2014 Dundalk F.C. season

Dundalk

2014 season
Manager	Stephen Kenny
Premier Division	1st (champions)
FAI Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Winners
Setanta Cup	Runners-up
Leinster Senior Cup	Round 4
Europa League	2Q
Top goalscorer	League: Patrick Hoban (20) All: Patrick Hoban (24)
Highest home attendance	5,000 (est) (vs. Cork City, 24 October 2014) [1]
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Dundalk entered the 2014 season having finished as runners-up in 2013. 2014 was Stephen Kenny's second season at the club as manager. It was Dundalk's sixth consecutive season in the top tier of Irish football, their 79th in all, and their 88th in the League of Ireland.

Season summary

Before the League programme got underway, Dundalk were defeated by St Patrick's Athletic in the fourth round of the Leinster Senior Cup. ^[2] The 33 round League programme commenced on 7 March 2014, and they were surprisingly beaten 4–1 away to Drogheda United on the opening night. ^[3] But they quickly reached the top of the table and, as the season progressed, and with defending champions St Patrick's Athletic falling away, Dundalk and Cork City were left to compete for the title. On the final night of the season, Dundalk defeated Cork 2–0 in Oriel Park to win the title – their tenth, and first since 1994–95. ^[4]

In the remaining cup competitions, they reached the final of the 2014 Setanta Sports Cup – losing to Sligo Rovers 1–0 in a rain-drenched match. ^[5] They won the 2014 League of Ireland Cup final with a 3–2 victory over Shamrock Rovers in Oriel Park, ^[6] thereby winning the club's first League and League Cup double. The League Cup win came five days after Rovers had defeated Dundalk in the 2014 FAI Cup quarter-final, which had gone to a replay. ^[7]

In Europe they were knocked out at the second hurdle, losing to Hajduk Split in the Europa League second qualifying round. Having comfortably defeated Jeunesse Esch 5–1 on aggregate in the first qualifying round, ^[8] they lost the first leg of the second qualifying round 2–0 in Oriel. But they recovered from going a goal down in Split to take a 2–1 lead, just falling short of the third away goal that would have won the tie. ^[9]

First-Team Squad (2014)

Sources: ^[10]

Name	Date of Birth	Position	Debut season	League appearances	Goals
Peter Cherrie	25 September 1981	GK	2009	33	0
Sean Gannon	11 July 1991	DF	2014	33	2
Brian Gartland	4 November 1986	DF	2013	30	8
Andy Boyle	7 March 1991	DF	2013	32	2
Chris Shields	27 December 1990	MF	2012	28	0
Stephen O'Donnell	15 January 1986	MF	2013	12	2
Daryl Horgan	10 August 1992	MF	2014	33	5
John Mountney	22 February 1993	MF	2012	21	2
David McMillan	14 December 1988	FW	2014	23	7
Ruaidhrí Higgins	23 October 1984	MF	2014	23	0
Kurtis Byrne	9 April 1990	FW	2013	31	7
Dane Massey	17 April 1988	DF	2013	33	2
Richie Towell	17 July 1991	MF	2013	33	11
Patrick Hoban	28 July 1991	FW	2013	32	20
Darren Meenan	1 October 1991	MF	2013	32	3
Donal McDermott	19 October 1989	FW	2014	11	0
Mark Rossiter	27 May 1983	DF	2013	6	0
Mark Griffin	16 June 1991	FW	2008	10	0
Georgie Poynton	8 September 1997	MF	2013	0	0
Gabriel Sava	15 September 1986	GK	2014	0	0

Competitions

Premier Division

Source: ^[11]

Drogheda United v Dundalk

7 March 2014Round 1

Drogheda United

4–1

Dundalk

Dundalk v Limerick

14 March 2014Round 2

Dundalk

2–1

Limerick

Sligo Rovers v Dundalk

22 March 2014Round 3

Sligo Rovers

0–1

Dundalk

Dundalk v Bohemians

28 March 2014Round 4

Dundalk

1–1

Bohemians

St Patrick's Athletic v Dundalk

4 April 2014Round 5

St Patrick's Athletic

1–4

Dundalk

Dundalk v Derry City

7 April 2014Round 6

Dundalk

3–0

Derry City

UCD v Dundalk

11 April 2014Round 7

UCD

1–4

Dundalk

Dundalk v Shamrock Rovers

18 April 2014Round 8

Dundalk

2–2

Shamrock Rovers

Athlone Town v Dundalk

21 April 2014Round 9

Athlone Town

0–1

Dundalk

Bray Wanderers v Dundalk

25 April 2014Round 10

Bray Wanderers

1–0

Dundalk

Dundalk v Cork City

2 May 2014Round 11

Dundalk

4–0

Cork City

Limerick v Dundalk

16 May 2014Round 12

Limerick

1–2

Dundalk

Dundalk v Drogheda United

20 May 2014Round 13

Dundalk

7–0

Drogheda United

Dundalk v Sligo Rovers

23 May 2014Round 14

Dundalk

3–0

Sligo Rovers

Bohemians v Dundalk

30 May 2014Round 15

Bohemians

0–2

Dundalk

Dundalk v UCD

2 June 2014Round 16

Dundalk

5–2

UCD

Dundalk v St Patrick's Athletic

13 June 2014Round 17

Dundalk

0–0

St Patrick's Athletic

Dundalk v Derry City

27 June 2014Round 18

Dundalk

2–2

Derry City

Shamrock Rovers v Dundalk

13 July 2014Round 19

Shamrock Rovers

0–1

Dundalk

Dundalk v Athlone Town

20 July 2014Round 20

Dundalk

2–0

Athlone Town

Dundalk v Bray Wanderers

27 July 2014Round 21

Dundalk

5–1

Bray Wanderers

Cork City v Dundalk

1 August 2014Round 22

Cork City

1–2

Dundalk

Drogheda United v Dundalk

8 August 2014Round 23

Drogheda United

1–1

Dundalk

Dundalk v Limerick

15 August 2014Round 24

Dundalk

1–0

Limerick

Sligo Rovers v Dundalk

18 August 2014Round 25

Sligo Rovers

1–1

Dundalk

Dundalk v Bohemians

29 August 2014Round 26

Dundalk

3–2

Bohemians

St Patrick's Athletic v Dundalk

5 September 2014Round 27

St Patrick's Athletic

1–0

Dundalk

Dundalk v Derry City

5 September 2014Round 28

Dundalk

5–0

Derry City

UCD v Dundalk

26 September 2014Round 29

UCD

0–2

Dundalk

Athlone Town v Dundalk

10 October 2014Round 30

Athlone Town

0–3

Dundalk

Dundalk v Shamrock Rovers

13 October 2014Round 31

Dundalk

0–0

Shamrock Rovers

Bray Wanderers v Dundalk

17 October 2014Round 32

Bray Wanderers

1–1

Dundalk

Dundalk v Cork City

24 October 2014Round 33

Dundalk

2–0

Cork City

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dundalk (C)	33	22	8	3	73	24	+49	74	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Cork City	33	22	6	5	51	25	+26	72	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
3	St Patrick's Athletic	33	19	8	6	66	37	+29	65
4	Shamrock Rovers	33	18	8	7	43	26	+17	62
5	Sligo Rovers	33	12	7	14	44	36	+8	43

Source: ^{[12] [13] [14]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

FAI Cup

Source: ^[15]

Second Round

Dundalk v Sligo Rovers

6 June	Dundalk	3–0	Sligo Rovers	Oriel Park
19:45	David McMillan 31' Daryl Horgan 47' Brian Gartland 65'	Report		Attendance: 2,016 Referee: Paul Tuite

Third Round

Dundalk v Galway United

22 August 2014	Dundalk	2–1	Galway United	Oriel Park, Dundalk
	McDermott 28' Mountney 73'	Report	Cunningham 81'	Attendance: 1,441 Referee: Paul Tuite

Quarter Final

Shamrock Rovers v Dundalk

12 September 2014	Shamrock Rovers	0–0	Dundalk	Tallaght Stadium
19:05		Report

Quarter Final Replay

Dundalk v Shamrock Rovers

15 September 2014	Dundalk	1–2	Shamrock Rovers	Oriel Park
19:45	Hoban 41'	Report	Sheppard 81', 88'	Attendance: 2,016 Referee: David McKeon

League Cup

Source: ^[15]

Second Round

Bray Wanderers v Dundalk

5 May 2014	Bray Wanderers	0−3	Dundalk	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
16:00		Report	McMillan 51', 77' McDonald 58'	Referee: Rob Harvey

Quarter Final

Derry City v Dundalk

27 May 2014	Derry City	1–2	Dundalk	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19:45	McEleney 82'	Report	McMillan 26' Byrne 75'	Referee: David McKeon

Semi Final

Dundalk v Wexford Youths

4 August 2014	Dundalk	5–0	Wexford Youths	Oriel Park, Dundalk
17:00	Griffin 24' Ward 42' McMillan 77', 79', 90+3'	Report		Attendance: 1078 Referee: Rob Harvey

Final

Main article: 2014 League of Ireland Cup final

Dundalk v Shamrock Rovers

19 September 2014	Dundalk	3–2	Shamrock Rovers	Oriel Park, Dundalk
	Massey 4',46' Hoban 49'	Report	McGuinness 28' Kilduff 76'	Referee: Graham Kelly

Setanta Cup

Source: ^[15]

Quarter Final First Leg

Dundalk v Coleraine

24 February 2014	Dundalk	2–3	Coleraine	Oriel Park, Dundalk
19:45 GMT	Horgan 18' McMillan 60'	Report	McDaid 34', 49' Harkin 58'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Paul McLaughlin

Quarter Final Second Leg

Coleraine v Dundalk

10 March 2014	Coleraine	0–2	Dundalk	The Showgrounds, Coleraine
19:45 GMT		Report	Hoban 51' O'Donnell 90+2'	Referee: Ray Hetherington

Dundalk won 4–3 on aggregate.

Semi Final First Leg

Shamrock Rovers v Dundalk

24 March 2014	Shamrock Rovers	1−2	Dundalk	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
19:45 GMT	Zayed 84'	Report	Towell 11' (pen.), 33' (pen.)	Attendance: 750 Referee: Paul Tuite

Semi Final Second Leg

Dundalk v Shamrock Rovers

15 April 2014	Dundalk	1−0	Shamrock Rovers	Oriel Park, Dundalk
19:45 IST	Shields 47'	Report		Attendance: 1,976 Referee: Raymond Crangle

Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Dundalk v Sligo Rovers

10 May 2014	Dundalk	0−1	Sligo Rovers	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
16:00 IST		Report	O'Connor 13'	Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Arnold Hunter

Leinster Senior Cup

Source: ^[15]

Fourth Round

Dundalk v St Patrick's Athletic

17 February 2014	Dundalk	1–2	St Patrick's Athletic	Inchicore
19:45 GMT	David McMillan 69'	Report	Fahey 63' Kavanagh 73'	Stadium: Richmond Park Referee: Neil Doyle

Europe

Europa League

Source: ^[15]

First qualifying round

1 July 2014

17:45

Jeunesse Esch	0–2	Dundalk
	Report	Towell 59' (pen.), 71'

Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette

Attendance: 759

Referee: Lorenc Jemini (Albania)

10 July 2014

20:45

Dundalk	3–1	Jeunesse Esch
Gartland 8' Byrne 37' Mountney 45+1'	Report	Zydko 55'

Oriel Park, Dundalk

Attendance: 2,534

Referee: Tsvetan Krastev (Bulgaria)

Dundalk won 5–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

17 July 2014

20:45

Dundalk	0–2	Hajduk Split
	Report	Caktaš 9' Vlašić 75'

Oriel Park, Dundalk

Attendance: 3,014

Referee: Markus Hameter (Austria)

24 July 2014

20:15

Hajduk Split	1–2	Dundalk
Kouassi 25'	Report	Hoban 66' Byrne 74'

Stadion Poljud, Split

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ionuț Avram (Romania)

Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Nationality	Player	Reference
May	Ireland	Daryl Horgan	[16]
July	Ireland	Richie Towell	[17]
September	Ireland	Dane Massey	[18]
October	Ireland	Patrick Hoban	[19]

SWAI Personality of the Year

Person	Reference
Stephen Kenny	[20]

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