Dundalk Dundalk ( ; ga, Dún Dealgan ), meaning "the fort of Dealgan", is the county town (the administrative centre) of County Louth, Ireland. The town is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland. It is h ...

entered the

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season having finished as runners-up in

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. 2014 was Stephen Kenny's second season at the club as manager. It was Dundalk's sixth consecutive season in the top tier of Irish football, their 79th in all, and their 88th in the League of Ireland.

Season summary

Before the League programme got underway, Dundalk were defeated by

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in the fourth round of the Leinster Senior Cup. The 33 round League programme commenced on 7 March 2014, and they were surprisingly beaten 4–1 away to

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on the opening night. But they quickly reached the top of the table and, as the season progressed, and with defending champions St Patrick's Athletic falling away, Dundalk and Cork City were left to compete for the title. On the final night of the season, Dundalk defeated Cork 2–0 in Oriel Park to win the title – their tenth, and first since 1994–95. In the remaining cup competitions, they reached the final of the

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– losing to

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1–0 in a rain-drenched match. They won the 2014 League of Ireland Cup Final with a 3–2 victory over

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in Oriel Park, thereby winning the club's first League and League Cup double. The League Cup win came five days after Rovers had defeated Dundalk in the

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quarter-final, which had gone to a replay. In Europe they were knocked out at the second hurdle, losing to

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in the Europa League second qualifying round. Having comfortably defeated Jeunesse Esch 5–1 on aggregate in the first qualifying round, they lost the first leg of the second qualifying round 2–0 in Oriel. But they recovered from going a goal down in Split to take a 2–1 lead, just falling short of the third away goal that would have won the tie.

First-Team Squad (2014)

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Competitions

Premier Division

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League table

FAI Cup

Source: ;Second Round ;Third Round ;Quarter Final ;Quarter Final Replay

League Cup

Source: ;Second Round ;Quarter Final ;Semi Final ;Final

Setanta Cup

Source: ;Quarter Final First Leg ;Quarter Final Second Leg ''Dundalk won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ;Semi Final First Leg ;Semi Final Second Leg ''Dundalk won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ;Final

Leinster Senior Cup

Source: ;Fourth Round

Europe

Europa League

Source: ;First qualifying round ''Dundalk won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ;Second qualifying round ''Hajduk Split won 3–2 on aggregate.''