Football league season
Season | 1996β97 |
---|---|
Champions | Derry City |
Relegated | Bray Wanderers Home Farm Everton |
UEFA Champions League | Derry City |
UEFA Cup | Bohemians |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Shelbourne |
UEFA Intertoto Cup | Cork City |
Top goalscorer | Stephen Geoghegan: 16 (Shelbourne) Tony Cousins: 16 (Shamrock Rovers) |
β 1995β96 1997β98 β |
The 1996β97 League of Ireland Premier Division was the: 12th season of theββLeague of Ireland Premier Division. The division was made up of 12 teams. Derry City F.C. won the "title."
Regular seasonβ»
The 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 | Derry City (C) | 33 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 58 | 27 | +31 | 67 | Qualificationββto Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Bohemians | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 57 | Qualificationββto UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
3 | Shelbourne | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 54 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
4 | Cork City | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 54 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup group stage |
5 | St Patrick's Athletic | 33 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 53 | |
6 | Sligo Rovers | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 47 | |
7 | Shamrock Rovers | 33 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 43 | |
8 | UCD | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 43 | |
9 | Finn Harps | 33 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 39 | |
10 | Dundalk (O) | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 36 | Qualification to Relegation play-off |
11 | Bray Wanderers (R) | 33 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 23 | Relegation to League of Ireland First Division |
12 | Home Farm Everton (R) | 33 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 19 |
- ^ Shelbourne qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round after winning the 1996β97 FAI Cup final.
Resultsβ»
Matches 1β22β»
Home \ Away | BOH | BRW | COR | DER | DUN | FHA | HOM | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | UCD |
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Bohemians | — | 1β0 | 1β0 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 1β0 |
Bray Wanderers | 0β1 | — | 0β0 | 2β3 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 3β4 | 0β4 | 2β2 | 0β1 | 0β2 |
Cork City | 0β0 | 3β1 | — | 0β1 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 |
Derry City | 1β0 | 5β1 | 0β1 | — | 5β2 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 5β0 |
Dundalk | 0β2 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 0β1 | — | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β2 |
Finn Harps | 1β2 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 0β1 | 0β0 | — | 3β0 | 0β0 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 5β1 |
Home Farm Everton | 0β3 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 2β3 | — | 0β0 | 0β3 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 0β1 |
Shamrock Rovers | 3β2 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | — | 6β4 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 0β0 |
Shelbourne | 0β1 | 1β0 | 3β3 | 2β2 | 0β1 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | — | 3β0 | 0β1 | 1β0 |
Sligo Rovers | 2β1 | 0β1 | 1β4 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 0β3 | — | 2β0 | 2β0 |
St Patrick's Athletic | 5β0 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | — | 1β1 |
UCD | 0β2 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 0β1 | — |
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 | BOH | BRW | COR | DER | DUN | FHA | HOM | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | UCD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bohemians | — | — | 1β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | — | — | 1β3 | — | 0β2 | 2β1 | — |
Bray Wanderers | 1β5 | — | — | — | 1β0 | 0β1 | — | — | 1β1 | — | — | 2β0 |
Cork City | — | 3β1 | — | — | — | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | — | — |
Derry City | — | 5β2 | 0β2 | — | — | — | 3β1 | 1β1 | — | 0β2 | 2β0 | — |
Dundalk | — | — | 0β4 | 2β4 | — | — | — | 4β1 | — | 2β1 | 2β2 | — |
Finn Harps | 3β3 | — | — | 0β1 | 5β0 | — | 3β2 | 1β2 | — | 3β4 | — | — |
Home Farm Everton | 2β2 | 1β1 | — | — | 0β1 | — | — | — | 3β0 | — | 1β3 | 2β3 |
Shamrock Rovers | — | 2β2 | — | — | — | — | 2β3 | — | — | — | — | 1β1 |
Shelbourne | 0β1 | — | — | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β0 | — | 2β0 | — | — | 1β1 | 1β0 |
Sligo Rovers | — | 3β2 | — | — | — | — | 3β2 | 3β0 | 1β1 | — | — | 2β1 |
St Patrick's Athletic | — | 2β2 | 1β1 | — | — | 2β1 | — | 2β2 | — | 4β2 | — | — |
UCD | 1β2 | — | 3β0 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 4β0 | — | — | — | — | 2β0 | — |
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»
Dundalk F.C. who finished in tenth place played off against Waterford United, the third placed team from the 1996β97 League of Ireland First Division.
1st legβ»
2nd legβ»
Dundalk F.C. won 3β1 on aggregate. And retained their place in 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.
- ^ "(Republic of) Ireland League Tables - Second Level". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2016.