 2008 |title=Bohs lose court case; LAND PLANS.(News) |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-188615103.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115223920/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-188615103.html |archive-date=15 November 2018 |website=Irish Daily Mirror}} In March 2015 Dublin City Council announced that it would purchase Dalymount park.{{Cite news |last=O'Donoghue |first=Paul |date=18 March 2015 |title=Council strikes €3.4m deal to buy Dalymount Park |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/council-strikes-34m-deal-to-buy-dalymount-park-31075591.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425204644/http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/council-strikes-34m-deal-to-buy-dalymount-park-31075591.html |archive-date=25 April 2015 |access-date=19 March 2015 |work=Irish Independent}}{{Cite web |date=18 March 2015 |title=Council To Buy Dalymount Park |url=http://www.98fm.com/Council-To-Buy-Dalymount-Park- |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113170152/http://www.98fm.com/Council-To-Buy-Dalymount-Park- |archive-date=13 November 2018 |access-date=19 March 2015 |publisher=Dublin's 98FM}} The Council completed the purchase in June 2015 for €3.8million.{{Cite web |last=Press Association |date=8 June 2015 |title=3.8m euro deal for Dalymount Park |url=http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/38m-euro-deal-for-dalymount-park-31286131.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205011600/http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/38m-euro-deal-for-dalymount-park-31286131.html |archive-date=5 February 2016 |access-date=8 June 2015 |website=Irish Independent}}{{Cite web |date=7 July 2015 |title=Bohemians FC agree to allow Dublin City Council acquire Dalymount Park for €3.8m |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/bohemians-fc-agree-to-allow-dublin-city-council-acquire-dalymount-park-for-38m-31350872.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624212854/http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/bohemians-fc-agree-to-allow-dublin-city-council-acquire-dalymount-park-for-38m-31350872.html |archive-date=24 June 2016 |access-date=25 May 2016 |website=Irish Independent}} In February 2016 the Council published plans to demolish and rebuild Dalymount on a phased basis at a cost of €20 million.{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Olivia |date=17 February 2016 |title=Demolition and rebuild proposed for Dalymount Park |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/national-league/demolition-and-rebuild-proposed-for-dalymount-park-1.2537131 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623160637/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/national-league/demolition-and-rebuild-proposed-for-dalymount-park-1.2537131 |archive-date=23 June 2016 |access-date=25 May 2016 |newspaper=The Irish Times}} In October 2022, the council published its updated redevelopment plans, with a proposed capacity of 7,880, and a completion date of 2026.{{Cite web |title=Redeveloped Dalymount Park set to open in 2026 as new plan revealed |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/redeveloped-dalymount-park-set-to-open-in-2026-as-new-plan-revealed-42116420.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114194050/https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/redeveloped-dalymount-park-set-to-open-in-2026-as-new-plan-revealed-42116420.html |archive-date=14 November 2022 |access-date=26 May 2023 |website=Independent.ie|date=3 November 2022 }}{{Cite web |last=O'Riordan |first=Luke |date=3 November 2022 |title=Bohemian FC welcomes DCC Dalymount Park design decision |url=https://bohemianfc.com/?p=18646 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204193734/https://bohemianfc.com/?p=18646 |archive-date=4 December 2022 |access-date=26 May 2023 |website=BohemianFC.com}} It is likely that Bohemians would need to play elsewhere during redevelopment.{{Cite news |last=Malone |first=Emmet |date=5 February 2016 |title=Dublin City Council unveil plan for redeveloped Dalymount |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/national-league/dublin-city-council-unveil-plan-for-redeveloped-dalymount-1.2523069 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216175429/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/national-league/dublin-city-council-unveil-plan-for-redeveloped-dalymount-1.2523069 |archive-date=16 February 2016 |access-date=25 May 2016 |newspaper=The Irish Times}}

Although they did not make their first appearance in European competition until 1970, they have, like all Irish clubs, found the going tough in Europe, but they have had some famous successes too. Their finest hour came when they eliminated Scottish Premier League club (and former Cup Winners' Cup and European Super Cup champions) Aberdeen from the UEFA Cup in August 2000. That triumph was set up by a dramatic 2–1 victory away from home, in which Bohs scored 2 late goals to overturn a 1–0 deficit.{{Cite news |title=Soccer: Bohs embarrass Aberdeen in UEFA Cup |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2000/0810/soccer1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716223816/https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2000/0810/150758-soccer1/ |archive-date=16 July 2018 |access-date=8 November 2018 |work=RTÉ.ie}} That was the first time an Irish club defeated British opposition away from home in European competition. Other notable results include wins against Rangers and Kaiserslautern (away) and draws against Rangers, Newcastle United, Sporting CP, Dundee United (away) and Aberdeen. In all, they have beaten a total of 11 different teams, from 9 countries (Denmark, Cyprus, Scotland, Germany, Estonia, Belarus, Belgium, Wales and Latvia). Bohs bowed out of the 2008 Intertoto Cup on away goals to Latvian side FK Riga despite winning the second leg 2–1. Earlier in that campaign they recorded their biggest single leg (5–1) and aggregate (9–3) wins in Europe (against Welsh Premier League club Rhyl).

Bohemians started their 2009–10 UEFA Champions League campaign away to Austrian Bundesliga champions Red Bull Salzburg on 16 July 2009 with a 1–1 draw in Salzburg.{{Cite news |date=2009-07-16 |title=Ndo grabs precious away goal |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0716/1224250763063.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021064730/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0716/1224250763063.html |archive-date=21 October 2012 |access-date=2009-07-23 |newspaper=The Irish Times}}

In the second leg on 22 July 2009, Bohemians held out until an 87th-minute goal by Patrik Ježek for Red Bull Salzburg gave them a one-nil victory on the night and two one win on aggregate.{{Cite news |date=2009-07-23 |title=Bohemians 0–1 Red Bull Salzburg (Agg 1–2) |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0722/bohemians_salzburg.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725092732/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2009/0722/bohemians_salzburg.html |archive-date=25 July 2009 |access-date=2009-07-23 |work=RTÉ Sport}}

After retaining the league title in 2009, Bohs entered the Champions League again in 2010–11. They were drawn against Welsh side The New Saints in the Second Qualifying Round, and won the first leg 1–0 at Dalymount Park on 13 July 2010.{{Cite news |date=2010-07-13 |title=Bohemians 1–0 TNS |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0713/bohemians_tns1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717024909/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0713/bohemians_tns1.html |archive-date=17 July 2010 |access-date=2010-07-19 |work=RTÉ Sport}} They lost the second leg 4–0 and were eliminated 4–1 on aggregate.{{Cite news |date=2010-07-20 |title=The New Saints 4–0 Bohemians (4–1 agg) |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0720/bohemians_tns2.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722100553/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0720/bohemians_tns2.html |archive-date=22 July 2010 |access-date=2010-07-21 |publisher=RTÉ}} Bohs manager Pat Fenlon later labelled the performance as 'disgraceful' and said 'the players let the club, league and country down'.{{Cite news |date=2010-07-21 |title=Embarrassed Fenlon slams 'disgraceful' Bohs |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0721/fenlonp.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722114332/http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2010/0721/fenlonp.html |archive-date=22 July 2010 |access-date=2010-07-21 |publisher=rte.ie}} The result was labelled by others as the worst result in Bohs' 40-year European history.{{Cite news |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Aidan |date=2010-07-21 |title=Fenlon fumes as sorry Gypsies sent crashing |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/fenlon-fumes-as-sorry-gypsies-sent-crashing-2265915.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100723110034/http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/fenlon-fumes-as-sorry-gypsies-sent-crashing-2265915.html |archive-date=23 July 2010 |access-date=2010-07-21 |work=Irish Independent}}

After a nearly a decade away from continental competition, Bohs faced Hungarian opposition in the form of Fehérvár in the 2020-2021 UEFA Europa League qualifiers. The gypsies narrowly missed out by virtue of a penalty shoot-out loss, decided after a solitary one-legged affair was played, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Bohs entered the inaugural Europa Conference League the year after and consecutively sold out their home matches at Dublin's Aviva Stadium in matches with Stjarnan FC and F91 Dudelange, both home legs ending with famous 3-0 victories.

"Bohs" 2021 European campaign came to end in Thessalonika after defeat to PAOK, when they lost the 3–2 on aggregate, following a heroic win in the first leg at the Aviva Stadium on 3 August, when Scottish winger Ali Coote scored a brace in what has to rank as one of the best ever wins by an Irish team in Europe.{{Cite web |last=Donnelly, Dave |date=4 August 2021 |title=Bohemians claim stunning first leg victory against PAOK |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2021/0803/1238847-bohs-claim-stunning-first-leg-victory-against-paok/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818232014/https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2021/0803/1238847-bohs-claim-stunning-first-leg-victory-against-paok/ |archive-date=18 August 2023 |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=RTE}} The Greek side had just signed ex Dortmund and Manchester United star Shinji Kagawa and had a budget of circa €75M compared to the Bohemian's estimated €750,000.{{Cite web |last=Dempsey, Andrew |date=4 August 2021 |title=Brilliant Bohs Stun Greek Giants PAOK As The Aviva Rocks To Its Core |url=https://www.balls.ie/football/brilliant-bohemians-stun-greek-giants-paok-478965 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818232015/https://www.balls.ie/football/brilliant-bohemians-stun-greek-giants-paok-478965 |archive-date=18 August 2023 |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=Balls}} On 12 August the Irish team bowed out of the Europa Conference League Qualification{{Cite web |date=12 August 2021 |title=Bohemians' brilliant European run comes to an end after PAOK prevail in Greece |url=https://www.the42.ie/bohemians-paok-report-5521536-Aug2021/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818232014/https://www.the42.ie/bohemians-paok-report-5521536-Aug2021/ |archive-date=18 August 2023 |access-date=18 August 2023 |website=The42}} campaign after their fans were denied access to the stadium amid protests from the home fans about Covid restrictions, following a 2–0 defeat on the night in a tense Thessalonika atmosphere.

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Bohs' fan base is mainly drawn from the northside of Dublin and their supporters share a bitter rivalry with Southside club, Shamrock Rovers. However, the club has many fans from other parts of the city, across Ireland and worldwide. The club shares a rivalry with their Northside neighbours Shelbourne largely because of geographical proximity as both clubs are now located roughly just 1 mile apart, and also because they featured prominently in the early days of Dublin football, when nationwide football was still based around Belfast. Shelbourne and Bohs were often featured in the Belfast-centered Irish Football League before partition and the rivalry was kept on-off after they formed the new Irish Free State league with six other clubs.

During 2006, a number of Bohemians fans formed an ultra group in an effort to create a more interesting atmosphere at home games. Ironically named The Notorious Boo-Boys (or NBB, a term used by journalists to disparage the patience of Bohs fans), the group bought flags and organised displays during games to lift the atmosphere of the home of Irish football Dalymount Park.[http://www.bohemians.ie/index.php/supporters/boo-boys-site.htm Notorious Boo-Boys launch site] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130075038/http://www.bohemians.ie/index.php/supporters/boo-boys-site.htm |date=30 January 2008 }}, Bohemian F.C. Official Website, 2008. Retrieved on 2 January 2008 The fans have friendly contacts with Prague club Bohemians 1905, Welsh club Wrexham AFC,{{Cite web |title=The Football Ramble podcast |url=http://www.thefootballramble.com/indepth/entry/just-who-are-the-real-bohemians-of-prague |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150103181940/http://www.thefootballramble.com/indepth/entry/just-who-are-the-real-bohemians-of-prague |archive-date=3 January 2015 |access-date=3 January 2015 |website=thefootballramble.com}} Swedish club Malmö FF as well as English non-league and fellow supporter owned club FC United of Manchester.

The club boasts some well known supporters such as Johnny Logan,{{Cite news |last=Ahern |first=Neil |date=15 October 2008 |title=European 'legend' leaves Hunt in Dalymount shade |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/european-legend-leaves-hunt-in-dalymount-shade-26484605.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614194916/https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/european-legend-leaves-hunt-in-dalymount-shade-26484605.html |archive-date=14 June 2018 |access-date=4 November 2016 |work=Irish Independent}}{{Cite news |last=Maguire |first=Stephen |date=10 May 2009 |title='I Had to Stop Drinking Because I Was Turning into an Alcoholic and Fortunately Singing Keeps My Mind off It' Exclusive: Eurovision Hero Johnny Logan on the Demons That Keep Him Working |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-199479462.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614172144/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-199479462.html |archive-date=14 June 2018 |access-date=4 November 2016 |work=Irish Sunday Mirror}} Samuel L. Jackson,{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Paul |year=2014 |title=Here are just some of the many reasons why Samuel L. Jackson is the coolest motherf***er alive |url=http://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/here-are-just-some-of-the-many-reasons-why-samuel-l-jackson-is-the-coolest-motherfer-alive/456449 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104110130/http://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/here-are-just-some-of-the-many-reasons-why-samuel-l-jackson-is-the-coolest-motherfer-alive/456449 |archive-date=4 November 2016 |access-date=4 November 2016 |website=Joe.ie}} Aslan's Christy Dignam,{{citation needed|date=July 2013}} alternative band Royseven,{{Cite web |last=O'Riordan |first=Luke |date=3 April 2014 |title=Thank You Royseven |url=http://bohemianfc.com/?p=6191 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104204454/http://bohemianfc.com/?p=6191 |archive-date=4 November 2016 |access-date=4 November 2016 |publisher=Bohemian F.C.}} post-punk band Fontaines D.C., as well as musicians Brush Shiels,{{Cite web |date=4 December 2008 |title=Ex-players who quit the beautiful game to make sweet music |url=http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/explayers-who-quit-the-beautiful-game-to-make-sweet-music-27894415.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104205334/http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/explayers-who-quit-the-beautiful-game-to-make-sweet-music-27894415.html |archive-date=4 November 2016 |access-date=4 November 2016 |website=Herald.ie}} Rob Smith{{Cite web |last=McGillicuddy |first=Kevin |year=2015 |title=Dublin's Rob Smith chats about his Boca Juniors love affair and getting a selfie with Maradona |url=http://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/dublins-rob-smith-chats-about-his-boca-juniors-love-affair-and-getting-a-selfie-with-maradona/26163 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104114453/http://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/dublins-rob-smith-chats-about-his-boca-juniors-love-affair-and-getting-a-selfie-with-maradona/26163 |archive-date=4 November 2016 |access-date=4 November 2016 |website=SportsJoe.ie}} and novelist Irvine Welsh.{{Cite web |last=Welsh |first=Irvine |author-link=Irvine Welsh |date=18 October 2007 |title=In the past 15 years Dublin has gone from being Calcutta to Paris |url=http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/irvine-welsh-in-the-past-15-years-dublin-has-gone-from-being-calcutta-to-paris-26438333.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316083155/http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/irvine-welsh-in-the-past-15-years-dublin-has-gone-from-being-calcutta-to-paris-26438333.html |archive-date=16 March 2016 |access-date=4 November 2016 |website=Irish Independent}} The club also has a working relationship with Hibernian FC of Edinburgh.

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On 27 November 2018, Bohemians were accepted to the Under-17 Women's National League beginning with the 2019 season. The aim was to grow the number of women in the club and eventually compete in the Women's National League.{{Cite news |date=4 December 2018 |title=Bohemian FC to join Under-17 Women's National League |url=http://wnl.fai.ie/news/1013-bohemian-fc-to-join-under-17-women-s-national-league.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224023829/http://wnl.fai.ie/news/1013-bohemian-fc-to-join-under-17-women-s-national-league.html |archive-date=24 December 2018 |access-date=23 December 2018 |publisher=FAI Women's National League}} The historic first game in the Under-17 Women's National League for Bohemians was played on 13 April 2019 against Cork City and ended in 0–2 defeat.

Just one year after being accepted to compete in the Under-17 Women's National League, Bohemians was accepted to the Women's National League on 18 February 2020.{{Cite news |date=18 February 2020 |title=2020 Women's National League to expand to nine teams |url=https://wnl.fai.ie/news/1145-2020-women-s-national-league-to-expand-to-nine-teams.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218200438/https://wnl.fai.ie/news/1145-2020-women-s-national-league-to-expand-to-nine-teams.html |archive-date=18 February 2020 |access-date=18 February 2020 |publisher=FAI Women's National League}} The first match was originally scheduled for 15 March 2020, however, the team was made to wait until 8 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland which delayed the start of the season. The game ended in a 4–1 defeat to Wexford Youths. Chloe Darby scored the consolation goal and wrote herself into the history books as Bohemians' first-ever female goalscorer.{{Cite news |date=8 August 2020 |title=Wexford Youth vs Bohemians |url=https://www.extratime.com/fixtures/detail/41953/1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511150330/https://www.extratime.com/fixtures/detail/41953/1/ |archive-date=11 May 2022 |access-date=8 August 2020 |publisher=Extratime.com}}

Bohemians compete in the LOI National Underage Leagues at all available age groups. Their academy section consists of six teams: Men's U19, U17, U15 and U14 for boys, Women's U19 and the U17 age group for girls.{{cite web |url=https://bohemians.ie/our-academy/|title=Our Academy - Bohemian Football Club |publisher=bohemians.ie|access-date=14 April 2025}}

Beyond their national underage teams, Bohemians have over 500 boys and girls playing across 25 teams competing in the Dublin and District Schoolboys'/Girls' League (DDSL), the North Dublin Schoolboys/Girls League (NDSL) and the Metropolitan Girls League (MGL).{{cite web |url=https://www.bohemianfcyouths.com/our-teams-copy|title=Our Teams - Bohemian Football Club |publisher=bohemiansfcyouths.com|access-date=16 April 2025}}

Bohemian Futsal compete in the AUL Futsal Premier Division, the winners of which compete in the UEFA Futsal Champions League preliminary rounds. Bohs also have a 'B' team that compete in the AUL Futsal Division One. They are the only League of Ireland club with a futsal club.

In 2021, Dublin City University and Bohemians agreed an 18-year multi-faceted partnership involving football, social inclusion, social outreach and academic programme collaboration. As part of the arrangement, DCU Sports Campus became Bohemians’ training base and Bohemians committed to invest around €1.5 million into the facility. The training complex has four full-sized grass pitches, one all-weather artificial turf pitch and a high performance gym. Future development plans include a second artificial turf pitch, club offices for academy and team staff, player meeting rooms, a physio room and a kit room.{{cite web |url=https://www.dcu.ie/commsteam/news/2021/mar/bohemian-fc-and-dcu-announce-18-year-collaborative-partnership |title= Bohemian FC and DCU Announce 18 Year Collaborative Partnership |publisher=www.DCU.ie |access-date=18 April 2025}}{{Cite news |last=Malone |first=Emmet |date=11 March 2021 |title=Bohemians to invest €1.5m in new training facility in partnership with DCU |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/national-league/bohemians-to-invest-1-5m-in-new-training-facility-in-partnership-with-dcu-1.4507953 |access-date=11 May 2025 |work=The Irish Times}}{{Cite web |date=2025-09-01 |title=DCU Sports Grounds {{!}} Dublin City University |url=https://www.dcu.ie/dcusport/dcu-sports-grounds |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=www.dcu.ie |language=en}}

{{updated|20 March 2025}} {{cite web |url=https://bohemians.ie/mens-squad/

|title=Men's Squad - Bohemian Football Club|publisher=Bohemians.ie |access-date=22 April 2025}}

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{{fs player|no=1|nat=IRL|pos=GK|name=James Talbot}}

{{fs player|no=2|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Liam Smith}}

{{fs player|no=3|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Kian Best|other=on loan from Preston North End}}

{{fs player|no=4|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Niall Morahan}}

{{fs player|no=5|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Rob Cornwall}}

{{fs player|no=6|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Jordan Flores}}

{{fs player|no=7|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Connor Parsons}}

{{fs player|no=8|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Dayle Rooney}}

{{fs player|no=9|nat=IRL|pos=FW|name=Colm Whelan}}

{{fs player|no=10|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Dawson Devoy}}

{{fs player|no=11|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=Lys Mousset}}

{{fs player|no=14|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=James McManus}}{{Cite web |date=2025-05-02 |title='It came to a stage where it was one or the other, Gaelic or soccer, and I had to choose' |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/it-came-to-a-stage-where-it-was-one-or-the-other-gaelic-or-soccer-and-i-had-to-choose/a1247826618.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Independent.ie |language=en}}

{{fs player|no=15|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=James Clarke}}

{{fs player|no=16|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Keith Buckley|other=Captain}}

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{{fs player|no=17|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Adam McDonnell}}

{{fs player|no=19|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Rhys Brennan}}

{{fs player|no=20|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Leigh Kavanagh}}

{{fs player|no=21|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Alex Lacey}}

{{fs player|no=22|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=John Mountney}}

{{fs player|no=23|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Archie Meekison}}

{{fs player|no=26|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Ross Tierney}}

{{fs player|no=28|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Seán Moore}}

{{fs player|no=29|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Seán Grehan|other=on loan from Crystal Palace}}

{{fs player|no=30|nat=POL|pos=GK|name=Kacper Chorążka}}

{{fs player|no=31|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Declan Osagie}}

{{fs player|no=32|nat=LAT|pos=MF|name=Markuss Strods}}

{{fs player|no=36|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Christopher Conlon}}

{{fs player|no=40|nat=IRL|pos=GK|name=Joe Collins}}

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{{fs player|no=13|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Divin Isamala|other=on loan at Portadown}}

{{fs player|no=24|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=Cian Byrne|other=on loan at Galway United}}

{{fs player|no=27|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=Billy Gilmore|other=on loan at Athlone Town}}

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Bohemian's Player of the Year award is voted for by the club's supporters at the end of every season.

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• League of Ireland/Premier Division 11:
• 1923–24, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1974–75, 1977–78, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2008, 2009
• FAI Cup 7:
• 1927–28, 1934–35, 1969–70, 1975–76, 1991–92, 2000–01, 2008
• Irish Cup: 1
• 1907–08
• League of Ireland Cup: 3
• 1974–75, 1978–79, 2009
• League of Ireland Shield: 6
• 1923–24, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1938–39, 1939–40
• Setanta Sports Cup: 1
• 2010
• LFA President's Cup: 13
• 1965–66, 1967–68, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02
• Dublin City Cup: 1
• 1935–36
• Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup: 1
• 1944–45
• Top Four Cup: 1
• 1971–72
• Aciéries d'Angleur Trophy: 1
• 1929
• Leinster Senior League: 8
• 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1904–05, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1917–18, 1931–32
• Leinster Senior Cup: 33 (record)
• 1893–94, 1894–95, 1895–96, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1898–99, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1904–05, 1906–07, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1939–40, 1946–47, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1997–98, 2015–16, 2022–23
• FAI Intermediate Cup: 1
• 1931–32
• FAI Youth Cup
• 1969–70, 2001–02, 2014–15: 3

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• Record League Points Tally 85 in season 2008 (33 games) (record total and 19-point record margin)
• Record League Victory 10–1 (h) v University College Dublin (16 August 2019){{Cite news |title=Bohemians show no mercy as they hit sorry UCD for 10 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/national-league/bohemians-show-no-mercy-as-they-hit-sorry-ucd-for-10-1.3988757 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903175733/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/national-league/bohemians-show-no-mercy-as-they-hit-sorry-ucd-for-10-1.3988757 |archive-date=3 September 2019 |access-date=2019-08-19 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}
• Record Leinster Senior Cup Victory 11–0 v Grangegorman (26 December 1946) (Leinster Senior Cup Final)
• League defeat: 0–5 v St Patrick's Athletic, 6 December 1996
• Record League Goal scorer Glen Crowe – 133 goals
• Record League Goal scorer in one Season Glen Crowe – 25 goals in 2000–01
• Most appearances (player): 575, Tommy Kelly
• Most goals (player): 192, Turlough O'Connor
• Youngest Player Evan Ferguson – 14 years 337 days (20 September 2019 vs Derry City in the League of Ireland Premier Division){{Cite web |last=McLaughlin |first=Kevin |date=2019-09-20 |title=Evan Ferguson, 14, makes Bohs debut in Derry stalemate |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2019/0920/1077273-europe-chasers-derry-and-bohs-play-out-scoreless-draw/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116204208/https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2019/0920/1077273-europe-chasers-derry-and-bohs-play-out-scoreless-draw/ |archive-date=16 November 2019 |access-date=11 December 2019 |website=RTÉ Sport}}
• Oldest player: 40, Gary Matthews
• First goalscorer: Joseph Whelan v Britannia, 1 November 1890
• Quickest Red Card: Gareth Fleming 8 minutes v St Patricks Athletic, 2001

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• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Seán Thomas (1964–67)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Pat Murphy (May 1967 – April 68)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Seán Thomas (1968–73)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Billy Young (1973–89)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Padraig O'Connor (1989–90)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Eamonn Gregg (1990–93)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Turlough O'Connor (1993–98)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Joe McGrath (1998)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Roddy Collins (1998–01)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Pete Mahon (2001)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Stephen Kenny (2001–04)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Gareth Farrelly (2004–06)
• {{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} Sean Connor (17 Nov 2006 – 19 Dec 2007)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Pat Fenlon (22 Dec 2007 – 25 Nov 2011)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Aaron Callaghan (1 Jan 2012 – 15 July 2013)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Owen Heary (interim) (16 July 2013 – Sept 12, 2013)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Bobby Browne (Sep 2013 – Nov 2013)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Owen Heary (Jan 2014 – Nov 2014)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Keith Long (Nov 2014 – Aug 2022)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Derek Pender (interim) (Aug 2022 – Oct 2022)
• {{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} Declan Devine (Oct 2022 – March 2024)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Derek Pender (interim) (March 2024)
• {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} Alan Reynolds (March 2024 – present)

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110712163700/http://www.bohemians.ie/news/4-club-news/1032-toccy-back-gypsies-trust.html/ Gypsies Trust launched], news on the launch of the [http://www.wix.com/xabisvision/gypsiessupporterstrust Gypsies Supporters Trust] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423141115/http://www.wix.com/xabisvision/gypsiessupporterstrust |date=23 April 2012}}
• [http://www.ddsl.ie/ Dublin and District Schoolboys'/Girls' League (DDSL)]

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