2025 Shelbourne F.C. season

Shelbourne
2025 season
CEO	Barry Mocke (to Jan 2025); Neil Doyle (Interim Jan–Apr); Tomás Quinn (from Apr 2025)
Head Coach	Damien Duff (resigned 22 June 2025); Joey O'Brien (from 5 July)
Stadium	Tolka Park, Dublin
Premier Division	3rd
Leinster Senior Cup	Third Round
FAI Cup	Third round
UEFA Champions League	Second Qualifying Round
UEFA Europa League	Third Qualifying Round
UEFA Conference League	League Phase
President's Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Harry Wood (9); All: Mipo Odubeko (12)
Highest home attendance	10,143 v Crystal Palace; 11 December 2025; (UEFA Conference League)
Lowest home attendance	3,539 v Drogheda United; 19 May 2025; (Premier Division)
Biggest win	4-0 v Fairview Rangers; 19 July 2025; (FAI Cup)
Biggest defeat	0–3 v Drogheda United; 14 January 2025; (Leinster Senior Cup); 0–3 v Qarabağ FK; 23 July 2025; (UEFA Champions League) 0–3 v Crystal Palace; 11 December2025; (UEFA Conference League);
	← 2024 2026 →
	All statistics correct as of 26 April 2025.

CEOBarry Mocke (to Jan 2025)
Neil Doyle (Interim Jan–Apr)
Tomás Quinn (from Apr 2025)

Head CoachDamien Duff (resigned 22 June 2025)
Joey O'Brien (from 5 July)

StadiumTolka Park, Dublin

Premier Division3rd

The 2025 Shelbourne F.C. season is the club's 130th season in existence. They were the defending League of Ireland Premier Division champions following their title win in the 2024 season,^[1] and it was their first season back in UEFA Champions League qualifiers since 2005.

In November 2024, Chadwick's, a builders' providers, was announced as the main shirt sponsor for both senior teams within the club. The deal would also include Chadwick's working with the club to enhance improvements around Tolka Park.^[2]

In January, the club announced the departure of CEO Barry Mocke.^[3] Two days later, the club announced Tomás Quinn as new CEO starting in April. Quinn is a former Dublin GAA footballer and was their serving Commercial and Marketing Director.^[4]

On 29 January, Shelbourne announced an exclusive partnership with Jamestown Analytics a "groundbreaking provider of football data analysis" who also partner with Brighton & Hove Albion, Como, Union Saint-Gilloise, and Hearts.^[5]

On 21 May, the club announced an 18 year lease on part of the Athletic Union League Complex in Clonshaugh, County Dublin.^[6]

On 22 June, Damien Duff resigned as first team manager.^[7] On 4 July, having taking temporary charge of first team affairs, former Assistant Manager Joey O'Brien was confirmed as Head Coach on a permanent basis.^[8]

On 28 August 2025, Shelbourne completed a 5-1 aggregate victory over Linfield in a play-off to qualify for the League Phase of the 2025–26 UEFA Conference League.^[9] This marked the club's first ever group stage/league phase qualification in European competition.

Defender Paddy Barrett was named in the 2025 PFAI Team of the Year.^[10] Midfielder Kerr McInroy was named as Shelbourne's Player of the Year for 2025.

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#	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Signed	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Conor Kearns	GK	(1998-05-06)6 May 1998 (aged 26)	Galway United	2023
13	Wessel Speel	GK	17 October 2001 (aged 23)	Minnesota United FC	2025	Loan, signed mid-season
19	Lorcan Healy	GK	9 January 2001 (aged 23)	UCD	2024
Defenders
2	Sean Gannon	DF	11 July 1991 (aged 33)	Shamrock Rovers	2024
3	Tyreke Wilson	DF	(1999-12-02)2 December 1999 (aged 25)	Bohemians	2023
4	Kameron Ledwidge	DF	(2001-04-07)7 April 2001 (aged 23)	Southampton	2021
15	Sam Bone	DF	6 February 1998 (aged 27)	Maidstone United	2024
18	James Norris	DF	4 April 2003 (aged 21)	Liverpool F.C.	2025	Season-long loan
24	Lewis Temple	DF	(2005-06-11)11 June 2005 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2022
25	Milan Mbeng	DF	6 April 2002 (aged 22)	Cork City F.C.	2025	Signed mid-season
29	Paddy Barrett	DF	(1993-07-22)22 July 1993 (aged 31)	St Patrick's Athletic	2023	Vice-Captain
55	James Roche	DF	October 2007 (aged 17)	Shamrock Rovers	2025	Youth
Midfielders
5	Ellis Chapman	MF	8 January 2001 (aged 24)	Sligo Rovers F.C.	2025
6	Jonathan Lunney	MF	(1998-02-02)2 February 1998 (aged 26)	Bohemians	2021
7	Harry Wood	MF	2 August 2002 (aged 22)	Hull City	2024
8	Mark Coyle	MF	(1997-02-13)13 February 1997 (aged 28)	Finn Harps	2022	Captain
14	Ali Coote	MF	11 June 1998 (aged 27)	Detroit City	2024
16	John O’Sullivan	MF	18 September 1993 (aged 31)	Bohemians	2024
21	Jack Henry-Francis	MF	23 September 2003 (aged 21)	Arsenal F.C.	2025	Signed mid-season
22	Sean Moore	MF	3 August 2005 (aged 19)	West Ham United F.C.	2025	Signed mid-season
23	Kerr McInroy	MF	31 August 2000 (aged 24)	Free Agent	2025
27	Evan Caffrey	MF	(2003-02-27)27 February 2003 (aged 21)	UCD	2023
Attackers
9	Seán Boyd	FW	(1998-06-20)20 June 1998 (aged 26)	Finn Harps	2022
10	John Martin	FW	13 March 1997 (aged 27)	Dundalk	2024
11	Mipo Odubeko	FW	21 October 2002 (aged 22)	Fleetwood Town F.C.	2025
17	Daniel Kelly	FW	(1996-05-21)21 May 1996 (aged 28)	Derry City	2025
44	Daniel Ring	FW	3 February 2007 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2024	Youth
Players who departed before the end of the season
28	Ryan O'Kane	FW	16 August 2003 (aged 21)	Dundalk	2025	Loan to Sligo Rovers F.C.
77	Rayhaan Tulloch	FW	20 January 2001 (aged 24)	Shrewsbury Town F.C.	2024	Signed for Portadown F.C.

Date	Position	Name	Previous club	Ref.
26 November 2024	FW	Ryan O'Kane	Dundalk	^[11]
19 December 2024	FW	Daniel Kelly	Derry	^[12]
19 December 2024	MF	Ellis Chapman	Sligo Rovers	^[13]
20 December 2024	FW	Mipo Odubeko	Fleetwood Town	^[14]
23 January 2025	MF	Kerr McInroy	Free Agent
17 February 2025	DF	James Norris	loan from Liverpool F.C.
18 July 2025	MF	Jack Henry-Francis	Arsenal F.C.
22 July 2025	GK	Wessel Speel	loan from Minnesota United FC
27 July 2025	MF	Sean Moore	West Ham United F.C.
28 July 2025	DF	Milan Mbeng	Cork City F.C.

Date	Position	Name	To	Ref.
15 November 2024	FW	Matty Smith	Waterford	^[15]
15 November 2024	FW	Dean Williams	Athlone Town	^[16]
15 November 2024	DF	Shane Griffin	Cobh Ramblers	^[17]
22 November 2024	MF	Liam Burt	Loan return to Shamrock Rovers	^[18]
23 January 2025	FW	Aiden O'Brien	Woking F.C.
18 July 2025	FW	Rayhaan Tulloch	Portadown F.C.

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date Ended	Ref.
4 July 2025	MF		Ryan O'Kane	Sligo Rovers	End of season	^[19]
24 July 2025	DF		Derinsole Adewale	Athlone Town A.F.C.	End of season

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier Division	14 February 2025	1 November 2025	Matchday 1		36	15	14	7	48	37	+11	041.67
FAI Cup	19 July 2025	17 August 2025	Second Round	Third Round	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
UEFA Champions League	9 July 2025	30 July 2025	First qualifying round	Second qualifying round	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2	025.00
UEFA Europa League	6 August 2025	12 August 2025	Third qualifying round	Third qualifying round	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00
UEFA Conference League	21 August 2025	18 December 2025	Third qualifying round	League Phase	8	2	2	4	5	8	−3	025.00
Leinster Senior Cup	14 January 2025	4 February 2025	Third Round	Third Round	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	033.33
President of Ireland's Cup	7 February 2025		Final	Winners	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Total					56	22	17	17	68	62	+6	039.29

2025 Shelbourne F.C. season

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Competitions

Overall record

Matches

President of Ireland's Cup

League of Ireland

Results by round

Leinster Senior Cup

FAI Cup

UEFA Champions League

First Qualifying Round

Second Qualifying Round

UEFA Europa League

Third Qualifying Round

UEFA Conference League

Play-off Round

League Phase

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

References

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19:45 IST	Mipo Odubeko 28' Seán Boyd 34'	Report	L. Dennison 54'	Stadium: Tolka Park Attendance: 4,584 Referee: Paul Norton

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shamrock Rovers (C)	36	19	9	8	56	33	+23	66	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Derry City	36	18	9	9	52	39	+13	63	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
3	Shelbourne	36	15	14	7	48	37	+11	59	Qualification for Conference League second qualifying round
4	Bohemians	36	16	6	14	48	39	+9	54	Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round
5	St Patrick's Athletic	36	13	13	10	42	32	+10	52

Round	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
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Result	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D
Position	1	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	6	7	5	6	6	6	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	6	6	4	3	3	3	3
Points	3	6	7	8	8	9	12	13	16	17	18	19	19	19	22	22	23	26	27	27	30	30	31	32	35	38	39	42	43	43	46	49	52	55	58	59

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21 February 2025 2	Waterford	0–1	Shelbourne	Waterford
19:45 IST	Ryan Burke 60'	Report	Mipo Odubeko 13'	Stadium: RSC Attendance: 3,488 Referee: Paul Norton

28 February 2025 3	Shelbourne	1–1	Shamrock Rovers	Drumcondra
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03 March 2025 4	Galway United	1–1	Shelbourne	Galway
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07 March 2025 5	Shelbourne	0–1	Drogheda United	Drumcondra
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14 March 2025 6	Shelbourne	1–1	Cork City	Drumcondra
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28 March 2025 7	Sligo Rovers	1–2	Shelbourne	Sligo
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4 April 2025 8	St.Patrick's Athletic	0–0	Shelbourne	Inchicore
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18 April 2025 10	Drogheda United	2–2	Shelbourne	Drogheda
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21 April 2025 11	Shelbourne	2–2	Galway United	Drumcondra
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2 May 2025 13	Derry City	2–0	Shelbourne	Derry, Northern Ireland
19:45 IST	Duffy 14' Boyce 31'	Report		Stadium: Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium Attendance: 3,356 Referee: Robert Hennessy

5 May 2025 14	Shelbourne	0–1	Waterford	Drumcondra
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9 May 2025 15	Shelbourne	2–1	St.Patrick's Athletic	Drumcondra
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16 May 2025 16	Bohemians	1–0	Shelbourne	Phibsborough
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19 May 2025 17	Shelbourne	0–0	Drogheda United	Drumcondra
19:45 IST		Report		Stadium: Tolka Park Attendance: 3,539 Referee: Robert Hennessy
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23 May 2025 18	Shelbourne	3–2	Sligo Rovers	Drumcondra
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30 May 2025 19	Cork City	1–1	Shelbourne	Cork
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16 June 2025 21	St. Patrick's Athletic	0-1	Shelbourne	Inchicore
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20 June 2025 22	Shelbourne	0-1	Derry City	Drumcondra
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23 June 2025 23	Waterford	2–2	Shelbourne	Waterford
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27 June 2025 24	Galway United	1–1	Shelbourne	Galway
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4 July 2025 25	Shelbourne	3-1	Cork City	Drumcondra
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