Football league season
Season | 1995β96 |
---|---|
Champions | St Patrick's Athletic |
Relegated | Athlone Town Drogheda United Galway United |
UEFA Cup | St Patrick's Athletic Bohemians |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Shelbourne |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | Sligo Rovers |
Top goalscorer | Stephen Geoghegan: 19 (Shelbourne) |
β 1994β95 1996β97 β |
The 1995β96 League of Ireland Premier Division was the: 11th season of theββLeague of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. St Patrick's Athletic F.C. won the "title."
Regular seasonβ»
This season saw each team playing three rounds of games, "playing every other team three times," totalling 33 games.
Final tableβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification/relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | St Patrick's Athletic (C) | 33 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 67 | Qualificationββto UEFA Cup preliminary round |
2 | Bohemians | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 62 | |
3 | Sligo Rovers | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 55 | Qualificationββto Intertoto Cup group stage |
4 | Shelbourne | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 54 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
5 | Shamrock Rovers | 33 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 50 | |
6 | Derry City | 33 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 46 | |
7 | Dundalk | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 42 | |
8 | UCD | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 42 | |
9 | Cork City | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 41 | |
10 | Athlone Town (R) | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 31 | Qualification to Relegation play-off |
11 | Drogheda United (R) | 33 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 30 | Relegation to League of Ireland First Division |
12 | Galway United (R) | 33 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 67 | −41 | 21 |
- ^ Shelbourne qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round after winning the 1995β96 FAI Cup final.
- ^ Cork City F.C. were docked 3 points for fielding an ineligible player. The club went into liquidation in January 1996. But were saved from extinction after moving from Bishopstown Stadium to Turners Cross.
Resultsβ»
Matches 1β22β»
Home \ Away | ATH | BOH | COR | DER | DRO | DUN | GAL | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | UCD |
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Athlone Town | — | 2β5 | 2β4 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 1β0 |
Bohemians | 3β1 | — | 1β1 | 1β0 | 6β0 | 3β2 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 0β0 |
Cork City | 2β0 | 1β0 | — | 0β1 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 |
Derry City | 5β3 | 1β1 | 2β0 | — | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 5β1 | 3β1 |
Drogheda United | 0β1 | 2β5 | 2β2 | 2β2 | — | 3β2 | 3β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β3 | 0β1 |
Dundalk | 2β1 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 2β2 | — | 2β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 3β2 | 2β0 |
Galway United | 2β2 | 1β5 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 0β3 | 0β1 | — | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 0β1 | 1β1 |
Shamrock Rovers | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | — | 0β1 | 0β2 | 0β1 | 0β2 |
Shelbourne | 1β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 3β0 | — | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 |
Sligo Rovers | 4β2 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 3β3 | 3β2 | 0β1 | 0β0 | — | 0β0 | 2β0 |
St Patrick's Athletic | 3β2 | 3β3 | 2β1 | 3β3 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | — | 2β1 |
UCD | 3β0 | 3β1 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 0β3 | 2β1 | 0β2 | — |
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches 23β33β»
Home \ Away | ATH | BOH | COR | DER | DRO | DUN | GAL | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | UCD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Athlone Town | — | 0β3 | — | — | — | 0β0 | 1β0 | — | 4β3 | — | 2β2 | — |
Bohemians | — | — | 1β0 | 1β1 | — | — | — | 1β0 | — | 1β2 | 0β0 | 3β1 |
Cork City | 0β2 | — | — | — | 2β1 | — | 3β0 | — | 2β1 | — | 0β0 | — |
Derry City | 1β1 | — | 2β1 | — | 1β1 | 0β1 | — | — | — | 4β0 | — | 1β1 |
Drogheda United | 0β1 | 0β1 | — | — | — | 2β1 | 6β1 | — | 1β3 | 0β1 | — | — |
Dundalk | — | 2β4 | 0β1 | — | — | — | — | 0β0 | — | 0β1 | 1β2 | — |
Galway United | — | 0β2 | — | 0β3 | — | 2β1 | — | 0β2 | 1β3 | — | — | 0β2 |
Shamrock Rovers | 2β1 | — | 2β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2β0 |
Shelbourne | — | 1β0 | — | 1β0 | — | 0β1 | — | 1β2 | — | 2β1 | — | — |
Sligo Rovers | 2β1 | — | 4β1 | — | — | — | 0β2 | 3β1 | — | — | 1β1 | — |
St Patrick's Athletic | — | — | — | 1β1 | 3β2 | — | 3β0 | 2β2 | 3β0 | — | — | 2β0 |
UCD | 1β2 | — | 2β1 | — | 4β1 | 0β0 | — | — | 3β2 | 3β1 | — | — |
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Promotion/relegation play-offβ»
Athlone Town who finished in tenth place played off against Home Farm Everton, the third placed team from the 1995β96 League of Ireland First Division.
1st legβ»
2nd legβ»
Home Farm Everton won 4β3 on penalties. And were promoted to the Premier Division.
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Ireland - List of Topscorers". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ Graham, "Alex." Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921β2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.
- ^ "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Ireland 1995/96". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables - Second Level". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2016.