2017 Dundalk F.C. season
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{{Infobox football club season
| club = Dundalk
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| season = 2017
| manager = Stephen Kenny
| league = Premier Division
| league result = 2nd
| cup1 = FAI Cup
| cup1 result = Runners-up
| cup2 = League Cup
| cup2 result = Winners
| cup3 = President's Cup
| cup3 result = Runners-up
| cup5 = Leinster Senior Cup
| cup5 result = Runners-up
| cup7 = Champions League
| cup7 result = 2Q
| league topscorer =
David McMillan (16)
| season topscorer =
David McMillan (18)
| highest attendance = 4,746 (vs. Shamrock Rovers, 24 February 2017){{cite web |last1=Newberry |first1=Niall |title=League Report: Dundalk 2 - 1 Shamrock Rovers |url=https://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/30167/2/ |website=www.extratime.ie |accessdate=23 October 2019 |date=24 February 2017}}
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Dundalk entered the 2017 season as the reigning League Champions from 2016, having won the title for the third year in a row, and having come off a successful Europa League run that saw them become the first Irish club to both win points and win a match in the group stage of European competition. 2017 was Stephen Kenny's fifth season at the club as manager. It was Dundalk's ninth consecutive season in the top tier of Irish football, their 82nd in all, and their 91st in the League of Ireland.
Season summary
The new season's curtain raiser - the President's Cup - was played on 17 February in Turners Cross between Dundalk and Cork City - the winners of the FAI Cup the previous year. Cork City won on a scoreline of 3-0.{{cite web |last1=O'Gorman |first1=Simon |title=President's Cup Report: Cork City 3 - 0 Dundalk |url=https://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/30513/2/ |website=www.extratime.ie |accessdate=6 November 2019}} The 33 round League programme commenced on 24 February 2017, and was completed on 27 October 2017. Dundalk relinquished their title to Cork City, finishing as runners-up.{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Pete |title=League Report: Galway United 3 - 4 Dundalk |url=https://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/30364/2/ |website=www.extratime.ie |accessdate=6 November 2019}} They subsequently lost the 2017 FAI Cup Final to Cork City in a penalty shoot-out after the match finished 1-1.{{cite web |last1=Dunne |first1=Alex |title=FAI Cup Final Report: Dundalk 1 - 1 Cork City AET (City win 5-3 on penos) |url=https://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/32727/2/ |website=www.extratime.ie |accessdate=6 November 2019}} However, Kenny's side did pick up the club's sixth League Cup, with a 3-0 victory over Shamrock Rovers in the final.{{cite web |last1=McKeever |first1=Sam |title=EA Sports Cup Final Report: Shamrock Rovers 0 - 3 Dundalk |url=https://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/31656/2/ |website=www.extratime.ie |accessdate=6 November 2019}} They were also runner-up in the Leinster Senior Cup, losing 4-2 to Shelbourne in the final.{{cite web |last1=Newberry |first1=Niall |title=Leinster Senior Cup Report: Dundalk FC 2 - 4 Shelbourne (AET) |url=https://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/32504/2/ |website=www.extratime.ie |accessdate=6 November 2019}}
In Europe they were knocked out at the first hurdle, losing to Rosenborg after extra-time in the Champions League second qualifying round. This was a disappointment after the club's exploits in 2016, even with the financial and organisational disparity between the sides.{{cite web |last1=Donnelly |first1=Dave |title=Champions League Report: Rosenborg 2 - 1 Dundalk AET (Rosenborg win 3-2 on aggregate) |url=https://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/31217/2/ |website=www.extratime.ie |accessdate=6 November 2019}}
=First-Team Squad (2017)=
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| scope="col" style="width:1%;"|Squad No.
! scope="col" style="width:2%;"|Name ! scope="col" style="width:2%;"|Date of Birth ! scope="col" style="width:1%;"|Position ! scope="col" style="width:1%;"|Debut season ! scope="col" style="width:1%;"|League appearances ! scope="col" style="width:1%;"|Goals |
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| 1
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|Gary|Rogers}} | 25 September 1981 | GK | 2015 | 29 | 0 |
| 2
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|Seán|Gannon|Sean Gannon (footballer)}} | 11 July 1991 | DF | 2014 | 25 | 2 |
| 3
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|Brian|Gartland}} | 4 November 1986 | DF | 2013 | 26 | 3 |
| 4
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|Paddy|Barrett}} | 22 July 1993 | DF | 2015 | 15 | 0 |
| 5
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|Chris|Shields}} | 27 December 1990 | MF | 2012 | 26 | 0 |
| 6
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|Stephen|O'Donnell|Stephen O'Donnell (Irish footballer)}} | 15 January 1986 | MF | 2013 | 20 | 1 |
| 7
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|NIR}} {{sortname|Michael|Duffy|Michael Duffy (footballer)}} | 28 July 1994 | MF | 2017 | 32 | 8 |
| 8
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|John|Mountney}} | 22 February 1993 | MF | 2012 | 16 | 1 |
| 9
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|David|McMillan|David McMillan (footballer)}} | 14 December 1988 | FW | 2015 | 30 | 16 |
| 10
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|Jamie|McGrath|Jamie McGrath (footballer)}} | 30 September 1996 | MF | 2017 | 28 | 6 |
| 11
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|Patrick|McEleney}} | 26 September 1992 | MF | 2016 | 26 | 10 |
| 12
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} Shane Grimes | 9 March 1987 | DF | 2005 | 5 | 0 |
| 14
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|Dane|Massey}} | 17 April 1988 | DF | 2013 | 26 | 2 |
| 15
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|Seán|Hoare}} | 15 March 1994 | DF | 2017 | 17 | 0 |
| 16
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|Ciarán|Kilduff}}{{efn|Transferred to Jacksonville Armada in July.}} | 29 September 1988 | FW | 2015 | 20 | 6 |
| 16
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|Dylan|Connolly}}{{efn|Signed from Bray Wanderers in July and took the departed Kilduff's squad number.}} | 2 May 1995 | MF | 2017 | 9 | 1 |
| 18
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|Robbie|Benson}} | 7 May 1992 | MF | 2016 | 27 | 9 |
| 19
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|DEN}} {{sortname|Niclas|Vemmelund}} | 2 October 1992 | DF | 2017 | 24 | 4 |
| 21
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} {{sortname|Conor|Clifford}} | 1 October 1991 | MF | 2017 | 15 | 0 |
| 22
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|ROM}} {{sortname|Gabriel|Sava}} | 15 September 1986 | GK | 2014 | 4 | 0 |
| 24
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|IRE}} Stephen Kinsella | 22 August 1998 | MF | 2017 | 9 | 1 |
| 26
! scope="row"|{{Flagicon|NIR}} {{sortname|Thomas|Stewart|Thomas Stewart (Irish footballer)}} | 12 November 1986 | FW | 2017 | 23 | 2 |
Competitions
=President's Cup=
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| date= 17 February 2017
| time= 19:45
| team1= Cork City
| score= 3 - 0
| report=[http://www.extratime.ie/articles/18330/presidents-cup-report-cork-city-3---0-dundalk/ Report]
| team2= Dundalk
| goals1 = Maguire {{goal|15}}
O'Connor {{goal|68}}
Sheppard {{goal|90+5}}
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| stadium= Turners Cross
| attendance= 3,140
| referee= Anthony Buttimer
}}
=Premier Division=
{{main|2017 League of Ireland Premier Division}}
{{2017 League of Ireland Premier Division table|showteam=DUN}}
=FAI Cup=
;First Round
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|date= 13 August 2017
|time=
|score= 4–0
|report=
|team1= Dundalk
|team2= Derry City
|goals1=Mountney {{goal|1||81}}
McMillan {{goal|51|pen.}}
Duffy {{goal|90}}
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|stadium= Oriel Park
|location= Dundalk
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;Second Round
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|date= 26 August 2017
|time=
|score= 1–3
|report= [http://www.the42.ie/crumlin-united-dundalk-fai-cup-3566639-Aug2017/ Report]
|team1= Crumlin United
|team2= Dundalk
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;Quarter Final
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|date= 8 September 2017
|time=
|score= 4–0
|report= [http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/match-reports/dundalk-4-0-drogheda-united-11137253 Report]
|team1= Dundalk
|team2= Drogheda United
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;Semi Final
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|date= 1 October 2017
|time= 16:45
|score= 1–1
|report= [http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/shamrock-rovers-and-dundalk-must-do-it-all-again-in-fai-cup-semifinal-following-oriel-draw-36186286.html Report]
|team1= Dundalk
|team2= Shamrock Rovers
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;Replay
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|date= 10 October 2017
|time=
|score= 2–4
|aet= yes
|report= [http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/mcmillan-double-gives-dundalk-the-final-word-36215853.html Report]
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;Final
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|date= 5 November 2017
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|score= 1–1
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|team1= Dundalk
|team2= Cork City
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|penaltyscore= 3–5
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=League Cup=
;Second Round
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|date = 17 April 2017
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Dundalk
|score = 1-1
|penaltyscore = 6–5
|aet= yes
|goals1 = Conor Clifford {{goal|76}}
|goals2 = Gary O'Neil {{goal|22}}
|team2 = UCD
|stadium = Oriel Park
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;Quarter Final
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|date = 1 May 2017
|time = 17:00
|team1 = Dundalk
|score = 3-0
|goals1 = Ciarán Kilduff {{goal|57}}
Thomas Stewart {{goal|72}}
Conor Clifford {{goal|79}}
|goals2 =
|team2 = Waterford
|stadium = Oriel Park
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;Semi Final
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|date = 7 August 2017
|time =
|team1 = Galway United
|score = 0-3
|goals1 =
|goals2 = McGrath {{goal|11}}
Benson {{goal|56}}
Kevin Devaney {{own goal}} {{goal|78}}
|team2 = Dundalk
|stadium = Eamonn Deacy Park
|attendance = 1,017
|referee = Ray Matthews
|report=[http://www.extratime.ie/articles/19544/ea-sports-cup-report-galway-united-0---3-dundalk-fc/ Report]
}}
;Final
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|date = 16 September 2017
|time = 15:00
|team1 = Shamrock Rovers
|score = 0–3
|aet =
|goals1 = Bolger {{sent off|2|48|65}}
|goals2 = McMillan {{goal|5}}
McEleney {{goal|81}}
Stewart {{goal|90+3}}
|team2 = Dundalk
|stadium = Tallaght Stadium
|attendance = 4,102
|referee = Derek Tomney
|report=[http://www.extratime.ie/articles/19765/ea-sports-cup-final-report-shamrock-rovers-0---3-dundalk-fc/ Report]
}}
=Leinster Senior Cup=
;Fourth Round
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|date = 9 February 2017
|time = 19:45 GMT
|score = 2–4
|report = https://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/30524/2/
|team2 = Dundalk
|goals2 = Carlton Ubaezuonu {{goal|37}}
Ciarán Kilduff {{goal|59}}
Ciarán Kilduff {{goal|70}}
Patrick McEleney{{goal|90}}
|team1 = St Patrick's CYFC
|goals1 = David Cassidy {{goal|64}}
Dean Gannon {{goal|81}}
|stadium = Irishtown Stadium
|location = Dublin
|attendance = 100 (est.)
|referee =
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;Quarter Final
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|date = 15 May 2017
|time = 19:45 GMT
|score = 6–0
|report = https://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/31117/2/
|team2 = Thomastown United
|goals2 =
|team1 = Dundalk
|goals1 = Ciarán Kilduff {{goal|11}}
Shane Grimes {{goal|21}}
Ciarán Kilduff {{goal|23}}
Thomas Stewart {{goal|30}}
Ciarán Kilduff {{goal|66}}
Ciarán Kilduff {{goal|90}}
|stadium = Oriel Park
|location = Dundalk
|attendance =
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;Semi Final
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|date = 19 September 2017
|time = 19:45 GMT
|score = 1–1
|aet = yes
|penaltyscore= 5–6
|report = https://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/31743/2/
|team1 = UCD
|goals1 = Gary O'Neill {{goal|42}}
|team2 = Dundalk
|goals2 = Conor Clifford {{goal|84}}
|stadium = UCD Bowl
|location = Dublin
|attendance = 200 (est.)
|referee =
}}
;Final
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|date = 4 October 2017
|time = 19:45 GMT
|score = 2–4
|aet = yes
|report = https://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/32504/2/
|team1 = Dundalk
|goals1 = Conor Clifford {{goal|42}}
Jake O'Connor {{goal|89}}
|team2 = Shelbourne
|goals2 = Dale Rooney {{goal|55}}
Adam Evans
{{goal|81}}
Adam Evans {{goal|95}}
James English {{goal|105}}
|stadium = Oriel Park
|location = Dundalk
|attendance = 1000 (est.)
|referee = Paul Mc Laughlin
}}
=Europe=
==Champions League==
;Second qualifying round
{{Football box
|id = Dundalk v Rosenborg
|date = {{Start date|2017|7|12|df=y}}
|time = 20:45
(19:45 UTC+1)
|team1 = Dundalk {{flagicon|IRL}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{flagicon|NOR}} Rosenborg
|goals1 = McMillan {{goal|18}}
|goals2 = Reginiussen {{goal|44}}
|stadium = Oriel Park, Dundalk
|attendance = 3,100
|referee = Radu Petrescu (Romania)
|report = http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2018/matches/round=2000878/match=2021516/index.html
}}
{{Football box
|id = Rosenborg v Dundalk
|date = {{Start date|2017|7|19|df=y}}
|time = 19:15
(19:15 UTC+2)
|team1 = Rosenborg {{flagicon|NOR}}
|score = 2–1
|aet = yes
|team2 = {{flagicon|IRL}} Dundalk
|goals1 =
- De Lanlay {{goal|43}}
- Vilhjálmsson {{goal|98}}
|goals2 = Gartland {{goal|12}}
|stadium = Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
|attendance = 14,817
|referee = Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
|report = http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2018/matches/round=2000878/match=2021533/index.html
}}
Rosenborg won 3–2 on aggregate.
Awards
=Player of the Month=
| class="wikitable" |
| Month
!Player !References |
|---|
| June
|{{flagicon|IRL}} Patrick McEleney |
Footnotes
{{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}