# 2025 Dundalk F.C. season

Dundalk entered the 2025 League of Ireland First Division season, having been relegated after finishing in 10th and last place in the Premier Division the previous season. Ciarán Kilduff is the club's first-team manager going into the new term, his first season in charge after being appointed during the close season.
2025 is Dundalk's 99th season in the League of Ireland and their first season in the First Division since winning promotion in 2008.

## Season summary

Dundalk's season began with the 2024–25 Leinster Senior Cup. Like all Leinster-based League of Ireland teams, they entered at the group stage (Round 3), where they were drawn in Group B with Shamrock Rovers, Malahide United, and Usher Celtic. They topped the group to progress to the Quarter-finals. In the process, TJ Molloy-Murray became the club's youngest goalscorer at 15 years and 10 months, breaking a record set by Peter McParland in 1950 by six months.
The First Division league season began on 14 February 2025 with a 1–0 home win over Athlone Town.

### First-Team Squad (2025)

Sources: Note: Substitute appearances in brackets
| No. | Nat. | Name | DOB | Pos. | Debut | League | League | FAI Cup | FAI Cup | Leinster Cup | Leinster Cup | Totals | Totals |
| No. | Nat. | Name | DOB | Pos. | Debut | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | | Enda Minogue | (2002-01-12) 12 January 2002 (age 23) | GK | 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | | Conor O'Keeffe | (1993-09-19) 19 September 1993 (age 31) | DF | 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | | Sean Keogh | (2006-04-15) 15 April 2006 (age 18) | DF | 2024 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | | Mayowa Animasahun | (2003-08-08) 8 August 2003 (age 21) | DF | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | | Sean McHale | (2005-03-28) 28 March 2005 (age 19) | DF | 2025 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | | Aodh Dervin | (1999-07-21) 21 July 1999 (age 25) | MF | 2024 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 7 | | Daryl Horgan | (1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 (age 32) | FW | 2014 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| 8 | | Harry Groome | (2001-11-09) 9 November 2001 (age 23) | MF | 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | | Dean Ebbe | (1994-07-16) 16 July 1994 (age 30) | FW | 2025 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 10 | | Leonardo Gaxha | (2002-07-27) 27 July 2002 (age 22) | FW | 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | | Gbemi Arubi | (2004-05-26) 26 May 2004 (age 20) | FW | 2025 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | | Luke Mulligan | (2007-11-13) 13 November 2007 (age 17) | MF | 2024 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | | Norman Garbett | (2004-02-27) 27 February 2004 (age 21) | MF | 2024 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | | Vincent Leonard | (2008-03-21) 21 March 2008 (age 16) | MF | 2024 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 16 | | Eoin Kenny | (2005-12-30) 30 December 2005 (age 19) | FW | 2024 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| 17 | | Keith Ward | (1990-10-12) 12 October 1990 (age 34) | MF | 2011 | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | | Peter Cherrie | (1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 (age 41) | GK | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | | Sean Spaight | (2009-01-25) 25 January 2009 (age 16) | DF | 2024 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | | Sammy Safaei | (2005-03-09) 9 March 2005 (age 20) | GK | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | | Muhammad Haris | 2008 | MF | 2025 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | | Ethen Vaughan | (2001-11-05) 5 November 2001 (age 23) | DF | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | | Andy Paraschiv | (2007-02-15) 15 February 2007 (age 18) | MF | 2025 | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | | T.J. Molloy-Murray | (2009-04-04) 4 April 2009 (age 15) | FW | 2024 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | | Aidan Russell Vargas | (2006-05-12) 12 May 2006 (age 18) | MF | 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | | Shane Tracey | 2006 | MF | 2025 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### First Division
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Dundalk | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 13 | Promotion to 2026 League of Ireland Premier Division |
| 2 | Cobh Ramblers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 11 | Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off |
| 3 | Wexford | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off |
| 4 | Treaty United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 | Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off |
| 5 | Athlone Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 7 | Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off |
| 6 | Bray Wanderers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 | |
| 7 | Kerry | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Longford Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | |
| 9 | UCD | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | |

### Leinster Senior Cup
#### Third Round Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Dundalk | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Usher Celtic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Malahide United | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | –11 | 0 |

#### Quarter Final
## Footnotes

* ↑ player used shirts No. 24 and 45 in Leinster Senior Cup
* ↑ on season-long loan from St Patrick's Athletic
* ↑ player used shirt No. 22 in Leinster Senior Cup
* ↑ player used shirt No. 30 in Leinster Senior Cup
* ↑ player used shirt No. 20 in Leinster Senior Cup
* ↑ player used shirt No. 5 in Leinster Senior Cup
* ↑ player used shirt No. 4 in Leinster Senior Cup
* ↑ player used shirt No. 22 in Leinster Senior Cup