The club is historically linked to the
Sirocco Engineering Works located on the east bank of the
River Lagan in Belfast. Established in 1881, the company was one of the leading makers of
rope in the world before focusing on the
tea industry and supplying the local
Harland and Wolff shipyards. It was one of the biggest employers in Belfast and from this spawned the Sirocco Works Football Club. The club joined the Amateur League in 1924 and is the longest-serving member of that league, in unbroken membership ever since. The success of the football club mirrored that of the engineering firm with the majority of the club's trophies won in the 1930s and 1940s. From 1934 up to 1940, the club won six back-to-back league titles and numerous cups. The 1938/39 season saw the club claim four honours including the league title,
Border Regiment Cup and
Clarence Mayes Cup. The club also won the
Steel and Sons Cup, becoming the first amateur side to lift this trophy. The times following
World War II saw the decline of industry in Belfast. Similarly the football club started to struggle in the League. By 1960 the club picked up their last notable honour for the next 20 years, an appearance in the final of the Border Cup. In 1999 came the death knell for the Sirocco Engineering Works as the site was closed to be redeveloped. Despite the closure of the parent Sirocco engineering plant, board members of the football club decided to continue under the Sirocco name. The club won Division 1B in 2007–08. Sirocco subsequently won promotion back to 1A in 2016/17 and were runners up in the 2017/18 Clarence Cup Final and 2018/19 Steel & Sons Cup Final. == Honours ==