's 86th year in existence and was the Supersaint's 64th consecutive season in the top-flight of Irish football.

It was the fourth year that Liam Buckley was the team's manager (in his current spell), following replacing Pete Mahon in December 2011.

[1] The season turned out to be a very disappointing one for players, management and fans alike as the Saints finished of way off the top of the league, only securing European football on the final day, were knocked out of the FAI Cup at the early stages and failed to get past the first hurdle in the Europa League.

However they did win the 2015 League of Ireland Cup on penalties versus Galway United on 19 September 2015, completing the set of trophies for manager Liam Buckley, meaning he has won every trophy possible to win with the Saints in the last three seasons.

St Patrick's Athletic were revealed to have a Dublin Derby against Shamrock Rovers away from home on the first day of the season.