The club also enters teams in the College & Universities Football League, the Women's Soccer Colleges Association of Ireland League, the Collingwood Cup and the FAI Intermediate Cup.

and on 7 November 1883 the two clubs met in one of the earliest organised association football games played in Dublin.

Their best season came in 1885–86 when they reached the semi-final after scoring 18 goals without reply in the first four rounds.

However the club would have to wait until 1967 before it won the Collingwood Cup outright for the first time.

In the final at College Park they defeated QUB 1–0 with a penalty scored five minutes from the end.

In 1979 with a team featuring Hugo MacNeill and coached by Liam Tuohy, Dublin University won the Collingwood Cup outright for a second time.

They have also ground shared with both Jacobs Football Club and St Patrick's Athletic.

[5] Source:[5] Frederick Moorhead and William Eames were the first two Dublin University players to represent Ireland when they played against England on 28 February, 1885.

Between 1885 and 1895 nine Dublin University players were capped by Ireland in the British Home Championship.

Lewis Scott was the last Dublin University player to represent Ireland at senior international level when he played against Scotland on 30 March 1895.