# 2024 League of Ireland First Division

The 2024 League of Ireland First Division, known as the SSE Airtricity Men's First Division for sponsorship reasons, was the 40th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The competition began on 16 February 2024, and concluded in October 2024.
Cork City won the title for the third time.

## Teams
### Team changes

The teams relegated to the First Division were Cork City (losers of the 2023 League of Ireland Premier Division play-off) and UCD (the bottom-placed team of the 2023 League of Ireland Premier Division). They replaced the two teams promoted from the 2023 League of Ireland First Division (champions Galway United and Premier Division play-off winners Waterford).

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Athlone Town | Athlone | Athlone Town Stadium | 5,000 |
| Bray Wanderers | Bray | Carlisle Grounds | 4,000 |
| Cobh Ramblers | Cobh | St. Colman's Park | 3,000 |
| Cork City | Cork | Turners Cross | 7,485 |
| Finn Harps | Ballybofey | Finn Park | 6,000 |
| Kerry | Tralee | Mounthawk Park | 1,200 |
| Longford Town | Longford | Bishopsgate | 5,097 |
| Treaty United | Limerick | Markets Field | 5,000 |
| UCD | Dublin | UCD Bowl | 3,000 |
| Wexford | Crossabeg | Ferrycarrig Park | 2,500 |

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Athlone Town | Dario Castelo | Oisín Duffy | Nike | Valeo Futbol |
| Bray Wanderers | Paul Heffernan | Kilian Cantwell | Capelli Sport | OutdoorLiving.ie |
| Cobh Ramblers | Gary Hunt | Jason Abbott | Uhlsport | McCarthy Insurance Group |
| Cork City | Tim Clancy | Cian Coleman | Adidas | Zeus |
| Finn Harps | Darren Murphy | Tony McNamee | Joma | So-Lo Stores |
| Kerry | Conor McCarthy | Andy Spain | New Balance | Kerry Airport |
| Longford Town | Wayne Groves | Shane Elworthy | Macron | Bishopsgate |
| Treaty United | Tommy Barrett | Mark Walsh | O'Neills | Trade Electric Group |
| UCD | William O’Connor | Jack Keaney | O'Neills | Maples Group |
| Wexford | James Keddy | Ethan Boyle | Macron | Campion Insurance |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Cork City (C, P) | 36 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 64 | 23 | +41 | 78 | Promotion to League of Ireland Premier Division |
| 2 | UCD | 36 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 56 | Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off |
| 3 | Wexford | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 61 | 56 | +5 | 56 | Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off |
| 4 | Athlone Town | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 55 | Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 51 | Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off |
| 6 | Finn Harps | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 46 | |
| 7 | Treaty United | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 44 | |
| 8 | Cobh Ramblers | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 44 | |
| 9 | Longford Town | 36 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 29 | |
| 10 | Kerry | 36 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 27 | |

## Results

Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).
| Home \ Away | ATH | BRW | COB | COR | FIN | KER | LON | TRU | UCD | WEX |
| Athlone Town | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Bray Wanderers | 3–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 |
| 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Cobh Ramblers | 3–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 |
| 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Cork City | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 |
| Finn Harps | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Kerry | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Longford Town | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Treaty United | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| UCD | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 |
| 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Wexford | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–3 | — |
| 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — |

## League of Ireland Promotion/Relegation play-off

The ninth-placed team (Drogheda United) from the 2024 League of Ireland Premier Division qualified for a play-off alongside the second, third, fourth, and fifth-placed teams from the 2024 League of Ireland First Division (Athlone Town, Bray Wanderers, UCD, and Wexford).
The First Division teams contest the semi-finals and final. The semi-finals will be held over two legs, with the second-placed team facing the fifth-placed team and the third-placed team facing the fourth-placed team. The semi-final winners then contest the First Division final, with the winners ultimately facing the ninth-placed League of Ireland Premier Division team for the final place in the 2025 League of Ireland Premier Division.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Promotion/Relegation Playoff | Promotion/Relegation Playoff | Promotion/Relegation Playoff |
| 2 | UCD | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 2 | UCD | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | Drogheda United | Drogheda United | 3 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | Drogheda United | Drogheda United | 3 |
| 5 | Bray Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | Bray Wanderers | 2 (4p) | Bray Wanderers | Bray Wanderers | 1 |
| | | | | | 4 | Athlone Town | 2 (2p) | | | |
| 3 | Wexford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Athlone Town | 2 (2p) | | | |
| 4 | Athlone Town | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |