2015 season | |||
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Manager | Stephen Kenny | ||
Premier Division | 1st (Champions) | ||
FAI Cup | Winners | ||
League Cup | Semi-final | ||
President's Cup | Winners | ||
Leinster Senior Cup | Winners | ||
Champions League | 2Q | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Richie Towell (25) All: Richie Towell (26) | ||
Highest home attendance | 3,957 (vs. Shamrock Rovers, 1 September 2015) [1] | ||
Dundalk entered the 2015 season as the reigning League Champions from 2014, having won the title for the first time since 1995, and were also the League Cup holders. 2015 was Stephen Kenny's third season at the club as manager. It was Dundalk's seventh consecutive season in the top tier of Irish football, their 80th in all, and their 89th in the League of Ireland.
The new season's curtain raiser - the President's Cup - was played on 28 February in Oriel Park between Dundalk and St Patrick's Athletic - the winners of the FAI Cup the previous year. Dundalk won on a 2-1 scoreline - their first success in the competition. [2] The 33 round League programme commenced on 6 March 2015, and was completed on 30 October 2015. Dundalk retained the title for the first time in their history, sealing it with three games to spare. [3] They subsequently won the 2015 FAI Cup Final with a 1-0 victory over Cork City after extra time. An opportunity to win the club's first domestic Treble was passed up when a largely reserve side lost the League Cup semi-final in a penalty shoot-out. [4] However they also won the Leinster Senior Cup, defeating Shamrock Rovers 3-1 in the final. The trophy haul for the year made the 2015 season the most successful in their history. [5]
In Europe they were knocked out at the first hurdle, losing to BATE Borisov in the Champions League second qualifying round when, after scoring an away goal in a 2-1 defeat, they were unable to score the goal in Oriel Park that would have sent them through to the next round. [6]
Sources: [7]
Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth | Position | Debut season | League appearances | Goals |
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1 | Gary Rogers | 25 September 1981 | GK | 2015 | 31 | 0 |
2 | Sean Gannon | 11 July 1991 | DF | 2014 | 32 | 1 |
3 | Brian Gartland | 4 November 1986 | DF | 2013 | 27 | 6 |
4 | Andy Boyle | 7 March 1991 | DF | 2013 | 33 | 1 |
5 | Chris Shields | 27 December 1990 | MF | 2012 | 30 | 0 |
6 | Stephen O'Donnell | 15 January 1986 | MF | 2013 | 24 | 2 |
7 | Daryl Horgan | 10 August 1992 | MF | 2014 | 33 | 9 |
8 | John Mountney | 22 February 1993 | MF | 2012 | 33 | 3 |
9 | David McMillan | 14 December 1988 | FW | 2014 | 33 | 12 |
10 | Ronan Finn | 21 December 1987 | MF | 2015 | 33 | 5 |
11 | Kurtis Byrne | 9 April 1990 | FW | 2013 | 14 | 0 |
12 | Shane Grimes | 9 March 1987 | DF | 2005 | 4 | 0 |
14 | Dane Massey | 17 April 1988 | DF | 2013 | 32 | 4 |
15 | Paddy Barrett | 22 July 1993 | DF | 2015 | 11 | 0 |
16 | Ciarán Kilduff | 29 September 1988 | FW | 2015 | 12 | 4 |
17 | Richie Towell | 17 July 1991 | MF | 2013 | 32 | 25 |
19 | Sean Maguire | 1 May 1994 | FW | 2015 | 6 | 0 |
21 | Darren Meenan | 1 October 1991 | MF | 2013 | 28 | 3 |
22 | Gabriel Sava | 15 September 1986 | GK | 2014 | 3 | 0 |
28 | Georgie Poynton | 8 September 1997 | MF | 2013 | 2 | 0 |
Source: [8]
28 February 2015 | Dundalk | 2–1 | St Patrick's Athletic | Oriel Park |
TBC GMT | Horgan 36' Towell 38' | Report | Forrester 35' | Attendance: 1,800 (estimate) Referee: Tomas Connolly |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Dundalk (C) | 33 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 78 | 23 | +55 | 78 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round [lower-alpha 1] |
2 | Cork City | 33 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 57 | 25 | +32 | 67 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
3 | Shamrock Rovers | 33 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 65 | |
4 | St Patrick's Athletic | 33 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 58 | |
5 | Bohemians | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 49 | 42 | +7 | 53 | |
6 | Longford Town | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 39 | |
7 | Derry City | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 35 | |
8 | Bray Wanderers | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 51 | −24 | 33 | |
9 | Sligo Rovers | 33 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 31 | |
10 | Galway United | 33 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 31 | |
11 | Limerick (R) | 33 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 73 | −27 | 29 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
12 | Drogheda United (R) | 33 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 28 | Relegation to League of Ireland First Division |
Source: [8]
29 May | Dundalk | 5–0 | Shelbourne | Oriel Park |
Report |
21 August | Galway United | 1–4 | Dundalk | Eamonn Deacy Park |
Report | Attendance: 761 Referee: Robert Rogers |
2 October | Dundalk | 2–0 | Longford Town | Oriel Park |
Report |
8 November 2015 | Dundalk | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Cork City | Aviva Stadium |
15:30 | Richie Towell 107' | Report | Attendance: 25,103 Referee: David McKeon |
Source: [8]
7 April 2015 | Dundalk | 1–0 | Shelbourne | Oriel Park |
19:45 | John Mountney 11' | Report | Attendance: 697 Referee: Rob Harvey |
18 May 2015 | UCC | 0–5 | Dundalk | The Mardyke |
20:00 | Report | Ciaran O'Connor 3' Jake Kelly 13' Paddy Barrett 36' Paddy Barrett 55' Kurtis Byrne 78' | Attendance: 650 (Est.) Referee: David Keeler |
3 August 2015 | Galway United | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | Dundalk | Eamonn Deacy Park |
17:00 | Alex Byrne 113' | Report | Ronan Finn 44' Darren Meenan 78' | Referee: Ray Matthews |
Penalties | ||||
Stephen Walsh David O'Leary Jake Keegan Colm Horgan | Ronan Finn David McMillan Daryl Horgan John Mountney |
Source: [8]
10 February 2015 | Dundalk | 2–1 | UCD | Dundalk |
19:45 GMT | Ronan Finn 74' David McMillan 83' | Report | Dylan Watts 15' | Stadium: Oriel Park Referee: Robert Harvey |
16 March 2015 | Wexford | 0–3 | Dundalk | Wexford |
19:45 GMT | Report | Ciaran O'Connor 16' Shane Grimes 57' Shane Grimes 88' | Stadium: Ferrycarrig Park |
22 September 2015 | St Patrick's Athletic | 0–1 | Dundalk | Inchicore |
19:45 GMT | Report | Stephen O'Donnell 51' | Stadium: Richmond Park |
26 October 2015 | Dundalk | 3–1 | Shamrock Rovers | Dundalk |
19:45 GMT | Kurtis Byrne 53' Kurtis Byrne 56' Chris Shields 90+5' | Report | Aaron Dobbs 81' | Stadium: Oriel Park Attendance: 963 Referee: Simon Rogers |
Source: [8]
BATE Borisov | 2–1 | Dundalk |
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Karnitsky 11' Yablonskiy 38' | Report | McMillan 32' |
BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.
Month | Nationality | Player | Reference |
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March | Ireland | David McMillan | [10] |
April | Ireland | Richie Towell | [11] |
May | Ireland | Daryl Horgan | [12] |
September | Ireland | Richie Towell | [13] |
November | Ireland | Richie Towell | [14] |
Player | Reference |
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Richie Towell | [15] |
Player | Reference |
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Richie Towell | [16] |
Person | Reference |
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Richie Towell | [17] |
Team | Reference |
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Dundalk F.C. | [18] |
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