2016 season | ||||
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Chairman | Garrett Kelleher | |||
Coach | Liam Buckley | |||
Stadium | Richmond Park, Inchicore, Dublin 8 | |||
League of Ireland | 7th | |||
FAI Cup | Semi-finals (Eliminated by Cork City) | |||
EA Sports Cup | Champions | |||
Leinster Senior Cup | Fourth Round (Eliminated by Bray Wanderers) | |||
Europa League | Second Qualifying Round (Eliminated by Dinamo Minsk) | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Conan Byrne (11 goals) All: Chris Fagan (17 goals) | |||
Highest home attendance | 2,400 vs Dinamo Minsk (21 July) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 369 vs Cork City (17 October) | |||
Average home league attendance | 1,139[1] | |||
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The 2016 season was St. Patrick's Athletic F.C.'s 87th year in existence and was the Supersaint's 65th consecutive season in the top-flight of Irish football. It was the fifth year that Liam Buckley was the team's manager (in his current spell), following replacing Pete Mahon in December 2011. The league season was poor from the Saints, finishing 7th, meaning they would be without European football next season for the first time since 2010. They did however knock Jeunesse Esch out of the Europa League before being narrowly knocked out by Dinamo Minsk of Belarus. They also retained their League Cup crown by winning the 2016 League of Ireland Cup by beating Limerick 4–1 at the Markets Field on 17 September 2016.