Athletic Union League (Dublin)
| Country |
 Ireland
|
|---|---|
| Region |
 County Dublin
|
| Divisions | 13 |
| Level on pyramid | ? |
| Domestic cup(s) |
FAI Cup FAI Junior Cup Leinster Senior Cup Leinster Junior Cup |
| League cup(s) | Nivea Cup Liddy Cup |
| Current champions | Sheriff Y.C. |
| Website | http://www.aul.ie/ |
The Athletic Union League is an association football league featuring junior and amateur teams mainly from Northside, Dublin. The AUL currently operates thirteen divisions. It's senior division is known as the Premier A. Teams from the AUL also compete in the FAI Cup, the FAI Junior Cup and the Leinster Senior Cup. The AUL headquarters are based at the AUL Complex at Clonshaugh/Swords, Dublin. The AUL is affiliated to both the Football Association of Ireland and the Leinster Football Association.
A number of current and former and League of Ireland clubs have played in the AUL at one time of another. At the end of the 1933–34 League of Ireland season, Shelbourne were suspended by the FAI and banned from playing football for one season. After completing their ban, Shelbourne spent the 1935–36 season playing in the AUL before rejoining the League of Ireland in 1936–37.Athlone Town also played in the AUL during the 1930s.Bray Wanderers played in the AUL between 1943–44 and 1954–55 before joining the Leinster Senior League.St Francis joined the AUL in 1968 before they also joined the Leinster Senior League. In more recent seasons Frankfort, who were among the founding members of the League of Ireland, also played in the AUL.
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