Crusaders Football Club - a Northern Irish football club from the city of Belfast . The club was founded in 1898, home matches are held at the stadium " Seaview ". Five - time champion of Northern Ireland and three-time winner of the Cup of the country .
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| Complete title | Crusaders football club | ||
| Nicknames | The Hatchetmen (Axes) , The Crues | ||
| Based | 1898 | ||
| Stadium | Sivyu , Belfast | ||
| Capacity | 6,500 | ||
| The president |  Stephen Bell | ||
| Main coach | Stephen Baxter | ||
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| Competition | Premiership | ||
| 2018/19 | 4th | ||
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History
Since 1967, Crusaders have flown 13 times in the very first European Cup rounds, without winning a single victory in 26 matches. Particularly noteworthy is the 0:11 debacle away from the Dynamo Bucharest in the 1973/74 Champions Cup.
In the first qualifying round of the Europa League 2015/15, the Northern Ireland club finally managed to win the first victory and advance to the next round: Lithuanian Ekranas was beaten twice (3: 1 and 2: 1).
In the first qualifying round of the 2015/16 Champions League, the team met with the Estonian champion Levadia (0: 0; 1: 1), and in the second round with the Albanian Skenderbeu , which lost by the sum of two matches (1: 4; 3 : 2).
After becoming the champion of Northern Ireland in the 2017/18 season , Krusaders returned to the Champions League a year later, having begun their performance from the first qualifying round. At this stage, the club got the permanent champion of Bulgaria " Ludogorets ". Both matches ended in defeat with a total score of 0: 9 and the departure of the team from the tournament.
Achievements
- Champion of Northern Ireland (7): 1972/73 , 1975/76 , 1994/95 , 1996/97 , 2014/15 , 2015/16 , 2017/18
- Winner of the Northern Ireland Cup (4): 1966/67 , 1967/68 , 2008/09 , 2018/19
- League Cup Winner (1): 1996/97
European Cup appearances
| Season | Tournament | Round | Rival | Houses | On a visit | Total score | |
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| 1967/68 | Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Valencia | 2: 4 | 0-4 | 2: 8 | |
| 1968/69 | Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Norrköping | 2: 2 | 1: 4 | 3: 6 | |
| 1973/74 | European Cup | First round | Dinamo Bucharest | 0: 1 | 0:11 | 0:12 | |
| 1976/77 | European Cup | First round | Liverpool | 0: 5 | 0: 2 | 0-7 | |
| 1980/91 | Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Newport County | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-4 | |
| 1993/94 | UEFA Cup | First round | Servette | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-4 | |
| 1995/96 | UEFA Cup | Preliminary round | Silkeborg | 1: 2 | 0-4 | 1: 6 | |
| 1996/97 | UEFA Cup | Preliminary round | Zalgiris | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 3 | |
| 1997/98 | UEFA Champions League | 1st qualifying round | Dinamo Tbilisi | 1: 3 | 1: 5 | 2: 8 | |
| 2009/10 | UEFA Europa League | 2nd qualifying round | Rabotnichki | 1: 1 | 2: 4 | 3: 5 | |
| 2011/12 | UEFA Europa League | 2nd qualifying round | Fulham | 1: 3 | 0-4 | 1: 7 | |
| 2012/13 | UEFA Europa League | 1st qualifying round | Rosenborg | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 0-4 | |
| 2013/14 | UEFA Europa League | 1st qualifying round | Rosenborg | 1: 2 | 2: 7 | 3: 9 | |
| 2014/15 | UEFA Europa League | 1st qualifying round | Ecranas | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 5: 2 | |
| 2nd qualifying round | Brommapojkarna | 1: 1 | 0-4 | 1: 5 | |||
| 2015/16 | UEFA Champions League | 1st qualifying round | Levadia | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 ( g ) | |
| 2nd qualifying round | Scanderbeu | 3: 2 | 1: 4 | 4: 6 | |||
| 2016/17 | UEFA Champions League | 2nd qualifying round | Copenhagen | 0: 3 | 0: 6 | 0: 9 | |
| 2017/18 | UEFA Europa League | 1st qualifying round | Liepaja | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 3: 3 ( g ) | |
| 2018/19 | UEFA Champions League | 1st qualifying round | Ludogorets | 0: 2 | 0-7 | 0: 9 | |
| UEFA Europa League | 2nd qualifying round | Olympia Ljubljana | 1: 5 | 1: 1 | 2: 6 | ||
| 2019/20 | UEFA Europa League | 1st qualifying round | B36 Torshavn | 2: 0 | 3: 2 | 5: 2 | |
| 2nd qualifying round | Wolverhampton | : | 0: 2 | : |
Famous Players
- Gareth Macaulay
- Derek Spence
- Barry hunter
Current Composition
Notes
Links
- Club Official Website (eng.)