Intervarsity UCC A.F.C. is affiliated to the
Irish Universities Football Union and competes in three annual intervarsity competitions – the
Collingwood Cup, the
Crowley Cup and the
Harding Cup. UCC A.F.C. first won the Collingwood Cup in 1974. Then, during the 1990s, they won it twice in a row – 1990 and 1991. The club won it again in 2000 and then between 2002 and 2005 retained it four times in a row. In 2011, with a team managed by
John Caulfield, UCC won the Collingwood Cup again. In 2015, UCC A.F.C. had one of its most successful intervarsity seasons. In addition to winning the senior Collingwood Cup, they also won the Crowley Cup, the
reserve team competition, and the Harding Cup, featuring teams made up of freshers or first year students. UCC A.F.C. actually entered two teams in both the Crowley Cup and the Harding Cup. In February 2015 UCC A.F.C. hosted the Harding Cup. The UCC freshers team defeated teams representing
Dublin City University,
NUI Galway and
University of Limerick over three consecutive days to claim the cup. In the final played at
The Mardyke on 8 February, UCC defeated Limerick 1–0. Later in the same month the UCC senior team won the Collingwood Cup. In the quarter finals they defeated defending champions
Maynooth University, managed by
Ger O’Brien, 7–6 on penalties. In the semi-final they defeated NUI Galway 1–0. The final, which was played at
Eamon Deacy Park on 26 February, saw UCC defeat
Dublin University 3–1. In March UCC completed an Intervarsity treble when they also won the Crowley Cup. In 2015 they completed an Intervarsity treble – winning the Collingwood Cup, the Crowley Cup and the Harding Cup.
MSL and National Cups In addition to Intervarsity wins, UCC A.F.C. has had some success in the
Munster Senior League. In 2011–12, they won the Senior First Division and as a result were promoted to the
Senior Premier Division. In 2013–14,2016–17 and 2018–19 they were the Senior Premier Division champions. As a result, they qualified to compete in the
2015 League of Ireland Cup. After knocking out
League of Ireland First Division teams
Wexford Youths and
Cobh Ramblers in early rounds they reached the quarter-finals where they played
the holders,
Dundalk, at
The Mardyke. Dundalk were also the
2014 and
2015 League of Ireland champions and proved too strong for UCC. Following the club's MSL Premier Division win in 2017, they qualified for the
2018 League of Ireland Cup, losing 4–1 to Premier Division side
Waterford in the first round at the
RSC. In July 2025, they faced
St Patrick's Athletic in the
2025 FAI Cup, losing 8–0 at
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