Cork City F.C.
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| Full name | Cork City Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | City, Rebel Army, The Leesiders |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Ground | Turners Cross |
| Capacity | 7,485 |
| Owner | FORAS (Supporter owned) |
| Chairman | Pat Lyons |
| Manager | John Caulfield |
| League | League of Ireland Premier Division |
| 2016 | League of Ireland Premier Division, 2nd |
| Website | Club home page |
        Original kit 1984–1989
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 Recurring black Away kit
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 Red Home kit 1997–2002
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 v. Nijmegen 2004
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| See: CorkCityFc.tk | |
Cork City Football Club (Irish: Cumann Peile Chathair Chorcaí) is an Irish association football club based in Cork. The club currently plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division. The club was founded and elected to the League of Ireland in 1984. It was one of the first clubs in Ireland (and the first in Cork) to field a team of professional footballers. With the progression of professionalism at the club, continued development of the Turners Cross stadium and the transition to summer football, the club became one of the biggest and best supported clubs in the country. Between 2008 and 2010 however, the club suffered financial and management issues and entered a period of examinership. While the club's holding company was wound up by the courts, fans were awarded a licence under the name "Cork City FORAS Co-op" and entered a team in the 2010 League of Ireland First Division. The club subsequently re-acquired rights to the name "Cork City Football Club", and were promoted back to the premier division for the 2012 season.
City's traditional colours are green and white with red trim, and the crest is a variant of the Cork coat of arms. The club play home games at Turners Cross.
The current club are not the first to use the name Cork City. During the 1920s teams referred to as Cork City competed in both the Munster Senior League and the Munster Senior Cup. A team named Cork City finished as Munster Senior Cup runners up in 1924–25. Another Cork City F.C. also played in the League of Ireland between 1938 and 1940.
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