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Squad

No.	Name	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Club Apps.	Club Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Gary Rogers	GK	(1981-09-25) 25 September 1981 (age 31)	St Patricks Athletic	2012	53	0
19	Ciaran Kelly	GK	(1980-05-04) 4 May 1980 (age 33)	Athlone Town	2009	93	0
Defenders
2	Alan Keane	RB	(1984-09-23) 23 September 1984 (age 28)	Galway United	2009	174	17
3	Iarfhlaith Davoren	LB	(1986-05-12) 12 May 1986 (age 27)	Galway United	2010	105	1
4	Gavin Peers	CB	(1985-11-10) 10 November 1985 (age 27)	Mansfield Town	2006	261	21
5	Evan McMillan	CB	(1986-11-20) 20 November 1986 (age 26)	Bohemians	2013	18	2
6	Jeff Henderson	CB	(1991-12-19) 19 December 1991 (age 21)	Newcastle United	2012	20	1
11	Ross Gaynor	LB	(1987-09-09) 9 September 1987 (age 25)	Dundalk	2012	51	2
24	Jake Dykes	LB/CB	(1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 17)	N/A	2012	4	0
28	Martin Owens	RB	(1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 (age 20)	N/A	2012	7	0
Midfielders
8	David Cawley	DM / CM	(1991-09-17) 17 September 1991 (age 21)	Ipswich Town	2012	51	6
14	Pascal Millien	RW	(1986-05-03) 3 May 1986 (age 27)	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2012	38	2
15	Joseph Ndo	CM	(1976-04-28) 28 April 1976 (age 37)	Bohemians	2010	116	9
16	Lee Lynch	CM	(1991-11-27) 27 November 1991 (age 21)	Drogheda United	2012	53	9
18	Ryan Connolly	LW	(1992-01-13) 13 January 1992 (age 21)	Derby County	2012	21	1
20	Aaron Greene	LW	(1990-01-02) 2 January 1990 (age 23)	Shamrock Rovers	2013	64	10
21	Kieran Djilali	LW	(1991-01-22) 22 January 1991 (age 22)	Wimbledon	2013	14	1
23	Danny Ventre (captain)	DM / CM	(1986-01-23) 23 January 1986 (age 27)	Accrington Stanley	2007	205	8
29	Seamus Conneely	CM / RW	(1988-07-09) 9 July 1988 (age 24)	Sheffield United	2012	21	1
Forwards
7	Danny North	ST	(1987-09-07) 7 September 1987 (age 25)	St Patricks Athletic	2012	23	17
9	Anthony Elding	ST	(1982-04-16) 16 April 1982 (age 31)	Grimsby Town	2013	16	13
10	Rafael Cretaro	ST / RW	(1981-10-15) 15 October 1981 (age 31)	Bohemians	2011	374	65
27	Liam Martin	ST	(1994-01-23) 23 January 1994 (age 19)	N/A	2011	10	1

Transfers

In

Player	Position	Signed From
Aaron Greene	Midfielder	Shamrock Rovers
Evan McMillan	Defender	Bohemians
Anthony Elding	Forward	Grimsby Town
Kieran Djilali	Midfielder	Wimbledon

Out

Player	Position	Sold To
Richard Brush	Goalkeeper	Shamrock Rovers
Jason McGuinness	Defender	Shamrock Rovers
John Dillon	Midfielder	Dundalk
Mark Quigley	Forward	Shamrock Rovers
Liam Buchanan	Forward	Airdrie United

Squad statistics

Appearances, goals and cards

Last Updated – 21 May 2013

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FAI Cup		League Cup		Setanta Cup		Champions League		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Gary Rogers	13	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
2	DF	Alan Keane	13	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	18	0	1	0
3	DF	Iarfhlaith Davoren	2(2)	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	3(3)	0	0	1
4	DF	Gavin Peers	7(2)	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	10(2)	1	6	0
5	DF	Evan McMillan	13	0	0	0	1	1	3(1)	1	0	0	18(1)	2	4	0
6	DF	Jeff Henderson	6(5)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	9(5)	1	1	0
7	FW	Danny North	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	David Cawley	13	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	17	4	4	0
9	FW	Anthony Elding	11(1)	10	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	15(1)	13	1	1
10	FW	Raffaele Cretaro	8(1)	2	0	0	1	0	1(1)	1	0	0	10(2)	3	0	0
11	MF	Ross Gaynor	12	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	15	1	1	1
14	MF	Pascal Millien	4(4)	0	0	0	0	0	2(2)	0	0	0	6(6)	0	0	0
15	MF	Joseph Ndo	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8	0	1	0
16	MF	Lee Lynch	12	2	0	0	1	0	3(1)	3	0	0	16(1)	5	0	0
18	MF	Ryan Connolly	6(4)	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	9(4)	1	0	0
19	GK	Ciaran Kelly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Aaron Greene	10(1)	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	14(1)	4	0	0
21	MF	Kieran Djilali	3(8)	1	0	0	0(1)	0	2	0	0	0	5(9)	1	3	0
23	MF	Danny Ventre	1(6)	0	0	0	1	1	1(1)	0	0	0	3(7)	1	2	0
24	DF	Jake Dykes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	Liam Martin	0(2)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(3)	1	0	0	0(6)	1	0	0
28	DF	Martin Owens	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0
29	DF	Seamus Conneely	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
30	GK	Adam Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	Colm McLoughlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	Ruairi Keating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Hugh McFadden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	Shane McGinty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Last updated 21/05/13

Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Setanta Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9	Anthony Elding	10	1	2	13
2	16	Lee Lynch	2	3	0	5
3	8	David Cawley	3	1	0	4
3	20	Aaron Greene	4	0	0	4
5	10	Raffaele Cretaro	2	1	0	3
6	5	Evan McMillan	0	1	1	2
7	4	Gavin Peers	1	0	0	1
7	6	Jeff Henderson	1	0	0	1
7	11	Ross Gaynor	1	0	0	1
7	18	Ryan Connolly	0	1	0	1
7	21	Kieran Djilali	1	0	0	1
7	23	Danny Ventre	0	0	1	1
7	27	Liam Martin	0	1	0	1

Top Assists

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal. Last updated 23/05/13

Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Setanta Cup	League Cup	Total
1	10	Raffaele Cretaro	4	0	0	4
1	9	Anthony Elding	1	3	0	4
1	11	Ross Gaynor	4	0	0	4
3	2	Alan Keane	2	0	1	3
3	16	Lee Lynch	2	1	0	3
6	15	Joseph Ndo	0	1	1	2
6	20	Aaron Greene	1	0	1	2
6	21	Kieran Djilali	1	1	0	2
9	8	David Cawley	0	1	0	1
9	14	Pascal Millien	1	0	0	1
9	18	Ryan Connolly	1	0	0	1
9	23	Danny Ventre	1	0	0	1

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Y	R
2	DF	IRL	Keane	1
3	DF	IRL	Davoren		1
4	DF	IRL	Peers	5
5	DF	IRL	McMillan	3
8	MF	IRL	Cawley	4
9	FW	ENG	Elding	1
11	DF	IRL	Gaynor	1	1
15	MF	CMR	Ndo	1
21	MF	ENG	Djilali	2
23	MF	ENG	Ventre	1

Last updated: 13 May 2013
Source:^{[citation needed]}
Only competitive matches
Y = Number of bookings; YY = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; R = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.
Notes: League only

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Technical staff

Manager: Ian Baraclough
Assistant Manager: Gary Stevens
Coach: Maurice Monaghan

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Competitions

League of Ireland

Main article: 2013 League of Ireland

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sligo Rovers	13	9	3	1	25	7	+18	30	2014–15 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	St Patrick's Athletic	14	9	3	2	20	8	+12	30	2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3	Derry City	14	9	2	3	31	15	+16	29	2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4	Dundalk	13	7	3	3	19	14	+5	24
5	Drogheda United	14	4	7	3	23	21	+2	19
6	Shamrock Rovers	14	3	9	2	17	9	+8	18
7	Limerick	14	4	6	4	20	16	+4	18
8	Cork City	14	4	4	6	14	20	−6	16
9	Bohemians	14	3	4	7	13	23	−10	13
10	UCD	14	3	2	9	16	29	−13	11
11	Bray Wanderers	14	3	2	9	12	29	−17	11	Promotion/Relegation play-off
12	Shelbourne	14	1	3	10	6	25	−19	6	Relegation to the First Division

Updated to games played on 17 May 2013.
Source: League of Ireland
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
13	9	3	1	25	7	+18	30	5	1	0	14	3	+11	4	2	1	11	4	+7

Last updated: 13 May 2013.
Source: [1]

Results by round

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	D
Position	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1

Last updated: 13 May 2013.
Source: Wikipedia article
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Win Draw Loss

Round 1 8 March	Derry City	0-1	Sligo Rovers	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19:45 IWT		(report)	Anthony Elding 31'	Referee: Neil Doyle

Round 2 16 March	Sligo Rovers	3-0	Bray Wanderers	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Anthony Elding 39', 86' Kieran Djilali 90'	(report)		Attendance: 2,684 Referee: Derek Tomney

Round 3 19 March	Dundalk	1-3	Sligo Rovers	Oriel Park, Dundalk
19:45 IWT	Kurtis Byrne 67'	(report)	Raffaele Cretaro 2' Gavin Peers 39' Anthony Elding 52'	Attendance: 2,054 Referee: Paul Tuite

Round 4 23 March	Sligo Rovers	2-1	Limerick	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Anthony Elding 45' Jeff Henderson 83'	(report)	Criag Curran 32'	Attendance: 2,311 Referee: Rob Rogers

Round 5 29 March	Bohemians	0-3	Sligo Rovers	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19:05 IWT		(report)	Raffaele Cretaro 2' Aaron Greene 30' Anthony Elding 70'	Attendance: 1,386 Referee: Graham Kelly

Round 6 1 April	UCD	0-3	Sligo Rovers	UCD Bowl, Dublin
19:45 IWT		(report)	Aaron Greene 27', 59' David Cawley 75'	Attendance: 624 Referee: Dave McKeon

Round 7 6 April	Sligo Rovers	2-0	Shelbourne	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Anthony Elding 14', 59'	(report)		Attendance: 3,158 Referee: Paul McLaughlin

Round 8 13 April	Sligo Rovers	2-0	Cork City	The Showgrounds, Sligo
15:55 IWT	Lee Lynch 37' Anthony Elding 83'	(report)		Attendance: 2,221 Referee: Padraig Sutton

Round 9 19 April	St Pats	0-2	Sligo Rovers	Richmond Park, Dublin
19:05 IWT	Conan Byrne 21' Killian Brennan 89'	(report)		Attendance: 1,656 Referee: Neil Doyle

Round 10 27 April	Sligo Rovers	2-2	Drogheda United	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Anthony Elding 67' Aaron Greene 89'	(report)	Declan O'Brien 22' Graham Rusk 90'	Attendance: 2,329 Referee: Anthony Buttimer

Round 11 3 May	Shamrock Rovers	1-1	Sligo Rovers	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
20:00 IWT	Karl Sheppard 84'	(report)	David Cawley 55'	Referee: Alan Kelly

Round 12 7 May	Sligo Rovers	3-0	Derry City	The Showgrounds, Sligo
17:00 IWT	Lee Lynch 38' David Cawley 53' Ross Gaynor 68'	[ http://www.sligorovers.com/news/13/may/rovers-reclaim-top-spot-win-over-derry (report)]		Attendance: 4,256 Referee: Dave McKeon

Round 13 10 May	Bray Wanderers	0-0	Sligo Rovers	Carlisle Grounds, Bray
19:45 IWT		(report)		Referee: Derek Tomney

Round 14 28 May	Sligo Rovers	v	Dundalk	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT

Round 15 24 May	Limerick	v	Sligo Rovers	Thomond Park, Limerick
19:05 IWT

Round 16 8 June	Sligo Rovers	v	Bohemians	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT

Round 17 15 June	Sligo Rovers	v	UCD	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT

Round 18 28 June	Shelbourne	v	Sligo Rovers	Tolka Park, Dublin
20:00 IWT

Round 19 5 July	Cork City	v	Sligo Rovers	Turners Cross, Cork
19:45 IWT

Round 20 13 July	Sligo Rovers	v	St. Patrick's Athletic	The Showgrounds, Sligo]
19:45 IWT

Round 21 19 July	Drogheda United	v	Sligo Rovers	Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda
19:45 IWT

Round 22 27 July	Sligo Rovers	v	Shamrock Rovers	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT

Round 23 2 August	Derry City	v	Sligo Rovers	Brandywell Stadium, Derry
19:45 IWT

Round 24 10 August	Sligo Rovers	v	Bray Wanderers	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT

Round 25 16 August	Dundalk	v	Sligo Rovers	Oriel Park, Dundalk
19:45 IWT

Round 26 31 August	Sligo Rovers	v	Limerick	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT

Round 27 7/8 September	Bohemians	v	Sligo Rovers	Dalymount Park, Dublin
19:45 IWT

Round 28 20 September	UCD	v	Sligo Rovers	UCD Bowl, Dublin
19:45 IWT

Round 29 28 September	Sligo Rovers	v	Shelbourne	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT

Round 30 5 October	Sligo Rovers	v	Cork City	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT

Round 31 12/13 October	St Pats	v	Sligo Rovers	Richmond Park, Dublin
19:45 IWT

Round 32 19 October	Sligo Rovers	v	Drogheda United	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT

Round 33 25 October	Shamrock Rovers	v	Sligo Rovers	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
19:45 IWT

FAI Cup

Main article: 2013 FAI Cup

Quarter-Final

1 June	Waterford United	v	Sligo Rovers	RSC, Waterford
19:00 IWT		[ (Report)]

Win Draw Loss

Third Round

Setanta Cup

Main article: 2013 Setanta Sports Cup

Win Draw Loss

Quarter-Final

First Leg 4 March	Sligo Rovers	5-0	Glentoran	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Lee Lynch 2', 38' Anthony Elding 20' Ryan Connolly 36' Evan McMillan 53'	(Report)		Attendance: 1,235 Referee: Raymond Crangle

Second Leg 11 March	Glentoran	0-3	Sligo Rovers	The Oval (Belfast), Belfast
19:45 IWT		(Report)	Lee Lynch 9' Raffaele Cretaro 26' Liam Martin 85'	Attendance: 100 Referee: Rob Rogers

Semi-Final

First Leg 16 April	Drogheda United	2-0	Sligo Rovers	Hunky Dorys Park, Drogheda
19:45 IWT	Gary O'Neil 24' David Cassidy 35'	(Report)		Attendance: 756 Referee: Mark Courtney

Second Leg 22 April	Sligo Rovers	1-0	Drogheda United	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	David Cawley 30'	(Report)		Attendance: 1,286 Referee: Arnie Hunter

EA Sports Cup

Main article: 2013 League of Ireland Cup

Win Draw Loss

Second Round

20 May	Sligo Rovers	v	Mervue United	The Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Anthony Elding 18', 90' Evan McMillan 60' Danny Ventre 69'	(Report)		Referee: Tomas Connolly

Champions League

Main article: 2013-14 UEFA Champions League

Win Draw Loss

2nd Qualifying Round

Pre-Season Friendlies

Win Draw Loss

30 January	Sligo/Leitrim League	0-3	Sligo Rovers	McSharry Park, Sligo
19:30 IWT		(Report)	Conor Fitzpatrick 35' Liam Martin 60' Aaron Greene 82'	Referee: Paul Deering

2 February	Salthill Devon	0-5	Sligo Rovers	Drom, Galway
14:00 IWT		(Report)	Pascal Millien 14' Raffaele Cretaro 63' Liam Martin 72' Miguel Herlein 74' Liam Martin 80'

9 February	Jersey	0-4	Sligo Rovers	Springfield Stadium, Jersey
19:00 IWT		(Report)	Raffaele Cretaro 2' Ryan Connolly 58' Aaron Greene 66' Raffaele Cretaro 78'

16 February	Sligo Rovers	1-1	Finn Harps	Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Ross Gaynor 69'	(Report)	Sean McCarron 75'	Attendance: 350

18 February	Sligo Rovers	3-1	Ballinamallard United	Showgrounds, Sligo
19:45 IWT	Raffaele Cretaro 17' Seamus Conneely 22' David Cawley 36'	(Report)	Stephen Sheridan 87'	Referee: Paul Deering

27 February	Castlebar Celtic	0-7	Sligo Rovers	Celtic Park (Castlebar), Castlebar
19:00 IWT		[ (Report)]	Anthony Elding 4' David Cawley 38' Ryan Connolly 46' Liam Martin 62', 65', 79' Raffaele Cretaro 75'

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Records

Overall

	Total	Home	Away
Games played	18	9	9
Games won	13	8	5
Games drawn	3	1	2
Games lost	2		2
Biggest win	5-0 vs Glentoran	5-0 vs Glentoran	3-0 vs Glentoran & Bohemians & UCD
Biggest loss	0-2 vs Drogheda United & St. Pats		0-2 vs Drogheda United & St. Pats
Biggest win (League)	3-0 vs Bray Wanderers & Derry City	3-0 vs Bray Wanderers & Derry City	3-0 vs Bohemians & UCD
Biggest win (Cup)	5-0 vs Glentoran	5-0 vs Glentoran	3-0 vs Glentoran
Biggest loss (League)	St. Pats		St. Pats
Biggest loss (Cup)	0-2 vs Drogheda United		0-2 vs Drogheda United
Clean sheets	12	7	5
Goals scored	38	24	14
Goals conceded	9	3	6
Goal difference	+29	+21	+8
Consecutive Victories	10	5	5
Unbeaten run	10	5	5
Consecutive Defeats	2		2
Winless Run	2		4
Average GF per game	2.11	2.67	1.56
Average GA per game	0.5	0.33	0.67
Yellow cards	24	8	16
Red cards	3	1	2
Most appearances		–
Most minutes played		–
Top scorer	Anthony Elding (13)
Top assists	Raffaele Cretaro & Anthony Elding & Ross Gaynor (4)	–
Points	30/39 (76.92%)	16/18 (88.89%)	14/21 (66.67%)
Winning rate	69.23%	83.33%	57.14%

Last updated: 23 May 2013
Source: Competitive matches

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First Division	Athlone Town Cobh Ramblers Finn Harps Longford Town Mervue United Salthill Devon Waterford United Wexford Youths

v t e Sligo Rovers F.C. – current squad

1 Rogers 2 Keane 3 Davoren 4 Peers 5 McMillan 6 Henderson 7 North 8 Cawley 9 Elding 10 Cretaro 11 Gaynor 14 Millien 15 N'Do 16 Lynch 18 Connolly 19 Kelly 20 Greene 21 Djilali 23 Ventre 27 Martin 28 Owens 29 Conneely Manager: Baraclough

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
13	9	3	1	25	7	+18	30	5	1	0	14	3	+11	4	2	1	11	4	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
13	9	3	1	25	7	+18	30	5	1	0	14	3	+11	4	2	1	11	4	+7

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
13	9	3	1	25	7	+18	30	5	1	0	14	3	+11	4	2	1	11	4	+7