List of 2019–20 League of Ireland transfers

This is a list of transfers involving clubs that played in the 2020 League of Ireland Premier Division and 2020 League of Ireland First Division.

The pre-season transfer window opened on 1 December 2019 and closed on 22 February 2020 for domestic transfers and on 2 March 2020 for foreign transfers. Players without a club may join one at any time, either during or in between transfer windows.^[1]

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Player	Position	Signed from	Transfer type
Anthony Breslin	Defender	Longford Town	Free transfer^[2]
JJ Lunney	Midfielder	Waterford	Free transfer^[2]
Kris Twardek	Midfielder	Sligo Rovers	Free transfer^[2]
Stephen McGuinness	Goalkeeper	Cabinteely	Free transfer^[2]
Glen McAuley	Forward	St Patrick's Athletic	Free transfer^[3]
Dan Casey	Defender	Cork City	Undisclosed fee^[4]
Ciaran Kelly	Defender	St Patrick's Athletic	Undisclosed fee^[5]
Callum Thompson	Midfielder	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan^[6]

Player	Position	Sold to	Transfer type
Derek Pender	Defender	Retired	Retirement^[7]
Aaron Barry	Defender	Cork City	End of loan^[8]
Brandon Bermingham	Forward	Drogheda United	Free transfer^[9]
Darragh Leahy	Defender	Dundalk	Free transfer^[10]
Scott Allardice	Midfielder	Waterford	Free transfer^[11]
Ryan Swan	Forward	Warrenpoint Town	Free transfer^[12]
Michael O'Keane	Midfielder	UCD	Free transfer^[13]
Michael Kelly	Goalkeeper	Cabinteely	Free transfer^[14]
Ryan Graydon	Midfielder	Bray Wanderers	Free transfer^[15]

Player	Position	Signed from	Transfer type
Cian Coleman	Midfielder	St Patrick's Athletic	Free transfer^[16]
Rob Slevin	Defender	Waterford	Free transfer^[17]
Charlie Fleming	Defender	Cobh Ramblers	Free transfer^[17]
Liam Bossin	Goalkeeper	Nottingham Forest	Free transfer^[18]
Dylan McGlade	Midfielder	Blyth Spartans	Free transfer^[19]
Cory Galvin	Midfielder	Waterford	Free transfer^[20]
Conor Davis	Forward	Derry City	Free transfer^[21]
Kyron Stabana	Defender	AFC Wimbledon	Loan^[22]
Henry Ochieng	Midfielder	Wingate & Finchley	Undisclosed fee^[23]
Joe Redmond	Defender	Birmingham City	Loan^[23]
Reyon Dillon	Forward	Corinthian-Casuals	Free transfer^[23]
Joseph Olowu	Defender	Arsenal	Loan^[24]
Deshane Dalling	Midfielder	Queens Park Rangers	Loan^[25]

Player	Position	Sold to	Transfer type
Karl Sheppard	Forward	Shelbourne	Free transfer^[26]
Graham Cummins	Forward	Waterford	Free transfer^[27]
Colm Horgan	Defender	Derry CIty	Free transfer^[28]
Eoghan Stokes	Forward	Free agent	Released^[29]
Joel Coustrain	Midfielder	Shamrock Rovers	End of loan^[29]
Mark O'Sullivan	Forward	Free agent	Released^[30]
Kevin O'Connor	Defender	Preston North End	End of loan^[30]
Pierce Phillips	Midfielder	Cobh Ramblers	Free transfer^[31]
Aaron Barry	Defender	Bray Wanderers	Free transfer^[32]
Gary Boylan	Defender	Retired	Change of sport^[33]
Garry Buckley	Midfielder	Sligo Rovers	Free transfer^[34]
Dan Casey	Defender	Bohemians	Undisclosed fee^[4]
Shane Griffin	Defender	St Patrick's Athletic	Free transfer^[35]
Conor McCormack	Midfielder	Derry City	Free transfer^[36]
Tadhg Ryan	Goalkeeper	Waterford	Free transfer^[37]
Conor McCarthy	Defender	St Mirren	Undisclosed fee^[38]

Player	Position	Signed from	Transfer type
Walter Figueira	Forward	Waterford	Free transfer^[39]
Conor Clifford	Midfielder	St Patrick's Athletic	Free transfer^[40]
Conor McCormack	Midfielder	Cork City	Free transfer^[36]
Stephen Mallon	Midfielder	Sheffield United	Loan^[41]
Colm Horgan	Defender	Cork CIty	Free transfer^[28]
Tim Nilsen	Forward	Fredrikstad	Free transfer^[42]
Danny Lupano	Defender	Hull City	Loan^[43]
Moussa Bakayoko	Forward	FC Shirak	Free transfer^[43]
Adam Liddle	Forward	Reading	Loan^[44]

List of 2019–20 League of Ireland transfers

Pre-Season Transfers

League of Ireland Premier Division

Bohemians

Cork City

Derry City

Dundalk

Finn Harps

St Patrick's Athletic

Shamrock Rovers

Shelbourne

Sligo Rovers

Waterford

League of Ireland First Division

Athlone Town

Bray Wanderers

Cabinteely

Cobh Ramblers

Drogheda United

Galway United

Longford Town

Shamrock Rovers II

UCD

Wexford

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Player	Position	Sold to	Transfer type
Conor McDermott	Defender	Cliftonville	Undisclosed Fee^[45]
Adrian Delap	Midfielder	Finn Harps	Loan^[46]
Conor Davis	Forward	Cork City	Free transfer^[21]
Michael McCrudden	Forward	Cliftonville	Undisclosed Fee^[47]
Grant Gillespie	Midfielder	Ayr United	Loan^[48]
Barry McNamee	Midfielder	Finn Harps	Free transfer^[49]

Player	Position	Signed from	Transfer type
Greg Sloggett	Midfielder	Derry City	Free transfer^[50]
Will Patching	Midfielder	Notts County	Free transfer^[51]
Darragh Leahy	Defender	Bohemians	Free transfer^[10]
Cammy Smith	Forward	Dundee United	Loan^[52]
Stefan Čolović	Midfielder	Proleter Novi Sad	Undisclosed fee^[53]
Nathan Oduwa	Midfielder	Hapoel Hadera	Free transfer^[54]

Player	Position	Sold to	Transfer type
Stephen Folan	Defender	South Melbourne	Free transfer^[55]
Robbie Benson	Midfielder	St Patrick's Athletic	Free transfer^[56]
Dean Jarvis	Defender	Larne	Free transfer^[57]
Ross Treacy	Goalkeeper	Drogheda United	Free transfer^[58]
Dylan Hand	Defender	Longford Town	Free transfer^[59]
David Odumosu	Goalkeeper	Drogheda United	Free transfer^[60]
Jamie McGrath	Midfielder	St Mirren	Free transfer^[61]
Aaron McNally	Defender	Longford Town	Free transfer^[62]
James Carroll	Defender	Wexford	Free transfer^[63]
Cameron Dummigan	Defender	Crusaders	Loan^[64]

Player	Position	Sold to	Transfer type
Ciaran Gallagher	Goalkeeper	Retired	Retirement
Peter Burke	Goalkeeper	Free agent	Released
Niall Logue	Defender	Free agent	Released
Daniel O'Reilly	Defender	Shelbourne	Free transfer^[74]
Harry Ascroft	Midfielder	Dandenong Thunder	Free transfer^[75]
Nathan Boyle	Forward	Free agent	Released^[76]
Michael Gallagher	Midfielder	UCD	Free transfer^[76]
Keith Cowan	Defender	Glentoran	Free transfer^[77]
Mikey Place	Forward	Galway United	Free transfer^[78]
Caolan McAleer	Midfielder	Dungannon Swifts	Free transfer^[79]
Joshua Smith	Defender	Galway United	Free transfer^[80]
Colm Deasy	Defender	Warrenpoint Town	Free transfer^[12]

Player	Position	Signed from	Transfer type
Jason McClelland	Midfielder	UCD	Free transfer^[81]
Robbie Benson	Midfielder	Dundalk	Free transfer^[56]
Rory Feely	Defender	Waterford	Free transfer^[82]
Conor Kearns	Goalkeeper	UCD	Free transfer^[83]
Shane Griffin	Defender	Cork City	Free transfer^[35]
Billy King	Midfielder	Greenock Morton	Free transfer^[84]
Dan Ward	Midfielder	Spennymoor Town	Free transfer^[85]
Martin Rennie	Forward	Montrose	Undisclosed fee^[86]
Ollie Younger	Defender	Burnley	Loan^[87]

Player	Position	Signed from	Transfer type
Liam Scales	Defender	UCD	Free transfer^[94]
Rhys Marshall	Defender	Glenavon	Undisclosed fee^[95]
Rory Gaffney	Forward	Salford City	Undisclosed fee^[96]

Player	Position	Signed from	Transfer type
Aaron Dobbs	Forward	Longford Town	Free transfer^[102]
Jack Brady	Goalkeeper	Limerick	Free transfer^[103]
Karl Sheppard	Forward	Cork City	Free transfer^[26]
Daniel O'Reilly	Defender	Finn Harps	Free transfer^[74]
Georgie Poynton	Midfielder	Waterford	Free transfer^[104]
Gary Deegan	Midfielder	Cambridge United	Free transfer^[105]

Player	Position	Sold to	Transfer type
Dean Delany	Goalkeeper	Retired	Retirement^[106]
Conan Byrne	Midfielder	Glenavon	Free transfer^[107]
Flavio Marku	Defender	Free agent	Released^[108]
James English	Forward	Longford Town	Free transfer^[109]
Darragh Noone	Midfielder	Sligo Rovers	Free transfer^[34]
Derek Prendergast	Defender	Drogheda United	Free transfer^[110]
John Ross Wilson	Defender	Bray Wanderers	Free transfer^[111]
Greg Moorhouse	Forward	Glenavon	Free transfer^[112]
Craig Giles	Defender	Wexford	Free transfer^[13]
Jack Lydon	Goalkeeper	Wexford	Free transfer^[113]
Reece McEnteer	Defender	Killester Donnycarney	Free transfer^[108]
Alan Byrne	Defender	St Mochta's	Free transfer^[108]

Player	Position	Sold to	Transfer type
Dante Leverock	Defender	Radomiak Radom	Released^[119]
Kris Twardek	Midfielder	Bohemians	Free transfer^[2]
Jack O'Connor	Midfielder	Galway United	Free transfer^[120]
Romeo Parkes	Forward	New Mexico United	Loan^[121]
Daryl Fordyce	Midfielder	Valour FC	Free transfer^[122]
Sam Warde	Midfielder	Galway United	Free transfer^[123]

Player	Position	Sold to	Transfer type
Shane Duggan	Midfielder	Galway United	Free transfer^[132]
Rory Feely	Defender	St Patrick's Athletic	Free transfer^[133]
Walter Figueira	Forward	Derry City	Free transfer^[39]
Georgie Poynton	Midfielder	Shelbourne	Free transfer^[104]
JJ Lunney	Midfielder	Bohemians	Free transfer^[2]
Rob Slevin	Defender	Cork City	Free transfer^[17]
Dean O'Halloran	Midfielder	Galway United	Free transfer^[134]
Colm Whelan	Forward	UCD	Free transfer
Zack Elbouzedi	Midfielder	Lincoln City	Free transfer^[135]
Cory Galvin	Midfielder	Cork City	Free transfer^[20]
John Kavanagh	Defender	Cobh Ramblers	Free transfer^[136]
Kenny Browne	Defender	Retired	Retirement^[137]
Darryl Walsh	Defender	Cobh Ramblers	Free transfer^[138]
Maxim Kouogun	Defender	Harrogate Town	Free transfer^[139]
Tom Holland	Midfielder	Free agent	Released^[140]^{[failed verification]}
Karolis Chvedukas	Midfielder	Free agent	Released^[140]^{[failed verification]}
Paul Martin	Goalkeeper	Free agent	Released^[140]^{[failed verification]}

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Player	Position	Signed from	Transfer type
Ronan Asgari	Defender	Galway United	Free transfer^[97]
Joshua Keane Quinlivan	Midfielder	Galway United	Free transfer^[97]
Scott Delaney	Defender	Willow Park	Free transfer^[97]
Evan O'Connor	Defender	Longford Town	Free transfer^[141]
Adam Rooney	Defender	Galway United	Free transfer^[141]
Ronan Manning	Midfielder	Free agent	Free transfer^[97]
Chris Reid	Midfielder	Cherry Orchard	Free transfer^[97]
David Brookes	Defender	Cherry Orchard	Free transfer^[97]
Joel Coustrain	Midfielder	Shamrock Rovers	Free transfer^[97]
Harry Cornally	Midfielder	Free agent	Free transfer^[97]
Mamoud Mansaray	Forward	Calry Bohemians	Free transfer^[97]
Evan White	Defender	Warrenpoint Town	Free transfer^[142]
Dean George	Forward	Wexford	Free transfer^[142]

Player	Position	Sold to	Transfer type
Karl Fitzsimons	Midfielder	Wexford	Free transfer^[143]
Kealan Dillon	Midfielder	Warrenpoint Town	Free transfer^[144]
Aaron Brilly	Midfielder	Leixlip United	Free transfer^[145]
Kaleem Simon	Midfielder	Wexford	Free transfer^[63]
Dean Casey	Midfielder	Cabinteely	Free transfer^[146]
Ciaran Grogan	Midfielder	Cabinteely	Free transfer^[146]

Player	Position	Sold to	Transfer type
Rob Manley	Forward	Longford Town	Free transfer^[154]
Stephen McGuinness	Goalkeeper	Bohemians	Free transfer^[2]
Yuta Sasaki	Forward	Iwate Grulla Morioka	Free transfer^[155]
Jack Tuite	Defender	Drogheda United	Free transfer^[156]
Conor Crowley	Midfielder	Wexford	Free transfer^[157]
Luke Ryan	Defender	Bray Wanderers	Free transfer^[149]
Jack Watson	Midfielder	Bray Wanderers	Free transfer^[148]
Robert McGee	Midfielder	Bangor GG	Free transfer^[13]
Seán Hurley	Defender	Released	Released^[146]
Ross Moloney	Forward	Released	Released^[146]
Ronan O'Kelly	Midfielder	Released	Released^[146]
Adam Doyle	Midfielder	Released	Released^[146]
Jamie Geoghegan	Defender	Released	Released^[146]
Oisín McMenamin	Forward	Released	Released^[146]
Adam Maher	Defender	Released	Released^[146]
James Woods	Forward	Released	Released^[146]
Robbie Dunne	Forward	Released	Released^[146]
Karl Manahan	Forward	Wexford	Free transfer^[158]

Player	Position	Sold to	Transfer type
Paul Skinner	Goalkeeper	Retired	Retirement
Luke McNally	Defender	St Patrick's Athletic	End of loan^[164]
Luke Gallagher	Defender	Free agent	Released
Kevin Farragher	Defender	Galway United	Free transfer^[165]
Jamie Hollywood	Midfielder	Free agent	Released
Cian Kavanagh	Midfielder	Wexford	Free transfer^[166]
Michael Cregan	Forward	Crumlin United	Free transfer^[13]
John Barry	Defender	Tolka Rovers	Free transfer^[13]
Ryan Hart	Midfielder	Tolka Rovers	Free transfer^[13]
Eoin McPhillips	Midfielder	Cabinteely	Free transfer^[146]

Player	Position	Sold to	Transfer type
Seán Boyd	Forward	Shamrock Rovers	End of loan^[177]
Aaron Dobbs	Forward	Shelbourne	Free transfer^[102]
Anthony Breslin	Defender	Bohemians	Free transfer^[2]
Tristan Noack-Hofmann	Defender	Bray Wanderers	Free transfer^[147]
Conor Kenna	Defender	Kilnamanagh	Free transfer^[178]
Paul O'Conor	Midfielder	Retired	Retirement^[179]
Carlton Ubaezuonu	Midfielder	Galway United	Free transfer^[147]
Peter Hopkins	Midfielder	Free agent	Released
Patrick O'Sullivan	Forward	Wexford	Free transfer^[180]
Evan O'Connor	Defender	Athlone Town	Free transfer^[141]
Kristian Crawford	Midfielder	Wexford	Free transfer^[181]

Player	Position	Signed from	Transfer type
Tomás O'Connor	Defender	Limerick	Free transfer^[13]
Colm Whelan	Forward	Waterford	Free transfer^[13]
Michael Gallagher	Midfielder	Finn Harps	Free transfer^[76]
Michael O'Keane	Midfielder	Bohemians	Free transfer^[13]

Player	Position	Signed from	Transfer type
Tom Murphy	Goalkeeper	UCD	Free transfer^[182]
Dan Tobin	Defender	UCD	Free transfer^[183]
Cian Kavanagh	Midfielder	Drogheda United	Free transfer^[166]
Conor Crowley	Midfielder	Cabinteely	Free transfer^[157]
Azeez Yussuff	Forward	Lucan United	Free transfer^[185]
Karl Fitzsimons	Midfielder	Athlone Town	Free transfer^[143]
Malike Benrouguibi	Midfielder	Bluebell United	Free transfer^[186]
Patrick O'Sullivan	Forward	Longford Town	Free transfer^[180]
Janabi Amour Jr.	Midfielder	Drogheda United	Free transfer^[187]
Charlie Smith	Midfielder	UCD	Free transfer^[184]
Kristian Crawford	Defender	Longford Town	Free transfer^[181]
Craig Giles	Defender	Shelbourne	Free transfer^[13]
James Carroll	Defender	Dundalk	Free transfer^[63]
Kaleem Simon	Midfielder	Athlone Town	Free transfer^[63]
Jack Lydon	Goalkeeper	Shelbourne	Free transfer^[113]
Gianpiero Fragnoli	Defender	Ballymun United	Free transfer^[142]
Andrew Farrell	Midfielder	Newbridge Town	Free transfer^[142]
Karl Manahan	Forward	Cabinteely	Free transfer^[158]
Daniel Tarcevskijs	Forward	Wicklow Rovers	Free transfer^[142]
Paul Cleary	Defender	St Patrick's Athletic	Loan^[93]

Player	Position	Sold to	Transfer type
Danny Doyle	Forward	Crettyard United	Free transfer^[13]
Corey Chambers	Goalkeeper	Cabinteely	Free transfer^[146]
Dean George	Forward	Athlone Town	Free transfer^[142]
Joe Walshe	Goalkeeper	Free agent	Released^[188]
Jason McGuire	Goalkeeper	Free agent	Released^[188]
Ross Kenny	Defender	Free agent	Released^[188]
Thomas Croke	Midfielder	Free agent	Released^[188]
Sean Kelly	Midfielder	Free agent	Released^[188]
Paddy Cahill	Midfielder	Free agent	Released^[188]
Ricky Fox	Forward	Free agent	Released^[188]
John Peare	Midfielder	Free agent	Released^[188]
Conor Sutton	Midfielder	Free agent	Released^[188]
Andy Mulligan	Midfielder	Free agent	Released^[188]
Dave Corish	Defender	Free agent	Released^[188]