The 2019 League of Ireland season was Bohemian Football Club's 129th year in their history and their 35th consecutive season in the League of Ireland Premier Division since it became the top tier of Irish football. Bohemians participated in various domestic cups this season, including the FAI Cup, EA Sports Cup and the Leinster Senior Cup. Bohemians also competed in the Scottish Challenge Cup.
On 19 December 2018 the fixtures were announced with Bohs down to play newly promoted Finn Harps on the opening day of the season.
Bohemians successfully sold out their home ticket allocation for the first eight matches of the season with average crowds at Dalymount Park up exponentially on seasons prior. They would go on to sell out the Jodi stand five more times in Dalymount, including a capacity crowd for a mid-season friendly against Chelsea, bringing the total number of sell outs up to fourteen.
Bohemians secured European football for the first time in seven years on the penultimate day of the season and would finish in third place. The club advanced to the semi-final stage of all three domestic cup competitions. Bohs long-serving captain Derek Pender retired on the last day of the season against Sligo Rovers and marked the occasion with a goal from the penalty spot.
Club Kits The club's traditional red and black stripes were provided by O'Neills this season. The deal with previous kit manufacturer Hummel ended after the 2018 campaign.
Bohemians away jersey for the 2019 campaign sparked international media attention, as it paid tribute to one of the most famous musicians to have played at Dalymount Park - Bob Marley. Due to image rights issues, Bohemians were forced to remove the singer's face from the jersey. The redesign showed a clenched fist as "a symbol of solidarity and support used to express unity, strength and resistance".
Supplier: O'Neills / Sponsor: Mr Green
Management team Position Name Head coach Keith Long Assistant head coach Trevor Croly Assistant coaches Remy Tang (Strength & Conditioning) Rob Murray (Fitness) Goalkeeper coach Chris Bennion
Squad
No. Player Nat. Pos. Date of birth (age) Since Ends Last club Goalkeepers 1 James Talbot GK 2019 2020 Sunderland U23 25 Sean Bohan GK 2018 2019 Bohemians U19 31 Michael Kelly GK 2019 2019 Longford Town 99 Jamie Cleary GK 2019 2019 Bohemians U19 Defenders 2 Derek Pender (C) RB 2012 2019 St Patrick's Athletic 3 Darragh Leahy LB 2018 2019 Coventry City 4 Aaron Barry CB 2019 2019 Cork City 5 Rob Cornwall CB 2017 2020 Shamrock Rovers 18 James Finnerty CB 2019 2020 Rochdale 19 Andy Lyons RB 2018 2020 Bohemians U19 22 Paddy Kirk LB 2018 2019 Bohemians U19 23 Michael Barker RB 2019 2019 St Patrick's Athletic Midfielders 6 Scott Allardice CM 2019 2019 Dundee United 7 Danny Mandroiu AM 2019 2020 Brighton & Hove Albion U23 10 Keith Ward AM 2017 2020 Derry City 11 Kevin Devaney LW 2018 2019 Galway United 12 Daniel Grant RW 2018 2020 Bohemians U19 14 Conor Levingston CM 2019 2020 Wolverhampton Wanderers U23 16 Keith Buckley CM 2018 2020 Bray Wanderers 17 Ryan Graydon LW 2018 2019 Bohemians U19 26 Ross Tierney AM 2019 2020 Bohemians U19 27 Luke Wade-Slater RW 2019 2020 Stevenage 28 Katlego Mashigo CM 2019 2019 Bohemians U19 30 Dawson Devoy AM 2019 2020 Bohemians U19 32 Alex Kelly CM 2019 2019 Bohemians U19 33 Marlon Marishta LW 2019 2019 Bohemians U19 Forwards 9 Daniel Corcoran CF 2017 2020 St Patrick's Athletic 15 Andre Wright CF 2019 2020 Torquay United 20 Cristian Magerusan FW 2018 2020 Bohemians U19 24 Ryan Swan FW 2018 2019 Cabinteely 29 Evan Ferguson FW 2019 2019 Bohemians U17 Statistics Appearances and goals Number in brackets represents appearances of which were substituted ON.
No. Pos. Player Premier Division FAI Cup EA Sports Cup Leinster Senior Cup Scottish Challenge Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK James Talbot36040100000410 2 DF Derek Pender24220100000272 3 DF Darragh Leahy25 (1)20010000027 (1)0 4 DF Aaron Barry19 (5)01020121024 (5)2 5 DF Rob Cornwall17030000000200 6 MF Scott Allardice18 (8)0103 (1)0101125 (9)1 7 MF Danny Mandroiu29 (2)11323 (1)1000035 (3)14 9 FW Daniel Corcoran16 (1)70000000016 (1)7 10 MF Keith Ward29 (8)13 (3)02 (1)0001035 (12)1 11 MF Kevin Devaney15100100000161 12 MF Danny Grant24 (6)44000110029 (6)5 14 MF Conor Levingston30 (2)43 (1)000000033 (3)4 15 FW Andre Wright 1054210001 (1)016 (1)7 16 MF Keith Buckley 24 (1)13110000028 (1)2 17 MF Ryan Graydon13 (9)02021221019 (9)3 18 DF James Finnerty31240100000362 19 DF Andy Lyons14 (3)0312 (1)0101021 (4)1 20 FW Cristian Magerusan000000000000 22 DF Patrick Kirk15 (2)03 (1)030101023 (3)0 23 DF Michael Barker13 (2)11 (1)030201020 (3)1 24 FW Ryan Swan20 (10)41( 1)020201024 (11)4 25 GK Sean Bohan000010000010 26 MF Ross Tierney8 (3)14 (3)0221 (1)01 (1)016 (7)4 27 MF Luke Wade-Slater28 (6)13 (1)020001134 (7)2 28 MF Katlego Mashigo000000100010 29 FW Evan Ferguson1 (1)0000000001 (1)0 30 MF Dawson Devoy6 (5)0101 (1)01 (1)01 (1)010 (8)0 31 GK Michael Kelly000010201030 32 DF Alex Kelly0000001 (1)0001 (1)0 33 MF Marlon Marishta0000001 (1)1001 (1)1 — DF Peter Adigun000000100010 — DF Mitch Byrne000000100010 — DF Jack Funge000000100010 — MF Gavin Molloy000000100010 — FW Brandon Bermingham000000100010 — MF Jack Moylan000000100010 — DF Jack Casey0000001 (1)0001 (1)0 — MF Mickey O'Keane0000001 (1)0001 (1)0 Players left club during season8 MF Robbie McCourt14 (8)0003 (1)0101020 (9)0 21 GK Niall Corbet000000100010 15 FW Sam Byrne5 (5)0002110008 (5)1 28 FW Ali Reghba11 (8)0001 (1)0000012 (9)0 21 MF Dylan Thornton00001 (1)000001 (1)0
Top scorers Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 26 October 2019
NumberNameSSE Airtricity LeagueFAI CupEA Sports CupLeinster Senior CupScottish Challenge CupTotal7Danny Mandroiu11 2 1 0 0 14 9Dinny Corcoran7 0 0 0 0 7 15Andre Wright5 2 0 0 0 7 12Daniel Grant4 0 0 1 0 5 24Ryan Swan4 0 0 0 0 4 14Conor Levingston4 0 0 0 0 4 26Ross Tierney2 0 2 0 0 4 17Ryan Graydon0 0 1 2 0 3 4Aaron Barry0 0 0 2 0 2 18James Finnerty2 0 0 0 0 2 2Derek Pender2 0 0 0 0 2 16Keith Buckley 1 1 0 0 0 2 27Luke Wade-Slater1 0 0 0 1 2 11Kevin Devaney1 0 0 0 0 1 10Keith Ward1 0 0 0 0 1 23Michael Barker1 0 0 0 0 1 6Scott Allardice0 0 0 0 1 1 19Andy Lyons0 1 0 0 0 1 33Marlon Marishta0 0 0 1 0 1 Own goals1 0 0 1 0 2 Player(s) left club during season15Sam Byrne0 0 1 0 0 1
Hat tricks Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 26 October 2019
Player Against Result Date Competition Andre Wright UCD 10–1 (H) Premier Division Danny Mandroiu UCD 10–1 (H) Premier Division (H) – Home; (A) – Away
Clean sheets Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 26 October 2019
NumberNameSSE Airtricity LeagueFAI CupEA Sports CupLeinster Senior CupScottish Challenge CupTotal1James Talbot17/361/41/10/00/019/4131Michael Kelly0/00/00/10/10/10/325Sean Bohan0/00/00/10/00/00/1 Player(s) left club during season21Niall Corbet0/00/00/00/10/00/1
Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Last updated 26 October 2019
NumberNameSSE Airtricity LeagueFAI CupEA Sports CupLeinster Senior CupScottish Challenge CupTotal7Danny Mandroiu50111000007122Paddy Kirk9000000000902Derek Pender61000000006118James Finnerty51100000006114Conor Levingston6000000000601James Talbot40100000005023Michael Barker4000000000405Robert Cornwall2100000000216Scott Allardice20000010003019Andy Lyons2000000000203Darragh Leahy20000000002017Ryan Graydon01000000000116Keith Buckley 10100000002015Andre Wright10100000002026Ross Tierney10001000002012Daniel Grant1010000000204Aaron Barry1000000000109Dinny Corcoran100000000010 Players left club during season28Ali Reghba2000000000208Robbie McCourt100000100020Totals53461102000625
Captains
Competitions
Overview
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|FAI Cup
|EA Sports Cup
|Leinster Senior Cup* (withdrew)
|Scottish Challenge Cup
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League of Ireland
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
FAI Cup
EA Sports Cup
Leinster Senior Cup
Scottish Challenge Cup
Friendlies
Pre-season
Mid-season
International call-ups Republic of Ireland under-17
Player Opponent Date Venue Competition Evan Ferguson vs. Andorra 12 November 2019 Cork, Ireland 2020 UEFA Under-17 Euro Championship Qualification vs. Montenegro 14 November 2019 Cork, Ireland 2020 UEFA Under-17 Euro Championship Qualification
Republic of Ireland under-19
Player Opponent Date Venue Competition Ali Reghba vs. Romania 20 March 2019 Krasnodar, Russia 2019 UEFA Under-19 Euro Championship Qualification vs. Azerbaijan 23 March 2019 Krasnodar, Russia 2019 UEFA Under-19 Euro Championship Qualification vs. Russia 26 March 2019 Krasnodar, Russia 2019 UEFA Under-19 Euro Championship Qualification Andy Lyons vs. Romania 20 March 2019 Krasnodar, Russia 2019 UEFA Under-19 Euro Championship Qualification vs. Azerbaijan 23 March 2019 Krasnodar, Russia 2019 UEFA Under-19 Euro Championship Qualification vs. Norway 15 July 2019 Yerevan, Armenia 2019 UEFA Under-19 Euro Championship vs. France 18 July 2019 Yerevan, Armenia 2019 UEFA Under-19 Euro Championship vs. Czech Republic 21 July 2019 Yerevan, Armenia 2019 UEFA Under-19 Euro Championship vs. Portugal 24 July 2019 Yerevan, Armenia 2019 UEFA Under-19 Euro Championship vs. France 18 July 2019 Yerevan, Armenia 2019 UEFA Under-19 Euro Championship vs. Austria 14 November 2019 Salzburg, Austria 2020 UEFA Under-19 Euro Championship Qualification Sean Bohan vs. Denmark 11 October 2019 Dublin, Ireland Friendly vs. Denmark 14 October 2019 Dublin, Ireland Friendly vs. Gibraltar 16 November 2019 Straßwalchen, Austria 2020 UEFA Under-19 Euro Championship Qualification vs. Austria 14 November 2019 Salzburg, Austria 2020 UEFA Under-19 Euro Championship Qualification Dawson Devoy vs. Denmark 11 October 2019 Dublin, Ireland Friendly vs. Denmark 14 October 2019 Dublin, Ireland Friendly Ross Tierney vs. Denmark 11 October 2019 Dublin, Ireland Friendly vs. Denmark 14 October 2019 Dublin, Ireland Friendly vs. Gibraltar 16 November 2019 Straßwalchen, Austria 2020 UEFA Under-19 Euro Championship Qualification vs. Austria 14 November 2019 Salzburg, Austria 2020 UEFA Under-19 Euro Championship Qualification
Albania under-20
Player Opponent Date Venue Competition Marlon Marishta vs. Croatia 16 November 2019 Tirana, Albania Friendly
Republic of Ireland under-21