2019 Dundalk F.C. season

Dundalk entered the 2019 season as the reigning League Champions and FAI Cup holders from 2018. They had a new management team of Vinny Perth and the returning John Gill, after Stephen Kenny (the manager since 2013) had resigned to accept the Republic of Ireland U-21 manager's role. The 2019 season was Dundalk's 11th consecutive season in the top tier of Irish football, their 84th in all, and their 93rd in the League of Ireland.

Dundalk
2019 season
Vinny Perth, Dundalk manager, celebrating the 2019 league title success with supporters in Oriel Park.
ManagerVinny Perth
Premier Division1st (Champions)
FAI CupRunners-up
League CupWinners
President's CupWinners
Champions CupWinners
Leinster Senior CupRound 4
Champions League2Q
Europa League3Q
Top goalscorerLeague:
Patrick Hoban (13)
All:
Patrick Hoban (20)
Highest home attendance4,026 (vs. Shamrock Rovers, 26 April 2019)[1]

Season summary

The new season's curtain raiser - the President's Cup - was played on 9 February in Turners Cross (stadium) between Dundalk and Cork City, the runners-up in both league and cup the previous year. Dundalk won on a 2-1 scoreline.[2] The 36 round League programme commenced on 15 February 2019, and was completed on 25 October 2019. Dundalk retained their title with four games to spare, sealing the title in Oriel Park with a 3-2 victory over Shamrock Rovers on 23 September 2019.[3] They had already won the League Cup, defeating Derry City on penalties in the Brandywell nine days earlier.[4] Chasing a domestic Treble, they were defeated in a penalty shoot-out in the FAI Cup final by Shamrock Rovers.[5] But they ended the season with a comprehensive 7–1 aggregate victory over Northern Irish champions, Linfield, in the inaugural Champions Cup (All-Ireland) – bringing the trophy haul in Perth's rookie season to four.[6]

In Europe Dundalk entered the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. After being seeded in the draw, they faced Riga, drawing the home leg in Oriel Park 0-0. The away leg in Riga was the club's 70th match in European football, which also finished 0-0. After extra-time failed to separate the sides, they won 5-4 in a sudden-death penalty shootout – their first in Europe, becoming the first Irish side to win a tie in that manner.[7] They were knocked out in the second qualifying round by Qarabağ when a 1-1 home draw was followed by a 3-0 defeat away in Baku, which saw them receive a bye into the Europa League Third qualifying round.[8] Their interest in Europe for the season ended there, with a 4-1 aggregate defeat to Slovan Bratislava. Both Qarabağ and Slovan subsequently reached the group stage of the Europa League.[9]

First-Team Squad (2019)

Sources:[10][11]

2019 squad warm-up before a match in Oriel Park
Squad No. Name Date of Birth Position Debut season League appearances Goals
1 Gary Rogers 25 September 1981 GK 2015 35 0
2 Seán Gannon 11 July 1991 DF 2014 33 1
3 Brian Gartland 4 November 1986 DF 2013 22 2
4 Seán Hoare 15 March 1994 DF 2017 28 4
5 Chris Shields 27 December 1990 MF 2012 29 0
6 Jordan Flores 4 October 1995 MF 2019 16 1
7 Michael Duffy 28 July 1994 MF 2017 34 12
8 John Mountney 22 February 1993 MF 2012 23 6
9 Patrick Hoban 28 July 1991 FW 2013 34 13
10 Jamie McGrath 30 September 1996 MF 2017 26 2
11 Patrick McEleney 26 September 1992 MF 2016 24 2
12 Georgie Kelly 12 November 1996 FW 2018 29 8
14 Dane Massey 17 April 1988 DF 2013 23 2
15 Stephen Folan 14 January 1992 DF 2018 0 0
16 Seán Murray 11 October 1993 MF 2019 25 3
17 Cameron Dummigan 2 June 1996 DF 2019 14 1
18 Robbie Benson 7 May 1992 MF 2016 13 1
20 Aaron McCarey 14 January 1992 GK 2019 1 0
21 Daniel Cleary 9 March 1996 DF 2018 23 2
22 Joe McKee[lower-alpha 1] 31 October 1992 MF 2019 5 0
27 Daniel Kelly 21 May 1996 MF 2019 33 9
28 Lido Lotefa 18 April 2000 FW 2019 3 0
29 Dylan Hand 15 March 1999 DF 2019 1 0
30 Ross Treacy 26 September 1998 GK 2018 0 0
33 Dean Jarvis 1 June 1992 DF 2018 19 1
44 Andy Boyle 7 March 1991 DF 2013 8 1

Competitions

President's Cup

Source:[12]

Cork City1–2Dundalk
K. O'Connor  65' Report  36' Massey
 45+1' Hoban
Attendance: 2,777
Referee: Robert Hennessy

Premier Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dundalk (C) 36 27 5 4 73 18 +55 86 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round (TBC)
2 Shamrock Rovers 36 23 6 7 62 21 +41 75 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round (TBC)[lower-alpha 2]
3 Bohemians 36 17 9 10 47 28 +19 60
4 Derry City 36 15 12 9 56 34 +22 57
5 St Patrick's Athletic 36 14 10 12 29 35 −6 52
Source: SSE Airtricity League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[13]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Loan signing, loan completed in May.
  2. Since the winners of the 2019 FAI Cup (Shamrock Rovers) qualified for European competition based on their league position, the final spot awarded to the Cup winner passed to the next best-placed team i.e fourth-placed team.

FAI Cup

Source:[14]

First Round
10 August 2019 Cobh Ramblers0–1DundalkCobh
19:00 Report Georgie Kelly  67' Stadium: St Colman's Park
Referee: Raymond Matthews
Second Round
23 August 2018 Derry City2–3 (a.e.t.)DundalkDerry
19:45 Gregory Sloggett  51'
Darren McCauley  84'		 Report Daniel Kelly  33'
Daniel Cleary  53'
Georgie Kelly  117'		 Stadium: Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium
Referee: Robert Harvey
Quarter Final
9 September 2019 Waterford1–3DundalkWaterford
19:45 Maxim Kouogum  56' Report Daniel Kelly  9'  23'  33' Stadium: Regional Sports Centre
Attendance: 954
Referee: Paul Tuite
Semi Final
29 September 2019 Sligo Rovers0–1DundalkSligo
17:00 Report Michael Duffy  89' Stadium: The Showgrounds
Attendance: 4,079
Referee: Rob Harvey
Final
3 November 2019 Dundalk1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)		Shamrock RoversDublin
15:40 Michael Duffy  90+3' Report Aaron McEneff  89 p' Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Attendance: 33,111
Referee: Derek Tomney

League Cup

Source:[15]

Second Round
1 April 2019 St Patrick's Athletic1–2DundalkInchicore, Dublin
19:45 GMT James Doona  12' Report Georgie Kelly  6'
Dean Jarvis  34'		 Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Robert Harvey
Quarter Final
27 May 2019 Dundalk3–1UCDDundalk
19:45 GMT Brian Gartland 7'
John Mountney 18'
Georgie Kelly  90'		 Report Yousef Mahdy  80' Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 500 (estimate)
Referee: David Dunne
Semi Final
19 August 2019 Dundalk6–1BohemiansDundalk
19:45 Patrick Hoban  4', 10', 14', 51'
Patrick McEleney  42'
Daniel Kelly  71'		 Report Ross Tierney  62' Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 1,500 (estimate)
Referee: Paul McLaughlin
Final
Main article: 2019 League of Ireland Cup Final
14 September 2019 Derry City2–2 (a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)		DundalkDerry
20:00 David Parkhouse  3'
Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe  51'		 Report Michael Duffy  38'
Sean Gannon  69'		 Stadium: Brandywell Stadium
Attendance: 3,000 (est)
Referee: Robert Hennessy (Dublin)

Champions Cup

Source:[16]

8 November 2019 (2019-11-08) First leg Linfield1–1Dundalk Windsor Park, Belfast
20:00 Shayne Lavery  9' Report Daniel Kelly  51' Attendance: 2,819
Referee: Ian McNabb
11 November 2019 (2019-11-11) Second leg Dundalk6–0Linfield Oriel Park, Dundalk
19:05 Georgie Kelly  6'
Brian Gartland  16'
Jamie McGrath  34'
Robbie Benson  65'
Georgie Kelly  75'
Patrick Hoban  85'		 Report Attendance: 2,412
Referee: Stephanie Frappart

Dundalk won 7–1 on aggregate.

Leinster Senior Cup

Source:[17]

Fourth Round
18 February 2019 Dundalk0–1Athlone TownDundalk, County Louth
19:45 GMT Report Dean Williams  66' Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 250 (est.)
Referee: Alan Carey

Europe

Champions League
First qualifying round
Dundalk 0–0 Riga
Report
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Peter Kralovič (Slovakia)
Riga 0–0 (a.e.t.) Dundalk
Report
Penalties
 4–5
Attendance: 6,050
Referee: Dimitar Mečkarovski (North Macedonia)

0–0 on aggregate. Dundalk won 5–4 on penalties.

Second qualifying round
Dundalk 1–1 Qarabağ
 Report
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
Qarabağ 3–0 Dundalk
 Report
Attendance: 5,832
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Qarabağ won 4–1 on aggregate.

Europa League
Third qualifying round
Slovan Bratislava 1–0 Dundalk
 Report
Attendance: 9,980
Referee: Frank Schneider (France)
Dundalk 1–3 Slovan Bratislava
 Report
Attendance: 4,199

Awards

Player of the Month
Month Player Reference
May Sean Gannon [18]
August Daniel Cleary [19]
September Michael Duffy [20]

SWAI Personality of the Year
Person Reference
Vinny Perth [21]

SWAI Goalkeeper of the Year
Person Reference
Gary Rogers [21]

Footnotes
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