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37th edition of the 2nd tier competition in association football in Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2021 League of Ireland First Division season was the 37th season of the League of Ireland First Division, the second tier of Ireland's association football league. The fixture list was released on 8 February 2021 and the competition commenced on 26 March 2021.[1] Shelbourne were confirmed Champions and promoted to the League of Ireland Premier Division on 1 October 2021.[2]
Season | 2021 |
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Dates | 26 March 2021 – 29 October 2021 |
Champions | Shelbourne (2nd title) |
Promoted | Shelbourne, UCD |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 366 (2.03 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Colm Whelan (18 league goals + 3 playoff goals) |
Biggest home win | UCD 6-0 Galway United (13 August 2021) |
Biggest away win | Wexford 0–6 UCD (30 April 2021) |
Highest scoring | Wexford 4-4 Athlone (21 July 2021) |
← 2020 2022 →
All statistics correct as of 30 October 2021. |
The First Division has 10 teams. Each team plays each other three times for a total of 27 matches in the season.
Shelbourne and Cork City joined following their relegation from the Premier League at the end of the 2020 season.[3][4] Drogheda United and Longford Town departed following their promotion from the 2020 First Division.[5][4]
On 10 November 2020 a newly formed Limerick based club Treaty United announced that they would apply for a 2021 League of Ireland licence. [6] Former Dublin based League of Ireland club St Francis FC and Wexford based Yola FC also both expressed interest in joining for 2021 by the deadline for expressions of interest which was 10 November 2020. An application was made by a brand new entity under the name Dublin County F.C. but did not ultimately materialise. [7] Bray Wanderers and Cabinteely F.C. merged at the end of the season, keeping the name Bray Wanderers.[8]
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Athlone Town | Athlone | Athlone Town Stadium | 5,000 |
Bray Wanderers | Bray | Carlisle Grounds | 4,000 |
Cabinteely | Dublin (Cabinteely) | Stradbrook Road | 1,620 |
Cobh Ramblers | Cobh | St. Colman's Park | 3,000 |
Cork City | Cork | Turners Cross | 7,845 |
Galway United | Galway | Eamonn Deacy Park | 5,000 |
Shelbourne | Dublin (Drumcondra) | Tolka Park | 3,700 |
Treaty United | Limerick | Markets Field | 5,000 |
UCD | Dublin (Belfield) | UCD Bowl | 3,000 |
Wexford | Crossabeg | Ferrycarrig Park | 2,500 |
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 |
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Cork City | ![]() |
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Galway United | ![]() |
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Shelbourne | ![]() |
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Treaty United | ![]() |
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Wexford | ![]() |
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Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Wexford | ![]() |
Mutual Consent | 10 May 2021[9] | 10th | ![]() |
15 May 2021[10] |
Cobh Ramblers | ![]() |
Sacked | 22 July 2021[11] | 9th | ![]() |
23 July 2021[12] |
Athlone Town | ![]() |
Sacked | 17 August 2021[13] | 6th | ![]() |
18 August 2021[14] |
Shelbourne | ![]() |
Mutual Consent | 29 October 2021[15] | 1st | ![]() |
3 November 2021[16] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Shelbourne (C, P) | 27 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 57 | Promotion to League of Ireland Premier Division |
2 | Galway United | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 51 | Qualification to Promotion play-offs |
3 | UCD (P) | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 46 | |
4 | Treaty United | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 42 | |
5 | Bray Wanderers | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 37 | |
6 | Cork City | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 33 | |
7 | Athlone Town | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 33 | |
8 | Cobh Ramblers | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 28 | |
9 | Cabinteely | 27 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 26 | 47 | −21 | 25 | |
10 | Wexford | 27 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 56 | −27 | 21 |
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Teams play each other twice (once at home, once away).
Home \ Away | ATH | BRW | CAB | COB | COR | GAL | SHE | TRU | UCD | WEX |
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Athlone Town | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–0 |
Bray Wanderers | 1–2 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
Cabinteely | 0–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–3* | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
Cobh Ramblers | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 |
Cork City | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
Galway United | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
Shelbourne | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
Treaty United | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 |
UCD | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 |
Wexford | 4–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–6 | — |
*Note Cabinteely v Galway Utd postponed on 9 April 2021 (Galway awarded a 3-0 victory by FAI[17]).
Home \ Away | ATH | BRW | CAB | COB | COR | GAL | SHE | TRU | UCD | WEX |
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Athlone Town | — | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | — | — | — | 0–2 |
Bray Wanderers | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | — | — | 1–0 | — | — |
Cabinteely | — | — | — | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | — |
Cobh Ramblers | — | 1–2 | — | — | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | — |
Cork City | 3–1 | — | — | 4–0 | — | 3–0 | 0–2 | — | — | 4–0 |
Galway United | — | 1–0 | — | — | — | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
Shelbourne | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
Treaty United | 1–1 | — | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | — | — | — | — | 1–1 |
UCD | 6–0 | 4–3 | 5–2 | — | 1–0 | — | — | 2–1 | — | — |
Wexford | — | 4–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | — | — | — | 2–1 | — |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
UCD | 19 |
2 | ![]() |
Shelbourne | 14 |
3 | ![]() |
UCD | 12 |
4 | ![]() |
Cork City | 11 |
5 | ![]() |
Wexford | 9 |
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Galway United |
3 November 2021 | Bray Wanderers | 0–0 | Galway United | Carlisle Grounds |
19:45 IST | Report |
3 November 2021 | Treaty United | 0–3 | UCD | Markets Field |
19:45 IST | Report | Tadhg Ryan ![]() Colm Whelan ![]() |
7 November 2021 | Galway United | 0–1 (0–1 agg.) | Bray Wanderers | Eamonn Deacy Park |
17:00 IST | Report | Brandon Kavanagh ![]() |
Referee: Kevin O’Sullivan |
19 November 2021 | Bray Wanderers | 0–2 | UCD | Dalymount Park |
19:45 IST | Report | Colm Whelan ![]() Paul Doyle ![]() |
Referee: Oliver Moran |
26 November 2021 | Waterford | 1–2 | UCD | Richmond Park |
19:45 IST | Anthony Wordsworth ![]() Niall O'Keeffe ![]() ![]() |
Report | Dara Keane ![]() Colm Whelan ![]() |
Referee: Paul McLaughlin |
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