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Dundalk F.C.

October 17, 2023

Dundalk Football Club (/dʌnˈdɔː(l)k/ dun-DAW(L)K; Irish: Cumann Peile Dhún Dealgan) is a professional association football club that competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top tier of football in the Republic of Ireland. The club is based in Dundalk and its home ground is Oriel Park. The club crest is three martlets on a shield, which was adopted from the town's old coat of arms, and the team colours are white shirts and black shorts.

Dundalk
Full nameDundalk Football Club
Nickname(s)The Lilywhites[1]
The Railwaymen (original)[2]
Short nameDFC
FoundedSeptember 1903; 120 years ago (1903-09)
as Dundalk G.N.R. Association Football Club
GroundOriel Park
Capacity4,500 (3,100 seated)
OwnerDundalk Town FC Ltd (private consortium)
ChairmanSean O'Connor
Head CoachStephen O'Donnell
LeagueLeague of Ireland
2022Premier Division, 3rd of 10
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Founded in 1903 as Dundalk G.N.R., the works-team of the Great Northern Railway, they were a junior club until they were invited to join the Leinster Senior League in 1922–23. After playing at that level for four seasons, they were elected to the League of Ireland for the 1926–27 season. Six seasons later, they became the first club from outside Dublin to win the league title. They have won 49 trophies at national and all-Ireland level as of 2023[a], including four League and Cup 'Doubles', and are the only club to have won a league title or an FAI Cup in every decade since the 1930s. They are the second most successful club in the League's history, with 14 league titles as of 2023.

Dundalk are the highest-ranked Irish club in European football as measured by UEFA club coefficients. They made their European debut in the 1963–64 European Cup and became the first Irish side to win an away match in Europe in that campaign. Their best performance in the European Cup was in 1979–80, when they reached the last 16, and they reached the last 16 of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1981–82. They are the only Irish club to have qualified for the Europa League group stage twice and in 2016–17, they became the first team from Ireland to both win points and win a match at that level of European competition. They remain the only Irish team to have done so as of the 2023–24 European season.

History Edit

Main article: History of Dundalk F.C.
See also: List of Dundalk F.C. seasons

Dundalk G.N.R. (1903–1930) Edit

 
Formation of Dundalk G.N.R. Association Club reported by Dundalk Democrat, 26 September 1903

The Dundalk Great Northern Railway (G.N.R.) Football Club was established during the 1883–84 season as a rugby football club.[3] They played their final rugby match in February 1903, and in September 1903 the club switched codes to association football,[4] setting in motion their journey to become the modern-day Dundalk F.C. The new club, known locally as "the Railwaymen", adopted the Dundalk Athletic Grounds (a facility near the town centre shared by several sporting codes) as its home ground. They played challenge matches at first, then became founder members of the first Dundalk and District League (DDL), formed in 1906.[5] There are no records of the club being active between 1907–08 and 1912–13, but they re-joined the local league in 1913–14 for what was the final season before the outbreak of World War I.[6]

The local league was dormant during the war, but the G.N.R. club entered both the Irish Junior Cup and Leinster Junior Cup competitions during the war years.[7] After exiting the Irish Junior Cup in January 1917, the club appears to have been inactive again for the following two seasons. It re-formed for 1919–20, affiliated with the Leinster Football Association, and joined both the Newry and District League and the revived DDL.[8] The G.N.R. club spent three seasons in the DDL, winning it twice,[9] and represented the district in both Junior Cup competitions those seasons.[10] They reached the Leinster Junior Cup final in 1920 (the club's first knock-out competition final), which they lost to Avonmore after two replays.[11]

Looking to progress, they were elected to the Leinster Senior League for 1922–23 to replace sides that had been promoted to the nascent Free State League.[12] They played four seasons in that division, before being elected to the Free State League on 15 June 1926 to replace Dublin club Pioneers as the national league looked to spread to the provinces.[13][14]

On 21 August 1926, they travelled to Cork to face Fordsons for their league debut,[15] eventually finishing eighth in the 1926–27 season. By this stage, the team represented the G.N.R. works in name only and the club's management committee decided to make it independent of the company. New colours of white shirts and blue shorts with a crest of the town's coat of arms were adopted in December 1927.[16] They contested their first final as a senior club in April 1929, the Leinster Senior Cup final, which they lost after a replay. It was the last time that the club was billed to appear as 'Dundalk G.N.R.',[17] and the name of the club was formally changed to 'Dundalk A.F.C.' in the summer of 1930.[18]

The works teams Edit

When Dundalk G.N.R. joined the League of Ireland in 1926, it was one of four works-teams in the 10-team league—the others being Jacobs, St. James's Gate and Fordsons. Another railway works-team—Midland Athletic of the Midland Great Western Railway—had competed for two seasons but had resigned when the company went through a merger.[19] By 1944–45, Dundalk were the only club with works-team roots remaining. Another works-team, Transport (sponsored by CIÉ), joined in 1948–49 but were not re-elected for 1962–63, leaving Dundalk again as the only surviving club with works-team roots. The works themselves became Dundalk Engineering Works Ltd with the demise of the G.N.R.(I) company in 1958.[20]

First successes (1930–1949) Edit

With a new manager, Steve Wright, "doing everything except selling the programmes",[21] Dundalk finished as runners-up in both the League and the FAI Cup in 1930–31. Proof that they could compete at a national level gave the management committee the confidence to press ahead and the club was converted to a membership-based limited company, 'Dundalk A.F.C. Limited', on 25 January 1932.[22][23] In the 1932–33 season, they became the first team from outside Dublin to win a league title, sealing it in Dalymount Park with their first victory over Bohemians.[24] In becoming champions, they also became the first team from outside Dublin or Belfast to win a league title in Ireland since the inception of the original Irish League in 1890. Hoping to improve gate receipts and revenue, the club's management committee decided to move from the Athletic Grounds to a ground of their own. In 1936, they secured land on the Carrick Road owned by P.J. Casey (a former committee member), and named it 'Oriel Park'.[25]

After winning the league title, they were runners-up eight times across the five main competitions (League, Shield, FAI Cup, Dublin City Cup and Leinster Senior Cup), before winning the 1937–38 City Cup—their first cup final victory.[26] They won their first FAI Cup—in their fourth appearance in the final—with victory over Cork United in Dalymount Park in 1942.[27] Five weeks later, they won the inaugural Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup to become (unofficially) 'Champions of All Ireland'.[28] The following September, in the new season, the City Cup was won for a second time.[29]

During the mid-1940s, the management committee relied on player sales to English clubs to bankroll the club, as gate receipts alone did not meet its running costs. After missing out in both the League and the City Cup by a point in 1947–48, the committee decided to invest the surplus from its transfer dealings on several professional players from Scotland and a player-coach, Ned Weir.[30] The investment paid off when the City Cup was won for a third time at the start of the new season by topping its new league format unbeaten,[31] while the club's second FAI Cup was won with victory over Shelbourne in the 1949 final.[32] But the new team fell short in both the Shield and the League and, despite the cup double and improved gate receipts, the additional income was not enough to cover the increase in costs.[33]

Struggles and recovery (1950–1964) Edit

The attempt to maintain a full-time squad had not paid off and the 1949 cup-winning team was broken up. A surplus from transfer dealings prevented a more serious financial crisis arising,[34] and despite the turnover in players, Dundalk won the Leinster Senior Cup for the first time in 1950–51.[35] The cutbacks started to have an impact, and they finished second from bottom in the league table the following season. They went on a memorable FAI Cup run, however, coming from 3–1 down against Waterford in a semi-final replay to win 6–4 in extra time;[36] then defeated Cork Athletic in the 1952 FAI Cup Final (also in a replay), to win the Cup for a third time.[37]

Midway through the 1952–53 season, Club Secretary Sam Prole left to take over at Drumcondra.[38] Prole, a Great Northern Railway employee, had played for Dundalk G.N.R. in junior football, and had been Secretary for 25 years. He had been responsible for the club's transfer activities, and player sales tailed off after his departure.[39] The subsequent drop in income obliged the club to focus on controlling costs,[40] and they finished last in the two seasons after he left. They continued to struggle for the rest of the decade but, in contrast to their league form, they won their fourth FAI Cup with a 1–0 victory over Shamrock Rovers in the 1958 final.[41]

Having not challenged for the League or Shield during the 1950s, they ended the decade at the top of the league table.[42] Although they subsequently fell short of winning the title, the club was competitive again. A second Leinster Senior Cup was won in 1960–61,[43] and a first league title in 30 years followed in 1962–63.[44] That success meant that Dundalk entered European competition for the first time, where they became the first Irish side to win an away leg of a European tie by beating FC Zurich, 2–1 (in a 4–2 aggregate defeat), in the 1963–64 European Cup.[45] They could not manage to retain the title that season, finishing as runners-up, and they were also runners-up in the Shield. But they did win the season-end Top Four Cup for the first time.[46]

Takeover, rise and fall (1964–1974) Edit

A poor 1964–65 followed, and the club's management committee decided that it was time to hire a modern-style manager, who would have sole responsibility for recruitment and player selection. They appointed Gerry Doyle, who had spent most of his career as both a player and a coach with Shelbourne.[47] The new season saw little improvement, however, and with financial losses growing and investment in Oriel Park needed, it became clear early in the 1965–66 season that the membership-based ownership model could not provide the financial support required to take the club forward.[48] A new public limited company took over in January 1966, after the voluntary liquidation of the old company.[49]

The new board invested heavily in both Oriel Park and the squad ahead of the 1966–67 season,[50] and signed a new player-coach, Alan Fox, from Bradford City.[51] The pay-off was immediate. Dundalk finally won their first League of Ireland Shield,[52] then charged to the league title, winning it by seven points,[53] to seal the club's only League and Shield Double. They then won that season's Top Four Cup to complete the club's first 'treble'.[54]

The following season, Oriel Park hosted European football for the first time, under newly installed floodlights, with the visit of Vasas SC of Hungary.[55] But Fox fell out with the club's board during the trip to Budapest for the return leg, and he was released the following March, despite his side being set to retain the title.[56] The Dublin City Cup of 1967–68 was his final success at the club.[57] Dundalk subsequently finished as runners-up in the League, qualifying for the 1968–69 Fairs Cup, where they won a European tie for the first time with victory over DOS Utrecht.[58] But fourth-place in the League that season, and another City Cup, was all that the remnants of Fox's team could achieve.[59]

Future Ireland manager Liam Tuohy took over in the summer of 1969 and also joined the board,[60] and as a result of his managerial experience, Dundalk entered the new decade at the top of the league table. But Tuohy was obliged to thin the squad and cut the wage bill because of the scale of the debts still hanging over the club from the redevelopment of Oriel Park,[61] and he could not build a side able to sustain a title challenge. The 1971–72 Shield success would be the high point of his reign,[62] and he quit at the end of that season, criticising a lack of local support in the process.[63] His only other trophy at the club was the 1970–71 Leinster Senior Cup.[64]

Dundalk had to sell or release a number of players to survive after Tuohy left,[65] and they slid down the table—with a young, inexperienced team finishing second from bottom in 1972–73.[66] To recover the situation, a new board took over the running of the club, and hired John Smith from Walsall as player-manager.[67] After renegotiating the club's debts, they were able to provide Smith with funds to sign several players. Smith delivered a Leinster Senior Cup in his first season,[68] but they subsequently fell away in the league after a good start, and Smith quit two matches into his second season for a job outside football.[69] Following his departure, the club appointed Jim McLaughlin as player-manager in November 1974.[70]

A trophy-laden era (1975–1995) Edit

 
Dundalk player-manager Jim McLaughlin in action away to PSV Eindhoven in 1976

It was under McLaughlin that Dundalk recovered and reached a new level of success. With the remnants of Smith's squad and players unwanted elsewhere, he won his first league title (the club's fourth) in 1975–76, losing one match in the process.[71] The title brought European football back to the town for the first time since 1969 and in the following season's European Cup, they met PSV Eindhoven and were deemed unlucky not to win the first leg at home.[72] That match started an unbeaten run in Europe in Oriel Park of eight matches over the following five seasons.[73] They ended the season by winning the Leinster Senior Cup,[74] and a week later won the club's first FAI Cup since 1958 when they defeated Limerick United in the 1977 final.[75]

League form had been mixed for the two seasons following the title and, despite winning their first League Cup and retaining the Leinster Senior Cup,[76][77] a poor end to the 1977–78 league season led to rumours that McLaughlin would be let go.[78] The club supported the "reorganisation" he demanded, however, and it used funds from the sale of three players to Liverpool to invest in the squad and make ground improvements at Oriel. McLaughlin's second league title followed in 1978–79,[79][80] and they went on to defeat Waterford in the Cup final to complete the club's first League and Cup Double.[81] The Double winning side's 1979–80 European Cup run the following season, where they narrowly missed out on qualifying for the quarter-finals (going down 3–2 on aggregate to Celtic),[82] was the club's best European performance until 2016.[83]

They finished as runners-up in the league for the next two seasons, and achieved their only domestic cup double in 1980–81—winning both the League Cup and the FAI Cup.[84][85] McLaughlin's third and final league title at the club arrived in 1981–82,[86] after an early season 10-point gap to Bohemians was overhauled. A trophy-less 1982–83 season, which saw Dundalk slip to third place in the league table behind Louth rivals Drogheda United, signalled that the team was entering a transition period. But McLaughlin resigned in May 1983, saying he needed a change.[87][88]

After two seasons that ended in mid-table, former player Turlough O'Connor was appointed ahead of the League's split into two divisions in 1985–86.[89] O'Connor quickly built a squad capable of challenging for honours and his sides consistently finished in the top four over the following eight seasons. They won the 1987 League Cup Final,[90] and finished as runners-up in both the League and the FAI Cup to qualify for Europe for the first time in five years. The following season started with a visit from Cup Winners' Cup holders Ajax Amsterdam,[91] and ended with the club's second League and Cup Double—with the title being won on the last day of the season,[92] and the FAI Cup being won with victory over Derry City.[93]

O'Connor won his second League Cup in 1989–90,[94] and another league title followed in 1990–91 in an end of season, winner takes all match in Turner's Cross against Cork City.[95] But Dundalk spurned an opportunity to progress in the European Cup, when a 1–1 draw away to Honved was followed by a 0–2 home defeat. Attendances started to drop noticeably during 1992–93,[96] as the new English Premier League, broadcast live on BSkyB, was growing in popularity.[97] By the end of the season the board was facing financial issues that threatened the club's survival—a "healthy" surplus in 1989,[98] had become a serious deficit, with income falling due to some of the lowest gate receipts in memory.[99] The 1993–94 season started with mixed results, with good away victories being followed by defeats at home and, after a home defeat to Monaghan United, O'Connor resigned.[100]

He was replaced by another former player, Dermot Keely.[101] The older players were released, and a thin squad struggled—missing out on the 'Top Six' round-robin that decided the title. They played out the final third of the season in a meaningless 'bottom six' round-robin in front of tiny crowds, which contributed to the worsening financial position.[102] Early the following season the financial issues came to a head, and a number of local businessmen formed a new interim company to take the club over, saving it from bankruptcy.[103] Despite the financial problems, and with a squad still lacking in depth, Keely led his team to the club's ninth league title on a dramatic final day. Starting the day in third place in the table, they needed to win their match at home and for both Shelbourne and Derry City to fail to win their games. They defeated Galway United and news eventually filtered through that both of their challengers had failed to win, confirming Dundalk as Champions.[104][105]

Decline and upheaval (1995–2012) Edit

The 1994–95 title did not halt the overall decline, and Keely did not see out the title defence, quitting midway through the 1995–96 season—reportedly frustrated at being unable to strengthen his squad.[106] Dundalk sank down the table and had to survive a promotion/relegation play-off in 1996–97.[107] The board turned to Jim McLaughlin to try to turn things around,[108] but early in the 1998–99 season it was revealed that the club was in serious financial trouble again and the whole squad had been transfer listed.[109] An end of season collapse saw the club drop from the top-tier for the first time, with relegation confirmed 20-years to the day after they had won their first Double.[110]

The club was taken over by a supporters' co-op in 2000,[111] and initial expectations were of an immediate return to the top-flight. But Dundalk became embroiled in a losing battle with the league's hierarchy and Kilkenny City, which reached the High Court, over the latter playing an improperly registered player.[112] The following season the co-op invested heavily in the playing squad and, under new manager Martin Murray, they were promoted as 2000–01 First Division Champions.[113] Although seemingly well-placed for the return to the top-flight, they were relegated again the following season, with the League being reduced from 12 teams to 10.[114] Despite this setback, Murray's side won the club's ninth FAI Cup a week later, with victory over Bohemians in the final.[115]

After being relegated again, Dundalk were stuck in the lower reaches of the First Division for the next four seasons.[116] With no sign of promotion, the co-op members agreed to the club being taken back into private ownership by its CEO, Gerry Matthews. They finished second under new manager John Gill in 2006, securing a play-off tie against Waterford United. Even though they won the play-off,[117] they were still denied a place in the 2007 Premier Division, with Galway United (who had finished third in that season's First Division) selected by the FAI's 2006 IAG Report to be promoted ahead of both Dundalk and Waterford.[118] In 2008, they won promotion back to the Premier Division, pipping Shelbourne to the top spot on the final night of the season.[119][120] Gill was replaced by Ian Foster for the return to the top flight, despite winning the First Division title.[121]

At first, Dundalk stabilised their position back in the Premier Division—qualifying for the 2010–11 Europa League, leading the league table midway through the 2010 season, and reaching the 2011 Setanta Sports Cup final. But results subsequently deteriorated and, with financial losses mounting as the 2011 season drew to a close, Matthews decided to let Foster's contract expire and relinquish control of the club.[122] With the club in danger of insolvency during a disastrous 2012, it was taken over by local businessmen Andy Connolly and Paul Brown (owners of the team's official sponsors, Fastfix), and Dundalk subsequently managed to remain in the top-flight by defeating Waterford United in the play-off.[123]

Revival and dominance (2013–2019) Edit

 
Stephen Kenny, manager 2013–2018.

Having saved the club, the new owners turned to Stephen Kenny to become the new manager.[124] They mounted an unexpected title challenge in his first season, eventually finishing as runners-up.[125] Kenny kept the nucleus of the new side together for the following season, and went on to guide the club to its first league title since 1994–95.[126] They also won that season's League Cup,[127] the club's first League and League Cup Double. The 2015 season saw them dominate, winning the club's third League and FAI Cup Double—with the title being won by 11-points and the Cup with victory over Cork City in the final.[128] They also won the Leinster Senior Cup—the club's first 'treble' since 1966–67. A third league title in a row was sealed with two games to spare in 2016.[129]

2016 also saw the club qualify for the Champions League play-off round, after they first defeated FH of Iceland,[130] then came from a goal down in the tie to defeat BATE Borisov 3–1 on aggregate.[131] They drew Legia Warsaw for the play-off, with the first leg played in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin in front of a crowd of 30,417.[132] They suffered a 2–0 defeat in the home leg, but shocked Legia in the return leg by taking a 1–0 lead. 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.[133] As a result, Dundalk qualified for the group stage of the Europa League. A draw with AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands,[134] followed by a victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Tallaght Stadium, were the first points earned by an Irish club in the group stage of European competition.[135]

The departure of some key players after the European run,[136] and a slow start to the new season, meant that they slipped to runners-up spots in both league and FAI Cup although they won their sixth League Cup.[137]. The club's European form had attracted interest from abroad, however, and a consortium of American investors led by Peak6 Investments completed a takeover in January 2018.[138] Kenny's side reasserted itself in 2018, winning another League and Cup Double—the second under Kenny and fourth in the club's history—breaking points-total and goals scored-total records in the process.[139][140] In the aftermath, Kenny resigned in order to accept the Republic of Ireland U-21 manager's role.[141]

 
Manager Vinny Perth celebrating the 2019 title win with supporters in Oriel Park.

Hoping to achieve continuity, the new owners replaced Kenny with his Assistant Manager, Vinny Perth, as Head Coach, with John Gill returning as First-team coach.[142] Despite falling 13-points behind early 2019 leaders Shamrock Rovers in April,[143] they overhauled the deficit within weeks,[144] and subsequently won the club's 14th league title with four games to spare.[145] They also won the League Cup by defeating Derry City on penalties in the final, to secure a second League and League Cup Double.[146] They were denied a first domestic Treble of League, FAI Cup and League Cup, however, when they were beaten in a penalty shoot-out in the FAI Cup Final.[147] But they ended the season with a comprehensive 7–1 aggregate victory over Northern Irish champions, Linfield, in the inaugural Champions Cup.[148]

Transition (2020–present) Edit

Early the following season, a goal scored by Jordan Flores went viral and was subsequently nominated for the FIFA Puskás Award.[149] Soon after, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic saw the cessation of football in line with other European countries. The season resumed with a reduced schedule of 18 matches in total and matches being played behind closed doors.[150] Manager Vinny Perth was dismissed following Dundalk's exit from Europe in the first qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League. He was replaced by Italian Filippo Giovagnoli.[151] Dundalk subsequently qualified for the group stage of the 2020–21 Europa League after victories over Inter Club d'Escaldes, Sheriff Tiraspol and KÍ Klaksvik in the qualifying rounds.[152] They were drawn in Group B alongside Arsenal, Rapid Wien, and Molde. They failed to pick up any points and finished bottom of the group.[153]

In the FAI Cup, they had an 11–0 semi-final victory over Athlone Town—setting a new record for the biggest win in the competition's history, which was also a new club record victory.[154] They followed that with a 4–2 extra-time victory over Shamrock Rovers, with David McMillan scoring a hat-trick, to win the Cup for the twelfth time and qualify for Europe for the 25th time.[155]

The 2021 season saw Shane Keegan named first-team manager, with Giovagnoli reverting to the position of 'coach' because he did not have a UEFA Pro Licence.[156] The season began with a victory in the President's Cup,[157] but after a run of defeats at the start of the league campaign, both Keegan and Giovagnoli left the club.[158] Dundalk struggled for the remainder of the domestic season with their lowest league finish since 2012 and went out to Vitesse Arnhem in the third qualifying round of the inaugural Europa Conference League.[159] Before the season ended, the club was returned to local ownership when a consortium led by former co-owner Andy Connolly and sports technology firm STATSports agreed a takeover with Peak6.[160] The new owners then installed former captain Stephen O'Donnell as the club's new head coach in the close season.[161]

O'Donnell steered his new-look side to a third place finish and qualification for the Europa Conference League at the first attempt.[162] They failed to capitalise in the 2023 season, exiting the Conference League in the second qualifying round and finishing mid-table and outside the European qualification places.[163]

Crest and colours Edit

Crest history Edit

 
Dundalk Corporation Seal in 1837[164]

After outgrowing its links with the Great Northern Railway, the football club adopted the then coat of arms of the town of Dundalk (three gold martlets on an azure field) in December 1927 and incorporated the crest on the club's new white playing shirts.[16] This coat of arms had been adopted by the town in 1673 when it was granted a charter under Charles II of England.[165] It appears as the 'Corporation Seal' in a town plan dated 1675.[166] The crest disappeared from the playing shirts in 1930, however, after the urban district council proposed to remove the "three black crows" from the seal of the town.[167] A modified crest was reintroduced to the shirt for the 1952 FAI Cup Final, consisting of three black martlets on a white shield bearing the club name. After a number of minor redesigns in the following years, the white shield became a red shield with white martlets in 1997, and in 2015 this crest was modified to incorporate a gold star, to commemorate Dundalk's tenth League of Ireland title.[168]

Kit history Edit

Dundalk's colours have been white shirts with black shorts and black or white socks since the start of the 1940–41 season. It is known that the Dundalk G.N.R. club wore blue shirts when it started in 1903.[169] and were reported to be wearing "yellow and black" in 1906,[170] but there is no further evidence of defined club colours in the pre-World War I years. When the club was revived for the 1919–20 season, the colours adopted were black and amber-striped shirts with white shorts. In advance of dropping the 'G.N.R.' moniker and becoming 'Dundalk A.F.C.', the club changed to a strip of white shirts with the coat of arms of the town (the old Dundalk Corporation seal) as its crest, and blue shorts matching the azure shield of the crest. The new colours were first worn on St Stephen's Day 1927 in the opening match of the 1927–28 League of Ireland Shield.[16]

This combination was worn until 1939 but came to be seen as unlucky due to the number of cup final defeats Dundalk had during the 1930s.[171] Hoping a change would bring more luck, the club introduced a sky blue and maroon quartered shirt with white shorts and maroon socks in 1939–40,[172] but they promptly lost to non-league opposition in the first round of that season's FAI Cup,[173] and went back to wearing white shirts for the following season, this time paired with black shorts. Possibly by coincidence, when the clubs of the town amalgamated to form the first Dundalk Association Football Club in 1904, the colours chosen were "white shirt, bearing the Dundalk coat of arms, and black pants".[174][175] The 'home' colours have remained essentially unchanged with red trims being incorporated occasionally since the 1990s. An all-white kit was introduced for the first time in the 1965–66 season,[176] and was also the combination used in 1973–74 and 2003. All-white kits are still worn occasionally when required to avoid kit clashes.[177]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dundalk G.N.R. colours 1919–1927
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dundalk A.F.C. colours 1927–1939
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dundalk A.F.C. colours 1939–40
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'Home' colours
since 1940
Away colours

The earliest photographic record of the team in 'away' colours comes from the 1928–29 season. For their first visit to play Fordsons after adopting white shirts, Dundalk were obliged to wear borrowed shirts with their own navy blue shorts and black socks, as the home side also wore white shirts.[178] For the next two seasons, they wore their old black and amber-striped shirts when travelling to face teams wearing white.[179]

The club did not have an official away kit until 1977–78. In the interim, red shirts were worn if change colours were needed.[180] An all-red kit was produced for the Cup Winners' Cup tie away to Hajduk Split in 1977 and this became the away kit for domestic games that season.[181] An all-red away kit was worn against Tottenham Hotspur in 1981 but otherwise official away colours were not required again until the 1990–91 season, when all-red was again adopted. Since then, away kits have usually been based on red or black.[182] The club has twice introduced away colours that pay homage to its G.N.R. roots—in 2016 and again in 2021.[183]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Traditional 'Away' colours – variant 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Traditional 'Away' colours – variant 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Traditional 'Away' colours – variant 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'Away' kit
2016–2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
'Away' kit
2021–2022
 
Dundalk players in action wearing 'third' colours in aid of Temple Street Children's University Hospital, 2019

Prior to 2019, ad hoc third colours had been worn by the team only when both home and away kits clashed with an opponent's colours. An official commercially available third kit was introduced that season for the first time—an all-lilac strip with white and black trim. It was designed by then kit supplier CX+ Sport, as part of a fundraising partnership between the club and Temple Street Children's University Hospital. The logo of the charity replaced that of the official sponsor Fyffes on the chest of the shirt.[184] This kit was worn in all rounds of the successful 2019 League Cup campaign, and in the early rounds of that season's FAI Cup.[146] The next season that the club released third colours (that was not the previous season's away kit repurposed) was in 2023.[185]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third kit
2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third kit
2023

Kit suppliers Edit

The club's kit supplier is Playr-Fit, who signed a three-year deal beginning with the 2023 season.[186] They replaced Umbro, who had been the supplier between 2007 and 2015, and between 2020 and 2022. Previous suppliers include Dundalk-based companies CX+ Sport (2016–2019) and Eros Sportswear (1985–1988). O’Neills (1976–1984; 1990–2004) have also been a long-term supplier. Erreà (2005) and Diadora (2006) have each been suppliers for one season while Adidas Teamwear was used temporarily during 1982–83. A Cork-based company, Union Sport, supplied kits for two seasons (1988–89 and 1989–90).[187] Their products were notable in that the company used a Confederate flag (the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia) as its logo, which featured prominently on team shirts and other apparel.[188]

Home grounds Edit

Athletic Grounds Edit

Between 1903 and 1936, Dundalk mostly played at the Athletic Grounds near the town centre (land which was eventually sold in 1959 for a factory development).[189] The Athletic Grounds were owned by the Dundalk Young Ireland's Athletic Grounds Company and made available for all local team sports. Dundalk's matches were usually played on Sundays, enabling a large Northern Irish contingent of spectators (inconvenienced by Sunday Observance laws) to attend games. When matches were moved to Saturdays because of Sundays being unavailable, the club suffered financially from lower gate receipts.[190] If the Athletic Grounds were unavailable altogether, then matches were played at the grounds of the Dundalk Educational Institution (now Dundalk Grammar School), the grounds at St Mary's College, or the Carroll's Recreation Ground.[191]

Oriel Park Edit

 
Oriel Park, home of Dundalk Football Club
Main article: Oriel Park

In 1936, the club moved permanently to land on the Carrick Road made available by former committee member P.J. Casey on a long-term land lease and named the new ground "Oriel Park".[25] Almost 10 years to the day after Dundalk G.N.R. played their first Free State League match away to Fordsons, the same club (as Cork F.C.) were the first visitors to Oriel Park, with the home team winning 2–1.[192] Oriel's attendance record is an estimated 18,000, set in 1982 for Dundalk's European Cup Winners' Cup second round tie against Tottenham Hotspur F.C.[b][194] On occasions when Oriel has been unavailable due to works, matches have been moved to either United Park in Drogheda or Gortakeegan in Monaghan. The ground has had an artificial playing surface since 2005.[195]

Home grounds for European matches

Dundalk played their first home European match, against F.C. Zurich in the 1963–64 European Cup, in Dalymount Park in Dublin—as Oriel Park did not have floodlights.[196] Floodlighting was installed in 1967 to allow matches to be played there—the first being the visit of Vasas SC of Hungary in the 1967–68 European Cup.[55] The 1995–96 UEFA Cup tie against Malmö was moved to United Park in Drogheda as the Oriel pitch was being re-laid that summer, and the 2002–03 UEFA Cup tie against Varteks was moved to Tolka Park in Dublin because Oriel did not meet UEFA's upgraded standards for football stadiums at that time.[197]

Oriel has since been upgraded to a Category 2 Stadium, able to accommodate 3,100 seated spectators for European matches.[198] Matches requiring a ground to have Category 3 status have been played in Tallaght Stadium and matches requiring a ground meeting Category 4 status have been played at the Aviva Stadium.[199]

Supporters Edit

The Supporters Club is called 'The 1903', in honour of the football club's year of formation.[200] There is also a Ladies Supporters Club, the 'Lilywhite Ladies'.[201] The Dundalk G.N.R. club's members formed its first Supporters Club during the 1928–29 season.[202] The Supporters Clubs have raised vital funds in support of the club through the decades, money that was often required to keep the club viable.[98]

Dundalk fans have nicknamed the team 'the Lilywhites' and supporters also use 'the Town' as shorthand for the club. Both nicknames have been in use since at least the 1950s.[1] The hashtag #CmonTheTown is used by fans on social media.[203] From when the club was first formed until its change of colours in 1927–28, the team's nickname was 'the Railwaymen'.[2] Later, the team was known as 'the Northerners",[204] or 'the Bordermen' (due to the town's location close to the border with Northern Ireland).[205]

The current generation of fans—who followed the club out of the First Division, through the ownership crisis of 2012, and into the subsequent successful period—style themselves the 'Shedside Army'. They are responsible for Oriel's 'tifo' displays. One such display—the flying of Palestinian flags in Oriel Park during a Europa League tie—resulted in a UEFA fine for Dundalk of €18,000.[206] Supporters have two mottoes: "We See Things They'll Never See" owing to the roller-coaster of highs and lows the club has experienced;[207] and "Dundalk Will Never Die But You Will",[208] a riff on a Mogwai album title. The club anthem has become Three Little Birds by Bob Marley and the Wailers (both because of the club crest and because of the sentiments expressed in the lyrics).[209]

Support base and attendances Edit

 
Approximate geographic area of core Dundalk F.C. support base

The club's support base is the Dundalk Municipal District, the adjacent Carrickmacross–Castleblayney Municipal District of County Monaghan, and south County Armagh.[210] The average Friday night home league attendance is approximately 3,000,[211] with attendances at 'bigger' matches of approximately 4,000.[212][213]

Rivalries Edit

The Louth Derby is contested between Dundalk and Drogheda United, who entered the League of Ireland in 1963. The clubs played an annual friendly from 1966 to 1984—the Donegan Cup,[214] presented by former Louth TD Paddy Donegan. Apart from one attempt to revive the contest in 1990,[215] it was dropped as the two clubs could not find suitable dates for it during the season after the split of the League of Ireland into two divisions. The friendly was reintroduced as a pre-season match in 1997 with a new trophy—the Jim Malone Cup, in honour of three-time chairman of the board, the late Jim Malone.[216]

While there is a sibling rivalry between the two towns,[217] Derbies are not usually antagonistic because the two clubs have rarely competed for top honours simultaneously, although they did meet in the final of the 1971–72 League of Ireland Shield, with Dundalk winning 5–0.[62] Many of Dundalk's most successful periods have corresponded with Drogheda being at the lower end of the league table or in the First Division, while Drogheda's most successful period (between 2004 and 2008) occurred while Dundalk were in the lower tier. The derby has been fractious on occasion, however, particularly during cup ties between the sides.[218] In addition to the Louth Derby, Dundalk fans would see Shamrock Rovers as their biggest rivals, as Rovers hold the record for the most league titles and the record for the most FAI Cups, with Dundalk next in the honours list for both competitions.[219]

Ownership and finances Edit

The club is currently owned by a private company trading as 'Dundalk Town FC Limited'. The trading company is owned by a consortium of investors led by Andy Connolly and sports technology firm STATSports.[160]

Ownership history Edit

As an association football club for the employees of the Great Northern Railway works in the town, it was 'owned' by the company and run by a management committee elected by its members. The club was converted to a membership-based limited company, 'Dundalk Association Football Club Limited', on 25 January 1932.[22][23] This brought it under the ownership of its supporters, who elected a management committee every two years. This ownership structure survived until the end of 1965 but by then, the club's liabilities had grown and Oriel Park was in need of investment. The membership-based model, which saw the club break even on an annual basis at best, could not provide the required finance and the company was voluntarily liquidated and taken over by a public limited company, 'Dundalk Football Club Limited', in January 1966.[49]

The financial issues that occurred in late 1994, which saw the club become effectively insolvent, forced the liquidation of the 1966 company. It was taken over by 'Dundalk AFC Interim Limited', a new holding company comprising former and current directors under chairman Enda McGuill.[103] But the solvency issues that had faced the club through most of the 1990s arose again in 1998,[109] resulting in relegation that season for the first time in the club's history. It was taken over by the 'Dundalk F.C. Co-operative' in 2000,[111] returning it to a membership-based, supporter-owned model. But the co-op was unable to make the sort of investment in either the team or in Oriel Park required to bring the club back to the Premier Division.[220] They decided to sell the training ground, Hiney Park, in order to service debts and pay for work at Oriel.[221][222]

The man who purchased Hiney Park, Gerry Matthews, was subsequently invited to join the board as CEO in 2006.[223] He then took the club into private ownership as 'Dundalk FC Limited' when it was accepted that the co-op could not continue to support it. It was returned to a solid footing under the ownership of Matthews but his decision to end his financial support in 2012 lead to another threat of insolvency.[122] With the assistance of the Dundalk FC Supporters Trust, the club was rescued by the owners of its official sponsors, Fastfix—Paul Brown and Andy Connolly. They formed a new trading company 'Dundalk Town FC Limited' and completed a takeover in time for the 2013 season. Brown and Connolly then sold their interest to a consortium of investors led by the American investment firm Peak6 in 2018.[138] At the end of the 2021 season, the club was returned to local ownership when a group led by the returning Connolly and the owners of sports technology firm STATSports agreed a takeover deal with Peak6.[160]

Sponsorship and income streams Edit

Dundalk's first shirt sponsor became National Aluminium with the introduction of shirt sponsorship in 1980.[224] The company's brand remained on the team's shirts until 1984. From 1987 until 2002, the official sponsor was Harp Lager (the brand being synonymous with the town, and the Great Northern Brewery, where the product was brewed, being near Oriel Park). Subsequently, the club had a number of official sponsors,[187] including a sponsorship deal with Fyffes, which ran from 2012 until 2020.[225]

For the 2023 season, the team playing shirt's chest logo is that of official sponsors Bet Regal. The shirt's sleeve and upper back sponsor is (Renault) Blackstone Motors and the lower back of the shirt is sponsored by StatSport and Fastfix. The full list of sponsors for 2023 are:[226]

  • Bet Regal (Official Sponsor)
  • Renault Blackstone Motors
  • Statsports
  • Fastfix
  • Playr-Fit (Official kit supplier)
  • Sportsfile
  • UHY Farrelly Dawe Whyte
  • Dundalk Credit Union (women's teams main shirt sponsors)
  • Dole (men's U17 and U19 academy teams main shirt sponsors)
  • Hanley Energy (men's U14 and U15 academy teams main shirt sponsors)
  • The Unit (First team training shirt sponsors)

There are several other sponsorship arrangements, such as sponsorship of individual players,[227] and sponsorship of individual home matches. The club's Lotto is managed in partnership with Clubforce.[228]

There is a merchandise shop at Oriel Park and an online store on the official website.[229] In addition to sponsorship, Oriel Park is made available for junior and schools football, and is also available for rent to private groups and clubs in other sporting codes.[230] The ground's public bar, 'The Lilywhite Lounge', is available for social events, as is the members' bar—the 'Enda McGuill Suite'.[231]

The club introduced a membership scheme for supporters in 2020. The scheme is run on a monthly subscription basis via Patreon.[232]

Player transfers Edit

Players in the League of Ireland are typically signed on single season contracts, meaning they become free agents at the end of each season.[233] Contracts of two-year duration are less typical; while players and clubs rarely sign deals of a longer duration.[234] As a result, the transfer-fee inflation seen throughout European club football has not been a feature of the game in Ireland, and Dundalk have not benefited financially from player transfers since the Bosman ruling came into effect. Indeed, the PFAI Players' Player of the Year for 2015 (Richie Towell), and 2016 (Daryl Horgan), both left for EFL Championship clubs at the end of their respective award-winning seasons on free transfers, due to contract expiry.[235]

Transfer fees both paid and received have generally remained undisclosed. The record transfer fee received (when all clauses were eventually triggered and paid) was approximately £80,000 (equivalent to €200,000 in 2019)[236] for Steve Staunton, who was signed by Liverpool in August 1986 for an initial fee of £20,000. Dundalk subsequently received a further estimated £70,000 (equivalent to €150,000 in 2019)[236] when Staunton was transferred by Liverpool to Aston Villa in 1991.[237]

Media Edit

Television and radio Edit

Ireland's State-owned public service broadcaster, RTÉ, has broadcast rights for League of Ireland and FAI Cup matches as part of a package from the FAI that includes international matches. However, there is little or no income derived from these rights for clubs.[238] Indeed, the network refused to pay the fee asked to broadcast the home leg of Dundalk's Champions League victory against BATE Borisov in 2016,[239][131] a few months after they had been named RTÉ's "Team of the Year" for 2015.[240] RTÉ had also previously offered the FAI €4 million to avoid having to televise any League of Ireland matches on its channels at all.[239]

Live commentary of matches is broadcast on Dundalk FM (a community radio station) and LMFM. The radio broadcasts do not have licensing restrictions and can be accessed online in Ireland and globally from the stations' websites.[241]

Online Edit

Historically, live online streaming of domestic games was limited to pilot programs and streams run by online gambling companies.[242] As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic during the 2020 season, which resulted in matches being played behind closed doors, the WatchLOI service was introduced by the FAI and RTÉ. The service made all games not already due to be broadcast on television available for streaming worldwide on a subscription basis.[243]

The WatchLOI service was discontinued in June 2021 and replaced by 'LOITV', with clubs being responsible for producing their own live match coverage.[244]

Club publications Edit

The club's official website, dundalkfc.com, has been voted 'Website of the Year' by the Soccer Writers Association of Ireland on eight occasions, most recently for 2021.[245]

A matchday programme is produced for all home matches—the "DFC Magazine". This programme was voted 'Programme of the Year' for 10 of the 12 seasons between 2008 and 2019 by the Irish Football Programme Club.[246] In 2017 the Louth County Museum celebrated the achievements of the club with a new exhibition entitled "One Team, One Dream", which ran for over a year.[247] In 2018 a short documentary entitled "Chasing Doubles" was published on YouTube by Dundalk Sport and Lightstorm Media. The piece was nominated by the FAI for a "Best Digital Initiative Award", as part of the association's "Communications Awards" in July 2019.[248]

In addition, the following books have been published:

  • 2003: The History of Dundalk F.C. – The First 100 Years, by Jim Murphy
  • 2013: C'mon The Town! A Dundalk FC Miscellany, by Jim Murphy
  • 2014: CHAMP10NS, by Gavin McLaughlin
  • 2015: The Double, by Gavin McLaughlin
  • 2016: Making History, by Gavin McLaughlin
  • 2018: Taking Back the Throne, by Gavin McLaughlin
  • 2019: We See Things They'll Never See, by Gavin McLaughlin
  • 2020: Dundalk Football Club: In Black And White, by Daniel Sexton

Players Edit

First-team squad Edit

As of 2 August 2023.[249][250]

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   WAL Nathan Shepperd
2 DF   ENG Archie Davies
3 DF   IRL Darragh Leahy
4 DF   IRL Andy Boyle
5 DF   GIB Louie Annesley
6 MF   ENG Alfie Lewis
7 MF   IRL Daniel Kelly
8 MF   IRL Robbie Benson
9 FW   IRL Patrick Hoban (captain)
10 MF   IRL Greg Sloggett
11 MF   IRL John Martin
13 GK   SCO Peter Cherrie
14 FW   SCO Cameron Elliott
15 FW   IRL Daryl Horgan
16 DF   ENG Hayden Muller
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   IRL Keith Ward
18 DF   IRL Robbie McCourt
19 DF   SCO Darren Brownlie
20 MF   FIN Johannes Yli-Kokko (on loan from HJK Helsinki)
21 MF   IRL Paul Doyle
22 FW   ENG Sam Durrant
23 MF   IRL John Mountney
25 MF   IRL Anthony Mayo
26 MF   IRL Callum Bonner
27 MF   ENG Connor Malley
28 MF   IRL Ryan O'Kane
29 MF   IRL Senan Mullen
30 GK   IRL Mark Byrne
36 MF   IRL Dualta Honney
40 DF   IRL Mayowa Animasahun

Youth teams Edit

Dundalk maintains an academy with youth teams in the U-14, U-15, U-17, and U-19 age brackets of the League of Ireland.[251]

Women's teams Edit

Dundalk do not currently have a women's team in the League of Ireland Women's Premier Division (formed in 2023 as a successor to the Women's National League). Teams are maintained at Under-17 and Under-19 level that compete in the EA Sports LOI Academy.[252] There is also a team at Under-15 level.[253]

Prior to the formation of the Women's National League, a loosely affiliated club, Dundalk City L.F.C., competed in the Dublin Women's Soccer League during the 2000–2005 period and won the 2005 Women's FAI Cup Final.[254][c]

Scholarships Edit

A sports scholarship, run by Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) in partnership with the club, "is aimed at those candidates who wish to pursue a full-time third level education whilst simultaneously pursuing a professional soccer playing career with League of Ireland Champions Dundalk FC".[255]

Former players Edit

See also: Category:Dundalk F.C. players

International players Edit

See also: List of Dundalk F.C. records and statistics § Internationals

Personnel Edit

Technical staff Edit

As of 19 January 2023.

Position Staff
Head coach Stephen O'Donnell
Head of Football Operations Brian Gartland
Assistant manager Patrick Cregg
Coach Liam Burns
Goalkeeping coach Dermot O'Neill
Strength and conditioning Coach Sami Dowling
Assistant S&C Coach Oisin O'Neill
Physiotherapist Danny Miller and Conor Doran
Sports scientist Claire Dunne
Video analyst Dominic Corrigan
Kit Manager Noel Walsh
Academy director Derek Boyle
Head of Women's Football Bernard Freeman

Source:[256]

Club officials Edit

Name Role
Sean O'Connor Chairman
Andy Connolly, Sean O'Connor, Alan Clarke Board Members
Martin Connolly Chief Operating Officer
Colm Murphy Club Secretary
Frank Watters FAI Council Representative
Gavin McLaughlin Media Officer
Simon Blackmore Club Licensing Officer
Liam Burns Community Officer
Aoife Burns Children's Officer
Ailish Kelly Office Manager
Karen Travers Office administration
Padraig McGowan Club Ambassador
Regina O'Hare Event Controller
Anthony Bravender Commercial Operations
John Moore, Jamie Dowdall Ground staff
Michael Duffy PA Announcer

Source:[256]

Former managers Edit

See also: Category:Dundalk F.C. managers
Former managers[d]

Records Edit

Main article: List of Dundalk F.C. records and statistics

The record for the most appearances in all competitions is currently held by Tommy McConville, who appeared in 580 matches in two stints at the club between 1964 and 1986.[257] Several players have won five league titles—Martin Lawlor being the first to reach the mark.[258] Patrick Hoban is the club's leading goalscorer in all competitions. Five other players—Joey Donnelly, Eddie Carroll, Joe Martin, Jimmy Hasty, and Paddy Turner—have also scored 100 goals or more.[259] Hoban broke Donnelly's club record for league goals during the 2019 season and subsequently became the first Dundalk player to score 100 league goals for the club during the 2022 season. He then broke Donnelly's record for goals in all competitions during the 2023 season.[260][261]

Bob Egan became the first Dundalk player to win an international cap on 20 April 1929, when he represented Ireland in a 4–0 victory over Belgium.[262] The player who has won the most caps while at the club is Billy O'Neill, who won 11 caps for Ireland—his international career being cut short at the age of 23 by the outbreak of World War II. Mick Fairclough was the most recently capped player, earning two caps in May 1982.[263] In 2021, Raivis Jurkovskis and Sonni Nattestad became the first Dundalk players to be capped for a country other than Ireland while at the club.[264]

Dundalk's record win is an 11–0 victory over Athlone Town in the 2020 FAI Cup.[154] The record league win is 9–0, achieved against Jacobs in 1932, and again against Shelbourne in 1980. The biggest victory in a European match is 4–0, achieved with home wins against Fram Reykjavík in the 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup,[265] and Newtown in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League.[266]

The record home attendance is 30,417 v Legia Warsaw in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin for the Champions League play-off round in 2016.[267]

European competition Edit

 
Dundalk's leading European goalscorer David McMillan in action against Zenit St Petersburg in the 2016–17 Europa League.
Main article: Dundalk F.C. in European football

Dundalk have qualified for European competition 26 times as of the 2023–24 European season. They made their European debut in the 1963–64 European Cup and in that campaign, they became the first Irish side to win an away match in Europe. Their best performance in the European Cup was in 1979–80, when they reached the last 16, and they reached the last 16 of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1981–82. They have qualified twice for the Europa League group stage and they became the first team from Ireland to both win points and win a match at that level of European competition in 2016–17.[268]

They have played against several major names in European football such as Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Celtic, FC Porto, PSV Eindhoven, Ajax, Red Star Belgrade, Hajduk Split, Legia Warsaw, and Zenit St Petersburg. They have faced opponents from the Netherlands most often, having played ties against PSV, Ajax, DOS Utrecht, AZ Alkmaar, and Vitesse Arnhem.[269]

The club is now the highest-ranked Irish club in European football in terms of UEFA club coefficients.[270] In a January 2021 ranking compiled by statistical analysis site FiveThirtyEight, Dundalk were ranked 290th in 'International Club Soccer'.[271]

Overall European record.

As of 3 August 2023.[272]

Competition Pld W D L GF GA
European Cup / UEFA Champions League 33 4 12 17 24 60
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 37 9 5 23 34 73
UEFA Europa Conference League 10 4 4 2 18 13
European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 8 2 1 5 7 14
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 6 1 1 4 4 25
TOTAL 94 20 23 51 87 185

Honours Edit

Main article: List of Dundalk F.C. seasons
See also: List of Dundalk F.C. records and statistics
Competition Winners Seasons Runners-up Seasons
National competitions
League of Ireland /
Premier Division
14
 1932–33, 1962–63, 1966–67, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1994–95, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
12
 1930-31, 1936-37, 1942-43, 1947-48, 1963-64, 1967-68, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1986-87, 1988-89, 2013, 2017
FAI Cup
12
 1941–42, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1957–58, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1987–88, 2001–02, 2015, 2018, 2020
8
 1930–31, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1986–87, 1992–93, 2016, 2017, 2019
League Cup
(discontinued)
7
 1977–78, 1980–81, 1986–87, 1989–90, 2014, 2017, 2019
4
 1982–83, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1994–95
League of Ireland Shield
(discontinued)
2
 1966–67, 1971–72
6
 1932–33, 1941–42, 1946–47, 1963–64, 1967–68, 1968–69
Dublin City Cup
(discontinued)
5
 1937–38, 1942–43, 1948–49, 1967–68, 1968–69
8
 1935–36, 1936–37, 1940–41, 1947–48, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1983–84
Top Four Cup
(discontinued)
2
 1963–64, 1966–67
0
League of Ireland First Division
2
 2000–01, 2008
1
 2006
President of Ireland's Cup
3
 2015, 2019, 2021
3
 2016, 2017, 2018
All-Ireland competitions
Champions Cup
(discontinued)
1
 2019
0
Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup
(discontinued)
1
 1941–42
1
 1948–49
Setanta Sports Cup
(discontinued)
0
2
 2011, 2014
Provincial and junior competitions
Leinster Senior Cup
7
 1950–51, 1960–61, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1977–78, 2015
13
 1928–29, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1981–82,
1993–94, 1994–95, 2017
LFA President's Cup
(discontinued)
9
 1930–31, 1951–52, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1989–90
14
 1932–33, 1943–44, 1949–50, 1952–53, 1958–59, 1968–69, 1972–73, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1995–96, 2002–03,
Leinster Junior Cup
0
1
 1919–20
Dundalk and District League
2
 1919–20, 1920–21
1
 1921–22

Source:[273]

References Edit

Footnotes
  1. ^ League, FAI Cup, League Cup, Shield, Dublin City Cup, Top Four Cup, First Division, President of Ireland's Cup, Inter-City Cup, Champions' Cup
  2. ^ figures of 17,000 to 21,000 have been quoted for the European Cup tie against Celtic F.C. in 1979. However, due to the practice of recording 'gates' in monetary terms, the exact number in attendance at that match is unknown—as children and pensioners were charged lower prices or let in for free.[193]
  3. ^ This victory is not included in the Dundalk F.C. Honours list, as Dundalk City L.F.C. were considered to be a separate club.
  4. ^ interim or caretaker appointments intended to be short term not included
  5. ^ Gerry Doyle was the first modern-style manager. Prior to his appointment, the club employed 'Trainers' or 'Coaches' with the management committee responsible for player recruitment and team selection.
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October 17, 2023
dundalk, dundalk, football, club, ɔː, irish, cumann, peile, dhún, dealgan, professional, association, football, club, that, competes, league, ireland, premier, division, tier, football, republic, ireland, club, based, dundalk, home, ground, oriel, park, club, . Dundalk Football Club d ʌ n ˈ d ɔː l k dun DAW L K Irish Cumann Peile Dhun Dealgan is a professional association football club that competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division the top tier of football in the Republic of Ireland The club is based in Dundalk and its home ground is Oriel Park The club crest is three martlets on a shield which was adopted from the town s old coat of arms and the team colours are white shirts and black shorts DundalkFull nameDundalk Football ClubNickname s The Lilywhites 1 The Railwaymen original 2 Short nameDFCFoundedSeptember 1903 120 years ago 1903 09 as Dundalk G N R Association Football ClubGroundOriel ParkCapacity4 500 3 100 seated OwnerDundalk Town FC Ltd private consortium ChairmanSean O ConnorHead CoachStephen O DonnellLeagueLeague of Ireland2022Premier Division 3rd of 10WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway coloursThird coloursCurrent seasonFounded in 1903 as Dundalk G N R the works team of the Great Northern Railway they were a junior club until they were invited to join the Leinster Senior League in 1922 23 After playing at that level for four seasons they were elected to the League of Ireland for the 1926 27 season Six seasons later they became the first club from outside Dublin to win the league title They have won 49 trophies at national and all Ireland level as of 2023 a including four League and Cup Doubles and are the only club to have won a league title or an FAI Cup in every decade since the 1930s They are the second most successful club in the League s history with 14 league titles as of 2023 Dundalk are the highest ranked Irish club in European football as measured by UEFA club coefficients They made their European debut in the 1963 64 European Cup and became the first Irish side to win an away match in Europe in that campaign Their best performance in the European Cup was in 1979 80 when they reached the last 16 and they reached the last 16 of the European Cup Winners Cup in 1981 82 They are the only Irish club to have qualified for the Europa League group stage twice and in 2016 17 they became the first team from Ireland to both win points and win a match at that level of European competition They remain the only Irish team to have done so as of the 2023 24 European season Contents 1 History 1 1 Dundalk G N R 1903 1930 1 1 1 The works teams 1 2 First successes 1930 1949 1 3 Struggles and recovery 1950 1964 1 4 Takeover rise and fall 1964 1974 1 5 A trophy laden era 1975 1995 1 6 Decline and upheaval 1995 2012 1 7 Revival and dominance 2013 2019 1 8 Transition 2020 present 2 Crest and colours 2 1 Crest history 2 2 Kit history 2 3 Kit suppliers 3 Home grounds 3 1 Athletic Grounds 3 2 Oriel Park 4 Supporters 4 1 Support base and attendances 4 2 Rivalries 5 Ownership and finances 5 1 Ownership history 5 2 Sponsorship and income streams 5 3 Player transfers 5 4 Media 5 4 1 Television and radio 5 4 2 Online 5 5 Club publications 6 Players 6 1 First team squad 6 2 Youth teams 6 3 Women s teams 6 4 Scholarships 6 5 Former players 6 6 International players 7 Personnel 7 1 Technical staff 7 2 Club officials 7 3 Former managers 8 Records 8 1 European competition 9 Honours 10 References 11 External linksHistory EditMain article History of Dundalk F C See also List of Dundalk F C seasons Dundalk G N R 1903 1930 Edit nbsp Formation of Dundalk G N R Association Club reported by Dundalk Democrat 26 September 1903The Dundalk Great Northern Railway G N R Football Club was established during the 1883 84 season as a rugby football club 3 They played their final rugby match in February 1903 and in September 1903 the club switched codes to association football 4 setting in motion their journey to become the modern day Dundalk F C The new club known locally as the Railwaymen adopted the Dundalk Athletic Grounds a facility near the town centre shared by several sporting codes as its home ground They played challenge matches at first then became founder members of the first Dundalk and District League DDL formed in 1906 5 There are no records of the club being active between 1907 08 and 1912 13 but they re joined the local league in 1913 14 for what was the final season before the outbreak of World War I 6 The local league was dormant during the war but the G N R club entered both the Irish Junior Cup and Leinster Junior Cup competitions during the war years 7 After exiting the Irish Junior Cup in January 1917 the club appears to have been inactive again for the following two seasons It re formed for 1919 20 affiliated with the Leinster Football Association and joined both the Newry and District League and the revived DDL 8 The G N R club spent three seasons in the DDL winning it twice 9 and represented the district in both Junior Cup competitions those seasons 10 They reached the Leinster Junior Cup final in 1920 the club s first knock out competition final which they lost to Avonmore after two replays 11 Looking to progress they were elected to the Leinster Senior League for 1922 23 to replace sides that had been promoted to the nascent Free State League 12 They played four seasons in that division before being elected to the Free State League on 15 June 1926 to replace Dublin club Pioneers as the national league looked to spread to the provinces 13 14 On 21 August 1926 they travelled to Cork to face Fordsons for their league debut 15 eventually finishing eighth in the 1926 27 season By this stage the team represented the G N R works in name only and the club s management committee decided to make it independent of the company New colours of white shirts and blue shorts with a crest of the town s coat of arms were adopted in December 1927 16 They contested their first final as a senior club in April 1929 the Leinster Senior Cup final which they lost after a replay It was the last time that the club was billed to appear as Dundalk G N R 17 and the name of the club was formally changed to Dundalk A F C in the summer of 1930 18 The works teams Edit When Dundalk G N R joined the League of Ireland in 1926 it was one of four works teams in the 10 team league the others being Jacobs St James s Gate and Fordsons Another railway works team Midland Athletic of the Midland Great Western Railway had competed for two seasons but had resigned when the company went through a merger 19 By 1944 45 Dundalk were the only club with works team roots remaining Another works team Transport sponsored by CIE joined in 1948 49 but were not re elected for 1962 63 leaving Dundalk again as the only surviving club with works team roots The works themselves became Dundalk Engineering Works Ltd with the demise of the G N R I company in 1958 20 First successes 1930 1949 Edit With a new manager Steve Wright doing everything except selling the programmes 21 Dundalk finished as runners up in both the League and the FAI Cup in 1930 31 Proof that they could compete at a national level gave the management committee the confidence to press ahead and the club was converted to a membership based limited company Dundalk A F C Limited on 25 January 1932 22 23 In the 1932 33 season they became the first team from outside Dublin to win a league title sealing it in Dalymount Park with their first victory over Bohemians 24 In becoming champions they also became the first team from outside Dublin or Belfast to win a league title in Ireland since the inception of the original Irish League in 1890 Hoping to improve gate receipts and revenue the club s management committee decided to move from the Athletic Grounds to a ground of their own In 1936 they secured land on the Carrick Road owned by P J Casey a former committee member and named it Oriel Park 25 After winning the league title they were runners up eight times across the five main competitions League Shield FAI Cup Dublin City Cup and Leinster Senior Cup before winning the 1937 38 City Cup their first cup final victory 26 They won their first FAI Cup in their fourth appearance in the final with victory over Cork United in Dalymount Park in 1942 27 Five weeks later they won the inaugural Dublin and Belfast Inter City Cup to become unofficially Champions of All Ireland 28 The following September in the new season the City Cup was won for a second time 29 During the mid 1940s the management committee relied on player sales to English clubs to bankroll the club as gate receipts alone did not meet its running costs After missing out in both the League and the City Cup by a point in 1947 48 the committee decided to invest the surplus from its transfer dealings on several professional players from Scotland and a player coach Ned Weir 30 The investment paid off when the City Cup was won for a third time at the start of the new season by topping its new league format unbeaten 31 while the club s second FAI Cup was won with victory over Shelbourne in the 1949 final 32 But the new team fell short in both the Shield and the League and despite the cup double and improved gate receipts the additional income was not enough to cover the increase in costs 33 Struggles and recovery 1950 1964 Edit The attempt to maintain a full time squad had not paid off and the 1949 cup winning team was broken up A surplus from transfer dealings prevented a more serious financial crisis arising 34 and despite the turnover in players Dundalk won the Leinster Senior Cup for the first time in 1950 51 35 The cutbacks started to have an impact and they finished second from bottom in the league table the following season They went on a memorable FAI Cup run however coming from 3 1 down against Waterford in a semi final replay to win 6 4 in extra time 36 then defeated Cork Athletic in the 1952 FAI Cup Final also in a replay to win the Cup for a third time 37 Midway through the 1952 53 season Club Secretary Sam Prole left to take over at Drumcondra 38 Prole a Great Northern Railway employee had played for Dundalk G N R in junior football and had been Secretary for 25 years He had been responsible for the club s transfer activities and player sales tailed off after his departure 39 The subsequent drop in income obliged the club to focus on controlling costs 40 and they finished last in the two seasons after he left They continued to struggle for the rest of the decade but in contrast to their league form they won their fourth FAI Cup with a 1 0 victory over Shamrock Rovers in the 1958 final 41 Having not challenged for the League or Shield during the 1950s they ended the decade at the top of the league table 42 Although they subsequently fell short of winning the title the club was competitive again A second Leinster Senior Cup was won in 1960 61 43 and a first league title in 30 years followed in 1962 63 44 That success meant that Dundalk entered European competition for the first time where they became the first Irish side to win an away leg of a European tie by beating FC Zurich 2 1 in a 4 2 aggregate defeat in the 1963 64 European Cup 45 They could not manage to retain the title that season finishing as runners up and they were also runners up in the Shield But they did win the season end Top Four Cup for the first time 46 Takeover rise and fall 1964 1974 Edit A poor 1964 65 followed and the club s management committee decided that it was time to hire a modern style manager who would have sole responsibility for recruitment and player selection They appointed Gerry Doyle who had spent most of his career as both a player and a coach with Shelbourne 47 The new season saw little improvement however and with financial losses growing and investment in Oriel Park needed it became clear early in the 1965 66 season that the membership based ownership model could not provide the financial support required to take the club forward 48 A new public limited company took over in January 1966 after the voluntary liquidation of the old company 49 The new board invested heavily in both Oriel Park and the squad ahead of the 1966 67 season 50 and signed a new player coach Alan Fox from Bradford City 51 The pay off was immediate Dundalk finally won their first League of Ireland Shield 52 then charged to the league title winning it by seven points 53 to seal the club s only League and Shield Double They then won that season s Top Four Cup to complete the club s first treble 54 The following season Oriel Park hosted European football for the first time under newly installed floodlights with the visit of Vasas SC of Hungary 55 But Fox fell out with the club s board during the trip to Budapest for the return leg and he was released the following March despite his side being set to retain the title 56 The Dublin City Cup of 1967 68 was his final success at the club 57 Dundalk subsequently finished as runners up in the League qualifying for the 1968 69 Fairs Cup where they won a European tie for the first time with victory over DOS Utrecht 58 But fourth place in the League that season and another City Cup was all that the remnants of Fox s team could achieve 59 Future Ireland manager Liam Tuohy took over in the summer of 1969 and also joined the board 60 and as a result of his managerial experience Dundalk entered the new decade at the top of the league table But Tuohy was obliged to thin the squad and cut the wage bill because of the scale of the debts still hanging over the club from the redevelopment of Oriel Park 61 and he could not build a side able to sustain a title challenge The 1971 72 Shield success would be the high point of his reign 62 and he quit at the end of that season criticising a lack of local support in the process 63 His only other trophy at the club was the 1970 71 Leinster Senior Cup 64 Dundalk had to sell or release a number of players to survive after Tuohy left 65 and they slid down the table with a young inexperienced team finishing second from bottom in 1972 73 66 To recover the situation a new board took over the running of the club and hired John Smith from Walsall as player manager 67 After renegotiating the club s debts they were able to provide Smith with funds to sign several players Smith delivered a Leinster Senior Cup in his first season 68 but they subsequently fell away in the league after a good start and Smith quit two matches into his second season for a job outside football 69 Following his departure the club appointed Jim McLaughlin as player manager in November 1974 70 A trophy laden era 1975 1995 Edit nbsp Dundalk player manager Jim McLaughlin in action away to PSV Eindhoven in 1976It was under McLaughlin that Dundalk recovered and reached a new level of success With the remnants of Smith s squad and players unwanted elsewhere he won his first league title the club s fourth in 1975 76 losing one match in the process 71 The title brought European football back to the town for the first time since 1969 and in the following season s European Cup they met PSV Eindhoven and were deemed unlucky not to win the first leg at home 72 That match started an unbeaten run in Europe in Oriel Park of eight matches over the following five seasons 73 They ended the season by winning the Leinster Senior Cup 74 and a week later won the club s first FAI Cup since 1958 when they defeated Limerick United in the 1977 final 75 League form had been mixed for the two seasons following the title and despite winning their first League Cup and retaining the Leinster Senior Cup 76 77 a poor end to the 1977 78 league season led to rumours that McLaughlin would be let go 78 The club supported the reorganisation he demanded however and it used funds from the sale of three players to Liverpool to invest in the squad and make ground improvements at Oriel McLaughlin s second league title followed in 1978 79 79 80 and they went on to defeat Waterford in the Cup final to complete the club s first League and Cup Double 81 The Double winning side s 1979 80 European Cup run the following season where they narrowly missed out on qualifying for the quarter finals going down 3 2 on aggregate to Celtic 82 was the club s best European performance until 2016 83 They finished as runners up in the league for the next two seasons and achieved their only domestic cup double in 1980 81 winning both the League Cup and the FAI Cup 84 85 McLaughlin s third and final league title at the club arrived in 1981 82 86 after an early season 10 point gap to Bohemians was overhauled A trophy less 1982 83 season which saw Dundalk slip to third place in the league table behind Louth rivals Drogheda United signalled that the team was entering a transition period But McLaughlin resigned in May 1983 saying he needed a change 87 88 After two seasons that ended in mid table former player Turlough O Connor was appointed ahead of the League s split into two divisions in 1985 86 89 O Connor quickly built a squad capable of challenging for honours and his sides consistently finished in the top four over the following eight seasons They won the 1987 League Cup Final 90 and finished as runners up in both the League and the FAI Cup to qualify for Europe for the first time in five years The following season started with a visit from Cup Winners Cup holders Ajax Amsterdam 91 and ended with the club s second League and Cup Double with the title being won on the last day of the season 92 and the FAI Cup being won with victory over Derry City 93 O Connor won his second League Cup in 1989 90 94 and another league title followed in 1990 91 in an end of season winner takes all match in Turner s Cross against Cork City 95 But Dundalk spurned an opportunity to progress in the European Cup when a 1 1 draw away to Honved was followed by a 0 2 home defeat Attendances started to drop noticeably during 1992 93 96 as the new English Premier League broadcast live on BSkyB was growing in popularity 97 By the end of the season the board was facing financial issues that threatened the club s survival a healthy surplus in 1989 98 had become a serious deficit with income falling due to some of the lowest gate receipts in memory 99 The 1993 94 season started with mixed results with good away victories being followed by defeats at home and after a home defeat to Monaghan United O Connor resigned 100 He was replaced by another former player Dermot Keely 101 The older players were released and a thin squad struggled missing out on the Top Six round robin that decided the title They played out the final third of the season in a meaningless bottom six round robin in front of tiny crowds which contributed to the worsening financial position 102 Early the following season the financial issues came to a head and a number of local businessmen formed a new interim company to take the club over saving it from bankruptcy 103 Despite the financial problems and with a squad still lacking in depth Keely led his team to the club s ninth league title on a dramatic final day Starting the day in third place in the table they needed to win their match at home and for both Shelbourne and Derry City to fail to win their games They defeated Galway United and news eventually filtered through that both of their challengers had failed to win confirming Dundalk as Champions 104 105 Decline and upheaval 1995 2012 Edit The 1994 95 title did not halt the overall decline and Keely did not see out the title defence quitting midway through the 1995 96 season reportedly frustrated at being unable to strengthen his squad 106 Dundalk sank down the table and had to survive a promotion relegation play off in 1996 97 107 The board turned to Jim McLaughlin to try to turn things around 108 but early in the 1998 99 season it was revealed that the club was in serious financial trouble again and the whole squad had been transfer listed 109 An end of season collapse saw the club drop from the top tier for the first time with relegation confirmed 20 years to the day after they had won their first Double 110 The club was taken over by a supporters co op in 2000 111 and initial expectations were of an immediate return to the top flight But Dundalk became embroiled in a losing battle with the league s hierarchy and Kilkenny City which reached the High Court over the latter playing an improperly registered player 112 The following season the co op invested heavily in the playing squad and under new manager Martin Murray they were promoted as 2000 01 First Division Champions 113 Although seemingly well placed for the return to the top flight they were relegated again the following season with the League being reduced from 12 teams to 10 114 Despite this setback Murray s side won the club s ninth FAI Cup a week later with victory over Bohemians in the final 115 After being relegated again Dundalk were stuck in the lower reaches of the First Division for the next four seasons 116 With no sign of promotion the co op members agreed to the club being taken back into private ownership by its CEO Gerry Matthews They finished second under new manager John Gill in 2006 securing a play off tie against Waterford United Even though they won the play off 117 they were still denied a place in the 2007 Premier Division with Galway United who had finished third in that season s First Division selected by the FAI s 2006 IAG Report to be promoted ahead of both Dundalk and Waterford 118 In 2008 they won promotion back to the Premier Division pipping Shelbourne to the top spot on the final night of the season 119 120 Gill was replaced by Ian Foster for the return to the top flight despite winning the First Division title 121 At first Dundalk stabilised their position back in the Premier Division qualifying for the 2010 11 Europa League leading the league table midway through the 2010 season and reaching the 2011 Setanta Sports Cup final But results subsequently deteriorated and with financial losses mounting as the 2011 season drew to a close Matthews decided to let Foster s contract expire and relinquish control of the club 122 With the club in danger of insolvency during a disastrous 2012 it was taken over by local businessmen Andy Connolly and Paul Brown owners of the team s official sponsors Fastfix and Dundalk subsequently managed to remain in the top flight by defeating Waterford United in the play off 123 Revival and dominance 2013 2019 Edit nbsp Stephen Kenny manager 2013 2018 Having saved the club the new owners turned to Stephen Kenny to become the new manager 124 They mounted an unexpected title challenge in his first season eventually finishing as runners up 125 Kenny kept the nucleus of the new side together for the following season and went on to guide the club to its first league title since 1994 95 126 They also won that season s League Cup 127 the club s first League and League Cup Double The 2015 season saw them dominate winning the club s third League and FAI Cup Double with the title being won by 11 points and the Cup with victory over Cork City in the final 128 They also won the Leinster Senior Cup the club s first treble since 1966 67 A third league title in a row was sealed with two games to spare in 2016 129 2016 also saw the club qualify for the Champions League play off round after they first defeated FH of Iceland 130 then came from a goal down in the tie to defeat BATE Borisov 3 1 on aggregate 131 They drew Legia Warsaw for the play off with the first leg played in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin in front of a crowd of 30 417 132 They suffered a 2 0 defeat in the home leg but shocked Legia in the return leg by taking a 1 0 lead 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 133 As a result Dundalk qualified for the group stage of the Europa League A draw with AZ Alkmaar in the Netherlands 134 followed by a victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Tallaght Stadium were the first points earned by an Irish club in the group stage of European competition 135 The departure of some key players after the European run 136 and a slow start to the new season meant that they slipped to runners up spots in both league and FAI Cup although they won their sixth League Cup 137 The club s European form had attracted interest from abroad however and a consortium of American investors led by Peak6 Investments completed a takeover in January 2018 138 Kenny s side reasserted itself in 2018 winning another League and Cup Double the second under Kenny and fourth in the club s history breaking points total and goals scored total records in the process 139 140 In the aftermath Kenny resigned in order to accept the Republic of Ireland U 21 manager s role 141 nbsp Manager Vinny Perth celebrating the 2019 title win with supporters in Oriel Park Hoping to achieve continuity the new owners replaced Kenny with his Assistant Manager Vinny Perth as Head Coach with John Gill returning as First team coach 142 Despite falling 13 points behind early 2019 leaders Shamrock Rovers in April 143 they overhauled the deficit within weeks 144 and subsequently won the club s 14th league title with four games to spare 145 They also won the League Cup by defeating Derry City on penalties in the final to secure a second League and League Cup Double 146 They were denied a first domestic Treble of League FAI Cup and League Cup however when they were beaten in a penalty shoot out in the FAI Cup Final 147 But they ended the season with a comprehensive 7 1 aggregate victory over Northern Irish champions Linfield in the inaugural Champions Cup 148 Transition 2020 present Edit Early the following season a goal scored by Jordan Flores went viral and was subsequently nominated for the FIFA Puskas Award 149 Soon after the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic saw the cessation of football in line with other European countries The season resumed with a reduced schedule of 18 matches in total and matches being played behind closed doors 150 Manager Vinny Perth was dismissed following Dundalk s exit from Europe in the first qualifying round of the 2020 21 UEFA Champions League He was replaced by Italian Filippo Giovagnoli 151 Dundalk subsequently qualified for the group stage of the 2020 21 Europa League after victories over Inter Club d Escaldes Sheriff Tiraspol and KI Klaksvik in the qualifying rounds 152 They were drawn in Group B alongside Arsenal Rapid Wien and Molde They failed to pick up any points and finished bottom of the group 153 In the FAI Cup they had an 11 0 semi final victory over Athlone Town setting a new record for the biggest win in the competition s history which was also a new club record victory 154 They followed that with a 4 2 extra time victory over Shamrock Rovers with David McMillan scoring a hat trick to win the Cup for the twelfth time and qualify for Europe for the 25th time 155 The 2021 season saw Shane Keegan named first team manager with Giovagnoli reverting to the position of coach because he did not have a UEFA Pro Licence 156 The season began with a victory in the President s Cup 157 but after a run of defeats at the start of the league campaign both Keegan and Giovagnoli left the club 158 Dundalk struggled for the remainder of the domestic season with their lowest league finish since 2012 and went out to Vitesse Arnhem in the third qualifying round of the inaugural Europa Conference League 159 Before the season ended the club was returned to local ownership when a consortium led by former co owner Andy Connolly and sports technology firm STATSports agreed a takeover with Peak6 160 The new owners then installed former captain Stephen O Donnell as the club s new head coach in the close season 161 O Donnell steered his new look side to a third place finish and qualification for the Europa Conference League at the first attempt 162 They failed to capitalise in the 2023 season exiting the Conference League in the second qualifying round and finishing mid table and outside the European qualification places 163 Crest and colours EditCrest history Edit nbsp Dundalk Corporation Seal in 1837 164 After outgrowing its links with the Great Northern Railway the football club adopted the then coat of arms of the town of Dundalk three gold martlets on an azure field in December 1927 and incorporated the crest on the club s new white playing shirts 16 This coat of arms had been adopted by the town in 1673 when it was granted a charter under Charles II of England 165 It appears as the Corporation Seal in a town plan dated 1675 166 The crest disappeared from the playing shirts in 1930 however after the urban district council proposed to remove the three black crows from the seal of the town 167 A modified crest was reintroduced to the shirt for the 1952 FAI Cup Final consisting of three black martlets on a white shield bearing the club name After a number of minor redesigns in the following years the white shield became a red shield with white martlets in 1997 and in 2015 this crest was modified to incorporate a gold star to commemorate Dundalk s tenth League of Ireland title 168 Kit history Edit Dundalk s colours have been white shirts with black shorts and black or white socks since the start of the 1940 41 season It is known that the Dundalk G N R club wore blue shirts when it started in 1903 169 and were reported to be wearing yellow and black in 1906 170 but there is no further evidence of defined club colours in the pre World War I years When the club was revived for the 1919 20 season the colours adopted were black and amber striped shirts with white shorts In advance of dropping the G N R moniker and becoming Dundalk A F C the club changed to a strip of white shirts with the coat of arms of the town the old Dundalk Corporation seal as its crest and blue shorts matching the azure shield of the crest The new colours were first worn on St Stephen s Day 1927 in the opening match of the 1927 28 League of Ireland Shield 16 This combination was worn until 1939 but came to be seen as unlucky due to the number of cup final defeats Dundalk had during the 1930s 171 Hoping a change would bring more luck the club introduced a sky blue and maroon quartered shirt with white shorts and maroon socks in 1939 40 172 but they promptly lost to non league opposition in the first round of that season s FAI Cup 173 and went back to wearing white shirts for the following season this time paired with black shorts Possibly by coincidence when the clubs of the town amalgamated to form the first Dundalk Association Football Club in 1904 the colours chosen were white shirt bearing the Dundalk coat of arms and black pants 174 175 The home colours have remained essentially unchanged with red trims being incorporated occasionally since the 1990s An all white kit was introduced for the first time in the 1965 66 season 176 and was also the combination used in 1973 74 and 2003 All white kits are still worn occasionally when required to avoid kit clashes 177 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Dundalk G N R colours 1919 1927 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Dundalk A F C colours 1927 1939 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Dundalk A F C colours 1939 40 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Home colourssince 1940Away coloursThe earliest photographic record of the team in away colours comes from the 1928 29 season For their first visit to play Fordsons after adopting white shirts Dundalk were obliged to wear borrowed shirts with their own navy blue shorts and black socks as the home side also wore white shirts 178 For the next two seasons they wore their old black and amber striped shirts when travelling to face teams wearing white 179 The club did not have an official away kit until 1977 78 In the interim red shirts were worn if change colours were needed 180 An all red kit was produced for the Cup Winners Cup tie away to Hajduk Split in 1977 and this became the away kit for domestic games that season 181 An all red away kit was worn against Tottenham Hotspur in 1981 but otherwise official away colours were not required again until the 1990 91 season when all red was again adopted Since then away kits have usually been based on red or black 182 The club has twice introduced away colours that pay homage to its G N R roots in 2016 and again in 2021 183 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Traditional Away colours variant 1 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Traditional Away colours variant 2 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Traditional Away colours variant 3 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Away kit2016 2017 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Away kit2021 2022 nbsp Dundalk players in action wearing third colours in aid of Temple Street Children s University Hospital 2019Prior to 2019 ad hoc third colours had been worn by the team only when both home and away kits clashed with an opponent s colours An official commercially available third kit was introduced that season for the first time an all lilac strip with white and black trim It was designed by then kit supplier CX Sport as part of a fundraising partnership between the club and Temple Street Children s University Hospital The logo of the charity replaced that of the official sponsor Fyffes on the chest of the shirt 184 This kit was worn in all rounds of the successful 2019 League Cup campaign and in the early rounds of that season s FAI Cup 146 The next season that the club released third colours that was not the previous season s away kit repurposed was in 2023 185 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Third kit2019 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Third kit2023Kit suppliers Edit The club s kit supplier is Playr Fit who signed a three year deal beginning with the 2023 season 186 They replaced Umbro who had been the supplier between 2007 and 2015 and between 2020 and 2022 Previous suppliers include Dundalk based companies CX Sport 2016 2019 and Eros Sportswear 1985 1988 O Neills 1976 1984 1990 2004 have also been a long term supplier Errea 2005 and Diadora 2006 have each been suppliers for one season while Adidas Teamwear was used temporarily during 1982 83 A Cork based company Union Sport supplied kits for two seasons 1988 89 and 1989 90 187 Their products were notable in that the company used a Confederate flag the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia as its logo which featured prominently on team shirts and other apparel 188 Home grounds EditAthletic Grounds Edit Between 1903 and 1936 Dundalk mostly played at the Athletic Grounds near the town centre land which was eventually sold in 1959 for a factory development 189 The Athletic Grounds were owned by the Dundalk Young Ireland s Athletic Grounds Company and made available for all local team sports Dundalk s matches were usually played on Sundays enabling a large Northern Irish contingent of spectators inconvenienced by Sunday Observance laws to attend games When matches were moved to Saturdays because of Sundays being unavailable the club suffered financially from lower gate receipts 190 If the Athletic Grounds were unavailable altogether then matches were played at the grounds of the Dundalk Educational Institution now Dundalk Grammar School the grounds at St Mary s College or the Carroll s Recreation Ground 191 Oriel Park Edit nbsp Oriel Park home of Dundalk Football ClubMain article Oriel Park In 1936 the club moved permanently to land on the Carrick Road made available by former committee member P J Casey on a long term land lease and named the new ground Oriel Park 25 Almost 10 years to the day after Dundalk G N R played their first Free State League match away to Fordsons the same club as Cork F C were the first visitors to Oriel Park with the home team winning 2 1 192 Oriel s attendance record is an estimated 18 000 set in 1982 for Dundalk s European Cup Winners Cup second round tie against Tottenham Hotspur F C b 194 On occasions when Oriel has been unavailable due to works matches have been moved to either United Park in Drogheda or Gortakeegan in Monaghan The ground has had an artificial playing surface since 2005 195 Home grounds for European matchesDundalk played their first home European match against F C Zurich in the 1963 64 European Cup in Dalymount Park in Dublin as Oriel Park did not have floodlights 196 Floodlighting was installed in 1967 to allow matches to be played there the first being the visit of Vasas SC of Hungary in the 1967 68 European Cup 55 The 1995 96 UEFA Cup tie against Malmo was moved to United Park in Drogheda as the Oriel pitch was being re laid that summer and the 2002 03 UEFA Cup tie against Varteks was moved to Tolka Park in Dublin because Oriel did not meet UEFA s upgraded standards for football stadiums at that time 197 Oriel has since been upgraded to a Category 2 Stadium able to accommodate 3 100 seated spectators for European matches 198 Matches requiring a ground to have Category 3 status have been played in Tallaght Stadium and matches requiring a ground meeting Category 4 status have been played at the Aviva Stadium 199 Supporters EditThe Supporters Club is called The 1903 in honour of the football club s year of formation 200 There is also a Ladies Supporters Club the Lilywhite Ladies 201 The Dundalk G N R club s members formed its first Supporters Club during the 1928 29 season 202 The Supporters Clubs have raised vital funds in support of the club through the decades money that was often required to keep the club viable 98 Dundalk fans have nicknamed the team the Lilywhites and supporters also use the Town as shorthand for the club Both nicknames have been in use since at least the 1950s 1 The hashtag CmonTheTown is used by fans on social media 203 From when the club was first formed until its change of colours in 1927 28 the team s nickname was the Railwaymen 2 Later the team was known as the Northerners 204 or the Bordermen due to the town s location close to the border with Northern Ireland 205 The current generation of fans who followed the club out of the First Division through the ownership crisis of 2012 and into the subsequent successful period style themselves the Shedside Army They are responsible for Oriel s tifo displays One such display the flying of Palestinian flags in Oriel Park during a Europa League tie resulted in a UEFA fine for Dundalk of 18 000 206 Supporters have two mottoes We See Things They ll Never See owing to the roller coaster of highs and lows the club has experienced 207 and Dundalk Will Never Die But You Will 208 a riff on a Mogwai album title The club anthem has become Three Little Birds by Bob Marley and the Wailers both because of the club crest and because of the sentiments expressed in the lyrics 209 Support base and attendances Edit nbsp Approximate geographic area of core Dundalk F C support baseThe club s support base is the Dundalk Municipal District the adjacent Carrickmacross Castleblayney Municipal District of County Monaghan and south County Armagh 210 The average Friday night home league attendance is approximately 3 000 211 with attendances at bigger matches of approximately 4 000 212 213 Rivalries Edit The Louth Derby is contested between Dundalk and Drogheda United who entered the League of Ireland in 1963 The clubs played an annual friendly from 1966 to 1984 the Donegan Cup 214 presented by former Louth TD Paddy Donegan Apart from one attempt to revive the contest in 1990 215 it was dropped as the two clubs could not find suitable dates for it during the season after the split of the League of Ireland into two divisions The friendly was reintroduced as a pre season match in 1997 with a new trophy the Jim Malone Cup in honour of three time chairman of the board the late Jim Malone 216 While there is a sibling rivalry between the two towns 217 Derbies are not usually antagonistic because the two clubs have rarely competed for top honours simultaneously although they did meet in the final of the 1971 72 League of Ireland Shield with Dundalk winning 5 0 62 Many of Dundalk s most successful periods have corresponded with Drogheda being at the lower end of the league table or in the First Division while Drogheda s most successful period between 2004 and 2008 occurred while Dundalk were in the lower tier The derby has been fractious on occasion however particularly during cup ties between the sides 218 In addition to the Louth Derby Dundalk fans would see Shamrock Rovers as their biggest rivals as Rovers hold the record for the most league titles and the record for the most FAI Cups with Dundalk next in the honours list for both competitions 219 Ownership and finances EditThe club is currently owned by a private company trading as Dundalk Town FC Limited The trading company is owned by a consortium of investors led by Andy Connolly and sports technology firm STATSports 160 Ownership history Edit As an association football club for the employees of the Great Northern Railway works in the town it was owned by the company and run by a management committee elected by its members The club was converted to a membership based limited company Dundalk Association Football Club Limited on 25 January 1932 22 23 This brought it under the ownership of its supporters who elected a management committee every two years This ownership structure survived until the end of 1965 but by then the club s liabilities had grown and Oriel Park was in need of investment The membership based model which saw the club break even on an annual basis at best could not provide the required finance and the company was voluntarily liquidated and taken over by a public limited company Dundalk Football Club Limited in January 1966 49 The financial issues that occurred in late 1994 which saw the club become effectively insolvent forced the liquidation of the 1966 company It was taken over by Dundalk AFC Interim Limited a new holding company comprising former and current directors under chairman Enda McGuill 103 But the solvency issues that had faced the club through most of the 1990s arose again in 1998 109 resulting in relegation that season for the first time in the club s history It was taken over by the Dundalk F C Co operative in 2000 111 returning it to a membership based supporter owned model But the co op was unable to make the sort of investment in either the team or in Oriel Park required to bring the club back to the Premier Division 220 They decided to sell the training ground Hiney Park in order to service debts and pay for work at Oriel 221 222 The man who purchased Hiney Park Gerry Matthews was subsequently invited to join the board as CEO in 2006 223 He then took the club into private ownership as Dundalk FC Limited when it was accepted that the co op could not continue to support it It was returned to a solid footing under the ownership of Matthews but his decision to end his financial support in 2012 lead to another threat of insolvency 122 With the assistance of the Dundalk FC Supporters Trust the club was rescued by the owners of its official sponsors Fastfix Paul Brown and Andy Connolly They formed a new trading company Dundalk Town FC Limited and completed a takeover in time for the 2013 season Brown and Connolly then sold their interest to a consortium of investors led by the American investment firm Peak6 in 2018 138 At the end of the 2021 season the club was returned to local ownership when a group led by the returning Connolly and the owners of sports technology firm STATSports agreed a takeover deal with Peak6 160 Sponsorship and income streams Edit Dundalk s first shirt sponsor became National Aluminium with the introduction of shirt sponsorship in 1980 224 The company s brand remained on the team s shirts until 1984 From 1987 until 2002 the official sponsor was Harp Lager the brand being synonymous with the town and the Great Northern Brewery where the product was brewed being near Oriel Park Subsequently the club had a number of official sponsors 187 including a sponsorship deal with Fyffes which ran from 2012 until 2020 225 For the 2023 season the team playing shirt s chest logo is that of official sponsors Bet Regal The shirt s sleeve and upper back sponsor is Renault Blackstone Motors and the lower back of the shirt is sponsored by StatSport and Fastfix The full list of sponsors for 2023 are 226 Bet Regal Official Sponsor Renault Blackstone Motors Statsports Fastfix Playr Fit Official kit supplier Sportsfile UHY Farrelly Dawe Whyte Dundalk Credit Union women s teams main shirt sponsors Dole men s U17 and U19 academy teams main shirt sponsors Hanley Energy men s U14 and U15 academy teams main shirt sponsors The Unit First team training shirt sponsors There are several other sponsorship arrangements such as sponsorship of individual players 227 and sponsorship of individual home matches The club s Lotto is managed in partnership with Clubforce 228 There is a merchandise shop at Oriel Park and an online store on the official website 229 In addition to sponsorship Oriel Park is made available for junior and schools football and is also available for rent to private groups and clubs in other sporting codes 230 The ground s public bar The Lilywhite Lounge is available for social events as is the members bar the Enda McGuill Suite 231 The club introduced a membership scheme for supporters in 2020 The scheme is run on a monthly subscription basis via Patreon 232 Player transfers Edit Players in the League of Ireland are typically signed on single season contracts meaning they become free agents at the end of each season 233 Contracts of two year duration are less typical while players and clubs rarely sign deals of a longer duration 234 As a result the transfer fee inflation seen throughout European club football has not been a feature of the game in Ireland and Dundalk have not benefited financially from player transfers since the Bosman ruling came into effect Indeed the PFAI Players Player of the Year for 2015 Richie Towell and 2016 Daryl Horgan both left for EFL Championship clubs at the end of their respective award winning seasons on free transfers due to contract expiry 235 Transfer fees both paid and received have generally remained undisclosed The record transfer fee received when all clauses were eventually triggered and paid was approximately 80 000 equivalent to 200 000 in 2019 236 for Steve Staunton who was signed by Liverpool in August 1986 for an initial fee of 20 000 Dundalk subsequently received a further estimated 70 000 equivalent to 150 000 in 2019 236 when Staunton was transferred by Liverpool to Aston Villa in 1991 237 Media Edit Television and radio Edit Ireland s State owned public service broadcaster RTE has broadcast rights for League of Ireland and FAI Cup matches as part of a package from the FAI that includes international matches However there is little or no income derived from these rights for clubs 238 Indeed the network refused to pay the fee asked to broadcast the home leg of Dundalk s Champions League victory against BATE Borisov in 2016 239 131 a few months after they had been named RTE s Team of the Year for 2015 240 RTE had also previously offered the FAI 4 million to avoid having to televise any League of Ireland matches on its channels at all 239 Live commentary of matches is broadcast on Dundalk FM a community radio station and LMFM The radio broadcasts do not have licensing restrictions and can be accessed online in Ireland and globally from the stations websites 241 Online Edit Historically live online streaming of domestic games was limited to pilot programs and streams run by online gambling companies 242 As a result of the COVID 19 pandemic during the 2020 season which resulted in matches being played behind closed doors the WatchLOI service was introduced by the FAI and RTE The service made all games not already due to be broadcast on television available for streaming worldwide on a subscription basis 243 The WatchLOI service was discontinued in June 2021 and replaced by LOITV with clubs being responsible for producing their own live match coverage 244 Club publications Edit The club s official website dundalkfc com has been voted Website of the Year by the Soccer Writers Association of Ireland on eight occasions most recently for 2021 245 A matchday programme is produced for all home matches the DFC Magazine This programme was voted Programme of the Year for 10 of the 12 seasons between 2008 and 2019 by the Irish Football Programme Club 246 In 2017 the Louth County Museum celebrated the achievements of the club with a new exhibition entitled One Team One Dream which ran for over a year 247 In 2018 a short documentary entitled Chasing Doubles was published on YouTube by Dundalk Sport and Lightstorm Media The piece was nominated by the FAI for a Best Digital Initiative Award as part of the association s Communications Awards in July 2019 248 In addition the following books have been published 2003 The History of Dundalk F C The First 100 Years by Jim Murphy 2013 C mon The Town A Dundalk FC Miscellany by Jim Murphy 2014 CHAMP10NS by Gavin McLaughlin 2015 The Double by Gavin McLaughlin 2016 Making History by Gavin McLaughlin 2018 Taking Back the Throne by Gavin McLaughlin 2019 We See Things They ll Never See by Gavin McLaughlin 2020 Dundalk Football Club In Black And White by Daniel SextonPlayers EditFirst team squad Edit As of 2 August 2023 249 250 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK nbsp WAL Nathan Shepperd2 DF nbsp ENG Archie Davies3 DF nbsp IRL Darragh Leahy4 DF nbsp IRL Andy Boyle5 DF nbsp GIB Louie Annesley6 MF nbsp ENG Alfie Lewis7 MF nbsp IRL Daniel Kelly8 MF nbsp IRL Robbie Benson9 FW nbsp IRL Patrick Hoban captain 10 MF nbsp IRL Greg Sloggett11 MF nbsp IRL John Martin13 GK nbsp SCO Peter Cherrie14 FW nbsp SCO Cameron Elliott15 FW nbsp IRL Daryl Horgan16 DF nbsp ENG Hayden Muller No Pos Nation Player17 MF nbsp IRL Keith Ward18 DF nbsp IRL Robbie McCourt19 DF nbsp SCO Darren Brownlie20 MF nbsp FIN Johannes Yli Kokko on loan from HJK Helsinki 21 MF nbsp IRL Paul Doyle22 FW nbsp ENG Sam Durrant23 MF nbsp IRL John Mountney25 MF nbsp IRL Anthony Mayo26 MF nbsp IRL Callum Bonner27 MF nbsp ENG Connor Malley28 MF nbsp IRL Ryan O Kane29 MF nbsp IRL Senan Mullen30 GK nbsp IRL Mark Byrne36 MF nbsp IRL Dualta Honney40 DF nbsp IRL Mayowa AnimasahunYouth teams Edit Dundalk maintains an academy with youth teams in the U 14 U 15 U 17 and U 19 age brackets of the League of Ireland 251 Women s teams Edit Dundalk do not currently have a women s team in the League of Ireland Women s Premier Division formed in 2023 as a successor to the Women s National League Teams are maintained at Under 17 and Under 19 level that compete in the EA Sports LOI Academy 252 There is also a team at Under 15 level 253 Prior to the formation of the Women s National League a loosely affiliated club Dundalk City L F C competed in the Dublin Women s Soccer League during the 2000 2005 period and won the 2005 Women s FAI Cup Final 254 c Scholarships Edit A sports scholarship run by Dundalk Institute of Technology DkIT in partnership with the club is aimed at those candidates who wish to pursue a full time third level education whilst simultaneously pursuing a professional soccer playing career with League of Ireland Champions Dundalk FC 255 Former players Edit See also Category Dundalk F C players International players Edit See also List of Dundalk F C records and statistics InternationalsPersonnel EditTechnical staff Edit As of 19 January 2023 Position StaffHead coach Stephen O DonnellHead of Football Operations Brian GartlandAssistant manager Patrick CreggCoach Liam BurnsGoalkeeping coach Dermot O NeillStrength and conditioning Coach Sami DowlingAssistant S amp C Coach Oisin O NeillPhysiotherapist Danny Miller and Conor DoranSports scientist Claire DunneVideo analyst Dominic CorriganKit Manager Noel WalshAcademy director Derek BoyleHead of Women s Football Bernard FreemanSource 256 Club officials Edit Name RoleSean O Connor ChairmanAndy Connolly Sean O Connor Alan Clarke Board MembersMartin Connolly Chief Operating OfficerColm Murphy Club SecretaryFrank Watters FAI Council RepresentativeGavin McLaughlin Media OfficerSimon Blackmore Club Licensing OfficerLiam Burns Community OfficerAoife Burns Children s OfficerAilish Kelly Office ManagerKaren Travers Office administrationPadraig McGowan Club AmbassadorRegina O Hare Event ControllerAnthony Bravender Commercial OperationsJohn Moore Jamie Dowdall Ground staffMichael Duffy PA AnnouncerSource 256 Former managers Edit See also Category Dundalk F C managers Former managers d 1926 1929 Joe McCleery 1929 1930 Harry Beadles 1930 1934 Steve Wright 1934 1947 Gerry McCourt 1947 Harry Sellars 1947 1948 Jack Barker 1948 1950 Ned Weir 1950 1951 Pat Gallacher 1951 1955 Gerry McCourt 1955 1956 Walter Rickett 1956 1963 Gerry McCourt 1963 1964 Joey Donnelly 1964 1965 Shay Noonan 1965 1966 Gerry Doyle e 1966 1968 Alan Fox 1968 1969 Tommy Rowe 1969 1972 Liam Tuohy 1972 1973 Fran Brennan 1973 1974 John Smith 1974 1983 Jim McLaughlin 1983 1984 John Dempsey 1984 1985 Tommy Connolly 1985 1993 Turlough O Connor 1993 1996 Dermot Keely 1996 1997 John Hewitt 1997 Eddie May 1997 1999 Jim McLaughlin and Tommy Connolly 1999 2000 Terry Eviston 2000 2002 Martin Murray 2002 2004 Trevor Anderson 2004 2005 Jim Gannon 2006 2008 John Gill 2009 Sean Connor 2010 2011 Ian Foster 2012 Sean McCaffrey 2013 2018 Stephen Kenny 2019 2020 Vinny Perth 2020 2021 Filippo Giovagnoli 2021 Shane Keegan 2021 Vinny PerthRecords EditMain article List of Dundalk F C records and statistics The record for the most appearances in all competitions is currently held by Tommy McConville who appeared in 580 matches in two stints at the club between 1964 and 1986 257 Several players have won five league titles Martin Lawlor being the first to reach the mark 258 Patrick Hoban is the club s leading goalscorer in all competitions Five other players Joey Donnelly Eddie Carroll Joe Martin Jimmy Hasty and Paddy Turner have also scored 100 goals or more 259 Hoban broke Donnelly s club record for league goals during the 2019 season and subsequently became the first Dundalk player to score 100 league goals for the club during the 2022 season He then broke Donnelly s record for goals in all competitions during the 2023 season 260 261 Bob Egan became the first Dundalk player to win an international cap on 20 April 1929 when he represented Ireland in a 4 0 victory over Belgium 262 The player who has won the most caps while at the club is Billy O Neill who won 11 caps for Ireland his international career being cut short at the age of 23 by the outbreak of World War II Mick Fairclough was the most recently capped player earning two caps in May 1982 263 In 2021 Raivis Jurkovskis and Sonni Nattestad became the first Dundalk players to be capped for a country other than Ireland while at the club 264 Dundalk s record win is an 11 0 victory over Athlone Town in the 2020 FAI Cup 154 The record league win is 9 0 achieved against Jacobs in 1932 and again against Shelbourne in 1980 The biggest victory in a European match is 4 0 achieved with home wins against Fram Reykjavik in the 1981 82 European Cup Winners Cup 265 and Newtown in the 2021 22 UEFA Europa Conference League 266 The record home attendance is 30 417 v Legia Warsaw in the Aviva Stadium Dublin for the Champions League play off round in 2016 267 European competition Edit nbsp Dundalk s leading European goalscorer David McMillan in action against Zenit St Petersburg in the 2016 17 Europa League Main article Dundalk F C in European football Dundalk have qualified for European competition 26 times as of the 2023 24 European season They made their European debut in the 1963 64 European Cup and in that campaign they became the first Irish side to win an away match in Europe Their best performance in the European Cup was in 1979 80 when they reached the last 16 and they reached the last 16 of the European Cup Winners Cup in 1981 82 They have qualified twice for the Europa League group stage and they became the first team from Ireland to both win points and win a match at that level of European competition in 2016 17 268 They have played against several major names in European football such as Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal Celtic FC Porto PSV Eindhoven Ajax Red Star Belgrade Hajduk Split Legia Warsaw and Zenit St Petersburg They have faced opponents from the Netherlands most often having played ties against PSV Ajax DOS Utrecht AZ Alkmaar and Vitesse Arnhem 269 The club is now the highest ranked Irish club in European football in terms of UEFA club coefficients 270 In a January 2021 ranking compiled by statistical analysis site FiveThirtyEight Dundalk were ranked 290th in International Club Soccer 271 Overall European record As of 3 August 2023 272 Competition Pld W D L GF GAEuropean Cup UEFA Champions League 33 4 12 17 24 60UEFA Cup UEFA Europa League 37 9 5 23 34 73UEFA Europa Conference League 10 4 4 2 18 13European Cup Winners Cup UEFA Cup Winners Cup 8 2 1 5 7 14Inter Cities Fairs Cup 6 1 1 4 4 25TOTAL 94 20 23 51 87 185Honours EditMain article List of Dundalk F C seasons See also List of Dundalk F C records and statistics Competition Winners Seasons Runners up SeasonsNational competitionsLeague of Ireland Premier Division 14 1932 33 1962 63 1966 67 1975 76 1978 79 1981 82 1987 88 1990 91 1994 95 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 12 1930 31 1936 37 1942 43 1947 48 1963 64 1967 68 1979 80 1980 81 1986 87 1988 89 2013 2017FAI Cup 12 1941 42 1948 49 1951 52 1957 58 1976 77 1978 79 1980 81 1987 88 2001 02 2015 2018 2020 8 1930 31 1934 35 1937 38 1986 87 1992 93 2016 2017 2019League Cup discontinued 7 1977 78 1980 81 1986 87 1989 90 2014 2017 2019 4 1982 83 1985 86 1988 89 1994 95League of Ireland Shield discontinued 2 1966 67 1971 72 6 1932 33 1941 42 1946 47 1963 64 1967 68 1968 69Dublin City Cup discontinued 5 1937 38 1942 43 1948 49 1967 68 1968 69 8 1935 36 1936 37 1940 41 1947 48 1965 66 1966 67 1970 71 1983 84Top Four Cup discontinued 2 1963 64 1966 67 0League of Ireland First Division 2 2000 01 2008 1 2006President of Ireland s Cup 3 2015 2019 2021 3 2016 2017 2018All Ireland competitionsChampions Cup discontinued 1 2019 0Dublin and Belfast Inter City Cup discontinued 1 1941 42 1 1948 49Setanta Sports Cup discontinued 0 2 2011 2014Provincial and junior competitionsLeinster Senior Cup 7 1950 51 1960 61 1970 71 1973 74 1976 77 1977 78 2015 13 1928 29 1934 35 1935 36 1936 37 1938 39 1958 59 1961 62 1964 65 1966 67 1981 82 1993 94 1994 95 2017LFA President s Cup discontinued 9 1930 31 1951 52 1963 64 1964 65 1979 80 1980 81 1981 82 1988 89 1989 90 14 1932 33 1943 44 1949 50 1952 53 1958 59 1968 69 1972 73 1976 77 1977 78 1982 83 1986 87 1987 88 1995 96 2002 03 Leinster Junior Cup 0 1 1919 20Dundalk and District League 2 1919 20 1920 21 1 1921 22Source 273 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