Full list of scorers for League of Ireland clubs in European competition

[UPDATED AFTER GAMES ON 20 JULY 2023]

League of Ireland clubs have competed in European competitions since 1957. They’ve been lucky to have the opposition score 13 own goals. Here’s who scored every other goal for League of Ireland clubs in European.

Full list of scorers for League of Ireland clubs in European competition 

14	David McMillan (St Patrick’s Athletic 1, Dundalk 13)
11	Glen Crowe (Bohemians 8, Shelbourne 2, Sporting Fingal 1),
10	Jason Byrne (Shelbourne 8, Bohemians 2),
7	Billy Dixon (Drumcondra 3, Shamrock Rovers 4), Christy Fagan (Bohemians 1, St Patrick’s Athletic 6), Graham Burke (Shamrock Rovers),
6	Sean Maguire (Cork City) Michael Duffy (Derry City 2, Dundalk 4), Pat Hoban(Dundalk),
5	Eamon Zayed (Drogheda United 3, Sporting Fingal 2), Rory Gaffney (Shamrock Rovers),
4	Dan Murray (Cork City), Declan O’Brien (St Patrick’s Athletic), Eugene Davis (Athlone Town), Glen Fitzpatrick (Shamrock Rovers 1, Shelbourne 3), James Morrissey (Drumcondra 3, Dundalk 1), Liam Tuohy (Shamrock Rovers), Killian Brennan (Bohemians 3, St Patrick’s Athletic 1), Neale Fenn (Cork City 2, Dundalk 1, Bohemians 1), Pat Morley (Cork City 3, Shelbourne 1), Rocky O’Brien (Bohemians),  Rory Patterson(Derry City), George Kelly (Bohemians), Aaron Greene (Sligo Rovers 1, St Patrick’s Athletic 1, Shamrock Rovers 2),
3	Alan Moore (Shelbourne), Alex Casey (Waterford), Cathal Muckian (Dundalk), Ciaran Martyn (UCD 1, Derry City 2), Donie Wallace (Limerick 1, Cork Hibernians 2), Eric Barber (Shelbourne 1, Shamrock Rovers 2), Faz Kudozovic (Drogheda United 1, Dundalk 2), Graham Gartland (Drogheda United), Jason McGuinness (Bohemians 2, Sligo Rovers 1), Johnny Fullam (Shamrock Rovers), Kevin Deery (Derry City), Liam Kearney (Cork City), Mark Quigley (St Patrick’s Athletic), Mark Rutherford (Shelbourne), Mick Fairclough (Dundalk), Ollie Cahill (Shelbourne 2, Drogheda United 1), Danny North (Sligo Rovers),  Alan Keane (Sligo Rovers), Ryan Swan (UCD), Gary McCabe (Shamrock Rovers) , Robbie Benson (Dundalk), Roberto Lopes (Shamrock Rovers), Sean Murray (Dundalk) Aidomo Emakhu(Shamrock Rovers), Will Patching (Dundalk) Patrick McEleney (Derry City 1, Dundalk 2), Richie Towell (Dundalk 2, Shamrock Rovers 1),
2	Alfie Hale (Waterford), Barry Ferguson (Longford Town), Brian Mooney (Shelbourne), Christopher Fullam (Drumcondra), Damian Lynch (Drogheda United), Dave Barry (Cork City), Derek Stokes (Dundalk), Derek Swan (Bohemians), Des Kennedy (Limerick), Evan McMillan (St Patrick’s Athletic), Frank O’Neill (Shamrock Rovers), George O’Callaghan (Cork City), Ger McCarthy (St Patrick’s Athletic), Gino Lawless (Bohemians), Ian Daly (St Patrick’s Athletic), Jackie Hennessy (St Patrick’s Athletic 1, Shelbourne 1), John Lawson (Cork Hibs), John O’Neill (Waterford), Johnny Giles (Shamrock Rovers), Johnny Glynn (Cork City 1, St Patrick’s Athletic 1), Johnny Kenny (Sligo Rovers), Johnny Matthews (Waterford), Joseph Ndo (Bohemians 1, Shelbourne 1), Ken Oman (Derry City 1, Shamrock Rovers 1), Kevin Doyle (Cork City), Leo Flanagan (Dundalk), Liam Devine (Dundalk), Joey Salmon (Athlone Town), Mbabazi (St Patrick’s Athletic), Miah Dennehy (Cork Hibs), Mick Kearin (Shamrock Rovers), Noel Campbell (St Patrick’s Athletic), Owen Heary (Bohemians 1, Shelbourne 1), Paul Keegan (Drogheda United), Paul Kirk (Waterford), Paul Martin (Athlone Town), Paul Murphy (Galway United), Paul Osam (St Patrick’s Athletic), Peter Eccles (Shamrock Rovers), Richie Foran (Shelbourne), Robert Gilbert (Shamrock Rovers), Robert McAuley (UCD), Roy O’Donovan (Cork City), Shane Robinson (Drogheda United), Shaun Maher (Bohemians), Stephen O’Donnell (Bohemians 1, Shamrock Rovers 1), Stephen O’Flynn (Derry City 1, St Patrick’s Athletic 1), Steve Lynex (Shamrock Rovers), Stuart Byrne (Drogheda United 1, Shelbourne 1), Terry Flanagan (Bohemians 1, Dundalk 1), Terry Harkin (Finn Harps), Tommy Gaynor (Shamrock Rovers), Tommy Hamilton (Shamrock Rovers), Tony Grant (Bohemians 1, Shamrock Rovers 1), Turlough O’Connor (Bohemians), Barry McNamee (Derry City), Kurtis Byrne (Dundalk), Kieran Marty Waters (Shamrock Rovers), Alan Bennett (Cork City), Ciaran Kilduff (Dundalk), Karl Sheppard (Shamrock Rovers 1, Cork City 1), Brian Gartland (Dundalk), Garry Buckley (Cork City), Gary O’Neill (1995) (Shamrock Rovers), Ali Coote Bohemians, Aidan Keena Sligo Rovers, Dylan Watt (Shamrock Rovers), Jordan Flores (Dundalk), Max Mata (Sligo Rovers), Ronan Finn (Shamrock Rovers), David Cawley (Sligo Rovers),
1	Adam Hughes (Drogheda United), Aidan Rooney (Sligo Rovers), Al Finucane (Waterford), Alan Campbell (Shamrock Rovers),  Andy Myler (Longford Town), Anthony Buckley (Cork City), Ben Hannigan (Shelbourne), Billy Dennehy (Shamrock Rovers), Billy Woods (Cork City), Bobby Ryan (Bohemians), Bobby Tambling (Cork Celtic), Brendan Bradley (Finn Harps), Brendan Markey (Bohemians), Brian Duff (Dundalk), Carl Humphries (Cork Hibs), Charlie Ferry (Finn Harps), Chris Turner (Shamrock Rovers), Colin O’Brien (Cork City), Conan Byrne (St Patrick’s Athletic), Dale Hawtin (Sligo Rovers), Danny Hale (Dundalk), Darren Kelly (Derry City), Dave Mooney (Cork City), Dave Rogers (Shelbourne), Dave Scully (Bohemians), Dave Wiggington (Cork Hibs), David Kirby (Waterford), David McDaid (Derry City), David Scullion (Derry City), Dean Fitzgerald (Longford Town), Dennis Bonner (Galway United), Derek Coughlan (Cork City), Derek Doyle (St Patrick’s Athletic), Derek Tracey (Shamrock Rovers), Dermot Cross (Dundalk), Dessie Baker (Shelbourne), Dessie Byrne (Bohemians), Donal Leahy (Cork Celtic), Eddie Ryan (St Patrick’s Athletic), Fran Hitchcock (Athlone Town),  Fran Swan (Bohemians), Garreth O’Connor (St Patrick’s Athletic), Garry Haylock (Shelbourne),  Gary Beckett (Derry City), Gary Dempsey (St Patrick’s Athletic), Gavin Peers (Sligo Rovers), Gay O’Carroll (Shamrock Rovers), Ger O’Brien (St Patrick’s Athletic), Gerald Fitzpatrick (Waterford), Gerry Daly (Bohemians), Gerry Ryan (Bohemians), Ginger O’Rourke (St Patrick’s Athletic), Greg Costello (Shelbourne),  Harpal Singh (Bohemians), Harry McCourt (Derry City), Hilary Carlyle (Dundalk), Jackie Jameson (Bohemians), Jackie Mooney (Shamrock Rovers), Jackie Morley (Waterford), James McCann (Shamrock Rovers), Jamie Harris (St Patrick’s Athletic), Jason Gavin (St Patrick’s Athletic), Jim Gannon (Shelbourne), Jimmy Hasty (Dundalk), Jimmy McCann (Drumcondra), Jimmy McGeough (Waterford), John Caulfield (Cork City), John Coady (Shamrock Rovers), John McDonnell (St Patrick’s Athletic), John Mountney (Dundalk), John Murray (Shelbourne), John O’Flynn (Cork City), John Russell (St Patrick’s Athletic), John Walsh (Limerick United), John Whelan (Drumcondra), Jumbo Brennan (Sligo Rovers), Kelvin Flanagan (Cork City), Kevin Murray (Dundalk), Lee Thew (Sligo Rovers), Leo O’Reilly (Limerick), Liam Buckley (Shamrock Rovers), Lorcan Fitzgerald (Sporting Fingal), Mark Farren (Derry City), Mark Reid (Sligo Rovers), Martin Lawlor (Dundalk), Martin Nugent (Bray Wanderers), Martin Sheehan (Cork Hibs), Michael Brophy (Home Farm), Michael O’Connor (Athlone Town), Michael Rice (Drumcondra), Mick Conroy (Shelbourne), Mick Lawlor (Dundalk), Mick Lynch (Waterford), Noel Dunne (Bohemians), Noel Mitten (Bohemians), Noel Synott (Waterford), Paddy Joyce (Bohemians), Paddy Kavanagh (Derry City), Padraig Dully (Shelbourne), Padraig Moran (Sligo Rovers), Pat Fenlon (St Patrick’s Athletic),  Pat Nolan (Limerick), Pat Sullivan (Shamrock Rovers), Patrick Bonham (Shelbourne), Paul Carlyle (Derry City), Paul McGee (Galway United), Paul Mooney (Derry City), Paul Whelan (Shamrock Rovers), Philip Buck (Waterford), Raf Cretaro (Sligo Rovers), Richard O’Connor (Limerick), Richie Baker (Shelbourne), Richie Purdy (Shamrock Rovers), Ricky McEvoy (Dundalk), Ricky O’Flaherty (St Patrick’s Athletic), Robert Bayly (Shamrock Rovers), Roddy Collins (Athlone Town), Ronnie Murphy (Shamrock Rovers), Ryan Guy (St Patrick’s Athletic), Seamus McDowell (Dundalk), Sean Dillon (Shelbourne), Sean Hargan (Derry City), Stephen Caffrey (Bohemians), Stephen Geoghegan (Shelbourne), Stephen Grant (Shamrock Rovers), Stephen McGuinness (Shamrock Rovers), Stephen Paisley (Longford Town), Stephen Rice (Shamrock Rovers), Tam McManus (Derry City), Tommy Keane (Waterford), Tommy Stewart (Shamrock Rovers), Tony Cousins (Shamrock Rovers), Tony Izzi (Shelbourne), Tony O’Connell (Bohemians), Trevor Molloy (Bohemians), Wayne Hatswell (Dundalk), William Hennessy (Shamrock Rovers), Mark Timlin (Derry City), Dave Webster (Shamrock Rovers), Mark O’Sullivan (Cork City), Gavin Brennan (Shamrock Rovers), Darren Dennehy (St Patrick’s Athletic), Kevin O’Connor (Cork City), Steven Beattie (Cork City), Gary Shaw (Shamrock Rovers), Ronan Curtis (Derry City), Aaron McEneff (Derry City), Dylan Connolly (Dundalk),  Alistair Roy (Derry City), Ronan Hale (Derry City),  Dan Carr (Shamrock Rovers), Jack Byrne (Shamrock Rovers), Conor McCarthy (Cork City), Conor Clifford (St Patrick’s Athletic), Lee Grace (Shamrock Rovers),  Joe Thompson (Derry City), Eoin Toal (Derry City), Keith Ward (Bohemians), Daniel Cleary (Dundalk), Daniel Kelly (Dundalk), Sean Hoare (Dundalk), Han Jeong-uh(Dundalk), Chris Shields (Dundalk), Liam Burt (Bohemians), Rob Cornwall (Bohemians), Ross Tierney (Bohemians), Tyreke Wilson (Bohemians), Andy Lyons (Shamrock Rovers), Liam Scales (Shamrock Rovers), Johnny Kenny (Sligo Rovers), Will Fitzgerald(Sligo Rovers), Shane Blayney(Sligo Rovers), Chris Forrester (St Patrick’s Athletic), Serge Atakayi (St Patrick’s Athletic), Mark Doyle (St Patrick’s Athletic), Sadio Diallo Derry City Adam Murphy (St Patrick’s Athletic), John Martin (Dundalk),

Here’s the record goal scorer for every LOI club that has scored in Europe (updated 21 July 2023)

CLUB	Player	Goals
Athlone Town	Eugene Davis	4
Bohemians	Glen Crowe	8
Bray Wanderers	Martin Nugent	1
Cork City	Sean Maguire	6
Derry City	Rory Patterson	4
Drogheda United	Eamon Zayed/Graham Gartland	3
Dundalk	David McMillan	13
Finn Harps	Terry Harkin	2
Galway United	Paul Murphy	2
Limerick	Des Kennedy	2
Longford Town	Barry Ferguson	2
St Patrick’s Athletic	Christy Fagan	6
Shamrock Rovers	Graham Burke	7
Shelbourne	Jason Byrne	8
Sligo Rovers	Alan Keane/Danny North	3
UCD	Ryan Swan	3
Waterford (United)	Alex Casey	3
Cork Celtic	Bobby Tambling/Donal Leah	1
Cork Hibernians	Miah Dennehy/John Lawson/Donie Wallace	2
Drumcondra	Billy Dixon/James Morrison	3
Home Farm	Michael Brophy	1
Sporting Fingal	Eamon Zayed	2

The figures above include European Cup, Champions League, UEFA Cup, Europa League, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, European Cup Winners Cup and Inter-toto Cup.  Here’s the record goal scorer in each of the 4 tournaments

European Cup/Champions League	David McMillan	7
UEFA Cup/Europa League/Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Christy Fagan/Sean Maguire	6
Europa Conference League	George Kelly	4
European Cup Winners Cup	Billy Dixon	4
Inter-Toto Cup	Jason Byrne	4

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How hard is it to defend the LOI title?

[updated November 2019]

Fairly hard. It’s been done only 7 times in the Premier Divison era (by 5 different clubs). Dundalk’s 3 in a row from 2014-2016 was the first time a non-Dublin club had retained the title in over 40 years.

4-in-a-row

• 1983/84 to 1986/87 Shamrock Rovers

3-in-a-row

• 1940/41 to 1942/43 Cork United
• 1967/68 to 1969/70 Waterford
• 2014 to 2016 Dundalk

2-in-a-row

• 1937/38 & 1938/39 Shamrock Rovers
• 1944/45 & 1945/46 Cork United (5 titles in 6 seasons)
• 1947/48 & 1948/49 Drumcondra
• 1949/50 & 1950/51 Cork Athletic
• 1954/55 & 1955/56 St Patrick’s Athletic
• 1971/72 & 1972/73 Waterford (5 titles in 6 seasons)
• 1997/98 & 1998/99 St Patrick’s Athletic (3 titles in 4 seasons)
• 2003 & 2004 Shelbourne (3 titles in 4 seasons)
• 2008 & 2009 Bohemians
• 2010 & 2011 Shamrock Rovers
• 2018 & 2019 Dundalk (5 titles in 6 seasons)

 

League of Ireland Trebles and Doubles

[updated end 2019]

There have been 98 seasons of the league and the “treble” has only been earned 5 times. Up to 1974 that treble was League, FAI Cup and Shield and since then it is League, FAI Cup and League Cup.

Winners of the LOI treble

• 1924/25 Shamrock Rovers (LOI/FAI Cup/Shield)
• 1927/28 Bohemians (LOI/FAI Cup/Shield)
• 1931/32 Shamrock Rovers (LOI/FAI Cup/Shield)
• 1963/64 Shamrock Rovers (LOI/FAI Cup/Shield)
• 1988/89 Derry City (LOI/FAI Cup/League Cup)

Winners of the League and FAI Cup Double

• 1921/22 St James Gate
• 1940/41 Cork United
• 1950/51 Cork Athletic
• 1978/79 Dundalk
• 1984/85 Shamrock Rovers
• 1985/86 Shamrock Rovers
• 1986/87 Shamrock Rovers
• 1987/88 Dundalk
• 1999/2000 Shelbourne
• 2000/01 Bohemians
• 2008 Bohemians
• 2015 Dundalk
• 2017 Cork City
• 2018 Dundalk

Winners of the League and Shield/League Cup ‘minor’ double

• 1922/23 Shamrock Rovers (Shield)
• 1923/24 Bohemians (Shield)
• 1925/26 Shelbourne (Shield)
• 1926/27 Shamrock Rovers (Shield)
• 1933/34 Bohemians (Shield)
• 1937/38 Shamrock Rovers (Shield)
• 1942/43 Cork United (Shield)
• 1956/57 Shamrock Rovers (Shield)
• 1966/67 Dundalk (Shield)
• 1968/69 Waterford (Shield)
• 1974/75 Bohemians (League Cup)
• 1982/83 Athlone Town (League Cup)
• 2009 Bohemians (League Cup)
• 2014 Dundalk (League Cup)
• 2019 Dundalk (League Cup)

Winners of the FAI Cup and Shield/League Cup ‘cup double’

• 1932/33 Shamrock Rovers (Shield)
• 1945/46 Drumcondra (Shield)
• 1954/55 Shamrock Rovers (Shield)
• 1955/56 Shamrock Rovers (Shield)
• 1964/65 Shamrock Rovers (Shield)
• 1965/66 Shamrock Rovers (Shield)
• 1967/68 Shamrock Rovers (Shield)
• 1972/73 Cork Hibernians (Shield)
• 1980/81 Dundalk (League Cup)
• 1995/96 Shelbourne (League Cup)
• 2004 Longford Town (League Cup)
• 2006 Derry City (League Cup)
• 2010 Sligo Rovers (League Cup)

Winners of the LOI First Division and FAI Cup ‘mini’ double

• 1993/94 Sligo Rovers

TOTALS

Trebles won

• 3 Shamrock Rovers
• 1 Bohemians, Derry City

LOI/FAI Doubles

• 4 – Dundalk
• 3 – Shamrock Rovers
• 2 – Bohemians, Cork United/Athletic
• 1 – St James Gate, Shelbourne, Cork City

LOI/Shd&LC Doubles

• 4 – Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers
• 3 – Dundalk
• 1 – Athlone Town, Cork United, Shelbourne, Waterford

Cup Double

• 6 – Shamrock Rovers
• 1 – Cork Hibernians, Derry City, Drumcondra, Dundalk, Longford Town, Shelbourne, Sligo Rovers

1st Div/FAI Double

• 1 – Sligo Rovers

Total Doubles

• 16 – Shamrock Rovers
• 8 – Dundalk
• 6 – Bohemians
• 3 – Cork United/Athletic, Shelbourne
• 2 – Sligo Rovers
• 1 – Athlone Town, Cork Hibernians, Derry City, Drumcondra,  Longford Town, St James Gate, Waterford, Cork City

Total Multiple Trophy seasons (big 3 comps only)

• 19 – Shamrock Rovers
• 8 – Dundalk
• 7 – Bohemians
• 3 – Cork United/Athletic, Shelbourne
• 2 – Derry City, Sligo Rovers
• 1 – Athlone Town, Cork Hibernians, Drumcondra,  Longford Town, St James Gate, Waterford, Cork City

For the purposes of this list I left out all the trophies ranked below the top 3 that were played at national level (Dublin City Cup, Top 4, FAI Super Cup, FAI President’s Cup, First Division Shield, PJ Casey), all the provincial cups and all the north/south competitions

Irish Clubs in the UEFA Women’s Champions League

Raheny United made history this week by becoming the first Irish club to top their qualifying group in the UEFA Women’s Champions League. It was the 13th time that Irish clubs have entered Europe at the qualifying group stage.

So far the 13 years have seen

• 1st place finishes – 1 time
• 2nd place finishes – 4 times
• 3rd place finishes – 3 times
• 4th place finishes – 5 times

The first club into European action was Shamrock Rovers in 2002/03. They won their first games (v Osijek of Croatia) before losing their next 2 games.

Here’s how each of the Irish representatives has done in the group stages;

 

Peamount United become the first Irish club to qualify for the knock out stage of the Champions League (or the UEFA Women’s Cup as it was known before changing for 2009/10) when their results left as the best runners up (with the top 2 to qualify). They played French giants Paris St Germaine and lost both legs.

It leaves each Irish clubs’ European Record as follows;

The record win by an Irish club in Europe is Peamount’s 7-0 win over Krka of Slovenia in 2011. The 2 heaviest defeats by Irish side were both inflicted by Rossiyanka of Russia over St Francis; 11-0 in 2009 and 9-0 in 2010.

Ireland at the European Athletics Championships

At the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Ireland won its 15th medal at this level as Thomas Barr won bronze in the 400m hurdles.

Medals won by Ireland at the European Athletics Championships

1958	1,500m	Ronnie Delaney	Bronze
1969	1,500m	Frank Murphy	Silver
1978	1,500m	Eamonn Coghlan	Silver
1994	3,000m	Sonia O’Sullivan	Gold
1998	5,000m	Sonia O’Sullivan	Gold
1998	10,000m	Sonia O’Sullivan	Gold
1998	5,000m	Mark Carroll	Bronze
2002	5.000m	Sonia O’Sullivan	Silver
2002	10,000m	Sonia O’Sullivan	Silver
2006	110m Hurdles	Derval O’Rourke	Silver
2010	110m Hurdles	Derval O’Rourke	Silver
2010	20k walk	Rob Heffernan	Bronze
2014	800m	Mark English	Bronze
2016	1,500m	Ciara Mageean	Bronze
2018	400m Hurdles	Thomas Barr	Bronze

Robert Heffernan received a bronze medal for the 2010 20k walk after the winner was disqualified.

You can see from the list that Sonia O’Sullivan dominates another Irish athletics medal list. She’s won all our gold medals (3) and 5 of the 13 in total.  She’s joined by Cork compatriots Mark Carroll, Derval O’Rourke and Heffernan in winning every medal for Ireland between Coghlan’s silver for Dublin in 1978 and English’s Bronze for Donegal in 2014. English’s medal was the first for somewhere other than Cork or Dublin!

Sonia and Heffernan (belatedly) are the only Irish athletes to win medals at European, World and Olympic levels. Delaney has won at European and Olympic but his time preceeded the first World Championships in 1983.

(Updated August 2018)

Rory Patterson’s scoring record and list of LOI double scorers in Europe

In Derry City’s 5-0 win over Abersytwyth in 2014, Rory Patterson became the first player from a League of Ireland club to score 3 goals in a European game.

Here’s the full list of players who have scored twice in a single European game while playing with a LOI club; (updated 8 July 2015)

You can see that Patterson is the 3rd player to notch at least twice with Derry. Both previous occasions happened in Derry’s 5-1 win away to Gretna in 2006.

3 players have scored twice, eh, twice; Billy Dixon (Drumcondra/Shamrock Rovers), Eugene Davis (Athlone Town) and Jason Byrne (Shelbourne).

Patterson’s 4 goals over the 2 legs mean there are only 4 players ahead of him in the all time scorers list for LOI players in Europe.

Players winning SWAI Player of the Month with Cork clubs

Cork City’s Mark O’Sullivan was voted League of Ireland Player of the Month for June 2014 by the Soccer Writers’ Association of Ireland. It is the 31st such award for Cork City and the 47th award won by all Cork clubs

SWAI POTM awards won by Cork City players

Season	Month	Player
1985/86	February	Pat Healy
1987/88	February	John Caulfield
1988/89	April	Dave Barry
1989/90	February	Phil Harrington
1990/91	September	Paul Bannon
1990/91	February	Pat Morley
1991/92	September	Dave Barry
1991/92	January	John Caulfield
1992/93	October	Pat Morley
1992/93	November	Gerry McCabe
1993/94	September	Anthony Buckley
1994/95	November	John Caulfield
1996/97	November	Patsy Freyne
1997/98	August	Derek Coughlan
1997/98	December	Ollie Cahill
1998/99	November	John Caulfield
1999/2000	October	Pat Morley
2001/02	November	Ollie Cahill
2002/03	July	John O’Flynn
2002/03	August	George O’Callaghan
2003	April	John O’Flynn
2004	June	Liam Kearney
2004	November	Kevin Doyle
2005	May	George O’Callaghan
2005	August	Liam Kearney
2005	November	Roy O’Donovan
2006	November	Roy O’Donovan
2008	June	Dave Mooney
2009	May	Colin Healy
2013	October	Ciaran Kilduff
2014	June	Mark O’Sullivan

John Caulfield leads with 4 awards, the most won by any player with a single club (along with Gary Twigg, Shamrock Rovers). Pat Morley also won 4 awards but one of his came with Shelbourne

SWAI POTM awards won by other Cork Clubs

Season	Month	Player	Club
1971/72	January	Miah Dennehy	Cork Hibernians
1971/72	April	Miah Dennehy	Cork Hibernians
1972/73	January	Miah Dennehy	Cork Hibernians
1972/73	March	Richard Brooks	Cork Celtic
1973/74	November	Frank O’Neill	Cork Celtic
1973/74	February	Ben Hannigan	Cork Celtic
1974/75	February	Dave Wigginton	Cork Hibernians
1975/76	January	Bobby Tambling	Cork Celtic
1975/76	February	Brian McSweeney	Cork Celtic
1977/78	January	Alex Ludzik	Cork Albert
1978/79	October	Tommy O’Brien	Cork Celtic
1980/81	January	Liam Keane	Cork United
1982/83	March	Eddie O’Halloran	Cobh Ramblers
1988/89	December	Terry Kearns	Cobh Ramblers
1998/99	March	Paul Coughlan	Cobh Ramblers
2004	October	Dave Warren	Cobh Ramblers

It leaves the breakdown of awards won by each club as follows;

SWAI Player of the Month award stats

Complete Records for the 2014 League of Ireland entries in UEFA competitions

The League of Ireland will be represented by 4 clubs in European competition this season (2014/15); St Patrick’s Athletic (Champions League),  Derry City, Dundalk and Sligo Rovers (all Europa League). Here’s how they got in previous years. (You can click the pics to enlarge them)

St Patrick’s Athletic

• This is Pats 15th campaign and their 4th in the European Cup/Champions League.
• Pats have played in every form of every European competition (European Cup/Champions League, Inter-cities Fairs Cup/UEFA Cup/Europa League, Cup Winners Cup, Inter-toto Cup). Shamrock Rovers are the only other club to do so (Shelbourne have played in all bar the Europa League))
• Pats hold the record for most knockout ties won by an Irish club with 9 (2 more than nearest rivals).

Sligo Rovers

• This is Sligo’s 9th European campaign and their 4th in the Europa League
• Sligo have drawn at least one game in each of their 3 Europa Leagie ties. This will be their first time being seeded.
• Sligo’s win over Floriana in 1994 was the last Irish win until 2000.

Dundalk

• This is Dundalk’s 18th European campaign and their 8th in the Fairs/UEFA Cup/Europa League.
• Dundalk were the first team to win through two rounds in Europe in 1979/80 beating Linfield and Hibernians before losing to Celtic.

Derry City

• Derry City have represented both the Irish League and the League of Ireland in Europe.
• They were the first Irish league side to win a round in Europe in 1965
• They hold the record away win for LOI with a 5-1 win over Scotland’s Gretna in 2006.

 

Irish Stage Wins In Cycling’s Grand Tours

[Updated 13 May 2023]

Ireland’s place in world cycling belies our country’s size.  Despite our small numbers Irish cyclists have won each of the 3 Grand Tours; Tour de France (Stephen Roche, 1987), Giro d’Italia (Stephen Roche, 1987) and Vuelta a Espana (Sean Kelly, 1988).

With Shay Elliot getting it started in the 1960s and Ben Healy being Ireland’s latest, here’s the full list of stage wins in Grand Tours by Irish cyclists

Irish Tour de France stage wins
1963	Stage 3	Roubaix	Shay Elliot
1978	Stage 6	Poitiers	Sean Kelly
1980	Stage 19	St Etienne	Sean Kelly
1980	Stage 21	Fontenay sous Bois	Sean Kelly
1981	Stage 15	Thonon-les-Bains	Sean Kelly
1982	Stage 12	Pau	Sean Kelly
1985	Stage 18a	Aubisque	Stephen Roche
1987	Stage 10	Futuroscope (TT)	Stephen Roche
1989	Stage 8	Pau	Martin Earley
1992	Stage 16	La Bourboule	Stephen Roche
2013	Stage 9	Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Dan Martin
2018	Stage 6	Mûr-de-Bretagne	Dan Martin
2020	Stage 10	Île de Ré	Sam Bennett
2020	Stage 21	Paris (Champs-Élysées)	Sam Bennett

14 TDF stages won by 6 different men; Sean Kelly 5, Stephen Roche 3 (including one during his 1987 GC win), 2 for Dan Martin and Sam Bennett and 1 each for Shay Elliot and Martin Earley.

Irish Giro d’Italia stage wins
1960	Stage 18	Belluno	Shay Elliot
1986	Stage 14	Sauze d’Oulx	Martin Earley
1987	Stage 1b	San Remo (TT)	Stephen Roche
1987	Stage 22	Saint-Vincent (TT)	Stephen Roche
2018	Stage 7	Praia a Mare	Sam Bennett
2018	Stage 12	Imola	Sam Bennett
2018	Stage 21	Rome	Sam Bennett
2021	Stage 17	Sega di Ala	Dan Martin
2023	Stage 8	Fossombrone	Ben Healy

9 Giro stages won by 6 men. Shay Elliot was first, followed by Martin Earley. Stephen Roche won 2 on his way to the 1987 GC win. We then had to wait 31 years before sprinter Sam Bennett won 3 stages in the 2018 Giro. Dan Martin joined the group with an incredible solo break in 2021 and Ben Healy got his first GT stage with a breakaway in 2023.

Irish Vuelta a Espana stage wins
1962	Stage 4	Benidorm	Shay Elliot
1963	Stage 13	Valencia	Shay Elliot
1979	Stage 1	Sevilla	Sean Kelly
1979	Stage 8a	Benicasim	Sean Kelly
1980	Stage 1	Benidorm	Sean Kelly
1980	Stage 2	Cullera	Sean Kelly
1980	Stage 14	Orense	Sean Kelly
1980	Stage 17	Valladolid	Sean Kelly
1980	Stage 19	Madrid	Sean Kelly
1985	Stage 2	Orense	Sean Kelly
1985	Stage 10	Tremp	Sean Kelly
1985	Stage 18	Albacete	Sean Kelly
1986	Stage 10	Palencia	Sean Kelly
1986	Stage 13	Villalba	Sean Kelly
1987	Stage 1	Albacete	Sean Kelly
1987	Stage 3	Valencia	Sean Kelly
1988	Stage 11	Valdezcaray	Sean Kelly
1988	Stage 20	Villalba (TT)	Sean Kelly
2009	Stage 18	Ávila	Philip Deignan
2011	Stage 9	Sierra de Bejar. La Covatilla	Dan Martin
2013	Stage 2	Monte da Groba	Nicolas Roche
2015	Stage 18	Riaza	Nicolas Roche
2019	Stage 3	Alicante	Sam Bennett
2019	Stage 14	Oviedo	Sam Bennett
2020	Stage 3	La Laguna Negra de Vinuesa	Dan Martin
2020	Stage 4	Ejea de los Caballeros	Sam Bennett
2022	Stage 2	Utrecht (Ned)	Sam Bennett
2022	Stage 3	Breda (Ned)	Sam Bennett

6 Irish men win a total of 28 stages. Sean Kelly with an incredible 16 in the Vuelta!

That makes 9 Irish men winning a total of 50 Grand Tour stages.

	Tour	Giro	Vuelta	Total
Sean Kelly	5	0	16	21
Sam Bennett	2	3	5	10
Stephen Roche	3	2	0	5
Dan Martin	2	1	2	5
Shay Elliott	1	1	2	4
Martin Earley	1	1	0	2
Nicolas Roche	0	0	2	2
Philip Deignan	0	0	1	1
Ben Healy	0	1	0	1
Totals	14	9	28	51

And if you want them in order…

Chronological List of Grand Tour Stage Wins by Irish Cyclists
1960	Giro	Stage 18	Shay Elliot
1962	Vuelta	Stage 4	Shay Elliot
1963	Vuelta	Stage 13	Shay Elliot
1963	Tour	Stage 3	Shay Elliot
1978	Tour	Stage 6	Sean Kelly
1979	Vuelta	Stage 1	Sean Kelly
1979	Vuelta	Stage 8a	Sean Kelly
1980	Vuelta	Stage 1	Sean Kelly
1980	Vuelta	Stage 2	Sean Kelly
1980	Vuelta	Stage 14	Sean Kelly
1980	Vuelta	Stage 17	Sean Kelly
1980	Vuelta	Stage 19	Sean Kelly
1980	Tour	Stage 19	Sean Kelly
1980	Tour	Stage 21	Sean Kelly
1981	Tour	Stage 25	Sean Kelly
1982	Tour	Stage 12	Sean Kelly
1985	Vuelta	Stage 2	Sean Kelly
1985	Vuelta	Stage 10	Sean Kelly
1985	Vuelta	Stage 18	Sean Kelly
1985	Tour	Stage 18a	Stephen Roche
1986	Vuelta	Stage 10	Sean Kelly
1986	Vuelta	Stage 13	Sean Kelly
1986	Giro	Stage 14	Martin Earley
1987	Vuelta	Stage 1	Sean Kelly
1987	Vuelta	Stage 3	Sean Kelly
1987	Giro	Stage 1b	Stephen Roche
1987	Giro	Stage 22	Stephen Roche
1987	Tour	Stage 10	Stephen Roche
1988	Vuelta	Stage 11	Sean Kelly
1988	Vuelta	Stage 20	Sean Kelly
1989	Tour	Stage 18	Martin Earley
1992	Tour	Stage 16	Stephen Roche
2009	Vuelta	Stage 18	Philip Deignan
2011	Vuelta	Stage 9	Dan Martin
2013	Tour	Stage 9	Dan Martin
2013	Vuelta	Stage 2	Nicolas Roche
2015	Vuelta	Stage 18	Nicolas Roche
2018	Giro	Stage 7	Sam Bennett
2018	Giro	Stage 12	Sam Bennett
2018	Giro	Stage 21	Sam Bennett
2018	Tour	Stage 6	Dan Martin
2019	Vuelta	Stage 2	Sam Bennett
2019	Vuelta	Stage 14	Sam Bennett
2020	Tour	Stage 10	Sam Bennett
2020	Tour	Stage 21	Sam Bennett
2020	Vuelta	Stage 3	Dan Martin
2020	Vuelta	Stage 4	Sam Bennett
2021	Giro	Stage 17	Dan Martin
2022	Vuelta	Stage 2	Sam Bennett
2022	Vuelta	Stage 3	Sam Bennett
2023	Giro	Stage 8	Ben Healy

Average finishing position for every League of Ireland club

You won’t be surprised to read that the team with the most League of Ireland titles, Shamrock Rovers, is also the team with the best average finishing position. The method of calculating that is quite simple. Add up each finishing position earned by the clubs and divide by the number of seasons. For 2 division years (ie since 1985/86) the first division counts as a continuation of the premier. (eg in 2013 12th in the Premier is 12, 1st in the First Division is 13 etc).

So here’s the average finishing position of every League of Ireland club that has completed at least 5 seasons.

No real surprise to see Shamrock Rovers top with the 2 longest serving Cork clubs taking up 2nd and 3rd position. The top 12 teams have all won the league. Best of the non-league winning clubs is Jacobs who’s 3rd place finish in 1923/24 is their best effort. Athlone Town have, by far, the lowest average for any league winners.

It should be noted that teams who have played in the first division are at a disadvantage here. Thurles Town is the lowest average for clubs who didn’t played in the first division (ie the lowest they could finish was 16th)

I thought it was unfair to include teams with less than 5 seasons in the above table so here they are separately;

Reds United, a short-lived breakaway from Shelbourne, finished 4th in their only LOI season in 1935/36. As we outlined previously, Salthill Devon never finished above last place in the league tables.

Here’s the table for current LOI sides. I haven’t counted Galway FC or Shamrock Rovers B as they haven’t completed a season yet. I treat Galway separate to Galway United/Rovers.

18 League of Ireland clubs have won the title. Here’s how they rank

As an aside there’s 34 clubs who have competed in the League of Ireland and who haven’t won the title. Of these Finn Harps have played the most seasons (45). Wexford Youths is still awaiting it’s first Premier Division season.

As ever, if you’ve any questions, let me know on twitter