2015 Cork City F.C. season

Cork City FC
	2015 season
Chairman	Pat Lyons
Manager	John Culfield
Stadium	Turners Cross (7,485)
League of Ireland	2nd
FAI Cup	Runners-up
League of Ireland Cup	Quarter Final
Munster Senior Cup	Semi Final
Top goalscorer	League: Karl Sheppard - 13; All: Mark O Sullivan - 16
Highest home attendance	6,900 - Cork City v Dundalk (24 April 2015)
Lowest home attendance	2,011 - Cork City v Longford Town (20 April 2015)
Home colours	Away colours
← 2014	2016 →

The 2015 League of Ireland season was Cork City's 31st year competing in the League of Ireland and 4th consecutive season in the Premier Division. It was Manager, John Caulfield's 2nd year in charge of the Rebel Army after a very successful 2014 season which saw Cork City finish 2nd in the league. The Leesiders equaled their final league position from 2014, again losing out to 2015 Champions Dundalk. Cork City also reached the 2015 FAI Cup Final, but again Dundalk proved too strong, beating City 1-0 AET.

Players

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mark McNulty
2	DF	John Kavanagh
3	DF	Alan Bennett
4	DF	John Dunleavy (captain)
5	DF	Darren Dennehy
6	DF	Dan Murray
7	MF	Colin Healy
8	MF	Gavan Holohan
9	FW	John O'Flynn
11	MF	Ross Gaynor
13	GK	Kevin O'Brien
14	MF	Kevin O'Connor
15	FW	Danny Morrissey

No.	Position	Player
16	GK	Alan Smith
17	FW	Connor Ellis
18	DF	Michael McSweeney
19	FW	Karl Sheppard
20	MF	Billy Dennehy
21	MF	Steven Beattie
22	MF	Liam Miller
23	FW	Mark O'Sullivan
25	DF	Conor McCarthy
26	MF	Garry Buckley
27	MF	Danny O'Connell
30	MF	Liam Kearney
32	DF	Stephen Folan

Coaching staff

As of 1 February 2015 the coaching staff includes:^[1]

Position	Name
Manager	John Caulfield
Assistant Manager	John Cotter
First Team Coach	Billy Woods
Goalkeeping Coach	Phil Harrington
Chairman	Pat Lyons
Chief Executive	Tim Murphy
Head of Youth Development	Stuart Ashton
U-19 Manager	Paul Bowdren & Stuart Ashton
Club Doctor	Dr. Gerard Murphy
Club Physio	Gráinne Desmond

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Position	Signed from
January 2015	Karl Sheppard	Forward	Shamrock Rovers
January 2015	Gavan Holohan	Midfielder	Drogheda Utd
January 2015	Dave Mulcahy	Midfielder	Bohemians
January 2015	Kieran Djilali	Forward	Sligo Rovers
January 2015	Liam Miller	Midfielder	Melbourne City
February 2015	Alan Bennett	Defender	AFC Wimbledon
February 2015	Alan Smith	Goalkeeper	Free Agent
April 2015	Kevin O Connor	Defender	Waterford
July 2015	Danny O Connell	Forward	Carrigaline
July 2015	Steven Beattie	Forward	Sligo Rovers
July 2015	Stephen Folan	Defender	Sligo Rovers

Out

Date	Player	Position	Sold to
January 2015	Cillian Morrisson	Forward	Derry City
January 2015	David O Leary	Midfielder	Galway
January 2015	Gearóid Morrissey	Midfielder	Cambridge Utd
February 2015	Dave Mulcahy	Midfielder	Bohemians
February 2015	Darren Murphy	Midfielder	Cobh Ramblers
July 2015	Josh O Shea	Midfielder	Free Agent
July 2015	Kieran Djilali	Forward	Free Agent
July 2015	Rob Lehane	Forward	Sligo Rovers (Loan)

Friendlies

Pre-Season

25 January	Cork City	1 - 0	PSC Soccer Academy	O Shea Park, Blarney
13:00	Sheppard

30 January	Roscommon and District League	1 - 4	Cork City	Roscommon League Grounds, Lecarrow
19:30			S. Murphy Gaynor Sheppard Holohan

31 January	Finn Harps	1 - 0	Cork City	Roscommon League grounds, Lecarrow
11:00

31 January	Athlone Town FC	3 - 0	Cork City	Athlone Town Stadium
14:30

11 February	Skibbereen AFC	0 - 3	Cork City	Skibbereen
19:30			D. Dennehy O'Donovan C. Ellis

19 February	St. Mary's	1 - 3	Cork City	Kilcully
	O Sullivan 44'		Gaynor 34' O Flynn 74' Dunleavy 90'

23 February	Cork City	0 - 0	Waterford	CIT
19:45

25 February	Cobh Ramblers	0 - 0	Cork City	St Colman's Park
20:00

Mid-Season

11 July	Cork City	0 - 2	Liverpool XI	Turners Cross
19:45			Gomes 16' Dianda 71'	Attendance: 4,355

League

Fixtures and Results

7 March 1	Sligo Rovers	1 - 1	Cork City	The Showgrounds
19:45	Beattie 85'		Gaynor 90+6'	Attendance: 3,082 Referee: R. Rogers

13 March 2	Cork City	5 - 0	Limerick	Turners Cross
19:45	D. Dennehy 4' 84' B. Dennehy 17' 51' Holohan 45'			Attendance: 4,817

20 March 3	Shamrock Rovers	0 - 0	Cork City	Tallaght Stadium
19:45

24 March 4	Cork City	2 - 0	Galway	Turners Cross
19:45	Sheppard 35' Bennett 62'			Attendance: 2,934

28 March 5	Bray Wanderers	0 - 1	Cork City	Carlisle Grounds
17:45			Djilali 86'

3 April 6	Cork City	3 - 0	Derry City	Turners Cross
19:45	O Flynn 16' Sheppard 43' 68'			Attendance: 5,104

10 April 7	St Pats	0 - 0	Cork City	Richmond Park
19:45				Attendance: 1,728 Referee: D Tomney

17 April 8	Drogheda United	1 - 2	Cork City	United Park
19:45	Buckley 77'		B. Dennehy 17' Djilali 19'

20 April 9	Cork City	2 - 0	Longford Town	Turners Cross
19:45	Buckley 42' Healy 67'			Attendance: 2,511

24 April 10	Cork City	1 - 2	Dundalk	Turners Cross
19:35	B. Dennehy 32'		Towell 45+1' 47'	Attendance: 6,900 Referee: R Rogers

1 May 11	Bohemians	1 - 1	Cork City	Dalymount Park
19:45	Evans 84'		O Sullivan 2'	Attendance: 1,641 Referee: P Sutton

8 May 12	Cork City	3 - 2	Sligo Rovers	Turners Cross
19:45	Sheppard 1', 29' O Sullivan 88'		Russel 38' Devaney 75'	Attendance: 2,882 Referee: R. Harvey

11 May 19	Cork City	4 - 1	Drogheda United	Turners Cross
19:45	B Dennehy 54', 83', 90+3' Sheppard 65'		Duffy 9'	Attendance: 2,142 Referee: P McLaughlin

16 May 13	Limerick	0 - 1	Cork City	Jackman Park
19:45			Sheppard 22'	Attendance: 605 Referee: N Doyle

22 May 14	Cork City	0 - 0	Shamrock Rovers	Turners Cross
19:45				Attendance: 4,138 Referee: P Tuite

5 June 15	Galway	1 - 3	Cork City	Eamonn Deacy Park
19:45	Molloy 46'		Murray 11' B. Dennehy 45' Buckley 81'	Attendance: 1,301 Referee: D McKeon

12 June 16	Cork City	1 - 0	Bray Wanderers	Turners Cross
19:45	O Sullivan 29'			Attendance: 3,006 Referee: J McKell

26 June 17	Derry City	0 - 2	Cork City	The Brandywell
19:45			Sheppard 58' B. Dennehy 87'	Attendance: 950 Referee: P Sutton

3 July 18	Cork City	P - P	St Pats	Turners Cross
19:45

18 July 20	Longford Town	1 - 4	Cork City	City Calling Stadium
19:45			Beattie 19' Sheppard 22' (87) O Sullivan 69'	Attendance: 602 Referee: D Tomney

26 July 21	Dundalk	1 - 1	Cork City	Oriel Park
18:00	Towell 12'		M. O Sullivan 37'	Attendance: 2,613 Referee: N Doyle

31 July 22	Cork City	4 - 0	Bohemians	Turners Cross
19:45	O Sullivan 4' (27) Healy 70' Morrissey 86'			Attendance: 3,204 Referee: P Sutton

8 August 23	Sligo Rovers	0 - 2	Cork City	The Showgrounds
19:45			O Sullivan 58' Gaynor 87'

14 August 24	Cork City	2 - 3	Limerick	Turners Cross
19:45	Gaynor 21' O'Flynn 59'		Faherty 7' Clarke 35' O'Connor 65'	Attendance: 3,018 Referee: D McKeon

17 August 25	Shamrock Rovers	3 - 0	Cork City	Tallaght Stadium
20:00

28 August 26	Cork City	1 - 0	Galway	Turners Cross
19:45	B. Dennehy 57'			Attendance: 2,518 Referee: S Grant

31 August 18	Cork City	3 - 1	St Pats	Turners Cross
19:45	Bennett 24' O'Connor 28' D Dennehy 60'		Langley 65'	Attendance: 2,017 Referee: N Doyle

5 September 27	Bray Wanderers	0 - 0	Cork City	Carlisle Grounds
17:45

25 September 28	Cork City	0 - 0	Derry City	Turners Cross
19:25				Attendance: 2,380 Referee: T Connolly

9 October 30	Drogheda United	1 - 1	Cork City	United Park
19:45	Treacy 9'		Sheppard 12'	Referee: R Mathews

16 October 31	Cork City	2 - 3	Longford Town	Turners Cross
19:45	Sheppard 34' Beattie 63'		O'Sullivan 39' Rice 42' O'Connor 83'	Attendance: 2,011 Referee: B Connolly

19 October 29	St Pats	1 - 2	Cork City	Richmond Park
19:45	Greene 90'		Beattie 9' Morrissey 23'	Attendance: 723 Referee: D Tomney

23 October 32	Cork City	2 - 2	Dundalk	Turners Cross
19:45	O'Sullivan 29' Sheppard 38'		McMillan 9' Towell 26'	Attendance: 2.618 Referee: P Tuite

30 October 33	Bohemians	0 - 1	Cork City	Dalymount Park
19:45			B. Dennehy	Attendance: 1,904 Referee: N Doyle

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dundalk (C)	33	23	9	1	78	23	+55	78	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Cork City	33	19	10	4	57	25	+32	67	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Shamrock Rovers	33	18	11	4	56	27	+29	65
4	St Patrick's Athletic	33	18	4	11	52	34	+18	58
5	Bohemians	33	15	8	10	49	42	+7	53

Source: League of Ireland, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.^[2]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

↑ Since the winners of the 2015 FAI Cup, Dundalk, qualified for the Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League first qualifying round) is passed to the second-placed team, Cork City, and the spot for the third-placed team (Europa League first qualifying round) is passed to the fourth-placed team, St Patrick's Athletic.

Top Goalscorers

Name	Appearances	Goals
Karl Sheppard	30	13
Mark O Sullivan	27	10
Billy Dennehy	23	9
Ross Gaynor	26	3
Steven Beattie	13	3
Darren Dennehy	23	3

UEFA Europa League

Main Article: 2015–16 UEFA Europa League

The UEFA Europa League 2015–16 was the Rebel Army's first season competing in a European Competition since 2008.

First Qualifying Round

2 July 1	Cork City	1 - 1	KR Reykjavík	Turners Cross
19:45	Bennett 19'		Hauksson 28'	Attendance: 4,641 Referee: Kristoffersen (DEN)

9 July 2	KR Reykjavík	2 - 1 (3 - 2 agg.)	Cork City	Frostaskjol
19:45			O Sullivan 13'

FAI Cup

Main Article: 2015 FAI Cup

Second Round

	Wexford Youths	0 - 2	Cork City	Ferrycarraig Park
			B. Dennehy 45' O Sullivan 86'	Referee: G Kelly

Third Round

21 August	Cork City	4 - 0	St Pats	Turners Cross
19:25	Buckley 49' (63) O Sullivan 50' B. Dennehy 88'			Attendance: 1,748 Referee: P McLaughlin

Quarter Final

11 September	Derry City	1 - 1	Cork City	The Brandywell
19:45	R. McBride 5'		O Sullivan 50'	Attendance: 1,400 Referee: P McLaughlin

Quarter Final Replay

11 September	Cork City	3 - 0	Derry City	The Brandywell
19:45			Gaynor 75' Buckley 77' O'Flynn 86'	Attendance: 1,154 Referee: D Tomney

Semi Final

4 October	Bray Wanderers	0 - 1	Cork City	Carlisle Grounds
14:00			Morrissey 60'	Attendance: 2,173 Referee: N Doyle

Final

8 November	Cork City	0 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Dundalk	Aviva Stadium
15:30			Richie Towell 107'	Attendance: 25,103 Referee: D McKeon

Top Goalscorers

Name	Appearances	Goals
Garry Buckley	5	3
Mark O Sullivan	5	3
Billy Dennehy	4	2

EA Sports Cup

Main Article: 2015 League of Ireland Cup

Second Round

6 April 2	Waterford United	0 - 2	Cork City	RSC
15:00			Ross Gaynor 47' Lehane 78'

Quarter Final

19 May 3	Cork City	1 - 1 (a.e.t.) (3-5 p)	St Pats	Turners Cross
19:45	Kearney 64'		Bayly 60'	Attendance: 930 Referee: S Grant

Top Goalscorers

Name	Appearances	Goals
Rob Lehane	1	1
Ross Gaynor	1	1
Liam Kearney	1	1

Munster Senior Cup

Quarter Final

14 February 1	Cobh Wanderers	0 - 6	Cork City
			O Sullivan 1' Lehane 10' 21' 76' B. Dennehy 12' Djilali 84'

Semi Final

28 February 2	Limerick	3 - 3 (a.e.t.) (8-7 p)	Cork City	LDL Ground, Limerick
13:00			O Sullivan Liam Miller Karl Sheppard

Top Goalscorers

Name	Appearances	Goals
Rob Lehane	2	3
Mark O Sullivan	2	2
Billy Dennehy	2	1
Liam Miller	2	1
Kieran Djilali	2	1
Karl Sheppard	2	1

References

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2015 Cork City F.C. season

Contents

Players

First-team squad

Coaching staff

Transfers

In

Out

Friendlies

Pre-Season

Mid-Season

League

Fixtures and Results

Table

Top Goalscorers

UEFA Europa League

First Qualifying Round

FAI Cup

Second Round

Third Round

Quarter Final

Quarter Final Replay

Semi Final

Final

Top Goalscorers

EA Sports Cup

Second Round

Quarter Final

Top Goalscorers

Munster Senior Cup

Quarter Final

Semi Final

Top Goalscorers

References

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