The 2019 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 90th year in existence and was the Supersaint's 68th consecutive season in the top-flight of Irish football. It was the first season

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took charge of the club, following

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's spell in charge for the previous seven seasons. The fixtures were announced on 19 December 2018, with the Saints facing

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at home on the opening day of the season for the second year in a row, with the

Inchicore Inchicore () is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. Located approximately west of the city centre, Inchicore was originally a small village separate from Dublin. The village developed around Richmond Barracks (built 1810) and Inchicore railway works (b ...

side set to play champions

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away from home on the final night of the season.

left his post on the 24th August following a 3–1 loss away to bottom of the table UCD in the FAI Cup. He was replaced by Stephen O'Donnell on the 31st August, his first managerial role. Pats finished 5th in the league and won the Leinster Senior Cup, playing the semi final and final with their underage sides after the league season had ended for the senior team.

Squad

Transfers

Preseason

=In

=Out

Mid-season

=In

=Out

Squad statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

Number in brackets represents (appearances of which were substituted ON). ''Last updated – 17 November 2019''

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 17 November 2019

Top assists

Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 17 November 2019

Top clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 17 November 2019

Disciplinary record

Captains

Club

Coaching staff

*Manager: Stephen O'Donnell *Assistant Manager: Pat Cregg *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: Martin Doyle *Coach: Seán O'Connor *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 ...

*Strength and Conditioning Coach: Mark Kenneally *Physio: Lee Van Keeftan *Physio: Christy O'Neill *Club Doctor: Dr Matt Corcoran *Equipment Manager: David McGill *Under 19s Manager: Jamie Moore *Under 19s Coach:

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*Under 19s Coach: Sean Doody *Under 17s Manager: Darragh O'Reilly *Under 17s Assistant Manager: Sean Gahan *Under 15s Manager: Seán O'Connor *Under 15s Coach:

Ian Bermingham Ian Bermingham (born 6 June 1989 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional footballer that played 13 seasons with League of Ireland Premier Division club, St Patricks Athletic, where he was club captain and is the all-time appearance record ...

*Under 13s Manager: Mark Connolly *Under 13s Coach:

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*Under 19s/17s 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 2018 season. 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 ...

UEL=

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...

LSC= Leinster Senior Cup
FRN= Friendly

Competitions

League of Ireland

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

FAI Cup

EA Sports Cup

Europa League

First qualifying round

Leinster Senior Cup

Friendlies

Preseason

Mid-season

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:St Patrick's Athletic 2019 2019 League of Ireland Premier Division by club