2020 Dundalk F.C. season
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. 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.
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 is due to resume on 31 July 2020 with a reduced schedule of 18 matches in total, which is due to be completed on 30 October 2020. The League of Ireland Cup, sponsored by EA Sports, was deferred for the season. The Leinster Senior Cup was abandoned.
In Europe Dundalk will enter the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round.First-Team Squad (2020)
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Note: Substitute appearances in bracketsCompetitions
Premier Division
League table
FAI Cup
League Cup
Competition deferred due to COVID-19 pandemic.Leinster Senior Cup
Competition abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic.Europe
Awards
Player of the Month
Footnotes
