The 2021 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 92nd year in existence and is the Supersaint's 70th consecutive season in the top-flight of Irish football. It was the second full season with Stephen O'Donnell as manager, having taken over from

Harry Kenny Harry Kenny (born 13 April 1962) is an Irish footballer who last managed at St Patrick's Athletic before resigning in August 2019. During his playing career he spent 13 seasons playing for Shamrock Rovers. Harry, or 'H' as his friends nickn ...

on 31 August 2019. Pre-season training for the squad began on 1 February 2021, the same day the league fixtures were announced, with the Saints revealed to be playing rivals

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away in the opening game of the season on 19 March. The 2021 editions of the

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and the Leinster Senior Cup were cancelled due to the delay in the start to the

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as a result of the

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. The season was a hugely successful one for the club, as they secured a 2nd place finish, securing

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football for 2022, as well as winning the 2021 FAI Cup in front of an

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Final record crowd of 37,126.

Squad

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Squad statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

Number in brackets represents (appearances of which were substituted ON). ''Last updated – 29 November 2021''

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 29 November 2021

Top assists

Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 29 November 2021

Top clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 29 November 2021

Disciplinary record

Last updated 29 November 2021

Captains

Club

Coaching staff

*Head coach: Stephen O'Donnell *Assistant manager: Pat Cregg *First-team coach:

Alan Mathews Alan Mathews (born 27 June 1965) is a former Irish football player and manager. He is currently technical director at St Patrick's Athletic. Coaching career Following a stint as assistant at Shelbourne, Alan Mathews became Longford manage ...

*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: Seán O'Connor *Opposition Analyst: Martin Doyle *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: Chris Colburn *Physiotherapist: Mark Kenneally *Physiotherapist: Lee Van Haeften *Physiotherapist: Christy O'Neill *Club Doctor: Dr Matt Corcoran *Equipment Manager: David McGill *Under 19s Head Coach: Seán O'Connor *Under 19s Coach: Niall Cully *Under 19s Coach: John Donohue *Under 17s Head Coach: Marc Kenny *Under 17s Coach: Paul Webb *Under 17s Coach: Sean Gahan *Under 15s Head Coach: Seán O'Connor *Under 15s Coach: Daniel McGuinness *Under 15s Coach: Billy Smith *Under 13s Head Coach: Mark Connolly *Under 13s Coach: Phil Power *Under 13s Coach: Craig Dempsey

Kit

, , , , The club released new Home & Away kits for the season. Key:
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FRN= Friendly

Competitions

League of Ireland

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

FAI Cup

Friendlies

Pre-season

References

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