2015 Dundalk F.C. season


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.

Season summary

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. 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. 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. 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.
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.

First-Team Squad (2015)

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Squad No.NameDate of BirthPositionDebut seasonLeague appearancesGoals
1 25 September 1981GK2015310
2 11 July 1991DF2014321
3 4 November 1986DF2013276
4 7 March 1991DF2013331
5 27 December 1990MF2012300
6 15 January 1986MF2013242
7 10 August 1992MF2014339
8 22 February 1993MF2012333
9 14 December 1988FW20143312
10 21 December 1987MF2015335
11 9 April 1990FW2013140
12 Shane Grimes9 March 1987DF200540
14 17 April 1988DF2013324
15 22 July 1993DF2015110
16 29 September 1988FW2015124
17 17 July 1991MF20133225
19 1 May 1994FW201560
21 Darren Meenan1 October 1991MF2013283
22 15 September 1986GK201430
28 8 September 1997MF201320

Competitions

President's Cup

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Premier Division

FAI Cup

Source:
;Second Round
;Third Round
;Quarter Final
;Semi Final
;Final

League Cup

Source:
;Second Round
;Quarter Final
;Semi Final

Leinster Senior Cup

Source:
;Fourth Round
;Quarter Final
;Semi Final
;Final

Europe

Champions League

Source:
;Second qualifying round
BATE Borisov won 2–1 on aggregate.

Awards

Player of the Month

PFAI Player of the Year

FAI League of Ireland Player of the Year

SWAI Personality of the Year

RTÉ Sports Team of the Year

Footnotes