league of ireland premier division
history
Table:
Season

Champions

Runners-up

Third Place

Top goalscorer

Player of the Year

Teams Relegated

UEFA coefficient
Ranking

1921–85

League of Ireland[A]

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1985-86

Shamrock Rovers
(13th title)

Galway United

Dundalk

Tommy Gaynor (Limerick F.C.) (15)

Paul Doolin (Shamrock Rovers)

Shelbourne
UCD

24 (6.332)

1986-87

Shamrock Rovers
(14th title)

Dundalk

Bohemians

Mick Byrne (Shamrock Rovers) (12)

Mick Byrne (Shamrock Rovers)

Home Farm
Athlone Town

29 (5.665) −5

1987-88

Dundalk
(7th title)

St. Patrick's Athletic

Bohemians

Jonathan Speak (Derry City) (24)

Paddy Dillon (St. Patrick's Athletic)

Bray Wanderers
Sligo Rovers

30 (3.665) −1

1988-89

Derry City
(1st title)

Dundalk

Limerick City

Billy Hamilton (Limerick F.C.) (21)

Paul Doolin (Derry City)

Cobh Ramblers
Waterford United

31 (2.665) −1

1989-90

St. Patrick's Athletic
(4th title)

Derry City

Dundalk

Mark Ennis (St. Patrick's Athletic) (19)

Mark Ennis (St. Patrick's Athletic)

Drogheda United
UCD

31 (2.998)

1990-91

Dundalk
(8th title)

Cork City

St. Patrick's Athletic

Peter Hanrahan (Dundalk) (18)

Pat Morley (Cork City)

Waterford United
Limerick City

32 (1.332) −1

1991-92

Shelbourne
(8th title)

Derry City

Cork City

John Caulfield (Cork City) (16)

Pat Fenlon (Bohemians)

Athlone Town
Galway United

31 (1.999) +1

1992-93

Cork City
(2nd title)

Bohemians

Shelbourne

Pat Morley (Cork City) (20)

Donal O'Brien (Derry City)

Waterford United
Sligo Rovers
Bray Wanderers

31 (2.665)

1993-94

Shamrock Rovers
(15th title)

Cork City

Galway United

Stephen Geoghegan (Shamrock Rovers) (23)

Stephen Geoghegan (Shamrock Rovers)

Limerick F.C.
Drogheda United

32 (2.665) −1

1994-95

Dundalk
(9th title)

Derry City

Shelbourne

John Caulfield (Cork City) (16)

Liam Coyle (Derry City)

Cobh Ramblers
Monaghan United

33 (3.665) −1

1995-96

St. Patrick's Athletic
(5th title)

Bohemians

Sligo Rovers

Stephen Geoghegan (Shelbourne) (19)

Eddie Gormley (St. Patrick's Athletic)

Athlone Town
Drogheda United
Galway United

35 (4.665) −2

1996-97

Derry City
(2nd title)

Bohemians

Shelbourne

Tony Cousins (Shamrock Rovers) (16)
Stephen Geoghegan (Shelbourne) (16)

Peter Hutton (Derry City)

Bray Wanderers
Home Farm Everton

37 (4.331) −2

1997-98

St. Patrick's Athletic
(6th title)

Shelbourne

Cork City

Stephen Geoghegan (Shelbourne) (17)

Pat Scully (Shelbourne)

Kilkenny City
Drogheda United

43 (4.331) −6

1998-99

St. Patrick's Athletic
(7th title)

Cork City

Shelbourne

Trevor Molloy (St. Patrick's Athletic) (15)

Paul Osam (St. Patrick's Athletic)

Bray Wanderers
Dundalk

44 (3.998) −1

1999-00

Shelbourne
(9th title)

Cork City

Bohemians

Pat Morley (Cork City) (20)

Pat Fenlon (Shelbourne)

Waterford United
Sligo Rovers
Drogheda United

41 (1.832) +3

2000-01

Bohemians
(8th title)

Shelbourne

Cork City

Glen Crowe (Bohemians) (25)

Glen Crowe (Bohemians)

Finn Harps
Kilkenny City

41 (1.665)

2001-02

Shelbourne
(10th title)

Shamrock Rovers

St. Patrick's Athletic

Glen Crowe (Bohemians) (21)

Owen Heary (Shelbourne)

Dundalk
Galway United
Monaghan United

38 (2.998) +3

2002-03

Bohemians
(9th title)

Shelbourne

Shamrock Rovers

Glen Crowe (Bohemians) (18)

Glen Crowe (Bohemians)

Bray Wanderers

37 (3.331) +1

2003

Shelbourne
(11th title)

Bohemians

Cork City

Jason Byrne (Shelbourne) (21)

Jason Byrne (Shelbourne)

UCD

39 (3.331) −2

2004

Shelbourne
(12th title)

Cork City

Bohemians

Jason Byrne (Shelbourne) (25)

Jason Byrne (Shelbourne)

Dublin City

40 (3.164) −1

2005

Cork City
(2nd title)

Derry City

Shelbourne

Jason Byrne (Shelbourne) (22)

Mark Farren (Derry City)

Shamrock Rovers
Finn Harps

38 (4.164) +2

2006

Shelbourne
(13th title)

Derry City

Drogheda United

Jason Byrne (Shelbourne) (15)

Joseph Ndo (Shelbourne)

Shelbournea

40 (4.331) −2

2007

Drogheda United
(1st title)

St Patrick's Athletic

Bohemians

David Mooney (Longford Town) (19)

Brian Shelley (Drogheda United)

Waterford United
Longford Town

35 (6.498) +5

2008

Bohemians
(10th title)

St Patrick's Athletic

Derry City

Mark Farren (Derry City) (16)

Keith Fahey (St. Patrick's Athletic)

Finn Harps
Cobh Ramblers
UCD

35 (7.332)

2009

Bohemians
(11th title)

Shamrock Rovers

Cork City

Gary Twigg (Shamrock Rovers) (24)

Gary Twigg (Shamrock Rovers)

Cork City
Derry Cityb

30 (9.499) +5

2010

Shamrock Rovers
(16th title)

Bohemians

Sligo Rovers

Gary Twigg (Shamrock Rovers) (20)

Richie Ryan (Sligo Rovers)

Sporting Fingalc

29 (9.541) +1

2011

Shamrock Rovers
(17th title)

Sligo Rovers

Derry City

Éamon Zayed (Derry City) (22)

Éamon Zayed (Derry City)

Galway United

31 (8.708) −2

2012

Sligo Rovers
(3rd title)

Drogheda United

St Patrick's Athletic

Gary Twigg (Shamrock Rovers) (22)

Mark Quigley (Sligo Rovers)

Monaghan Unitedd

33 (7.375) -2

2013

St. Patrick's Athletic
(8th title)

Dundalk

Sligo Rovers

Rory Patterson (Derry City) (18)

Shelbourne

36 (5.125) -3

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