Eden Futsal Club

Eden Futsal Club is an Irish futsal club based in Blanchardstown, Fingal. The club played under various names including English in Dublin, Sporting Fingal EID, EID Futsal and Eden College. In 2008 they were founder members of the Emerald Futsal League and between 2010 and 2014 they won the FAI Futsal Cup five times in a row. As a result, they also represented the Republic of Ireland in the UEFA Futsal Cup on five consecutive occasions between 2010–11 and 2014–15.

Eden Futsal Club
Full nameEnglish in Dublin
Sporting Fingal EID
EID Futsal
Eden College
Eden Futsal
Founded2008
GroundIT Blanchardstown [1]
LeagueEmerald Futsal League

History

Emerald Futsal League

In 2008 English in Dublin were founding members of the Emerald Futsal League. [2] They were effectively the futsal team of an English language school of the same name based in Merrion Square. [3][4] In 2009 they became affiliated with Sporting Fingal F.C. and began playing as Sporting Fingal EID. [5][6] After the Sporting Fingal League of Ireland team disbanded, the futsal team continued to play as EID Futsal.[7] Playing as EID Futsal they won their first Emerald Futsal League title in 2011, defeating Shamrock Rovers 3–1 in the final. [8][9][10] In 2012 the club became affiliated to Eden College, another English language school. [10][11][12][13] Playing as Eden Futsal Club, the club won a second league title in 2014, this time after defeating Transylvania 6–5 in the final. [14]

FAI Futsal Cup

In 2010 Sporting Fingal EID won the FAI Futsal Cup after defeating Blue Magic 4–2 in the final. [15] As EID Futsal they also won the 2011 and 2012 FAI Futsal Cups, again defeating Blue Magic in both finals. [16][17][11] Playing as Eden College and then as then as Eden Futsal, the club won two further FAI Futsal Cups in 2013 and 2014. In the finals they defeated Shamrock Rovers and FCG Dublin Futsal respectively [18][19]

UEFA Futsal Cup

As a result of winning the FAI Futsal Cup five times in a row between 2010 and 2014, Eden also represented the Republic of Ireland in the UEFA Futsal Cup on five consecutive occasions between 2010–11 and 2014–15. In 2010–11 and 2012–13 they won their preliminary groups and qualified for the main round. On the other three occasions, they finished as runners up in their preliminary groups. In 2014–15 they also acted as host of their group.

2010–11

In the 2010–11 UEFA Futsal Cup preliminary round Sporting Fingal EID travelled to Kaunas and after defeating the host team, FK Nautara Kaunas, and FC Kaghsi Yerevan (Armenia), 5–3 and 7–3 respectively, they won their group. In doing so they became the first team from the Republic of Ireland to progress beyond the preliminary round. [20][21][22][23][24] However they failed to impress in the main round and lost all three of their games.

Preliminary round – Group A
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Sporting Fingal 62200126
Qakhsi Hrazdan 3210158
FK Nautara Kaunas 0200247
Main Round – Group 3
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Araz Naxçivan 33001779
City'us Târgu Mureş 32011666
FK Nikars Riga 31027153
Sporting Fingal 30037190

2011–12

In the 2011–12 UEFA Futsal Cup EID Futsal finished as runners up in their group. [25][26][27][28]

Preliminary round – Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA
Geneva Futsal 73210236
EID Futsal 732101914
FK Nautara Kaunas 331021513
The New Saints 030031135

2012–13

In the 2012–13 UEFA Futsal Cup EID Futsal won their preliminary group and qualified for the main round for second time. [11] However once they again they finished fourth.

Preliminary round – Group C
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
EID Futsal 632011413+1
Allstars Wiener Neustadt 431111412+2
TUFAD Ankara S. 4311111110
Futsal Minerva 331021821-3
Main Round – Group 6
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Győri ETO 73210147+7
Araz Naxçivan 43111913-4
Club Futsal Eindhoven 33102910-1
EID Futsal 331021012-2

2013–14

In the 2013–14 UEFA Futsal Cup Eden College finished as runners up in their preliminary group. [29]

Preliminary round – Group F
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
MFK VitEn Vitebsk 93300206+14
Eden College 43111770
Göteborg Futsal Club 431111012-2
Perth Saltires 03003618-12

2014–15

The 2014–15 UEFA Futsal Cup saw Eden Futsal host their preliminary group. The tournament was held at the National Basketball Arena between 25 August and 29 August 2014. [10] Eden subsequently finished as runners up in the group. [30]

Preliminary round – Group A
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Hovocubo 93300133+10
Eden Futsal 63201157+8
Istanbul Üniversitesi SK 33102118+3
Wrexham Futsal Club 03003425–21

Notable players

2014 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Pedro Godinho
GK Dalibor Surlin
GK Marcin Fornal
DF Arthur Barbosa
DF Joel Rocha
DF Selassie Neto
DF Edson Junior
DF Rafael Rodrigues
DF Rafael Souto
No. Position Player
DF Hygo Silva
FW Adam Kowalauk
FW Gabriel Gheno
FW Leandro Maciel
FW Matheus Xavier
FW Rodrigo De Melo
FW Ricardo Braga
FW Helio Neto
FW Badr Bouznig
Head Coach
Rodrigo de Melo

Source:[31]

Republic of Ireland internationals
  • Ian Carry
  • Ian Byrne
  • Brendan Dawson
  • Mark Langtry

Source:[32][33]

Honours

Source:[15][10][34]

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