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39th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2023 League of Ireland Premier Division, known as the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division for sponsorship reasons, was the 39th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top Irish league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1985.
Season | 2023 |
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Dates | 17 February – 3 November 2023 |
Champions | Shamrock Rovers (21st title) |
Relegated | Cork City UCD |
Champions League | Shamrock Rovers |
Conference League | Derry City Shelbourne St Patrick's Athletic |
Matches played | 180 |
Goals scored | 469 (2.61 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Jonathan Afolabi Jack Moylan (15 goals each) |
Biggest home win | St Patrick's Athletic 7–0 UCD (30 June) |
Biggest away win | UCD 0–5 Derry City (6 September) |
Highest scoring | Shamrock Rovers 4-4 Cork City (6 March) |
Longest winning run | Shamrock Rovers (6 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Shamrock Rovers (13 games) |
Longest winless run | UCD (10 games) |
Longest losing run | UCD (8 games) |
Highest attendance | 8,021 Shamrock Rovers 4–2 Sligo Rovers (3 November) |
Lowest attendance | 317 UCD 0–2 Cork City (22 October) |
Total attendance | 596,196 |
Average attendance | 3,294 |
← 2022 2024 → |
The winners (Shamrock Rovers, their fourth consecutive title and twenty-first overall) qualified for the 2024–25 Champions League first qualifying round.[1][2] The 2023 FAI Cup winners (St Patrick's Athletic) qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League second qualifying round. The runners-up (Derry City) and fourth-placed team (Shelbourne) qualified for the 2024–25 Conference League first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team (Cork City) qualified for the League of Ireland Premier Division play-off, losing and being relegated to the 2024 League of Ireland First Division. They were joined by the bottom-placed team (UCD).
Ten teams competed in the league – the top nine teams from the previous season and the one team promoted from the First Division. The promoted team was Cork City, after a top flight absence of two years.[3] They replaced Finn Harps who were relegated after four consecutive seasons in the top flight.[4]
Shamrock Rovers were the defending champions, having won their twentieth title the previous season.[5][6]
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Bohemians | Dublin (Phibsborough) | Dalymount Park | 4,500 |
Cork City | Cork | Turners Cross | 7,485 |
Derry City | Derry | Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium | 3,700 |
Drogheda United | Drogheda | Weavers Park | 3,500 |
Dundalk | Dundalk | Oriel Park | 4,500 |
Shamrock Rovers | Dublin (Tallaght) | Tallaght Stadium | 10,500 |
Shelbourne | Dublin (Drumcondra) | Tolka Park | 4,450 |
Sligo Rovers | Sligo | The Showgrounds | 3,873 |
St Patrick's Athletic | Dublin (Inchicore) | Richmond Park | 5,340 |
UCD | Dublin (Belfield) | UCD Bowl | 3,000 |
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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Bohemians | ![]() |
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O'Neills | Des Kelly Interiors |
Cork City | ![]() |
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Adidas | Zeus |
Derry City | ![]() |
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O'Neills | Diamond Corrugated |
Drogheda United | ![]() |
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Erreà | Drogheda Credit Union |
Dundalk | ![]() |
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Playr-Fit | Bet Regal |
Shamrock Rovers | ![]() |
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Umbro | MASCOT Workwear |
Shelbourne | ![]() |
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Umbro | Culligan |
Sligo Rovers | ![]() |
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Joma | Avant Money |
St Patrick's Athletic | ![]() |
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Umbro | Manguard Plus |
UCD | ![]() |
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O'Neills | Maples Group |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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St Patrick's Athletic | ![]() |
Mutual Consent | 2 May 2023 | 7th | ![]() |
2 May 2023 |
Cork City | ![]() |
Resigned | 3 May 2023 | 9th | ![]() |
3 May 2023 |
Cork City | ![]() |
Change of role | 28 September 2023 | 9th | ![]() |
28 September 2023 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Shamrock Rovers (C) | 36 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 67 | 27 | +40 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Derry City | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 57 | 24 | +33 | 65 | Qualification to Conference League first qualifying round |
3 | St Patrick's Athletic | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 59 | 42 | +17 | 62 | Qualification to Conference League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] |
4 | Shelbourne | 36 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 60 | Qualification to Conference League first qualifying round |
5 | Dundalk | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 58 | |
6 | Bohemians | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 58 | |
7 | Drogheda United | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 41 | |
8 | Sligo Rovers | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 37 | |
9 | Cork City (R) | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 35 | 64 | −29 | 31 | Qualification to League of Ireland Premier Division play-off |
10 | UCD (R) | 36 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 96 | −77 | 11 | Relegation to League of Ireland First Division |
Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).
Home \ Away | BOH | COR | DER | DRO | DUN | SHM | SHE | SLI | STP | UCD | BOH | COR | DER | DRO | DUN | SHM | SHE | SLI | STP | UCD |
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Bohemians | 5–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | ||
Cork City | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | ||
Derry City | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | ||
Drogheda United | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | ||
Dundalk | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | ||
Shamrock Rovers | 2–0 | 4–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | ||
Shelbourne | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | ||
Sligo Rovers | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | ||
St Patrick's Athletic | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | ||
UCD | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
Rank[8] | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Bohemians | 15 |
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Shelbourne | ||
3 | ![]() |
Dundalk | 14 |
4 | ![]() |
St Patrick's Athletic | 13 |
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Cork City | ||
6 | ![]() |
Shamrock Rovers | 12 |
7 | ![]() |
Sligo Rovers | 11 |
8 | ![]() |
Dundalk | 8 |
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Derry City | ||
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Drogheda United | ||
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Shamrock Rovers |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[11] |
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1 | ![]() |
Derry City | 14 |
2 | ![]() |
Shelbourne | 11 |
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Bohemians | ||
4 | ![]() |
St Patrick's Athletic | 10 |
5 | ![]() |
Shamrock Rovers | 7 |
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Dundalk | ||
7 | ![]() |
Shamrock Rovers | 5 |
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Cork City | ||
9 | ![]() |
Drogheda United | 4 |
10 | ![]() |
Sligo Rovers | 3 |
The ninth-placed team (Cork City) qualified for a play-off alongside the second, third, fourth, and fifth-placed teams from the 2023 League of Ireland First Division (Athlone Town, Cobh Ramblers, Waterford, and Wexford).
The First Division teams contested the quarter and semi-finals. The quarter-finals were held over two legs, with the second-placed team (Waterford) facing the fifth-placed team (Athlone Town) and the third-placed team (Cobh Ramblers) facing the fourth-placed team (Wexford). The quarter-final winners then contested the semi-finals, with the winners ultimately facing the ninth-placed League of Ireland Premier Division team for the final place in the 2024 League of Ireland Premier Division.
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||
2 | Waterford | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
Waterford | 2 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Athlone Town | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | Waterford | 2 | Cork City | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | Cobh Ramblers | 1 | |||||||||||||
3 | Cobh Ramblers | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
4 | Wexford | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
24 October 2023 | Athlone Town | 1–1 | Waterford | Athlone |
19:45 IST | Pierrot ![]() |
Report | Coughlan ![]() |
Stadium: Athlone Town Stadium Attendance: 1,597 Referee: Oliver Moran |
24 October 2023 | Wexford | 0–1 | Cobh Ramblers | Wexford |
19:45 IST | Report | O'Malley ![]() |
Stadium: Ferrycarrig Park Attendance: 1,010 Referee: Alan Patchell |
28 October 2023 | Waterford | 3–1 (4–2 agg.) | Athlone Town | Waterford |
19:45 IST | Akachukwu ![]() |
Report | Pierrot ![]() |
Stadium: RSC Attendance: 2,237 Referee: Gavin Colfer |
28 October 2023 | Cobh Ramblers | 1–1 (2–1 agg.) | Wexford | Cobh |
19:45 IST | O'Leary ![]() |
Report | Crawford ![]() |
Stadium: St. Colman's Park Referee: Marc Lynch |
4 November 2023 | Waterford | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Cobh Ramblers | Cork |
17:00 IST | Coughlan ![]() Phillips ![]() |
Report | McKevitt ![]() |
Stadium: Turners Cross Referee: D Dunne |
Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | |
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Player | Club | ||
February | ![]() |
Derry City | [12] |
March | ![]() |
Bohemians | [13] |
April | ![]() |
Waterford | [14] |
May | ![]() |
Drogheda United | [15] |
June | ![]() |
Dundalk | [16] |
July | ![]() |
Bohemians | [17] |
August | ![]() |
Bohemians | [18] |
September | ![]() |
Cork City | [19] |
October | ![]() |
Shelbourne | [20] |
November | ![]() |
Waterford | [21] |
Award | Winner | Club |
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PFAI Player of the Year | Chris Forrester | St Patrick's Athletic |
PFAI Young Player of the Year | Sam Curtis | St Patrick's Athletic |
PFAI Premier Division Manager of the Year | Stephen Bradley | Shamrock Rovers |
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Defenders | ![]() |
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Forwards | ![]() |
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