Maiden City Football Club is an intermediate football club based in

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, playing in the

Northern Ireland Intermediate League The Northern Ireland Intermediate League is an amateur intermediate league based in the north-west region of Northern Ireland. As one of the leagues in the 4th tier of Northern Irish football, the league champions can be promoted to the NIFL Prem ...

. Formerly only a youth football academy, the club was formed in 2016 as a pathway to senior football for players coming through their already prestigious academy. Emphasis at the club is still put on the youth academy and progression of young players, many of whom have progressed into professional football. In the 2017/18 season, Maiden City won the

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, beating

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2-1 in the final. The club participates in the

Irish Cup The Irish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly referred to as the Irish Cup (currently known as the Samuel Gelston's Whiskey Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) is the primary football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland. I ...

,Irish Cup 2013-14
and have reached the fifth round of the 2018 competition, where they were away to

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. They also played in the 3rd round of the

against Tullycarnet FC in 2019 and where defeated 3-2.

Honours

: 3 **2017–18, 2018–19, 2022-23 *NI Intermediate League Cup: 3 **2017–18 **2018-19 **2021-22 *NI Intermediate Challenge Cup: 1 **2018-19

External links

nifootball.co.uk
- (For fixtures, results and tables of all Northern Ireland amateur football leagues)

References

Association football clubs in Northern Ireland Association football clubs in County Londonderry {{NorthernIreland-footyclub-stub