Club: | Dundalk |
Season: | 2015 |
Manager: | Stephen Kenny |
League: | Premier Division |
League Result: | 1st (champions) |
Cup1: | FAI Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Winners |
Cup2: | League Cup |
Cup2 Result: | Semi-final |
Cup3: | President's Cup |
Cup3 Result: | Winners |
Cup5: | Leinster Senior Cup |
Cup5 Result: | Winners |
Cup7: | Champions League |
Cup7 Result: | 2Q |
League Topscorer: | Richie Towell (25) |
Season Topscorer: | Richie Towell (26) |
Highest Attendance: | 3,957 (vs. Shamrock Rovers, 1 September 2015)[1] |
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Prevseason: | 2014 |
Nextseason: | 2016 |
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]
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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 | 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 | Shane Grimes | 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 | Darren Meenan | 1 October 1991 | MF | 2013 | 28 | 3 |
22 | 15 September 1986 | GK | 2014 | 3 | 0 | |
28 | 8 September 1997 | MF | 2013 | 2 | 0 | |
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Month | Nationality | Player | Reference | |
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March | Ireland | David McMillan | [9] | |
April | Ireland | Richie Towell | [10] | |
May | Ireland | Daryl Horgan | [11] | |
September | Ireland | Richie Towell | [12] | |
November | Ireland | Richie Towell | [13] |