2015 Donegal season
The 2015 Donegal 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] 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.[3][4][5]
Schedule
National League
Donegal advanced to the Division 1 semi-finals.
- 2015 Division 1 table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | D | Pts | Notes |
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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.
Ulster Championship
Donegal advanced to their fifth consecutive Ulster final.
17 May 2015 16:00 Preliminary round |
Donegal | 1-13 - 1-10 | Tyrone |
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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). |
14 June 2015 14:00 Quarter-final |
Armagh | 0-08 - 2-11 | Donegal |
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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. |
27 June 2015 19:00 Semi-final |
Derry | 0-10 - 1-09 | Donegal |
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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. |
19 July 2015 14:00 Final |
Monaghan | 0-11 - 0-10 | Donegal |
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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 |
All-Ireland Championship
1 August 6:00 PM Round 4B |
Donegal | 3-12 – 0-11 | Galway |
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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) |
8 August 6:00 PM Quarter-final |
Mayo | 2-13 - 0-11 | Donegal |
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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. |
Management
- Manager: Rory Gallagher
- Selectors: Gary McDaid, Jack Cooney
Team roster
Squad as per Donegal v Galway, 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Qualifier, 1 August 2015
Kit
References
- ↑ "As it happened: Donegal shock Dublin". RTÉ Sport. 31 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ↑ "Rory Gallagher confirmed as new Donegal manager". Irish Independent. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ "Rory Kavanagh ends inter-county involvement". RTÉ Sport. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ↑ "Forward Dermot Molloy quits Donegal panel". BBC Sport. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Mark McHugh rejoins the Donegal football squad". Irish Independent. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.