# 2025 League of Ireland First Division

The 2025 League of Ireland First Division, known as the SSE Airtricity Men's First Division for sponsorship reasons, is the 40th season of the League of Ireland First Division. The competition began on 14 February 2025, and will conclude on 17 October 2025.

## Teams
### Team changes

The team relegated to the First Division was Dundalk, the bottom-placed team of the 2024 League of Ireland Premier Division. They replaced one team promoted from the 2024 League of Ireland First Division, champions Cork City.

### 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 |
| Dundalk | Dundalk | Oriel Park | 4,500 |
| 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 |
| Dundalk | Ciarán Kilduff | Daryl Horgan | Playr-Fit | ZOMA |
| Finn Harps | Darren Murphy | Tony McNamee | Joma | So-Lo Stores |
| Kerry | Conor McCarthy | Sean McGrath | Macron | Kerry Airport |
| Longford Town | Wayne Groves | Dean O'Shea | Macron | Bishopsgate |
| Treaty United | Tommy Barrett | Mark Walsh | O'Neills | Trade Electric Group |
| UCD | William O’Connor | Ronan Finn | O'Neills | Maples Group |
| Wexford | Stephen Elliott | Ethan Boyle | Macron | Campion Insurance |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Dundalk | Jon Daly | Resigned | 2 November 2024 | Pre-season | Ciarán Kilduff | 6 November 2024 |
| Wexford | James Keddy | Resigned | 6 November 2024 | Pre-season | Stephen Elliott | 26 November 2024 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Dundalk | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 13 | Promotion to 2026 League of Ireland Premier Division |
| 2 | Cobh Ramblers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 11 | Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off |
| 3 | Wexford | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off |
| 4 | Treaty United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 | Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off |
| 5 | Athlone Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 7 | Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off |
| 6 | Bray Wanderers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 6 | |
| 7 | Kerry | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Longford Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | |
| 9 | UCD | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |
| 10 | Finn Harps | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | |

## Results

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

## Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Dundalk | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cobh Ramblers | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Wexford | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Treaty United | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Athlone Town | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| Bray Wanderers | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Kerry | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Longford Town | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 |
| UCD | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Finn Harps | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
* Promotion to 2026 League of Ireland Premier Division
* Qualification for League of Ireland Premier Division play-off

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 15 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Lee Devitt | Treaty United | 6 |
| 2 | Barry Coffey | Cobh Ramblers | 3 |
| 2 | Dean Ebbe | Dundalk | 3 |
| 2 | Mikie Rowe | Wexford | 3 |
| 5 | David Bošnjak | Cobh Ramblers | 2 |
| 5 | Eoin Kenny | Dundalk | 2 |
| 5 | Josh Giurgi | Longford Town | 2 |
| 5 | Cian Murphy | Cobh Ramblers | 2 |
| 8 | 31 players | Various | 1 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
| Lee Devitt | Treaty United | Athlone Town | 5–0 (A) | 21 February 2025 | |

### Discipline
#### Player

* Most yellow cards:
* Most red cards: 1
** Joe Adams (Kerry)
** Abel Akabi (Kerry)
** Zayd Abada (Wexford)
** Leo Gaxha (Dundalk)

#### Club

* Most yellow cards:
* Most red cards: 1
** Kerry