2015 season | |||
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![]() President’s Cup, FAI Cup, Leinster Senior Cup & League of Ireland Champions trophy on display in Oriel Park in 2015 | |||
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] | ||
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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 | ![]() |
25 September 1981 | GK | 2015 | 31 | 0 |
2 | ![]() |
11 July 1991 | DF | 2014 | 32 | 1 |
3 | ![]() |
4 November 1986 | DF | 2013 | 27 | 6 |
4 | ![]() |
7 March 1991 | DF | 2013 | 33 | 1 |
5 | ![]() |
27 December 1990 | MF | 2012 | 30 | 0 |
6 | ![]() |
15 January 1986 | MF | 2013 | 24 | 2 |
7 | ![]() |
10 August 1992 | MF | 2014 | 33 | 9 |
8 | ![]() |
22 February 1993 | MF | 2012 | 33 | 3 |
9 | ![]() |
14 December 1988 | FW | 2014 | 33 | 12 |
10 | ![]() |
21 December 1987 | MF | 2015 | 33 | 5 |
11 | ![]() |
9 April 1990 | FW | 2013 | 14 | 0 |
12 | ![]() |
9 March 1987 | DF | 2005 | 4 | 0 |
14 | ![]() |
17 April 1988 | DF | 2013 | 32 | 4 |
15 | ![]() |
22 July 1993 | DF | 2015 | 11 | 0 |
16 | ![]() |
29 September 1988 | FW | 2015 | 12 | 4 |
17 | ![]() |
17 July 1991 | MF | 2013 | 32 | 25 |
19 | ![]() |
1 May 1994 | FW | 2015 | 6 | 0 |
21 | ![]() |
1 October 1991 | MF | 2013 | 28 | 3 |
22 | ![]() |
15 September 1986 | GK | 2014 | 3 | 0 |
28 | ![]() |
8 September 1997 | MF | 2013 | 2 | 0 |
Source:[8]
28 February 2015 | Dundalk | 2–1 | St Patrick's Athletic | Oriel Park |
TBC GMT | Horgan ![]() ![]() |
Report | Forrester ![]() |
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[a] |
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 |
Main article: 2015 FAI Cup Final |
8 November 2015 | Dundalk | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Cork City | Aviva Stadium |
15:30 | Richie Towell ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 25,103 Referee: David McKeon |
Source:[8]
7 April 2015 | Dundalk | 1–0 | Shelbourne | Oriel Park |
19:45 | John Mountney ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 697 Referee: Rob Harvey |
18 May 2015 | UCC | 0–5 | Dundalk | The Mardyke |
20:00 | Report | Ciaran O'Connor ![]() Jake Kelly ![]() Paddy Barrett ![]() Paddy Barrett ![]() Kurtis Byrne ![]() |
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 ![]() |
Report | Ronan Finn ![]() Darren Meenan ![]() |
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 ![]() David McMillan ![]() |
Report | Dylan Watts ![]() |
Stadium: Oriel Park Referee: Robert Harvey |
16 March 2015 | Wexford | 0–3 | Dundalk | Wexford |
19:45 GMT | Report | Ciaran O'Connor ![]() Shane Grimes ![]() Shane Grimes ![]() |
Stadium: Ferrycarrig Park |
22 September 2015 | St Patrick's Athletic | 0–1 | Dundalk | Inchicore |
19:45 GMT | Report | Stephen O'Donnell ![]() |
Stadium: Richmond Park |
26 October 2015 | Dundalk | 3–1 | Shamrock Rovers | Dundalk |
19:45 GMT | Kurtis Byrne ![]() Kurtis Byrne ![]() Chris Shields ![]() |
Report | Aaron Dobbs ![]() |
Stadium: Oriel Park Attendance: 963 Referee: Simon Rogers |
Source:[8]
BATE Borisov ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Karnitsky ![]() Yablonskiy ![]() |
Report | McMillan ![]() |
BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.
Month | Nationality | Player | Reference |
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March | ![]() |
David McMillan | [10] |
April | ![]() |
Richie Towell | [11] |
May | ![]() |
Daryl Horgan | [12] |
September | ![]() |
Richie Towell | [13] |
November | ![]() |
Richie Towell | [14] |
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