The 2017 season was

St. Patrick's Athletic F.C. St Patrick's Athletic Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Lúthchleas Phádraig Naofa) is a professional List of association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland, Irish association football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the Ir ...

's 88th year in existence and was the Supersaint's 66th consecutive season in the top-flight of Irish football. It was the sixth year that

Liam Buckley Liam Buckley (born 14 April 1960), is an Irish former professional footballer. He made two appearances for the Republic of Ireland national football team. He was most recently the manager of League of Ireland Premier Division club Sligo Rover ...

is the team's manager (in his current spell), following replacing Pete Mahon in December 2011. With the new change to the

League of Ireland The League of Ireland ( ga, Sraith na hÉireann), together with the Football Association of Ireland, is one of the two main governing bodies responsible for organising association football in the Republic of Ireland. The term was originally use ...

structure, 3 clubs were set to be relegated from the Premier Division, which has created an intense relegation between many clubs, including Pats' due to their lower budget than previous years following a poor 2016 season in which they finished 7th in the league, making 2017 the first year in 7 years without European football. The relegation battle went right down to the last day of the season, where Pat's secured the necessary point to stay up following a 1–1 draw away to Derry City.

Squad

Transfers

Pre-season

In

Out

Mid-season

In

Out

Squad statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

Number in brackets represents (appearances of which were substituted ON). ''Last Updated – 28 October 2017''

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 28 October 2017

Top assists

Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 28 October 2017

Top Clean Sheets

Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 28 October 2017

Disciplinary record

Captains

Club

Coaching staff

*Manager:

*Head Of Player Recruitment/Coach: Dave Campbell *Coach/Director of Football:

Ger O'Brien Gerard O'Brien (born 2 July 1984) is an Irish former professional footballer who played in the League of Ireland as a defender. He is the current Director of Football of St Patrick's Athletic, who he spent 5 seasons playing with. His former ...

*Coach: Darius Kierans *Goalkeeping Coach:

Pat Jennings Patrick Anthony Jennings (born 12 June 1945) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played 119 international matches for Northern Ireland in an international career which lasted for over 22 years. D ...

*Chartered Physiotherapist/Strength and Conditioning Coach: Mark Kenneally *Coaches Assistant: Graeme Buckley *Physiotherapist: Christy O'Neill *Club Doctor: Dr Matt Corcoran *Kit Man: Derek Haines *Equipment Manager: David McGill *Under 19's Manager: Gareth Dodrill *Under 19's Assistant Manager: Martin Doyle *Under 19's Coach: Sean Doody *Under 17's Manager: Jamie Moore *Under 17's Assistant Manager: Darragh O'Reilly *Under 17's Assistant Manager: Sean Gahan *Under 15's Manager: Denis Hyland *Under 15's Assistant Manager: Sean O'Connor *Under 15's Coach: Paul Webb *Under 19's/17's/15's Coach: Keith Andrews *Under 19's/17's Goalkeeping Coach: Stephen O'Reilly

Kit

, , , , The club released a new Away kit for the season, with the Home and Third kits being retained from the 2016 season. The club's Main Shirt Sponsor, Clune Construction Company L.P.'s sponsorship deal came to an end leaving a vacancy for a new shirt sponsor. This vacancy was filled when the club voluntarily donated their shirt sponsorship place to local suicide prevention charity, Pieta House. Key:
LOI= League of Ireland Premier Division
FAI= FAI Cup
EAC=

EA Sports Cup The League of Ireland Cup ( ga, Corn Sraithe na hÉireann), also referred to in Ireland as the 'League Cup', is an annual knockout competition in men's football in the Republic of Ireland. It is contested by League of Ireland clubs and invited c ...

LSC= Leinster Senior Cup
FRN= Friendly

Competitions

League of Ireland

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

FAI Cup

EA Sports Cup

Leinster Senior Cup

Friendlies

Pre-season

Mid-season

References

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2017 League of Ireland Premier Division by club