2014 Cork City F.C. season

Cork City FC

2014 season
Chairman	Pat Lyons
Manager	John Caulfield
Stadium	Turners Cross (7,485)
League of Ireland	2nd
FAI Cup	3rd Round
League of Ireland Cup	Quarter-Final
Munster Senior Cup	Semi-Final
Top goalscorer	League: Billy Dennehy - 13 All: Billy Dennehy - 16
Highest home attendance	6,219 - Cork City v Bohemians (17 October 2014)
Lowest home attendance	2,531 - Cork City v Bray Wanderers (18 August 2014)
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The 2014 League of Ireland season was Cork City's 30th year competing in the League of Ireland and 3rd consecutive season in the Premier Division, and Manager John Caulfield's first season in charge of Cork City F.C..^[1] They finished 2nd place in the league after a dramatic final game of the season against Dundalk F.C.^[2]

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 3 DF John Kavanagh 4 DF John Dunleavy (captain) 5 DF Darren Dennehy 6 MF Gearóid Morrissey 7 MF Colin Healy 9 FW John O'Flynn 10 FW Cillian Morrison 11 MF Ross Gaynor 15 FW Danny Morrissey 16 DF Gavin Kavanagh 17 DF Dan Murray 18 DF Michael McSweeney

No. Position Player 19 DF Brian Lenihan 20 MF Billy Dennehy 21 MF David O'Leary 22 DF Neal Horgan 23 FW Mark O'Sullivan 24 FW Rob Lehane 26 MF Garry Buckley 27 GK Kevin O'Brien 28 MF Darren Anthony Murphy 29 MF Josh O'Shea 30 MF Liam Kearney FW Michael Rafter

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 11 MF Ian Turner (at Limerick until 31 October 2014)

Retired numbers

12 – Club Supporters (the 12th Man)

Coaching staff

As of 18 February 2015 the coaching staff includes:^[3]

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	Country	Position	Signed from
January 2014	Darren Murphy		Midfielder	Woking
January 2014	Anthony Elding		Forward	Sligo Rovers
January 2014	Billy Dennehy		Midfielder	Shamrock Rovers
January 2014	Michael Rafter		Forward	Derry City
January 2014	Liam Kearney		Forward	Avondale
January 2014	Mark O Sullivan		Forward	Avondale
January 2014	Kevin Mulcahy		Defender	Avondale
January 2014	Matt Gledhill		Goalkeeper	Sligo Rovers
January 2014	David O Leary		Midfielder	Limerick FC
April 2014	Iarfhlaith Davoren		Defender	Free Agent
July 2014	Josh O Shea		Forward	UCC AFC
July 2014	Cillian Morrisson		Forward	UCD
July 2014	John O'Flynn		Forward	Exeter City
July 2014	Gavin Kavanagh		Defender	Waterford
July 2014	Ross Gaynor		Defender	Sligo

Out

Date	Player	Country	Position	Sold to
January 2014	Kalen Spillane		Defender	Sligo Rovers
January 2014	Daryl Horgan		Midfielder	Dundalk
January 2014	Shane Duggan		Midfielder	Limerick
January 2014	David Ryan		Goalkeeper	Drogheda
January 2014	Kevin Burns		Goalkeeper	Waterford
January 2014	Alan Browne		Midfielder	Preston
January 2014	Danny Furlong		Forward	Wexford
May 2014	Anthony Elding		Forward	Ballinamallard
May 2014	Andy O Connell		Forward	Released
May 2014	Kevin Mulcahy		Defender	Released
July 2014	Ian Turner		Midfielder	Limerick (Loan)
July 2014	Jason Forde		Defender	Ringmahon Rangers
July 2014	Iarfhlaith Davoren		Defender	Sligo
August 2014	Darren Murphy		Defender	Free Agent
August 2014	Brian Lenihan		Defender	Hull City

Friendlies

Pre-Season

Cork City FC started pre-season training more than a week before any other League of Ireland club, they began on 6 January. Several players from around the world trained and played friendlies with City while on trial.

Cork City v Avondale Utd

18 January	Cork City	3 - 1	Avondale Utd	Bishopstown
14:00	Clarke Rafter	(Report)	Stapleton	Referee: Keith Callanan

Cork City v Waterford United

25 January	Cork City	3 - 0	Waterford United	Midleton
17:00	B. Dennehy  36' Rafter  40' Elding  54'	(Report)		Referee: Graham Kelly

Mervue United v Cork City

1 February	Mervue United	1 - 6	Cork City	Fahys Field
16:30	D. Tuck  74'		Elding  23'  25' O Sullivan  30' Buckley  31' Lehane  80' C.Tnonis  87'

Finn Harps v Cork City

2 February	Finn Harps	3 - 3	Cork City	Fahys Field
13:45	Funston  39' McHugh  56' Mailey  63'		O Sullivan  32' Rafter  75'  86'

Cork City v Longford Town

15 February	Cork City	3 - 1	Longford Town	Bishopstown
14:00	Rafter  42'  58' O Sullivan  90'

Bandon v Cork City

23 February	Bandon	1 - 3	Cork City	Town Park, Bandon
12:00	A. Sheehan  49'	(Report)	Elding  5'  55' O.G.  40'

Cobh Ramblers v Cork City

25 February	Cobh Ramblers	1 - 3	Cork City	St. Colman's Park
20:00	B. Donoghue  43'		Elding  11' O Sullivan  12'

Mid-Season

Cork City v Birmingham City

8 July	Cork City	0 - 3	Birmingham City	Turners Cross
18:45		Report	Robinson  8' Caddis  82' Novak  89'	Attendance: 1,114

Cobh Ramblers v Cork City

10 September	Cobh Ramblers	1 - 2	Cork City	St Colemans Park
19:45			B. Dennehy D. O Leary

League

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dundalk (C) (Q)	33	22	8	3	73	24	+49	74	2015–16 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Cork City (Q)	33	22	6	5	51	25	+26	72	2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ^1
3	St Patrick's Athletic (Q)	33	19	8	6	66	37	+29	65
4	Shamrock Rovers (Q)	33	18	8	7	43	26	+17	62
5	Sligo Rovers	33	12	7	14	44	36	+8	43
6	Limerick	33	12	5	16	37	45	−8	41
7	Bohemians	33	9	13	11	40	41	−1	40
8	Derry City	33	9	11	13	42	41	+1	38
9	Drogheda United	33	10	6	17	40	63	−23	36
10	Bray Wanderers	33	5	11	17	28	61	−33	26
11	UCD (R) (Q)	33	6	7	20	27	71	–44	25	2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ^2
										Promotion/Relegation play-off
12	Athlone Town (R)	33	4	10	19	35	56	−21	22	Relegation to First Division

Updated to games played on 24 October 2014.
Source: League of Ireland
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ St Patrick's Athletic qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League first qualifying round as 2014 FAI Cup winners.
² Republic of Ireland was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, UCD received the qualifying spot for their ranking in League of Ireland Premier Division Fair Play ranking.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Fixtures & Results

Cork City v St Pats

7 March Round 1	Cork City	1 - 1	St Pats	Turners Cross
19:55	G. Buckley  42'		Fagan  58'	Attendance: 5,322 Referee: Padraig Sutton

Derry City v Cork City

16 March Round 2	Derry City	0 - 1	Cork City	Brandywell
15:15			D. Dennehy  53'

Cork City v Bray Wanderers

21 March Round 3	Cork City	3 - 1	Bray Wanderers	Turners Cross
19:45	J. Kavanagh  17' B. Dennehy  67' G. Buckley  84'		Scully  88'	Attendance: 2,750 Referee: Derek Tomney

Athlone Town v Cork City

28 March Round 4	Athlone Town	0 - 3	Cork City	Athlone Town Stadium
19:45			O Sullivan  41' B. Dennehy  47' Kearney  75'	Attendance: 690 Referee: Derek Tomney

Cork City v Shamrock Rovers

4 April Round 5	Cork City	3 - 0	Shamrock Rovers	Turners Cross
19:45	B. Dennehy  14' O Sullivan  53' D. Dennehy  64'			Attendance: 5676 Referee: R. Rogers

Limerick v Cork City

7 April Round 6	Limerick	P - P	Cork City	Thomond Park
19:45

Cork City v Sligo Rovers

11 April Round 7	Cork City	1 - 1	Sligo Rovers	Turners Cross
19:45	B. Dennehy  90+2'		Djilali  88'	Attendance: 4,035

Cork City v Drogheda United

18 April Round 8	Cork City	3 - 1	Drogheda United	Turners Cross
19:45	Kearney  58' G. Buckley  76' B. Dennehy  82'		C. Walshe  64'	Attendance: 4,420

UCD v Cork City

21 April Round 9	UCD	0 - 1	Cork City	UCD Bowl
19:45			B. Dennehy  6'	Attendance: 442

Cork City v Bohemians

25 April Round 10	Cork City	1 - 1	Bohemians	Turners Cross
19:45	B. Dennehy  52'		Byrne  56'	Attendance: 3,711 Referee: Neil Doyle

Dundalk v Cork City

2 May Round 11	Dundalk	4 - 0	Cork City	Oriel Park
19:45

St Pats v Cork City

9 May Round 12	St Pats	3 - 2	Cork City	Richmond Park
19:45	Conan Byrne (Pen)		M. O Sullivan  16' R. Lehane	Referee: Padraig Sutton

Cork City v Derry City

16 May Round 13	Cork City	2 - 0	Derry City	Turners Cross
19:45	B. Dennehy G. Morrissey			Attendance: 2709

Limerick v Cork City

20 May Round 6	Limerick	1 - 2	Cork City	Thomond Park
19:45			G. Buckley  14' B. Dennehy  16'

Bray Wanderers v Cork City

23 May Round 14	Bray Wanderers	0 - 2	Cork City	Carlisle Grounds
19:45			Healy

Cork City v Athlone Town

30 May Round 15	Cork City	1 - 0	Athlone Town	Turners Cross
19:45	M. O Sullivan  58'			Attendance: 2875 Referee: Paul Tuite

Shamrock Rovers v Cork City

13 June Round 16	Shamrock Rovers	0 - 2	Cork City	Tallaght Stadium
20:00			M. O Sullivan  49' G. Morrissey  90+5'

Cork City v Limerick

27 June Round 17	Cork City	3 - 0	Limerick	Turners Cross
19:45	M. O Sullivan  20'  68' G. Buckley  60'			Attendance: 2,726

Sligo Rovers v Cork City

6 July Round 18	Sligo Rovers	0 - 0	Cork City	The Showgrounds
19:00

Drogheda United v Cork City

11 July Round 19	Drogheda United	0 - 1	Cork City	United Park
19:45			G. Buckley  81'

Cork City v UCD

18 July Round 20	Cork City	2 - 1	UCD	Turners Cross
20:05	B. Dennehy  35' M. O Sullivan  74'		R. Creevy  6'	Attendance: 2,616

Bohemians v Cork City

25 July Round 21	Bohemians	2 - 0	Cork City	Dalymount Park
20:00

Cork City v Dundalk

1 August Round 22	Cork City	1 - 2	Dundalk	Turners Cross
20:05	D Dennehy  85'			Attendance: 5,650 Referee: P. Sutton

Cork City v St Pats

8 August Round 23	Cork City	1 - 0	St Pats	Turners Cross
19:45	C. Healy  88'			Attendance: 3,398

Derry City v Cork City

15 August Round 24	Derry City	0 - 1	Cork City	Brandywell
19:45			J O Flynn  13'

Cork City v Bray Wanderers

18 August Round 25	Cork City	1 - 1	Bray Wanderers	Turners Cross
19:45	G. Buckley  50'			Attendance: 2,531

Athlone Town v Cork City

29 August Round 26	Athlone Town	2 - 2	Cork City	Athlone Town Stadium
19:45			M. O Sullivan D. Dennehy

Cork City v Shamrock Rovers

5 September Round 27	Cork City	1 - 0	Shamrock Rovers	Turners Cross
19:45	D. Murray  90+3'			Attendance: 3,265 Referee: P. Tuite

Limerick v Cork City

19 September Round 28	Limerick	0 - 1	Cork City	Thomond Park
19:45			R. Lehane  77'	Referee: Derek Tomney

Cork City v Sligo Rovers

26 September Round 29	Cork City	2 - 1	Sligo Rovers	Turners Cross
19:45	M. O Sullivan  57' B Dennehy  63'			Attendance: 3,077

Cork City v Drogheda

3 October Round 30	Cork City	2 - 1	Drogheda	Turners Cross
19:45	J. Dunleavy  13' M. O Sullivan  47'			Attendance: 3,023

UCD v Cork City

10 October Round 31	UCD	0 - 4	Cork City	UCD Bowl
19:45			R. Gaynor  13' B. Dennehy  27' G. Buckley  64' 87'

Cork City v Bohemians

17 October Round 32	Cork City	1 - 0	Bohemians	Turners Cross
19:45	Dennehy  45'			Attendance: 6,219

Dundalk v Cork City

24 October Round 33	Dundalk	2 - 0	Cork City	Oriel Park
19:45	S O Donnell  48' B. Gartland  82'

Top Goalscorers

Name	Appearances	Goals
Billy Dennehy	30	13
Mark O Sullivan	33	11
Garry Buckley	29	9
Darren Dennehy	29	4
Colin Healy	27	3
Liam Kearney	28	2
Gearóid Morrissey	26	2

Club Player Of The Month

March - Brian Lenihan (DF)

April - Garry Buckley (MF)

May - Gearóid Morrissey (MF)

June - Mark O Sullivan (ST)

July - Mark McNulty (GK)

August - Darren Dennehy (DF)

League Player Of The Month

Mark O Sullivan - June

Mark O Sullivan was the only Cork City player to receive the League of Ireland Premier Division Player of the Month award in the 2014 season. Mark received it for the month of June, scoring 3 goals in 2 league games including a spectacular volley against Munster rivals, Limerick.

FAI Cup

Second Round

Cork City v St Mochtas

6 June Round 2	Cork City	6 - 0	St Mochtas	Turners Cross
19:45	M. O Sullivan  4' Dennehy  25'  45' R. Lehane  31' D. Morrissey  50' I. Turner  76'			Attendance: 677

Third Round

Cork City v Bohemians

22 August Round 3	Cork City	2 - 2	Bohemians	Turners Cross
19:45	G. Buckley D. Murray		D. Corcoran	Referee: P. McLaughlin

Third Round Replay

Bohemians v Cork City

25 August Round 3	Bohemians	1 - 0	Cork City	Dalymount
19:45

EA Sports Cup

First Round

Cork City v Limerick

10 March Round 1	Cork City	4 - 0	Limerick	Turners Cross
19:45	R. Lehane  39'  80' Dennehy  51' O Sullivan  83'			Attendance: 1,009

Second Round

Cork City v Waterford United

5 May Round 2	Cork City	2 - 0	Waterford United	Turners Cross
	Buckley  16'  19'

Quarter Final

Shamrock Rovers v Cork City

21 July Round 3	Shamrock Rovers	2 - 0	Cork City	Tallaght Stadium
19:45

Munster Senior Cup

Quarter Final

Waterford United v Cork City

1 March	Waterford United	1 - 3	Cork City	RSC
18:00	Doherty  75'		Kavanagh  6' Elding  18'  54'

Semi Final

Cork City v Douglas Hall

30 March	Cork City	1 - 3	Douglas Hall	Turners Cross
12:00	Mulcahy  5'		Fox  62' O Connell  85'  88'

References

1. http://www.corkcityfc.ie/home/2013/11/05/john-caulfield-announced-as-new-manager/
2. http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish-soccer-league/2014/1023/654386-dundalk-v-cork-city/
3. "First Team Coaching Staff". Cork City F.C. Retrieved 13 July 2010.