Dublin University Football Club is Trinity College, Dublin's Rugby Union club. The Club was established in 1854 and has a strong claim to be the World's oldest football club (of any code) with a well-documented, continuous history. Trinity College, Dublin, corporately designated as the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, and is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ... A scrum Rugby union (often referred to as rugby, union or football) is one of the two codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The title of the worlds oldest football club, or the oldest club in a particular country, is often disputed, or is claimed by several different clubs, across several different codes of football. ...
The title of the world's oldest footballclub, or the oldest club in a particular country, is often disputed, or is claimed by several different clubs, across several different codes of football.
Sheffield FootballClub, in Sheffield, England is the oldest documented non-university club, and was founded in 1857.
It is officially recognised by both FIFA and the English Football Association as the oldest Association footballclub in the world.