2015 Donegal county football team season

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The 2015 Donegal county football team season was the franchise's 111th season since the County Board's foundation in 1905. The team entered the season, having reached the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[1]

Rory Gallagher was in his first season as the team's manager. He was ratified on 31 October 2014.[2] In December 2014, Gary McDaid officially joined the backroom team as coach–selector.[3] Ahead of the season Rory Kavanagh announced his retirement, another veteran of the 2012 All-Ireland winning campaign, Dermot Molloy, also departed, while Mark McHugh returned.[4][5][6]

League[]

Donegal advanced to the Division 1 semi-finals.

2015 Division 1 table
Pos Team Pld W D L F A D Pts Notes
2 Dublin 7 4 1 2 7–93 2–78 30 9 Advanced to NFL semi-finals
3 Monaghan 7 4 0 3 4-86 7–84 -7 8
4 Donegal 7 3 1 3 6–75 5–70 8 7
5 Mayo 7 3 1 3 8–79 7–79 3 7
6 Kerry 7 3 1 3 6–88 9-90 -11 7

1Donegal, Mayo and Kerry are ranked by points difference.

Round 1
Donegal1-15 - 0-12Derry
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Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)
Round 2
Donegal2-10 - 0-11Dublin
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Round 3
Donegal0-12 - 1-08Cork
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Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Round 4
Donegal1-04 - 0-09Monaghan
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Referee: P. Hughes (Armagh)
Round 5
Kerry2-13 - 2-11Donegal
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Attendance: 6,250
Referee: R. Hickey (Clare)
Round 6
Donegal1-13 - 0-06Tyrone
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Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Round 7
Mayo0-12 - 1-09Donegal
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Attendance: 12,304
Semi-final
Cork4-11 - 0-19Donegal
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Referee: M. Duffy (Sligo)

Provincial Championship[]

Donegal advanced to their fifth consecutive Ulster final.

Preliminary round
Donegal1-13 - 1-10Tyrone
M McElhinney (1-2); M Murphy (0-3, 2 frees, 1 45); C Toye, C McFadden, P McBrearty (0-2 each); F McGlynn, K Lacey (0-1 each). Report S Cavanagh (0-4, 3 frees); D McCurry (1-0); C McAliskey (0-3); Justin McMahon, M Donnelly, R McNamee (0-1 each).
Attendance: 17,435
Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
Quarter-final
Armagh0-08 - 2-11Donegal
T Kernan 0-3 (1f), J Morgan, C McKeever, E Rafferty (f), A Findon, C Rafferty all 0-1 each. Report M Murphy 0-5 (5fs), P McBrearty 1-1, M O'Reilly 1-0, O MacNiallais 0-2, N Gallagher, M McElhinney, N Gallagher 0-1 each.
Attendance: 18,186
Semi-final
Derry0-10 - 1-09Donegal
M Lynch 0-02, 1f, E Bradley 0-02, 2f, C O’Boyle 0-02, C McKaigue 0-01, C McFaul 0-01; N Holly 0-01, B Heron 0-01. Report M O’Reilly 1-00 P McBrearty, 0-02, 1f, M Murphy 0-02, C McFadden 0-02, M McElhinney 0-01; C Toye 0-01, O MacNiallais 0-01.
Attendance: 19,237
Referee: Rory Hickey (Clare)
Final
Monaghan0-11 - 0-10Donegal
C McManus 0-6 (4f), K O'Connell, O Duffy, K Duffy, D Mone, O Lennon 0-1 each. Report P McBrearty 0-6 (4f), M Murphy 0-2 (2f), K Lacey, F McGlynn 0-1 each
Attendance: 31,997

All-Ireland Championship[]

Round 4B
Donegal3-12 – 0-11Galway
P McBrearty 1-1, C McFadden 0-4 (1f), R McHugh 1-0, C Toye 1-0, O MacNiallais 0-3, M Murphy 0-3 (2f), L McLoone 0-1 Report G Sice 0-5 (5f), D Cummins 0-1, T Flynn 0-1, A Varley 0-1, P Conroy 0-1, S Walsh 0-1, D Comer 0-1 (1f)
Quarter-final
Mayo2-13 - 0-11Donegal
Lee Keegan 1-2, Aidan O'Shea 1-0, Jason Doherty 0-3, Cillian O'Connor 0-3 (0-2f), Kevin McLoughlin 0-2, Keith Higgins 0-1, A Freeman 0-1, A Moran 0-1. Report Michael Murphy 0-8 (0-5f), Christy Toye 0-1, Leo McLoone 0-1, Anthony Thompson 0-1.
Referee: David Gough (Meath)

Panel[]

No. Player Position Club
1 Paul Durcan Goalkeeper The Four Masters
2 Paddy McGrath Right Corner Back Ardara
3 Neil McGee Full Back Gaoth Dobhair
4 Eamon McGee Left Corner Back Gaoth Dobhair
5 Ryan McHugh Right Half Back Cill Chartha
6 Anthony Thompson Centre Back Naomh Conaill
7 Frank McGlynn Left Half Back Glenfin
8 Neil Gallagher Midfield Glenswilly
9 Martin McElhinney Midfield Naomh Mícheál
10 Christy Toye Right Half Forward Naomh Mícheál
11 Odhrán Mac Niallais Centre Forward Gaoth Dobhair
12 Mark McHugh Left Half Forward Cill Chartha
13 Patrick McBrearty Right Corner Forward Cill Chartha
14 Michael Murphy (c) Full Forward Glenswilly
15 Colm McFadden Left Corner Forward Naomh Mícheál
No. Player Position Club
16 Mark Anthony McGinley Substitute Naomh Mícheál
17 Eamonn Doherty Substitute Naomh Adhamhnáin
18 Declan Walsh Substitute Malainn
19 Martin O'Reilly Substitute
20 David Walsh Substitute
21 Hugh McFadden Substitute Na Cealla Beaga
22 Leo McLoone Substitute Naomh Conaill
23 Gary McFadden Substitute Glenswilly
24 Eoghan Bán Gallagher Substitute Na Cealla Beaga
25 Ciaran McGinley Substitute Cill Chartha
26 Daniel McLaughlin Substitute Naomh Mícheál

Squad as per Donegal v Galway, 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Qualifier, 1 August 2015

Management[]

Kit[]

Awards[]

Footballer of the Year[]

Frank McGlynn[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ "As it happened: Donegal shock Dublin". RTÉ Sport. 31 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Rory Gallagher confirmed as new Donegal manager". Irish Independent. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  3. ^ Walsh, Harry (23 December 2014). "Gary McDaid joins Donegal backroom team". Donegal News. Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Rory Kavanagh ends inter-county involvement". RTÉ Sport. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Forward Dermot Molloy quits Donegal panel". BBC Sport. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Mark McHugh rejoins the Donegal football squad". Irish Independent. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  7. ^ Foley, Alan (1 December 2015). "The Donegal GAA name players of the year and various award winners for 2015". Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  8. ^ "2015 Donegal GAA Award Winners Announced". Highland Radio. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
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