2018_Dundalk_F.C._season

2018 Dundalk F.C. season

2018 Dundalk F.C. season

Dundalk 2018 football season

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.

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Season summary

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]

First-Team Squad (2018)

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Competitions

President's Cup

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11 February 2018 Cork City 4 - 2DundalkOriel Park
Report Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Derek Tomney

Premier Division

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Source: SSE Airtricity League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[11]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. new club record.
  2. Loan signing, loan completed in July.
  3. Signed from Oldham Athletic in July and took the departed Adorján's squad number.
  4. Sent on loan to Glentoran in July.
  5. Released in July.
  6. Signed from UCD in July.
  7. Since the winners of the 2018 FAI Cup, Dundalk, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) would normally pass to the next best-placed team (the fourth-placed team). However, as Waterford were adjudged by UEFA to have not passed the "three-year rule" as they were reformed in 2016, the spot was passed to the fifth-placed team.

FAI Cup

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First Round
10 August 2018 Dundalk 3–0Cobh RamblersDundalk
19:45
  • Murray 32', 85'
  • McGrath 52'
 Report Stadium: Oriel Park
Referee: Robert Rogers
Second Round
24 August 2018 Dundalk 2–0Finn HarpsDundalk
19:45
  • Murray 24' (pen.)
  • Kelly 52'
 Report Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 1,823
Referee: Paul McLaughlin
Quarter Final
7 September 2018 Limerick0–4 Dundalk Limerick
19:45
  • O'Sullivan Yellow card 20'
  • Maguire Yellow card 59'
  • Coleman Yellow card 70'
 Report
  • Hoban 5', 21'
  • Mountney 36'
  • Kelly 71'
 Stadium: Markets Field
Referee: Derek Tomney
Semi Final
28 September 2018 Dundalk 1–0UCDDundalk
19:45 McEleney 41' Report Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 2,926
Referee: Robert Hennessy
Final
4 November 2018 Cork City1–2 Dundalk Aviva Stadium
16:40 Sadlier 21' (pen) Report
McEleney 73'
 Attendance: 30,412
Referee: Neil Doyle

League Cup

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Second Round
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 soccer ball with check mark
Clarke soccer ball with red X
Doona soccer ball with check mark
Kelly soccer ball with check mark
Lennon soccer ball with check mark
Toner soccer ball with check mark
Leahy soccer ball with check mark
Madden soccer ball with check mark
Markey soccer ball with red X		 Massey soccer ball with red X
McGrath soccer ball with check mark
Poynton soccer ball with check mark
Adorján soccer ball with check mark
Gartland soccer ball with check mark
Mountney soccer ball with check mark
O'Donnell soccer ball with check mark
Folan soccer ball with check mark
Tagbajumi soccer ball with check mark
Quarter Final
8 May 2018 Dundalk 3–0BohemiansOriel Park
19:45 Dylan Connolly 8', 21'
Jamie McGrath 88'		 Report Attendance: 1,000 (estimate)
Referee: Robert Rogers
Semi Final
6 August 2018 Cobh Ramblers 1–0DundalkSt. Colman's Park
17:00 Christopher Hull 75' Report Referee: Sean Grant

Leinster Senior Cup

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Fourth Round
5 June 2018 Dundalk 3–1BohemiansDundalk, 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
Quarter Final
2 July 2018 Shamrock Rovers0–1 Dundalk Tallaght, County Dublin
19:45 GMT Report Ronan Murray 25' Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 500 (est.)
Referee: Derek Tomney
Semi Final
3 September 2018 St Patrick's Athletic 1–0 (a.e.t.)DundalkInchicore, Dublin
19:45 GMT Kevin Toner 105' Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Attendance: 750 (est.)
Referee: Alan Patchell

Europe

Europa League

First qualifying round
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Attendance: 1,343<
Referee: Bojan Nikolić (Serbia)
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Attendance: 3,100

Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round
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Attendance: 3,100
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Attendance: 3,991
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

AEK Larnaca won 4–0 on aggregate.

Awards

Player of the Month

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PFAI Player of the Year

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PFAI Young Player of the Year

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FAI League of Ireland Player of the Year

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SWAI Personality of the Year

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Footnotes

    References

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      "PRESIDENTS CUP". extratime.ie. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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      "Premier Division 2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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