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Dundalk
2016 season
President’s Cup, FAI Cup, Leinster Senior Cup & League of Ireland Champions trophy on display in Oriel Park in 2015
ManagerStephen Kenny
StadiumOriel Park, Dundalk
Tallaght Stadium, Dublin (UEFA matches)
Aviva Stadium, Dublin (v. Legia Warsaw)
Premier Division1st (champions)
FAI CupRunners-up
League of Ireland CupSecond round
President's CupRunners-up
Leinster Senior CupQuarter-final
UEFA Champions LeaguePlay-off round
UEFA Europa LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: David McMillan (16)
All: David McMillan (21)
Highest home attendance30,417 vs. Warsaw
Lowest home attendanceTBD
Average home league attendance2,717 (league games)[1]
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Dundalk entered the 2016 season as the reigning League Champions and FAI Cup holders from 2014, having won the 'Double' for the first time since 1987–88. 2016 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

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After dominating domestically throughout the season, a third league title in a row was sealed with two games to spare in 2016,[2] A chance at a 'Double Double' was spurned, however, when they lost in the FAI Cup Final to a goal scored in the last minute of extra time by Cork City F.C.[3]

David McMillan
Dundalk forward David McMillan in action in the 2016–17 Europa League.

The 2016–17 Champions League saw the club qualify for the Champions League play-off round, after they first defeated FH of Iceland,[4] then came from a goal down in the tie to defeat BATE 3–0 in Tallaght Stadium,[5] winning through 3–1 on aggregate. Dundalk drew Legia Warsaw, with the first leg played in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin in front of a crowd of 30,417.[6] They suffered a 2–0 defeat in the home leg, but shocked Legia in the return leg by taking a 1–0 lead through Robbie Benson's volley. With Dundalk pushing for the equaliser that would have taken the tie to extra-time, Legia scored on the break, and won the tie 3–1 on aggregate.[7]

Defeat in the play-off round meant that the club qualified for the group stage of the Europa League, only the second Irish team to have done so. A draw with AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands,[8] followed by a victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Tallaght Stadium,[9] were the first points earned by an Irish club at this stage of a European competition – both the equaliser in Alkmaar and the winning goal in Tallaght being scored by Ciarán Kilduff. In the third match they took the lead in Tallaght against Zenit St Petersburg, and were 20 minutes from topping the table, before eventually losing 2–1.[10] In a campaign that would run from 13 July to 8 December, five weeks beyond the end of the domestic season, Dundalk failed to pick up any more points in the remaining matches. But they had attracted considerable attention.[11][12]

Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Gary Rogers
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Sean Gannon
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Brian Gartland
4 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Boyle (vice-captain)
5 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Chris Shields
6 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen O'Donnell (captain)
7 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Daryl Horgan
8 MF Republic of Ireland IRL John Mountney
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL David McMillan
10 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Ronan Finn
11 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Patrick McEleney
12 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Shane Grimes
14 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Dane Massey
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Paddy Barrett
16 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Ciarán Kilduff
17 MF Republic of Ireland IRL George Poynton
18 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Robbie Benson
19 MF Northern Ireland NIR Dean Shiels
20 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Ciarán O'Connor
21 MF Northern Ireland NIR Darren Meenan
22 GK Romania ROU Gabriel Sava
24 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Keane
26 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Michael O'Connor
27 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Ben Kelly
28 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Keith Dalton
29 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Carlton Ubaezuono

Non-competitive

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Preseason friendlies

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2 February 2016 Dundalk Republic of Ireland 4–1 Northern Ireland Cliftonville Dundalk
19:45 Report Stadium: Oriel Park
9 February 2016 Dundalk 8–1 Waterford United Dundalk
19:45 Report Stadium: Oriel Park
13 February 2016 Limerick 0–2 Dundalk Limerick
19:45 Report Stadium: Markets Field
16 February 2016 Dundalk 2–0 UCD Dundalk
19:45 Report Stadium: Oriel Park

Competitive

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League of Ireland

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Main article: 2016 League of Ireland Premier Division
5 March 2016 1 Bray Wanderers 1–3 Dundalk Bray
Stadium: Carlisle Grounds
11 March 2016 2 Dundalk 3–0 Finn Harps Dundalk
Stadium: Oriel Park
14 March 2016 3 Wexford Youths 1–2 Dundalk Crossabeg
Stadium: Ferrycarrig Park
18 March 2016 4 Dundalk 0–1 Cork City Dundalk
Stadium: Oriel Park
24 March 2016 5 St Patrick's Athletic 0–4 Dundalk Inchicore
Stadium: Richmond Park
1 April 2016 6 Dundalk 1–1 Derry City Dundalk
Stadium: Oriel Park
9 April 2016 7 Longford Town 0–4 Dundalk Longford
Stadium: Strokestown Road
15 April 2016 8 Dundalk 1–0 Sligo Rovers Dundalk
Stadium: Oriel Park
22 April 2016 9 Shamrock Rovers 0–2 Dundalk Tallaght
Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
29 April 2016 10 Bohemians 0–2 Dundalk Phibsborough
Stadium: Dalymount Park
6 May 2016 11 Dundalk 2–1 Galway United Dundalk
Stadium: Oriel Park
10 May 2016 12 Dundalk 1–0 Bray Wanderers Dundalk
Stadium: Oriel Park
13 May 2016 13 Finn Harps 0–7 Dundalk Ballybofey
Stadium: Finn Park
29 May 2016 14 Dundalk 3–2 Wexford Youths Dundalk
Stadium: Oriel Park
3 June 2016 15 Cork City 1–0 Dundalk Cork
Stadium: Turners Cross
24 June 2016 16 Dundalk 2–0 St Patrick's Athletic Dundalk
Stadium: Oriel Park
1 July 2016 17 Derry City 0–5 Dundalk Derry
Stadium: Brandywell Stadium
5 July 2016 18 Dundalk 4–3 Longford Town Dundalk
Stadium: Oriel Park
5 August 2016 19 Galway United 1–0 Dundalk Galway
Stadium: Eamonn Deacy Park
10 August 2016 20 Bray Wanderers 2–1 Dundalk Bray
Stadium: Carlisle Grounds
26 August 2016 21 Wexford Youths 0–1 Dundalk Crossabeg
Stadium: Ferrycarrig Park
2 September 2016 22 Bohemians 1–2 Dundalk Phibsborough
Stadium: Dalymount Park
6 September 2016 23 Sligo Rovers 0–1 Dundalk Sligo
Stadium: The Showgrounds
12 September 2016 24 Dundalk 2–0 Finn Harps Dundalk
Stadium: Oriel Park
20 September 2016 25 Dundalk 1–1 Shamrock Rovers Dundalk
Stadium: Oriel Park
26 September 2016 26 Dundalk 3–1 Derry City Dundalk
Stadium: Oriel Park
7 October 2016 27 Dundalk 0–3 Sligo Rovers Dundalk
Report Stadium: Oriel Park
12 October 2016 28 Dundalk 2–1 Cork City Dundalk
Report Stadium: Oriel Park
15 October 2016 29 Shamrock Rovers 0–3 Dundalk Tallaght
Report Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
17 October 2016 30 Longford Town 0–3 Dundalk Longford
Report Stadium: Strokestown Road
23 October 2016 31 Dundalk 2–1 Bohemians Dundalk
Report Stadium: Oriel Park
25 October 2016 32 St Patrick's Athletic 5–2 Dundalk Inchicore
Stadium: Richmond Park
28 October 2016 33 Dundalk 4–1 Galway United Dundalk
Report Stadium: Oriel Park

FAI Cup

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Main article: 2016 FAI Cup
20 May 2016 Second round Dundalk 2–0 Shelbourne Dundalk
Horgan 21'
Kilduff 85'		 Report Kehoe Yellow card 72' Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 1,750
Referee: Robert Rogers
19 August 2016 Third round Dundalk 5–0 Crumlin United Dundalk
19:45 Shields 8', 79'
Barrett 25'
Shiels 44'
O'Connor 74'		 Report Stadium: Oriel Park
9 September 2016 Quarterfinals UCD 0–1 Dundalk Dublin
19:45 Report Kilduff 66' Stadium: UCD Bowl
2 October 2016 Semifinals Dundalk 2-2 Derry City Dundalk
13:45 Dean Shiels, Ciaran Kilduff Report Rory Patterson, Ronan Curtis Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 3,283
Referee: Graham Kelly
4 October 2016 S/F Replay Derry City 1-2 Dundalk Dundalk
19:45 Ronan Curtis Report Ciaran Kilduff, Ronan Finn Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 3,000 (estimate)
Referee: Dave McKeon

League of Ireland Cup

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Main article: 2016 League of Ireland Cup
18 April 2016 Second round Dundalk 0–1 (a.e.t.) St Patrick's Athletic Dundalk
19:45 Feely 113' Stadium: Oriel Park

Leinster Senior Cup

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Main article: 2015–16 Leinster Senior Cup
5 February 2016 Fourth round Shelbourne 0–2 Dundalk Drumcondra
19:45 Stadium: Tolka Park
4 April 2016 Quarterfinals Bohemians 4–3 Dundalk Phibsborough
19:45 Murphy 31'
Byrne 69', 81', 87'		 Report O'Connor 13', 74'
Kelly 90'		 Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 297
Referee: Michael O'Connor

President's Cup

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Main article: 2016 President of Ireland's Cup
27 February 2016 Cork City 2–0 Dundalk Cork
Holohan 20'
McNulty Yellow card 45+1'
Morrissey Yellow card 53'
Bolger Yellow card 60'
Maguire 61'		 Report Shields Yellow card 12'
Boyle Yellow card 45+1'
Gartland Yellow card 56' Red card 80'		 Stadium: Turners Cross
Attendance: 1,850
Referee: Graham Kelly

UEFA Champions League

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Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

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13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) First leg Dundalk Republic of Ireland 1–1 Iceland FH Dundalk, Republic of Ireland
20:45 McMillan 66'
Finn Yellow card 68'
O'Donnell Yellow card 85'		 Report Doumbia Yellow card 23'
Ólafsson Yellow card 57'
Lennon 77'
Valdimarsson Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: Oriel Park
Attendance: 3,111
Referee: Nikola Popov
20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) Second leg FH Iceland 2–2
(3–3 (a) agg.)		 Republic of Ireland Dundalk Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
20:45 Hewson 19' Yellow card 42'
Pálsson Yellow card 48'
K. F. Finnbogason 78'		 Report McMillan 52', 62'
O'Donnell Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: Kaplakriki
Attendance: 1,850
Referee: Paolo Valeri

Third qualifying round

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26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) First leg BATE Borisov Belarus 1–0 Republic of Ireland Dundalk Barysaw, Belarus
20:45 Zhavnerchik Yellow card 29'
Gordeichuk 70'		 Report Finn Yellow card 64' Stadium: Borisov Arena
Attendance: 11,321
Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky
2 August 2016 (2016-08-02) Second leg Dundalk Republic of Ireland 3–0
(3–1 agg.)		 Belarus BATE Borisov Dublin, Republic of Ireland
20:45 McMillan 44', 59'
Barrett Yellow card 88'
Benson 90'		 Report Rodionov Yellow card 81'
Stasevich Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 4,645
Referee: Jakob Kehlet
Note: Dundalk played their third qualifying round home match at Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, and will play their play-off home match at Aviva Stadium, Dublin, instead of their regular stadium Oriel Park, Dundalk.[13][14]

Play-off round

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17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) First leg Dundalk Republic of Ireland 0–2 Poland Legia Warsaw Dublin, Republic of Ireland
20:45 O'Donnell Yellow card 20'
Boyle Yellow card 55'		 Report Odjidja-Ofoe Yellow card 44'
Nikolić 56' (pen.)
Hloušek Yellow card 69'
Prijović 90+4'		 Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Attendance: 30,417
Referee: Deniz Aytekin
23 August 2016 (2016-08-23) Second leg Legia Warsaw Poland 1–1
(3–1 agg.)		 Republic of Ireland Dundalk Warsaw, Poland
20:45 Report Stadium: Polish Army Stadium

UEFA Europa League

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Main article: 2016–17 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

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15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) 1 AZ Netherlands 1–1 Republic of Ireland Dundalk Alkmaar, Netherlands
19:00 Wuytens 61' Report Kilduff 89' Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Attendance: 10,003
Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta)
29 September 2016 (2016-09-29) 2 Dundalk Republic of Ireland 1–0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Dublin, Republic of Ireland
21:05 Kilduff 72' Report Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 5,543
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
20 October 2016 (2016-10-20) 3 Dundalk Republic of Ireland 1–2 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg Dublin, Republic of Ireland
21:05 Benson 52' Report Mak 71'
Giuliano 77'		 Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka (Czech Republic)
3 November 2016 (2016-11-03) 4 Zenit St. Petersburg Russia 2–1 Republic of Ireland Dundalk Saint Petersburg, Russia
19:00 Giuliano 42', 78' Report Horgan 52' Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)
24 November 2016 (2016-11-24) 5 Dundalk Republic of Ireland 0–1 Netherlands AZ Dublin, Republic of Ireland
21:05 Weghorst 9' Report Stadium: Tallaght Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: István Vad (Hungary)
8 December 2016 (2016-12-08) 6 Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 2–1 Republic of Ireland Dundalk Netanya, Israel
19:00 Ben Chaim 21' (pen.), Micha 38' Report Dasa 27' (o.g.) Stadium: Netanya Stadium
Attendance: 9,891
Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Austria)

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total League of Ireland FAI Cup League Cup Europe
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Gary Rogers 36 0 28+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 8+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Sean Gannon 35 0 24+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 9+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Brian Gartland 32 7 27+0 7 1+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Boyle 44 3 31+0 3 1+2 0 0+1 0 9+0 0 0+0 0
5 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Chris Shields 37 0 17+8 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 5+3 0 0+0 0
6 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Stephen O'Donnell 29 1 20+2 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 6+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Daryl Horgan 43 9 30+0 9 1+2 0 0+1 0 9+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF Republic of Ireland IRL John Mountney 40 2 21+8 2 2+0 0 1+0 0 5+3 0 0+0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL David McMillan 42 21 25+5 16 0+2 0 0+1 0 9+0 5 0+0 0
10 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Ronan Finn 39 8 28+1 7 1+0 1 0+0 0 8+1 0 0+0 0
11 FW Northern Ireland NIR Patrick McEleney 34 3 17+6 3 0+2 0 0+0 0 8+1 0 0+0 0
12 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Shane Grimes 7 0 2+1 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Dane Massey 39 3 29+0 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 9+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Paddy Barrett 24 2 7+7 2 3+0 0 1+0 0 5+1 0 0+0 0
16 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Ciarán Kilduff 31 11 8+11 6 3+0 3 1+0 0 0+8 2 0+0 0
17 MF Republic of Ireland IRL George Poynton 4 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Robbie Benson 35 5 10+12 2 2+1 0 1+0 0 4+5 3 0+0 0
19 FW Northern Ireland NIR Dean Shiels 11 1 0+7 0 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
20 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Ciarán O'Connor 4 0 0+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Northern Ireland NIR Darren Meenan 26 1 10+14 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
22 GK Romania ROU Gabriel Sava 8 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Keane 6 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Michael O'Connor 5 0 0+2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0

References

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  2. ^ "Dundalk are crowned the Airtricity League Premier Division champions for the third time in a row". Irish Independent. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Watch: Drama as Sean Maguire pounces at the death to win FAI Cup for Cork City". Irish Independent. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  4. ^ Crawley, Darren (20 July 2016). "Superb McMillan the difference as Dundalk sparkle in Iceland". The Irish Times – via www.irishtimes.com.
  5. ^ McLaughlin, Gavin (2 August 2016). "Dundalk down BATE to progress in Champions League". RTÉ – via www.rte.ie.
  6. ^ "Full Time Summary Play-offs 1st leg – Wednesday 17 August 2016" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  7. ^ McLaughlin, Gavin (23 August 2016). "Brave Dundalk exit Champions League in Poland". RTÉ – via www.rte.ie.
  8. ^ McLaughlin, Gavin (15 September 2016). "Kilduff snatches historic point for 10-man Dundalk". RTÉ – via www.rte.ie.
  9. ^ McLaughlin, Gavin (29 September 2016). "Dundalk claim historic Euro win against Maccabi". RTÉ – via www.rte.ie.
  10. ^ McLaughlin, Gavin (21 October 2016). "Dundalk defeated as Zenit battle back in Tallaght". RTÉ – via www.rte.ie.
  11. ^ Doyle, Paul (10 October 2016). "Dundalk's Stephen Kenny winning friends and trophies with Irish trailblazers". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
  12. ^ "Remembering the greatest European run in the history of Irish football". The 42. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  13. ^ "Here's why Dundalk won't be able to play their crunch Champions League qualifier in front of their home fans". independent.ie. Irish Independent. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  14. ^ "Dundalk will play Champions League playoff at Aviva Stadium". irishtimes.com. The Irish Times. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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