# 2025 League of Ireland Premier Division

The 2025 League of Ireland PXremier Division, known as the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division for sponsorship reasons, is the 41st season of the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top Irish league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1985.
The competition began on 14 February 2025 and is set to conclude on 1 November 2025. As part of the opening weekend of fixtures, a special fixture between arch-rivals Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers took place at the Aviva Stadium, the national stadium of Republic of Ireland where a record Premier Division crowd of 33,208 was present. The 2025 season became the first year that the league is entirely made up of full-time professional clubs and players.
On 27 January 2025, it was announced that Virgin Media Television (Ireland) would become the "sole and exclusive free to air broadcaster of the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division" for the next four years, pledging to show one live game from each round of the division. A new radio deal for broadcasting on Newstalk was announced just before the season started.

## Teams

The league consists of ten teams – the top nine teams from the previous season and one team promoted as champions from the First Division, Cork City. They replaced Dundalk, who were relegated after 16 consecutive seasons in the top flight.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Bohemians | Dublin (Phibsborough) | Dalymount Park | 4,500 |
| Cork City | Cork | Turners Cross | 7,485 |
| Derry City | Derry | Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium | 6,242 |
| Drogheda United | Drogheda | Sullivan and Lambe Park | 3,500 |
| Galway United | Galway | Eamonn Deacy Park | 5,000 |
| Shamrock Rovers | Dublin (Tallaght) | Tallaght Stadium | 10,500 |
| Shelbourne | Dublin (Drumcondra) | Tolka Park | 4,750 |
| Sligo Rovers | Sligo | The Showgrounds | 3,873 |
| St Patrick's Athletic | Dublin (Inchicore) | Richmond Park | 5,340 |
| Waterford | Waterford | RSC | 5,160 |

### 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 |
| Bohemians | Alan Reynolds | Keith Buckley | O'Neills | Des Kelly Interiors |
| Cork City | Tim Clancy | Charlie Lyons | Rebel Army | Zeus Packaging |
| Derry City | Tiernan Lynch | Mark Connolly | O'Neills | Diamond Corrugated |
| Drogheda United | Kevin Doherty | Ryan Brennan | Macron | NoFo Brew Co |
| Galway United | John Caulfield | Greg Cunningham | O'Neills | Comer Property Management |
| Shamrock Rovers | Stephen Bradley | Roberto Lopes | Macron | MASCOT Workwear |
| Shelbourne | Damien Duff | Mark Coyle | O'Neills | Chadwicks |
| Sligo Rovers | John Russell | John Mahon | Umbro | Avant Money |
| St Patrick's Athletic | Stephen Kenny | Joe Redmond | Umbro | Manguard Plus |
| Waterford | Keith Long | Pádraig Amond | Puma | DG Foods |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Drogheda United | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 11 | Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | St Patrick's Athletic | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 10 | Qualification for Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Galway United | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Shelbourne | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | |
| 5 | Waterford | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 9 | |
| 6 | Shamrock Rovers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |
| 7 | Derry City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 7 | |
| 8 | Cork City | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| 9 | Bohemians | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | Qualification for promotion/relegation play-off |
| 10 | Sligo Rovers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 4 | Relegation to League of Ireland First Division |

## Results

Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).
| Home \ Away | BOH | DER | DRO | COR | GAL | SHM | SHE | SLI | STP | WAT |
| Bohemians | | 30 May | 0–1 | 18 Apr | 28 Mar | 1–0 | 16 May | 4 Apr | 25 Apr | 2 May |
| | 12 Sep | 1 Aug | 22 Aug | 11 Jul | 23 Jun | 24 Oct | 27 Jun | 3 Oct | 19 Sep |
| Derry City | 1–0 | | 11 Apr | 4 Apr | 1–1 | 23 May | 2 May | 21 Apr | 5 May | 1–2 |
| 25 Jul | | 27 Jun | 8 Aug | 13 Jun | 24 Oct | 19 Sep | 3 Oct | 29 Aug | 4 Jul |
| Drogheda United | 23 May | 16 May | | 5 May | 1–1 | 1–2 | 18 Apr | 3–0 | 21 Apr | 4 Apr |
| 1 Nov | 26 Sep | | 17 Oct | 4 Jul | 16 Jun | 12 Sep | 20 Jun | 22 Aug | 8 Aug |
| Cork City | 2–1 | 9 May | 28 Mar | | 2–2 | 2 May | 30 May | 1–1 | 11 Apr | 21 Apr |
| 13 Jun | 1 Nov | 23 Jun | | 1 Aug | 19 Sep | 3 Oct | 25 Jul | 27 Jun | 29 Aug |
| Galway United | 5 May | 18 Apr | 25 Apr | 23 May | | 4 Apr | 1–1 | 16 May | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 17 Oct | 22 Aug | 24 Oct | 26 Sep | | 8 Aug | 27 Jun | 12 Sep | 20 Jun | 25 Jul |
| Shamrock Rovers | 21 Apr | 28 Mar | 9 May | 14 Apr | 30 May | | 25 Apr | 5 May | 1–0 | 11 Apr |
| 26 Sep | 1 Aug | 29 Aug | 20 Jun | 3 Oct | | 22 Aug | 1 Nov | 19 May | 27 Jun |
| Shelbourne | 11 Apr | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 21 Apr | 1–1 | | 23 May | 9 May | 5 May |
| 8 Aug | 20 Jun | 19 May | 4 Jul | 29 Aug | 13 Jun | | 17 Oct | 1 Nov | 26 Sep |
| Sligo Rovers | 10 May | 0–1 | 2 May | 26 Apr | 12 Apr | 2–1 | 28 Mar | | 30 May | 2–3 |
| 30 Aug | 12 Jul | 20 Sep | 25 Oct | 23 Jun | 5 Jul | 2 Aug | | 27 Sep | 14 Jun |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 14 Mar | 2–0 | 0–0 | 16 May | 2 May | 18 Apr | 4 Apr | 4–3 | | 23 May |
| 4 Jul | 23 Jun | 13 Jun | 12 Sep | 19 Sep | 17 Oct | 16 Jun | 8 Aug | | 24 Oct |
| Waterford | 0–3 | 25 Apr | 30 May | 2–1 | 9 May | 16 May | 0–1 | 18 Apr | 28 Mar | |
| 20 Jun | 17 Oct | 3 Oct | 11 Jul | 1 Nov | 12 Sep | 23 Jun | 22 Aug | 1 Aug | |

## 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 | 6 |
| Drogheda United | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Galway United | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Shelbourne | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Waterford | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| Derry City | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| Cork City | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Bohemians | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
| Sligo Rovers | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
* Leader and qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
* Qualification for Conference League second qualifying round
* Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round
* Qualification for promotion/relegation play-off
* Relegation to League of Ireland First Division

## Season statistics
### Clean sheets

    As of 15 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Luke Dennison | Drogheda United | 4 |
| 2 | Joseph Anang | St Patrick's Athletic | 3 |
| 3 | Brian Maher | Derry City | 2 |
| 3 | James Talbot | Bohemians | 2 |
| 4 | Conor Kearns | Shelbourne | 1 |
| 4 | Edward McGinty | Shamrock Rovers | 1 |
| 4 | Evan Watts | Galway United | 1 |

### Discipline
#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 5
** Charlie Lyons (Cork City)
* Most red cards: 1
** Freddie Anderson (Cork City)
** Barry Baggley (St Patrick's Athletic)
** Ryan Burke (Waterford)
** Rob Cornwall (Bohemians)
** Conor Reynolds (Sligo Rovers)
** Carl Winchester (Derry City)

#### Club

* Most yellow cards: 22
** Derry City
* Most red cards: 1
** Bohemians
** Cork City
** Derry City
** Sligo Rovers
** St Patrick's Athletic
** Waterford