# 2023 Shelbourne F.C. season

The 2023 Shelbourne F.C. season is the club's 128th season in existence and their second back in the League of Ireland Premier Division following promotion from the League of Ireland First Division in 2021.

## First team squad

    Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2023 season.
| # | Name | Position | Date of birth (age) | Previous Club | Signed in | Notes |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | Conor Kearns | GK | (1998-05-06)6 May 1998 (aged 24) | Galway United | 2023 | |
| 19 | Scott van-der-Sluis | GK | (2001-01-09)9 January 2001 (aged 22) | Bangor City | 2022 | |
| 25 | Daithi Folan | GK | | Youth Team | 2023 | |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | John Ross Wilson | DF | (1998-12-13)13 December 1998 (aged 24) | Bray Wanderers | 2021 | |
| 3 | Conor Kane | DF | (1998-05-11)11 May 1998 (aged 24) | Drogheda United | 2022 | |
| 4 | Andrew Quinn | DF | (2002-01-24)24 January 2002 (aged 21) | Drogheda United | 2023 | |
| 5 | Shane Griffin | DF | (1994-09-08)8 September 1994 (aged 28) | St Patrick's Athletic | 2022 | |
| 13 | Tyreke Wilson | DF | (1999-12-02)2 December 1999 (aged 23) | Bohemians | 2023 | |
| 23 | Luke Byrne (c) | DF | (1993-07-08)8 July 1993 (aged 29) | Shamrock Rovers | 2019 | |
| 29 | Paddy Barrett | DF | (1993-07-22)22 July 1993 (aged 29) | St Patrick's Athletic | 2023 | |
| 31 | Luke Browne | DF | (2005-10-06)6 October 2005 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2022 | |
| 32 | Kameron Ledgewidge | DF | (2001-04-07)7 April 2001 (aged 21) | Southampton | 2021 | |
| 36 | Lewis Temple | DF | (2005-06-11)11 June 2005 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2022 | |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 6 | Jonathan Lunney | MF | (1998-02-02)2 February 1998 (aged 24) | Bohemian | 2021 | |
| 7 | Brian McManus | MF | (2001-11-29)29 November 2001 (aged 21) | Preston North End | 2020 | |
| 8 | Mark Coyle | MF | (1997-02-13)13 February 1997 (aged 26) | Finn Harps | 2022 | |
| 10 | Jack Moylan | MF | (2001-09-01)1 September 2001 (aged 21) | Bohemians | 2022 | |
| 17 | Shane Farrell | MF | (2000-06-26)26 June 2000 (aged 22) | Finglas United | 2018 | |
| 21 | Gavin Molloy | MF | (2001-10-19)19 October 2001 (aged 21) | Youth Team | 2022 | |
| 22 | Gavin Hodgins | MF | (2005-06-05)5 June 2005 (aged 17) | Youth Team | 2022 | |
| 27 | Evan Caffrey | MF | (2003-02-27)27 February 2003 (aged 19) | UCD | 2023 | |
| 37 | Kian Leavy | MF | (2002-03-21)21 March 2002 (aged 20) | Reading | 2023 | On loan from Reading |
| | Aodh Dervin | MF | (1999-07-21)21 July 1999 (aged 23) | Longford Town | 2022 | On loan to Longford Town |
| Attackers ||||||||
| 9 | Seán Boyd | FW | (1998-06-20)20 June 1998 (aged 24) | Finn Harps | 2022 | |
| 11 | Matty Smith | FW | (1997-03-13)13 March 1997 (aged 25) | Derry City | 2023 | |
| 12 | Jad Hakiki | FW | (2004-06-23)23 June 2004 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2022 | |
| 15 | Kyle Robinson | FW | (2002-11-08)8 November 2002 (aged 20) | St Patrick's Athletic | 2023 | |
| Players who appeared during the 2022 season but departed before the end of the season ||||||||

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | Previous Club |
| 18 November 2022 | GK | Conor Kearns | Galway United |
| 18 November 2022 | FW | Kyle Robinson | St Patricks Athletic |
| 18 November 2022 | DF | Andrew Quinn | Drogheda United |
| 18 November 2022 | MF | Evan Caffrey | UCD |
| 22 November 2022 | DF | Tyreke Wilson | Bohemians |
| 3 December 2022 | MF | Gavin Hodges | Youth Team |
| 3 December 2022 | DF | Lewis Temple | Youth Team |
| 3 December 2022 | DF | Luke Browne | Youth Team |
| 17 December 2022 | DF | Paddy Barrett | St Patricks Athletic |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Previous Club | Date Ended | Ref. |
| 8 February 2023 | MF | | Kian Leavy | Reading | June 2023 | |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To |
| 17 November 2022 | GK | Brendan Clarke | Galway United |
| 17 November 2022 | DF | Aaron O'Driscoll | Released |
| 17 November 2022 | FW | Dan Carr | Sevenoaks Town |
| 17 November 2022 | MF | Josh Giurgi | Longford Town |
| 17 November 2022 | FW | Dan Hawkins | Released |
| 15 December 2022 | DF | Stephan Negru | Oxford United |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date until | Ref. |
| 14 February 2023 | MF | | Aodh Dervin | Longford Town | November 2023 | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier Division | 17 February 2023 | 3 November 2023 | 36 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 041.67 |
| Leinster Senior Cup | 24 March 2023 | 3 July 2023 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 066.67 |
| FAI Cup | 21 July 2023 | 21 July 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 40 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 042.50 |
Source: Competitions

### League of Ireland

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Derry City | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 57 | 24 | +33 | 65 | Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | St Patrick's Athletic | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 59 | 42 | +17 | 62 | Qualification for Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Shelbourne | 36 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 60 | Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Dundalk | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 58 | |
| 6 | Bohemians | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 58 | |
* ↑ The 2023 FAI Cup winners qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round. Since the cup winners (St Patrick's Athletic) qualified based on league position, the second Conference League first qualifying round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
### FAI Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No | Pos | Nat | Name | League | League | FAI Cup | FAI Cup | Total | Total |
| No | Pos | Nat | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Conor Kearns | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | John Ross Wilson | 22 (6) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23(6) | 2 |
| 3 | DF | | Conor Kane | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Andrew Quinn | 12 (4) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 14 (5) | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Shane Griffin | 25 (1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 (1) | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | Jonathan Lunney | 33 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 (2) | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Brian McManus | 1 (16) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (16) | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Mark Coyle | 23 (3) | 1 | 2 (1) | 0 | 25 (4) | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Seán Boyd | 5 (5) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 (5) | 3 |
| 10 | MF | | Jack Moylan | 34 (2) | 15 | 2 | 1 | 36 (2) | 16 |
| 11 | MF | | Matty Smith | 16 (3) | 4 | 0 (1) | 0 | 16 (4) | 4 |
| 12 | FW | | Jad Hakiki | 5 (15) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 (15) | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Tyreke Wilson | 29 (4) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 29 (5) | 0 |
| 15 | DF | | Euclides Cabral | 3 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 1 |
| 16 | MF | | Harry Wood | 13 (2) | 2 | 0 (1) | 0 | 13 (3) | 2 |
| 17 | MF | | Shane Farrell | 22 (11) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26 (11) | 1 |
| 19 | GK | | Harry Fisk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Gavin Molloy | 27 | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 28 (1) | 1 |
| 22 | MF | | Gavin Hodgins | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Luke Byrne | 16 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 (2) | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Sean Cummings | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 |
| 25 | GK | | Daithi Folan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | | Gbemi Arubi | 0 (8) | 0 | 2 (1) | 2 | 2 (9) | 2 |
| 27 | MF | | Evan Caffrey | 27 (9) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 31 (9) | 3 |
| 28 | DF | | David Toure | 1 (2) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Paddy Barrett | 25 (1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 (1) | 2 |
| 32 | DF | | Kameron Ledwidge | 7 (18) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 10 (19) | 0 |
| 36 | FW | | Will Jarvis | 10 (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 (1) | 3 |
| 16 | FW | | Harvey Nugent | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Cian Doyle | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| n/a | GK | | Scott van-der-Sluis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| n/a | DF | | Lewis Browne | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| n/a | DF | | Lewis Temple | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 |
| n/a | FW | | Kyle Robinson | 2 (14) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 (14) | 3 |
| n/a | MF | | Kian Leavy | 5 (6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 (6) | 1 |
* Players listed in italics left the club mid-season
* Source: RedsStats1895

### Top goalscorers

| No | Pos | Nat | Player | LOI | Cup | Total |
| 10 | FW | | Jack Moylan | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 11 | FW | | Matty Smith | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | | Seán Boyd | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | FW | | Will Jarvis | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | MF | | Evan Caffrey | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 0 | 4 |
* Players listed in italics left the club mid-season
* Source: RedsStats1985

### Discipline

    As of match played 17 March 2023
| No | Pos | Nat | Player | LOI | LOI | FAIC | FAIC | Total | Total |
| 13 | DF | | Tyreke Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Shane Farrell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Mark Coyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Matty Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Gavin Molloy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Kyle Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Jonathan Lunney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Luke Byrne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
* Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
* Source: RedsStats1895

## Kit

The 2023 Home and Away shirts were released on 17 December 2022. Culligan replaces Hampton Homes as front of shirt sponsor in a deal running until the end of 2026.
Supplier: Umbro Sponsor(s): Culligans (Front of Jersey)
| Home | Away |
Source:
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | Info |
| Home | Red | Red | Red | Worn 5 times; against Drogheda United (LOI) H, Bohemians (LOI) H, Dundalk (LOI) A, Shamrock Rovers (LOI) H, Cork City (LOI) A |
| Away | Grey | Grey | Grey | Worn once; against St Patrick's Athletic (LOI) A |
Key: H = Home, A = Away, N = Neutral