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
President's Cup	Postponed
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 double-double round-robin 36 round League programme commenced on 14 February 2020 and will 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. The 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 is due to resume on 19 June 2020 with a reduce schedule of 27 matches—three round robins. The League of Ireland Cup, sponsored by EA Sports, will be deferred for the season.[3]

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

First-Team Squad (2020)

Sources:[4][5] 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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2	Seán Gannon	11 July 1991	DF	2014	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
3	Brian Gartland	4 November 1986	DF	2013	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Seán Hoare	15 March 1994	DF	2017	4 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
5	Chris Shields	27 December 1990	MF	2012	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
6	Jordan Flores	4 October 1995	MF	2019	3 (1)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
7	Michael Duffy	28 July 1994	MF	2017	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
8	John Mountney	22 February 1993	MF	2012	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Patrick Hoban	28 July 1991	FW	2013	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
10	Greg Sloggett	3 July 1996	MF	2020	4 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
11	Patrick McEleney	26 September 1992	MF	2016	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	Georgie Kelly	12 November 1996	FW	2018	0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14	Dane Massey	17 April 1988	DF	2013	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
15	Darragh Leahy	15 April 1998	DF	2020	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	Seán Murray	11 October 1993	MF	2019	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Will Patching	18 October 1998	MF	2020	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	Stefan Čolović	16 April 1994	MF	2020	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Cammy Smith[lower-alpha 1]	24 August 1995	FW	2020	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
27	Daniel Kelly	21 May 1996	MF	2019	3 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
28	Lido Lotefa	18 April 2000	FW	2019	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44	Andy Boyle	7 March 1991	DF	2013	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1

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
17	Cameron Dummigan[lower-alpha 2]	2 June 1996	DF	2019	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

13 March 2020 Round 6	Dundalk	v	St Patrick's Athletic	Oriel Park
20:00
Note: Postponed due to Coronavirus pandemic

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shamrock Rovers	5	5	0	0	15	4	+11	15	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Dundalk	5	4	0	1	12	4	+8	12	Qualification to Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Bohemians	5	3	0	2	6	3	+3	9
4	St Patrick's Athletic	4	2	0	2	3	2	+1	6
5	Shelbourne	4	2	0	2	3	4	−1	6
6	Waterford	4	2	0	2	3	5	−2	6
7	Derry City	4	1	1	2	4	4	0	4
8	Finn Harps	4	1	1	2	2	6	−4	4
9	Cork City	5	1	0	4	1	11	−10	3	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
10	Sligo Rovers	4	0	0	4	2	8	−6	0	Relegation to League of Ireland First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: SSE Airtricity League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[6]

FAI Cup

League Cup

Competition deferred due to corona virus pandemic.[3]

Leinster Senior Cup

Europe

Champions League

Awards

Player of the Month

Footnotes

on loan from Dundee United until 30 June 2020
on loan to Crusaders until 30 June 2020

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.
"FAI targets June resumption for League of Ireland season". www.rte.ie. Retrieved 20 March 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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[6] rom Dundee United until 30 June 2020

[7] to Crusaders until 30 June 2020

[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.

[deferred-3] "FAI targets June resumption for League of Ireland season". www.rte.ie. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

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

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

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