2012 University College Dublin A.F.C. season

University College Dublin A.F.C.

2012 season

Premier Division

9th

FAI Cup

3rd round

League of Ireland Cup

2nd round

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The 2012 season was University College Dublin A.F.C.'s third successive season in the League of Ireland Premier Division. The club, more commonly known as UCD, finished in 9th position and thus retained their place in the division for the 2013 season. During the 2012 season, the club also competed in the FAI Cup, League of Ireland Cup and the Leinster Senior Cup.

Friendlies

4 February 2012	UCD	1–2	Limerick
	B. McCabe 23'	Report	S. Tracy 9' P. Purcell 89'

18 February 2012	Salthill Devon	2–2	UCD
	M. Gilmore 11' B. Gaffney 37'	Report	D. Ledwith 43' D. Clarke 85'

24 July 2012	UCD	3–4	Stevenage	UCD Bowl
	P. Corry 41' D. McMillan 49' (pen.) D. Ledwith 73'	Report	M. Haber 7' R. Shroot 71', 75' G. Tansey 86'	Referee: Tom Connolly

Premier Division

Results

2 March 2012 Round 1	UCD	1–0	Cork City	UCD Bowl, Belfield
	M. Langtry 36'	Report		Attendance: 698 Referee: Padraigh Sutton

10 March Round 2	Sligo Rovers	2–1	UCD	The Showgrounds, Sligo
	Danny North 23' Jason McGuinness 90'	(Report)	Paul O'Connor 90'	Attendance: 2,097 Referee: Rob Rogers

17 March Round 3	UCD	2–3	Bray Wanderers	UCD Bowl, Dublin
	Graham Rusk 40' (p) Graham Rusk 66' (p)	(Report)	Jason Byrne 30' Danny O'Connor 73' Danny O'Connor 83'	Attendance: 376 Referee: Paul McLaughlin

23 March 2012 Round 4	Dundalk	2–1	UCD	Oriel Park, Dundalk
	C. Shields 51' S. O'Neill 55'	Report	G. Rusk 67' (pen.)	Attendance: 925 Referee: Derek Tomney

30 March 2012 Round 5	UCD	Expunged	Monaghan United

6 April 2012 Round 6	Derry City	0–0	UCD	The Brandywell, Derry
		Report		Attendance: 1,500 (estimated) Referee: Derek Tomney

13 April 2012 Round 7	UCD	1–2	Bohemians	UCD Bowl, Belfield
	Graham Rusk 84' (p)	Report	Keith Ward 8' Dinny Corcoran 51'	Attendance: 772 Referee: James McKell

20 April 2012 Round 8	St Patrick's Athletic	2–0	UCD	Richmond Park, Inchicore
	C. Fagan 30' G. Bolger 81'	Report		Attendance: 1,228 Referee: Padraigh Sutton

27 April 2012 Round 9	UCD	1–1	Drogheda United	UCD Bowl, Belfield
	D. Ledwith 69'	Report	A. McNally 83'	Attendance: 378 Referee: Nick Pratt

4 May 2012 Round 10	Shamrock Rovers	2–2	UCD	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
20:00	B. Dennehy 5' D. Kavanagh 39'	Report	G. Rusk 59' (pen.) P. O'Conor 90+1'	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Dave McKeon

11 May 2012 Round 11	UCD	0–2	Shelbourne	UCD Bowl, Dublin
		Report	P. Gorman 1' D. Cassidy 65' S. Byrne 13'	Attendance: 602 Referee: Alan Kelly

18 May 2012 Round 12	Cork City	4–2	UCD	Turners Cross, Cork
	D. Horgan 13' D. O'Neill 37', 80' (pen.), 90+3'	Report	G. Rusk 15' (pen.) P. O'Conor 79'	Attendance: 2,442 Referee: James McKell

21 May Round 13	UCD	1–0	Sligo Rovers	UCD Bowl, Dublin
	Graham Rusk 29'	(Report)		Attendance: 653 Referee: Padraig Sutton

1 June Round 14	Bray Wanderers	3–1	UCD	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
	Jason Byrne 17' Jason Byrne 68' John Mulroy 90+3'	(Report)	Daniel Ledwith 26'	Referee: Anthony Buttimer

22 June 2012 Round 15	UCD	1–1	Dundalk	UCD Bowl
	R. Benson 49'	Report	N. Murphy 35'	Attendance: 158 Referee: Paul McLaughlin

Round 16	Monaghan United	Cancelled	UCD

6 July 2012 Round 17	UCD	0–1	Derry City	UCD Bowl, Belfield
		Report	S. McLaughlin 32' S. Madden 84'	Attendance: 209 Referee: James McKell

15 July 2012 Round 18	Bohemians	1–0	UCD	Dalymount Park, Phibsboro
	McMillan 23' Adam Martin 34' Scully 76'	Report	Corry 75'	Attendance: 799 Referee: Padraigh Sutton

22 July 2012 Round 19	UCD	1–1	St Patrick's Athletic	UCD Bowl, Belfield
	R. Benson 71'	Report	C. Forrester 45'	Attendance: 507 Referee: Rob Rogers

27 July 2012 Round 20	Drogheda United	1–0	UCD	Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda
	D. O'Brien 21'	Report		Attendance: 995 Referee: Tom Connolly

3 August 2012 Round 21	UCD	0–2	Shamrock Rovers	UCD Bowl, Dublin
19:45		Report	G. Twigg 5' G. McCabe 68'	Attendance: 1,306 Referee: Neil Doyle

August 10, 2012 Round 22	Shelbourne	1–2	UCD	Tolka Park, Dublin
	P. Hughes 82'	Report	D. McMillan 41' P. Corry 87'	Attendance: 751 Referee: Graham Kelly

17 August 2012 Round 23	UCD	3–1	Cork City	UCD Bowl, Belfield
19:45	M. Leahy 8' A. O'Connell 32' (o.g.) R. Benson 68'	Report	K. Parker 22'	Attendance: 300 (estimated) Referee: Rob Rogers

20 August Round 24	Sligo Rovers	3–0	UCD	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Mark Quigley 38' Pascal Millien 40' Romuald Boco 76'	(Report)		Attendance: 2,375 Referee: Paul McLaughlin

31 August Round 25	UCD	3–1	Bray Wanderers	UCD Bowl, Dublin
	David McMillan 15' (p) Darren Quigley 83' O.G. Chris Lyons 86'	(Report)	Sean Houston 62'	Attendance: 313 Referee: Neil Doyle

7 September 2012 Round 26	Dundalk	1–2	UCD	Oriel Park, Dundalk
	M. Rafter 56'	Report	D. McMillan 30', 80' (pen.)	Attendance: 800 (estimated) Referee: Damien Hancock

Round 27	UCD	Cancelled	Monaghan United

21 September 2012 Round 28	Derry City	1–2	UCD	The Brandywell, Derry
19:45	K. Deery 52'	Report	B. McCabe 37' D. McMillan 46'	Attendance: 800 (estimated) Referee: Dave McKeon

28 September 2012 Round 28	UCD	2–2	Bohemians	UCD Bowl, Belfield
	D. Ledwith 7' P. O'Conor 22'	Report	K. Feely 5' D. Scully 90', 90+5'	Referee: Sean Grant

Round 30	St Patrick's Athletic	5–0	UCD	Richmond Park
	J. Kelly 16' V. Faherty 58', 66', 85' A. Flood 72'	Report		Attendance: 716 Referee: Tom Connolly

13 October 2012 Round 31	UCD	1–0	Drogheda United	UCD Bowl, Belfield
	D. O'Connor , 74' D. McMillan 84' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 318 Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann

19 October 2012 Round 32	Shamrock Rovers	2–1	UCD	Tallaght Stadium, Tallaght
	G. Twigg 18', 20'	Report	D. McMillan 22'	Attendance: 2,500 (estimated) Referee: Paul Tuite

26 October 2012 Round 33	UCD	1–1	Shelbourne	UCD Bowl, Dublin
	H. Douglas 21'	Report	D. Cassidy 2'	Referee: Neil Doyle (Dublin)

Final Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sligo Rovers (C)	30	17	10	3	53	23	+30	61	UEFA Champions League/Setanta Cup
2	Drogheda United	30	17	6	7	51	36	+15	57	UEFA Europa League/Setanta Cup
3	St Patrick's Athletic	30	15	10	5	44	22	+22	55	UEFA Europa League/Setanta Cup
4	Shamrock Rovers	30	14	10	6	56	37	+19	52	Setanta Cup
5	Derry City ^{[note 1]}	30	11	6	13	36	36	0	39	UEFA Europa League/Setanta Cup
6	Cork City	30	8	12	10	38	36	+2	36	Setanta Cup
7	Bohemians	30	9	9	12	35	38	−3	36
8	Shelbourne	30	9	8	13	35	43	−8	35
9	UCD	30	8	7	15	32	48	−16	31
10	Bray Wanderers	30	5	10	15	33	54	−21	25
11	Dundalk	30	4	8	18	23	63	−40	20	Won promotion/relegation play off
12	Monaghan United ^{[note 2]}	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew from league.

Source:^[1]^[2]

Notes

↑ Derry City qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League after winning the 2012 FAI Cup Final.
↑ Monaghan United withdrew after 14 games. Their record was expunged.

Cups

FAI Cup

25 May 2012 2nd Round	UCD	3–1	Phoenix FC	UCD Bowl
	P. O'Conor 27' D. Ledwith 76' G. Rusk 81'	Report	K. Dawson 33' (pen.)	Attendance: 150 Referee: Richie Winter

24 August 2012 3rd Round	UCD	0–1	Derry City	UCD Bowl
		Report	D. McDaid 70'	Attendance: 186 Referee: Anthony Buttimer

League of Ireland Cup

26 March 2012 1st Round	Waterford United	1–6	UCD	Waterford Regional Sports Centre
	S. Maguire 58'	Report	C. Morrison 15', 19', 21', 51' D. Ledwith 45+1' P. White 75' (o.g.)	Attendance: 155 Referee: Sean Grant

9 April 2012 2nd Round	St Patrick's Athletic	2–1	UCD	Richmond Park
	S. O'Connor 44' I. Daly 56'	Report	C. Lyons 83'	Attendance: 500 (estimated) Referee: Sean Grant

Leinster Senior Cup

27 February 2012	UCD	3–2	Athlone Town	UCD Bowl
	P. O'Conor 50' R. Benson 70' T. Barrett 78' (o.g.)	Report	K. Williamson 47' M. Sherlock 90'	Referee: Phil Caschera

15 April 2012	Firhouse Clover	1–2	UCD	Tallaght IT
	D. O'Keefe 70'	Report	D. Ledwith 25' C. Lyons 115' (pen.)

28 May 2012	UCD	2–3	St. Patrick's CYFC	UCD Bowl
	G. Rusk 52', 71' (pen.)	Report	G. O'Connor 3' T. Dunne 79', 80'	Referee: Rhona Daly

References

↑ "Ireland 2012". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
↑ "Monaghan United withdraw from league". extratime.ie. Retrieved 18 June 2012.

UCD A.F.C.

Players Managers

Teams	Men's Team Women's Team

Grounds	UCD Bowl Jackson Park Belfield Park

History	Collingwood Cup

Seasons	2012

2012 in Republic of Ireland football

Leagues

Cup competitions

National teams

Men (UEFA Euro 2012)
Women

Club seasons

Premier Division	Bohemians Bray Wanderers Cork City Derry City Drogheda United Dundalk Monaghan United Shamrock Rovers Shelbourne Sligo Rovers St Patrick's Athletic UCD

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