# 1999–2000 League of Ireland Premier Division

The 1999–2000 League of Ireland Premier Division was the 15th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Shelbourne won the title.

## Regular season

The season saw each team playing three rounds of games, playing every other team three times, totalling 33 games.

### Final Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shelbourne (C) | 33 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 49 | 20 | +29 | 69 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Cork City | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 58 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Bohemians | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 57 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | UCD | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 51 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Shamrock Rovers | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 50 | |
| 6 | St Patrick's Athletic | 33 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 50 | |
| 7 | Derry City | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 46 | |
| 8 | Finn Harps | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 34 | |
| 9 | Galway United | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 34 | |
| 10 | Waterford United (R) | 33 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 33 | Qualification to Relegation play-off |
| 11 | Sligo Rovers (R) | 33 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 60 | −29 | 25 | Relegation to League of Ireland First Division |
| 12 | Drogheda United (R) | 33 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 53 | −32 | 23 | Relegation to League of Ireland First Division |

### Results
#### Matches 1–22

| Home \ Away | BOH | COR | DER | DRO | FHA | GAL | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | UCD | WAT |
| Bohemians | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Cork City | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Derry City | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Drogheda United | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Finn Harps | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Galway United | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | — | 0–2 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Shamrock Rovers | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Shelbourne | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Sligo Rovers | 0–0 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 0–4 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| St Patrick's Athletic | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| UCD | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 |
| Waterford United | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — |

#### Matches 23–33

| Home \ Away | BOH | COR | DER | DRO | FHA | GAL | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | UCD | WAT |
| Bohemians | — | — | 3–0 | — | — | — | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |
| Cork City | 2–1 | — | — | 3–1 | — | — | — | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
| Derry City | — | 1–4 | — | 2–1 | — | — | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Drogheda United | 0–3 | — | — | — | 3–2 | — | 0–4 | — | — | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–1 |
| Finn Harps | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | — | — | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | — | — |
| Galway United | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | — | — | — | — | 1–2 | — | — |
| Shamrock Rovers | — | 1–3 | — | — | 3–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–2 | — | — | 1–2 |
| Shelbourne | — | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | — | — | — | — | 2–1 | — |
| Sligo Rovers | — | — | — | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | — | 2–4 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 | — |
| St Patrick's Athletic | — | — | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | — | — | 1–0 |
| UCD | — | — | — | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | — | — | 2–2 | — | 2–2 |
| Waterford United | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | — | — |

## Promotion/relegation play-off

Waterford United who finished in tenth place played off against Kilkenny City, the third placed team from the 1999–2000 League of Ireland First Division.

### 2nd leg

Kilkenny City won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the Premier Division.