2015 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season

St Patrick's Athletic F.C.
2015 season
Chairman Garrett Kelleher
Coach Liam Buckley
Stadium Richmond Park, Inchicore, County Dublin
League of Ireland 4th
FAI Cup Third Round (Eliminated by Cork City)
EA Sports Cup Champions
Leinster Senior Cup Semi Final (Eliminated by Dundalk)
President's Cup Runners Up (to Dundalk)
Europa League First Qualifying Round (Eliminated by Skonto)
Top goalscorer League: Chris Forrester – 11 goals
All: Chris Forrester – 12 goals
Highest home attendance 2,591 vs Shamrock Rovers (11 May 2015)
Lowest home attendance 375 (Est.) vs Dundalk (22 September 2015)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 season was St. Patrick's Athletic F.C.'s 86th year in existence and was the Supersaint's 64th consecutive season in the top-flight of Irish football. It was the fourth year that Liam Buckley was the teams manager (in his current spell), following replacing Pete Mahon in December 2011. The Saints aimed to retain their FAI Cup, President's Cup and Leinster Senior Cup titles that were won during the 2014 season. Pats also competed in the UEFA Europa League and the EA Sports Cup. The 2015 League of Ireland fixtures were released on 16 December 2014, with the Saints' first game being an away fixture against South Dublin rivals Shamrock Rovers on 6 March 2015.[1] The season turned out to be a very disappointing one for players, management and fans alike as the Saints finished of way off the top of the league, only securing European football on the final day, were knocked out of the FAI Cup at the early stages and failed to get past the first hurdle in the Europa League. However they did win the 2015 League of Ireland Cup on penalties versus Galway United on 19 September 2015, completing the set of trophies for manager Liam Buckley, meaning he has won every trophy possible to win with the Saints in the last three seasons. During the season, the team also set a club record winning streak in the league that stretched 9 games, beating the previous record of 8.

Squad

No. Name Position(s) Nationality Hometown Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club Year Signed Club Apps. Club Goals
Goalkeepers
1Brendan ClarkeGKRepublic of IrelandCelbridge, Kildare17 September 1985Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers 20121690
16Conor O'MalleyGKRepublic of IrelandWestport, Mayo1 August 1994Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers B2015210
25Pat JenningsGKEnglandEngland Watford, Hertfordshire24 September 1979Republic of Ireland Athlone Town201330
Defenders
2Ger O'Brien (Captain)RB/CBRepublic of IrelandBallyfermot, Dublin2 June 1984Republic of Ireland Bohemians 20121492
3Ian Bermingham (Vice-captain)LBRepublic of IrelandBallyfermot, Dublin6 June 1989Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 20102395
4Jason McGuinnessCBRepublic of IrelandFinglas, Dublin8 August 1982Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 2015191
5Seán HoareCBRepublic of IrelandCastleknock, Dublin5 March 1994Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's 2012673
12Lee DesmondCB/LB/RBRepublic of IrelandDonaghmede, Dublin22 January 1995Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 2015350
15Kenny BrowneCBRepublic of IrelandWaterford City, Waterford7 August 1986Republic of Ireland Waterford United 20121404
22Shane McEleneyCB/CDMNorthern IrelandDerry, Northern Ireland26 September 1992Republic of Ireland Derry City 201590
24Paul RooneyCBRepublic of IrelandBlanchardstown, Dublin22 March 1997Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's 201410
Midfielders
6Greg BolgerCDM/CMRepublic of IrelandNew Ross, Wexford9 September 1988Republic of Ireland Dundalk 20121438
7Conan ByrneRWRepublic of IrelandSwords, Dublin10 August 1985Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 201313147
8Morgan LangleyRW/LW/CAM/STUnited StatesUnited States Honolulu, Hawaii9 June 1989United States Harrisburg City Islanders 2015275
11Killian BrennanCAM/CM/CBRepublic of IrelandDrogheda, Louth31 January 1984Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 201310820
14James ChambersCDM/CM/RBRepublic of IrelandBaldoyle, Dublin14 February 1987Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 20141187
17Chris ForresterLW/RW/CAMRepublic of IrelandSmithfield, Dublin17 December 1992Republic of Ireland Bohemians 201215843
18Sam VerdonCM/STRepublic of IrelandKilbarrack, Dublin3 September 1995Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's 2013204
19Jamie McGrathLW/RW/ST/CFRepublic of IrelandAthboy, Meath30 September 1996Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's 2014353
20Aaron GreeneLW/ST/LBRepublic of IrelandTempleogue, Dublin2 January 1990Republic of Ireland Sligo Rovers 20144912
21Darragh MarkeyCAM/RWRepublic of IrelandLucan, Dublin23 May 1997Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's 201580
22Conor McCormackCDM/CM/RBRepublic of IrelandCarlingford, Louth19 June 1990Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 2014580
26Jack BaylyCAM/CMRepublic of IrelandCelbridge, Kildare18 June 1996Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic Under 19's 2013113
27Ian MorrisCM/CBRepublic of IrelandShankill, Dublin27 February 1987England Northampton Town 2015110
Forwards
9Christy FaganST/CFRepublic of IrelandSmithfield, Dublin11 May 1989Republic of Ireland Bohemians 201214263
10Ciarán KilduffST/CFRepublic of IrelandKilcock, Kildare29 September 1988Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 2015165
23Cyril GuedjéST/RWTogoTogo Tsévié, Maritime Region19 June 1992Togo AS Togo-Port 201520

Transfers

In

Player Country Position Signed From
Ciarán Kilduff Republic of Ireland Forward Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
Jason McGuinness Republic of Ireland Defender Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
Lee Desmond Republic of Ireland Defender Republic of Ireland Shelbourne
Conor O'Malley Republic of Ireland Goalkeeper Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers B
Cyril Guedjé Togo Midfielder Togo AS Togo-Port
Morgan Langley United States Midfielder United States Harrisburg City Islanders

Out

Player Country Position Sold To
Keith Fahey Republic of Ireland Midfielder Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
Marco Chindea Romania Midfielder Republic of Ireland Athlone Town
Lorcan Fitzgerald Republic of Ireland Defender Republic of Ireland Bohemians
Peter Durrad Republic of Ireland Forward Republic of Ireland Bray Wanderers
Ken Oman Republic of Ireland Defender Northern Ireland Portadown
Derek Foran Republic of Ireland Defender United States Sacramento Republic
Mark Quigley Republic of Ireland Forward Released

In

Player Country Position Signed From
Ian Morris Republic of Ireland Midfielder England Northampton Town
Shane McEleney Northern Ireland Defender Republic of Ireland Derry City

Out

Player Country Position Signed From
Ciarán Kilduff Republic of Ireland Forward Republic of Ireland Dundalk
Conor McCormack Republic of Ireland Midfielder Republic of Ireland Derry City
Cyril Guedjé Togo Forward Republic of Ireland Limerick (Loan)
Chris Forrester Republic of Ireland Midfielder England Peterborough United

Squad statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

Number in brackets represents (appearances of which were substituted ON). Last Updated – 8 November 2015

No. Player Airtricity League FAI Cup EA Sports Cup Europa League Leinster Senior Cup President's Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1B.Clarke 1602010201010230
2G.O'Brien 2101030202000290
3I.Bermingham 3002030203110411
4J.McGuinness 12(3)021101(1)0201019(4)1
5S.Hoare 22(2)02(1)02010101029(3)0
6G.Bolger 23(1)2102020201031(1)2
7C.Byrne 2972130103(1)11039(1)9
8M.Langley 18(15)32(2)04(1)01(1)02(1)20027(20)5
9C.Fagan 166101(1)020211023(1)7
10C.Kilduff 13(4)3001(1)0001(1)21(1)016(7)5
11K.Brennan 25(1)4203(1)0201(1)11034(3)5
12L.Desmond 24(8)020302(1)03(2)01(1)035(12)0
14J.Chambers 32(3)4204(1)110201042(4)5
15K.Browne 1800030201000240
16C.O'Malley 1700030001000210
17C.Forrester 2411203(2)020101133(2)12
18S.Verdon 9(6)00022002(1)00013(7)2
19J.McGrath 23(9)22(2)04(1)02(2)0210033(14)3
20A.Greene 31(2)9202(1)021100038(3)10
21D.Markey 4(4)0001(1)0002(1)01(1)08(7)0
22C.McCormack 15(10)01(1)02000101020(11)0
22S.McEleney 80000000100090
23C.Guedjé 1(1)000100000002(1)0
24P.Rooney 00000000100010
25P.Jennings 00000000100010
26J.Bayly 4(4)000210010007(4)1
27I.Morris 7(50002(2)000100010(7)0

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 8 November 2015

Number Name Airtricity League FAI Cup EA Sports Cup Europa League Leinster Senior Cup President's Cup Total
17 Chris Forrester 11 0 0 0 0 1 12
20 Aaron Greene 9 0 0 1 0 0 10
7 Conan Byrne 7 1 0 0 1 0 9
9 Christy Fagan 6 0 0 0 1 0 7
14 James Chambers 5 0 1 0 0 0 6
8 Morgan Langley 3 0 0 0 2 0 5
11 Killian Brennan 4 0 0 0 1 0 5
10 Ciarán Kilduff 3 0 0 0 2 0 5
19 Jamie McGrath 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
26 Jack Bayly 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
6 Greg Bolger 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
18 Sam Verdon 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
4 Jason McGuinness 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
3 Ian Bermingham 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
- Own Goal 0 0 1 0 1 0 2

Top Clean Sheets

Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 8 November 2015

Position Number Name Airtricity League FAI Cup EA Sports Cup Europa League Leinster Senior Cup President's Cup Total
GK 1 Brendan Clarke 7/16 0/2 0/1 0/2 1/1 0/1 8/23
GK 16 Conor O'Malley 7/17 0/0 2/3 0/0 1/1 0/0 10/21
GK 25 Pat Jennings 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/1

Disciplinary record

Number Name Airtricity League FAI Cup EA Sports Cup Europa League Leinster Senior Cup President's Cup Total
YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card
6 Greg Bolger 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 0
3 Ian Bermingham 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
11 Killian Brennan 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
15 Kenny Browne 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
20 Aaron Greene 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
12 Lee Desmond 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
14 James Chambers 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
8 Morgan Langley 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
4 Jason McGuinness 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
22 Conor McCormack 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
17 Chris Forrester 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
9 Christy Fagan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 Seán Hoare 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
7 Conan Byrne 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2 Ger O'Brien 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
18 Sam Verdon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
19 Jamie McGrath 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10 Ciarán Kilduff 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
27 Ian Morris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 Brendan Clarke 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 Jack Bayly 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 77 6 5 0 9 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 99 6

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
2 DF Ger O'Brien Republic of Ireland 29 Captain
3 DF Ian Bermingham Republic of Ireland 15 Vice-captain
11 MF Killian Brennan Republic of Ireland 1

Last updated: 8 November 2015
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Club

Technical Staff

Kit

Supplier: Umbro
Sponsor(s): Clune Construction Company L.P. (Front of Jersey), Iceland (Sleeve of jersey)

Home
Home Alt
Home 2nd Alt
Away
Away
Third

The club's Home kit was retained from the 2014 season, with the 2014 Away kit becoming the Third kit for 2015 and a new Away kit released for the season.

Type Shirt Shorts Socks Info
Home Red/White Sleeves White Red Worn 27 times; against Bray Wanderers (H) (LOI), Derry City (H) (LOI), Limerick (A) LOI), Longford Town (A) (LOI), Crumlin United (A) (EAC), Cork City (H) (LOI), Drogheda United (H) (LOI), Sligo Rovers (H) (LOI), Shamrock Rovers (H) (LOI), Bray Wanderers (A) (LOI), Cork City (A) (EAC), Shamrock Rovers (H) (FAI), Bohemians (H) (LOI), Limerick (H) LOI), Longford Town (H) (LOI), Skonto (H) UEL), Manchester City XI (H) (FRN), Galway United (H) (LOI), Bray Wanderers (H) (LOI), Derry City (H) (LOI), Cork City (A) (LOI), Limerick (A) (LOI), Crumlin United (H) (LSC), Dundalk (H) (LSC), Drogheda United (H) (LOI), Cork City (H) (LOI), Sligo Rovers (H) (LOI)
Home Alt Red/White Sleeves White White Worn 7 times; against Bohemians (A) (LOI), Dundalk (H) (LOI), Drogheda United (A) (LOI), Cork City (H) (FAI), Galway United (A) (EAC), Longford Town (A) (LOI), Bohemians (A) (LOI)
Home 2nd Alt Red/White Sleeves Navy White Worn 1 time; against Galway United (A) (LOI)
Away Navy/Red Sleeves Navy Navy Worn 9 times; against Dundalk (A) (PRC), Shamrock Rovers (A) (LOI), Dundalk (A) (LOI), Galway United (A) (LOI), Derry City (A) (LOI), Sligo Rovers (A) (LOI), Shamrock Rovers (A) (EAC), Shamrock Rovers (A) (LOI), Dundalk (A) (LOI)
Away Alt Navy/Red Sleeves Navy White Worn 1 time; against Skonto (A) (UEL)
Third Blue/Wine Stripes Blue Blue Worn 4 times; against Wexford Youths (A) (FRN), Cabinteely (H) (FRN), Shelbourne (A) (FRN), Tolka Rovers (H) (LSC)

Key:
LOI=League of Ireland
FAI=FAI Cup
EAC= EA Sports Cup
UEL=Europa League
LSC=Leinster Senior Cup
PRC=President's Cup
FRN=Friendly

Televised Matches

Time and Date Channel Competition Opposition Score Location
19:45 GMT 6 March 2015 RTÉ Two League of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 1–0 Loss Tallaght Stadium
20:00 GMT 26 June 2015 Setanta Ireland League of Ireland Longford Town 3–0 Win Richmond Park
19:00 EET 2 July 2015 Setanta 1 Europa League Skonto 2–1 Loss Skonto Stadium
20:00 GMT 24 July 2015 Setanta Ireland League of Ireland Sligo Rovers 3–0 Win The Showgrounds
20:00 GMT 7 August 2015 Setanta Ireland League of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 2–0 Win Tallaght Stadium
19:25 GMT 23 August 2015 RTÉ Two FAI Cup Cork City 4–0 Loss Turners Cross
18:05 GMT 19 September 2015 Setanta Ireland League Cup Final Galway United 0–0, 4–3 Win on Penalties Eamonn Deacy Park

Competitions

League of Ireland

The 2015 League of Ireland fixtures were announced on 16 December 2014. St Patrick's Athletic were revealed to have a Dublin Derby against Shamrock Rovers away from home on the first day of the season. The Saints' first home fixture would be against Bray Wanderers on the second day of the season.[1]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Cork City 33 19 10 4 57 25 +32 67 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 Shamrock Rovers 33 18 11 4 56 27 +29 65
4 St Patrick's Athletic 33 18 4 11 52 34 +18 58
5 Bohemians 33 15 8 10 49 42 +7 53
6 Longford Town 33 10 9 14 41 53 −12 39
Source: League of Ireland, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.[2]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
33 18 4 11 52 34  +18 58 9 3 4 26 13  +13 9 1 7 26 21  +5

Last updated: 8 November 2015.
Source: [3]

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
GroundAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHHA
Result L W L W W D D W D W W D L L W W W L W W W W W W L L L L W L W L W
Position 9 6 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Last updated: 8 November 2015.
Source: Wikipedia article
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

FAI Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Second Round

Third Round

EA Sports Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Second Round

Quarter Final

Semi Final

Final

Europa League

  Win   Draw   Loss

First Qualifying Round

First Leg
Second Leg

Leinster Senior Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Fourth Round

Quarter Final

Semi Final

President's Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Final

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season

Mid-season

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=6587
  2. ↑ "PREMIER DIVISION 2015 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
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