2018 season | |||
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Manager | Stephen Kenny | ||
Premier Division | 1st (champions) | ||
FAI Cup | Winners | ||
League Cup | Semi-final | ||
President's Cup | Runners-up | ||
Leinster Senior Cup | Semi-final | ||
Europa League | 2Q | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Patrick Hoban (29) [a] All: Patrick Hoban (32) | ||
Highest home attendance | 4,117 (vs. Cork City, 29 June 2018) [1] | ||
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Dundalk entered the 2018 season as the League Cup holders from 2017, having won that competition and finished as runners-up in both league and FAI Cup. In January the club was taken over by United States-based investors, who had identified the club's European progress as a commercial opportunity. 2018 would turn out to be Stephen Kenny's sixth and final season as manager. He resigned one month after the end of the season to accept the Republic of Ireland U-21 manager's role, and was replaced by his assistant, Vinny Perth for 2019. The 2018 season was Dundalk's 10th consecutive season in the top tier of Irish football, their 83rd in all, and their 92nd in the League of Ireland.
The new season's curtain raiser - the President's Cup - was played on 11 February in Oriel Park between Dundalk and Cork City - the winners of both league and cup the previous year. Cork City won on a 4-2 scoreline. [2] The 36 round League programme commenced on 16 February 2018, and was completed on 26 October 2018. Dundalk regained their title with three games to spare, sealing the title in Oriel Park in a 1-1 draw with St Patrick's Athletic on 5 October 2018. [3] They went on to win the 2018 FAI Cup with a 2-1 victory over Cork City in the final on 4 November 2018 - the club's fourth League and Cup Double. [4] An opportunity to win the club's first domestic Treble was spurned when a largely reserve side lost the League Cup semi-final away to First Division Cobh Ramblers. [5]
In Europe progress was limited when, after defeating Levadia Tallinn, [6] and holding AEK Larnaca scoreless in Oriel Park, three quickfire first half goals in the away leg in Cyprus in the 2018-19 Europa League second qualifying round ended their interest in that year's competition. [7]
Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth | Position | Debut season | League appearances | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gary Rogers | 25 September 1981 | GK | 2015 | 34 | 0 |
2 | Seán Gannon | 11 July 1991 | DF | 2014 | 26 | 1 |
3 | Brian Gartland | 4 November 1986 | DF | 2013 | 22 | 1 |
4 | Seán Hoare | 15 March 1994 | DF | 2017 | 27 | 2 |
5 | Chris Shields | 27 December 1990 | MF | 2012 | 33 | 3 |
6 | Stephen O'Donnell | 15 January 1986 | MF | 2013 | 10 | 0 |
7 | Michael Duffy | 28 July 1994 | MF | 2017 | 36 | 13 |
8 | John Mountney | 22 February 1993 | MF | 2012 | 18 | 4 |
9 | Patrick Hoban | 28 July 1991 | FW | 2013 | 36 | 29 |
10 | Jamie McGrath | 30 September 1996 | MF | 2017 | 30 | 2 |
11 | Krisztián Adorján [b] | 19 January 1993 | MF | 2018 | 16 | 3 |
11 | Patrick McEleney [c] | 26 September 1992 | MF | 2016 | 11 | 1 |
12 | Sam Byrne [d] | 23 July 1995 | FW | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
13 | Karolis Chvedukas | 21 April 1991 | MF | 2018 | 7 | 1 |
14 | Dane Massey | 17 April 1988 | DF | 2013 | 29 | 1 |
15 | Stephen Folan | 14 January 1992 | DF | 2018 | 9 | 1 |
16 | Dylan Connolly | 2 May 1995 | MF | 2017 | 28 | 4 |
17 | Georgie Poynton | 8 September 1997 | MF | 2015 | 4 | 0 |
18 | Robbie Benson | 7 May 1992 | MF | 2016 | 32 | 9 |
19 | Ronan Murray | 12 September 1991 | FW | 2018 | 23 | 3 |
21 | Daniel Cleary | 9 March 1996 | DF | 2018 | 26 | 3 |
22 | Gabriel Sava | 15 September 1986 | GK | 2014 | 3 | 0 |
23 | Marco Tagbajumi [e] | 1 July 1988 | FW | 2018 | 16 | 2 |
30 | Ross Treacy | 26 September 1998 | GK | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
33 | Dean Jarvis | 1 June 1992 | DF | 2018 | 19 | 0 |
45 | Georgie Kelly [f] | 12 November 1996 | FW | 2018 | 7 | 0 |
Source: [10]
11 February 2018 | Cork City | 4 - 2 | Dundalk | Oriel Park |
Report | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Derek Tomney |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dundalk (C) | 36 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 85 | 20 | +65 | 87 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Cork City | 36 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 71 | 27 | +44 | 77 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round [g] |
3 | Shamrock Rovers | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 62 | |
4 | Waterford | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 59 | |
5 | St Patrick's Athletic | 36 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 50 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round [g] |
Source: [12]
10 August 2018 | Dundalk | 3–0 | Cobh Ramblers | Dundalk |
19:45 |
|
Report | Stadium:
Oriel Park Referee: Robert Rogers |
24 August 2018 | Dundalk | 2–0 | Finn Harps | Dundalk |
19:45 |
|
Report | Stadium:
Oriel Park Attendance: 1,823 Referee: Paul McLaughlin |
7 September 2018 | Limerick | 0–4 | Dundalk | Limerick |
19:45 |
|
Report |
|
Stadium:
Markets Field Referee: Derek Tomney |
28 September 2018 | Dundalk | 1–0 | UCD | Dundalk |
19:45 | McEleney 41' | Report | Stadium:
Oriel Park Attendance: 2,926 Referee: Robert Hennessy |
4 November 2018 | Cork City | 1–2 | Dundalk | Aviva Stadium |
16:40 | Sadlier 21' (pen) | Report | Attendance: 30,412 Referee: Neil Doyle |
Source: [13]
2 April 2018 | St Patrick's Athletic | 4–4 (
a.e.t.) (7–8 p) | Dundalk* | Richmond Park |
17:00 |
Fagan 58' Kelly 60' Leahy 97' Leahy 104' |
Tagbajumi 3' Murray 45' Leahy 102' (og.) Massey 120' |
Referee: Adriano Reale | |
Penalties | ||||
Fagan Clarke Doona Kelly Lennon Toner Leahy Madden Markey |
Massey McGrath Poynton Adorján Gartland Mountney O'Donnell Folan Tagbajumi |
8 May 2018 | Dundalk | 3–0 | Bohemians | Oriel Park |
19:45 | Dylan Connolly 8', 21' Jamie McGrath 88' |
Report | Attendance: 1,000 (estimate) Referee: Robert Rogers |
6 August 2018 | Cobh Ramblers | 1–0 | Dundalk | St. Colman's Park |
17:00 | Christopher Hull 75' | Report | Referee: Sean Grant |
Source: [14]
5 June 2018 | Dundalk | 3–1 | Bohemians | Dundalk, County Louth |
19:45 GMT |
Ronan Murray 69' Sam Byrne 81' Krisztián Adorján 84' |
Report | J.J. Lunney 26' | Stadium:
Oriel Park Attendance: 500 (est.) Referee: Tom Dempsey |
2 July 2018 | Shamrock Rovers | 0–1 | Dundalk | Tallaght, County Dublin |
19:45 GMT | Report | Ronan Murray 25' | Stadium:
Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 500 (est.) Referee: Derek Tomney |
3 September 2018 | St Patrick's Athletic | 1–0 ( a.e.t.) | Dundalk | Inchicore, Dublin |
19:45 GMT | Kevin Toner 105' | Report | Stadium:
Richmond Park Attendance: 750 (est.) Referee: Alan Patchell |
FCI Levadia | 0–1 | Dundalk |
---|---|---|
Report |
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Dundalk | 2–1 | FCI Levadia |
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Report |
|
Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dundalk | 0–0 | AEK Larnaca |
---|---|---|
Report |
AEK Larnaca | 4–0 | Dundalk |
---|---|---|
|
Report |
AEK Larnaca won 4–0 on aggregate.
Month | Player | References |
---|---|---|
April | Michael Duffy | [15] |
May | Seán Hoare | [16] |
June | Patrick Hoban | [17] |
August | Michael Duffy | [18] |
September | Chris Shields | [19] |
October/November | Patrick McEleney | [20] |
Player | Reference |
---|---|
Michael Duffy | [21] |
Player | Reference |
---|---|
Jamie McGrath | [21] |
Player | Reference |
---|---|
Chris Shields | [22] |
Person | Reference |
---|---|
Stephen Kenny | [23] |
2018 season | |||
---|---|---|---|
Manager | Stephen Kenny | ||
Premier Division | 1st (champions) | ||
FAI Cup | Winners | ||
League Cup | Semi-final | ||
President's Cup | Runners-up | ||
Leinster Senior Cup | Semi-final | ||
Europa League | 2Q | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Patrick Hoban (29) [a] All: Patrick Hoban (32) | ||
Highest home attendance | 4,117 (vs. Cork City, 29 June 2018) [1] | ||
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Dundalk entered the 2018 season as the League Cup holders from 2017, having won that competition and finished as runners-up in both league and FAI Cup. In January the club was taken over by United States-based investors, who had identified the club's European progress as a commercial opportunity. 2018 would turn out to be Stephen Kenny's sixth and final season as manager. He resigned one month after the end of the season to accept the Republic of Ireland U-21 manager's role, and was replaced by his assistant, Vinny Perth for 2019. The 2018 season was Dundalk's 10th consecutive season in the top tier of Irish football, their 83rd in all, and their 92nd in the League of Ireland.
The new season's curtain raiser - the President's Cup - was played on 11 February in Oriel Park between Dundalk and Cork City - the winners of both league and cup the previous year. Cork City won on a 4-2 scoreline. [2] The 36 round League programme commenced on 16 February 2018, and was completed on 26 October 2018. Dundalk regained their title with three games to spare, sealing the title in Oriel Park in a 1-1 draw with St Patrick's Athletic on 5 October 2018. [3] They went on to win the 2018 FAI Cup with a 2-1 victory over Cork City in the final on 4 November 2018 - the club's fourth League and Cup Double. [4] An opportunity to win the club's first domestic Treble was spurned when a largely reserve side lost the League Cup semi-final away to First Division Cobh Ramblers. [5]
In Europe progress was limited when, after defeating Levadia Tallinn, [6] and holding AEK Larnaca scoreless in Oriel Park, three quickfire first half goals in the away leg in Cyprus in the 2018-19 Europa League second qualifying round ended their interest in that year's competition. [7]
Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth | Position | Debut season | League appearances | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gary Rogers | 25 September 1981 | GK | 2015 | 34 | 0 |
2 | Seán Gannon | 11 July 1991 | DF | 2014 | 26 | 1 |
3 | Brian Gartland | 4 November 1986 | DF | 2013 | 22 | 1 |
4 | Seán Hoare | 15 March 1994 | DF | 2017 | 27 | 2 |
5 | Chris Shields | 27 December 1990 | MF | 2012 | 33 | 3 |
6 | Stephen O'Donnell | 15 January 1986 | MF | 2013 | 10 | 0 |
7 | Michael Duffy | 28 July 1994 | MF | 2017 | 36 | 13 |
8 | John Mountney | 22 February 1993 | MF | 2012 | 18 | 4 |
9 | Patrick Hoban | 28 July 1991 | FW | 2013 | 36 | 29 |
10 | Jamie McGrath | 30 September 1996 | MF | 2017 | 30 | 2 |
11 | Krisztián Adorján [b] | 19 January 1993 | MF | 2018 | 16 | 3 |
11 | Patrick McEleney [c] | 26 September 1992 | MF | 2016 | 11 | 1 |
12 | Sam Byrne [d] | 23 July 1995 | FW | 2018 | 2 | 0 |
13 | Karolis Chvedukas | 21 April 1991 | MF | 2018 | 7 | 1 |
14 | Dane Massey | 17 April 1988 | DF | 2013 | 29 | 1 |
15 | Stephen Folan | 14 January 1992 | DF | 2018 | 9 | 1 |
16 | Dylan Connolly | 2 May 1995 | MF | 2017 | 28 | 4 |
17 | Georgie Poynton | 8 September 1997 | MF | 2015 | 4 | 0 |
18 | Robbie Benson | 7 May 1992 | MF | 2016 | 32 | 9 |
19 | Ronan Murray | 12 September 1991 | FW | 2018 | 23 | 3 |
21 | Daniel Cleary | 9 March 1996 | DF | 2018 | 26 | 3 |
22 | Gabriel Sava | 15 September 1986 | GK | 2014 | 3 | 0 |
23 | Marco Tagbajumi [e] | 1 July 1988 | FW | 2018 | 16 | 2 |
30 | Ross Treacy | 26 September 1998 | GK | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
33 | Dean Jarvis | 1 June 1992 | DF | 2018 | 19 | 0 |
45 | Georgie Kelly [f] | 12 November 1996 | FW | 2018 | 7 | 0 |
Source: [10]
11 February 2018 | Cork City | 4 - 2 | Dundalk | Oriel Park |
Report | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Derek Tomney |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dundalk (C) | 36 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 85 | 20 | +65 | 87 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Cork City | 36 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 71 | 27 | +44 | 77 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round [g] |
3 | Shamrock Rovers | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 57 | 27 | +30 | 62 | |
4 | Waterford | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 59 | |
5 | St Patrick's Athletic | 36 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 50 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round [g] |
Source: [12]
10 August 2018 | Dundalk | 3–0 | Cobh Ramblers | Dundalk |
19:45 |
|
Report | Stadium:
Oriel Park Referee: Robert Rogers |
24 August 2018 | Dundalk | 2–0 | Finn Harps | Dundalk |
19:45 |
|
Report | Stadium:
Oriel Park Attendance: 1,823 Referee: Paul McLaughlin |
7 September 2018 | Limerick | 0–4 | Dundalk | Limerick |
19:45 |
|
Report |
|
Stadium:
Markets Field Referee: Derek Tomney |
28 September 2018 | Dundalk | 1–0 | UCD | Dundalk |
19:45 | McEleney 41' | Report | Stadium:
Oriel Park Attendance: 2,926 Referee: Robert Hennessy |
4 November 2018 | Cork City | 1–2 | Dundalk | Aviva Stadium |
16:40 | Sadlier 21' (pen) | Report | Attendance: 30,412 Referee: Neil Doyle |
Source: [13]
2 April 2018 | St Patrick's Athletic | 4–4 (
a.e.t.) (7–8 p) | Dundalk* | Richmond Park |
17:00 |
Fagan 58' Kelly 60' Leahy 97' Leahy 104' |
Tagbajumi 3' Murray 45' Leahy 102' (og.) Massey 120' |
Referee: Adriano Reale | |
Penalties | ||||
Fagan Clarke Doona Kelly Lennon Toner Leahy Madden Markey |
Massey McGrath Poynton Adorján Gartland Mountney O'Donnell Folan Tagbajumi |
8 May 2018 | Dundalk | 3–0 | Bohemians | Oriel Park |
19:45 | Dylan Connolly 8', 21' Jamie McGrath 88' |
Report | Attendance: 1,000 (estimate) Referee: Robert Rogers |
6 August 2018 | Cobh Ramblers | 1–0 | Dundalk | St. Colman's Park |
17:00 | Christopher Hull 75' | Report | Referee: Sean Grant |
Source: [14]
5 June 2018 | Dundalk | 3–1 | Bohemians | Dundalk, County Louth |
19:45 GMT |
Ronan Murray 69' Sam Byrne 81' Krisztián Adorján 84' |
Report | J.J. Lunney 26' | Stadium:
Oriel Park Attendance: 500 (est.) Referee: Tom Dempsey |
2 July 2018 | Shamrock Rovers | 0–1 | Dundalk | Tallaght, County Dublin |
19:45 GMT | Report | Ronan Murray 25' | Stadium:
Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 500 (est.) Referee: Derek Tomney |
3 September 2018 | St Patrick's Athletic | 1–0 ( a.e.t.) | Dundalk | Inchicore, Dublin |
19:45 GMT | Kevin Toner 105' | Report | Stadium:
Richmond Park Attendance: 750 (est.) Referee: Alan Patchell |
FCI Levadia | 0–1 | Dundalk |
---|---|---|
Report |
|
Dundalk | 2–1 | FCI Levadia |
---|---|---|
Report |
|
Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dundalk | 0–0 | AEK Larnaca |
---|---|---|
Report |
AEK Larnaca | 4–0 | Dundalk |
---|---|---|
|
Report |
AEK Larnaca won 4–0 on aggregate.
Month | Player | References |
---|---|---|
April | Michael Duffy | [15] |
May | Seán Hoare | [16] |
June | Patrick Hoban | [17] |
August | Michael Duffy | [18] |
September | Chris Shields | [19] |
October/November | Patrick McEleney | [20] |
Player | Reference |
---|---|
Michael Duffy | [21] |
Player | Reference |
---|---|
Jamie McGrath | [21] |
Player | Reference |
---|---|
Chris Shields | [22] |
Person | Reference |
---|---|
Stephen Kenny | [23] |