2016 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season explained

Club:	St Patrick's Athletic F.C.
Season:	2016
Mgrtitle:	Coach
Manager:	Liam Buckley
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Chairman:	Garrett Kelleher
Stadium:	Richmond Park, Inchicore, Dublin 8
League:	League of Ireland
League Result:	7th
Cup1:	FAI Cup
Cup1 Result:	Semi-finals (Eliminated by Cork City)
Cup2:	EA Sports Cup
Cup2 Result:	Champions
Cup4:	Leinster Senior Cup
Cup4 Result:	Fourth Round (Eliminated by Bray Wanderers)
Cup6:	Europa League
Cup6 Result:	Second Qualifying Round (Eliminated by Dinamo Minsk)
League Topscorer:	Conan Byrne (11 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Chris Fagan (17 goals)
Highest Attendance:	2,400 vs Dinamo Minsk (21 July)
Average Attendance:	1,139^[1]
Lowest Attendance:	369 vs Cork City (17 October)
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Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2017

The 2016 season was St. Patrick's Athletic F.C.'s 87th year in existence and was the Supersaint's 65th consecutive season in the top-flight of Irish football. It was the fifth year that Liam Buckley was the team's manager (in his current spell), following replacing Pete Mahon in December 2011. The league season was poor from the Saints, finishing 7th, meaning they would be without European football next season for the first time since 2010. They did however knock Jeunesse Esch out of the Europa League before being narrowly knocked out by Dinamo Minsk of Belarus. They also retained their League Cup crown by winning the 2016 League of Ireland Cup by beating Limerick 4–1 at the Markets Field on 17 September 2016.

Squad

No.	Name	Position(s)	Nationality	Hometown	Date of Birth (Age)	Previous Club	Year Signed	Club Apps.	Club Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Brendan Clarke	GK		Celbridge, Kildare	17 September 1985	Sligo Rovers	2012	208	0
16	Conor O'Malley	GK		Westport, Mayo	1 August 1994	Shamrock Rovers B	2015	27	0
25	Pat Jennings	GK		Watford, Hertfordshire	24 September 1979	Athlone Town	2013	5	0
Defenders
2	Ger O'Brien (Captain)	RB		Clondalkin, Dublin	2 June 1984	Bohemians	2012	187	2
3	Ian Bermingham (Vice-captain)	LB		Ballyfermot, Dublin	6 June 1989	Shamrock Rovers	2010	281	8
4	Darren Dennehy	CB		Tralee, Kerry	21 September 1988	Cork City	2016	32	2
5	Seán Hoare	CB		Castleknock, Dublin	5 March 1994	St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's	2012	98	4
12	Lee Desmond	CB/CDM/LB		Donaghmede, Dublin	22 January 1995	Shelbourne	2015	60	0
13	Rory Feely	CB		Athy, Kildare	3 January 1997	St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's	2014	19	1
15	Shane McEleney	CB/CDM		Derry, Northern Ireland	26 September 1992	Derry City	2015	22	0
22	Michael Barker	RB/LB		Dublin	16 August 1993	Bray Wanderers	2016	22	1
23	Jason McGuinness	CB		Finglas, Dublin	8 August 1982	Shamrock Rovers	2015	20	1
26	Ciaran Kelly	LB		Lucan, Dublin	4 July 1998	St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's	2016	1	0
	Conor Kane	LB/LW		Palmerstown, Dublin	5 November 1998	St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's	2016	1	0
Midfielders
6	David Cawley	CM		Castlebar, Mayo	17 September 1991	Sligo Rovers	2016	24	0
7	Conan Byrne	RW		Swords, Dublin	10 August 1985	Shelbourne	2013	175	60
8	Keith Treacy	CM/CDM		Sheriff Street, Dublin	13 September 1988	Drogheda United	2016	21	1
11	Mark Timlin	LW/CAM		Buncrana, Donegal	17 November 1994	Derry City	2016	37	10
14	Graham Kelly	CM/CDM/CAM		Whitechurch, Dublin	31 October 1991	Bray Wanderers	2016	41	5
17	Dylan McGlade	LW		Swords, Dublin	22 April 1995	Shelbourne	2016	8	0
18	Sam Verdon	CM/CAM		Kilbarrack, Dublin	3 September 1995	St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's	2013	44	6
19	Jamie McGrath	LW/CAM/ST		Athboy, Meath	30 September 1996	St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's	2014	66	9
20	Billy Dennehy	LW		Tralee, Kerry	17 February 1987	Cork City	2016	38	9
21	Darragh Markey	CAM		Lucan, Dublin	23 May 1997	St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's	2015	17	0
24	Jack Bayly	CM/CAM		Celbridge, Kildare	18 June 1996	St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's	2013	11	3
27	Steven Kinsella	LW		Templeogue, Dublin	22 August 1998	Everton	2016	12	0
28	Jonathan Lunney	CAM/CM		Swords, Dublin	2 February 1998	St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's	2016	4	1
	Steven Grogan	CAM		Clondalkin, Dublin	21 July 1997	St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's	2016	1	0
	Fuad Sule	CDM		Tallaght, Dublin	20 January 1997	St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's	2016	1	0
Forwards
9	Christy Fagan	ST		Smithfield, Dublin	11 May 1989	Bohemians	2012	179	80
10	Daniel Corcoran	ST		Donabate, Dublin	13 February 1989	Sligo Rovers	2016	23	1

Transfers

Out

Squad statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

Number in brackets represents (appearances of which were substituted ON).Last Updated – 29 October 2016

No.	Player	Airtricity League		FAI Cup		EA Sports Cup		Europa League		Leinster Senior Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	B.Clarke	29	0	4	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	39	0
2	G.O'Brien	27(1)	0	4	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	38(1)	0
3	I.Bermingham	31	3	3	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	42	3
4	D.Dennehy	24(1)	0	2	0	1	1	4	1	1	0	32(1)	2
5	S.Hoare	21(1)	1	4	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	31(1)	1
6	D.Cawley	18(2)	0	0	0	1	0	4(2)	0	1	0	24(4)	0
7	C.Byrne	32(6)	11	3	1	4(2)	1	4	0	1	0	44(8)	13
8	K.Treacy	14(7)	1	1	0	2(1)	0	4	0	0	0	21(8)	1
9	C.Fagan	27(1)	10	3	3	2	2	4	2	1	0	37(1)	17
10	D.Corcoran	15(13)	0	2(1)	1	3(1)	0	2(2)	0	1(1)	0	23(18)	1
11	M.Timlin	26(5)	7	3(1)	2	4(2)	1	4(1)	0	0	0	37(9)	10
12	L.Desmond	17(1)	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	25(1)	0
13	R.Feely	13(3)	0	1(1)	0	2	1	0	0	1(1)	0	17(5)	1
14	G.Kelly	29(3)	2	4(1)	2	3(1)	1	4(1)	0	1	0	41(6)	5
15	S.McEleney	11(1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	13(1)	0
16	C.O'Malley	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
17	D.McGlade	5(5)	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1(1)	0	8(6)	0
18	S.Verdon	18(9)	2	1	0	2	0	2(2)	0	1	0	24(11)	2
19	J.McGrath	23(6)	2	3	1	4(1)	3	1(1)	0	0	0	31(8)	6
20	B.Dennehy	27(4)	4	3	3	3(1)	1	4	0	1	1	38(5)	9
21	D.Markey	7(7)	0	2(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9(9)	0
22	M.Barker	16(2)	0	3(1)	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	22(3)	1
23	J.McGuinness	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
24	J.Bayly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P.Jennings	1	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	2(1)	0
26	C.Kelly	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
27	S.Kinsella	10(5)	0	1(1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12(6)	0
28	J.Lunney	3(1)	1	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4(2)	1
align="left"	-	C.Kane	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
align="left"	-	S.Grogan	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
align="left"	-	F.Sule	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches.Last updated 29 October 2016

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9	Chris Fagan	10	3	2	2	0	17
7	Conan Byrne	11	1	1	0	0	13
11	Mark Timlin	7	2	1	0	0	10
20	Billy Dennehy	4	3	1	0	1	9
19	Jamie McGrath	2	1	3	0	0	6
14	Graham Kelly	2	2	1	0	0	5
3	Ian Bermingham	3	0	0	0	0	3
18	Sam Verdon	2	0	0	0	0	2
4	Darren Dennehy	0	0	1	1	0	2
28	Jonathan Lunney	1	0	0	0	0	1
8	Keith Treacy	1	0	0	0	0	1
10	Dinny Corcoran	0	1	0	0	0	1
22	Michael Barker	0	1	0	0	0	1
5	Seán Hoare	1	0	0	0	0	1
13	Rory Feely	0	0	1	0	0	1

Top assists

Includes all competitive matches.Last updated 29 October 2016

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7	Conan Byrne	10	1	2	0	1	14
20	Billy Dennehy	5	1	2	0	0	8
9	Chris Fagan	6	0	1	0	0	7
3	Ian Bermingham	5	1	0	1	0	7
19	Jamie McGrath	4	0	2	0	0	6
11	Mark Timlin	4	0	2	0	0	6
2	Ger O'Brien	1	2	1	0	0	4
22	Michael Barker	2	1	0	0	0	3
14	Graham Kelly	3	0	0	0	0	3
5	Sean Hoare	0	3	0	0	0	3
12	Lee Desmond	1	0	1	0	0	2
4	Darren Dennehy	1	0	0	1	0	2
18	Sam Verdon	1	1	0	0	0	2
10	Dinny Corcoran	0	2	0	0	0	2
8	Keith Treacy	0	1	0	1	0	2
27	Steven Kinsella	1	0	0	0	0	1
21	Darragh Markey	0	1	0	0	0	1
17	Dylan McGlade	1	0	0	0	0	1

Top Clean Sheets

Includes all competitive matches.Last updated 29 October 2016

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GK	1	Brendan Clarke	9/29	2/4	1/2	1/4	0/0	13/39
GK	16	Conor O'Malley	2/3	0/0	0/2	0/0	0/1	2/6
GK	25	Pat Jennings	0/1	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/2

Disciplinary record

Number	Name	Airtricity League		FAI Cup		EA Sports Cup		Europa League		Leinster Senior Cup		Total
14	Graham Kelly	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
20	Billy Dennehy	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
3	Ian Bermingham	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0
9	Chris Fagan	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
5	Sean Hoare	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
4	Darren Dennehy	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	1
6	David Cawley	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
8	Keith Treacy	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
22	Michael Barker	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
19	Jamie McGrath	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11	Mark Timlin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13	Rory Feely	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1	Brendan Clarke	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
7	Conan Byrne	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2	Ger O'Brien	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	Shane McEleney	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
TOTALS		45	5	3	0	8	0	6	0	0	0	62	5

Captains

Club

Technical Staff

• Manager: Liam Buckley
• Assistant manager: Richie Smith
• Head Of Player Recruitment / Coach: Dave Campbell
• Coach: Darius Kierans
• Goalkeeping coach: Pat Jennings
• Strength and Conditioning Coach: Paul Stewart
• Video Analyst: Jason Donohue
• Coaches Assistant: Graeme Buckley
• Chartered Physiotherapist: Fionn Daly
• Physiotherapist: Christy O'Neill
• Club Doctor: Dr Matt Corcoran
• Kit Man: Derek Haines
• Equipment Manager: Gerry Molloy
• Under 19's Management: Gareth Dodrill
• Under 17's Management: Jamie Moore

Kit

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The club released a new Home kit and Third kit for the season, with the Away kit being retained from the 2015 season.

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	Info
Home	Red/White Shoulders	White	Red	Worn 28 times; against Galway United (H) (LOI), Bohemians (H) (LOI), Shamrock Rovers (A) (LOI), Dundalk (H) (LOI), Sligo Rovers (H) (LOI), Finn Harps (A) (LOI), Wexford Youths (H) (LOI), Bray Wanderers (A) (LOI), Cork City (A) (LOI), Bray Wanderers (A) (EAC), Derry City (H) (LOI), Longford Town (H) (LOI), Finn Harps (H) (LOI), Pike Rovers (H) (FAI), Shamrock Rovers (H) (LOI), Jeunesse Esch (H) (UEL), Jeunesse Esch (A) (UEL), Dinamo Minsk (H) (UEL), Shamrock Rovers (H) (EAC), Galway United (H) (LOI), Limerick (H) (FAI), Bohemians (H) (LOI), Shamrock Rovers (A) (LOI), Limerick (A) (EAC), Cork City (H) (FAI), Wexford Youths (H) (LOI), Cork City (H) (LOI), Dundalk (H) (LOI)
Home Alt	Red/White Shoulders	Red	Red	Worn 3 times; against Dinamo Minsk (A) (UEL), Bray Wanderers (H) (LOI), Cobh Ramblers (H) (FAI)
Away	Navy/Navy Red Sleeves	Navy	Navy	Worn 5 times; against Longford Town (A) (LOI), Dundalk (A) (EAC), Dundalk (A) (LOI), Sligo Rovers (A) (LOI), Derry City (A) (LOI)
Away Alt	Navy/Navy Red Sleeves	White	White	Worn 6 times; against Athlone Town (N) (FRN), Cabinteely (N) (FRN), Shelbourne (N) (FRN), Bray Wanderers (A) (LSC), Bluebell United (H) (FRN), Tolka Rovers (H) (FRN)
Third	White	White	White	Worn 4 times; against Galway United (A) (LOI), Bohemians (A) (LOI), Longford Town (A) (LOI), Derry City (H) (LOI)
Third Alt	White	Red	White	Worn 4 times; against Sligo Rovers (H) (LOI), Finn Harps (A) (LOI), Bray Wanderers (A) (LOI), Cork City (A) (LOI)
Third Alt 2	White	Red	Red	Worn 1 time; against Wexford Youths (A) (LOI)

Key:
LOI=League of Ireland
FAI=FAI Cup
EAC= EA Sports Cup
UEL=Europa League
LSC=Leinster Senior Cup
PRC=President's Cup
FRN=Friendly

Competitions

League of Ireland

See main article: 2016 League of Ireland.

Matches

FAI Cup

See main article: 2016 FAI Cup.

EA Sports Cup

See main article: 2016 League of Ireland Cup.

Europa League

See main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

First qualifying round

St Patrick's Athletic won on away goals.

Second qualifying round

Leinster Senior Cup

See main article: 2015–16 Leinster Senior Cup.

Friendlies

Preseason

Notes and References

1. Web site: EFS Attendances.