The 2021 Galway United F.C. season was the football club's 43rd season in the League of Ireland and their fourth consecutive season in the League of Ireland First Division since being relegated in 2017.

This was the club's first full season under manager, John Caulfield, after he had replaced Alan Murphy halfway through the previous season.

The club finished the season in 2nd, qualifying for the play-offs where they would lose to Bray Wanderers 0–1 over two legs in the semi-finals.

Squad # Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Previous Club Signed Notes Goalkeepers 1 Luke Dennison GK Longford Town 2021 Loan 16 Conor Kearns GK St Patrick's Athletic 2021 Defenders 2 Conor O'Keeffe DF Newry City 2021 3 Stephen Walsh DF Galway Hibernians 2018 4 Gary Boylan DF Cork City 2021 5 Killian Brouder DF Limerick 2019 6 Maurice Nugent DF Mervue United 2017 8 Dean O'Shea DF Bray Wanderers 2021 21 Christopher Horgan DF Salthill Devon 2018 25 Alex Murphy DF Corrib Celtic 2021 31 Ethan Connolly DF Mervue United 2021 32 Joe Gorman DF Longford Town 2021 Midfielders 10 David Hurley MF Cobh Ramblers 2021 11 Shane Doherty MF Rowan 2019 14 Liam Corcoran MF Colga 2021 15 Carlton Ubaezuonu MF Longford Town 2020 17 Caoilfhionn O’Dea MF Newmarket Celtic 2019 22 Conor McCormack MF Derry City 2021 Captain 23 Ronan Manning MF Athlone Town 2021 Forwards 7 Ruairí Keating FW Gateshead 2021 9 Pádraic Cunningham FW Corrib Celtic 2021 14 Mikie Rowe FW Tormenta 2021 18 Wilson Waweru FW Academy 2018 19 Francely Lomboto FW Galway Hibernians 2020 20 Mikey Place FW Finn Harps 2020 24 Colin Kelly FW Bohemians 2021 Players who departed before the end of the season 1 Kevin Horgan GK Shamrock Rovers 2019 8 Shane Duggan MF Waterford 2020 12 Stephen Christopher MF Cobh Ramblers 2019 26 Michael Garrihy GK Limerick 2021 27 Thomas Oluwa FW Bohemians 2021

Transfers

In Date Position Nationality Name Last club Ref.19 November 2020FWPádraic Cunningham Corrib Celtic20 November 2020MFDavid Hurley Cobh Ramblers25 November 2020FWMikie Rowe Tormenta30 November 2020DFGary Boylan Cork City4 December 2020FWRuairí Keating Gateshead8 December 2020DFConor O'Keeffe Newry City9 December 2020MFRonan Manning Athlone Town24 December 2020FWColin Kelly Bohemians23 January 2021GKConor Kearns St Patrick's Athletic10 March 2021DFStephen Walsh Galway Hibernians30 January 2021MFConor McCormack Derry City2 July 2021DFJoe Gorman Longford TownDFThomas Oluwa Bohemians16 August 2021DFDean O'Shea Bray Wanderers

Out Date Position Nationality Name To Ref.7 November 2020MFTimmy Molloy Salthill DevonFWEnda Curran Mervue United9 November 2020FWVinny FahertyRetiredDFKevin Farragher Eastbourne Town14 November 2020DFJoshua SmithRetiredDFTimo Parthoens GS Loures13 December 2020MFDonal Higgins UCD17 December 2020GKMicheál Schlingermann Athlone Town19 December 2020DFMarc Ludden Treaty UnitedDFJack Lynch Treaty UnitedMFConor Melody Treaty UnitedDFCian Murphy Cobh Ramblers5 January 2021MFConor Barry Finn Harps13 January 2021GKMatthew Connor Waterford14 January 2021MFSam Warde Portadown27 January 2021MFJoe Collins Treaty United2 February 2021FWDara Costelloe Burnley29 May 2021GKKevin Horgan10 July 2021MFStephen Christopher Treaty UnitedGKMichael Garrihy Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs10 August 2021MFShane Duggan Fairview Rangers31 August 2021FWThomas Oluwa Larne

Loan in Date Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.7 July 2021GKLuke Dennison Longford Town7 November 2021

Club Coaching staff Manager: John Caulfield Assistant Manager: Colin Fortune First Team Coach: Lisa Fallon First Team Coach: Gary O'Connor Goalkeeping Coach: Gianluca Aimi Strength and Conditioning Coach: Danny Broderick Physiotherapist: Richard Grier Analyst: Robert Crosbie

Competitions League of Ireland First Division

League Table

Results summary

Matches

Play-offs Semi-finals

FAI Cup

First Round

Friendlies

Pre-season Friendlies

Statistics Appearances and goals This table shows all of the players who have featured in a first team squad for Galway United this season Brackets denotes how many of the listed appearances were made as a substitute

No. Pos. Player League FAI Cup Play-offs Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK Kevin Horgan00000000 1 GK Luke Dennison4(1)0000040 2 DF Conor O'Keeffe1600020180 3 DF Stephen Walsh19(3)11020221 4 DF Gary Boylan25(1)01020280 5 DF Killian Brouder22(1)30010233 6 DF Maurice Nugent221102(1)0251 7 FW Ruairí Keating25(1)9102(1)0289 8 MF Shane Duggan11(2)00000110 8 DF Dean O'Shea2(1)0000020 9 FW Pádraic Cunningham24(17)61(1)02(2)0276 10 MF David Hurley2220020242 11 MF Shane Doherty18(12)3002(2)0203 12 FW Charlie Jones-Concannon00000000 12 MF Stephen Christopher00000000 14 MF Mikie Rowe21(12)21020242 15 MF Carlton Ubaezuonu8(2)0000080 16 GK Conor Kearns2301020260 17 MF Caoilfhionn O’Dea3(2)01(1)00040 18 FW Wilson Waweru24(8)81020278 19 FW Francely Lomboto00000000 20 FW Mikey Place21(9)11000220 21 DF Christopher Horgan13(7)01000140 22 MF Conor McCormack2400020260 23 MF Ronan Manning20000020 24 FW Colin Kelly5(5)01(1)00060 25 DF Alex Murphy10(1)0101(1)0120 26 GK Michael Garrihy00000000 27 FW Thomas Oluwa3(2)01(1)00040 31 DF Ethan Connolly1(1)0000010 32 DF Joe Gorman8(3)01020110

Clean sheets Player League FAI Cup Play-offs Total 1 Luke Dennison2002 16 Conor Kearns110112

Disciplinary record No. Player League FAI Cup Play-offs Total 22Conor McCormack7000000007003Stephen Walsh5010001006016Maurice Nugent5100000005104Gary Boylan5000000005007Ruairí Keating50000000050014Mikie Rowe50000000050010David Hurley40000000040015Carlton Ubaezuonu4000000004008Shane Duggan3000000003009Pádraic Cunningham30000010030018Wilson Waweru2100000002102Conor O'Keeffe1000001002005Killian Brouder20000000020016Conor Kearns11000000011020Mikey Place20000000020011Shane Doherty10000000010021Christopher Horgan10000000010025Alex Murphy00010000010032Joe Gorman100000000100Totals57311003006131

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