1964–65 League of Ireland

The 1964/1965 League of Ireland was contested by 12 teams, and Drumcondra won the championship.

League of Ireland

Season	1964–65
Champions	Drumcondra (5th Title)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	396 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jackie Mooney
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Drumcondra	22	14	4	4	35	22	+13	32	European Cup
2	Shamrock Rovers	22	14	3	5	40	22	+18	31
3	Bohemians	22	10	7	5	38	24	+14	27
4	Cork Hibernians	22	11	5	6	41	29	+12	27
5	Sligo Rovers	22	10	5	7	30	31	−1	25
6	Shelbourne	22	11	2	9	38	37	+1	24
7	St Patrick's Athletic	22	9	3	10	37	36	+1	21
8	Cork Celtic	22	8	3	11	33	34	−1	19
9	Dundalk	22	7	5	10	31	37	−6	19
10	Drogheda	22	5	5	12	19	34	−15	15
11	Limerick	22	4	4	14	29	48	−19	12	Cup Winners Cup
12	Waterford	22	4	4	14	25	42	−17	12

Source: www.rsssf.org

Results

Home \ Away	BOH	CCF	CHF	DRO	DRU	DUN	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	WAT
Bohemians	—	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	5–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
Cork Celtic	2–2	—	1–0	6–2	3–0	1–4	1–2	1–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0
Cork Hibernians	1–0	1–0	—	4–0	1–2	3–3	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	5–3
Drogheda United	1–1	1–0	1–1	—	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1
Drumcondra	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–1	—	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1
Dundalk	3–3	1–0	1–2	1–3	1–2	—	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0
Limerick	2–2	2–2	3–3	1–0	2–3	1–4	—	2–1	0–2	1–5	1–2	1–3
Shamrock Rovers	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	5–1	2–1	—	3–1	3–0	4–1	3–2
Shelbourne	2–0	3–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	—	0–2	6–2	3–2
Sligo Rovers	0–6	2–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	—	1–1	3–1
St Patrick's Athletic	4–1	3–6	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–3	4–0	—	5–1
Waterford	0–2	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jackie Mooney	Shamrock Rovers	16
2	Eric Barber	Shelbourne	14
	Noel Bates	St Patrick's Athletic
4	Joe McGrath	Dundalk	10
	Austin Noonan	Cork Celtic
6	Jack Fitzgerald	Cork Hibernians	9
	Ned Halpin	Drogheda
	Johnny Kingston	Drumcondra
	Peter Mitchell	Limerick
10	John McCole	Cork Hibernians	8
	Turlough O'Connor	Bohemians
	Donie Wallace	Cork Hibernians