2020 Dundalk F.C. season

Dundalk
2020 season
	Vinny Perth, Dundalk manager, celebrating the 2019 league title success with supporters in Oriel Park.
Manager	Vinny Perth
League Cup	Deferred
President's Cup	Postponed
Leinster Senior Cup	Abandoned
Highest home attendance	3,156 (Vs. Derry City 14 February 2020)
Home colours	Away colours

Dundalk entered the 2020 season as the reigning League Champions and League of Ireland Cup holders from 2019. It is manager Vinny Perth's second season as manager. The 2020 season is Dundalk's 12th consecutive season in the top tier of Irish football, their 85th in all, and their 94th in the League of Ireland.

Season summary

After the postponement of the President's Cup due to storm conditions, the scheduled double-double round-robin 36 round League programme commenced on 14 February 2020 and was due to be completed on 23 October 2020. The season was predicted to be a two horse race between Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers.[1] Both sides won their opening three matches before Rovers won their first encounter, 3–2, in Tallaght Stadium. That game was notable for a goal by Dundalk's Jordan Flores, however, which received global recognition.[2]

Subsequently, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic saw the cessation of football in line with other European countries ahead of the Round Six match at home to St Patrick's Athletic. The season resumed on 31 July 2020 with a reduced schedule of 18 matches in total, which is due to be completed on 30 October 2020. Attendances were restricted to a maximum of 200 for the duration of the shortened season as part of the Irish government's response to the pandemic.[3]

During the stoppage, assistant manager Ruaidhrí Higgins departed his role for a new role under former Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny with the Republic of Ireland national football team.[4] He was replaced by Alan Reynolds, who had earlier resigned as manager of Waterford.[5]

The League of Ireland Cup, sponsored by EA Sports, was deferred for the season.[6] The Leinster Senior Cup was abandoned.[7]

In Europe Dundalk will enter the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round.

First-Team Squad (2020)

Sources:[8][9] Note: Substitute appearances in brackets

No.	Name	DOB	Pos.	Debut	League		FAI Cup		EA Cup		Europe		Others		Totals
No.	Name	DOB	Pos.	Debut	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	Gary Rogers	25 September 1981	GK	2015	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
2	Seán Gannon	11 July 1991	DF	2014	8	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
3	Brian Gartland	4 November 1986	DF	2013	0 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	Seán Hoare	15 March 1994	DF	2017	5 (1)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
5	Chris Shields	27 December 1990	MF	2012	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
6	Jordan Flores	4 October 1995	MF	2019	5 (1)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2
7	Michael Duffy	28 July 1994	MF	2017	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	3
8	John Mountney	22 February 1993	MF	2012	1 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9	Patrick Hoban	28 July 1991	FW	2013	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7
10	Greg Sloggett	3 July 1996	MF	2020	5 (1)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
11	Patrick McEleney	26 September 1992	MF	2016	1 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14	Dane Massey	17 April 1988	DF	2013	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
15	Darragh Leahy	15 April 1998	DF	2020	1 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
16	Seán Murray	11 October 1993	MF	2019	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	Nathan Oduwa[lower-alpha 1]	5 March 1996	FW	2020	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
18	Will Patching	18 October 1998	MF	2020	0 (5)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
20	Aaron McCarey	14 January 1992	GK	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Daniel Cleary	9 March 1996	DF	2018	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
22	Stefan Čolović	16 April 1994	MF	2020	3 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
23	Cammy Smith[lower-alpha 2]	24 August 1995	FW	2020	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
23	Cameron Dummigan[lower-alpha 3]	2 June 1996	DF	2019	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	Daniel Kelly	21 May 1996	MF	2019	5 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
29	David McMillan[lower-alpha 4]	14 December 1988	FW	2015	0 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
44	Andy Boyle	7 March 1991	DF	2013	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
45	Josh Gatt[lower-alpha 5]	29 August 1991	MF	2020	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Out on loan

No.	Name	DOB	Pos.	Debut	League		FAI Cup		EA Cup		Europe		Others		Totals
No.	Name	DOB	Pos.	Debut	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
12	Georgie Kelly[lower-alpha 6]	12 November 1996	FW	2018	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28	Lido Lotefa[lower-alpha 7]	18 April 2000	FW	2019	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	Taner Dogan[lower-alpha 8]		DF	2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Competitions

Premier Division

14 February 2020 Round 1	Dundalk	1–0	Derry City	Oriel Park
19:45	Dane Massey 79'	Report		Attendance: 3,156 Referee: Neil Doyle

21 February 2020 Round 2	Shelbourne	1–2	Dundalk	Tolka Park
19:45	Gary Deegan 52'	Report	Andy Boyle 18' Patrick Hoban 43'	Attendance: 3,010 Referee: Damien McGraith

24 February 2020 Round 3	Dundalk	3–0	Cork City	Oriel Park
19:45	Michael Duffy 16' Patrick Hoban 63' Jordan Flores 66'	Report		Attendance: 2,243 Referee: Paul McLoughlin

28 February 2020 Round 4	Shamrock Rovers	3–2	Dundalk	Tallaght Stadium
19:45	Dylan Watts 20' Roberto Lopes 71' Jack Byrne 83'	Report	Jordan Flores 23' Patrick Hoban 63'	Attendance: 7,522 Referee: Rob Hennessey

6 March 2020 Round 5	Finn Harps	0–4	Dundalk	Finn Park
20:00	Patrick Hoban 3' Michael Duffy 37' Patrick Hoban 52' Greg Sloggett 83'	Report		Attendance: 1,582 Referee: Rob Harvey

31 July 2020 Round 6	Dundalk	1–1	St Patrick's Athletic	Oriel Park
19:45	Patrick Hoban 23'	Report	Robbie Benson 23'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Rob Harvey

7 August 2020 Round 7	Bohemians	2–1	Dundalk	Dalymount Park
17:45	Danny Grant 7' Keith Buckley 15'	Report	Michael Duffy 42'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Neil Doyle

14 August 2020 Round 8	Dundalk	2–2	Waterford	Oriel Park
17:45	Patrick Hoban 83' Daniel Cleary 90'	Report	Matthew Smith 24' Kurtis Byrne 50'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Ray Matthews

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shamrock Rovers	8	7	1	0	20	6	+14	22	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Bohemians	8	6	0	2	10	4	+6	18	Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Dundalk	8	4	2	2	16	9	+7	14
4	St Patrick's Athletic	8	3	2	3	6	5	+1	11
5	Waterford	7	3	2	2	6	7	−1	11
6	Shelbourne	8	3	1	4	6	8	−2	10
7	Derry City	8	2	2	4	8	9	−1	8
8	Cork City	8	2	1	5	4	12	−8	7
9	Sligo Rovers	7	2	0	5	6	12	−6	6	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
10	Finn Harps	8	1	1	6	3	13	−10	4	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2020. Source: SSE Airtricity League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[10]

FAI Cup

11 August 2020 Round 1	Dundalk	1–0	Waterford	Oriel Park
19:45	Seán Hoare 17'	Report		Attendance: 200 Referee: Paul McLaughlin

League Cup

Competition deferred due to COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Leinster Senior Cup

Competition abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

Europe

Champions League

Awards

Player of the Month

Footnotes

signed March 2020
on loan from Dundee United until 30 June 2020
on loan to Crusaders until 30 June 2020
signed July 2020
signed July 2020
on loan to St Patrick's Athletic until end of 2020 season
on loan to Longford Town until end of 2020 season
on loan to Athlone Town until end of 2020 season

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References

Malone, Emmet (14 February 2020). "Dundalk and Rovers look set to be the two leading horses again". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
McDonnell, Daniel. "The anatomy of a wonder goal: How flash of genius sent Jordan Flores around world". www.independent.ie. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
"COVID-19: What you need to do". www.citizensinformation.ie. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
McDonnell, Daniel. "Ruaidhri Higgins leaves Dundalk to join Stephen Kenny's backroom team". www.independent.ie. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
"Alan Reynolds named new Dundalk assistant manager". www.rte.ie. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
"FAI targets June resumption for League of Ireland season". www.rte.ie. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
"Leinster Senior Cup Abandoned". Extratime.ie. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
"Dundalk FC Squad 2020". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
"First Team". dundalkfc.com. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
"Premier Division 2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

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[10] signed March 2020

[11] rom Dundee United until 30 June 2020

[12] to Crusaders until 30 June 2020

[13] signed July 2020

[14] signed July 2020

[15] to St Patrick's Athletic until end of 2020 season

[16] to Longford Town until end of 2020 season

[17] to Athlone Town until end of 2020 season

[1] Malone, Emmet (14 February 2020). "Dundalk and Rovers look set to be the two leading horses again". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 March 2020.

[2] McDonnell, Daniel. "The anatomy of a wonder goal: How flash of genius sent Jordan Flores around world". www.independent.ie. Retrieved 7 March 2020.

[3] "COVID-19: What you need to do". www.citizensinformation.ie. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[4] McDonnell, Daniel. "Ruaidhri Higgins leaves Dundalk to join Stephen Kenny's backroom team". www.independent.ie. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[5] "Alan Reynolds named new Dundalk assistant manager". www.rte.ie. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[deferred-6] "FAI targets June resumption for League of Ireland season". www.rte.ie. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

[abandoned-7] "Leinster Senior Cup Abandoned". Extratime.ie. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[8] "Dundalk FC Squad 2020". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

[9] "First Team". dundalkfc.com. Retrieved 18 January 2020.

[18] "Premier Division 2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 January 2020.