| 2016 season | |||
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 President’s Cup, FAI Cup, Leinster Senior Cup & League of Ireland Champions trophy on display in Oriel Park in 2015 | |||
| Manager | Stephen Kenny | ||
| Stadium | Oriel Park, Dundalk Tallaght Stadium, Dublin (UEFA matches) Aviva Stadium, Dublin (v. Legia Warsaw) | ||
| Premier Division | 1st (champions) | ||
| FAI Cup | Runners-up | ||
| League of Ireland Cup | Second round | ||
| President's Cup | Runners-up | ||
| Leinster Senior Cup | Quarter-final | ||
| UEFA Champions League | Play-off round | ||
| UEFA Europa League | Group stage | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: David McMillan (16) All: David McMillan (21) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 30,417 vs. Warsaw | ||
| Lowest home attendance | TBD | ||
| Average home league attendance | 2,717 (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
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]
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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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Non-competitive
Preseason friendlies
| 2 February 2016 | Dundalk  | 4–1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
League of Ireland
| 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 |
| 7 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
| 20 May 2016 Second round | Dundalk | 2–0 | Shelbourne | Dundalk |
Horgan  21'Kilduff 85' |
Report | Kehoe  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 |
| 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
| 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
| 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
UEFA Champions League
Second qualifying round
| 13 July 2016 First leg | Dundalk | 1–1 |  FH | Dundalk, Republic of Ireland |
| 20:45 | McMillan 66' Finn 68'O'Donnell 85' |
Report | Doumbia 23' Ólafsson 57'Lennon 77'Valdimarsson 81' |
Stadium: Oriel Park Attendance: 3,111 Referee: Nikola Popov |
| 20 July 2016 Second leg | FH | 2–2 (3–3 (a) agg.) | Dundalk | Hafnarfjörður, Iceland |
| 20:45 | Hewson 19' 42' Pálsson 48'K. F. Finnbogason 78' |
Report | McMillan 52', 62' O'Donnell 64' |
Stadium: Kaplakriki Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Paolo Valeri |
Third qualifying round
| 26 July 2016 First leg | BATE Borisov  | 1–0 | Dundalk | Barysaw, Belarus |
| 20:45 | Zhavnerchik 29' Gordeichuk 70' |
Report | Finn 64' |
Stadium: Borisov Arena Attendance: 11,321 Referee: Yevhen Aranovsky |
| 2 August 2016 Second leg | Dundalk | 3–0 (3–1 agg.) | BATE Borisov | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| 20:45 | McMillan 44', 59' Barrett 88'Benson 90' |
Report | Rodionov 81' Stasevich 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
| 17 August 2016 First leg | Dundalk | 0–2 |  Legia Warsaw | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| 20:45 | O'Donnell 20' Boyle 55' |
Report | Odjidja-Ofoe 44' Nikolić 56' (pen.)Hloušek 69'Prijović 90+4' |
Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 30,417 Referee: Deniz Aytekin |
| 23 August 2016 Second leg | Legia Warsaw | 1–1 (3–1 agg.) | Dundalk | Warsaw, Poland |
| 20:45 | Report | Stadium: Polish Army Stadium |
UEFA Europa League
Group stage
| 15 September 2016 1 | AZ  | 1–1 | Dundalk | Alkmaar, Netherlands |
| 19:00 | Wuytens 61' |
Report | Kilduff 89' |
Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 10,003 Referee: Clayton Pisani (Malta) |
| 29 September 2016 2 | Dundalk | 1–0 |  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 3 | Dundalk | 1–2 |  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 4 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 2–1 | 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 5 | Dundalk | 0–1 | AZ | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| 21:05 | Weghorst 9' |
Report | Stadium: Tallaght Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: István Vad (Hungary) |
| 8 December 2016 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2–1 | 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
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | League of Ireland | FAI Cup | League Cup | Europe | |||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| 1 | GK | IRL |
Gary Rogers | 36 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRL |
Sean Gannon | 35 | 0 | 24+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRL |
Brian Gartland | 32 | 7 | 27+0 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IRL |
Andy Boyle | 44 | 3 | 31+0 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | IRL |
Chris Shields | 37 | 0 | 17+8 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRL |
Stephen O'Donnell | 29 | 1 | 20+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRL |
Daryl Horgan | 43 | 9 | 30+0 | 9 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | IRL |
John Mountney | 40 | 2 | 21+8 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IRL |
David McMillan | 42 | 21 | 25+5 | 16 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9+0 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | IRL |
Ronan Finn | 39 | 8 | 28+1 | 7 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NIR |
Patrick McEleney | 34 | 3 | 17+6 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | IRL |
Shane Grimes | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | IRL |
Dane Massey | 39 | 3 | 29+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 9+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | IRL |
Paddy Barrett | 24 | 2 | 7+7 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | IRL |
Ciarán Kilduff | 31 | 11 | 8+11 | 6 | 3+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+8 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | IRL |
George Poynton | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | IRL |
Robbie Benson | 35 | 5 | 10+12 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+5 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NIR |
Dean Shiels | 11 | 1 | 0+7 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | IRL |
Ciarán O'Connor | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NIR |
Darren Meenan | 26 | 1 | 10+14 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK |  ROU |
Gabriel Sava | 8 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | IRL |
Alan Keane | 6 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | IRL |
Michael O'Connor | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
References
- ↑ "EFS Attendances". www.european-football-statistics.co.uk.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Crawley, Darren (20 July 2016). "Superb McMillan the difference as Dundalk sparkle in Iceland". The Irish Times – via www.irishtimes.com.
- ↑ McLaughlin, Gavin (2 August 2016). "Dundalk down BATE to progress in Champions League". RTÉ – via www.rte.ie.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ McLaughlin, Gavin (23 August 2016). "Brave Dundalk exit Champions League in Poland". RTÉ – via www.rte.ie.
- ↑ McLaughlin, Gavin (15 September 2016). "Kilduff snatches historic point for 10-man Dundalk". RTÉ – via www.rte.ie.
- ↑ McLaughlin, Gavin (29 September 2016). "Dundalk claim historic Euro win against Maccabi". RTÉ – via www.rte.ie.
- ↑ McLaughlin, Gavin (21 October 2016). "Dundalk defeated as Zenit battle back in Tallaght". RTÉ – via www.rte.ie.
- ↑ Doyle, Paul (10 October 2016). "Dundalk's Stephen Kenny winning friends and trophies with Irish trailblazers". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ "Remembering the greatest European run in the history of Irish football". The 42. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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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